PLANETARY PURPOSE & THE CURRENT WORLD CRISIS

 

This paper is an attempt to look at the current world situation from an esoteric perspective. Since the Shamballa impact of 2000 and the year of the great decision in 2001 when Hierarchy decide what form of crisis to precipitate within Humanity in order to carry forward the Plan, we have seen major outer events unfold. The twin towers, Afghanistan, the war in Iraq and now with the American elections looming there is much debate about what has happened, what maybe should have happened and what may happen in the future. The hearts and minds of humanity are 'galvanised' and paying attention to global issues in a way that hasn't happened since the second World War.  Gaining some insight into the intended outcome from esoteric levels can assist in clarifying and strengthening  our cooperation with the planetary purpoe as it attempts to express more fully.

 

The seed of these ideas originated  in inspired writings out of the DK stream which I call the Mercury transmissions. These extracts are taken from transmissions received around the time of the September 11 crisis. The full copy of the transmissions is available here: http://www.shamballaschool.org/mercury/World%20Situation.htm

They are offered out of respect for the ideas they contain  ( ideas I want to elaborate on in the commentary after them ) and not from any claim as to the authority of their source.

 

9.5.01

 

This year will prove a watershed in the history of the planet from the inner side. Seeds are being planted. Seeds of destruction as well as seeds of construction. Endings and beginnings upon the outer plane will all be able to trace their roots back to this time and the decisions being made today.

 

12.09.01

 

America has long stood for democracy and the principle of freedom in the world. Admittedly that freedom has often been misinterpreted at a personal level and taken to Sixth Ray extremes, but it must be remembered that the principle is still there nonetheless and that this principle represents the height of what humanity is collectively able to demonstrate of this evolutionary energy.

 

America today is facing the biggest crisis of her history - greater even than the Civil War and the World War, because in this current conflict extra-planetary forces are at play. In particular the energy of Freedom as it streams in from Sirius. The decisions that this nation makes will be critical for the whole of humanity and for the purpose that the human kingdom is designed to serve within the solar system and beyond.

 

To understand Pluto and Vulcan and their connection with Saturn and the Earth, you might consider the following:

Saturn represents the control developed by the dominant personality. It is the Cosmic Moon. That is a good thing and evolutionary up to a point. The personality, once developed, needs to become responsive to the will of the soul. Vulcan represents the will of the superconscious - the soul will that is trying to impress itself upon the dominant personality.

Pluto represents the will of the subconscious - those energies WITHIN the three vehicles which are not aligned with the dominant personality. They are both oppositional to the will of the personality.

They are the fires of striving and of desperation. Both can be used to the good. However Vulcan's hammer must eventually control. If Pluto is able to destroy the personal will without the will of the soul to replace it, then anarchy and chaos result. In the rubble caused by Pluto, look for the signs of Vulcan. Look for those leaders to emerge sounding the note of spiritual principle

 

19.09.01

 

At this time the Second Ray soul of the planet is trying to exert influence upon the Third Ray personality. The result as far as humanity as a whole is concerned is the opportunity to take the First Initiation. The energies of Vulcan and Pluto are at work to bring the resistant aspects of the personality to the surface and break the long-lasting and prevalent focus on materialism of which humanity on Earth is such an exponent. One result may be the freeing up of the world's money supply.

 

What is needed from the disciples and initiates on the planet is a demonstration of the magnetic power of the Second Ray soul. Shamballa will awaken men from their slumber in materialism one way or another. This is part of the Decision being made at this time. Hierarchy have decided that humanity is ready. That humanity can intelligently understand and respond to the clear distinction between the spiritual values and the material ones. The educational work of the Hierarchy has seen to this. Everywhere the two positions are being articulated clearly. Whether or not humanity WILL choose is entirely up to them.

