GROUP INITIATION II ( cont.)

24.12.03

Sacrifice

The Christ, the world soul is the great symbol of to-give-for-ness. The gift that is most meaningful is the gift of the soul itself. To give one’s soul for humanity is to give the very essence of relationship ( the soul’s unique quality ) so that the soul becomes a strand of the great bridge between humanity and Shamballa. It is this unique act that the Christ demonstrated for us and calls upon us to emulate. Ponder on this thought my brothers. One cannot give what one does not possess and one cannot possess something and be it at the same time. To give one’s soul there must already be a faint recognition that there is something more – that one is something more and that the soul is merely the clothing, the sheath of something more essential still. Just as the personality life is sacrificed to the soul and yet this sacrifice is not really a giving up but a letting go in the name of reaching for something higher, similarly the triad is the personality of the essential being and must be sacrificed in order to gain a larger estate. When one is done with the things of the material world and identified with the soul then the lower possessions, money, emotion, ideas are given to those who need them most. When one is done with triadal assets they are similarly given away – all is sacrificed in the reaching for that which is deemed the most essential. Thus it could be said for those on the fast path, sacrifice is bliss.

There is only a joyful release of outworn garments to reveal the shining beauty of the wearer beneath. While this stage of release from the triad lies far ahead it is useful to orientate the consciousness in this direction and at high moments of meditation to wilfully seek to stand ever freer from one’s vehicles. This practise increases the vertical capacity of alignment remembering that the capacity to contact the monad does not mean one is identified with it. Once the consciousness is somewhat stabilised on the buddhic plane during meditation the higher antahkarana can be travelled through the assistance of a Master who forms himself the gateway and can reinforce the monadic thread. The third ray seeks to fully master the substance of each plane as it ascends until it is able to fully manipulate the matter found thereon. The second ray also tends to expansion and the inclusive functioning of one plane with the ones above and below it. The first ray tends to focus primarily on descent and return opening the central channel with little expansion of consciousness on to the plane itself as it is passed through. These are the three primary rays of the monad and each is needed for rounded out development. This is primarily a second ray system and I am seeking to develop the relationship between the second and first ray, the third ray already having been built quite fully in the early system as a result of being the ray of the planetary personality.

The legacy of the third ray development results often in an over development of the mental plane so that it becomes a barrier to higher energies reaching through to the three worlds. It is for this reason that many of those who study esotericism can become crystallised through the over-manipulation of the mind and it is this tendency which I seek to offset with the emphasis upon Shamballa and the monad in the third phase of my teaching work.

Now I would like to give you some practical direction in your meditative service work. I have said that I want you to avoid attempting to direct the energy that is being passed through the group field and merely to hold the intention of offering the field for transmission. I seek to expand upon this somewhat by trying an experiment. The outer manifestation project at Highden has passed through its major crisis of transition and a new phase of expansion is underway. The essential jewel has drawn to itself a field of fire which will continue to grow and expand and now requires regular rhythmic ‘pulsing’ from the jewel as well as the training of others to eventually take over this function.  The development of the entity which is S---- has taken a somewhat different course. The field of fire is already in existence and the task is now to essentialise a ‘jewel’ in the centre to focalise the Shamballic energies. By contemplating the different evolutionary development of the two entities some light may be shone on different ray approaches to the formulation and the eventual destruction of causal bodies both individual and group.

I have been seeking to expand the identification of this group into the wider group field for a number of reasons. One is that, as the intensity of the energy that passes through the group is continually heightened it produces distinct effects in the lower worlds. These effects are produced by the direction of the mind. When the mind of group members dwells on a particular project or location in the three worlds as part of its daily manipulation by the indwelling consciousness, so the higher energies pour towards that focus. Too much focus on the Highden field creates a situation where the forms that are now needing to be built around the essential energy cannot cohere because they are continually being shattered by the inflowing life energy. This situation was desirable during the early years of the projects life but will prove counter productive if continued particularly as the intensity of the energy transmitted continues to grow.

