THE GROUP INITIATE AND THE THIRD PHASE OF THE TEACHINGS Aquarian Full Moon 2001

The Master D.K. has indicated that there are three phases of the Teachings, planned by Hierarchy to precede and condition the Aquarian Age. It has been His responsibility to give out these Teachings and He has done so in three stages, the last of which is still to come.

In Rays and Initiations p.255, as part of Rule XIII he outlines these stages as follows:
"1. Preparatory, given 1875-1890...written down by H.P.B.
2. Intermediate, given 1919-1949 ... written down by A.A.B.
3. Revelatory, emerging after 1975...to be given on a worldwide scale via the radio

In the next century and early in the century an initiate will appear and will carry on this teaching. It will be under the same 'impression,' for my task is not yet completed and this series of bridging treatises between the material knowledge of man and the science of the initiates has still another phase to run. The remainder of this century, as I told you elsewhere, must be dedicated to rebuilding the shrine of man's living, to reconstructing the form of humanity's life, to reconstituting the new civilisation upon the foundations of the old, and to the reorganising of the structures of world thought, world politics, plus the redistribution of the world's resources in conformity to divine purpose. Then and only then will it be possible to carry the revelation further."

It is the contention of this paper, that the initiate mentioned, is in fact, a group.

Master D.K. gives us this information in the middle of a training manual for group initiation. Further, he gives it to us in context. The very next lines are:
"It is with the above indicated sequence in mind that I come to the analysis of the sentences in Rule XIII, beginning with the first: 1. Let the group get ready to reveal the hidden mystery."

He goes on to outline for us as much as he can give about the nature of this revelation. And he builds all this upon a careful presentation of the keynotes of the Teaching that has already been given out. The Secret Doctrine laying the preparatory work - giving to humanity their history from the perspective of the soul and placing it within a universal context. The works of Alice Bailey relating humanity to Hierarchy, teaching the new psychology, giving teachings about discipleship and the New Group of World Servers.

The leading edge of the Bailey teachings are those on Shamballa and the training for group initiation. The Master D.K. indicates that it is necessary for humanity to understand and respond directly to the stream of purpose from Shamballa in order to create a freely circulating triangle of energy that will allow the revelation of a divine quality that stands behind and expresses through the already revealed qualities of will, love and intelligence.

I am including the following long quote from Rule XIII as it clearly expresses the process of this revelation and is essential to the discussion of the subject.
"See you, therefore, the necessity of eventually organising a group in the world which will be so constituted and so carefully chosen and interiorly related that all its members are initiates, all have created their own "rainbow bridges" with understanding and accuracy, and all can now work in such complete unity that the group antahkarana becomes a channel of unimpeded communication direct from Shamballa to the group because every member of the group is a member of the Hierarchy. In this manner the three planetary centres arrive at the needed relationship, and another great triangle reaches true functioning activity. When this takes place, a revelation undreamt of will be manifested upon the Earth; a new divine quality, of which no knowledge at present exists, will make its presence felt, and the work of the Buddha and of the Christ, and the work of the coming Avatar, will be superseded by One for Whom both Shamballa and the Hierarchy have unitedly waited and of Whom the doctrine of the Messiah and the doctrine of Avatars have been and are today only the dim distant symbols. They preserve this concept of the Great Revelation in the consciousness of men, in the expectancy which the Hierarchy evidences, and through the "preparatory work" now being undertaken at Shamballa.

The group, therefore, to whom I address this instruction is not the group or groups who will first receive these papers. The instruction is intended for a group which will come later and which will prepare the way, and of which some of the more advanced aspirants can form part if they "walk humbly with their God." This, my brother, is one of the most advanced injunctions in any of the world Scriptures and is found in The Bible. It has no reference to humility as usually interpreted and understood. It signifies the ability to view all life with a sense of divine proportion and from the angle of spiritual mathematics, and (paradoxical as this may sound) with no sense of dualism. The usual meaning is not correct. It involves acceptance and comprehension of purpose, and this in such a manner that the consecrated personality-under control of the Monad, via the antahkarana, and in cooperation with the one known God-walks the ways of Earth as a channel for the three divine qualities (love, will and intelligence), but also as a channel for that which these three qualities will enable him later to sense, know and reveal.

These are solemn and important statements. They have within them the element of prophecy, but it is prophecy which has no relation to the salvation of humanity in any sense at all. It is related to an active Appearance which will, under the Law of Synthesis, indicate That which the three great planetary centres of divine life are unitedly intended to reveal. Something lies behind the three divine aspects of so great an importance, beauty and revelatory strength that all the happenings of all time, up to the present emerging Aquarian Age, have been only the initial and the initiatory preparation."

Solemn and important statements indeed and easy to dismiss as rightfully pertaining to others - unless of course they don't. Which brings us neatly to the subject of destiny, and this quote from Dina II. p. 312
"What we are dealing with here, in connection with initiate training, is the impending realisation for which any opening cycle attests its waiting, and for the new truths and the expanded spiritual presentations which it is the destiny of the initiate to bring to the people. You will note that I choose the word "destiny" in preference to the word "karma" because in this type of work the initiate is working and practising and progressing under a Law of Destiny. This law affects the Ashram and the Hierarchy as a whole, and neither is under the Law of Karma, as usually understood. This Law of Destiny has been brought into being since the foundation of the Hierarchy on Earth; it is the result of the pledged and united dedication to service which is the outstanding note of the united Ashrams."

Destiny superceeds karma when the enlightened conscious choice of the disciple is aligned with the conscious choice his soul, 'already an intiate of all degrees' has already made. This conscious claiming of our own destiny allows poor old Saturn and the Lords of Karma to let go of the burden of holding it for us and get on with more important things.

