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1|00:00:03|040|00:00:07|236Hello everyone. Good morning. Here this is 7 2|00:00:07|430|00:00:09|280January 2014, 3|00:00:11|360|00:00:14|720and we are continuing with the Laws of the Soul 4|00:00:15|220|00:00:19|000webinar commentary. When I 5|00:00:19|500|00:00:22|400closed the last program, I think I might have said the Light of the Soul 6|00:00:23|120|00:00:26|630webinar commentary. Well, that would be an entirely different book. 7|00:00:27|130|00:00:30|630The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Well, we are on 8|00:00:31|130|00:00:34|630page 131 of 9|00:00:35|130|00:00:40|070Esoteric Psychology 2, and we're continuing with the questions 10|00:00:40|570|00:00:44|110which the Tibetan has posed in 11|00:00:44|610|00:00:47|790which he is then answering himself. What are 12|00:00:48|290|00:00:51|880the characteristics of the True Server? 13|00:00:52|380|00:00:56|360This is the next question, and he tells us that these 14|00:00:57|400|00:01:01|240characteristics can be easily and briefly 15|00:01:01|740|00:01:05|120noted. They are not exactly what one may have been led 16|00:01:05|620|00:01:09|240to believe. And this is precisely the case for this entire 17|00:01:09|640|00:01:13|760section on service. It's such a familiar 18|00:01:14|260|00:01:18|040idea that D.K. had to awaken us to a different perspective 19|00:01:18|540|00:01:21|730when he's dealing with the Law of Magnetic Impulse. It's not at all a 20|00:01:22|230|00:01:25|530familiar idea. When dealing with the Law of Sacrifice, again, it is a familiar 21|00:01:26|030|00:01:28|050idea, and he gave us a different perspective. 22|00:01:29|250|00:01:33|130I am not here speaking of the qualifications required for 23|00:01:33|630|00:01:37|009the treading of the path of discipleship or 24|00:01:37|509|00:01:40|850the probationary path. These are well known. 25|00:01:42|770|00:01:46|090Well, they certainly have been presented in both 26|00:01:46|590|00:01:50|030the theosophical works and by Master D.K. 27|00:01:50|350|00:01:54|390extensively. They are the platitudes 28|00:01:54|890|00:01:58|390of the spiritual life and constitute the background or 29|00:01:58|890|00:02:02|310the battleground or the Kurukshetra of most 30|00:02:02|810|00:02:06|670aspirants as they struggle to fulfill these requirements. 31|00:02:11|870|00:02:15|240And disciples are struggling too. I mean, in a way, 32|00:02:17|160|00:02:21|000every disciple is an aspirant to a still 33|00:02:21|080|00:02:22|920higher state. 34|00:02:24|360|00:02:27|960So there will always be struggles in the attempt to fulfill 35|00:02:28|760|00:02:33|640the requirements presented, because they are beyond the 36|00:02:33|720|00:02:36|600achievements — the present achievements of the individual. 37|00:02:37|320|00:02:40|480We are here concerned with those qualities which will emerge when 38|00:02:40|980|00:02:44|450a man is working under the impulse of the 39|00:02:44|950|00:02:48|730law of service. They will appear when he is a real channel 40|00:02:49|850|00:02:54|410for the life of the soul. The qualities that 41|00:02:54|910|00:02:58|810will appear when a man truly is expressing as a soul. 42|00:02:59|930|00:03:03|610These are not the requirements he is attempting to 43|00:03:04|110|00:03:08|100express. These are the requirements that he will express. 44|00:03:08|180|00:03:11|900And the three characteristics — then the 45|00:03:12|400|00:03:16|420major characteristics will be three in number. He will be 46|00:03:16|920|00:03:20|660distinguished, as might be expected, by the 47|00:03:21|160|00:03:25|700quality of harmlessness, which we just reviewed, 48|00:03:26|740|00:03:30|100and by an active refraining from those acts 49|00:03:30|740|00:03:34|310and that speech which 50|00:03:34|810|00:03:38|990might cause hurt or cause 51|00:03:39|490|00:03:43|590any misunderstanding — an active 52|00:03:44|090|00:03:47|310refraining from those acts 53|00:03:47|950|00:03:51|870and that speech which might hurt 54|00:03:51|950|00:03:54|990or cause any misunderstanding. 55|00:03:56|110|00:04:00|330I think in the world of politics and journalism we do not see 56|00:04:00|830|00:04:03|610this refraining, do we? By no word, 57|00:04:03|770|00:04:05|930suggestion, implication, 58|00:04:06|090|00:04:09|690innuendo or voiced dissatisfaction 59|00:04:10|970|00:04:14|890will he hurt his group. This is different 60|00:04:15|390|00:04:18|970from what we might have expected. You will note, says D.K. here, that I 61|00:04:19|210|00:04:23|130do not say will not hurt any individual. 62|00:04:24|490|00:04:28|570Those working under the law of service need no reminder 63|00:04:29|090|00:04:30|930not to hurt any individual. 1|00:00:03|040|00:00:07|236They often need, under the exuberance 65|00:04:38|110|00:04:41|330of spiritual stimulation and the intensity of their 66|00:04:41|830|00:04:46|210aspiration, to be reminded to demonstrate 67|00:04:47|170|00:04:50|610group harmlessness. So the… 68|00:04:55|260|00:04:59|180So the key here is that they must 69|00:05:00|300|00:05:03|500demonstrate group harmlessness. 70|00:05:04|060|00:05:08|300You wonder where the opportunity for direct 71|00:05:09|020|00:05:10|699words, when necessary, 72|00:05:11|820|00:05:15|420arises. D.K. has said, sometimes there will be 73|00:05:16|220|00:05:19|820an unpleasant outer discussion, 74|00:05:20|980|00:05:24|820but it will all be within the field of love and for the greater 75|00:05:24|900|00:05:28|860benefit of the group. And I think we 76|00:05:29|360|00:05:33|460can see here what fine distinctions must 77|00:05:33|960|00:05:37|220be made. When can 78|00:05:37|720|00:05:41|220the truth be spoken? If that truth perhaps 79|00:05:42|260|00:05:44|820is somewhat unpleasant? 80|00:05:45|780|00:05:49|540Are there other ways to approach rather than direct ways? 81|00:05:50|040|00:05:55|070Well, all of this has to be worked out in the response 82|00:05:55|550|00:05:59|070of the true Server. I think 83|00:05:59|570|00:06:03|630we can use Master DK as an example. He has sometimes had 84|00:06:04|130|00:06:07|790to say to disciples certain things that they did not want 85|00:06:08|290|00:06:11|750to hear. But the manner in which he said 86|00:06:12|250|00:06:16|190them was filled with love and detachment, 87|00:06:17|100|00:06:20|820and he offered to analyze situations for them in 88|00:06:21|320|00:06:24|580the light of truth. This being the 89|00:06:25|080|00:06:28|780case, the direct words did 90|00:06:29|280|00:06:33|260not cause the harm that they otherwise might have if 91|00:06:33|760|00:06:36|860the motive was not that of love. So the key here 92|00:06:38|780|00:06:42|310in this first requirement of the true 93|00:06:42|810|00:06:47|270Server is the quality of harmlessness. 94|00:06:49|590|00:06:52|790Then, and this we have reviewed before. The second characteristic 95|00:06:53|290|00:06:56|950is a willingness to let others serve 96|00:06:57|450|00:07:01|390as seems best to them. And these are the 97|00:07:01|890|00:07:05|190relinquishments. You know, the various sacrifices that we have had to go through, 98|00:07:05|690|00:07:08|230and these were undertaken in the discussion of the law of sacrifice, 99|00:07:09|260|00:07:13|100knowing that the life flowing through the individual server must find its own 100|00:07:14|220|00:07:17|860channels and outlets, according, I would say, 101|00:07:18|360|00:07:22|060to the experience and the energy configuration of the 102|00:07:22|560|00:07:25|820server. It must find its own channels and outlets. 103|00:07:25|980|00:07:29|380And the direction of these currents can 104|00:07:29|880|00:07:33|340be dangerous and prevent the rendering of the intended 105|00:07:33|500|00:07:37|820service. In other words, if we try to direct 106|00:07:38|320|00:07:41|540the flow of energy that is flowing through a fellow server and direct it 107|00:07:42|040|00:07:45|740without true knowledge of his karma, 108|00:07:46|240|00:07:49|780his dharma, his energy system, the service might be 109|00:07:50|280|00:07:53|900thwarted. The server's efforts will be then 110|00:07:54|400|00:07:57|780turned in two directions. Once he 111|00:07:58|280|00:08:01|580has relinquished this tendency to compel 112|00:08:02|080|00:08:04|430others to serve as he would have them serve, 113|00:08:06|110|00:08:09|230then the true server's efforts will be turned in two directions. 114|00:08:09|730|00:08:13|710One, to the task of helping others to stand in spiritual being 115|00:08:14|590|00:08:18|350as he himself has learned to stand, 116|00:08:20|670|00:08:23|750and two, to aiding the 117|00:08:24|250|00:08:28|600individual to express his service in his chosen field as 118|00:08:29|100|00:08:32|960he, the individual, desires to express it. And not 119|00:08:33|460|00:08:36|760as the onlooking helper deems that he 120|00:08:36|920|00:08:37|960should do it. 121|00:08:41|160|00:08:44|920So in fact, we have a tolerant attitude, a hands-off 122|00:08:45|000|00:08:49|240attitude, an attitude of non-interference, 123|00:08:50|680|00:08:55|610an attitude of non-interference when 124|00:08:56|110|00:09:01|330it comes to assisting the 125|00:09:01|830|00:09:02|610service of another. 126|00:09:06|130|00:09:09|850Wiser souls than we are. The masters, for instance, 127|00:09:10|350|00:09:14|290will understand better how an 128|00:09:14|790|00:09:18|570individual may serve, because such a master 129|00:09:19|070|00:09:22|640has a truer understanding than we can possibly have of the 130|00:09:23|140|00:09:27|000individual's past, the individual's dharma, the individual's present 131|00:09:27|640|00:09:29|000energy system. 132|00:09:30|680|00:09:34|400One point might here be made clear. The task 133|00:09:34|900|00:09:39|160of those who are working under the law of Service is not exerted primarily with 134|00:09:39|660|00:09:43|680that group in the world today which is working under the effect of that 135|00:09:44|180|00:09:48|010general response to which we earlier referred. 136|00:09:48|510|00:09:52|450This is interesting because we have to wisely choose those 137|00:09:52|950|00:09:57|010whom we can best serve. 138|00:09:58|690|00:10:02|690So the groups which are working under the 139|00:10:03|810|00:10:07|570general response to the Aquarian effect are not 140|00:10:07|970|00:10:13|710perhaps our main preoccupation. 141|00:10:15|390|00:10:18|590Our main group to assist— 142|00:10:20|110|00:10:23|510these effects are easily shepherded. The effects 143|00:10:24|010|00:10:29|230of Aquarius upon the person 144|00:10:29|730|00:10:33|430who is and the groups who are not yet at the stage 145|00:10:33|930|00:10:37|750of aspirant or disciple. These effects are easily shepherded into those activities which, 146|00:10:38|250|00:10:41|720unmasked, work out as philanthropic 147|00:10:42|220|00:10:46|120endeavor, as educational experiments or social efforts 148|00:10:47|080|00:10:50|200in the life of the community. 149|00:10:50|440|00:10:54|520These are being handled by those who 150|00:10:55|000|00:10:58|160respond to the impression of the Law of Service and 151|00:10:58|660|00:11:02|520understand it in their own way. Not an esoteric way, but understand it as 152|00:11:03|020|00:11:05|690an impulse to help and assist. 153|00:11:06|490|00:11:09|850The name of those who thus respond 154|00:11:10|570|00:11:15|210is Legion. And the will to serve in this particular way needs 155|00:11:15|370|00:11:18|890no impetus. We can say it is well 156|00:11:19|390|00:11:22|610on its way. Sometimes disciples may 157|00:11:23|110|00:11:26|330question themselves and say, “Well, what really 158|00:11:26|570|00:11:29|850am I doing? Look at all the needs there are 159|00:11:30|350|00:11:34|310in the world: educational needs 160|00:11:35|510|00:11:37|990to ameliorate living conditions, 161|00:11:39|590|00:11:43|310needs to solve community problems.” Yes, these needs are 162|00:11:43|810|00:11:47|510there, but they are in process of 163|00:11:48|010|00:11:51|870being dealt with by those who are called to 164|00:11:52|370|00:11:57|440deal with them. The disciple has, I think, another type 165|00:11:57|940|00:12:01|480of obligation. I think D.K. will deal with this. The remarkable response to 166|00:12:01|980|00:12:05|960the many recent campaigns to goodwill will 167|00:12:06|460|00:12:10|720definitely evidence this. 168|00:12:14|960|00:12:19|120But the work of the new type of server is directed 169|00:12:19|360|00:12:23|360towards those who are establishing soul 170|00:12:23|860|00:12:27|920contact and who can therefore work under 171|00:12:28|420|00:12:33|560the new incoming Aquarian Law, under the Law of Service, and with the deeper, 172|00:12:33|640|00:12:37|280let us say, esoteric understanding of the 173|00:12:37|780|00:12:41|280Law of Service. So let's repeat that, because that's very important. The work of the 174|00:12:41|780|00:12:45|400new type of server is directed 175|00:12:45|720|00:12:49|810towards those who are establishing a definite soul 176|00:12:50|310|00:12:55|490contact and who can therefore work under the 177|00:12:55|990|00:12:58|610new incoming Aquarian Law. 178|00:13:01|330|00:13:05|450This centers around the capacity to stand not 179|00:13:05|950|00:13:09|930only in spiritual being and towards this, we, if we have established 180|00:13:10|430|00:13:14|370this in ourselves, can assist others. We can assist 181|00:13:14|610|00:13:19|060others in maintaining this 182|00:13:19|560|00:13:23|180standing, but together with others, working with them 183|00:13:23|680|00:13:27|260subjectively, telepathically and synthetically. 184|00:13:27|500|00:13:31|820So let us say interior, 185|00:13:33|340|00:13:36|540subjective service is called for. 186|00:13:37|740|00:13:40|060This distinction merits attention, 187|00:13:41|460|00:13:45|180for one can easily waste effort by entering 188|00:13:45|680|00:13:48|700fields already well handled from the point of 189|00:13:49|200|00:13:52|700view of the attainment of the units in 190|00:13:53|200|00:13:56|500that field. The esoteric 191|00:13:57|000|00:14:02|060service mentioned here is not really understood, nor is it universally 192|00:14:02|560|00:14:06|100valued. And so, unless the disciple is 193|00:14:06|600|00:14:10|430sure of himself and the value of such 194|00:14:10|930|00:14:15|390an approach, he may question, “Am I really doing something of service?” 195|00:14:16|190|00:14:20|110But D.K. does direct the attention of the aspirant and the disciple 196|00:14:20|830|00:14:24|430towards a more subjective approach, 197|00:14:24|670|00:14:28|990telepathic approach, the sending of 198|00:14:29|230|00:14:33|150useful thoughts, and a synthetic 199|00:14:33|660|00:14:37|100approach, helping others see 200|00:14:37|500|00:14:41|820the broader picture and function in 201|00:14:42|320|00:14:44|460relation to the larger context. 