 

Hierarchy have decided that it is time to offer the opportunity. We have set ourselves to respond as fully as possible to help if humanity invokes our aid, which we certainly want them to do. And we are prepared to offset the worst effects of a decision by humanity to ignore the spiritual opportunity and reinforce the old pattern of security and materialism. However, humanity is genuinely on its own in the decision-making process. How else could it be? Everywhere leaders are coming forth on both sides from within humanity, representing the best and worst of the developed human mind and heart. Humanity can and must choose its future. Hierarchy have made their decision and it is a defining one. Essentially, Hierarchy have decided that humanity can be trusted. Trusted, in the final analysis, to cooperate with the greater good. This is a tremendous statement and a tremendous decision.

 

26.09.01

 

Something that has not been considered within the esoteric thought is this:

What are the inflowing energies that allow the Hierarchy to enter upon the higher way?

If a relatively large number of Sixth Degree initiates leave, or prepare to leave, the planetary ring-pass-not every 49 years, what is the energy which is pouring into Hierarchy that allows this process?

 

The Decision taken by the Sixth Degree initiates is deeply linked into the type of crisis which occurs. If the majority of initiates choose a particular path (for example we know that they will all choose together the Path of Earth Service at a later date) then it is the energy inpouring along that path which is what precipitates the 'crisis' in humanity.

 

At the time of this current Decision the emphasis is particularly upon the Fourth Path, the path to Sirius. While this path is always emphasised in any Decision because of its close connection to the Fourth Hierarchy, it is especially dominant at this time. This is linked - if you could but see the cycles - to the incoming energy of the Fourth Ray, due to make its presence felt at the mid-point of this 49 year cycle in the year 2025

 

The externalisation of the Hierarchy, the coming in of the Fourth Ray, the decision of the Sixth Degree initiates, the reappearance of the Mysteries and the Sirian energy of Freedom all form one coherent interlocking whole that will express itself over the next fifty years.

 

The Sixth Ray is passing out, the Seventh Ray is coming in and the Fourth Ray will allow the units of the human Hierarchy, the Fourth, to become spiritually radioactive upon the buddhic plane, the fourth plane of the seventh cosmic plane, the cosmic physical.

It is all one beautiful interlocking pattern, and Hierarchy are merely playing their part. The difference is that Hierarchy are more conscious and humanity has yet to awaken fully to their role in this great Plan.

 

Let me give you a line of thought which will prove productive in this regard. In the individual process there is a gradual replacement of the energies of the four ethers in the etheric body with the energies of the four higher ethers. What this means is that the fourth ether is able to transmit buddhi, the third atma, the second monadic energy; and the first ether at a later date will be able to transmit the energy of the logoic plane, and the highest and the lowest shall therefore meet. If you think this process through upon the cosmic levels then insight will come as to the role of Hierarchy, working as they are upon the fourth, third and second cosmic ethers; and in particular the role of the Fourth Hierarchy on its own plane, the buddhic. This should give you a key to understanding the type of energy flowing down the Fourth Path and the link between the Sirian Logos and the Logos of our planetary scheme.

 

When the Seventh Ray is in manifestation and the Sun is in Aquarius - as has happened six times so far during the Fifth Rootrace, the energy of Light Supernal is able to be registered on the physical plane. The Seven Rays blend their light with the Seventh Ray. This is the seventh such event during the Fifth Rootrace. What might this mean?

The United States of America was founded under the Masonic influence and has as its ruling energies the astrological signs of Aquarius and Gemini. The keynote of the soul of America is 'Freedom' - the energy pouring in from Sirius. Perhaps some glimpse of the energies behind the world crisis may become evident.

 

The Sirian energy focused through the American soul is pouring into the planet as a result of the Decision by the Sixth Degree initiates. It is causing a great abstraction from form and from materialism, which is what this energy does. That abstraction will have great consequences for the Sixth Ray personality of the US, an energy which is on its way out of incarnation and will naturally have similar effects upon the situation in the Middle East and those races conditioned strongly by the Sixth Ray.

 

The result of the cooperation between the Second Ray soul of the planet and the Second Ray soul of America will be both a great abstraction of energy (this will take out the Sixth Ray and make way for the Fourth) and a great anchoring of energy (this will happen under the influence of the Fifth and Seventh Rays). We have the four Rays of Attribute all involved: The Seventh Ray and Fourth Ray cycling in, the Sixth Ray cycling out and the Fifth Ray coming in through Aquarius. If we add the Third Ray personality of the planet and its Second Ray soul, some idea of the potential synthesis may be grasped.