I seek therefore to shift the focus of your thought somewhat. Individually this is facilitated by a developing positive preoccupation ( mark that word ) with the development of the self initiated projects of each individual as they lay the groundwork for their ‘masterpieces’. In your group work I would like you to attempt a general shift of attention for a time from the Highden field to the S---- field. This is by way of an experiment. S---- is undergoing a period of intensity in its development and would benefit from this attention if it is carefully directed. In meditation I would like you to gently hold the image of a jewel or crystal forming within the field of fire that is the overlighting energy. Another image is of a ‘seed’ within the fire. This seed, already present but unformulated can come into greater definition through this conscious attention. Let me stress that it is not for you to direct energy into the field but rather ‘hold a space’ for the seed to appear. This aid occurs through the process of resonance. Attempt this gentle shift in focus in your meditative work and your daily thought for a period of time and share any impressions and outer results with each other.

31.12.03

The Formation Of Esoteric Structures

As we approach the Capricorn full moon I would like to give some information about the formation of esoteric structures. Exoterically Capricorn is related to the skeletal system and esoterically to initiation. These two processes are linked. Let me give you some examples. In the biological world we see the gradual development from amorphous organisms to those with more elaborate structural systems. In starfish for example a calcium based skeletal structure is laid down along geometrical lines. We might imagine that the etheric prototypes of these creatures were patterns of energy that gradually resulted in a calcification of these stable patterns into form. A similar process happens in the triad where of course the most physical or dense plane is the mental plane. Meditative groups, impressed by the archetype form and maintain patterns of conscious interconnection. Eventually the patterns, if held long enough ‘calcify’ in lines of thought substance or mental matter. This mental structure, like all structures both serves to limit and liberate consciousness at the same time. Limit, because once a structure is set in place the flexibility of the organism is decreased. Liberate, because when the structure is in place, the organisims conscious resources are freed to work in higher substance.

Another example of this structured thought building process can be seen in learning. Mathematics for example historically involved a great deal of ‘rote learning’ in the early stages. The times table has been recited by many generations of children. Once these patterns have been ‘hard wired’ into the consciousness they form the structure which allows the mind to go on to understand algebra or calculus for example. At the same time these underlying structures create necessary limitations in the flexibility of thought which become unconscious. Periodically the way these structures are created gets transformed – we have new maths for example that seeks to emphasise a more flexible association between numbers as ‘fields’ or qualities rather than fixed quantities. As each generation passes more complex and flexible structures are created in the basic building blocks of thought which both enable and limit the consciousness of that generation.

In building esoteric groups such as the New Group of World Servers, a similar process takes place. My work in formulating the global triangles initiative has its roots in this very process. As I have told you elsewhere there is a shift in the basic esoteric structure of the planet from squares to triangles as the planetary personality is re-patterned by the planetary soul. This is a necessary part of the Externalisation process.

In the building of the esoteric structure of Shamballa School the original pattern was a triangle which was formed strongly at the core. This pattern was ‘anchored’ within the learning field of the organism. When dealing with patterns of this kind it is important to realise that it is the archetypal structure that is preserved in ‘memory’ and not the cells or units which from time to time go into building that structure. In the physical world cells are replaced in the body regularly but the structure is retained. At this stage in the group life another structure has been built and tested and is now ready to be ‘anchored’ within the psyche of the organism. That structure is the six pointed star constructed out of two interlaced triangles and built around a seventh synthetic point. Specifically you have a first and seventh ray triangle structured around a second ray point thus bringing the energies of synthesis into play. This formation has been tested at the time of the Scorpio full moon. Higher energies ran through the crystal as it were. The energy pattern is now ready to be sealed into the group ‘memory’ at the time of the Capricorn full moon.

This is why Capricorn is associated with initiation. Initiation is an expansion of consciousness but this expansion is facilitated by a simultaneous solidification of consciousness patterns. Between initiations the consciousness of the individual or group  is struggling to hold a higher point of vibration or tension – at first only held at high points in meditation but eventually sustained as a stable focus in day to day awareness. Initiation seals this ‘vibratory lesson’ so that the resources of the individual or group is able to use this as a base for further expansions.

These instructions on group process will be valuable to other groups precisely because they address the precipitation of archetypes into form. Different ashrams and different groups will express different patterns but the process is the same. Hierarchy seeks to generate reflections of precipitating archetypes within the consciousness of humanity and then by externalising a piece of the Plan through these archetypal formations it builds ‘learning’ into the racial memory.