202|00:14:46|220|00:14:49|339So let us 203|00:14:49|839|00:14:53|660remember this and be in the right field, 204|00:14:53|820|00:14:57|420and not work 205|00:14:57|580|00:15:01|140redundantly at something 206|00:15:01|640|00:15:05|620that is already being adequately handled by 207|00:15:06|120|00:15:09|380those who do not have the esoteric perspective 208|00:15:10|420|00:15:13|780and those who could not serve in 209|00:15:14|280|00:15:18|740an esoteric way. And that type of service is also 210|00:15:19|860|00:15:23|940sorely needed. The third characteristic of the server 211|00:15:24|260|00:15:26|670is joyfulness. 1|00:00:03|040|00:00:07|236This takes the place of criticism, 213|00:15:32|030|00:15:34|830that dire creator of misery, 214|00:15:35|390|00:15:39|950and is the silence that sounds. I think we have a very occult 215|00:15:40|510|00:15:41|550statement here, 216|00:15:43|710|00:15:47|550and one that requires from us much pondering. 217|00:15:48|190|00:15:50|750Let us say we'll summarize: joy. 218|00:15:51|780|00:15:56|820Joyfulness takes the place of criticism. 219|00:15:58|100|00:16:01|860When we're in the state of joy, we are likely to see 220|00:16:02|360|00:16:06|220the soul qualities of others and to encourage those 221|00:16:06|720|00:16:10|820qualities. And their imperfections 222|00:16:12|980|00:16:16|660do not loom overly large. After all, they see 223|00:16:17|160|00:16:21|070our imperfections as well. But it pays 224|00:16:21|710|00:16:25|630in terms of service to emphasize soul 225|00:16:26|030|00:16:29|790growth and nascent soul qualities, 226|00:16:30|670|00:16:35|070and this will help them overcome their 227|00:16:35|570|00:16:39|070liabilities, just as we are helped to overcome 228|00:16:39|630|00:16:43|430liabilities when others emphasize and 229|00:16:43|930|00:16:47|130strengthen, and thus strengthen our own soul qualities. Now, 230|00:16:47|630|00:16:52|370the master, of course, has to draw occasional attention to 231|00:16:52|870|00:16:57|010the liabilities of the disciple. After all, they are in 232|00:16:57|510|00:17:00|890a special type of training, 233|00:17:00|970|00:17:04|890and he seeks to move quickly. But so often you find 234|00:17:05|130|00:17:08|890D.K. emphasizing far more 235|00:17:09|610|00:17:13|229the contribution that one of his disciples can 236|00:17:13|729|00:17:15|869make rather than their liabilities. 237|00:17:16|909|00:17:21|069The emphasis upon 238|00:17:21|389|00:17:24|269contribution is constant, 239|00:17:26|509|00:17:29|949and by keeping one's eyes on the soul, 240|00:17:30|589|00:17:34|269the soul does grow. Of course, any gardener will 241|00:17:34|349|00:17:37|989know—and I'm not saying that I am one in the conventional sense— 242|00:17:38|489|00:17:41|860but any gardener will know that one has to keep the weeds 243|00:17:42|500|00:17:45|940from choking the new plants, 244|00:17:46|020|00:17:50|100so one can encourage the growth of the new plants and 245|00:17:50|600|00:17:54|340not water and cultivate the weeds. But one also, at times, 246|00:17:54|840|00:17:57|860simply has to remove aggressive weeds. 247|00:17:58|660|00:18:01|380It's all a question of balanced judgment. 248|00:18:03|380|00:18:06|180And the use of the fourth ray, I think, 249|00:18:06|260|00:18:09|680the use of harmony, the use of the second ray. 250|00:18:11|680|00:18:15|480And a certain wisdom which reveals to 251|00:18:15|980|00:18:19|360us that which we should say 252|00:18:19|860|00:18:25|680and that which we should emphasize. The joy is 253|00:18:26|180|00:18:32|560the silence that sounds. And it encourages us… 254|00:18:32|640|00:18:36|820It encourages us to 255|00:18:37|220|00:18:41|220refrain from certain kinds of speech, and to uphold 256|00:18:41|380|00:18:45|220an awareness in silence of the synthesis. 257|00:18:48|100|00:18:53|060To uphold in silence the 258|00:18:53|560|00:18:57|380awareness of both unity and 259|00:18:58|180|00:19:02|600synthesis, and to not 260|00:19:03|080|00:19:05|560let the noisy, 261|00:19:06|600|00:19:10|760the clashing perception of 262|00:19:11|240|00:19:14|920cleavage dominate our 263|00:19:15|420|00:19:19|160minds. When things fit together, the noise 264|00:19:19|660|00:19:22|960is reduced, when they fit together in harmony. And we have to 265|00:19:23|460|00:19:27|440maintain within ourselves that basic harmony when we deal 266|00:19:27|940|00:19:31|080with our fellow disciples, and also, I think, when we 267|00:19:31|580|00:19:34|680deal with our own personality. We can, 268|00:19:35|180|00:19:39|080as they say, beat ourselves up over certain things. But that 269|00:19:39|580|00:19:44|560is an old approach and is not really 270|00:19:44|880|00:19:48|360promotive of the correct acquiescence of the personality 271|00:19:48|860|00:19:50|880to the impression of the soul. 272|00:19:52|730|00:19:56|530What practical advice we're being given in this third law, 273|00:19:57|030|00:20:02|330which has so much to do with how the inner life of the disciple 274|00:20:02|970|00:20:05|690will actually manifest on the outer plane. 275|00:20:06|330|00:20:10|210“It would be well to ponder on these last words.” I suppose he means the 276|00:20:10|710|00:20:17|910silence that sounds, too, 277|00:20:18|410|00:20:23|390early in the morning. Perhaps the silence that sounds, for 278|00:20:23|890|00:20:26|830“their true meaning cannot be conveyed in words, 1|00:00:03|040|00:00:07|236but only through a life dedicated to the newer rhythms and to the 280|00:20:31|690|00:20:35|110service of the whole.” Notice again how he does emphasize the 281|00:20:35|610|00:20:38|030rhythms which have to do with the application— 282|00:20:39|150|00:20:42|430the timing of the application of certain energies. 283|00:20:44|520|00:20:48|600And this sense of wholeness is so important: maintaining the sense of wholeness 284|00:20:49|100|00:20:51|480and of applied rhythm within the wholeness. 285|00:20:52|760|00:20:58|600Maintaining the sense of wholeness and of 286|00:20:59|100|00:21:03|880the rhythmic application of the correct energies 287|00:21:04|280|00:21:07|560within that perceived wholeness. 288|00:21:09|090|00:21:12|970Maybe we should not go forth into the day… Of course, 289|00:21:13|470|00:21:16|890here in Finland it's pretty dark at this time of the morning. We should not 290|00:21:17|390|00:21:22|730go forth into the day until we can perceive and 291|00:21:23|230|00:21:26|450sustain the perception of the wholeness. 292|00:21:26|850|00:21:30|690That is rule five: “The macrocosmic 293|00:21:31|190|00:21:34|610whole is all there is that the group 294|00:21:34|870|00:21:38|790perceive that whole, and then no longer use the thought 'my soul 295|00:21:38|950|00:21:42|630and thine.'” Even in the Christmas carol, 296|00:21:42|790|00:21:45|870the sounding joy is found: “Repeat the sounding joy!” 297|00:21:46|370|00:21:49|750“Joy to the world.” Then that sounding joy and that joyful sounding 298|00:21:50|710|00:21:54|030can make its true meaning felt. So this is something we have to work out 299|00:21:54|530|00:21:54|870in our own experience. 300|00:22:00|560|00:22:04|800We can discuss it in words, but the real substance 301|00:22:05|300|00:22:08|920of the experience will be missing until it actually comes 302|00:22:09|420|00:22:11|440to us, is perceived by us. 303|00:22:12|880|00:22:16|960So we have to be dedicated to the newer rhythms and to 304|00:22:17|460|00:22:20|720the service of the whole. And that's something about the new server as well, 305|00:22:22|320|00:22:25|960that the idea is not simply to serve 306|00:22:26|460|00:22:30|150the individual, though that is good, nor to 307|00:22:30|650|00:22:34|310serve the group, though that is necessary, but to have in mind the service 308|00:22:34|810|00:22:37|910of the whole, the forward movement of 309|00:22:38|410|00:22:41|910the human race as a whole, and that which 310|00:22:42|410|00:22:47|030the particular act of service contributes to that forward movement. 311|00:22:48|070|00:22:51|270We are reframing an understanding of service here, 312|00:22:53|120|00:22:57|120especially as the aspirant and disciple must render it, 313|00:22:58|560|00:23:01|960and we are distinguishing it from the normal 314|00:23:02|460|00:23:06|000response of the personally emotionally oriented 315|00:23:06|500|00:23:10|720person toward the impression of 316|00:23:11|220|00:23:12|960that law coming through Aquarius. 317|00:23:14|880|00:23:18|480All right, and there is 318|00:23:18|980|00:23:27|460another… Maybe I should really be emphasizing, 319|00:23:28|100|00:23:31|460that is, bolding these questions. 320|00:23:31|780|00:23:35|300Maybe I've done some of them. Here is 321|00:23:36|660|00:23:40|340apparently another question that D.K. will deal with. 322|00:23:41|780|00:23:45|220What effect does service have upon the mind, 323|00:23:45|940|00:23:49|940the emotions and the etheric body—assuming that of the server and 324|00:23:50|440|00:23:54|940also that of those who 325|00:23:55|440|00:23:59|300are served—the body and bodies of those who are 326|00:23:59|800|00:24:03|620served? It must be remembered that it is through its effects 327|00:24:05|300|00:24:09|380that the scientists of the future will begin to deduce the effectual existence 328|00:24:09|780|00:24:13|030of an inner cause, of an inner 329|00:24:13|530|00:24:16|750reality, or of a self or soul. 330|00:24:18|110|00:24:21|590A friend of mine sent me an article the other day about 331|00:24:22|090|00:24:25|070the so-called happiest man in the world. He was a Buddhist monk, but he 332|00:24:25|310|00:24:27|470was also a trained Western scientist. 333|00:24:29|470|00:24:34|030And they had him all wired to these electrodes, 334|00:24:34|750|00:24:38|390sensors. He had shaved all his hair, 335|00:24:38|890|00:24:42|250so it was easy to do. He must have had about 20 of these things 336|00:24:42|810|00:24:46|530on his head. And they said that the brain radiation that 337|00:24:47|030|00:24:50|650he was giving off, that he was emitting, was exactly 338|00:24:51|150|00:24:55|050that corresponding to happiness. And he was off the scale 339|00:24:55|550|00:24:59|450really, in terms of that type of emission. 340|00:25:00|570|00:25:04|250So already, you see, the scientists of today 341|00:25:04|490|00:25:08|300are measuring an outer 342|00:25:08|800|00:25:12|700effect of an inner cause. And there will be a tracing from 343|00:25:13|200|00:25:15|860these outer effects to the inner cause. 344|00:25:16|340|00:25:19|860There will be a tracing backwards, 345|00:25:20|360|00:25:24|420as it were, from the outer effect to the inner 346|00:25:25|300|00:25:28|980cause—the soul and its expression. 347|00:25:29|940|00:25:34|290Of course, in Buddhism they don't necessarily define soul 348|00:25:34|790|00:25:38|690as we do, and they may negate the idea, 349|00:25:39|190|00:25:44|050but in effect, it's part of the esoteric doctrine. Certainly the causal 350|00:25:44|550|00:25:47|730body on the higher mental plane, as a structure of the 351|00:25:48|230|00:25:52|250energy system, could not be ignored by any thorough esoteric 352|00:25:52|750|00:25:55|410spiritual scientist. Okay, 353|00:25:59|420|00:26:02|700so it will be through evidence. 354|00:26:05|260|00:26:07|980It will be through that which is demonstrated by the server, 355|00:26:08|780|00:26:12|140through the effects of service, both on the server and on others, 356|00:26:13|100|00:26:17|180that some interior source— 357|00:26:17|340|00:26:20|220spiritual source, a self, a soul— 358|00:26:21|580|00:26:25|950some inner organ or dimension 359|00:26:26|450|00:26:30|750will be detected. We have seen that service is not simply an 360|00:26:31|250|00:26:34|470activity. Notice that's simply a third 361|00:26:34|970|00:26:39|910aspect word—an activity of some person or 362|00:26:40|410|00:26:44|630group doing something with good intention for another person 363|00:26:44|710|00:26:48|430or group. I mean, this is outwardly 364|00:26:48|930|00:26:52|800true, but inwardly 365|00:26:53|680|00:26:57|360there is far more. Service itself 366|00:26:57|860|00:27:00|720is definitely the result of a tremendous inner happening. 367|00:27:02|240|00:27:06|160I think the true expression of 368|00:27:06|660|00:27:10|280the soul through its mechanism. And when 369|00:27:10|780|00:27:13|440that result is brought about, it will be found to have produced a number of 370|00:27:13|940|00:27:16|570creative secondary causes, 371|00:27:17|370|00:27:21|130perhaps rendering the individual more intelligently capable 372|00:27:21|630|00:27:25|410of making, contributing to the necessary reconfigurations 373|00:27:25|910|00:27:28|570of circumstance which are in line with the plan. 374|00:27:30|170|00:27:35|530So the inner happening is soul expression through 375|00:27:35|770|00:27:39|410its mechanism. And we want to 376|00:27:39|910|00:27:43|460say actually strong soul expression, because in a way, the soul 377|00:27:43|960|00:27:47|420always does express somewhat through its mechanism and at least maintains that 378|00:27:48|060|00:27:51|460mechanism and its qualities are at least slowly emerging. 379|00:27:51|960|00:27:53|660But we're talking about a real flow here. 380|00:27:55|420|00:27:59|020Secondary causes, not just effects, 381|00:27:59|580|00:28:03|420will be emerging when that tremendous 382|00:28:03|500|00:28:07|150inner happening occurs. And it was 383|00:28:07|650|00:28:11|150this that the Christ came to demonstrate. We have seen 384|00:28:11|650|00:28:14|750the great effect that 385|00:28:15|250|00:28:19|510he had, the miracles that he demonstrated. 386|00:28:20|870|00:28:23|990Things that were above natural law, 387|00:28:25|590|00:28:29|550effects that were above natural law, as we normally understand natural 388|00:28:30|050|00:28:33|750law in relation to the outer world. He demonstrated the laws 389|00:28:35|350|00:28:39|030and principles of the higher world. Due to the fact that he was 390|00:28:39|530|00:28:41|670in fact a great soul, 391|00:28:42|870|00:28:43|910having long, 392|00:28:45|990|00:28:49|070long, long since dispensed with his own causal body. 393|00:28:49|570|00:28:53|470Of course, the causal body through which he was working. We don't know how the 394|00:28:53|970|00:28:57|430causal body of the Master Jesus still existed, because the 395|00:28:57|930|00:29:00|950initiate Jesus at the time had not yet taken the fourth initiation. 396|00:29:01|610|00:29:06|050What that whole inner mechanism of activity 397|00:29:06|550|00:29:09|850may be will be revealed to us as we come closer to those 398|00:29:10|490|00:29:13|450stages of understanding and demonstration. 399|00:29:15|610|00:29:20|490So a number of creative secondary causes and results will arise. 400|00:29:20|970|00:29:24|250These are primarily a change in the lower consciousness. 1|00:00:03|040|00:00:07|236A tendency to turn away from the things of the personal self to the larger 402|00:29:30|390|00:29:34|230issues of the group, and a reorientation which is real and 403|00:29:34|730|00:29:38|710expressive, and a power to change conditions through 404|00:29:39|210|00:29:42|630creative activity. That's what the Christ had, or any great initiate, 405|00:29:43|910|00:29:47|110which is the demonstration of something dynamically new. 406|00:29:49|430|00:29:53|030So what are these secondary effects here which are really 407|00:29:53|350|00:29:55|750creative secondary causes? What arises? 