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<wrap hide>1|00:00:02|320|00:00:05|960</wrap>Well, good afternoon, everybody, and this <wrap hide>2|00:00:06|460|00:00:10|640</wrap>is Michael. And we are working with the extra references <wrap hide>3|00:00:12|000|00:00:15|840</wrap>for the first initiation video <wrap hide>4|00:00:16|160|00:00:20|240</wrap>commentary. Actually, his first initiation <wrap hide>5|00:00:20|740|00:00:23|040</wrap>compilation video commentary. <wrap hide>6|00:00:27|050|00:00:30|250</wrap>So we have... We're beginning program number nine. <wrap hide>7|00:00:31|530|00:00:35|370</wrap>And we're talking about some initiations <wrap hide>8|00:00:35|450|00:00:39|770</wrap>that occur before the first <wrap hide>9|00:00:39|930|00:00:43|970</wrap>initiation, which is considered one of the great monastic <wrap hide>10|00:00:44|470|00:00:48|090</wrap>initiations, even though it is an initiation <wrap hide>11|00:00:48|490|00:00:52|820</wrap>of the threshold. So let's <wrap hide>12|00:00:53|320|00:00:53|620</wrap>take a look here. <wrap hide>13|00:00:56|260|00:00:59|500</wrap>Get that up there, where it belongs. At the stage <wrap hide>14|00:01:00|000|00:01:04|180</wrap><wrap quote>which we are now considering—this is from Cosmic Fire—that of the organization <wrap hide>15|00:01:04|340|00:01:07|740</wrap>and unfoldment of the first tier of petals. //(TCF, p.869)//</wrap> <wrap hide>16|00:01:08|240|00:01:10|500</wrap>This is still... What can we call it? <wrap hide>17|00:01:12|260|00:01:16|340</wrap>In the hall of ignorance? <wrap hide>18|00:01:17|110|00:01:20|950</wrap><wrap quote>The egoic influence felt at the beginning <wrap hide>19|00:01:21|450|00:01:26|270</wrap>is but small. //(TCF, p.869)//</wrap> Well, certainly in <wrap hide>20|00:01:26|770|00:01:29|670</wrap>the first and second petal, and maybe something is growing a little bit in the <wrap hide>21|00:01:30|170|00:01:34|710</wrap>third petal. By the time we reach the fourth petal, we're dealing with <wrap hide>22|00:01:35|210|00:01:38|150</wrap>the recognition of the pairs of opposites, <wrap hide>23|00:01:38|650|00:01:42|190</wrap>of which the soul is one. So the <wrap hide>24|00:01:42|690|00:01:45|990</wrap>egoic influence felt at the beginning is but small. But <wrap quote>when <wrap hide>25|00:01:46|490|00:01:50|510</wrap>the three petals become sufficiently active and alive, through the <wrap hide>26|00:01:50|590|00:01:54|270</wrap>energy accumulated and stored up in the //(TCF, p.869)//</wrap> <wrap quote>ego <wrap hide>27|00:01:55|470|00:01:58|750</wrap>during the activities of the personal life... //(TCF, p.870)//</wrap> <wrap hide>28|00:01:59|150|00:02:02|710</wrap>And that's a very interesting point, because it's <wrap hide>29|00:02:03|210|00:02:07|190</wrap>because of the energies brought into the egoic <wrap hide>30|00:02:07|690|00:02:11|430</wrap>lotus that these petals are also becoming sufficiently active and <wrap hide>31|00:02:11|930|00:02:13|680</wrap>alive. Okay. <wrap hide>32|00:02:16|240|00:02:19|960</wrap>During the activities of the personal life, a form of initiation then takes <wrap hide>33|00:02:20|460|00:02:24|480</wrap>place, <wrap quote>which is a reflection on a lower plane <wrap hide>34|00:02:24|800|00:02:27|040</wrap>of the great //(TCF, p.870)//</wrap> monastic initiations. <wrap hide>35|00:02:28|319|00:02:33|320</wrap>So perhaps we might call this the reflection of initiation <wrap hide>36|00:02:33|820|00:02:38|000</wrap>number one, but it's not initiation <wrap hide>37|00:02:38|500|00:02:41|690</wrap>number one. <wrap quote>The energy in the outer circle of petals <wrap hide>38|00:02:42|890|00:02:46|290</wrap>causes it to spring apart from the <wrap hide>39|00:02:46|790|00:02:51|210</wrap>next circle //(TCF, p.870)//</wrap> and unfold. And in that order, spring apart and <wrap hide>40|00:02:51|290|00:02:55|129</wrap>unfold as a complete tier of petals. <wrap hide>41|00:02:55|930|00:03:00|250</wrap>The <wrap quote>threefold energy becomes interactive <wrap hide>42|00:03:01|450|00:03:05|210</wrap>within itself, and a very definite stage is thus reached. //(TCF, p.870)//</wrap> <wrap hide>43|00:03:05|710|00:03:09|360</wrap>It's not yet, of course, the first initiation. <wrap quote>This series <wrap hide>44|00:03:09|860|00:03:13|960</wrap>of initiations is seldom recognized within the physical brain <wrap hide>45|00:03:14|280|00:03:18|760</wrap>consciousness, owing to the relatively inchoate state <wrap hide>46|00:03:18|840|00:03:22|839</wrap>of the bodies of the vehicles and the unresponsiveness <wrap hide>47|00:03:22|840|00:03:25|720</wrap>of brain matter. //(TCF, p.870)//</wrap> So this is... <wrap hide>48|00:03:27|800|00:03:31|640</wrap>This is perhaps before we have <wrap hide>49|00:03:32|040|00:03:34|600</wrap>deliberate aspiration, <wrap hide>50|00:03:35|960|00:03:40|040</wrap>because the person really becomes the aspirant as the fifth <wrap hide>51|00:03:40|540|00:03:44|600</wrap>petal is unfolding. Yet these initiations, <wrap hide>52|00:03:44|680|00:03:48|160</wrap><wrap quote>they are nevertheless initiations of a definite, <wrap hide>53|00:03:48|660|00:03:52|360</wrap>though less important, character. And they involve primarily display <wrap hide>54|00:03:53|160|00:03:56|760</wrap>within the personal life of man of an intelligent recognition of his <wrap hide>55|00:03:57|260|00:04:00|570</wrap>group relationships on earth. //(TCF, p.870)//</wrap> On earth, <wrap hide>56|00:04:01|450|00:04:05|210</wrap>and not so much maybe in heaven. You know, there are <wrap hide>57|00:04:05|710|00:04:09|050</wrap>group relationships on the higher mental plane and on the Buddhic plane, <wrap hide>58|00:04:09|550|00:04:13|250</wrap>I suppose, on the atmic plane. And certainly we're told about those on the monadic <wrap hide>59|00:04:13|750|00:04:17|250</wrap>plane. Actually, we're told as well about the group relationships <wrap hide>60|00:04:17|750|00:04:20|850</wrap>on the atmic plane. Let's see <wrap hide>61|00:04:21|350|00:04:24|810</wrap>if I can find that. This would be <wrap hide>62|00:04:26|400|00:04:30|880</wrap>in Letters on Occult Meditation around page 39 <wrap hide>63|00:04:31|920|00:04:35|720</wrap>or so. There it is. So these <wrap hide>64|00:04:36|220|00:04:41|280</wrap>are groupings of individuals. <wrap hide>65|00:04:42|880|00:04:47|120</wrap>You know, we can't really call them monadic groupings, but they are groupings <wrap