 

This whole process needs to be held in the context of the Planetary Logos taking the fourth sub-initiation of the Second cosmic Initiation. The astral polarisation of humanity will be somewhat lifted into its buddhic correspondence as the Sixth Ray goes out and the Fourth Ray comes in. On the buddhic plane, humanity will contact the higher energies of cosmic buddhi entering via the Planetary Logos on the cosmic astral plane. These must be directed by the Fourth Hierarchy - humanity - through the fifth plane onto the seventh and affecting primarily the fourth ether.

 

Expect this dual process of abstraction and anchoring to occur simultaneously and consequentially. By that I mean that the inflow and outflow are essentially linked as dual sides of the one event. However with the forty-nine year cycle, expect the emphasis to be on abstraction for the first half and anchoring for the second, beginning in 2025.

 

13.03.02

The Shamballic Impact is an 'abstracting force' designed to release the consciousness from form in preparation for the incoming Seventh Ray which will then shape form according to the Plan. Reactionary Sixth Ray energies must be offset by the highest aspect of the Sixth Ray, the devotion to spiritual principles regardless of the consequences to the form, be it body or land.

 

Individuals embodying this highest aspect of the Sixth Ray exist amongst both groups, and it is to them that we can direct our energies of support at this time. But this will not be enough. The conflict is not a localised one - it has its origins deep within the karma of humanity, and thus must be solved by humanity as a whole. This requires the strengthening of the United Nations as a centre within humanity for the direction of Will energy as an abstracting and synthesising force.

 

In order to distribute this 'abstracting force' a triangle is being created between Shamballa, Hierarchy and the New Group of World Servers; the latter representing the ajna centre.

 

As conscious servers we are encouraged to see the outer events upon the world stage within a wider context. With understanding comes the increased power to serve. Hierarchy needs the conscious, willing assistance of humanity in order to triangulate the Will force pouring in from Shamballa.  It is through the aligned thought, directed through the New Group of World Servers, that the Plan will be brought into manifestation on Earth.

 

This is a call to unitedly and esoterically strengthen the United Nations as the only human centre able to respond to the entrenched survival-based will-force within the lower nature of humanity. This fire must be fought with fire. The fire of the Will to liberate. The fire of the Will-to-Good. The fire of Shamballa.

 

COMMENTARY

 

Key ideas:

 

The 2001 Decision bought in energies along the fourth strand of the antahkarana - the cosmic path to Sirius. These fourth ray energies stimulate the fourth creative hierarchy which is humanity, currently identified with the three worlds.

 

They produce a crisis in the human family - one that is definitive and one that Hierarchy has decided Humanity is equipped to deal with. The result of this crisis ( properly handled ) will prepare the way for the Externalisation and the incoming fourth ray in 2025

 

America with its second ray Aquarian soul and sixth ray gemini personality has a key role to play within the human family with respect to this crisis.

 

The United Nations must be esoterically strengthened

 

IMPLICATIONS

 

There are a number of sixth ray battles going on precipitated by the inflowing energy of the fourth ray of harmony through conflict.

 

There is the outer 'war on terror'. The 'coalition of the willing' represents the sixth ray response of aspects of the personality of the planet led by America to the sixth ray fanaticism of those who seek its ( the planetary personality ) overthrow.

 

Behind the revolutionary forces lies the first ray power of Pluto. Behind the conservative forces lies the first ray of Vulcan. In general, if forced to choose between Bush and Osama Bin Laden most people would choose Bush and of course to those caught up in this battle there is a tendency to make this simple distinction. "You are either with me or against me"

To those who see behind the obvious outer battle then something else is going on. These two forces of the sixth ray are bought together by the first ray in order to produce something, to fashion (or really, reveal ) something which we might call the 'diamond soul' of earth humanity. This battle is polishing the discriminatory capacity of humanity's mind

 

And then there is another sixth ray battle looming also with the fourth ray behind it - that of the elections in the USA. This is more subtle but a battle none-the less between the left and right aspects of the sixth ray personality. On the emotional level it is a mudslinging affair - cut and dried - black and white - each pointing out the shadow of each other. Demonstrations aside it is not a physical plane battle but an emotional/mental or kamamanasic one. To those caught up in it the future of the world is at stake and all 'right thinking' people need to be convinced to join their side - one thing both sides have in common is their righteousness.