408|00:29:56|950|00:30:00|390A change in the lower consciousness. A tendency to turn away from the things of 409|00:30:00|890|00:30:03|870the personal self to the larger issues of the group. 410|00:30:04|590|00:30:08|030A reorientation which is real and expressive. 411|00:30:08|750|00:30:13|230And a power to change conditions, 412|00:30:14|430|00:30:17|470miracles, in other words, through creative activity, 413|00:30:17|970|00:30:20|590which is the demonstration of something dynamically new. 414|00:30:21|070|00:30:24|870The Christ did so many of these things. You know, we have 415|00:30:25|370|00:30:28|270the story of the loaves and the fishes. And there were only enough to feed 416|00:30:28|680|00:30:33|920some, and yet the amount 417|00:30:34|420|00:30:37|800of food did not diminish, and all the many were fed. 418|00:30:37|960|00:30:41|800So the food was multiplied by some inner 419|00:30:42|200|00:30:45|000power, some inner creative power, which could change conditions. 420|00:30:45|500|00:30:49|240When we talk about creativity, we're talking about a rearrangement 421|00:30:49|320|00:30:52|760of the constituent elements of any whole. 422|00:30:53|560|00:30:57|420So a rearrangement of the 423|00:30:57|920|00:31:01|220elements constituting any whole. 424|00:31:03|620|00:31:07|900The powers of the soul in fact emerge. And these powers 425|00:31:08|400|00:31:11|620are little suspected by us. We may read about them, 426|00:31:12|120|00:31:16|140but when they actually begin to dominate 427|00:31:16|640|00:31:20|590our consciousness and energy system, we discover an entirely new 428|00:31:21|090|00:31:24|270order is emerging into expression in the lower worlds. 429|00:31:25|390|00:31:28|630As this inner event stabilizes 430|00:31:29|130|00:31:32|510into an equilibrized inner condition, the demonstration of the 431|00:31:33|010|00:31:36|630above changes becomes more regular and less spasmodic, and the effects of the 432|00:31:37|130|00:31:41|230new forces flowing into the personality to be later used creatively 433|00:31:41|950|00:31:45|390will be seen in all bodies. 434|00:31:47|820|00:31:51|300Yes, the effects 435|00:31:51|800|00:31:55|420of the new forces flowing into the personality to be later used creatively 436|00:31:55|920|00:31:59|060will be seen in all three bodies. And notice in 437|00:31:59|560|00:32:03|180the beginning, the acquisition of any new energy, 438|00:32:03|660|00:32:07|420its demonstration after having been acquired is 439|00:32:08|700|00:32:12|340intermittent. It is spasmodic. But a regularizing and 440|00:32:12|840|00:32:16|390a stabilizing comes afterwards. 441|00:32:16|890|00:32:20|470And we do not imagine that such a master as Jesus is now, 442|00:32:20|970|00:32:25|990or the Christ has long been, would be unable to access these 443|00:32:26|490|00:32:28|910powers, because in a way, he is the soul. 444|00:32:29|630|00:32:32|590the higher soul in manifestation. 445|00:32:32|670|00:32:36|390And the soul embodies, or the 446|00:32:36|890|00:32:39|870soul contains these powers. 447|00:32:40|730|00:32:43|970So he's simply accessing the powers of his own nature. When he's 448|00:32:44|470|00:32:47|730expressing these things, it's not a big reach, as if he were reaching from the 449|00:32:48|230|00:32:51|370personality to a higher state. He is already— 450|00:32:51|530|00:32:54|930His consciousness is already in that higher state. 451|00:32:55|430|00:32:58|090And he is identified as that higher type of being. 452|00:33:00|410|00:33:04|090So hence the instantly 453|00:33:04|590|00:33:08|100accessible capabilities of the great ones, 454|00:33:08|600|00:33:11|700should they choose to exercise those capabilities. 455|00:33:12|580|00:33:16|540Thus the true server comes into possession of his instruments 456|00:33:17|040|00:33:20|820for service. And we could almost say they 457|00:33:21|320|00:33:24|740are inner— Well, they are inner capacities 458|00:33:27|300|00:33:30|980expressed through his 459|00:33:31|480|00:33:32|680outer instruments. 460|00:33:36|760|00:33:42|120But the inner vehicles are also instruments. 461|00:33:43|080|00:33:46|200And thenceforth creative work, in accordance with the plan, 462|00:33:46|700|00:33:50|120can go forward on all three planes. 463|00:33:50|280|00:33:56|520We might call this the efficient rearranging 464|00:33:56|840|00:34:00|850of energies. Thus has God in His wisdom— 465|00:34:01|330|00:34:04|930God, the planetary Logos—here chosen to limit 466|00:34:05|430|00:34:09|250Himself. And the work of evolution proceeds solely 467|00:34:10|050|00:34:13|090through the medium of his chosen builders. 468|00:34:14|610|00:34:18|930And we would say, you know, who are his emanations. 469|00:34:19|330|00:34:22|690And under the direction on this planet of those men whose lives 470|00:34:23|170|00:34:26|670are being transformed through soul contact and 471|00:34:27|550|00:34:33|310creative service. In other words, these are definite 472|00:34:33|630|00:34:37|470capacities which have a definite effect when 473|00:34:37|970|00:34:42|750exercised in a definite way. An effect upon 474|00:34:43|070|00:34:46|190lower configurations which had seemed 475|00:34:46|690|00:34:50|150unchanging and obdurate to most people who do 476|00:34:50|650|00:34:53|700not possess these inner creative capacities. 477|00:34:55|860|00:34:59|500So God has limited himself working through 478|00:35:00|000|00:35:03|740his emanations. And God directs 479|00:35:04|240|00:35:07|780his will through those lives, through those 480|00:35:08|280|00:35:11|620men whose lives are being transformed through soul contact and creative service, and who 481|00:35:12|120|00:35:14|980constitute the planetary hierarchy. 482|00:35:16|180|00:35:19|540It is true that the planetary Logos has far 483|00:35:20|040|00:35:22|780greater capabilities and could, I suppose, by an act of will, 484|00:35:23|740|00:35:26|900simply make changes from 485|00:35:27|400|00:35:31|100his own high level. But it 486|00:35:31|600|00:35:34|540seems necessary to provide the emanative experience. 487|00:35:36|700|00:35:40|380And these apparently independent—not really so, 488|00:35:40|880|00:35:44|220but apparently independent—emanations undertake their own dharmic 489|00:35:44|720|00:35:49|260responsibility to apply the creative work of 490|00:35:49|760|00:35:52|180bringing the lower worlds into configuration. 491|00:35:53|220|00:35:56|340Right? Configuration, right, conformity with the higher 492|00:35:56|840|00:35:58|820archetypes of the higher worlds. 493|00:36:00|740|00:36:05|060When alignment has been affected, when the attunement has 494|00:36:05|560|00:36:08|820been more constantly made, and when the Antahkarana, the bridge 495|00:36:09|320|00:36:12|800connecting the higher and lower—it could even be, in this case simply the 496|00:36:13|300|00:36:16|920soul and personality—is in definite process of construction. 497|00:36:17|640|00:36:22|200The true nature of service as practiced by any individual 498|00:36:22|600|00:36:26|040begins to emerge. Sometimes when the term Antahkarana, or 499|00:36:26|200|00:36:28|520Antakarana as it's sometimes called, is used, 500|00:36:29|320|00:36:33|080we mean simply the connection of the 501|00:36:33|560|00:36:36|760causal body, egoic lotus with the personality. But other times 502|00:36:36|920|00:36:40|710we extend the idea to bring in the spiritual triad 503|00:36:41|210|00:36:45|350and even the monad. And those connections are also accomplished 504|00:36:45|850|00:36:49|070via, let's call it the higher part of the 505|00:36:49|570|00:36:53|390Antahkarana. So this is all about alignment, 506|00:36:53|550|00:36:57|670attunement, the constancy of 507|00:36:58|170|00:37:01|630that alignment and attunement. And then 508|00:37:01|870|00:37:05|820the higher capacities, which are 509|00:37:06|320|00:37:10|180the very substance of service, can begin to emerge. The higher 510|00:37:10|680|00:37:14|580capacities in the field of love, which are 511|00:37:15|080|00:37:18|260the substance of service in the field of love, 512|00:37:18|740|00:37:21|300can begin to emerge. 513|00:37:22|340|00:37:25|700So we have to ask ourselves, when we say we are serving, from what level 514|00:37:26|340|00:37:30|430are we serving? What energies are 515|00:37:30|930|00:37:33|870being released into our normal circumstances? 516|00:37:35|950|00:37:40|670Are we simply impacting our normal circumstance through 517|00:37:41|310|00:37:45|350our normal personality vehicles and capacities? 518|00:37:45|850|00:37:48|270Or are we actually bringing our higher self through? 519|00:37:50|430|00:37:54|230And hopefully it is with greater 520|00:37:54|730|00:37:58|490constancy the latter. The first effect 521|00:37:58|990|00:38:02|970of the inflowing force of the soul, which is the major factor leading to 522|00:38:03|470|00:38:07|170demonstrated service, is to integrate the personality. 523|00:38:07|970|00:38:12|210This will be taken up later in the book. Actually, we have discussed 524|00:38:13|810|00:38:17|050personality integration in 525|00:38:17|550|00:38:21|490depth, and to bring all the three lower 526|00:38:21|990|00:38:26|480aspects of the man into one serving whole. 527|00:38:26|880|00:38:32|720And what this means is the internecine 528|00:38:32|960|00:38:36|480warfare between the vehicles 529|00:38:37|040|00:38:42|400is overcome by an integrative harmonization. 530|00:38:44|080|00:38:47|760The fourth ray is always involved, 531|00:38:49|490|00:38:53|330even if it's not in the ray chart, at least generically. It's involved 532|00:38:53|830|00:38:58|010in bringing about integration in the harmonizing of the frictions 533|00:38:58|510|00:39:01|970of the personality within itself and the harmonizing of the frictions of 534|00:39:02|470|00:39:05|650the uniting personality with the soul. 535|00:39:07|090|00:39:11|170So the very first, I think, you know, this is worth really noting. 536|00:39:11|670|00:39:16|010The very first effect of the inflow of soul force 537|00:39:17|770|00:39:21|370is the integrating 538|00:39:21|870|00:39:25|690of the personality. This is difficult, a difficult and 539|00:39:27|130|00:39:31|130elementary stage from the angle of the student 540|00:39:31|210|00:39:33|530in the Hall of Wisdom. 541|00:39:34|650|00:39:38|410He has entered that phase where the initiation process 542|00:39:38|910|00:39:41|970is actually beginning — at least the preliminary initiations — because the Hall 543|00:39:42|470|00:39:46|930of Wisdom is beginning really to occur when 544|00:39:47|430|00:39:51|290the inner, when the sacrifice petals are being stimulated. 545|00:39:52|330|00:39:55|770The man becomes aware of his power and capacity, and having 546|00:39:56|270|00:39:59|730pledged himself to service — well, of course, we're not having the 547|00:40:00|230|00:40:03|610full soul infusion here, are we? — he begins furiously to serve. 548|00:40:04|110|00:40:06|170That's kind of a sixth ray word. 549|00:40:08|170|00:40:12|460When we go to one 550|00:40:12|960|00:40:16|580of the blessed one's stanzas, we discover under the sixth ray 551|00:40:17|080|00:40:20|980that fury characterized his efforts. 552|00:40:22|580|00:40:27|740This is a constant application of energy which 553|00:40:28|240|00:40:31|540also ends up being separative 554|00:40:31|620|00:40:35|640and divisive. And it's an over-application of 555|00:40:36|140|00:40:39|880energy, not a wise application. The man is completely consumed 556|00:40:40|200|00:40:43|320by the energy and loses his discretion. 557|00:40:44|440|00:40:48|120The man becomes aware of his power because there is the downflow 558|00:40:48|620|00:40:51|840of the incoming soul energy and 559|00:40:52|340|00:40:56|080his capacity. And he is pledged — I suppose maybe 560|00:40:56|580|00:40:59|240in the state even of a pledged disciple, 561|00:41:00|520|00:41:03|480although there are probably earlier promises and pledges. 562|00:41:03|640|00:41:07|480He begins furiously to serve. He creates this, that and 563|00:41:07|960|00:41:12|000the other channel — this, that and the other channel — for the 564|00:41:12|500|00:41:17|440expression of the force which is driving him. There's not, 565|00:41:17|940|00:41:21|400let's say there's not much control here. 566|00:41:21|799|00:41:24|880He tears down and destroys as fast as he creates 567|00:41:25|380|00:41:28|440because why? He lacks discretion, 568|00:41:29|560|00:41:33|570attachment. He cannot 569|00:41:34|130|00:41:38|290stand back and see with wisdom because 570|00:41:38|790|00:41:42|810at first he is driven by the new force. I suppose when 571|00:41:43|310|00:41:46|610we have sixth ray personalities, this may tend 572|00:41:47|110|00:41:51|130to happen. And also maybe the sixth ray souls 573|00:41:51|630|00:41:55|090live very much under this kind of driving 574|00:41:55|590|00:41:55|730pressure. 575|00:41:58|460|00:41:58|940Okay? 576|00:42:02|460|00:42:06|300He temporarily becomes a serious 577|00:42:06|800|00:42:10|460problem to the other servers with whom he may be associated, 578|00:42:10|960|00:42:13|980for he sees no vision but his own 579|00:42:14|480|00:42:16|460and the aura of criticism which surrounds him. 580|00:42:18|860|00:42:23|190And the strenuous push of the assertive force within him produces 581|00:42:23|990|00:42:27|310the stumbling of the little ones. The little ones, in this case, 582|00:42:27|810|00:42:31|990well, it doesn't just mean initiates of the first and second degree, but those 583|00:42:33|430|00:42:36|550to whom he stands as a superior and a guide. 584|00:42:37|430|00:42:40|470And there has to be constant repair work undertaken on his 585|00:42:40|970|00:42:45|030behalf by older and more experienced disciples. 586|00:42:45|530|00:42:50|100I'm sure we all have gone through, or will go through, both phases: 587|00:42:50|260|00:42:53|540having been the one who causes the disruption and later 588|00:42:54|420|00:42:58|180being assigned the karmic task of repairing disruption. 589|00:42:58|980|00:43:02|260perhaps caused by ourself and then caused by 590|00:43:02|580|00:43:06|860others. So the 591|00:43:07|360|00:43:11|300blinders are on here, and the force is not 592|00:43:11|800|00:43:14|910handled with wisdom. Let's just put it like that. The soul, 593|00:43:17|470|00:43:21|350the driving soul force is 594|00:43:21|850|00:43:24|950not handled with wisdom at first. 595|00:43:25|450|00:43:29|070And that's why the word “temporarily” is found 596|00:43:29|390|00:43:33|670here. This too shall pass. He becomes the victim for 597|00:43:34|170|00:43:37|670the time of his own aspiration to serve. We can see 598|00:43:38|170|00:43:41|520that the astral body is strongly stimulated under these 599|00:43:42|020|00:43:45|960circumstances and of the force which is flowing 600|00:43:46|440|00:43:47|320through him. 1|00:00:03|040|00:00:07|236This stage will in some cases fan into flame the 602|00:43:55|500|00:44:00|000latent seeds of ambition. Okay, so spiritual 603|00:44:00|500|00:44:03|400ambition: to be recognized. 