hide>66|00:04:47|620|00:04:50|800</wrap>of the projection of the consciousness of the <wrap hide>67|00:04:51|300|00:04:54|430</wrap>monad into denser types of matter. <wrap hide>68|00:04:55|470|00:04:58|990</wrap>So 35 groups, 42 groups, 49 groups. Okay. <wrap hide>69|00:04:59|310|00:05:02|830</wrap>And it keeps on decreasing, <wrap hide>70|00:05:02|910|00:05:06|350</wrap>really, on the third subplane of the Buddhic plane, <wrap hide>71|00:05:07|790|00:05:11|070</wrap>28 groups. And by the time we reach the first sub <wrap hide>72|00:05:11|570|00:05:14|990</wrap>plane of the Buddhic plane, and I wonder how we do reach it, as those <wrap hide>73|00:05:15|490|00:05:19|380</wrap>particular qualities and cities are reserved for <wrap hide>74|00:05:19|880|00:05:23|820</wrap>those that are higher than a master: 21 groups. And then on the <wrap hide>75|00:05:24|320|00:05:26|820</wrap>atmic plane, it doesn't say on which subplane, <wrap hide>76|00:05:27|540|00:05:30|980</wrap>14 groups. And on the monadic plane, <wrap hide>77|00:05:31|480|00:05:35|980</wrap>again, we're not told how they are divided according to subplane: 7 <wrap hide>78|00:05:36|480|00:05:40|500</wrap>great groups. So in fact, these are important <wrap hide>79|00:05:41|540|00:05:47|480</wrap>groupings. And D.K. is kind of hinting <wrap hide>80|00:05:47|980|00:05:49|360</wrap>at them all, right? <wrap hide>81|00:05:51|520|00:05:57|160</wrap>So intelligent recognition <wrap hide>82|00:05:57|660|00:06:01|680</wrap>of his group relationships on earth. So this is a very primitive, <wrap hide>83|00:06:02|000|00:06:05|520</wrap>or early, stage of group recognition. <wrap hide>84|00:06:06|640|00:06:09|760</wrap>But as the initiations advance, <wrap hide>85|00:06:11|530|00:06:15|290</wrap>an ever clearer understanding of various groupings <wrap hide>86|00:06:15|790|00:06:20|650</wrap>occurs with it. And the factor of group consciousness verging <wrap hide>87|00:06:21|150|00:06:24|170</wrap>towards consciousness of the one is cultivated. <wrap hide>88|00:06:25|530|00:06:28|810</wrap>We're told here that this recognition is... Okay, <wrap hide>89|00:06:28|970|00:06:34|730</wrap>so here I'm going to say, you know, examine "Letters <wrap hide>90|00:06:35|230|00:06:37|860</wrap>on Occult Meditation," <wrap hide>91|00:06:39|700|00:06:44|940</wrap>page 39. <wrap quote>This recognition is frequently selfish <wrap hide>92|00:06:45|440|00:06:49|300</wrap>in character, as for instance, that which the union worker <wrap hide>93|00:06:49|800|00:06:53|260</wrap>displays—quite an assessment there. But it <wrap hide>94|00:06:53|760|00:06:58|100</wrap>is indicative of group interplay. //(TCF, p.870)//</wrap> And the Maha Chohan is involved <wrap hide>95|00:06:58|600|00:07:02|020</wrap>here, it seems. So we have, <wrap hide>96|00:07:02|520|00:07:07|290</wrap>you know, we have now many selfish <wrap hide>97|00:07:07|610|00:07:13|210</wrap>groupings in the world, but this <wrap hide>98|00:07:13|690|00:07:18|170</wrap>type of grouping <wrap hide>99|00:07:19|050|00:07:22|890</wrap>for the individual is beyond <wrap hide>100|00:07:25|530|00:07:27|690</wrap>strict individualism. <wrap hide>101|00:07:29|480|00:07:32|600</wrap>Okay, so at least there's the formation of a grouping process. <wrap hide>102|00:07:33|240|00:07:37|520</wrap><wrap quote>A similar process takes place when the second circle <wrap hide>103|00:07:38|020|00:07:41|400</wrap>of petals is organized and ready for unfoldment. //(TCF, p.870)//</wrap> <wrap hide>104|00:07:41|900|00:07:45|560</wrap>I suppose spring and unfold is what we're talking <wrap hide>105|00:07:46|060|00:07:51|000</wrap>about: spring open. <wrap hide>106|00:07:51|720|00:07:55|650</wrap>Well, spring open and separate <wrap hide>107|00:07:56|370|00:08:00|010</wrap>from the other groupings of petals— <wrap hide>108|00:08:00|510|00:08:04|290</wrap>other threefold tiers. <wrap hide>109|00:08:04|690|00:08:06|610</wrap><wrap quote>This time the World Teacher, //(TCF, p.870)//</wrap> <wrap hide>110|00:08:07|890|00:08:11|410</wrap><wrap quote>the master and the ego concerned are //(TCF, p.870)//</wrap> cooperating. <wrap hide>111|00:08:11|970|00:08:14|610</wrap>Look at those entities: the Christ, <wrap hide>112|00:08:15|410|00:08:19|570</wrap>the master of whatever ray, and the ego being the solar angel, <wrap hide>113|00:08:20|290|00:08:24|330</wrap>who certainly is of great intelligence <wrap hide>114|00:08:24|830|00:08:28|450</wrap>and understanding—and the ego concerned are cooperating, <wrap quote>for <wrap hide>115|00:08:28|950|00:08:33|010</wrap>these smaller initiations deal with the love nature, //(TCF, p.870)//</wrap> with astral <wrap hide>116|00:08:33|490|00:08:37|570</wrap>or emotional organization. Now, we realize <wrap hide>117|00:08:38|070|00:08:42|210</wrap>that in this tier of petals we get the indication of <wrap hide>118|00:08:42|710|00:08:47|320</wrap>these monastic initiations—I'll call <wrap hide>119|00:08:47|820|00:08:51|640</wrap>them the first five—as when the fifth petal is completely unfolded, <wrap hide>120|00:08:52|120|00:08:55|720</wrap>there is the first initiation; the sixth petal is completely unfolded, <wrap hide>121|00:08:56|040|00:08:59|320</wrap>there is the second initiation, and there are corresponding <wrap hide>122|00:08:59|820|00:09:02|840</wrap>developments in the higher sacrificial tier. <wrap hide>123|00:09:04|440|00:09:08|280</wrap>Okay? So these smaller initiations deal <wrap hide>124|00:09:08|780|00:09:12|680</wrap>with the love nature, with astral or emotional organization, <wrap quote>and with the recognition <wrap hide>125|00:09:13|180|00:09:16|750</wrap>by the man in his personal life of some form <wrap hide>126|00:09:17|550|00:09:21|470</wrap>of unselfish love //(TCF, p.870)//</wrap>—not yet <wrap hide>127|00:09:23|310|00:09:27|990</wrap>the unselfish love <wrap hide>128|00:09:28|490|00:09:32|510</wrap>of the first initiation—<wrap quote>and of a love for some object, //(TCF, p.870)//</wrap> <wrap hide>129|00:09:33|010|00:09:37|190</wrap>personal or ideal <wrap quote>person, or ideal, //(TCF, p.870)//</wrap> which leads through altruistic <wrap hide>130|00:09:37|690|00:09:42|660</wrap>endeavor in<wrap quote>to the negation of the lower self. //(TCF, p.870)//</wrap> So the <wrap hide>131|00:09:42|900|00:09:46|500</wrap>development of love is <wrap hide>132|00:09:47|000|00:09:50|660</wrap>on its way, but of a lower caliber <wrap hide>133|00:09:52|020|00:09:55|380</wrap>than that