On the World Situation

 09.05.01

 Preparation for the Decision is everywhere. The Wesak has been used to precipitate the crisis that allows decisions to be made. Something is happening behind the scenes which will bring a clear choice to many. It has to do with the world financial system, which is all I can tell you for now. Vulcan is impacting Venus. The archetype is impressing itself. The Hammer is coming down and causing the re-evaluation of values. What is more important? Everywhere that question is being asked and the answer wrought out in individual and group lives will result in the hierarchical arrangement of the groups for the future. There are not right or wrong choices, merely choices and consequences of those choices.

 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

 September 11

 First of all I want to give a Hierarchical perspective on the events of the day. 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. The events of today will make it clear to thinking men and woman everywhere that this principle of freedom is under threat. That there are complex issues underlying the attack are undeniable – the result of it however will be a clear delineation in people’s minds and hearts between those who stand for the liberation of the human spirit and those who are attempting to enslave it.

 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 over the next month 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. Will the American nation be able to demonstrate a high level response to this tragedy? A response that comes from the higher solar plexus and indeed the heart, rather than a response from the lower solar plexus of quick revenge and retaliation driven by the energies of anguish and fear. Will they take the path of grieving for that which they could not control, followed by reflection and considered response?

 There are no circumstances in which terrorist actions like those perpetrated today may be justified. Having said that, the forces of frustration in the world about economic and political injustice have created a climate where they are almost inevitable. Wherever human beings are willing to give up their lives for their beliefs, however distorted, then a blow against the fear of death is struck. What makes people die for their beliefs rather than live for them? Prolonged periods where they experience powerlessness, and as a result their need for power breaks out in extreme cathartic acts of desperation. This is Pluto opposite Saturn. The forces of opposition to the system mobilise, whether in the case of the individual, the nation or - as is increasingly becoming the case - the planet as a being. The protests in Seattle, the bombings, the Palestinian cause against Israel, are all part of Pluto’s arrow. They are the energies of liberation operating in a distorted sense from below upwards rather than from the top downwards. Pluto is not a sacred planet and the activities that arise from his energies are often destructive and eventually purificatory due to the inherent energy of Will.

 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. And I mean that my brother.

 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. They have decided to trust humanity to make the right choice for the future of the race and the planet. Consider this.

 Remember that there are much bigger plans afoot on the planet and in the solar system than the self-centered problems which face humanity. Hierarchy have decided to place these larger plans at greater risk from the free will of man than has previously been the case.

 Do not think that the power of free will - humanity’s power - can be arbitrarily applied. It cannot be given and then withdrawn if it is not used as we would like it. That would strike at the very root of the power itself.

 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. We are saying that humanity has been educated about the issues. They are informed, generally speaking, taking humanity as a whole. Democracy requires an informed populace. Hierarchy and the Second Ray ashram has worked hard over the last one hundred years to disseminate the information humanity needs to base a decision upon. Now is the time to make that decision.

 The genuine giving of a free choice is an act not only of trust but also an act that precipitates crisis. Somewhere, semi-consciously, humanity feels the weight of the increased responsibility. It is this which is creating the crisis, because humanity knows that there is no turning away from this decision and that either way it will be terminal.

 What I mean by that is: If humanity choose to reassert the power of the Third Ray planetary personality this will result in the end of a cycle and the pronouncement of failure by the planetary soul to achieve its intended results in this cycle. Of course other cycles will provide other possibilities, but this cycle would be over, possibly resulting in the destruction of the incarnated human family in large part. We will have a repeat, on a smaller turn of the spiral, of the failure on the Moon Chain, and we collectively will demonstrate that we have yet to overcome the karmic effects of the materialising tendency within humanity and the planetary personality.

 If humanity choose to assert the power of the Second Ray soul, it will result in the almost immediate externalisation of the Hierarchy (and by ‘immediate’ I mean over the next quarter century). For this, Hierarchy have been steadily preparing. Do you see that it cannot be otherwise? One possibility cannot exist without the other. It is what you would call a ‘make or break’ situation. It will result - if successful - in humanity as a whole taking the First Initiation and the coming into ‘birth’ of the Christ and his Hierarchy in the heart of humanity.

 I might tell you that there are those within Hierarchy who have counselled against this decision to allow humanity to wield that most precious of all solar energies, Freedom. This should not concern you unduly as there are often different points of view about the

Way to proceed held within an underlying synthesis of intent. The disagreement arises from the very same issues inherent in the Second Ray soul of the planet. You were told that the situation on the Moon Chain resulted in the premature compassion of our Planetary Logos in accepting the lives from that Chain that had not demonstrated their readiness for the responsibility of future evolutionary opportunities. There are those in Hierarchy who think that humanity, now, is not ready for the responsibility of cooperating with Hierarchy and have therefore counselled against what they would term ‘the overly inclusive tendencies’ of the Second Ray soul.