This is also why I have asked the group to focus awareness on the S---- field at this time. Fields of energy are like the amorphous biological organisms just prior to the calcification of a skeleton. Patterning can be aided through a process that Rupert Sheldrake termed ‘morphic resonance’ which is in effect an acceleration of learning patterns via vibratory induction. A similar process occurs in chemistry when a crystal is dropped into a super saturated solution.

As you know the outer esoteric schools have been structured around a light and dark cycle during the course of the year – an inbreath and an outbreath. In the northern hemisphere the cycle is opposite to that in the southern hemisphere. Thus Capricorn is a sign of beginnings and endings. The lesson of the interlaced triangles is the capacity to see both poles as expressions of one underlying process. Capricorn and Cancer are the gateways in and out. Abstraction and precipitation, ascent and descent of consciousness are part of one process. You have had this direct experience in the life of the school this year. This mystery is intrinsic to the externalisation and reappearance.. The precipitation of soular archetypes into form is coincident on the penetration of the soul into monadic realms. They are one and the same process and it is this process which will allow the Christ to ‘reappear’ on a global scale. Think this through for it underlies the sevenfold field. Spirit and matter form an interlocked and complementary pairing of shiva and shakti. This is ever true but must be ‘realised’ by the soul, who stands at the midway point. It is this ‘realisation’ which I seek to have ‘sealed’ within the group life – not as a theoretical concept but as one proven and tested by practical experience in manifestation on behalf of the Plan. Think through the process that has happened at Highden in this regard.

Accordingly, at the period of the full moon I would have you hold this pattern of the six pointed star strongly in your group consciousness and offer it in service to Hierarchy and in willingness for it to be ‘seared’ into the group organism. Keep your focus internalised within the group ring pass not prior to an expansion into the wider field during Aquarius. Let your attention then come off this pattern and be open to the next phase of learning. Let it fall below the threshold of consciousness as it were in a similar way to learning the times table. It will then have been ‘built in’ and form part of the instinctual solar wisdom of the group.

07.01.04

Externalisation

I have little to communicate to the group concerning its internal functioning at this time. The requisite point of tension is being held and it only remains for you to continue to hold it through the full moon period. The quality of ‘stillness’ is much to be sought after at this time particlarly as it relates to the mental field. The rays of Capricorn are 1,3,7 as you know and it is the focused stillness required of the third ray which allows for the energies of the first ray and plane  to penetrate down into the etheric physical and anchor the archetypal spiritual energies in form.

Let me give you then some Hierarchical perspective on the planetary work. The Externalisation process is well under way and from the inner worlds the educational work of Hierarchy is apparent everywhere in the light filled higher mental field of the planet. Networks based on the principle of goodwill are everywhere to be seen and there is a perceptible shifting of power from the old networks based upon personality control to those operating under differing degrees of soul control. One thing is most definitely required at this point in evolutionary time in order to speed up this process. This could be termed ‘spiritual organisation’. As you know ‘organisation’ is one of the three qualities of Shamballa and yet it is quite different in expression than the way the term is commonly understood from a personality perspective. The most useful analogy is the formation of the nervous system within the human body. Triadally, the higher mental field is the physical body organised in egoic groups. The buddhic field is the triadal astral body and unifies the operation of the egoic groups by infusing them with the cohering energy of love. This loving mind allows for egoic groups to ‘see themselves’ within the inclusive whole of the ashram. The atmic field transmits the energy of will into the triadal astral and physical bodies.

To the inner eye the egoic groups are seen as specific geometrical forms which are infused and surrounded with the ashramic currents unifying and informing them from the buddhic plane. Stable structures of consciousness within a lighted field – the sphere of the one great ashram. The nervous system which communicates the will of God within this great sphere is seen as blue white electric fire flashing through the spiral cyclic currents and connecting egoic groupings via the jewels in the centre of all structures from an ashram to an individual lotus. There is in essence only one jewel and it is this one identity realising itself and responding to Shamballic energy which is behind the idea of ‘straight knowledge’. The will of god is registered simultaneously through the whole system not as intellectual perception but as the galvanisation of the system as a whole in concerted action that is in alignment with the inspiring will.