seen in <wrap hide>134|00:09:55|880|00:09:59|620</wrap>the first initiation—the real first initiation, the birth of the Christ <wrap hide>135|00:10:00|580|00:10:04|100</wrap>in the heart. Well, this is interesting, <wrap hide>136|00:10:04|600|00:10:08|020</wrap>and I think if you... I've gone over these matters in <wrap hide>137|00:10:08|520|00:10:11|890</wrap>this book called "On the Egoic <wrap hide>138|00:10:12|390|00:10:16|370</wrap>Lotus." You know, it's a commentary on the egoic <wrap hide>139|00:10:16|870|00:10:20|810</wrap>lotus, and it has a lot of original material <wrap hide>140|00:10:21|130|00:10:24|730</wrap>in it, or at least my speculations as to how <wrap hide>141|00:10:25|230|00:10:29|450</wrap>to bring together the rays and the <wrap hide>142|00:10:29|950|00:10:34|610</wrap>astrological factors in relation to each petal <wrap hide>143|00:10:35|110|00:10:38|910</wrap>of the egoic lotus and to each circle of petals <wrap hide>144|00:10:39|410|00:10:42|950</wrap>and to all of the nine. And maybe <wrap hide>145|00:10:43|450|00:10:46|950</wrap>a little bit of commentary on the inner petals, <wrap hide>146|00:10:47|450|00:10:51|110</wrap>which are synthetic, but maybe not too much is yet <wrap hide>147|00:10:51|610|00:10:55|590</wrap>to be said about those. They have some astrological correlates <wrap hide>148|00:10:56|090|00:10:59|910</wrap>and they have some ray correlates. And they are correlated in <wrap hide>149|00:11:00|410|00:11:04|050</wrap>their partial unfoldment with various initiations, <wrap hide>150|00:11:04|550|00:11:08|610</wrap>the first, second and third. And they do not act <wrap hide>151|00:11:09|110|00:11:12|930</wrap>as a coordinated tier, springing open and revealing <wrap hide>152|00:11:13|430|00:11:17|410</wrap>the jewel until the period just before the <wrap hide>153|00:11:18|050|00:11:19|410</wrap>fourth initiation. <wrap hide>154|00:11:23|330|00:11:27|410</wrap>Right. So I <wrap hide>155|00:11:27|650|00:11:31|540</wrap>suppose that the really important thing here is <wrap hide>156|00:11:32|040|00:11:36|140</wrap>to realize that what we call the first initiation, with <wrap hide>157|00:11:36|640|00:11:40|260</wrap>Christ as the initiator, is not <wrap hide>158|00:11:40|760|00:11:45|300</wrap>really the first initiation. There are sort of minor <wrap hide>159|00:11:46|420|00:11:50|420</wrap>threshold initiations to initiation <wrap hide>160|00:11:50|500|00:11:54|260</wrap>one and two, which are also threshold <wrap hide>161|00:11:54|340|00:11:57|700</wrap>initiations to something still higher. The true <wrap hide>162|00:11:58|200|00:12:02|620</wrap>series, beginning with the third initiation, the first solar <wrap hide>163|00:12:03|020|00:12:06|140</wrap>initiation. Now, changing the subject <wrap hide>164|00:12:06|640|00:12:10|020</wrap>actually quite a bit, we're talking about DK's group of <wrap hide>165|00:12:10|520|00:12:12|060</wrap>disciples. And there's this disciple, <wrap hide>166|00:12:13|180|00:12:17|380</wrap>L.T.S.K. And he <wrap hide>167|00:12:17|880|00:12:20|780</wrap>was a third ray soul, a business person, <wrap hide>168|00:12:23|110|00:12:27|430</wrap>maybe kind of a financier. And he was very influential <wrap hide>169|00:12:27|510|00:12:31|670</wrap>in helping with the publication of the books, <wrap hide>170|00:12:32|710|00:12:36|150</wrap>a great enthusiast regarding the books. <wrap hide>171|00:12:37|190|00:12:40|870</wrap>Now, so this is from DINA 2, <wrap hide>172|00:12:42|230|00:12:45|710</wrap>and let's <wrap hide>173|00:12:46|210|00:12:49|510</wrap>see what it says here. "This is, as I have repeatedly told you, an experiment <wrap hide>174|00:12:50|010|00:12:53|590</wrap>in group initiation." Always the masters are using such <wrap hide>175|00:12:54|090|00:12:57|750</wrap>a term as "experiment" because <wrap hide>176|00:12:58|250|00:13:01|830</wrap>they never know how things are going to work out. And the experimental <wrap hide>177|00:13:02|330|00:13:06|230</wrap>attitude is a good one for us to have <wrap quote>as well. //(TCF, p.870)//</wrap> <wrap hide>178|00:13:08|950|00:13:12|390</wrap>"This means that though each of you takes various <wrap hide>179|00:13:12|890|00:13:16|070</wrap>steps in line with your particular point of development, <wrap hide>180|00:13:17|030|00:13:20|390</wrap>there is also being developed by the hierarchy a new technique which, <wrap hide>181|00:13:21|410|00:13:25|690</wrap>when perfected and understood, will initiate entire group <wrap hide>182|00:13:26|190|00:13:29|250</wrap>units into the light and into the labour <wrap hide>183|00:13:29|810|00:13:32|610</wrap>of the Plan." And it is indeed a labour. <wrap hide>184|00:13:34|450|00:13:37|810</wrap>We are told at some point that during <wrap hide>185|00:13:38|310|00:13:40|770</wrap>the next 500 years from the time that was written, <wrap hide>186|00:13:41|970|00:13:47|170</wrap>that the masters hope to present various such <wrap hide>187|00:13:47|670|00:13:50|650</wrap>groups to the initiator. Maybe. <wrap hide>188|00:13:51|130|00:13:54|370</wrap>Which initiator will that be? Will it be the Lord <wrap hide>189|00:13:54|870|00:13:58|810</wrap>of the World? Will it be the Christ? <wrap hide>190|00:13:59|850|00:14:02|570</wrap>It depends on the grade, <wrap hide>191|00:14:03|530|00:14:07|050</wrap>the quality of the group being trained. <wrap hide>192|00:14:08|410|00:14:12|380</wrap>Such a group must itself be composed of <wrap hide>193|00:14:12|880|00:14:16|140</wrap>people who have taken initiation. And this is <wrap hide>194|00:14:16|640|00:14:20|020</wrap>even... Even the first <wrap hide>195|00:14:20|520|00:14:24|500</wrap>initiation is counted here. To take initiation <wrap hide>196|00:14:25|000|00:14:28|020</wrap>in the common parlance is to pass through <wrap hide>197|00:14:28|100|00:14:31|780</wrap>the first degree, even though the <wrap hide>198|00:14:32|100|00:14:35|940</wrap>path of true initiation begins at what we call the <wrap hide>199|00:14:36|440|00:14:40|100</wrap>third degree. So now he goes on to say one of these things <wrap hide>200|00:14:40|600|00:14:44|370</wrap>interesting. "As one of your group members will only take the <wrap hide>201|00:14:44|870|00:14:48|450</wrap>first initiation next life," by the way. <wrap hide>202|00:14:48|950|00:14:53|250</wrap>He will have a first ray personality, DK tells us, and a second ray personality <wrap hide>203|00:14:53|410|00:14:57|290</wrap>in the life after