The next revelation involves humanity - not as the result of the revelation (individual-isation) or as the recipient of the revelation (initiation) but as the source of it (identification). In order for the triangle to circulate, what is required is for humanity to play it's part, consciously, freely and with responsibility. Humanity is fusing with Hierarchy at the same time that Hierarchy is fusing with Shamballa. The result will be a consumating light in which the mystery will be revealed.

What we already know of this mystery is also given by the Master D.K. in Rule XIII "All that I can tell you about that mystery is that it concerns the purpose and the reason for which our planetary Logos took incarnation and became the informing Life of our planet, the Earth; it concerns the necessity, inherent in His Own nature, to reach a point upon the cosmic ladder of evolution which would make Him-as a result-the informing Life of a sacred planet. Forget not that our planet is not yet a sacred planet, though it is close to that great transformation. The cosmic secret of this transforming process is one that Sanat Kumara is now learning, and when That which overshadows Him during this incarnation has wrought the needed changes through a process of transformation and transmutation, then a great Transfiguration will take place and He will take His place among those empowered to work through a sacred planet."

We also know that this revelation is related to the appearance of the schools because we are told in Rule XII, "The unknown, unseen and unheard purpose of Sanat Kumara. It is the secret of life itself and is known only to Him alone. In its initial phase of this new expression, it works through the Manu and the Master Morya; it is that which veils the central mystery which all esoteric schools-if true to their inaugurating impulse-will eventually reveal."

What that is we do not yet know, but it is hinted at in Rule XIII.
"And also that it relates to the Sirian Law of Freedom This mysteriously "exerted influence," this "pulling away" from form (as we might simply call it), 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, if one can use such a paradoxical phrase. It is responsible for His being known as the "Great Sacrifice," for (under the control of this law) He created our planetary life and all that is within and upon it, in order to learn to wield this law with full understanding, in full consciousness, and yet at the same time to bring release to the myriad forms of His creation." R&I 416

We are told that the personnel of the world group will all of them be "radiant centres" to a greater or lesser degree. It is likely that they will be at different levels of initiation, but a minimum of the second degree and probably past that point between the second and third, whereupon they can be trusted with a glimpse of the Purpose.

Later in the rule we are told that each will need to formulate their own 'mental proposition' of what this purpose is:
The purpose of Deity is necessarily embodied in a mental proposition; it is through this mental proposition that the three Buddhas of Activity implement Their work. I can put it no clearer. There will come a time in the experience of all initiates when-each for himself-a formulation of this mental proposition will be absolutely necessary. By means of this, each initiate will embody his individual understanding of the divine purpose as the Plan has been revealed to him. This he can do only through the means of group experience, in cooperation with his group and when the group-as a whole-has reached a similar point of realisation has together touched the fringes of this highest of all revelations for humanity. When, for the first time, they succeed in doing this, they will come-as a group-under the direct emanation of the Higher Three and under an aspect of the Council Chamber at Shamballa which has been hitherto unknown and unrealised. This will connote a high stage of initiation of the group and is, in effect, connected with inter-hierarchical activity. It is a working out into the consciousness of the group members of an event which has taken place within the Ashram of Sanat Kumara, the Hierarchy itself; this takes place through the stimulation of all the Ashrams at a certain Full Moon, and concerns the relation of the Ashrams as a whole to Shamballa, and not to Humanity. R & I 270

There is a good reason to assume that the full moon in question is Aquarius, related as it is to Alcyone and Shamballa as distinct from the Leo full moon's relationship to Sirius.

The symbol for Alcyone is a six-pointed star with a seventh point in the centre. The symbol for Sirius is a five-pointed star. When these are united, Hierarchy fuses with Shamballa, having already fused with humanity and the whole planet is able to take initiation.

This requires the cojoining of the Sirian Law of Freedom with the Aquarian, shall we call it: Law of Identification with a Greater Whole? When the Planetary Logos frees his astral body from his etheric/physical He will be able to take the second cosmic initiation and begin to gradually shift his polarisation on to the mental plane. When a human takes the second initiation his outer life begins to reflect the plan of the soul. He begins to 'walk his talk', if you like.

For the Planetary Logos to take the second initiation, the physical plane life on earth must reflect the soul purpose held in the planetary causal body and relayed through the cosmic astral plane to Shamballa and the Hierarchy upon the etheric planes of the cosmic physical. Humanity cannot be given that purpose until they are enlightened enough about the Hierarchical Plan to understand and become willing to cooperate with the Purpose as it is held in Shamballa.

This is why that Purpose is guarded so closely. Earth is a planet of rebellion and if that Purpose was widely known, the rebellion would at once become more intelligent and effective. That is why the education of humanity is such an important part of the Hierarchical Plan.

It is the taking of the responsibility, by humanity, for the implementaion of that Plan and eventually that Purpose, which will allow Hierarchy and eventually Sanat Kumara to take their attention off the cosmic physical and turn it to the cosmic astral and mental planes and begin to coordinate the whole system. This act, by humanity as a group, spread out through time and space will enable them to step out from under the Law of Karma and operate under the Law of Destiny.

The next revelation, the schools, the fourteen rules, masonry, the new world religion, the new astrology are all intimately interwoven. It seems obvious that, in order for them to take shape we must not only cooperate with each other but realise quite clearly in our own consciousness, that we ARE each other. That the consciously chosen commitment to, the developing capacity to achieve, and total responsibility for, the same ashramic purpose, is the diamond that fuses us.

Of course our outer expressions, under the law of freedom, will be different and we each have different capacities and understandings and are at different relative levels of development. Further we are at different stages of developing our individual contributions to the group purpose. The point is, that we are beginning to recognise each other and thereby, the destiny of the initiate that we collectively ARE.


Bruce Lyon