On the New Group of World Servers - Hellas

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ESSENCE AND SUBSTANCE

1. "light is substance" and that "substance is energy." (437)

2. Another angle of this process, revealed by the point of revelation attained in the fourth initiation, is that there is then indicated the very highest point of the process of redemption, [Page 404] because the energies released within the Council Chamber of Shamballa are "the living substance which is substitutory in nature and which is made available to the progressing point of light." That point in the divine consciousness which can be called (for our purposes) the Unit, Man, redeems sequentially the substance of which all forms are made and brings into manifestation the higher counterpart of that substance, released—for man's use—at Shamballa.

3. ….the Masters work in substance (i.e., light) though not with matter; (173)

4. Initiation affects both the consciousness and the form—each in a different manner; the difference is brought about by the effect of the inflowing spiritual life and the divine will upon the two differing types of substance. Forget not, that in this solar system all that we [Page 421] know—even of the very highest aspects—are substantial, because our seven planes (if I may reiterate this basic fact) are the seven subplanes of the cosmic physical plane—a fact which is often forgotten in the loose use of the word "spiritual."

5. In this particular revelation, all the planes (of the cosmic physical plane) are involved; this, in itself, is unusual; the entire proceeding concerns the penetration of the blended seven rays throughout all the states of consciousness as indicated by the seven substantial planes. This must be remembered, because the concept of "planes" is almost irretrievably (and I use this word advisedly) associated with the idea of matter or of substance. This is basically correct, and yet the emphasis must be upon the aspect of consciousness as it informs substance. The effect of the penetration with which we are now dealing is upon the many varied types of consciousness which express themselves through the seven types of substance. (427)

6. Manifestation and the Law of Cause and Effect are related; where manifestation exists, there this great Law—governing substance ...

7. Why, I would ask you, is the will an aspect or an expression of the Law of Sacrifice? Because the will, as considered and understood by the initiate, is essentially that monadic essence, qualified by "fixed determination," which is identified with the Will or Purpose of the planetary Logos. (286)

(PASSSAGES FROM DINA,II)