The ashram ‘thrills’ and the underlying synthesis is revealed to the consciousness of the whole in hindsight. The analogy within the personality system can be seen at times of great danger to the survival of the organism. The galvanisation occurs from the lower instinctual expression of the will, sudden action is taken and after the crisis is over there is often a period of adjustment ( the post traumatic stress syndrome ) where the emotions and the consciousness seek to integrate what has occurred and to recover from the effects of a sudden inflow of will.

The field of the ashram undergoes a similar process of adjustment to the inflowing will of Shamballa. Over time the consciousness is able to sustain greater and more regular impacts as the spiral cyclic nature responds positively to the direct straight- line energy of the will. The occasional  flashes of electric fire are gradually replaced with stable currents of electrical energy which become the nerves of the triadal life and allow for the continual flowing in of the organisational energy of Shamballa. Think this through. The ‘flashes’ of the will which thrill from time to time are not a result of the nature of will. It does not ‘flash’ on and off. Rhythm is a result of consciousness and not of LIFE. LIFE IS, persistent eternal and ever present. The capacity of form to respond to LIFE is however inconsistent and intermittent. The buddhic consciousness that links form and Life operates spirally to increase the capacity of the form to respond to life via an increasing rhythm of contact. As consciousness is able to identify more and more with the life principle there are less and less intervals between contact until a stable current is maintained.

Once these stable networks of will energy are established within the triadal life and expressing in the outer world through the New Group of World Servers, then you will see the emerging culture and civilisation based upon direct conscious response to the will of God precipitate rapidly.

The purpose of this discourse is to emphasise to your consciousness the focus of the current work. Seek to build your capacity to become more and more a consciously operating part of this rhythmic building of the nerves of the will to good  within the planetary body of goodwill. Remembering that the will itself is not rhythmic in essence but only in expression and that this expression is the result of the close connection between the first and the seventh ray.

14.01.04

Con-Stellation

The full moon has seen the ‘constellating’ of the archetypal pattern of the seven pointed star in the group field. Constellations as they are understood by humanity normally have something to do with the projection into the heavens of a thoughtform that links certain star formations together around a particular story or myth. A true constellation is created by the consciousness and will of the beings who are the life of the stars to unitedly project some purpose or archetype into the mind of humanity. Truly it is said that the stars ‘name’ themselves.

You are building as a group to the completion of this second phase of the intitiation work I have been guiding you on. Let me reiterate for you the process to date. The first phase had to do with the introduction of a particular type of energy into the group field. This energy is ‘light supernal’ or the light of life itself. The first phase of the work was completed when this energy was released into the group making each of you ‘carriers’ in a holographic sense of this archetype even if it was not registered in your consciousness.

The second phase of the group initiatory process had to do with the release of this energy into the wider world group of which you are a part. This involved a conscious process of commitment, not so much to an outer project as in the first phase but to me, the inner coordinating point and purpose of the group life. The first group initation involved the birthing of an energy into the group. The second involved the group serving this energy by shedding it abroad in service. You are in the final stages of this process as you build to the Aquarius full moon. At the time of the Scorpio full moon the light was released – this created polarisation as the wider field opened in response or rejected the energy. The testing process complete, the anchoring of the archetype was accomplished in Capricorn. What remains is the sharing in the ‘water of life’ with the community of those responsive to it at the time of Aquarius.

There is a third phase to these instructions on group initiation. It involves the working of this energy through a ‘constellation of constellations’. This is one of the reasons that I have drawn your attention to the S---- field at this time – that field is ‘constellating’ in the same way that suns are birthed together out of gas clouds. A star is the precipitation and focalisation of the generalised light found on the buddhic plane into a specific lens for service in the three worlds. As the ‘field of fire’ which is the entity S---- manifests itself, it requires the organisation of that field into a constellation of suns. Each sun is consciously formed around a specific purpose – a purpose quantified in relation to the outer project.

A number of such entities as Highden and S---- are in different stages of manifestation. I propose to work with a constellation of such constellated entities in the next phase of this work. Each entity will have it’s own keynote but the note they will share is the connection with the energy of ‘life’ and of ‘light supernal’. The release of this light from the Shamballa School group at this time is in the nature of a call. Response to a note is the result of similarity of inherent vibration. Your work therefore at this time is to share in a wider sense of community and to pay attention to where similarity of vibration is apparent. There is only however the need for the recognising of this similarity and no thought or  action should be taken of an organising nature whatsoever. That will be my function and will involve the cooperation of at least two other Masters.