 There are those more along First Ray lines who think Hierarchy should either ‘take a greater hand’ in world affairs  or withdraw their ‘crisis-producing energy’ until such times as humanity is demonstrating a greater readiness. In both cases the result would be a limiting of the full operation of the power of free will, while still leaving humanity free to choose its destiny within a more circumscribed arena. This would mean that humanity would still make a decision but would be protected somewhat from the consequences of that decision – resulting in a slower evolutionary process. (Humanity would not be at risk of destruction on the one hand, and Hierarchy would not externalise so rapidly on the other.)

 Having carefully considered the issue from all sides, the decision was taken to rely upon the positive strengths of the Second Ray and attempt to minimise the tendencies towards over-inclusiveness. What this means is that the Hierarchy, in giving more freedom to humanity, has decided to limit its own. Hierarchy will consequently do everything that it can to aid if that aid is invoked by humanity. On the other hand, it has been agreed to severely limit our active influence where that invocation is not present. Further, if humanity as a whole does not call forth Hierarchy - which would result in the externalisation - Hierarchy have agreed to accept the consequences of that decision. Have you any idea what this would mean, my brother? Some hint can be found by imagining what it is like for the soul of an individual to look on, unable to help while their personality pursues a self-destructive path. This is what would occur upon a planetary scale.

 In either case - the externalisation or the withdrawal - the Second Ray soul of the planet, Hierarchy itself, will learn dispassion. Does this strike you as strange that the Hierarchy  as a whole has something to learn, as does humanity? The soul has much to learn from incarnation, likewise the planetary Hierarchy has much to learn from overseeing humanity. And in the case of this particular Hierarchy, much karma is hidden within the history of the Planetary Logos.

 The decision was taken by Hierarchy on the Wesak full Moon following the initiating impulse in Aries. The Libran full Moon has to do with humanity’s decision in response to that of Hierarchy. Libra is associated with Shamballa, and humanity’s decision will allow the Shamballic force to be brought into play in one of its two aspects. Either Pluto will dominate and thus purge humanity in a rather drastic way, and therefore set the stage for a later cycle. Or Vulcan will dominate, called forth to anchor the Hierarchy on Earth in response to humanity’s decision to call in collectively the assistance of the soul.

 The relationships between Hierarchy and humanity are decisive ones for this time. Will our destinies converge or diverge? That is up to humanity at this time. The disciples and initiates must do their very best to keep the channel open between Hierarchy and humanity. They must do their best to respond to the needs of humanity and the principles of Hierarchy. They share in the responsibility of humanity, but also in a peculiar sense the active restraint of Hierarchy. This time marks the advent onto the world stage of a new and potent power – the massed intent of humanity. This brings the sign Cancer into prominence – that sign connected with the Fifth Hierarchy and the Fourth Initiation on higher levels. Will the World Disciple emerge from out of the mass consciousness, or will we return to the domination of the Matter aspect?  We will find out together, and will not need to wait for very long.

 26.09.01

 The Hierarchical perspective on world events is designed to be useful in opening your mind to an increased cooperation. It is easy to forget that the different kingdoms each have their unique lessons, perspectives and opportunities. I would seek today to give you further insight into the Plans of Hierarchy at this time. We are all very active in response to the call from our disciples and initiates in the world. Wherever a point of tension is being held by a group, we are able to lend our hand and energy. The result of this is three-fold. First, the energy naturally has effects upon the projects these groups are working with and the people with whom they come in contact. Sometimes these effects are constructive, sometimes destructive, depending upon the level of integration and alignment in the group. Secondly, the energy has effects upon the invoking individuals in the group. The result is initiatory in its potential.

 The third effect is less obvious – it is an effect upon Hierarchy itself as a result of the outpouring energies. As these energies pour out they provide a current which allows the energies from Shamballa (and in some cases extra-planetary energies) to pour into Hierarchy. Hierarchy are at their own great point of tension – a tension which is liberating members of the Hierarchy onto the higher way, just as it is liberating members of humanity into Hierarchy. A great funnel is thus created at this time. Thus there is a dual movement – invocation and evocation. The call from the lower allows the inflow from the higher. This inflow as it moves through the lesser kingdom, heightens the vibration of that kingdom or hierarchy and thus ‘lifts them’ into the hierarchy above.