In its higher reaches this battle expresses the fourth ray - intelligent partially soul infused individuals on both sides, left and right entering into respectful debate about the issues with the genuine aim of trying to find the best way forward for America and the world.

 

Two extra forces can come into play when the fourth ray process is at work. One is the Shamballa force as it expresses through the will of the masses. The people will decide on election night which of these two aspects of the American personality will take them through the next phase. When we put all our own prejudices and opinions aside we see that the will of God is what IS. Perhaps Vulcan will side with the democrats and perhaps he will stay with the conservatives. From a larger perspective one might say that the Bush administration was actually what was needed during the last four years - perhaps it will be needed for a while more or perhaps it has done its necessary work and now the more liberal energies of the democrats will be bought forward for balance.

 

Of course these views do not enter the minds of those in the battle. Either Bush should never have been elected and made everything worse ( democrat view ) or he is saving the world and if the democrats get in they will undermine all the good work ( conservative view ). Another thing these views have in common is their willingness to put their own opinion above that of the Will of God  or worded another way they don't really believe in the democratic process IF it produces a result that disagrees with their view of what SHOULD be. I personally think it is very disturbing that so many members of the esoteric community have aligned themselves so strongly with the left practically saying that it is self evident Hierarchy supports that view. Nor do I think Hierarchy is on the side of the conservatives. It is a more subtle process in my view and cannot be compared with the clear lines of demarcation that were drawn in the second world war.

 

The other energy that can be bought in by the balancing process of the fourth ray is the second ray soul of America. Remember that America is on the 2,4,6 line and the fourth ray bridges between the sixth ray soul and the second ray personality.

The fourth ray integration formula has these as its final words.

 

The word goes forth from soul to form.  'Both sides are one.  There is no war, no difference and no isolation.  The warring forces seem to war from the point at which you stand.  Move on a pace.  See truly with the opened eye of inner vision and you will find, not two but one; not war but peace; not isolation but a heart which rests upon the centre.  Thus shall the beauty of the Lord shine forth.  The hour is now.'"

 

It is well to remember that this fourth ray is preeminently the ray of the fourth Creative Hierarchy, the human kingdom, and therefore has a peculiar relation to the functions, relationships and the service of man, as an intermediate group, a bridging group, upon our planet.  The function of this intermediate group is to embody a type of energy, which is that of at-one-ment.

 

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Compare with  the sixth ray integration formula for the personality

 

The word goes out from soul to form:  'Run not so straight.  The path that you are on leads to the outer circle of the life of God; the line goes forward to the outer rim.  Stand at the centre.  Look on every side.  Die not for outer forms.  Forget not God, Who dwells behind the vision.  Love more your fellow men.'"

 

And the second ray formula for the soul"

 

The word goes forth from soul to form:  'Release thyself from all that stands around, for it has naught for thee, so look to me.  I am the One who builds, sustains and draws thee on and up.  Look unto me with eyes of love, and seek the path which leads from the outer circle to the point.

I, at the point, sustain.  I, at the point, attract.  I, at the point, direct and choose and dominate.  I, at the point, love all, drawing them to the centre and moving forward with the travelling points towards that great Centre where the One Point stands.  What mean you by that Word?"

 

The fourth ray can bring the opposite 'running straight to the outer circle' energies of the sixth ray together and hold them in balance long enough for the point in the centre of the circle to attract their attention.

The second ray soul of America channeling the fourth ray energy of freedom can reach through to those on both sides of the political spectrum and fuse them into a governing body that has as its core principle - not 'political partisanship'  but the love of the whole. The last election showed some indications of this at work. The parties were so evenly balanced that either side could easily have won and there was a great deal of cooperation evident in the forming of the various governing entities.