604|00:44:05|970|00:44:11|650To be recognized as a server and 605|00:44:13|010|00:44:16|570disciple. This ambition is, in the 606|00:44:17|070|00:44:21|570last analysis, only the personality urge toward 607|00:44:22|070|00:44:25|650betterment, which is not only allowable but necessary, 608|00:44:25|890|00:44:29|570but cannot go on overly long, nor can it 609|00:44:30|070|00:44:34|510be substituted for the real expression 610|00:44:35|010|00:44:38|550of service. This ambition is, in the last analysis, only the personality 611|00:44:39|050|00:44:43|310urge toward betterment, and in its right place and time is 612|00:44:43|550|00:44:47|470a divine asset. Because one 613|00:44:47|970|00:44:52|190must leave the mass. One must seize the orange 614|00:44:52|690|00:44:56|030ball. One must no longer be playing upon the green field 615|00:44:56|110|00:44:59|990but must seize the orange ball, in the coloristic 616|00:45:00|490|00:45:04|250language of one of the old commentary sections. 617|00:45:06|170|00:45:09|890And in its right place and time is a divine asset. But it 618|00:45:10|390|00:45:13|970has to be rooted out when the personality becomes 619|00:45:14|470|00:45:18|169the instrument of the soul. When we become serious about real 620|00:45:18|170|00:45:21|530soul expression, then we have to 621|00:45:22|890|00:45:26|410eliminate the tendency of the personality to become 622|00:45:26|910|00:45:31|290an obstacle. This doesn't mean to eliminate the personality altogether 623|00:45:31|790|00:45:35|250because it is the instrument, the chosen instrument. 624|00:45:35|750|00:45:38|610And how else are we to reach the lower worlds? We, 625|00:45:39|110|00:45:42|610the soul? We don't want to do as Hercules first did and kill 626|00:45:43|110|00:45:46|690the Amazon queen who is the personality. This is 627|00:45:47|190|00:45:50|130done wrongly in the labor of Virgo. 628|00:45:51|650|00:45:55|600In other cases, the server will come into wider and 629|00:45:56|100|00:46:00|360more loving vision and, taking his eyes off 630|00:46:00|860|00:46:04|320his own accomplishment, will go 631|00:46:04|820|00:46:08|480out, will go to work in silent unison 632|00:46:09|360|00:46:12|400with the groups of the true servers. 633|00:46:13|040|00:46:16|480So this is a more beneficial effect, 634|00:46:17|360|00:46:22|950a more beneficent effect, and perhaps follows 635|00:46:23|450|00:46:27|190a few mistakes. But I like this 636|00:46:27|690|00:46:31|590idea of silent unison: not calling attention to 637|00:46:32|090|00:46:33|110one's personal self, right? 638|00:46:38|150|00:46:41|270But in fact understanding the work 639|00:46:41|770|00:46:47|600of the other servers and attempting to harmonize his own service 640|00:46:48|640|00:46:50|720with their service. 641|00:46:52|480|00:46:56|760And this is far different from the personality-centered 642|00:46:57|260|00:47:01|200attitude which sometimes masquerades as service. He will submerge 643|00:47:02|080|00:47:05|840his personality tendencies, his ideas, and 644|00:47:06|340|00:47:09|800his ambitions in the greater good of the 645|00:47:10|300|00:47:14|170whole, and the self—the lower self—will be 646|00:47:14|410|00:47:16|970lost to sight. Easily said, easily spoken, 647|00:47:17|930|00:47:21|770difficult to accomplish. And it can 648|00:47:22|270|00:47:26|210take years or lives to bring 649|00:47:26|710|00:47:30|170about this better attitude towards service: 650|00:47:32|010|00:47:35|410the submerging. This is not quite the same thing as the suppression 651|00:47:35|910|00:47:38|970of the personality tendencies and rendering the personality, 652|00:47:39|470|00:47:43|460as has been called, a poor, dead thing. No, it's different than that. 653|00:47:44|660|00:47:48|500One has good qualities 654|00:47:49|000|00:47:52|740within the personality, and one learns skillfully how to use 655|00:47:53|240|00:47:57|540them within the context of the pursuit of the greater good 656|00:47:58|040|00:48:01|340along with one's fellow disciples. Perhaps no better 657|00:48:01|840|00:48:05|340suggestion can be made to the man or woman who seeks to function 658|00:48:05|840|00:48:09|590as a true server than to ask 659|00:48:10|090|00:48:13|910them to repeat daily, with their whole hearts and minds behind the 660|00:48:13|990|00:48:17|310words, the dedication at 661|00:48:17|810|00:48:19|510the conclusion of the esoteric catechism 662|00:48:21|030|00:48:23|190which is included at the end of initiation, 663|00:48:24|310|00:48:27|830Human and solar. And I think in the Arcane 664|00:48:28|330|00:48:32|030School, we… Yes, this is the very first thing we 665|00:48:32|530|00:48:36|610did, really. When you come in, obviously in 666|00:48:37|110|00:48:41|130a state of aspiration, you repeat 667|00:48:41|630|00:48:43|690this aspiring mantra. 668|00:48:44|810|00:48:49|490I would remind such servers that if they revolt or 669|00:48:49|990|00:48:53|890are dismayed by the ideas embodied in the words, that that 670|00:48:54|390|00:48:57|930is perhaps an indication of how much they need the impression of 671|00:48:58|430|00:49:02|370this life objective upon their consciousness. So these 672|00:49:02|870|00:49:06|490are words with which we are familiar. 673|00:49:06|650|00:49:10|930I play my part with stern resolve. 674|00:49:11|430|00:49:15|130Notice the sixth ray connotation there. The idea of aspiration in the astral 675|00:49:15|630|00:49:18|890body. With earnest, you know, one-pointed aspiration. 676|00:49:19|390|00:49:23|130With earnest aspiration, not deviating 677|00:49:23|290|00:49:26|250here and there. I look above. 678|00:49:27|990|00:49:32|310I stand in the middle. I help below. I dream 679|00:49:32|630|00:49:36|470not. I do not wander off into fantasy 680|00:49:36|970|00:49:40|950which takes me away from my immediate task. 681|00:49:41|590|00:49:45|910I dream not, nor I rest. At least I do not rest 682|00:49:45|990|00:49:49|830as many rest away 683|00:49:49|910|00:49:53|600from their responsible labours. D.K. will also advise 684|00:49:54|100|00:49:57|920at times that rest is needed in the life 685|00:49:58|420|00:50:02|480of the disciple. I toil. It's hard work. I serve. 1|00:00:03|040|00:00:07|236I reap my karma. 687|00:50:07|999|00:50:11|960I pray. I maintain my connection 688|00:50:12|460|00:50:16|560with the higher worlds. I am the cross. I am 689|00:50:16|800|00:50:20|080the human energy system in the form of a cross and later in the 690|00:50:20|580|00:50:24|650form of a father, five-pointed star. And I am willing to be crucified 691|00:50:25|150|00:50:28|850upon the fixed cross until I truly become that 692|00:50:29|350|00:50:33|210cross without the scaffolding upholding me. I am the 693|00:50:33|710|00:50:37|730Way. I am the energy line itself which leads to the Monad. 694|00:50:39|010|00:50:42|410The Way is really, in my view 695|00:50:42|910|00:50:46|890at least, the path of emanation from the highest 696|00:50:47|390|00:50:50|560point in the universe. The Way leads all the way 697|00:50:51|060|00:50:55|480back to our ultimate identity as the 698|00:50:56|120|00:50:59|840Universa Logos. Every Antakarana is part 699|00:51:00|340|00:51:03|600of that way. And the Sutratma 700|00:51:04|100|00:51:09|800extends from that point in a way. Also, a kind of higher 701|00:51:09|880|00:51:14|340consciousness thread extends from that point which we have to unite 702|00:51:14|420|00:51:18|500our lower consciousness with. I tread upon the work 703|00:51:19|000|00:51:22|100I do so. I do not hold it always before me, 704|00:51:22|600|00:51:26|460but move on to the new work. I do not congratulate myself 705|00:51:26|960|00:51:27|620over the work I do. 706|00:51:30|820|00:51:34|060I may simply note what its value has been and move on to the 707|00:51:34|560|00:51:38|300next task. I mount upon my slain self, my slain lower 708|00:51:38|800|00:51:42|550self. Its desires are no longer of major moment 709|00:51:43|050|00:51:46|550to me. I kill my lower desires, I kill desire 710|00:51:47|050|00:51:51|110and I strive, forgetting all reward to 711|00:51:51|270|00:51:53|510the lower self. 712|00:51:55|350|00:52:00|030The reward involved is the seeing 713|00:52:00|530|00:52:04|510of the plan unfold in manifestation. I forego 714|00:52:05|010|00:52:06|780peace, which is an astral condition. 715|00:52:09|340|00:52:12|820It's not the peace of Shamballa because that is a 716|00:52:13|320|00:52:16|700higher type of peace towards which we strive. I forfeit 717|00:52:16|780|00:52:21|020the ordinary rest. I sometimes 718|00:52:21|520|00:52:25|740have to cut athwart the normal rhythms of normal 719|00:52:26|240|00:52:30|140non-aspiring people who will not push 720|00:52:30|380|00:52:33|860their vehicle because they prize its condition 721|00:52:34|360|00:52:37|850above all things. I forfeit rest and in the stress of pain 722|00:52:38|090|00:52:41|530which will be caused as I move my 723|00:52:42|030|00:52:46|010energy system vertically against the horizontal grain. 724|00:52:47|050|00:52:50|890In the stress of pain I lose myself, my lower self and find myself 725|00:52:51|390|00:52:54|810with a capital and enter into a higher peace which is the 726|00:52:55|210|00:52:58|850growing peace of the soul on 727|00:52:59|350|00:53:02|710its own plane, of the spiritual triad and ultimately the peace of Shamballa. 728|00:53:03|260|00:53:06|140To all this I solemnly, I mean business. 729|00:53:07|820|00:53:10|700Not light-mindedly, light-heartedly. I, 730|00:53:11|420|00:53:13|260with great earnestness, 731|00:53:16|780|00:53:19|580without frivolity, pledge myself, 732|00:53:19|820|00:53:24|020invoking my higher self and invoking 733|00:53:24|520|00:53:28|860in a way the solar angel, but also my own higher egoic 734|00:53:29|290|00:53:33|050nature which is to 735|00:53:33|850|00:53:37|490descend expressively into my more 736|00:53:37|990|00:53:41|690familiar self. I think we've all, you know, so many 737|00:53:42|190|00:53:46|010of us have memorized this one. We've really worked with 738|00:53:46|510|00:53:50|410it, and maybe in moments of difficulty, I know I do. I repeat this 739|00:53:50|490|00:53:54|860to reconfirm the 740|00:53:55|360|00:53:58|100goals and objectives and the proper attitude. 741|00:53:59|300|00:54:03|940I play my part with stern resolve, with earnest aspiration. 742|00:54:05|300|00:54:08|820I look above, I help below. I dream not, 743|00:54:09|320|00:54:13|180nor I rest. I toil, I serve, 744|00:54:13|680|00:54:16|820I reap, I pray. I am the cross, 745|00:54:17|620|00:54:21|070I am the way. I tread 746|00:54:21|570|00:54:24|590upon the work I do. I mount upon my slain self. 747|00:54:25|310|00:54:29|790I kill desire and I strive, forgetting all reward. 748|00:54:30|670|00:54:34|190I forego peace. I forfeit rest and in the stress 749|00:54:34|690|00:54:38|670of pain I lose myself and find myself 750|00:54:39|790|00:54:43|390and enter into peace. To all this 751|00:54:43|890|00:54:47|940I solemnly pledge myself in invoking my higher self. 752|00:54:49|300|00:54:53|140The Arcane School version has some changes 753|00:54:54|020|00:54:56|500here. I mount the cross, I tread the way. 754|00:55:01|220|00:55:05|500Not “I am the cross, I am the way.” This actually is more powerful, 755|00:55:06|000|00:55:09|820I think, than the one we are given when we have entered 756|00:55:10|320|00:55:13|870that work. But I think, was it written by the Tibetan or were 757|00:55:14|370|00:55:19|390the changes made by Alice Bailey perhaps to avoid glamour 758|00:55:19|950|00:55:23|110which could occur at that time and trying to 759|00:55:23|610|00:55:27|070keep the attitude of the one who uses this 760|00:55:27|230|00:55:30|910in proportion? If you start to say “I am 761|00:55:31|410|00:55:35|950the cross” without proper understanding, it can be fruitful 762|00:55:36|350|00:55:40|530of certain glamour. So I would recommend 763|00:55:41|030|00:55:44|170to all of us who are studying this book and the Tibetan's 764|00:55:44|670|00:55:49|250work in general: memorize this. Absolutely memorize this and repeat 765|00:55:49|750|00:55:54|050this to yourself, perhaps even daily, 766|00:55:54|210|00:55:59|090to be assured of correct orientation 767|00:55:59|890|00:56:03|330on the path which essentially—you are not only— 768|00:56:03|650|00:56:06|450you tread the path, you are the path, 769|00:56:08|050|00:56:09|170you are the way. 770|00:56:12|850|00:56:16|930It is profound. And D.K. says, if we are somewhat appalled by 771|00:56:17|570|00:56:21|370the requirements here, then perhaps it indicates how 772|00:56:21|870|00:56:25|050much we are in need of it and how far we have to go. 773|00:56:25|550|00:56:29|030I mean, we are on the path of relinquishment. We have 774|00:56:29|530|00:56:33|270discussed that when discussing the Blessed 775|00:56:33|770|00:56:37|750One's stanzas in this important book. 776|00:56:39|270|00:56:43|390All will drop away, all will fall 777|00:56:43|890|00:56:48|190from our hands, and only the empty nail-marked hands 778|00:56:48|690|00:56:52|190will be in the true position to dispense the 779|00:56:52|690|00:56:56|330blessings of the world. One will realize oneself as the 780|00:56:56|830|00:56:59|250Blessed One dispensing those blessings. 781|00:57:02|690|00:57:06|610Well, we're almost at the hour mark, but I've been making these two- 782|00:57:07|110|00:57:10|890hour programs just because it is more efficient to do so, 783|00:57:11|390|00:57:14|010and I hope it's not a problem for you in listening to it. You can 784|00:57:14|510|00:57:17|530always turn it off and come back to it. As the work of learning to 785|00:57:18|030|00:57:21|610serve proceeds and the inner contact becomes 786|00:57:22|110|00:57:26|900more sure—and this is the inevitable 787|00:57:27|220|00:57:31|020effect of our steady practice of meditation, 788|00:57:31|520|00:57:35|100study and service—as the inner contact becomes 789|00:57:35|600|00:57:39|340more sure, the next thing which will occur will be a deepening of the 790|00:57:39|840|00:57:48|020life of meditation. So first there occurred the 791|00:57:48|520|00:57:52|050integrating of the personality into 792|00:57:52|550|00:57:54|890one serving unit, 793|00:57:55|930|00:57:59|770with much struggle in doing so. 794|00:58:01|370|00:58:04|410Okay, the next thing that will occur will be a deepening of 795|00:58:04|910|00:58:09|050the life of meditation and a more frequent illumining of the mind by the 796|00:58:09|550|00:58:11|610light of the soul. 797|00:58:13|290|00:58:17|520So the process of enlightenment really is 798|00:58:18|020|00:58:21|640beginning here. Sometimes when you read 799|00:58:22|140|00:58:25|880the Eastern literature, you think, “Well, it occurs all at once. Maybe the 800|00:58:26|380|00:58:30|000Zen master takes his cudgel and he strikes 801|00:58:30|500|00:58:33|560you if you're thinking too much and suddenly you are enlightened.” 802|00:58:34|060|00:58:37|360But you know, the analogy is that the 803|00:58:37|860|00:58:41|490sun does not proceed from its 804|00:58:41|990|00:58:46|450rising position to high noon instantaneously. So maybe 805|00:58:46|950|00:58:50|850for some of us the enlightenment is more gradual. 806|00:58:51|350|00:58:55|130Although I do think there can be those sudden breakthroughs where certain scales 807|00:58:55|530|00:58:58|810fall from the eyes and one sees suddenly 808|00:58:59|310|00:59:03|210what was already there. But there has been a preparation for that type of 809|00:59:04|410|00:59:09|070instantaneous vision—a long, arduous preparation. 