that, him being a third ray <wrap hide>204|00:14:57|790|00:15:01|490</wrap>soul. So probably... Let's see <wrap hide>205|00:15:01|990|00:15:07|330</wrap>here. Probably L.T.S.K. <wrap hide>206|00:15:10|000|00:15:12|000</wrap>whose name was Bernard Morrow. <wrap hide>207|00:15:14|560|00:15:17|600</wrap>So let's see here in this... <wrap hide>208|00:15:18|720|00:15:21|120</wrap>If I erase something that I should not. <wrap hide>209|00:15:24|480|00:15:25|120</wrap>Okay. <wrap hide>210|00:15:32|480|00:15:33|120</wrap>Okay. <wrap hide>211|00:15:36|250|00:15:40|370</wrap>Right. <wrap quote>"As one of your group members will only take <wrap hide>212|00:15:40|870|00:15:44|210</wrap>the first initiation in the next life, it is obvious that <wrap hide>213|00:15:44|710|00:15:47|930</wrap>the group initiation to which I refer will <wrap hide>214|00:15:48|430|00:15:51|970</wrap>not be taken in this immediate cycle. //(DINAII, p.24)//</wrap> <wrap quote>The rest of the group will <wrap hide>215|00:15:52|470|00:15:56|490</wrap>have to wait for him." //(DINAII, p.24)//</wrap> And what a lesson this <wrap hide>216|00:15:56|990|00:15:59|930</wrap>is. All may be ready, <wrap hide>217|00:16:00|410|00:16:03|690</wrap>but if an integral part of <wrap hide>218|00:16:04|190|00:16:08|630</wrap>the group is not ready, have to wait <wrap hide>219|00:16:09|430|00:16:12|630</wrap>for the group initiation. <wrap hide>220|00:16:13|510|00:16:18|870</wrap>That doesn't mean that they cannot continue on their own path with their individual <wrap hide>221|00:16:19|510|00:16:22|790</wrap>initiations. So the rest <wrap hide>222|00:16:23|290|00:16:27|350</wrap>of the group will have to wait for them. Very interesting. And I'm <wrap hide>223|00:16:27|850|00:16:30|230</wrap>going to put here again, before I got messed up... <wrap hide>224|00:16:30|550|00:16:33|950</wrap>L.T.S.K. Morrow was <wrap hide>225|00:16:34|450|00:16:38|350</wrap>his name. And his rays were, interestingly, <wrap hide>226|00:16:38|910|00:16:44|510</wrap>3-6-5-1-3. <wrap hide>227|00:16:45|470|00:16:48|910</wrap>All right, those were the rays and next life. <wrap hide>228|00:16:49|630|00:16:53|110</wrap>We don't know the other rays, but it's going to be 3:1 and the life <wrap hide>229|00:16:53|610|00:16:57|590</wrap>after that 3:2. So obviously he's <wrap hide>230|00:16:58|090|00:17:01|750</wrap>moving more towards the ability to express the second ray. And there <wrap hide>231|00:17:02|250|00:17:06|520</wrap>he is thrown in with all of these second <wrap hide>232|00:17:07|020|00:17:10|360</wrap>ray types. Kind of wonder whether ultimately the monadic <wrap hide>233|00:17:10|860|00:17:14|120</wrap>ray might not be the second. But that's just <wrap hide>234|00:17:14|620|00:17:18|160</wrap>a wondering. Something has to attract him to Master <wrap hide>235|00:17:18|660|00:17:21|920</wrap>D.K.'s teaching. And at one point we're <wrap hide>236|00:17:22|420|00:17:25|680</wrap>told that those who stay with a particular master either have <wrap hide>237|00:17:26|180|00:17:30|990</wrap>the same soul ray as he has or the same monadic <wrap hide>238|00:17:31|490|00:17:35|390</wrap>ray as the ray he is demonstrating. Now, maybe he's demonstrating <wrap hide>239|00:17:35|870|00:17:39|870</wrap>his soul ray predominantly when working with the <wrap hide>240|00:17:40|030|00:17:44|750</wrap>group, or maybe he's demonstrating his monadic ray in <wrap hide>241|00:17:45|250|00:17:48|550</wrap>combination with his soul ray. So it may not be as <wrap hide>242|00:17:49|050|00:17:52|350</wrap>straightforward as we think, but <wrap quote>in any case, //(DINAII, p.24)//</wrap> <wrap hide>243|00:17:54|280|00:17:58|520</wrap>there is a kind of bond between these <wrap hide>244|00:17:59|800|00:18:03|520</wrap>progressing soul groups, which means they <wrap hide>245|00:18:04|020|00:18:09|400</wrap>must move together and that perhaps <wrap hide>246|00:18:09|900|00:18:13|680</wrap>one of their members could hold them all back. But D.K. <wrap hide>247|00:18:14|180|00:18:17|320</wrap>kind of clarified that by saying, "Well, look, you're not really ready anyway." <wrap hide>248|00:18:17|960|00:18:21|740</wrap>So basically he's training his group for some <wrap hide>249|00:18:22|240|00:18:25|820</wrap>kind of a group initiation, which some <wrap hide>250|00:18:26|320|00:18:30|420</wrap>of them may have anticipated might happen now in that particular incarnation. <wrap hide>251|00:18:30|920|00:18:34|900</wrap>But no, it would happen in <wrap hide>252|00:18:35|400|00:18:39|260</wrap>the next incarnation, or at least not in the immediate <wrap hide>253|00:18:39|760|00:18:43|020</wrap>cycle. By a cycle, he probably <wrap hide>254|00:18:43|520|00:18:46|380</wrap>means a life cycle and the incarnational period. <wrap hide>255|00:18:47|960|00:18:52|880</wrap>Okay, so that is a reference <wrap hide>256|00:18:53|380|00:18:57|320</wrap>from Dinah2, where he kind of looks back and assesses the <wrap hide>257|00:18:57|820|00:19:01|320</wrap>progress of the group and groups <wrap hide>258|00:19:01|820|00:19:05|440</wrap>over the last eight, nine, ten years. All right, <wrap hide>259|00:19:05|940|00:19:09|480</wrap>now here is a discussion of the first initiation for <wrap hide>260|00:19:10|280|00:19:12|840</wrap>humanity. It's from Rays and Initiations. <wrap hide>261|00:19:14|180|00:19:18|100</wrap><wrap quote>"The united activity of these two great streams <wrap hide>262|00:19:18|600|00:19:23|780</wrap>of cosmic energy //(RI, p.579)//</wrap> <wrap quote>playing upon and through the third planetary //(RI, p.579)//</wrap> <wrap hide>263|00:19:24|180|00:19:27|100</wrap>center." That is, we are the—in a way, <wrap hide>264|00:19:27|600|00:19:30|700</wrap>we, humanity are the throat center. And the throat center is <wrap hide>265|00:19:31|200|00:19:34|420</wrap>deemed to be, despite all the centers in the head, it's deemed <wrap hide>266|00:19:34|920|00:19:38|180</wrap>to be the third center, primarily expressing the third ray. <wrap hide>267|00:19:40|620|00:19:43|860</wrap>"So the united activity has created the unique condition in <wrap hide>268|00:19:44|360|00:19:48|060</wrap>which," quote, <wrap quote>"the race of men," close quote, "can stand <wrap hide>269|00:19:48|300|00:19:51|660</wrap>before the planetary initiator, //(RI, p.579)//</wrap> <wrap hide>270|00:19:52|700|00:19:56|380</wrap>the Christ." And when we talk about "stand before," of course it's not <wrap