Those on both sides of the political divide who are genuinely motivated by the soul of their country and the good of humanity actually have more in common than those who are at war for an ideal. In the fourth ray process this is revealed.

 

Now I want to point out a third battle that really synthesizes the other two - this one is even more subtle and has both sixth and fourth ray elements but is primarily a fourth ray issue and has the first ray at its back. It is the issue of global governance and the united nations. On the one hand there is the view that the UN as the only real international governing body we have currently produced should be the decision maker when it comes to issues of global war and peace. This view would have it that the US was wrong to act independently in the war in Iraq and should have submitted its national will to the will of the planetary body. On the other hand there is the view that the UN is fatally flawed due to the admittance of  totalitarian powers into the security council and therefore impotent to act when it is patently obvious that things need to be done on the planet. In this view the taking of independent action is the moral responsibility of the individual. Of course there are shadows on both sides as well as obvious truth.

 

This battle in my view is a higher one because it involves the Leo/Aquarius individual /group dynamic. On the one hand divinity can only fully express itself within the individual and on the other hand the imperatives of the whole must override the self serving personality assertions of the individual. Of course anyone who has been intimately involved in group process knows that it is not Leo versus Aquarius but the combined and healthy expressions of both energies that expresses the nature of the soul. The irony here is that America is an Aquarian soul and the UN could be said to have certain Leo characteristics

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This last battle is a major global issue and is bringing up very important  debate all over the world. How do we balance the demands of individual national sovereignty with international law and respect for different cultural and evolutionary imperatives?

How do we have a whole ( the nations of the world ) that is also differentiated in expression and development?

How do we give up our attachment to our ideal of ' peace' after 'the war to end all wars' and reconcile ourselves to living with and managing necessary conflicts in order to reveal the true peace of Shamballa.?

 

If we looked behind this battle I think we would find Shamballa at work - fashioning in the third centre, humanity a polished jewel that will eventually be able to channel first ray power. It is obvious that the UN as it stands cannot do this. It is equally obvious that the US cannot and should not be allowed to run the world with its policies no matter how relatively evolutionary they might be.

The Aquarian soul of the US is bringing to light through this conflict a very real deficiency in the current operation of global power and international law. We have a toothless, flawed, talkaholic as the current incarnation of a planetary parliament. It will not do. AND we must remember that this entity  is only in its fifties - a tiny time span for the unfoldment of  the first aspect in humanity. It was a positive development however flawed it may be . The lessons must be learned and it must be restructured or done a way with and replaced with a more effective form.

 

 I propose that the events of  current planetary crisis involving war and international law are effects of this primary Shamballic intent. In giving Humanity the power to make definitive choices they are also revealing the imminent need for a planetary  body within humanity to make such choices through, and precipitating a crisis that will help generate it.

The UN is a fourth ray organisation and by the time Hierarchy externalizes and the fourth ray comes into expression in 2025  it, or a replacement body MUST be in place to direct the energies within the throat chakra of the planetary being.

 

Therefore the injunction to esoterically strengthen the UN does not necessary refer to exoterically supporting it. Indeed, the inflow of first ray energies into any form will often result in its destruction to make way for a more suitable form or it will purify the form of flaws so that it can handle increased LIFE.

 

In summary I would say that there is always a temptation to direct attention to the loudest demand and esotericists are trying to develop the capacity to respond to the subtle forces at play behind outer events.

 

My proposition is that the real issue on the planet demanding our attention is NOT the War on terror or the war in Irag. Nor is it the presidential election in the US -  relatively important as these outer happenings are. The real game is the precipitation of a fourth ray crisis within humanity as a whole in the attempt to reveal at the point of greatest tension the  'cream' of humanity - those initiates who will eventually form the jewel in the third planetary centre - the fusion point between Humanity and Hierarchy capable of more effectively channeling the Will of God on Earth. This revelation will be coincident with the formation/restructuring of a UN type body.

 

If the proposition is correct then, as members of the NGWS, one way we can play our part is by becoming conscious of this aim and helping collectively focus this first ray energy of Will and Purpose  into the three worlds in the direction it is so willed.

 

Bruce Lyon