810|00:59:09|630|00:59:12|030And then things fall away suddenly. 811|00:59:14|110|00:59:19|270So we will have this more frequent illumining 812|00:59:19|770|00:59:26|110of the mind by the light of the soul, which compared 813|00:59:26|430|00:59:29|710to the personality consciousness, the soul is 814|00:59:30|210|00:59:33|720all-knowing. At least it knows 815|00:59:34|220|00:59:37|120so much in the planetary sense. I mean, this, of course, is the Solar Angel 816|00:59:37|620|00:59:41|160in one way. But even we in our egoic nature, 817|00:59:41|660|00:59:46|000as we will successively, periodically 818|00:59:46|500|00:59:50|520rediscover in the interlude between incarnations, 819|00:59:50|840|00:59:57|480know so much more than we can possibly know 820|00:59:57|640|01:00:01|200or demonstrate or understand when 821|01:00:01|280|01:00:03|920confined within the lower vehicles. 822|01:00:04|320|01:00:07|920Until, of course, we've conditioned those vehicles to 823|01:00:08|240|01:00:11|040make the acceptance of that knowing possible. 824|01:00:13|040|01:00:16|360So thereby, through this illumination, the Plan is revealed. 825|01:00:16|860|01:00:20|560This is, you know, the alignment— 826|01:00:21|440|01:00:25|070crisis, light, revelation stage 827|01:00:25|570|01:00:28|670of the antahkarana process that we have discussed. Thereby, the Plan is 828|01:00:29|170|01:00:33|510revealed. This will not be the shedding of 829|01:00:34|010|01:00:38|310that light upon the plans of the Server for 830|01:00:38|810|01:00:43|030his own life or upon his chosen field of service. And this must be clearly 831|01:00:43|530|01:00:47|470grasped. D.K. helps us by clearing up misconceptions 832|01:00:51|080|01:00:51|880as he goes. 833|01:00:56|760|01:01:00|840Not that light which is concerned with making his 834|01:01:01|340|01:01:04|800own decisions—that light that might only indicate, if it seems 835|01:01:05|300|01:01:09|080to occur, the mental agility of the Server to 836|01:01:09|580|01:01:13|080find means for the justification of his own ambition. In other words, 837|01:01:13|320|01:01:16|560people are subject to the glamour of 838|01:01:20|720|01:01:24|480[acting] as if the Master is telling you whether 839|01:01:24|980|01:01:26|880you can eat a sandwich or not at this time. 840|01:01:28|240|01:01:31|760That actually is the story. I won't get into it. But you know, 841|01:01:33|040|01:01:35|280one of those who had done a lot for the world, he said, “Well, 842|01:01:35|780|01:01:38|960you know, he checked within. And yes, the Master says I can do that.” 843|01:01:40|080|01:01:43|530You see so many people acting as if 844|01:01:44|650|01:01:47|810the Master is watching every step they 845|01:01:48|310|01:01:52|210take, forgetting that they must become self-determining 846|01:01:52|710|01:01:55|290and that the Master and their soul are at one. 847|01:01:57|530|01:02:01|050So it's not about shedding light 848|01:02:01|550|01:02:05|050upon the plans and every step of those plans. 849|01:02:06|810|01:02:09|770Rather, it will be the recognition— 850|01:02:13|720|01:02:20|320it will be the recognition in 851|01:02:20|820|01:02:24|560the mind of the plan of God for the world at 852|01:02:25|060|01:02:28|520the particular time in which the Server is existing. So this is really 853|01:02:29|020|01:02:31|320correlated with the revelation point— 854|01:02:32|040|01:02:36|930not the point of light in the antahkarana process where the various 855|01:02:37|010|01:02:40|330flaws and faults of the individual are 856|01:02:40|830|01:02:45|650seen, but rather the 857|01:02:46|150|01:02:49|730Plan as it exists at this time will be to 858|01:02:50|230|01:02:54|010some degree revealed, and the part that he may play in furthering 859|01:02:54|510|01:02:58|090the ends of those who are responsible for carrying 860|01:02:58|590|01:03:02|330out that plan. So the objective 861|01:03:02|830|01:03:07|240is not on his own plans. The sight is 862|01:03:07|740|01:03:12|000on the Plan. And the objective of the 863|01:03:12|500|01:03:15|520greater servers of the Plan, 864|01:03:16|320|01:03:19|040and how—and only then— 865|01:03:20|000|01:03:23|600how he, in his 866|01:03:24|400|01:03:29|360life, may serve the Plan- 867|01:03:29|860|01:03:33|600related objectives 868|01:03:33|760|01:03:37|760of those greater servers— 869|01:03:38|160|01:03:39|520the Masters. That is, 870|01:03:41|440|01:03:44|800so it will be the recognition in the mind of the plan of 871|01:03:45|300|01:03:49|240God for the world at the particular time 872|01:03:49|740|01:03:52|880in which the server is existing and the part he may play in furthering the 873|01:03:53|380|01:03:56|880ends—the ends and objectives of those who are responsible 874|01:03:57|710|01:04:01|110for carrying forth that plan. D.K. has often said he's 875|01:04:01|610|01:04:05|670not so interested in us originating 876|01:04:06|170|01:04:11|630some new and unique form of service as he is in us 877|01:04:11|710|01:04:15|150aligning with his objectives, 878|01:04:16|990|01:04:20|390such as the Triangles or the Goodwill. 879|01:04:20|890|01:04:23|870And I suppose the Arcane School is part of it, though that was actually more 880|01:04:25|230|01:04:28|750of Alice Bailey's origination, though naturally D.K. 881|01:04:29|250|01:04:33|350helped her with that and falling 882|01:04:33|850|01:04:37|230into line with the expression of those 883|01:04:37|630|01:04:41|030methods of serving humanity which the Tibetan himself had 884|01:04:41|530|01:04:45|070originated and the importance of which we cannot question. 885|01:04:47|950|01:04:51|570So this is a different attitude. It's not “light upon 886|01:04:52|070|01:04:55|930my path” and what I conceive to be my 887|01:04:56|430|01:05:00|530way, step by step, with the higher 888|01:05:01|030|01:05:04|250beings telling me what to do. It's not that at all. It's a much 889|01:05:04|750|01:05:07|890larger perspective. We can ask ourselves 890|01:05:08|390|01:05:10|250what really is needed in the world today. 891|01:05:11|690|01:05:15|410But we have to look at the requirements for the reappearance of the Christ. 892|01:05:15|910|01:05:19|820Certainly the great principle of sharing is needed because there's 893|01:05:20|320|01:05:25|300so much greed and so much cleavage caused by 894|01:05:25|800|01:05:29|380a rapacious, acquisitive, greedy attitude. 895|01:05:31|060|01:05:34|460And there is a great need for 896|01:05:34|960|01:05:39|020a measure of peace before the Christ can return. And the whole world 897|01:05:39|520|01:05:42|940in one way or another is at war. Not an all- 898|01:05:43|440|01:05:47|120out world war, but something that could become that if 899|01:05:47|620|01:05:51|080we are not careful. So the many, 900|01:05:51|580|01:05:55|160many battles over the cleavages 901|01:05:55|240|01:05:57|480caused by narrow-minded thinking— 902|01:05:58|840|01:06:02|120these battles have to 903|01:06:02|620|01:06:07|640be reduced and the outer conflagrations 904|01:06:07|960|01:06:11|160subside. We can see that Christ 905|01:06:11|660|01:06:14|780could not possibly come with 906|01:06:15|280|01:06:17|700the world in such turmoil as it is at the moment. 907|01:06:19|780|01:06:23|220So then we are serving the plan. 908|01:06:23|720|01:06:27|740We are serving those who 909|01:06:28|240|01:06:32|180serve the plan. And then we're… I mean we're serving those 910|01:06:32|500|01:06:35|900whom the plan serves and then those who serve the plan. 911|01:06:36|400|01:06:40|430And only later do we attend 912|01:06:40|930|01:06:45|070to our own little part within that. He 913|01:06:45|570|01:06:48|790then becomes willing to be a tiny part of a 914|01:06:49|290|01:06:51|710greater whole. Now there has to be willingness. And this is a… 915|01:06:53|230|01:06:57|630We can all recognize that this is an act of 916|01:06:58|130|01:07:01|430decentralization. If I could just spell 917|01:07:01|930|01:07:04|750that word, an act of decentralization. 918|01:07:06|140|01:07:09|780Because ordinarily what we think of 919|01:07:10|280|01:07:13|940as ourselves looms rather large in our 920|01:07:14|440|01:07:17|900field of consciousness. And we 921|01:07:18|400|01:07:21|700must reduce that image until it 922|01:07:22|200|01:07:25|580becomes just a tiny point. And the greater whole 923|01:07:25|660|01:07:29|820is then what is seen. And the tiny 924|01:07:30|320|01:07:33|700point is recognized as our little instrument and its part within 925|01:07:34|200|01:07:37|140that greater whole. So… 926|01:07:37|780|01:07:42|220and becoming a tiny part in 927|01:07:42|720|01:07:46|340this greater whole. This is often an 928|01:07:46|840|01:07:48|260act of will. 929|01:07:49|940|01:07:53|300We are willing to see 930|01:07:53|540|01:07:57|900our lesser self reduced in 931|01:07:58|400|01:08:02|850stature because a new sense of perspective 932|01:08:03|350|01:08:03|810is developing. 933|01:08:08|610|01:08:11|730So in this particular, decentralized attitude never varies. 934|01:08:12|230|01:08:14|850Even when the disciple has become a master of the Wisdom, he, after all, 935|01:08:15|250|01:08:17|890is a point within a circle, is he not? 936|01:08:19|410|01:08:22|930The master of 937|01:08:23|430|01:08:27|290the Wisdom is a point within a circle. The circle is 938|01:08:27|790|01:08:31|620the largest sphere, the greater whole. And the 939|01:08:32|020|01:08:34|900tiny point, really, which has no dimension at all. 940|01:08:35|140|01:08:39|300Interestingly, a point is not measurable. 941|01:08:39|380|01:08:42|980It's not mayavic in that sense. Maya—to measure. 942|01:08:45|300|01:08:48|620That point, the Master 943|01:08:49|120|01:08:54|150realizes himself as that point. And even when he is a… should 944|01:08:54|650|01:08:57|230he become a planetary Logos or some greater being and so forth, 945|01:08:59|150|01:09:02|910still it's the point within the circle. Any entity within 946|01:09:03|410|01:09:07|230the great universal whole is 947|01:09:07|730|01:09:11|710a point within a circle. We might even make a case to say that the 948|01:09:13|070|01:09:16|630Universa Logos is not the only circle. There comes 949|01:09:17|130|01:09:21|000a circle without a circumference. And we might say that the 950|01:09:21|500|01:09:23|760Universa Logos is the slightest point. 951|01:09:24|640|01:09:27|600Well, all points are really the same size. They have no dimension. 952|01:09:28|100|01:09:31|600They really have no size. They simply have being 953|01:09:32|000|01:09:34|240without dimension. 954|01:09:35|360|01:09:37|360Try to wrap our heads around that one. 955|01:09:39|520|01:09:43|600So the attitude never varies, even as the development 956|01:09:43|840|01:09:47|660of the individual continues. He is then in contact with a 957|01:09:48|160|01:09:51|820still vaster concept of the plan. And his humility 958|01:09:52|320|01:09:55|860and his sense of proportion remain unchanged. 959|01:09:56|360|01:09:59|460He continues to be humble. Maybe he grows even more humble. 960|01:10:00|740|01:10:03|700Maybe humility increases. 961|01:10:06|260|01:10:12|280Certainly his understanding of the negligence, 962|01:10:13|150|01:10:16|830the ability of the point increases. 963|01:10:19|230|01:10:22|790Well, that gets into some of the philosophy here. And I won't 964|01:10:23|290|01:10:27|070go off on that tangent as I sometimes do. 965|01:10:28|189|01:10:32|150But let's just say that the conception 966|01:10:32|650|01:10:36|110of the Plan, which is possessed by Master D.K. is 967|01:10:36|270|01:10:40|510far more expansive than we can possibly conceive. 968|01:10:41|230|01:10:45|030He's given something of that conception 969|01:10:45|530|01:10:47|470in “A Treatise on Cosmic Fire” and some of his, 970|01:10:50|110|01:10:53|350well, still more profound books. 971|01:10:53|850|01:10:56|670They're all profound. But, you know, when we get into “The Rays and the Initiations” 972|01:10:58|110|01:10:59|710and “The Treatise on Cosmic Fire,” 973|01:11:01|310|01:11:05|190we're dealing with very abstruse matters far beyond our 974|01:11:06|230|01:11:11|110comprehension. But somehow, within the 975|01:11:11|610|01:11:15|670aura of his understanding, we do get a larger grasp 976|01:11:16|550|01:11:19|430of the true nature of things. 977|01:11:23|510|01:11:27|590An integrated, intelligent personality is adequate 978|01:11:28|390|01:11:32|070to deal with the working out of the server's part 979|01:11:33|480|01:11:36|520in the active work of the world. Well, let's just say 980|01:11:36|680|01:11:41|920integrated with the soul. And there 981|01:11:42|420|01:11:46|280is no need 982|01:11:46|360|01:11:50|200for the soul to be advising at every step, 983|01:11:52|120|01:11:57|400let alone the Master, 984|01:11:58|590|01:12:02|230provided his vision is not blurred by 985|01:12:02|730|01:12:06|470personal ambition, nor 986|01:12:06|970|01:12:10|030his activity such that it degenerates into a sense of 987|01:12:10|530|01:12:15|870rush and a display of busy feverishness. 988|01:12:17|710|01:12:20|910I think if we combine some of the liabilities 989|01:12:20|990|01:12:25|250of the Third Ray and the Sixth Ray together, we will get 990|01:12:26|610|01:12:30|770this result. The sense of rush is discussed in 991|01:12:31|270|01:12:35|090the formulas 992|01:12:35|170|01:12:38|050and descriptions of the Third and Sixth Ray. 993|01:12:39|170|01:12:43|250And certainly busyness is discussed in terms of the Third 994|01:12:43|750|01:12:46|770Ray, the glamour of being busy. 995|01:12:49|820|01:12:53|500So an intelligent, integrated and, you know, to some extent, 996|01:12:57|420|01:13:01|540to some extent in contact with 997|01:13:02|040|01:13:06|260the soul. Because the word integration does not only mean integration of the personality 998|01:13:06|760|01:13:10|340within itself or as an 999|01:13:10|840|01:13:15|180isolated unit in any way divorced from the soul. There is an integration 1000|01:13:15|680|01:13:19|740of energy systems between the soul 1001|01:13:19|820|01:13:23|500and the personality. And that also is a form of integration, 1002|01:13:24|000|01:13:28|780as I've said. I think that the real integrative 1003|01:13:29|500|01:13:33|100task can lead even to the 1004|01:13:33|580|01:13:37|380third initiation, the integration of energy systems, 1005|01:13:37|880|01:13:41|260maybe even to the fourth. There is soul 1006|01:13:41|760|01:13:44|140fusion, which is a matter of consciousness, I think, and… 1007|01:13:45|350|01:13:48|990And soul personality integration, which is the fusing of 1008|01:13:49|490|01:13:52|310two energy systems with each other, 1009|01:13:52|790|01:13:56|550accompanied, of course, by a fusion in consciousness. 1010|01:13:58|950|01:14:02|990It takes the soul itself to reveal to 1011|01:14:03|490|01:14:06|630the poised and peaceful mind the next 1012|01:14:07|130|01:14:11|040step to be taken in the work of world evolution through 1013|01:14:11|120|01:14:13|760the impartation of ideas. 