21.01.04

All is Well

My brothers in the work of externalisation, for such I may now address you. It is time for you to stand together and witness the results of your labours over the last cycle.

I have called you to a great experiment which has not been without trial and testing. I have formed a deeper and more direct alignment with each of you over this time and you will be able to recognise this and register it in your individual systems each in his own way. I am pleased with the results of the experiment and am in a position to assess that result in terms of purpose and the wider ashramic project. Your alignment to that purpose and your willingness to open to it with commitment and without having a similar overview is received by me with gratitude and appreciation. The energy that has entered into and been distributed through the group field is most subtle and at the same time extremely potent in effect. This effect flows from the top down and takes time to work through the outer fields bringing up resistance and clearing the way for the waters of life.

The image of the group as an overflowing chalice will be the most effective symbol for you at this time. The times of greatest challenge in the cycle of work I have attempted to achieve through the group at this time is over. The time of fulfilment is at hand. The forces of resistance have been broken and it remains for you to flow the healing waters throughout the wider group fields of which you are a part.

Adopt the following mental attitude. ‘Victory ( for this cycle ) has been achieved.’ This will mean different things for each of you and has meanings unknown to you as well. Let the victors be magnaminous in their achievement and flow forth the life giving waters to all who have engaged in the battle on whatever side. In your personal systems see to it that buddhi flows through those parts of your own nature that have ‘given up’ their lesser realities to the inflowing life and you will see that when the soul is victorious ALL share in this victory.

In the Agni Yoga teachings there is mention of the ‘chalice of attainment’ poured forth on four sides. Begin to pour my brothers for the chalice is full.

In asking you to adopt this attitude I am asking for a similar commitment to holding the mind steady in the light as I asked at the beginning of the experiment with regard to your decision that your contact with me was real. I tell you that victory has been achieved and your work is to hold this reality steady despite any appearances to the contrary in the three worlds. The inner victory is still working out and your minds are the directing agency for that flow. To the extent that you are able to hold your own vehicles under soul control I ask you to have only this seed thought for the month ahead. “ All is well. All is very well. I pour the grace and blessing of this wellness into the world” This is not a positive thinking affirmation but the dawning recognition of a successful outcome of a cycle of hard work. Naturally this ‘wellness’ exists in its completeness in Shamballa and is an expression of that light supernal and the peace with passeth understanding. By bringing that experience of ‘wellness’ through the triad and holding it steady upon the higher mental plane, the group is able to be a conduit of that energy into the three worlds.

I have asked you to treat this process as a scientific experiment and then to evaluate the results. This is the final stage of the experiment. By the end of the month you will be in a position to ‘know’ that which you have heretofore had to have faith in. Let the experiment run its course and then assess. This is where I can allow myself a teacher’s satisfaction – the satisfaction of knowing that what you have sought for and trusted in in the deepest part of your being is not only real but that this reality will be revealed to you in ways that will surpass your hopes and provide a solid foundation for your next ascent into the spiritual realities. At the same time and more importantly the higher energies have stable vehicles to pour fourth through into the world. Thus are reliable coworkers in the evolution of the planet grown in the gardens of the Masters. Thus can you likewise grow those who reach towards you with faith and commitment. Ask for their commitment. Ask for the experimental and temporary suspension of their doubts and fears. Seek their willingness to become coworkers and fashion for themselves the chalice of attainment. And when it is fashioned pour forth the waters of life and love which have in their turn been poured forth into you. In full measure.

Agni Yoga Verse 462

A part of the ancient mystery is called "the Chalice of Attainment."

A four-sided chalice was filled with the juice of the pomegranate. The inner surface of the vessel was covered with silver and the exterior was made of red copper. The affirmation of attainment was signified by the raising of the chalice. Then the juice was poured on all four sides, as the symbol of readiness to serve the general good without end.

 A condition of complete simplicity
Costing not less than everything
And all shall be well
And all manner of things shall be well
When the tongues of flame are in-folded Into the crowned knot of fire
And the fire and the rose are one.

