THIRD PHASE TEACHING

The Master Djwhal Khul through Alice Bailey has indicated that there is a third phase of His planned teaching to run. He calls this stage 'revelatory'.

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

I interpret 'radio' , as have many others, to mean the internet. He goes on to say:

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."

For reasons I have outlined in another paper I believe this 'initiate' to be a group initiate and recognise my responsabilities as a part of that group. It matters not whether there will be 'one book' or 'one person' who essentialises the third phase in hindsight - all revelation is group revelation and many have contributed to this great stream of the trans-himalayan wisdom. Whether or not an individual contribution forms one small nadi or a major plexus in the energy body of this living being will be left for time and history to decide.

A significant difference in third phase is that it is revelatory. Revelation comes from direct contact and experience of the life stream behind a particular teaching and it is this contact with the life principle that is at the very root of third phase exploration. The wisdom is revealed in its livingness - unfolding before the inquirer according to the nature and quality of the inquiry. It is one loaf of bread that feeds the many - and each according to his need.

All over the world this 'revealing group' are tapping into the 'raincloud of knowable things' and making their inspiration available on the internet. I think of the speed at which my brothers' thought is available to me and the many feedback loops that are created like a giant brain that the Master's can use with no single mind holding all the information.It is a reflection in the mental world of the transparent fiery communion that takes place between souls in the ashram. It is said that a Master does not possess all knowledge but knows where to find it - because there is only one soul. In the three worlds a student searching on the internet has vast information available to him or her at the touch of a key and may move through many repositories drawing a synthetic understanding that may not have been present in the individual parts.

Initiation is governed by resonance - when the vibration is present then nothing can prevent the doors from opening. Keys are placed in the hands of a disciple when he has need of them and that need must form part of his service to the whole. The knowledge keys that can be written down and read form only the lesser part of the mysteries. Think how inefficent it was in the days when esoteric knowledge was held in the hands of secretive groups and societies. An advanced student might have had to wade through all forms of rituals, power tripping and silly garb in order to get the one piece of information that his soul needed in order to make it more potent in service. The call from a strong soul circumvents all outer trappery and the very gates of heaven open directly to his demand. This is perhaps why many religious and philosophical groups are experiencing a lack of inquirers and put it down to the dissolute state of modern youth. In many cases the reverse may be true - our modern youth may be more advanced souls operating under a greater tension that does not have the time to jump through all the hoops that self proclaimed guardians of the wisdom deem necessary ( because they were necessary for them )

Third phase teaching has to do with the Will and when the Will is strong it calls forth that which it needs. It is self-initiating. Therefore who knows what wonderful wild birds may alight and take the crumbs from our table ( or our websites ) while we are away feeding those kept up in our aviaries.

Therefore I celebrate the call to, on the occasions when that which has already been revealed and written down does not answer the need - take my spirit and my knowledge straight. In doing so I have come to especially appreciate that note here and there in the work of my brothers which is how the group reveals itself to itself.

The straight path is the fast path and as the Master has said "it is not that you ask to much but that you ask too little" and so I also particularly respect those who reach for the kiss of life even though , as Rumi tells us, "One kiss and you are ruined forever"

BPL

New Teaching Quotes from the Tibetan

Clear and profound as the teaching actually is in the books published in her name, the truths imparted are so partial and subject to later revelation and expansion that this fact, if constantly remembered, will give us a second much-needed safeguard against that quality of the concrete mind which constantly tends to produce sectarianism. TCF vii

It is for my disciples to safeguard this presentation of truth during this century and to see to it that the books are sent forth steadily upon their mission, until they are finally superseded next century by a newer and more adequate teaching. DINA 1 p32

Letters on Occult Meditation followed next. These indicated a somewhat new approach to meditation, based not on devotion to the Masters but on a recognition of the soul in each person. This was succeeded by A Treatise on Cosmic Fire. This book was an expansion of the teaching given in The Secret Doctrine on the three fires—electric fire, solar fire and fire by friction—and it was an awaited sequence; it also presented the psychological key to The Secret Doctrine and is intended to offer study to disciples and initiates at the close of this century and the beginning of the next century, up until 2025 A.D. Dina 1 p779

The teaching planned by the Hierarchy to precede and condition the New Age, the Aquarian Age, falls into three categories:

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 (Destiny of the Nations, page 106), 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. R & I 255 and EA 532

2. Occasionally (usually once in a century after Their Conclave at the close of the first quarter) there is the imparting of a more advanced body of teaching. This teaching will only be recognised by a few of the foremost disciples in the world; it will, however, prove to be the ordinary form of occult teaching during the next developing cycle. It is this type of work which I have been endeavouring to do with the aid of A.A.B. dina 11 p319

The work of an Avatar of a lesser order Who will come in the beginning of the next century to reveal to man his relationship to the third kingdom.  His way is being prepared by the many who in these days are developing public interest through the [Page 814] various societies for the benefit and protection of animals, and through the many stories to be found in books and current periodicals. TCF 813

I cannot give you the relation of the planetary centres to the human being.  Too much knowledge would be given too soon and prior to the time when there is enough love present in human nature to offset the possible misuse of energy with its often disastrous consequences.  The colours,  the mathematical rate of the higher vibrations which emanate from the centres — individual and planetary — and the quality (esoterically understood) of the energies must be the subject of human research and self-ascertained.  The clues and the hints have been given in the Ageless Wisdom.  The slower method of research is the safer at present.  Early in the next century, an initiate will appear and will carry on this teaching.