The triangle between Hierarchy and Humanity and Shamballa works somewhat like this:

The energy from Shamballa flowing into Hierarchy is what allows Hierarchy to draw closer to Humanity. One group from Hierarchy are approaching closer to Shamballa, and as they thus approach it allows a second group from Hierarchy to approach closer to Humanity. The analogy is with the Third, Fourth and Fifth Hierarchies. The Third Hierarchy builds a bridge between the buddhic plane and the monad so that the Fifth Hierarchy is able to build a bridge between the buddhic plane and the astral plane. This is the dual action of manas, and Hierarchy is likewise engaged in a dual action. As Hierarchy creates this bridge between Shamballa and Humanity, another energy is able to be expressed as a result of the triangular linking between these three planetary centres – the energy of the Saving Force.

 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? Very few of them are able to take the higher initiations in Shamballa as the number of Masters on the First Path is limited.

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. In the example above, the energy of Will as it is expressed through the Seventh Ray would be involved.

 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.

 A further line of thought which will relate this esoteric thinking to the present world crisis: Masonry as you know, attempts to duplicate the practices of the Blue Lodge on Sirius upon the physical plane. Masonry is ruled by the Fourth and Seventh Rays and attempts to provide a receptacle for the First Ray of Will, allowing it to become a ‘seat of initiation’. The Gemini pillars have ever been the symbol of the Masonic tradition.

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 – Russia and Japan among them.

 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.

 03.10.01

 Libran Full Moon

 The last week has been an intense one. Very little has happened of moment on the outer planes of Earth, but in the inner worlds there has been immense activity. Even on the inner worlds of the outer – by this I mean the astral and mental planes. Humanity is learning how to work subjectively and I must tell you that our view of the current events is very positive. The risk taken and the confidence shown in humanity that I mentioned two weeks ago is thus far working out. It is not only necessary to believe in the essential divinity of others but also to correctly judge when that essential divinity is capable of exercising control over its instrument. Humanity at the moment is the World Disciple, striving to prove to the soul that it is able to hold its mind steady in the Light during crisis. If this is maintained then an outpouring from the soul is the natural result. All occurs under law.

 This is a key understanding about the operation of the principle of Freedom. The personal self (in this case humanity) has freedom within its circumscribed sphere. The consequences of exercising that freedom are expressed in karma. When the personal self freely chooses to align its choices with the purpose of the planetary life then personal karma ends and planetary karma quickly begins to work itself out. It is the work of Hierarchy to help humanity make those choices and to aid in the process of implementing the planetary karma and thence the higher Will at a pace that humanity is able to handle.

Just as in the personal case, when a man begins to work off karma rather than resist it, it may appear to outer eyes as if his life is getting much worse. In the inner worlds however, growth is occurring. One could say that humanity has progressed to the point where it is developed sufficiently as a disciple to deal on its own with some of the karma that Hierarchy has been safeguarding it against.

 Just as a parent may try to protect a teenager from the full impact of the laws of society until they are able to understand them and the consequences of breaking them, so Hierarchy has parented humanity. It is time for humanity to be released to its own destiny and that is potentially a glorious destiny. This will also allow Hierarchy to place more focus on its own concerns.

 13.03.02

 The world situation is building to a greater point of tension as we approach the Aries full Moon. The First Ray energies available at this time can be used by Hierarchy in an attempt to bring to an end certain basic tendencies within the field of humanity by a further ‘sealing’ of the door where evil dwells.

 The situation in the Middle East has at its root an aspect of separativeness and materialism.  The origins lie deep in humanity’s karmic past, but can be witnessed in the actions of the present. Deep survival fears originate from the misidentification of the soul with the form aspect instead of the spiritual pole. As a result, spiritual principles get ignored in the mistaken attempt to preserve the form life. The result is merely an intensification of the misidentification with the body, and a greater need to control the environment in order to manage the consequent escalating fear.

 The great initiation of the Crucifixion occurs when the soul finally releases its identification with all within the three worlds, in realisation of its source as the monad.

The monad and the body are opposites within a greater unity. In order for the soul to bring the energies of Spirit and Matter together, it must first choose its ‘home’. Then it is able to use the materialising powers of the Seventh Ray to externalise this ‘home’ on Earth.

 The choice of the body (or the land as an extension of the body) as the ‘primary’ home, results in the need to defend it against inevitable decay and death. The fear of death can never be allayed however. If spiritual principles are transgressed in the attempt, then the exile from Spirit increases and the dependence upon form increases, creating a materialistic spiral.

