Freedom

Leo Probe 2002: August 19, Vicktorya

If we are to achieve a sense of Freedom, any divisioning relationship or even ‘identification with’ any particular, the ‘motion’ of evolution, of moving from this to that, must dissolve to where there is no qualification other than this IT.

One way to contemplate moving consciousness towards this unfeterred realization is to imaginatively release from the limitations of blue day sky to dissolve into the universalness of indigo night. From that qualified wholeness, release the reality of stars and all particulars into Space. And then allow even SPACE ITSELF to dissolve. (Realizing Space as the ultimate conditioning limitation upon unrealizable) True Freedom (Unspeakable Only THAT-ness). Using Technique of the Presence for this.

‘Relationship’ (sic) with Absoluteness is unachievable: one does not ‘relate to’ true freedom. Yet, relate we must, as our level of consciousnesses is a relative manifestation. This is unavoidable; consciousness is the Son of Necessity. We (appear to) exist, thus we are in relationship, thus we are not free and cannot be Free when ‘relating’. Freedom is (from our perspective) ‘unqualified’ (not absolutely unqualified – only the Absolute is that, but ‘relatively’ [sic!]). All we can do is move away from more obvious limitation or release into greater wholeness or let our attractions dissolve into less and less obvious attachments. This is suggestive of a Path of Freedom (yet, like trying to add up to infinity, we see the futility of making incremental steps towards something that is unachievable by that little “I” which ever is only a ‘part’.)

We learn that the Laws of Synthesis, Attraction, and Economy are but subsidiary to this higher order law. Like the emerging 4^th quality of Deity. So while it could have been assumed that it will always be necessary (while possessing a level of ‘monad’ or within the second ‘solar system’) to always be bound by Attraction (thus un-free as the need to ‘cohere’ is dominant), we find that the Sirian Law supersedes this. (SIDENOTE: this brings up the question of whether Sirius, or even the Law of Synthesis, is part of the second solar system of Love/Attraction, or do these not even apply to that level? Sirius isn’t IN “our” solar system, thus It is not qualified as a Love System.)

From pp. 416-417 in TCF:

It is the principle of freedom which enables Sanat Kumara to dwell on the Earth and yet stand free from all contacts, except with Those Who have trodden the Path of Liberation and now stand free upon the cosmic physical plane; it is that which enables the initiate to achieve a state of "isolated unity"; it is that which lies behind the Spirit of Death and forms the motivating power of that great releasing Agency; it is that which provides a "pathway of power" between our Hierarchy and the distant sun, Sirius, and gives the incentive towards the "culture of freedom" or of liberation which motivates the work of the Masters of the Wisdom … This mysteriously "exerted influence," this "pulling away" from form … emanates from Sirius and for it we have no name; it is the law of which the three cosmic laws—the Laws of Synthesis, of Attraction and of Economy—are only aspects. None of these three subsidiary laws imposes any rule or limitation upon the Lord of the World. The Law of Freedom, however, does impose certain restrictions …

We see how this principle of Freedom applies to various levels of consciousness here, and how these other Laws are put into perspective:

The Law of Economy affects humanity as a whole today throughout every phase of its life; the Law of Attraction is beginning to gain some control, particularly in the work which the Hierarchy undertakes to do; and many initiates and senior disciples are becoming aware of the significance of the Law of Synthesis and are reacting to its impact. Later on, when moving to one of the seven Paths, the Master will work with the Law of Freedom. This is not, as you may well surmise, its true name, for in the last analysis, freedom and liberation are effects of its activity.

It would seem that the appropriate path towards Freedom is for those of us studying these papers to transcend the limitations of the previous laws. The limitations of the Law of Attraction may seem basic or familiar enough, but many “initiates and senior disciples” may become aware of the significance of the Law of Synthesis and react to its impact.

Thus, for practical purposes, our step towards the Law of Freedom is through movement through the Law of Attraction and towards a consideration at least of the significance of the Law of Synthesis (which includes the Laws of Attraction and Economy).

Without sufficient preliminary steps in this direction, there are too large of gaps in consciousness to grasping the significance of the principle of Freedom. So, as either incentive or review, we note the following on the Law of Synthesis (from R&I rule 13, pp. 263-266).

We can now take up the four major injunctions given to the initiated disciple as he prepares to work under the Laws of the Spirit, as a conscious soul, and (for purposes of service) through a personality. … We shall only deal with those disciples who can work as a group on the physical plane, fulfilling ashramic intent on the one hand and preparing themselves to tread the Way of the Higher evolution upon the other. The first major injunction in this Rule XIII reads as follows:

3. Let the group understand the Law of Synthesis, of unity and fusion.

The Law of Synthesis, as you know, is the law of spiritual existence, and one of the three major laws of our solar system, as well as of our planet. It is a basic cosmic law … Of the Law of Synthesis, I can tell you but little [other than that already given in TCF]. It is the law governing the activities of the Spiritual Triad, and the conditioning law of monadic living. It works neither through the use of the energy of love nor through the application of the principle of economy. The fulfillment of these laws is necessary and preparatory to an understanding of the Law of Synthesis, and under the Law of Synthesis the worlds of illusion and glamour are mastered and the control of maya is negated; under the Law of Attraction the nature of love is revealed, first of all through desire for form life, and then through attraction to the soul and a consequent resolution of the dualities of soul and personality. This brings about a unity which—in due time—serves to reveal a greater potential dualism—that of soul and spirit; this fundamental duality must also be resolved, leaving the essential, universal planetary duality, Spirit-matter, present in time and space.