1014|01:14:15|200|01:14:19|360Now, let's really notice there, because it suggests 1015|01:14:20|240|01:14:22|240the manner of service for disciples, 1016|01:14:28|080|01:14:32|400the impartation of ideas of 1017|01:14:32|900|01:14:36|400those beings from a higher world, from the Triadal world, 1018|01:14:36|900|01:14:40|400which have to make their impact upon 1019|01:14:40|900|01:14:44|080the minds of human beings. And thus change 1020|01:14:44|160|01:14:46|800the configuration below. 1021|01:14:48|320|01:14:51|960So what we oftentimes, you know, if we go too far towards 1022|01:14:52|460|01:14:55|360the activity aspect of service, we will, 1023|01:14:56|080|01:14:59|360yes, be busy, but we will render ourselves futile. 1024|01:15:01|040|01:15:04|760And there will be an expenditure of energy which is 1025|01:15:05|260|01:15:10|030not at all commensurate with the achievement 1026|01:15:10|590|01:15:14|950resulting. In fact, we may undo much 1027|01:15:15|450|01:15:17|910of the good that we might have done or have done in the past, 1028|01:15:18|410|01:15:22|670or that others are doing. So we want to avoid busyness 1029|01:15:23|950|01:15:27|750and feverishness, which suggests, 1030|01:15:28|250|01:15:31|790of course, a state of consciousness which is 1031|01:15:32|290|01:15:36|170not deliberative, not wise, not objective. 1032|01:15:37|770|01:15:39|290Haste makes waste. 1033|01:15:40|730|01:15:43|850Here's the old adage connected with this condition. 1034|01:15:46|330|01:15:49|290Doesn't make any difference if we feel that we are driven by something important. 1035|01:15:50|090|01:15:53|850If we are hasty, we blunder into things 1036|01:15:54|090|01:15:58|250and delay true service and 1037|01:15:58|750|01:16:00|220thus true progress. 1038|01:16:04|860|01:16:08|940So the soul itself 1039|01:16:12|220|01:16:16|540will reveal the next step in world evolution. 1040|01:16:16|620|01:16:19|980So let's just say what we are learning here is 1041|01:16:20|480|01:16:25|110that the integrated 1042|01:16:25|610|01:16:27|910personality individualization process, 1043|01:16:29|590|01:16:34|070integrated personality can 1044|01:16:34|150|01:16:37|510reveal the next step ahead 1045|01:16:38|150|01:16:41|830for the individual. But it takes the 1046|01:16:42|330|01:16:46|070soul itself to reveal the next step ahead 1047|01:16:49|030|01:16:52|880for humanity and the 1048|01:16:53|380|01:16:56|520world. We may say, “Well, we know what the 1049|01:16:57|020|01:17:00|320next thing that we, the individual, have to do 1050|01:17:01|120|01:17:04|880may be or is.” But how well 1051|01:17:05|380|01:17:09|440do we really know what 1052|01:17:09|940|01:17:13|360is the next step ahead for 1053|01:17:14|320|01:17:17|850humanity as a whole and for 1054|01:17:18|350|01:17:22|010the world? And how successfully is our service 1055|01:17:23|050|01:17:26|570aiding that next step? As the Force 1056|01:17:27|070|01:17:31|250pours through the personality and gives to the Server this 1057|01:17:31|750|01:17:35|050necessary vision and the sense of power which will enable him to cooperate, 1058|01:17:35|690|01:17:39|210it finds its way into the emotional or astral 1059|01:17:39|710|01:17:43|860body. Well, we can imagine that 1060|01:17:44|360|01:17:47|660this may be not only good, but problematic at 1061|01:17:48|160|01:17:51|820times. So the soul confers vision, 1062|01:17:52|320|01:17:56|020right? Soul confers a higher vision 1063|01:17:56|580|01:18:00|820and power. Because the soul is far more powerful than the personality, 1064|01:18:01|380|01:18:05|460our egoic nature is far more powerful, and of 1065|01:18:05|960|01:18:09|160course, the solar angel, far more powerful. 1066|01:18:10|120|01:18:13|600“Here again the effect will be dual, owing to the condition of the 1067|01:18:14|100|01:18:17|400Server's astral body and his inner orientation.” 1068|01:18:19|640|01:18:21|800So the application of force itself, 1069|01:18:23|240|01:18:27|240the application of a higher force itself, 1070|01:18:27|740|01:18:31|880is no guarantee that 1071|01:18:33|000|01:18:37|300the result will be good 1072|01:18:38|660|01:18:39|700or serviceable, 1073|01:18:41|460|01:18:45|380as we see here. “It may enhance the glamour and deepen the illusion, 1074|01:18:45|460|01:18:49|580swinging the Server into psychic illusory 1075|01:18:50|080|01:18:53|460effects there to be found.” So D.K. tells us, 1076|01:18:53|700|01:18:58|020it is not the soul per se which rids 1077|01:18:58|500|01:19:02|860us of glamour, but the directed, 1078|01:19:03|500|01:19:06|980clear, illumined beam of 1079|01:19:07|480|01:19:11|180mind. So soul force 1080|01:19:12|700|01:19:16|540applying itself to an already 1081|01:19:17|260|01:19:20|700glamourised astral body can render the glamour even 1082|01:19:21|260|01:19:25|260more potent. We have to remember this 1083|01:19:25|760|01:19:30|170and the value of the use of the clarified mind in 1084|01:19:30|670|01:19:34|490this process. “When this happens, he will emerge upon the physical 1085|01:19:34|650|01:19:38|210plane glamoured by an idea, for instance, 1086|01:19:38|710|01:19:41|290of his amazing personal contacts, 1087|01:19:42|650|01:19:46|130whereas he has only contacted some group of thought forms 1088|01:19:46|630|01:19:48|490of the great ones.” Well, this is common, isn't it? 1089|01:19:50|410|01:19:53|690So many are “in touch with” 1090|01:19:55|300|01:19:59|540the masters and even Sanat Kumara on first name basis. 1091|01:20:00|980|01:20:05|700It's a little amusing, you know, but it's 1092|01:20:06|200|01:20:09|780going to take a while for such people to work themselves out 1093|01:20:10|280|01:20:13|060of this kind of glamourous inflation. 1094|01:20:14|980|01:20:19|780And they won't be happy to give up the illusion 1095|01:20:21|470|01:20:25|630because it is rather comforting and reinforces the 1096|01:20:26|130|01:20:29|430sense of their own self-importance. “He will be under 1097|01:20:29|930|01:20:33|710the illusion that he is the chosen vessel or mouthpiece for the hierarchy, 1098|01:20:34|750|01:20:38|110when the truth is that he is deceived by the many voices, 1099|01:20:39|630|01:20:44|790because the voice of the silence has been dimmed by the clamour of 1100|01:20:45|290|01:20:49|370the astral plane.” So let's just say 1101|01:20:49|870|01:20:53|170at this point, not in touch with the 1102|01:20:53|670|01:20:57|130still small voice. Not in 1103|01:20:57|630|01:21:01|410touch with the still small voice. And the many voices 1104|01:21:01|650|01:21:05|210delude him, lead him astray, 1105|01:21:05|710|01:21:08|570but at the same time make him feel more important. You know, this did go 1106|01:21:09|070|01:21:12|330on somewhat in the Tibetan's group, when a couple of the members of all 1107|01:21:12|830|01:21:17|030things of his group, you know, the observers of reality contacted 1108|01:21:17|530|01:21:22|270a thought form of the Tibetan and caused 1109|01:21:22|770|01:21:26|150much damage within the group and within their own aura. 1110|01:21:28|310|01:21:31|830This thought form was always praising them, 1111|01:21:32|330|01:21:35|910you know. Well, right there you can tell it's not going to be the Master, 1112|01:21:36|410|01:21:40|550right? The voice of the Silence has been dimmed by the clamor, 1113|01:21:41|720|01:21:45|280the astral plane. He will be deluded by 1114|01:21:45|780|01:21:49|160the idea that there is no other way but his way. 1115|01:21:49|660|01:21:55|040So it's, you know, the Sixth Ray types fall 1116|01:21:55|540|01:21:59|000victim to this type of glamour. 1117|01:22:00|040|01:22:03|960No other way, one way, my way only. 1118|01:22:05|320|01:22:09|250One philosophy, one religion, one. One political system only. 1119|01:22:10|530|01:22:14|690So we know right there that there is a problem with 1120|01:22:15|190|01:22:19|570perspective. Such an illusion and deception 1121|01:22:20|070|01:22:22|450is common among teachers and workers everywhere today. 1122|01:22:23|810|01:22:28|330Because why? Because so 1123|01:22:28|830|01:22:32|850many are definitely making contact with their souls and are being swept 1124|01:22:33|660|01:22:37|740then into the desire for 1125|01:22:37|820|01:22:41|180service. And I think so many teachers as well, 1126|01:22:41|260|01:22:44|780you know, are influenced by 1127|01:22:44|860|01:22:50|300this Sixth Ray, which is experiencing a kind of flaming 1128|01:22:50|800|01:22:52|700forth before going out of incarnation. 1129|01:22:54|780|01:22:58|540These teachers, they are not yet free, however, from ambition. 1130|01:22:59|630|01:23:04|190And their orientation is still basically towards personality expression 1131|01:23:05|310|01:23:10|110and not to the merging of themselves into 1132|01:23:10|590|01:23:13|070the new group of world servers. 1133|01:23:16|030|01:23:18|510Well, what shall we underline here? 1134|01:23:21|070|01:23:24|550Workers everywhere. And it takes, you know, 1135|01:23:25|050|01:23:29|440it's an act of humility to merge yourself rather anonymously into 1136|01:23:29|760|01:23:31|520the new group of world servers. 1137|01:23:33|840|01:23:37|600If, however, they can avoid glamour and can 1138|01:23:38|100|01:23:39|920discriminate between the real and the unreal, 1139|01:23:41|600|01:23:44|960which so many, having achieved some kind of distinction 1140|01:23:45|460|01:23:47|280in their own eyes, do not want to do, 1141|01:23:48|800|01:23:52|000then the inflowing force will flood their lives with effective, 1142|01:23:53|770|01:23:56|730unselfish love and with devotion to the Plan, 1|00:00:03|040|00:00:07|236to those whom the Plan serves, and to those who serve 1144|01:24:03|290|01:24:06|410the Plan. And that is the sequence, 1145|01:24:06|910|01:24:08|730isn't it? That's the sequence we're talking about. 1146|01:24:11|530|01:24:14|250And he tells us to note the sequence. 1147|01:24:20|100|01:24:23|380Devotion to the Plan, to those whom the Plan serves, 1148|01:24:25|940|01:24:29|220and to those who serve the Plan. So often we get it 1149|01:24:29|300|01:24:31|940just in the reverse manner. 1150|01:24:32|820|01:24:34|420We serve the masters. 1151|01:24:36|900|01:24:40|420We are really interested in the Plan. And at the end of it all, 1152|01:24:42|740|01:24:45|780maybe we will pay attention to those whom the Plan serves. 1153|01:24:47|710|01:24:51|390So note the sequence. We're being given an admonition here. 1154|01:24:52|350|01:24:55|790Note the sequence of these attitudes and govern yourselves accordingly. 1155|01:24:58|750|01:25:03|110And every once in a while, it's good to have a checkup and 1156|01:25:03|610|01:25:06|790see to what and 1157|01:25:07|290|01:25:10|390to whom our devotion is really directed. 1158|01:25:10|890|01:25:14|880To the Plan, to those whom the Plan serves. 1159|01:25:15|380|01:25:18|840But the Plan, even more importantly, interestingly, because if 1160|01:25:19|340|01:25:22|760the Plan truly manifests, then those whom the Plan serves will be served 1161|01:25:24|200|01:25:27|920and then not exalting ourselves by 1162|01:25:28|420|01:25:32|000some kind of devotion to those who serve the 1163|01:25:32|500|01:25:35|000Plan. That's the last thing. In a way, 1164|01:25:35|880|01:25:38|900the masters do not need our devotion, 1165|01:25:39|400|01:25:42|260though it may be useful for us at times. 1166|01:25:43|300|01:25:47|460There will be no room for self interest, self assertiveness 1167|01:25:48|260|01:25:50|340or selfish ambition. 1168|01:25:52|580|01:25:55|300No room for self interest, 1169|01:25:56|660|01:25:58|740self assertiveness, 1170|01:25:59|460|01:26:03|300the assertion of the little self. We do want the higher self asserted 1171|01:26:03|800|01:26:07|080for sure. We learn about this in A Treatise on 1172|01:26:07|580|01:26:11|400White Magic, where he contrasts the instinctual way with 1173|01:26:11|900|01:26:15|360the way of the soul or selfish ambition. 1174|01:26:15|520|01:26:19|120You know, act as one who is ambitious, but be not ambitious. We might have 1175|01:26:19|600|01:26:22|920the desire for betterment for the 1176|01:26:23|420|01:26:26|600whole itself rather than for our 1177|01:26:27|100|01:26:30|440own little part within the whole. All that is considered 1178|01:26:30|940|01:26:35|110is the need and the driving necessity to 1179|01:26:35|610|01:26:40|030take the next immediate step to meet that need, as it demonstrates before the 1180|01:26:40|530|01:26:45|070server's eyes. So we have to be very cautious about the kind of soul 1181|01:26:45|570|01:26:49|510energy we may bring into the personality, as it will hit the astral 1182|01:26:50|010|01:26:53|390body and may deepen the glamour and illusion in which 1183|01:26:53|890|01:26:57|390we live. And of course, the problem with glamour 1184|01:26:57|890|01:27:01|080is that we tend not to see our own, because they are 1185|01:27:01|580|01:27:04|960the habitual states of consciousness and 1186|01:27:05|460|01:27:08|480activity that we have lived in lo these many years. 1187|01:27:09|360|01:27:13|040And what is… Well, you know, when you say, 1188|01:27:13|540|01:27:17|040“Well, that's the way I am,” you can almost be 1189|01:27:17|540|01:27:21|560sure that it's hiding some kind of glamour. 1190|01:27:22|060|01:27:25|280You know, we just say, “As I am, I will remain and I will not 1191|01:27:25|780|01:27:29|270change. This is comfortable for me.” 1192|01:27:30|150|01:27:35|430And probably behind that is some sort of misconception, 1193|01:27:35|930|01:27:36|630misinterpretation, 1194|01:27:38|630|01:27:40|550distorted desire. 1195|01:27:41|590|01:27:46|470So when we find ourselves using that 1196|01:27:46|970|01:27:51|270phrase, let's be quite cautious and maybe 1197|01:27:51|350|01:27:55|140investigate it. Because though it may be 1198|01:27:55|640|01:27:58|940the way we are or have been, it may not be the way 1199|01:27:59|440|01:28:03|220we should be. With the heart and mind then functioning 1200|01:28:03|720|01:28:07|740together either in selfish coalition for the presentation 1201|01:28:08|240|01:28:11|380of an overly active personality… It's so brilliant how he 1202|01:28:12|100|01:28:15|700uses these words, because 1203|01:28:16|500|01:28:19|580it's a brilliant analysis of how the heart 1204|01:28:20|080|01:28:24|300and mind can unite to put forward an 1205|01:28:24|800|01:28:30|060overly active personality… or, 1206|01:28:30|540|01:28:34|460better, much better, in dedicated selflessness 1207|01:28:34|540|01:28:38|460and the attitude which is oriented towards 1208|01:28:39|020|01:28:40|060soul guidance. 1209|01:28:41|980|01:28:43|660That is what we wish to achieve: 1210|01:28:44|870|01:28:47|110dedicated selflessness. 1211|01:28:48|390|01:28:50|230I'd say, you know, soberly, 1212|01:28:51|670|01:28:54|230most of us, I include myself, have a long way to go. 1213|01:28:56|470|01:29:00|069Dedicated selflessness and 1214|01:29:00|569|01:29:03|190the attitude which is oriented towards soul guidance. 