hide>271|00:19:57|580|00:20:01|540</wrap>literal, but they are in <wrap hide>272|00:20:02|040|00:20:06|000</wrap>a type of spiritual standing. They're standing within a type <wrap hide>273|00:20:06|500|00:20:09|680</wrap>of spiritual being, at least in their spiritual nature, <wrap hide>274|00:20:10|180|00:20:14|200</wrap>before the initiator, the Christ. And this would be for the first initiation <wrap hide>275|00:20:14|520|00:20:18|400</wrap><wrap quote>"and under the focus, stimulation of the <wrap hide>276|00:20:18|900|00:20:22|680</wrap>hierarchy //(RI, p.579)//</wrap> who supports the Christ in this," obviously "pass <wrap hide>277|00:20:23|180|00:20:24|520</wrap>through the appropriate initiation." <wrap hide>278|00:20:26|360|00:20:28|040</wrap>And that's going to be at first, <wrap hide>279|00:20:30|440|00:20:34|160</wrap>the first initiation. "It should be remembered that the masses <wrap hide>280|00:20:34|660|00:20:37|680</wrap>of men can and will take the first <wrap hide>281|00:20:38|180|00:20:40|880</wrap>initiation." And that, you know, <wrap hide>282|00:20:42|240|00:20:46|240</wrap>there comes the big question about when the Christ will actually <wrap hide>283|00:20:47|120|00:20:50|880</wrap>reappear, because his reappearance will signal that <wrap hide>284|00:20:51|040|00:20:54|280</wrap>the portion of humanity that is to <wrap hide>285|00:20:54|780|00:20:58|130</wrap>take the first initiation has taken it. But of <wrap hide>286|00:20:58|630|00:21:02|010</wrap>course, we're advised not to <wrap hide>287|00:21:03|770|00:21:06|810</wrap>say "lo here, lo there, he's here with us." <wrap hide>288|00:21:08|410|00:21:11|970</wrap>There are some students and teachers who <wrap hide>289|00:21:12|470|00:21:16|930</wrap>have done that. And obviously humanity has not taken yet the <wrap hide>290|00:21:17|430|00:21:21|610</wrap>first initiation. So many of the requirements are missing. That reasonable <wrap hide>291|00:21:22|110|00:21:24|490</wrap>degree of peace and a reasonable degree of sharing. <wrap hide>292|00:21:25|050|00:21:29|450</wrap>And the house cleaning of political and religious <wrap hide>293|00:21:29|950|00:21:33|410</wrap>groups, it's all missing, but in process, we might say. <wrap hide>294|00:21:34|690|00:21:38|410</wrap>Especially the house cleaning is in process. So obviously <wrap hide>295|00:21:38|910|00:21:41|410</wrap>the Christ is not—has not reappeared. <wrap hide>296|00:21:42|290|00:21:45|450</wrap>And, you know, if you put different pieces of the teaching <wrap hide>297|00:21:45|950|00:21:49|250</wrap>together, then these errors in <wrap hide>298|00:21:49|750|00:21:51|650</wrap>judgment will be exposed. <wrap hide>299|00:21:54|940|00:21:59|700</wrap>So <wrap quote>it should here be remembered that the masses of men can and <wrap hide>300|00:22:00|200|00:22:03|860</wrap>will take the first initiation. But that a very large <wrap hide>301|00:22:04|360|00:22:07|860</wrap>group of aspirants, far larger than realized, will pass through the experience <wrap hide>302|00:22:08|360|00:22:11|780</wrap>of the second initiation, that of the purifying baptism. //(RI, p.579)//</wrap> <wrap hide>303|00:22:12|280|00:22:15|460</wrap>And, you know, you can kind of see that on <wrap hide>304|00:22:15|960|00:22:19|830</wrap>the way. Not only the struggles of probationary <wrap hide>305|00:22:20|230|00:22:23|790</wrap>humanity, but the struggles <wrap hide>306|00:22:24|290|00:22:27|030</wrap>of those who are really seeking to enter the stream. <wrap hide>307|00:22:27|750|00:22:31|670</wrap>And to purify their personality and nature as a whole. But especially <wrap hide>308|00:22:32|170|00:22:35|710</wrap>their astral nature. So that they are really rightly oriented <wrap hide>309|00:22:36|210|00:22:38|790</wrap>towards the plan. This is going on constantly. <wrap hide>310|00:22:40|390|00:22:44|160</wrap><wrap quote>These are the people //(RI, p.579)//</wrap> who express the essential qualities <wrap hide>311|00:22:44|400|00:22:46|640</wrap>of... And now we have. <wrap hide>312|00:22:47|360|00:22:50|960</wrap>Okay, so let's call this second <wrap hide>313|00:22:51|460|00:22:54|800</wrap>initiation qualities here given. <wrap hide>314|00:22:55|120|00:22:58|720</wrap>Okay? These are the people <wrap quote>who express the essential qualities of <wrap hide>315|00:22:59|600|00:23:03|440</wrap>ideological recognition. //(RI, p.579)//</wrap> So they <wrap hide>316|00:23:03|940|00:23:07|520</wrap>recognize what is the ideal. Because they are so conditioned by the <wrap hide>317|00:23:07|920|00:23:11|050</wrap>sixth ray in general. The sixth ray <wrap hide>318|00:23:11|550|00:23:13|530</wrap>of idealism and of devotion. <wrap hide>319|00:23:14|890|00:23:18|370</wrap>So they express the essential qualities of ideological <wrap hide>320|00:23:18|870|00:23:22|650</wrap>recognition. <wrap quote>Devoted adherence to truth //(RI, p.579)//</wrap> <wrap hide>321|00:23:22|810|00:23:26|129</wrap><wrap quote>as sensed. //(RI, p.579)//</wrap> It's never going to be the complete truth at this point. Well, <wrap hide>322|00:23:26|629|00:23:30|410</wrap>when can it be? When is the complete truth ever <wrap hide>323|00:23:30|910|00:23:34|090</wrap>really known? But we can talk about the complete truth for a particular <wrap hide>324|00:23:35|940|00:23:39|540</wrap>system, you know, particular entity. <wrap hide>325|00:23:40|100|00:23:43|700</wrap>And the expression of that entity. Devoted adherence <wrap hide>326|00:23:44|200|00:23:47|460</wrap>to truth as sensed. <wrap quote>Profound reaction to the <wrap hide>327|00:23:48|900|00:23:52|660</wrap>physical disciplines imposed. //(RI, p.579)//</wrap> Since they participated <wrap hide>328|00:23:53|160|00:23:56|420</wrap>in the first initiation many lives <wrap hide>329|00:23:56|500|00:24:00|740</wrap>earlier. Maybe in most cases these are, you know, because the second <wrap hide>330|00:24:01|240|00:24:05|300</wrap>initiation is much separated from the first usually, <wrap hide>331|00:24:05|380|00:24:09|540</wrap>but apparently not always. If we, you know, turn to page <wrap hide>332|00:24:10|040|00:24:14|260</wrap>120 of "Initiation, Human and Solar," we see some alternative <wrap hide>333|00:24:15|540|00:24:19|019</wrap>possibilities. And you do kind of wonder whether a <wrap hide>334|00:24:19|519|00:24:24|740</wrap>very strong training along some intellectual, <wrap hide>335|00:24:25|240|00:24:28|300</wrap>artistic line, perhaps even before the