 Ironically, the conflict between Israel and Palestine is a reflection on the astral plane of this higher battle. The Palestinians, with their external homeland or ‘racial body’ under threat, are resorting to suicide bombing – an expression of the sacrifice of the form nature for a supposedly ‘higher principle’ (actually the sacrifice of the individual form for the collective form). The Israelis, feeling their homeland or racial body under threat, are attempting to control their environment in an effort to protect it. This control escalates the threat. Of course both sides are being motivated by an investment in - and thus a fear for the loss of - their external homeland. They are not the only ones with this investment of course – witness the mortgage payments which drive the activity of much of the Western world – but they are playing out its most extreme consequences on behalf of humanity.

 They represent the remnants of the Sixth Ray in its materialistic expression. The investment in ‘form’ always results, under the pressure of evolution, in the ‘destruction’ of form. This is due to the First Ray energies, directed into the form by consciousness identified with form. The First Ray is intended to abstract the consciousness from the form, but if the consciousness will not release the form, the form gets abstracted as well. Sensing this, the consciousness seeks to ‘externalise’ this destructive force upon the forms surrounding it.

 We are seeing this play out now on the world stage. 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. The reflection of this higher triangle is a lower triangle between the base, solar plexus and the ajna centre.

 This makes a link between Tokyo, New York and Darjeeling as outer expressions of these energies – as planetary centres within the Fifth Rootrace. It is kundalini from the base centre which provides the rising Will force for the release of the solar plexus energy to the heart. Japan has a First Ray soul and Sixth Ray personality. The release of the atomic bombs there during the last Shamballic Impact has a correspondence in the human system to the impact of the spiritual Will upon the base centre, with the resultant release of kundalini.

 It might be useful therefore, at the time of the Aries Full Moon, to consciously create a triangle between these three centres of Darjeeling, New York and Tokyo, with the ‘intended direction’ being the release of energy from New York to Geneva. The ‘rising’ of energy will be directed through the United Nations which has offices in both cities.

 The United Nations must be transformed through this rising energy into an energetic system within the human kingdom that can be effectively overlighted by the Spirit of Peace, thus bringing the crown and heart chakras of humanity into a dynamic relationship.

 The twin towers of New York represent the dominant Gemini personality of America, transformed into towers of light infused by the Aquarian soul, which offers its powers to the whole of humanity as a redeemed expression of the Sixth Ray, and thus helps open the planetary heart.

 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.

 22.05.02

 Brother, today we want to work with the energy of Love – not so much with its understanding but with its transmission. The Christ Festival is almost upon us and this year will be a tremendous outpouring. What is unique about this Festival is that it is such a ‘unifying’ one for humanity. The Christ loves. He loves like none before him, and it is this fact which makes him unique and his work so unifying for humanity. In Gemini the Christ stood between Humanity and Shamballa and said ‘yes’ to both.  This ‘at-one-ment’ created a singular event in the history of the planet. When he said yes to humanity it was not to some sections of humanity - to enlightened humanity - it was to ALL of humanity and subsequently to the soul life in all kingdoms. He took upon himself the decision to love all, knowing that the Will aspect would provide the needed strength to carry out this momentous decision. None before him had the courage or the greatness of heart to take such a decision. Contemplate that decision for a moment brother, and touch the edge of a soul’s destiny whom we all willingly serve with such lesser love as we can muster.

The Full Moon in Gemini is when the Christ demonstrates how far he has come in fulfilling that choice which he made. It is when he pours forth that Love through all the kingdoms, but in particular the human kingdom. The effect of this great Second Ray force moving from the monadic plane to the buddhic plane, through the causal bodies to the astral plane, is a great upwelling of goodwill in the day-to-day life expression of humanity. This energy of Love originates on the cosmic buddhic plane and is transmitted through the solar egoic lotus (the heart of the Sun), making its way through the solar astral body via the fourth subplane of the cosmic astral to the sixth subplane, and from there to the monadic plane. You will note that the sixth subplane of the cosmic astral is ruled by Gemini (this is the subplane of love on the plane of Love), and the monadic plane is ruled by Virgo. These are the two signs of New Zealand and indicate the potential for this country. Elsewhere (in Telepathy and the Etheric Vehicle) I told you that it would be the work of many of those in incarnation at this time to link the astral and etheric body.