1215|01:29:05|350|01:29:07|190Then the heart and mind functioning together, 1216|01:29:10|880|01:29:15|120the force flowing through the server will galvanize 1217|01:29:15|440|01:29:18|800his etheric body into activity. And we can say, you know, 1218|01:29:19|300|01:29:24|000especially in 1219|01:29:24|500|01:29:24|880the new age… 1220|01:29:27|920|01:29:32|480In the new age governed by Aquarius, 1221|01:29:32|980|01:29:36|470which governs in part the etheric 1222|01:29:36|970|01:29:40|430body. So with the heart and 1223|01:29:40|930|01:29:44|350mind then functioning together, the force flowing through the server will 1224|01:29:44|850|01:29:48|470galvanize his etheric body into activity. 1225|01:29:48|710|01:29:51|910This is our first major point of attention. 1226|01:29:52|410|01:29:55|910We do have so much to sort out on the astral nature. But the etheric 1227|01:29:56|310|01:30:00|190cleansing is particularly an Aquarian task, 1228|01:30:00|690|01:30:04|510where really you have to cleanse all three levels with Aquarius. But the 1229|01:30:05|010|01:30:10|550etheric comes first. So at least the unbalanced 1230|01:30:11|050|01:30:14|910psychological and mental conditions will not make their way onto the etheric 1231|01:30:15|410|01:30:19|110physical plane. And we will have some respite 1232|01:30:19|190|01:30:23|110from an outer world turned upside down and 1233|01:30:23|610|01:30:27|230in which no progress can be made, or at least 1234|01:30:27|730|01:30:31|530in which progress is very difficult to make. Then automatically the 1235|01:30:32|030|01:30:35|330physical body will respond. This we're really going to learn about in the Aquarian age, 1236|01:30:35|830|01:30:39|810because the emphasis will be upon the bioelectric 1237|01:30:40|310|01:30:43|610field. And then the natural response of the outer 1238|01:30:44|110|01:30:46|930automaton will occur, and we shall become… 1239|01:30:49|730|01:30:54|130We will become less materialistic 1240|01:30:56|140|01:30:57|900in our consciousness. 1241|01:31:00|060|01:31:02|700In our consciousness. 1242|01:31:03|660|01:31:07|100There is consequently a great need for the server to pause 1243|01:31:08|140|01:31:15|180upon the astral plane. You can see here that we're dealing also with 1244|01:31:15|420|01:31:17|740white magic, right? 1245|01:31:19|420|01:31:21|500To pause upon the astral plane. And there, 1246|01:31:23|320|01:31:27|240in a controlled… holy and controlled silence, 1247|01:31:28|120|01:31:32|000wait before permitting the force to pour through the centers in the 1248|01:31:32|500|01:31:36|120etheric body. And this is avoiding 1249|01:31:36|600|01:31:40|360rushing into action. And this requires 1250|01:31:41|560|01:31:45|600poise, a waiting, a willingness 1251|01:31:46|100|01:31:48|200to wait. It is a demonstration of the will. 1252|01:31:50|360|01:31:54|120The willingness to wait is a high demonstration 1253|01:31:55|800|01:31:59|320of the will. This point of 1254|01:31:59|820|01:32:03|800Silence is one of the mysteries of 1255|01:32:04|300|01:32:07|560spiritual unfoldment. Well, it's certainly one of the mysteries of 1256|01:32:07|640|01:32:11|520effective white magic. Once the force or energy 1257|01:32:12|020|01:32:15|000of the soul preserved in its purity, 1258|01:32:16|210|01:32:19|650or tainted and sidetracked, I think we can remember. 1259|01:32:23|730|01:32:27|810Is it Rule Number Seven in white magic? 1260|01:32:28|930|01:32:30|370We might just. 1261|01:32:34|610|01:32:37|410Okay, well, let's see. 1262|01:32:37|910|01:32:40|050Rule Number… I think it's Rule Number Seven. 1263|01:32:41|260|01:32:44|940The rules for magic are here. The dual forces 1264|01:32:45|440|01:32:48|940of the plane whereon the vital power must be sought are 1265|01:32:49|440|01:32:52|980seen. The two paths face 1266|01:32:53|480|01:32:58|420the solar angel; the poles vibrate. A choice confronts 1267|01:32:58|920|01:33:02|660the one who meditates. And also we're 1268|01:33:03|160|01:33:07|790told, let the magician set his form upon the proper path in 1269|01:33:08|290|01:33:12|790Rule 9. So with poise, 1270|01:33:12|950|01:33:16|070deliberation… It's kind of a Saturnian act, isn't it? 1271|01:33:18|150|01:33:19|910We pause on the astral plane, 1272|01:33:22|949|01:33:26|230and the force or energy of the soul can 1273|01:33:26|730|01:33:30|910then be preserved in its purity. We keep the alignment with 1274|01:33:31|410|01:33:34|810the origin of that which is descending from the soul. 1275|01:33:35|450|01:33:39|050Or it could be tainted and sidetracked on its way into physical 1276|01:33:39|930|01:33:43|050manifestation. But without pausing, 1277|01:33:44|010|01:33:47|050the sidetracking is much more likely. 1278|01:33:49|370|01:33:52|610So once the force or energy of the soul, preserved in its purity or 1279|01:33:53|110|01:33:56|490tainted and sidetracked on its way through into physical manifestation, has reached 1280|01:33:56|990|01:34:00|530the etheric body, there's nothing more to be done by the average 1281|01:34:01|030|01:34:03|200disciple. That force is not going to be stopped. 1282|01:34:04|320|01:34:07|760The result when it reaches that point is inevitable and effective. 1283|01:34:08|880|01:34:12|960We say the physical body will automatically 1284|01:34:13|520|01:34:16|800respond. Then in a way it's too late. 1285|01:34:19|120|01:34:21|840So we have to check our motives. 1286|01:34:22|880|01:34:25|360This is what is required. 1287|01:34:28|570|01:34:32|250Okay, so thus… 1288|01:34:37|370|01:34:41|410Thus we must check 1289|01:34:41|910|01:34:45|690our motives. The inner thought and the desire life 1290|01:34:46|490|01:34:51|010determine the activity which will be expressed physically 1291|01:34:51|510|01:34:55|220if we let the desire through onto the etheric plane. 1292|01:34:57|300|01:35:00|660So we had best examine… 1293|01:35:02|100|01:35:06|020Examine the energy we are about to 1294|01:35:06|520|01:35:12|100release into physical activity. 1295|01:35:13|140|01:35:16|860When the force comes through in purity, it brings 1296|01:35:17|360|01:35:20|420the centers above the diaphragm steadily into activity. 1297|01:35:20|500|01:35:24|350When it comes through tainted, you know, it's an impurity— 1298|01:35:25|390|01:35:27|870tainted by personality trends. 1299|01:35:29|470|01:35:33|510It uses primarily the solar plexus and then sweeps 1300|01:35:34|010|01:35:36|750into manifestation all the astral illusions, 1301|01:35:38|350|01:35:42|710the grandiose delusions and the glamours 1302|01:35:43|210|01:35:46|670of egoistic phenomena. 1303|01:35:48|040|01:35:51|880Using the word egoistic in the usual worldly psychological 1304|01:35:52|380|01:35:55|880connotation. Often mostly with the Tibetan, the word ego means 1305|01:35:56|380|01:35:59|640the higher self. Here he is using it in the more common sense. 1306|01:36:00|140|01:36:03|680This can easily be seen today among the leaders of various groups. And of 1307|01:36:04|180|01:36:07|640course, you only have to think of the leaders of the Axis powers, 1308|01:36:08|140|01:36:09|160especially Hitler. You know, 1309|01:36:11|800|01:36:14|840however that is spelled… Mussolini. Oh, it's… 1310|01:36:19|520|01:36:22|800No, that's not it. That's not it. 1311|01:36:23|040|01:36:27|200Maybe it's… Who said 1312|01:36:27|700|01:36:31|320any? Well, it looks more like muesli, 1313|01:36:31|820|01:36:35|600I'm afraid. Maybe it 1314|01:36:36|100|01:36:39|040bothers me that this is not correct. 1315|01:36:41|120|01:36:44|680So like to spell that correctly. 1316|01:36:47|400|01:36:50|760And the way to do it, I suppose, 1317|01:36:51|260|01:36:53|480is to get to Google. 1318|01:36:58|840|01:37:02|240There it is, two S's and one 1319|01:37:02|740|01:37:06|280L. Two S's. Mussolini. Two S's. 1320|01:37:09|010|01:37:12|610Okay, there we go. 1321|01:37:13|410|01:37:15|890Whoops. Mussolini. 1322|01:37:16|530|01:37:19|690Well, I guess I will understand that individual. They both had 1323|01:37:20|190|01:37:23|930a lot of Leo and Mussolini, Scorpio as 1324|01:37:24|430|01:37:27|410well, and Hitler, the opposite sign, 1325|01:37:27|910|01:37:32|690Taurus. And they both had this immensely powerful solar 1326|01:37:33|190|01:37:37|050plexus. They had high ideals as they conceived ideals to 1327|01:37:37|550|01:37:41|400be. But we're filled with the limitations of lower 1328|01:37:41|560|01:37:45|600ego. And certainly grandiose is 1329|01:37:46|100|01:37:50|000a word that describes them both. Grandiose delusions and 1330|01:37:50|500|01:37:52|600the glamours of egoistic phenomena, 1331|01:37:54|840|01:37:59|480really the center of their own universe and 1332|01:37:59|980|01:38:04|210the kind of unique blindness. 1333|01:38:06|610|01:38:10|290Well, it appears that 1334|01:38:10|790|01:38:14|050we have reached the end of the… 1335|01:38:16|930|01:38:17|490Hmm. 1336|01:38:21|490|01:38:24|930I think there is a mistake here, and I'm going to correct that. 1337|01:38:28|530|01:38:32|370Yes, this very important section on distinctive 1338|01:38:33|170|01:38:36|450methods of ray service, very important, 1339|01:38:37|250|01:38:40|770was somehow not included in the text that I am using. 1340|01:38:42|930|01:38:46|490So let us move on to that. 1341|01:38:46|990|01:38:51|130We have been studying the law of service. He's been asking certain questions, 1342|01:38:51|630|01:38:53|570and I think he will ask another question here. 1343|01:38:56|050|01:39:01|670Does this science prove that the seven ray types employ distinctive 1344|01:39:02|170|01:39:05|710methods of service? And the 1345|01:39:06|210|01:39:10|350seven ray types… and these methods will of course be 1346|01:39:10|510|01:39:13|990in accordance with the particular ray, 1347|01:39:14|490|01:39:17|790especially of the soul, 1348|01:39:18|350|01:39:22|190but sometimes the personality as well is involved 1349|01:39:22|690|01:39:24|750in the mode of service. 1350|01:39:26|840|01:39:29|960You know, as I review this material, 1351|01:39:31|160|01:39:34|720I see how frequently it 1352|01:39:35|220|01:39:38|760should be repeatedly read, 1353|01:39:39|800|01:39:43|560read and read again and absorbed. 1354|01:39:44|520|01:39:48|360I'm always affected 1355|01:39:48|440|01:39:52|840by the sense of inadequate absorption, 1356|01:39:53|080|01:39:54|680inadequate understanding, 1357|01:39:56|120|01:39:59|800and I suppose, definitely inadequate 1358|01:40:00|040|01:40:00|920expression. 1359|01:40:03|800|01:40:09|320This is the tendency, of course, of the second ray to feel inadequate 1360|01:40:10|360|01:40:12|520when faced with the great wisdom. 1361|01:40:15|720|01:40:19|400But I suppose as we spend our time within the teaching 1362|01:40:19|900|01:40:23|460and make every attempt to carry it out in 1363|01:40:24|100|01:40:28|140service, working especially with those people of our kind, 1364|01:40:28|640|01:40:32|220who are nearing the path or may be on the 1365|01:40:32|720|01:40:36|420path, that inadequacy, that sense of inadequacy will 1366|01:40:36|660|01:40:39|980dissipate and a deeper 1367|01:40:40|480|01:40:44|020and fuller understanding will come to us. 1368|01:40:45|780|01:40:49|320And we may not remember every word, but the very… 1369|01:40:51|720|01:40:55|600The wisdom from which these words emerged will be 1370|01:40:56|100|01:40:59|560ours. And we can produce our own expression which will 1371|01:40:59|880|01:41:03|400embody pretty much what the Tibetan 1372|01:41:03|900|01:41:07|640has expressed. This, of course, as we move on into the higher initiations, 1373|01:41:07|720|01:41:12|360our expression will be unique to ourselves, but the basic 1374|01:41:12|860|01:41:16|550wisdom will be there. Right now we are bathing 1375|01:41:17|050|01:41:20|190in the wisdom provided by the Tibetan and 1376|01:41:20|690|01:41:24|030absorbing it to the best of our ability 1377|01:41:27|950|01:41:31|710and expressing what we 1378|01:41:32|210|01:41:34|830have absorbed to the best of our ability. 1379|01:41:36|110|01:41:39|710So here are the distinctive methods of ray service. These are 1380|01:41:40|210|01:41:47|420really very interesting and have many surprising 1381|01:41:48|300|01:41:51|580indications. So does this 1382|01:41:52|080|01:41:55|340science prove that the seven ray types employ distinctive methods 1383|01:41:55|840|01:41:57|859of service? I mean, we don't want to be barking up the wrong tree, 1384|01:41:58|359|01:42:01|860do we? I mean, if we're training for lives and lives to be 1385|01:42:02|360|01:42:06|220a teacher, we can't expect that we 1386|01:42:06|720|01:42:09|920can suddenly become a world political leader with 1387|01:42:10|420|01:42:12|720the same effectiveness and vice versa. 1388|01:42:14|080|01:42:18|320D.K. uses some kind of analogy 1389|01:42:18|820|01:42:23|120like that. As time goes on, it will be proved decidedly 1390|01:42:24|720|01:42:28|840through the study, I think, of the different types of human beings, and each 1391|01:42:29|340|01:42:33|850ray worker and server will be found to render his service along 1392|01:42:34|410|01:42:36|730peculiar and specific lines. 1393|01:42:37|850|01:42:42|850So it will be proved decidedly that the seven ray types employ distinctive 1394|01:42:43|350|01:42:46|690methods of service. And you know, the Christ gave 1395|01:42:47|190|01:42:50|370us a saying here which has 1396|01:42:50|870|01:42:53|370multiple uses. “By their fruits, 1397|01:42:55|370|01:42:58|770ye shall know them.” By what they produce in the 1398|01:42:59|270|01:43:03|050world, ye shall know their inner 1399|01:43:03|530|01:43:06|810quality. You shall also know… another 1400|01:43:07|310|01:43:10|810way of looking at this. The ones who are working with hierarchy, 1401|01:43:11|310|01:43:14|650really working with hierarchy. By the fruits that they produce and not simply by 1402|01:43:14|970|01:43:16|250what they claim. 1403|01:43:17|930|01:43:23|050“By their fruits ye shall know them.” These indicate for him these 1404|01:43:23|610|01:43:27|280specific lines, the line of least resistance 1405|01:43:27|360|01:43:31|520and consequently the greatest efficiency, because they 1406|01:43:32|020|01:43:36|000are not fighting the trends 1407|01:43:36|500|01:43:39|920within themselves, and they are not fighting the established trends 1408|01:43:40|480|01:43:44|080of the field which they attempt to enter and for which 1409|01:43:44|960|01:43:48|640their own trends of energy are ill 1410|01:43:49|140|01:43:53|340suited. So there is efficiency and 1411|01:43:53|840|01:43:57|580the least friction when we serve according to our 1412|01:43:57|660|01:44:01|980line. So we eliminate 1413|01:44:02|620|01:44:05|580friction and inefficiency. 1414|01:44:07|580|01:44:10|940When we serve according to 1415|01:44:11|440|01:44:15|020the energy qualities with which we are 1416|01:44:15|100|01:44:18|780endowed, these methods and techniques 1417|01:44:19|280|01:44:23|580will constitute the inner structure of 1418|01:44:24|080|01:44:25|220the coming science of service. 1419|01:44:28|980|01:44:32|860How to serve in such a manner, what techniques to 1420|01:44:33|360|01:44:35|620use, what methods to use so that good, 1421|01:44:36|500|01:44:40|180predictably good results emerge. 1422|01:44:41|460|01:44:45|500The whole idea of science is the ability to predict when 1423|01:44:46|000|01:44:48|570knowledge is clear and certain. 