first initiation, <wrap hide>336|00:24:28|800|00:24:32|630</wrap>makes it possible to take the second more rapidly than <wrap hide>337|00:24:33|130|00:24:36|390</wrap>may be the general rule. Because whatever <wrap hide>338|00:24:36|890|00:24:40|030</wrap>our accumulations are, they don't go away. They are <wrap hide>339|00:24:40|990|00:24:44|910</wrap>stored. And if the combination of them makes <wrap hide>340|00:24:44|990|00:24:48|110</wrap>a new attempt easier, then it will proceed <wrap hide>341|00:24:48|670|00:24:52|030</wrap>faster. So all of these <wrap hide>342|00:24:53|710|00:24:57|390</wrap>qualities are here. And a growing responsiveness to the aspirational <wrap hide>343|00:24:58|490|00:25:01|050</wrap>aspect of the astral body. So basically, <wrap hide>344|00:25:02|090|00:25:05|650</wrap>these are... These are the <wrap hide>345|00:25:06|150|00:25:09|530</wrap>requirements here of the first of the second <wrap hide>346|00:25:10|170|00:25:14|010</wrap>initiation, essential qualities <wrap hide>347|00:25:14|510|00:25:18|410</wrap>of ideological recognition. They are idealists. They are not <wrap hide>348|00:25:19|450|00:25:23|210</wrap>totally lost in concrete things, <wrap hide>349|00:25:23|290|00:25:27|310</wrap>and they see a better way ahead. Devoted adherence <wrap hide>350|00:25:27|810|00:25:31|470</wrap>to the truth. And they hold the vision of truth and they <wrap hide>351|00:25:31|970|00:25:35|670</wrap>adhere to it. It can be limited or even wrong, but they hold to <wrap hide>352|00:25:36|170|00:25:40|430</wrap>it. You can see that in various groups <wrap hide>353|00:25:40|830|00:25:44|270</wrap>and among various types of people, much to the <wrap hide>354|00:25:44|350|00:25:47|590</wrap>distress of those who might have them widen <wrap hide>355|00:25:48|090|00:25:51|670</wrap>their point of view. They learn something about physical disciplines. <wrap hide>356|00:25:52|170|00:25:55|280</wrap>That was a regime, not a regimen, <wrap hide>357|00:25:55|680|00:25:59|280</wrap>not entirely completed at that time. And so they continue <wrap hide>358|00:26:00|080|00:26:01|920</wrap>the physical disciplines. <wrap hide>359|00:26:03|280|00:26:07|280</wrap>And there's a hint here about the first initiation having <wrap hide>360|00:26:07|780|00:26:11|640</wrap>been taken many lives earlier. But I explained that there's <wrap hide>361|00:26:12|140|00:26:16|400</wrap>some variability there and a growing responsiveness to the aspirational <wrap hide>362|00:26:16|900|00:26:20|220</wrap>aspect of the astral body. Aspiration is key to <wrap hide>363|00:26:20|720|00:26:24|580</wrap>this initiation. But since it is a scientific mode of elevation, <wrap hide>364|00:26:25|540|00:26:29|660</wrap>it does not <wrap quote>just //(RI, p.579)//</wrap> disappear when <wrap hide>365|00:26:30|160|00:26:34|500</wrap>the second initiation is taken. Although different initiations may emphasize <wrap hide>366|00:26:34|980|00:26:38|780</wrap>something other than aspiration, still it's <wrap hide>367|00:26:39|280|00:26:43|220</wrap>sort of boiling away there and propelling the <wrap hide>368|00:26:43|620|00:26:47|040</wrap>initiate onwards. So <wrap quote>this aspiration <wrap hide>369|00:26:47|540|00:26:51|640</wrap>is occupied with reaching out towards contact with, and <wrap hide>370|00:26:51|720|00:26:54|920</wrap>expression of, the mental principle. //(RI, p.579)//</wrap> <wrap hide>371|00:26:55|420|00:27:00|680</wrap>And this is what D.K. calls, you know, coupled with the... whoops, <wrap hide>372|00:27:02|360|00:27:05|680</wrap>the urge to know. He says, you know, when you <wrap hide>373|00:27:06|180|00:27:09|480</wrap>see that, the urge to know. Let me get this correct. <wrap hide>374|00:27:11|080|00:27:14|210</wrap>So when you see the <wrap hide>375|00:27:14|290|00:27:17|970</wrap>requirements of the first initiation fulfilled <wrap hide>376|00:27:18|530|00:27:22|530</wrap>and you couple them, basically he says, with the <wrap hide>377|00:27:23|970|00:27:27|570</wrap>whoopsie, something's happened here with <wrap hide>378|00:27:28|070|00:27:31|650</wrap>the urge to know. Then maybe you see a candidate <wrap hide>379|00:27:32|150|00:27:35|490</wrap>for the second initiation of the new group of world servers, <wrap hide>380|00:27:36|050|00:27:39|330</wrap>comprised inherently of <wrap hide>381|00:27:39|490|00:27:43|510</wrap>second degree types, have to keep their eye <wrap hide>382|00:27:44|010|00:27:47|550</wrap>open for the possible training of those who evidence the approach <wrap hide>383|00:27:48|030|00:27:51|070</wrap>either to the first initiation or to the second. <wrap hide>384|00:27:52|190|00:27:55|390</wrap>This particular group in the human family are, <wrap hide>385|00:27:55|630|00:28:00|590</wrap>and this interesting way of putting it, Kammanasic initiates. <wrap hide>386|00:28:01|090|00:28:05|630</wrap>I guess Venus is involved there because it has a lot to do with Kammanas. <wrap hide>387|00:28:07|000|00:28:11|080</wrap>And just as those taking the first initiation <wrap hide>388|00:28:11|580|00:28:15|640</wrap>are physical etheric initiates, I think this is a <wrap hide>389|00:28:16|140|00:28:19|640</wrap>very interesting way of describing <wrap hide>390|00:28:20|680|00:28:24|040</wrap>these people. And, you know, <wrap hide>391|00:28:25|640|00:28:29|360</wrap>some of us, of course, may be among them. But once <wrap hide>392|00:28:29|860|00:28:34|400</wrap>we really apply ourselves to the process of knowing <wrap hide>393|00:28:34|900|00:28:38|680</wrap>and learning and deeply studying <wrap hide>394|00:28:38|760|00:28:42|280</wrap>the spiritually occult <wrap hide>395|00:28:43|080|00:28:45|640</wrap>texts such as the Tibetan is offering us, <wrap hide>396|00:28:46|440|00:28:51|120</wrap>we are indicating that we're, you know, on our way towards <wrap hide>397|00:28:51|620|00:28:55|480</wrap>the third degree, let's say, because we have achieved or <wrap hide>398|00:28:55|980|00:29:00|250</wrap>are achieving a degree of mental illumination and spiritual <wrap hide>399|00:29:00|750|00:29:04|290</wrap>intelligence, two of the major qualities to take the <wrap hide>400|00:29:04|790|00:29:08|490</wrap>second degree and then move on developing those qualities, <wrap hide>401|00:29:10|090|00:29:13|690</wrap>the quality especially of what's called intuitive instinct <wrap hide>402|00:29:14|170|00:29:18|010</wrap>rather than simply spiritual instinct, as at the first <wrap hide>403|00:29:18|250|00:29:21|610</wrap>degree. Okay. <wrap hide>404|00:29:21|850|00:29:25|630</wrap>So many expansions. I think what we're seeing <wrap hide>405|00:29:26|130|00:29:29|910</wrap>here lie before the human race and different sections of the human <wrap hide>406|00:29:30|410|00:29:35|470</wrap>race. And it's up to us to kind of seek <wrap hide>407|00:29:35|970|00:29:40|150</wrap>to understand where we stand in <wrap hide>408|00:29:40|230|00:29:43|550</wrap>this process. And the groups with <wrap hide>409|00:29:44|050|00:29:48|230</wrap>which, with whom we are working comprise perhaps <wrap hide>410|00:29:48|730|00:29:52|520</wrap>of many probationary initiates of <wrap hide>411|00:29:53|020|00:29:56|880</wrap>the same caliber as we are. So we <wrap hide>412|00:29:57|380|00:30:01|280</wrap>can locate ourselves in this path, <wrap hide>413|00:30:02|000|00:30:06|360</wrap>upon this path towards spiritual <wrap hide>414|00:30:06|860|00:30:10|600</wrap>progress by observing closely our own nature and that <wrap hide>415|00:30:11|100|00:30:14|880</wrap>of others in relation to the requirements. It must <wrap hide>416|00:30:15|380|00:30:18|080</wrap>not be inferred from the above that humanity as a whole... <wrap hide>417|00:30:19|060|00:30:20|740</wrap>Uh huh. Well this is another... <wrap hide>418|00:30:22|340|00:30:25|540</wrap>Yeah, we're talking about the need here <wrap hide>419|00:30:25|620|00:30:29|020</wrap>for lots of 5th <wrap hide>420|00:30:29|520|00:30:31|300</wrap>degree initiates in the immediate future. <wrap hide>421|00:30:32|580|00:30:35|380</wrap>And so there's been a jump here of some hundreds of pages. <wrap hide>422|00:30:35|700|00:30:39|420</wrap><wrap quote>It must not be inferred from the above that humanity as a whole will <wrap hide>423|00:30:39|920|00:30:44|020</wrap>be taking the fifth initiation. For such is not the case, //(RI, p.648)//</wrap> <wrap hide>424|00:30:44|870|00:30:48|390</wrap>nor is it likely to be the case for a long, <wrap hide>425|00:30:49|110|00:30:49|990</wrap>long time. <wrap hide>426|00:30:52|390|00:30:55|910</wrap>Even, you know, we have another round to run before <wrap hide>427|00:30:56|470|00:31:00|310</wrap>even some of those who have come from the Moon-chain will really <wrap hide>428|00:31:00|389|00:31:03|990</wrap>solidly be on the path. So things <wrap hide>429|00:31:04|310|00:31:07|910</wrap>seem to progress slowly, but at the present time <wrap hide>430|00:31:07|990|00:31:15|030</wrap>there is an acceleration in this vast range <wrap hide>431|00:31:15|750|00:31:19|350</wrap>of possibility, the millions of years that it <wrap hide>432|00:31:19|850|00:31:23|750</wrap>has taken. There is an acceleration on the path <wrap hide>433|00:31:24|250|00:31:27|670</wrap>at this time due to the influence of <wrap hide>434|00:31:28|630|00:31:33|190</wrap>certain great astronomical factors <wrap hide>435|00:31:34|150|00:31:38|370</wrap>and the change of ages and the change of the Platonic <wrap hide>436|00:31:38|870|00:31:42|410</wrap>years, moving from the 25,000 approximately <wrap hide>437|00:31:42|910|00:31:46|650</wrap>Platonic year of Pisces into the approximately <wrap hide>438|00:31:47|150|00:31:50|490</wrap>25,000 year Platonic year of Aquarius and the <wrap hide>439|00:31:51|370|00:31:54|610</wrap>sub influence of the <wrap hide>440|00:31:55|110|00:31:58|690</wrap>equinoctial age of Aquarius lasting <wrap hide>441|00:31:59|190|00:32:02|410</wrap>some 2,000-2,500 years. All of these <wrap hide>442|00:32:02|910|00:32:06|370</wrap>things are very influential, plus the initiatory <wrap hide>443|00:32:08|370|00:32:11|570</wrap>status and condition of our planetary <wrap hide>444|00:32:12|070|00:32:15|810</wrap>Logos who is passing through some major stimulations. <wrap hide>445|00:32:16|450|00:32:20|450</wrap>Okay, so many advanced souls. And this is interesting, <wrap hide>446|00:32:20|950|00:32:24|330</wrap>of course, because the need is there, you know, perhaps amounting <wrap hide>447|00:32:24|830|00:32:26|930</wrap>to many thousands. Many thousands. <wrap hide>448|00:32:29|340|00:32:31|740</wrap>See here. Got a little... <wrap hide>449|00:32:33|340|00:32:36|380</wrap>Such is not the case. Yeah, perhaps amounting <wrap hide>450|00:32:36|880|00:32:39|740</wrap>to many thousands. Maybe I can make that work. Right. <wrap hide>451|00:32:41|500|00:32:45|180</wrap>May take this initiation—the fifth. <wrap hide>452|00:32:45|660|00:32:49|180</wrap>The fifth... Mel. <wrap hide>453|00:32:49|260|00:32:52|340</wrap>Remember that the fourth and fifth <wrap hide>454|00:32:52|840|00:32:58|490</wrap>initiations can be taken in the same life, and the second, <wrap hide>455|00:32:58|990|00:33:03|090</wrap>third, and fourth in the same life. We remember Initiation, <wrap hide>456|00:33:03|590|00:33:07|050</wrap>Human and Solar, page 84 and 85. So, you know, <wrap hide>457|00:33:07|550|00:33:11|610</wrap>it stands to reason. D.K. is very truthful, <wrap hide>458|00:33:12|110|00:33:14|250</wrap>and he's non-exaggerative, you know, <wrap hide>459|00:33:15|210|00:33:18|370</wrap>so many may take the fifth initiation, but it will <wrap hide>460|00:33:18|870|00:33:22|450</wrap>be a huge pressure. <wrap quote>But the masses of men everywhere, //(RI, p.648)//</wrap> <wrap hide>461|00:33:22|950|00:33:27|090</wrap>constituting the sum total of the world disciples, will <wrap hide>462|00:33:27|590|00:33:31|090</wrap>eventually take either the first or second initiation, <wrap hide>463|00:33:31|650|00:33:35|890</wrap>and much <wrap hide>464|00:33:36|390|00:33:39|650</wrap>of this during the Age of Aquarius. <wrap hide>465|00:33:40|770|00:33:44|770</wrap>Although in Capricorn, <wrap hide>466|00:33:46|130|00:33:52|450</wrap>the initiatory work <wrap hide>467|00:33:53|250|00:33:57|210</wrap>will continue intensively, and many more, <wrap hide>468|00:33:57|710|00:34:01|570</wrap>I suppose, will take the Third Degree. And Capricorn, ruling all five initiations, <wrap hide>469|00:34:02|210|00:34:05|610</wrap>perhaps the opportunity really continues there to go <wrap hide>470|00:34:06|110|00:34:09|490</wrap>on to the higher initiations. <wrap quote>The effect, however, <wrap hide>471|00:34:09|890|00:34:13|970</wrap>of hierarchical happenings //(RI, p.648)//</wrap> in conjunction with Shambhala <wrap hide>472|00:34:14|470|00:34:18|200</wrap><wrap quote>will lead eventually to the great stimulation of the fifth <wrap