The remainder of this century 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.DON 106

It should be noted that there are seven forms of light, related to the substance of the seven planes. These are stimulated and enhanced by the twelve forms of light of the twelve Creative Hierarchies, related each of them to one or other of the twelve signs of the zodiac. On this I may not enlarge as it concerns the mysteries of the higher initiations. I simply make the statement so that it may be appreciated by you as an occult fact to the proof of which you may not yet have access. A paralleling statement would be that the light of the seven centres in man (when enhanced by the light of the seven planetary centres) and the five kingdoms in nature (7+5=12), plus the twelve lights of the zodiac will produce a consummation of "light" effectiveness which will make possible the expression of the whole. This, through the medium of humanity. This is a basic statement which means little to you as yet but which will—in the next century—form a seed thought or "key sound" for the next revelation of the Ageless Wisdom. EA 564

This diamond shaped formation of the inter-related energies is the prototypal pattern which lies behind the etheric network and is its final, conditioning influence as far as our Earth is concerned. It is hinted at in the reference to the "diamond soul" of which

the Buddha is an exponent. This is necessarily a deep mystery but the correlation is interesting and guaranteeing. EA 605

These coloured rings do not follow a straight unimpeded course, but interweave in a most curious manner, blending with each other, absorbing each other in stated cycles, and grouping themselves in groups of threes or fives, yet ever moving onwards.  This is the real foundation to the diamond pattern upon the back of the serpent of wisdom.  Three major lines of colour should be portrayed as forming the lattice work on the serpent's skin, with the four other colours interweaving.  Some day some student of colour and of the Divine Wisdom should compile a large chart of the seven planes, and superimposed upon those planes should be placed a seven-coloured serpent of wisdom.  If correctly drawn to scale some interesting geometrical patterns will be found as the circles cut across the planes, and some impression will be conveyed occularly of the complexity of the matter of the seven rays......LOM  212

1. "The group must understand the nature of the Three."  This will be seen to refer to the three major centres and the nature of their relationship, and not specifically to the Trinity.

2. "The nature of the One must be grasped and comprehended."  This has reference to the fact that our planetary Life is Itself a centre within a still greater Life, and is today one of the three planetary centres (even if not yet one of the seven sacred planets) which are the custodians of the force, in process of transmission, which will be to the greater Life what Shamballa, the Hierarchy and Humanity are to Our planetary Logos.

3. "The group must work through the medium of the united breath."  This deals with the processes of circulation, for the breath is the life and pours through all the centres.

4. "The group must attain a unified rhythm."  This has no reference in reality to the work of a group of disciples, but to a group of centres of life, such as the three major centres or the entire group of seven centres.

A study of these ideas may carry illumination, but I would again remind you that I write for initiates, living at a later period in this century and in the next. R&I 161

The section upon formulas is perhaps the most exacting in the series of instructions I am now giving you, for it involves creative thinking, intuitive insight, and the use of the spiritual will; these three activities are relatively new to the aspirant and present as yet great difficulties. These you will have to think out for yourselves, and thus acquire the training which will enable you to see life in the process of producing great formulas of living which, in their turn, will produce the essential creative patterns.

There is nothing more that I need to say on this subject. Later teaching on the matter will be available next century.Dina 11 p367

This second treatise is intended to be more practical and generally useful.  It deals primarily with the training of the aspirant so that he can, in his turn, act as a conscious creator, and as he works serve the higher ends of the Life which enfolds him.  Thus he aids in the materialising of the plans of God.  The training of the aspirant, the indicating to him of possible trends and lines of evolution, and the definition of the underlying purpose is all that it is wise to impart at the present stage in which the average aspirant finds himself.  This has been attempted in these Instructions and there has been given also some new teaching anent the emotional vehicle.  In the next century, when man's equipment is better developed and when a truer meaning of group activity is available, it will be possible to convey more information, but the time is not yet.  All that is possible for me is to grope for those feeble words which will somewhat clothe the thought.  As they clothe it they limit it and I am guilty of creating new prisoners who must ultimately be released.  All books are prison houses of ideas, and only when speech and writing are superseded by telepathic communication and by intuitive interplay will the plan and the technique of its expression be grasped in a clearer fashion. TOWM 524