 This is done through the work of Gemini. In the human system the equivalent is the washing through the heart chakra of a wave of purified astral energy which carries with it the energy of buddhi and thus stimulates the latent consciousness in all forms. It is this energy which ‘sacredises’ matter. On Cosmic levels this Love energy from the heart of the Sun washes through the human atoms or monads and subsequently into the ashrams on the buddhic plane. It is the work of those able to make contact with the buddhic plane to bring this energy through to the astral and subsequently through the etheric heart centre. Humans then become the ‘saviour’, the ‘saving force’ of the atoms within their system and their environment in the same way that the Christ is the ‘saviour’ of humanity. Think through the analogies.

 A further line of useful thought would be the way in which the Cancer Hierarchy is said to ‘veil the Christ’. Consider this in relationship to the etheric webs which block the astral energy from working through a disciple’s etheric body until such time as a degree of purification has occurred.

 We might imagine the Christ with His head in Gemini and His heart in Virgo on the monadic plane – expressing through the atmic. We might imagine Fourth Degree initiates with their ‘head’ on the monadic plane and their ‘heart’ on the buddhic plane, expressing through the abstract mental; and Second Degree initiates with their ‘head’ in buddhi and their ‘heart’ on the astral, expressing through the etheric heart centre. If you build up this picture some revelation about the Hierarchy of Love will come, and you will be able to find your place in it more potently.

 I have outlined this pattern for consideration not as an abstraction but for practical use.

It is like a map of the divine plumbing system whereby the waters of Life are able to flow to all of creation. The injunction given by the Christ at this time of the Gemini full Moon is to ‘love’.  Love is an energy – a most potent energy – directed in greater and greater degree through the Christ as the great Heart of Hierarchy. Gemini calls us not only to be a conduit of this Love but to ‘love intelligently’. To know from whence Love comes – to allow ourselves to be filled with this energy and to know where best we may direct it as part of the great Hierarchical endeavour. Take time to consider the plumbing so that your own garden may be duly watered.

 04.09.02

 Financial System

 There are currently some momentous happenings unfolding in the life of humanity – they are at present behind the scenes and not yet visible to the public eye but will emerge towards the end of a year.  The success of your own project is but one of many breakthroughs which are in their totality the taking of an initiation by humanity as a whole. The world financial situation has come under a major reorientation – this as I said is not yet visible in the outer and yet the change in the inner workings is momentous. The control of the world’s wealth is moving out of the hands of those motivated by materialistic tendencies and into the hands of those who are inspired by Hierarchy. The exact workings of this cannot be disclosed, however it is the result of a long-term plan that has finally been brought to fruition. It is not really possible to convey to you the far reaching consequences of this change. Watch and wait as the year unfolds and the outer signs of this inner change will begin to be evidenced in the world. Billions of dollars are working their way into bank accounts and financial instruments, creating a great reservoir that is going to be used for the forwarding of the externalisation process.

 One of my fields of interest and responsibility is with the philanthropists of the world, and plans have long since been laid for this development. Just as the seeds of the new schools had been planted to come to fruition at the time of the Shamballa Impact, so the seeds of the transformation of the world’s financial system had also been planted. It was uncertain whether the whole global economy might not have had to undergo a period of major upheaval and collapse. There will certainly be difficult times as the system adjusts, but on the whole it has been a rather extraordinary success through using the underlying motivating energies within the system itself to transform it. Just as the mind can be used to get out of the mind, so the financial markets can be used to break the hold of the financial markets. Initiates have been working in this field for some time, and have been able to be phenomenally successful because of the very forces of fear and greed that sweep the marketplace. These forces allow those who are unaffected by them to accumulate vast wealth over the medium term. The great irony is that the freeing up of the financial markets, orchestrated by those who are seeking to extend their control and influence, has actually resulted in the liberation of  vast sums of money from their control. Mercury is the god of trickery and finance, and Mercury it is who has managed to spirit away this source of energy like quicksilver.

 The work of those who have been involved in this Hierarchical project (which has involved disciples with a great understanding of cycles and a developed intuition – qualities required equally by esotericists) is now to secure these funds and to build an economic base and system which is able to operate freely behind the scenes with as little interaction with the current financial system as possible. Just as the School has been able to be established in a somewhat remote area in a small country, so the new emerging financial base must be somewhat quarantined from what has become in reality a global economy. This new ‘pool’ must be kept safely isolated while the global system undergoes its reorientation. A period of consolidation lies ahead which will correspond with a period of uncertainty and confusion in the world financial system. I might tell you that this development of which I speak will be as great a shock to the financial markets as the September 11 event was to the American people. It strikes at the very foundation of the sense of security. Of course there is no security in materialism, and after the period of adjustment then a new economy will emerge out of the seeds which are being planted now.