1424|01:44:50|090|01:44:53|690And the good effects of service will be predictable 1425|01:44:54|190|01:44:57|570when the right knowledge exists and the 1426|01:44:58|070|01:45:02|050right techniques are applied. So these methods 1427|01:45:02|550|01:45:06|130and techniques will constitute the inner structure of 1428|01:45:06|630|01:45:10|250the coming science of service. I think those who are interested in 1429|01:45:11|610|01:45:15|130vocational guidance are part 1430|01:45:15|290|01:45:18|930of that movement which brings 1431|01:45:19|430|01:45:22|410forward the science of service. 1432|01:45:24|330|01:45:27|850I've always had an interest in vocational guidance, in the 1433|01:45:28|250|01:45:33|690kinds of psychological tests which classify people into the different types 1434|01:45:34|190|01:45:37|770and tendencies. And our work with the Personal Identity 1435|01:45:38|270|01:45:42|380Profile, with the Terra test, is part of that interest, 1436|01:45:42|620|01:45:46|220to try to help people find the line, 1437|01:45:46|700|01:45:49|260the energy lines along which they work, 1438|01:45:50|220|01:45:54|100and thus make it easier for them 1439|01:45:54|600|01:45:58|220to express that part of the plan which 1440|01:45:58|720|01:46:01|820is indicated to them when they truly contact their soul. 1441|01:46:03|820|01:46:07|260And they will be discovered through the admission of the Ray 1442|01:46:07|760|01:46:08|060Hypothesis. 1443|01:46:10|940|01:46:14|540These techniques and methods will be discovered through the admission 1444|01:46:15|040|01:46:19|420of the Ray Hypothesis and an observation of the methods employed 1445|01:46:20|300|01:46:23|460by these clearly isolated Ray types 1446|01:46:23|960|01:46:28|140and groups in our society. There is a clear isolation. 1447|01:46:28|700|01:46:32|460There are also overlaps, of course. But the political workers, 1448|01:46:32|960|01:46:36|380the educational workers, the financial workers, the artistic workers and 1449|01:46:36|880|01:46:39|910so forth, the scientific workers, the idealistic workers, 1450|01:46:40|070|01:46:43|670the magical workers — they are all isolated. 1451|01:46:45|270|01:46:49|430Well, their work is distinct 1452|01:46:49|590|01:46:52|230and for those who have eyes to see, 1453|01:46:52|550|01:46:54|950clearly recognizable. 1454|01:46:56|790|01:47:00|390And much depends, when we are looking 1455|01:47:00|890|01:47:04|590for our Ray type, upon the type of groups with which we find 1456|01:47:05|090|01:47:07|510ourselves, discover ourselves to be affiliated. 1457|01:47:09|900|01:47:13|820Many of us working in the educational area do not find ourselves in 1458|01:47:14|320|01:47:17|100the midst of the political workers, nor in the midst of the business types. 1459|01:47:18|300|01:47:21|900Birds of a feather flock together. And who are our associates? 1460|01:47:22|400|01:47:25|740Because by the nature of the associates attracted to 1461|01:47:26|240|01:47:28|700us and that we have attracted, 1462|01:47:30|060|01:47:32|460we may know something of our quality. 1463|01:47:33|670|01:47:37|430Their quality may be quite obvious to us, and in that our quality 1464|01:47:37|930|01:47:38|470can be revealed. 1465|01:47:42|070|01:47:46|230So there are clearly isolated Ray types and groups. These differing ways of service, 1466|01:47:46|730|01:47:51|350all of them work in conformity with the plan and 1467|01:47:51|850|01:47:55|430together produce a synthetic whole. 1468|01:47:57|270|01:48:00|820The plan needs all of them. At any 1469|01:48:01|320|01:48:05|380one point, one of the ways of working may be preeminent. 1470|01:48:06|180|01:48:10|140Maybe the magical, organizational, ritualistic work of 1471|01:48:10|640|01:48:14|220the Seventh Ray will become preeminent in the next couple of thousand years. 1472|01:48:14|720|01:48:18|060But all of the other Ray qualities will be there. It's as 1473|01:48:18|560|01:48:21|940if in our three dimensional world, you can't find anything, 1474|01:48:22|580|01:48:26|030no matter how minute, that does not have three 1475|01:48:26|110|01:48:29|190dimensions. And thus 1476|01:48:29|690|01:48:32|750it will be that in this 1477|01:48:33|250|01:48:38|270world, none of the rays can be extracted 1478|01:48:38|770|01:48:42|670or abstracted or removed, so that its presence 1479|01:48:44|190|01:48:47|630is not felt, however minute 1480|01:48:48|190|01:48:52|340that presence may be relative to 1481|01:48:53|940|01:48:57|060the impact of other rays. The presence of 1482|01:48:57|560|01:49:01|020other rays. So we can expect that the 1483|01:49:01|520|01:49:04|580six Ray tendencies will be much reduced during 1484|01:49:05|080|01:49:10|420the coming era. But they will be present. The Seventh Ray tendencies much 1485|01:49:11|460|01:49:13|220developed, very much in evidence. 1486|01:49:15|860|01:49:19|620So together they produce a synthetic whole. The Ray 1487|01:49:20|120|01:49:24|220or rays in manifestation at any one time will determine 1488|01:49:24|720|01:49:26|700the general trend of world service. 1489|01:49:30|220|01:49:33|459And those servers whose egoic Ray is 1490|01:49:33|959|01:49:37|180in incarnation and who are endeavoring to work 1491|01:49:37|680|01:49:43|230with right activity will find their work facilitated if they understand that 1492|01:49:43|730|01:49:47|710the trend of affairs is with them and that they are following the line of 1493|01:49:48|210|01:49:51|270least resistance for that period. 1494|01:49:52|870|01:49:55|830Now, maybe during the Sixth Ray age, 1495|01:49:57|110|01:50:00|710the scientific servers on the Fifth Ray had a tough time. 1496|01:50:03|190|01:50:06|070The Sixth Ray will often reject the Fifth. 1497|01:50:08|070|01:50:12|020And we have seen in the war 1498|01:50:12|180|01:50:13|860against magic, 1499|01:50:15|460|01:50:18|580against the properties 1500|01:50:19|080|01:50:22|820of nature, which can be beneficial to man and those who understood 1501|01:50:22|980|01:50:25|540those properties, sometimes called witches, 1502|01:50:27|460|01:50:31|940that the Seventh Ray had a tough time as well in 1503|01:50:32|440|01:50:35|780the Sixth Ray Age. D.K. has said that it is the 1504|01:50:37|710|01:50:41|350— during the Seventh Ray Age, it is the monads of the Sixth 1505|01:50:41|850|01:50:45|590Ray that will have the greatest difficulty. But by 1506|01:50:46|090|01:50:49|270speaking of them in relation to the Seventh Ray during its age, 1507|01:50:49|770|01:50:53|070we do know that that Sixth Ray 1508|01:50:53|570|01:50:57|830energy will be present, even though not so harmoniously 1509|01:50:58|330|01:51:01|550present with the Seventh Ray tendencies. 1510|01:51:03|320|01:51:06|800So the Seventh Ray souls at this time, and increasingly 1511|01:51:07|300|01:51:11|360so, will understand that the trend of affairs is with them and 1512|01:51:11|860|01:51:14|280that they are following the line of least resistance of that period. 1513|01:51:16|280|01:51:20|120The Second Ray workers will find 1514|01:51:20|280|01:51:24|040some facility at this time, but their cycle, 1515|01:51:24|600|01:51:33|160temporary cycle, is ending in 2075; 1516|01:51:33|240|01:51:36|840the 500-year cycle will be over. And yet, 1517|01:51:37|340|01:51:40|880of course, because of the returning Christ, the Seventh Ray will be very — the Second 1518|01:51:41|380|01:51:44|960Ray will be very much present. And probably He will need many of 1519|01:51:45|460|01:51:49|600His secondary workers to facilitate. But the trend 1520|01:51:50|100|01:51:53|730per se will be more along the line of the Seventh 1521|01:51:54|230|01:51:57|490Ray, unless we can consider that the coming of the Christ is such a 1522|01:51:58|050|01:52:01|330superimposition upon the ray cycle 1523|01:52:01|490|01:52:04|450as to be very powerful, 1524|01:52:04|950|01:52:08|050regardless of what the ray cycle may be, because it can indicate the emergence of 1525|01:52:08|550|01:52:10|850the planetary soul on the Second Ray. 1526|01:52:12|530|01:52:16|370So, given the normal situation, 1527|01:52:16|870|01:52:20|530there are trends, ray trends, but sometimes there can be 1528|01:52:21|620|01:52:27|020interventions of a higher power along 1529|01:52:27|520|01:52:31|220a different ray line than the one that would normally be conveyed 1530|01:52:31|940|01:52:36|340during a particular precessional period. The Seventh 1531|01:52:36|840|01:52:39|540Ray is conveyed during this precessional period. 1532|01:52:40|260|01:52:43|780It accompanies Aquarius, and the Fifth Ray 1533|01:52:45|700|01:52:48|530is transmitted by Aquarius. 1534|01:52:50|210|01:52:53|450So those two rays, rays of magical 1535|01:52:53|950|01:52:57|450science, will be very much with us and will have to be offset, 1536|01:52:57|950|01:53:01|770I think, by this intervention 1537|01:53:02|270|01:53:05|010or superimposition of the Second Ray. 1538|01:53:06|290|01:53:09|530So anyway, those who 1539|01:53:10|030|01:53:13|370understand that the trend of affairs is with them because their egoic 1540|01:53:13|870|01:53:17|210ray is the same as the Ray in incarnation, 1541|01:53:17|530|01:53:21|530they will work with greater facility than will disciples 1542|01:53:22|030|01:53:27|610and aspirants whose egoic ray is 1543|01:53:27|690|01:53:29|930out of manifestation. 1544|01:53:31|850|01:53:35|570Master D.K. tells us that the day of opportunity will 1545|01:53:36|070|01:53:39|900not always be with us. Is He speaking of the certain 1546|01:53:40|400|01:53:44|940ray groups? Because the incoming Seventh 1547|01:53:45|440|01:53:49|380and fifth rays may negate 1548|01:53:49|780|01:53:53|380the ease of function of certain other rays. 1549|01:53:54|500|01:53:57|900This recognition will lead to a careful study of times and 1550|01:53:58|400|01:54:01|940seasons. And we can say, such as the Masters 1551|01:54:02|100|01:54:04|820now study, 1552|01:54:08|520|01:54:11|720now study. They know 1553|01:54:12|440|01:54:15|560when to act and with what energy. 1554|01:54:16|440|01:54:20|760Thus there will be no wasted effort. Thus the efficiency, right and 1555|01:54:21|560|01:54:25|160real advantage can be taken of 1556|01:54:25|660|01:54:29|160the qualifications and aptitudes of the servers 1557|01:54:29|240|01:54:33|240available. So there would not be the fruitless 1558|01:54:33|480|01:54:37|880expenditure of energy. No fruitless 1559|01:54:38|200|01:54:40|520expenditure of energy. 1560|01:54:44|600|01:54:48|160You know, if you're going outside to empty a bucket of water, you don't 1561|01:54:48|660|01:54:52|720do that in the face of a great wind coming 1562|01:54:53|220|01:54:57|040against you. You might work more with the wind rather than throw it 1563|01:54:57|540|01:54:59|320in the face of the wind. It'll come right back to you. 1564|01:55:01|420|01:55:05|500All will be in conformity with the plan. A consideration 1565|01:55:06|000|01:55:09|220of the rays in or out of manifestation and a recognition of 1566|01:55:09|720|01:55:14|700the disciples and service available on the physical plane at any one time is 1567|01:55:15|200|01:55:18|300part of the work of the Masters of the Wisdom, as they are trying to 1568|01:55:18|780|01:55:22|700make sure that service can be performed 1569|01:55:23|200|01:55:26|550with efficiency. And they will not call upon students 1570|01:55:26|630|01:55:30|030to do certain kinds of work which is 1571|01:55:30|530|01:55:34|190against their ray nature. They will know how to apportion 1572|01:55:34|690|01:55:38|310the workers. The apportionment of the workers will 1573|01:55:38|810|01:55:45|030occur through the knowledge of the Masters of 1574|01:55:45|530|01:55:48|950the workers will occur through the 1575|01:55:51|520|01:55:53|520knowledge of the Masters. 1576|01:55:56|000|01:55:59|200Right now we are still in a Second Ray period. 1577|01:55:59|920|01:56:03|280We are in a period when spiritual 1578|01:56:03|520|01:56:07|520propaganda must be spread far 1579|01:56:08|020|01:56:12|320and wide so that the ideas around 1580|01:56:12|820|01:56:16|320the Ageless Wisdom can be rightly propagated 1581|01:56:16|650|01:56:20|490and disseminated. And even 1582|01:56:20|570|01:56:24|490the Tibetan will be working from 2025 onward, 1583|01:56:24|990|01:56:28|810he indicates. And that is still with another 50 1584|01:56:29|310|01:56:32|809years in the period when the Second Ray 1585|01:56:33|850|01:56:36|890cycle of 500 years is active. Of course, 1586|01:56:37|690|01:56:41|170his work in the work of Blavatsky, which is to a great extent 1587|01:56:41|670|01:56:45|350his work too, will be perpetuated in the coming years, 1588|01:56:46|710|01:56:49|510even when that 500-year cycle ends. 1589|01:56:50|150|01:56:53|910Because, as I say, of the intervention of 1590|01:56:54|410|01:56:58|750the great Second Ray Lord Maitreya and his Second Ray hierarchy, 1591|01:56:59|250|01:57:01|430coloured by the Second Ray overall. 1592|01:57:03|270|01:57:06|790Well, soon we're going 1593|01:57:07|290|01:57:11|250to take up the different Ray 1594|01:57:11|750|01:57:15|410methods, but we have three more paragraphs before that happens. 1595|01:57:15|910|01:57:20|570So let's just say that this is the end of Laws 1596|01:57:20|650|01:57:22|730of the Soul, not Light of the Soul. 1597|01:57:23|610|01:57:26|650Laws of the Soul, webinar commentary number 14. 1598|01:57:28|730|01:57:34|090And we are on page 139. 1599|01:57:38|220|01:57:42|220And we'll begin with Laws 1600|01:57:42|720|01:57:45|900of the Soul, webinar commentary number 15. 1601|01:57:48|060|01:57:51|420I hope I'm correct here. I believe this is 1602|01:57:51|740|01:57:56|540correct. Let's just see. Laws of the Soul, 1603|01:57:57|040|01:57:59|100webinar commentary 14. 1604|01:58:02|790|01:58:06|510Yes, it is definitely 14. So now 1605|01:58:07|010|01:58:10|710we'll go to 15 and also beginning on the same page. 1606|01:58:14|310|01:58:19|350There is so much of value to discuss here. 1607|01:58:20|710|01:58:23|110Let's close with The Great Invocation. 1608|01:58:29|840|01:58:32|160Yeah, well, we'll find it. 1609|01:58:42|720|01:59:00|130So from 1610|01:59:00|630|01:59:04|090the point of light within the mind of God, let light 1611|01:59:04|170|01:59:06|490stream forth into the minds of men. 1612|01:59:07|049|01:59:09|130Let light descend on Earth. 1613|01:59:11|050|01:59:13|610From the point of love within the heart of God, 1614|01:59:13|850|01:59:17|690let love stream forth into the hearts of 1615|01:59:17|770|01:59:22|890men. May Christ return to Earth from 1616|01:59:23|390|01:59:27|090the center where the will of God is known. Let purpose 1617|01:59:27|490|01:59:31|010guide the little wills of men, the purpose 1618|01:59:31|510|01:59:33|410which the Masters know and serve. 1619|01:59:35|250|01:59:38|490From the center which we call the race of men, let the plan 1620|01:59:38|990|01:59:42|610of love and light work out. And may it seal 1621|01:59:43|110|01:59:45|340the door where evil dwells. 1622|01:59:47|180|01:59:51|780Let light and love and power restore 1623|01:59:52|280|01:59:53|980the plan on Earth. 1624|02:00:31|910|02:00:36|250Okay, friends, forward we go, making our way 1625|02:00:36|400|02:00:40|560through this chapter on the Law of Service in Esoteric Psychology, 1626|02:00:41|600|02:00:44|640Volume Two. And we'll see you shortly.