T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding.
The Four Quartets

28.01.04

Organisation

In the evolution of the spiritual organism which is Hierarchy/Humanity there is a gradual process of 'organ' - isation' which is one of the three key energies of Shamballa. For organs to form cells must be called forth from a more generalised function within the organism to a more specialised one. This is the nature of evolution from single celled organisms to the complex unity which is a human being. Cells are called to a higher work. From humanity the NGWS is being formed. From the ashrams, the synthesis ashram must be formed. From the network of goodwill, the nerves carrying the will to good must be created. Out of the many esoteric groups in the world those responding to 'light supernal' must be organised.

All this requires an upliftment - a raising of cells to a higher function so that they are able to carry more spiritual energy in service to the Plan. The Victory I spoke of last week has to do with the prolonged sustaining of a higher energy in the presence of a lower one so that the inherent resistance of the lower pattern is broken and cells are able to shift into a higher pattern. This is a form of initiation.

On the path of initiation, patterns that once served the greater good quickly become limitations which must be outgrown if the indwelling life is to continue to ascend. This is true in both the individual and the group life. The planetary soul must release the 'prisoners of the planet'.

Freedom is not possible when parts of the consciousness are still contained within or identified with a thoughtform. This may be a materialistic thoughtform which tends toward involution or a spiritual thoughtform that tends towards evolution. All thoughtforms are forms however and as long as the consciousness is identified with them it is not free. Esoteric organisations and traditions, including those centred around my own work are nurseries for growing liberated souls. They hold relatively enlightened thoughtforms which gradually help to free those who form part of them. They are 'sacred matter' as opposed to non sacred matter but they are matter nevertheless.

At any one time there are those souls operating within diverse thoughtforms who are at the stage of being ready to transcend them. They are responding to the synthetic note of 'light supernal' or to the keynote of life itself. Their consciousness is awaiting liberation or initiation in other words. They are at the stage where, in the Christian tradition, God said, through Moses, to the Pharoah of Egypt "Let my people go , that they may serve me" Now Egypt was a very enlightened and structured society that served the evolutionary forces of the planet and yet God was wanting to free 'his' people to wander in the desert. He did not ask for that freedom for all his people because that would not have served them. He was selective, not out of favouritism or tribalism but out of recognition of suitability to serve a particular function. He entered into a 'covenant' with his people on the mountain top. A special relationship. At the third degree the soul is liberated from the limitations of the personality. These limitations are not all eliminated but they are 'transcended'.
After the third degree souls 'turn their back' on this 'light supernal' to serve within the three worlds but this 'covenant' remains, this special relationship with the monad or the life aspect.

Out of the different groups and organisations in the world who have responded to my teaching work I am attempting now to draw into conscious spiritual relationship those souls who are ready to respond to this note of 'light supernal'. This response transcends all political, idealogical and organisational considerations. There is no attempt to build alliances of any kind. It is simply a united response to the note of 'freedom'. Souls at this stage feel intensely the limitations of thought no matter how enlightened it might be and are wanting to be free of it.
They are responding, little they may know it to the note of coming sixth subrace and may form a part of the seed of that subrace if they are able to intelligently choose the intuition over the intellect and thus station their identity upon the buddhic plane. There they will find themselves grouped together and able to come under true impression and become distributors of the energy of initiation within the fifth subrace manasic field. They will operate within mind but they will be sourced beyond it. Thus they will be able to direct the thinking of humanity - not via thought itself but via the energy that inspires and clothes itself in thought.

This path leads out of the organisational structures of the mind into the desert where the word of God may be heard directly rather than filtered through the traditions and priesthoods of society. It is in this desert that the individual soul comes into a direct relationship with the Father, the monad and develops the 'straight knowledge' or lightning flash of the intuition. As you recognise this capacity strengthening in yourselves you will recognise it more readily in others until a more conscious energetic network composed of this flashing blue fire is created.
I am sounding this note of 'life' throughout my ashram and there will be those who will be drawn to it from many outer forms. They will arrive at this column of flame in the desert, no so much dissatisfied with the organisation forms they are serving within but thirsty for more. Continue to pour forth these waters in benediction from the group chalice and add to them the note of will "Let my people go so that they may serve the LIFE" intending as you do this the freedom of only those who are ready for the desert.