The Law of Synthesis has reference to this relationship and to the factual nature of the tremendous assertion of H. P. Blavatsky that "Matter is spirit at its lowest point of manifestation and spirit is matter at its highest." It is of this synthesis that the group must learn; it is this relation which they must begin to comprehend, and the distinction (for there is a distinction) between synthesis, unity and fusion must in due time be mastered. … fusion is ever related to the conscious merging of soul and substance until a point of equilibrium is achieved; at this point, unity becomes possible and the point of balance—through the attainment of a point of tension—is disturbed. This takes place in three definitely defined stages when the fusion of personality and soul is brought about through the self-initiated effort of the disciple: first of all upon the Probationary Path, then upon the Path of Discipleship, and finally at the third initiation, upon the Path of Initiation. … The initiate then goes on to learn the significance of unity in its true sense; this is only possible when monadic influence can be consciously registered and when the antahkarana is in process of conscious construction. …

Fusion might therefore be regarded as the individual process of spiritual integration, relating—in full waking consciousness—the three divine aspects in man. Unity might be regarded as the conscious adaptation of the initiated disciple to the greater whole, as his absorption into the group through his obedience to the laws of the soul, and as governing his attitude to that in which he lives and moves and has his being.

This goes on until he sees no distinction, registers no differences and is aware of no separative reaction, and all this because the instinct to separation no longer exists in him. It refers to his oneness in the world of energies in which he moves, making him an unimpeded channel for energy and, therefore, an integral and smoothly working part of his total environment and, above all, of the group to which, automatically and under the laws which govern his soul, he has been attracted. He has learnt all that he can learn through the processes of differentiation to which he has been subjected for aeons. The principle of intelligence controls him and the principle of love motivates him, and he has consequently attained unity. But, my brothers, it is the unity of his ray, of his Ashram and of the Plan; it is the unity of the Hierarchy which exists for purposes of service and active work in its seven major groups and its three main departments or divisions. It is indeed attainment and liberation.

But more must still be learnt if the Way of the Higher Evolution is to be trodden and a choice between the seven cosmic Paths made—a choice which curiously enough is not dependent upon ray, for all rays are to be found on all these paths. This can only be done through synthesis. This Law of Synthesis "works through the Seven which yet are One; which points to the seven ways and yet those upon the seven ways are one; which initiates the universal into the many but preserves its integrity; which originates the plan but preserves intact the purpose; which sees the multiplicity needed under the Law of Sacrifice but subordinates that law unto the Law of Synthesis; which breathes forth the many Breaths and yet is Life Itself." …

The principle or Law of Freedom therefore applies to the Way of Higher Evolution – a lofty goal. Yet as aforementioned, “many initiates and senior disciples may become aware of the significance of the Law of Synthesis and react to its impact.” Hence, I persist with the Law of Synthesis, to become open to what lies beyond it, and how Freedom is inclusive even of this great Law. (TCF, p. 147-148)

The Mahadeva aspect or the first Logos (who embodies cosmic will) is controlled by the Law of Synthesis, the cosmic law governing the tendency to unification; only in this case, it is not the unification of matter and Spirit, but the unification of the seven into the three, and into the one. These three figures primarily stand for Spirit, for quality, for principle (and not so primarily for matter, although matter, being inspired by spirit, conforms). The Law of Synthesis has a direct connection with One Who is still higher than our Logos, and is the law of control exercised by Him upon the Logos of our system. This is a spiritual relationship that tends to abstraction or to that synthesis of the spiritual elements that will result in their conscious return (the whole point lying in that word "conscious") to their cosmic point of synthesis, or of unification with their source. Their source is the ONE ABOUT WHOM NAUGHT MAY BE SAID, as we have earlier seen.

Do we presume that the “One higher than our Logos” is Sirius? If so, then the Law of Synthesis is also a Sirian Law, yet the principle of freedom has been referred to as the lowest of the laws of Sirius?

Our solar system is negatively polarised as regards the sun Sirius, which influences our entire system psychically via the three synthesising schemes—Uranus, Neptune, Saturn.

The law of Freedom analogizes/resonates to the buddhic plane (– again, as the emerging fourth quality of Deity?) This is as qualitatively different to the laws of synthesis (mental), attraction (astral) and economy (etheric) as is the Sun to the (synthesizing) planets (Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn). The Sun is the furthest outpost of the Sirian principle, the law of Freedom being its lowest expression, the buddhic/cosmic etheric as the ‘robes of God’. Us accessing freedom is simply the lowest expression or radiance of the next higher order system. The Ashram as radiant etheric body of the triadal being: monad working through Christ, the Chohans and Masters. Touching freedom is the most tangible or densest principle of Sirian nature – it’s etheric?