4.02.04

Laying The Seeds

An auspicious date to end this series of transmissions concerning the relationship of soul to monad, Shamballa to Hierarchy, the fourth to the second plane. During the last two weeks I have asked you to consciously pour forth the life - giving waters of buddhi from the chalice and supplement them with the sword of monadic will. In this solar system it is within the field generated from the former that the latter energy can be safely wielded. Through my ashram the energies of Shamballa are stepped down through Hierarchy and the will is not therefore imposed. It is 'held in solution' as it were - a more subtle and potent stream of energy that is distributed like a current within the wide lake of buddhi. It is then left to humanity to detect and respond to this current like a fish swimming up a stream.

The combined use of these energies has a profound effect upon the sixth or astral plane through reflex action. The current from the second to fourth plane initiates a corresponding flow from the fourth to the sixth. This latter inflow results in cycles of intense conflict and tension on the astral plane prior to an eventual victory which results in an even greater inflow of the harmonising effects of the fourth ray.

The experiment the group has been engaged in has been the wielding of these energies within a wider field and therefore the development of skill in their conscious application in service. The experiment itself is now over although you will continue to witness the working out of the effects of your work in the three worlds. I would like you to enter a period of review of your process over the last six months. Formulate for yourselves the essential learning. Read back over the transmissions and reflect upon any changes that have occurred in your consciousness as well as changes that have occurred in your outer life. Attempt to crystalise for yourselves the steps along this particular pathway for it is one you will walk over and over again in the company of larger and larger sections of humanity.

There are three phases in the group initiatory process which I am seeking to 'seed' through experimental work with groups such as this one. All of these phases require a certain degree of buddhic consciousness because it is only on the buddhic plane that man becomes fully group conscious and therefore able to participate in the work of Hierarchy as a member of the fourth or human hierarchy.

The first phase of the work is the bringing into relationship the energies of the atmic and the higher mental plane. This results in the release of light supernal in its creative aspect within the egoic field of the group and necessarily within the individual egoic field. This release may or may not be registered within the consciousness of the individual depending on a number of factors but is nevertheless far reaching in its results making the soul a 'carrier' of the energy of synthesis.
The second phase of the work has to do with the relating of the energy of the monadic plane to the astral and this via the thread of the antahkarana or channel that was opened up in the first phase. Necessarily it involves a wider group field as our astral connections are extensive.

The third phase of the work must involve an even broader group process as it involves the relating of a thin strand of logoic or first plane energy through to the lowest or seventh plane. Once again this is accomplished through the channel built via the first two phases of the work and has significant results upon the outer plane. Accompanying these outer results is the full registering of the threefold process within the etheric brain. Together this series of initiatory processes enables the highest and the lowest to meet and is a result of the effect of the incoming seventh ray upon the fourth or human hierarchy during the Aquarian Age. Think this through for an insight may come as to the whole unfolding process of initiation which humanity is about to undergo and the founding upon the physical plane of the Temple of Power which is the seed for the coming schools of initiation and will enable eventually the first initiation to be taken en mass in the outer court of everyday consciousness.

In working with groups such as this I am experimenting with new modes of teaching as a new generation of disciples respond to my work with different equipment and I am laying the seeds that will eventually fully flower in future groups in the same way that the work with my earlier groups is being fully utilised now. As you will each know from your own experience there is always a particular appreciation a teacher has for those who are willing to be pioneers in the learning process. For my part I consider the work to date to have been successful in terms of achieving a certain result which can be viewed as the release of a particular type of energy through the field.

With regard to the educational component I am able to make some assessments through the observation of causal development however the experience within the consciousness of those involved is valuable and so I would like to make what may seem like a strange request. I would like you to share the results of your review with each other and also with me. How may this be done you might ask? Part of the training in the last cycle was for an intensification of the individual contact with me as your Master. This is required if I am to use the field as a synthesised yet differentiated unit. You will have experienced this increased contact in different ways according to your ray make up and development. Simply endeavour to use the channel of connection already established on a Wednesday morning and reverse the flow - instead of opening to impression, seek to convey to me in thoughts, words images etc the results of your experience. This will be beneficial to us both.

Humanity is beginning to realise its own innate divinity and must eventually take its place as an equal partner in the triangle with Hierarchy and Shamballa. In a similar way initiate groups within humanity are a source of information and energy flowing into Hierachy as well as out from it. Experiment and see.