hide>473|00:34:18|700|00:34:21|560</wrap>principle of manas, //(RI, p.648)//</wrap> the Intelligence Principle of Man. <wrap hide>474|00:34:21|640|00:34:27|080</wrap>And let's just say, very stimulated <wrap hide>475|00:34:27|800|00:34:31|440</wrap>during the 5th Ray age of <wrap hide>476|00:34:31|940|00:34:35|880</wrap>Aquarius, because, after all, you know, the accompaniment <wrap hide>477|00:34:36|040|00:34:39|960</wrap>of the Seventh Ray with the Aquarian Age indicates <wrap hide>478|00:34:40|460|00:34:44|510</wrap>that two cycles are operative. But whenever Aquarius is strengthened <wrap hide>479|00:34:45|010|00:34:48|670</wrap>on its own and appears as an influence, the Fifth Ray is always <wrap hide>480|00:34:49|790|00:34:53|710</wrap>borne along because Aquarius transmits <wrap hide>481|00:34:53|950|00:34:57|470</wrap>this Fifth Ray. <wrap quote>A revelation <wrap hide>482|00:34:57|970|00:35:01|150</wrap>which is not perceived, which remains unrelated and unexpressed, <wrap hide>483|00:35:01|550|00:35:05|310</wrap>is of no true service to mankind, except from <wrap hide>484|00:35:05|810|00:35:09|670</wrap>a purely subjective standpoint. //(RI, p.648)//</wrap> It may strengthen us subjectively, <wrap hide>485|00:35:10|170|00:35:13|150</wrap>let us say. <wrap quote>Nevertheless, //(RI, p.648)//</wrap> <wrap quote>through the proposed stimulation, //(RI, p.648)//</wrap> <wrap hide>486|00:35:13|230|00:35:16|850</wrap><wrap quote>through the efforts of those who have taken or //(RI, p.648)//</wrap> will take the <wrap hide>487|00:35:17|350|00:35:20|650</wrap>fifth Initiation, the Revelation, as it's called, <wrap quote>and through the new <wrap hide>488|00:35:21|150|00:35:25|170</wrap>direction of First Ray energy from //(RI, p.648)//</wrap> Shambhala <wrap hide>489|00:35:25|670|00:35:29|130</wrap>in ways we cannot conceive—although the Shambhala impacts have been occurring— <wrap hide>490|00:35:29|450|00:35:33|050</wrap><wrap quote>the mental plane will receive such <wrap hide>491|00:35:33|550|00:35:37|290</wrap>an inflow of energy //(RI, p.648)//</wrap> <wrap quote>that the thinking principle, //(RI, p.648)//</wrap> <wrap quote>the reasoning factor within humanity, //(RI, p.648)//</wrap> <wrap hide>492|00:35:37|530|00:35:40|330</wrap><wrap quote>will reach new heights. //(RI, p.648)//</wrap> So somewhere, <wrap hide>493|00:35:42|480|00:35:45|280</wrap>somewhere in the Age of Aquarius, <wrap hide>494|00:35:46|160|00:35:51|840</wrap>the Principle of Manas will <wrap hide>495|00:35:52|000|00:35:56|160</wrap>reach its acme for this period. <wrap hide>496|00:35:57|760|00:36:00|720</wrap>And, as I say, Aquarius carries the fifth Ray. <wrap hide>497|00:36:02|000|00:36:06|720</wrap>And it's going to be a very scientific <wrap hide>498|00:36:07|600|00:36:11|340</wrap>age. And, of course, the fifth Initiation, the Revelation— <wrap hide>499|00:36:11|420|00:36:16|220</wrap>if many more take it, they are in position to make <wrap hide>500|00:36:16|720|00:36:20|460</wrap>revelation to humanity of some very high possibilities. <wrap hide>501|00:36:21|740|00:36:24|380</wrap>So let us set our sights upon the possibilities, <wrap hide>502|00:36:25|820|00:36:31|020</wrap>being neither over-anxious nor careless. <wrap hide>503|00:36:31|980|00:36:35|860</wrap>And perhaps we will find ourselves during the <wrap hide>504|00:36:36|360|00:36:40|380</wrap>Aquarian Age, even numbered among those who can bring <wrap hide>505|00:36:40|880|00:36:44|860</wrap>about this type of service and stimulation of humanity's <wrap hide>506|00:36:45|360|00:36:49|220</wrap>mind that is now proposed. Now, you can see there would be <wrap hide>507|00:36:49|720|00:36:52|940</wrap>some dangers here with the Fifth Ray, because one of the <wrap hide>508|00:36:53|440|00:36:57|500</wrap>great dangers would be the isolation of the concrete mental sphere <wrap hide>509|00:36:57|980|00:37:01|420</wrap>as a sphere unto itself, a kind of eighth sphere in another <wrap hide>510|00:37:01|920|00:37:06|780</wrap>way, and this is a <wrap hide>511|00:37:07|280|00:37:10|860</wrap>considerable tragedy, because then the people who <wrap hide>512|00:37:11|360|00:37:14|780</wrap>undergo this veer off towards the left-hand path. <wrap hide>513|00:37:15|280|00:37:20|020</wrap>and develop their mind, lower mind stupendously, but ignore <wrap hide>514|00:37:20|340|00:37:23|740</wrap>the possibilities of higher degrees <wrap hide>515|00:37:24|240|00:37:28|100</wrap>of divine love. And also the <wrap hide>516|00:37:29|380|00:37:32|860</wrap>emergence of the separative, isolated <wrap hide>517|00:37:33|360|00:37:37|380</wrap>personality can be greatly stimulated during <wrap hide>518|00:37:37|880|00:37:42|180</wrap>this period. And strictly monastic magic can <wrap hide>519|00:37:42|680|00:37:45|820</wrap>be stimulated during this period. So the <wrap hide>520|00:37:46|320|00:37:50|100</wrap>heart and the love must counteract this <wrap hide>521|00:37:50|420|00:37:53|940</wrap>tendency. It could be a very manipulative <wrap hide>522|00:37:54|020|00:37:57|220</wrap>age, in some ways manipulative <wrap hide>523|00:37:57|720|00:38:02|040</wrap>of matter. Not necessarily what the idealists <wrap hide>524|00:38:02|540|00:38:07|520</wrap>who think about Aquarius anticipate. There are many downsides <wrap hide>525|00:38:08|020|00:38:11|520</wrap>to this energy if it is inappropriately used. <wrap hide>526|00:38:13|200|00:38:16|480</wrap>So anyway, a great stimulation of the mind with <wrap hide>527|00:38:16|980|00:38:21|080</wrap>all of its attendant possibilities and its attendant <wrap hide>528|00:38:21|580|00:38:25|600</wrap>dangers. <wrap quote>Thus will the light <wrap hide>529|00:38:26|100|00:38:28|600</wrap>stream forth into the minds of men. //(RI, p.648)//</wrap> And when will that happen? Well, <wrap hide>530|00:38:29|400|00:38:32|560</wrap>I believe I just read <wrap hide>531|00:38:33|060|00:38:35|240</wrap>the other day that there's a lot of love energy going to be <wrap hide>532|00:38:35|740|00:38:39|480</wrap>occurring during the Mercurian <wrap hide>533|00:38:39|560|00:38:43|120</wrap>phase of the age of Aquarius, the smaller <wrap hide>534|00:38:43|620|00:38:46|960</wrap>age of Aquarius. However, Mercury has loads of <wrap hide>535|00:38:47|460|00:38:51|630</wrap>the fifth ray and third ray. Probably I believe it's fifth <wrap hide>536|00:38:52|130|00:38:55|950</wrap>ray monad and ultimately a third ray monad. So extremely mental <wrap hide>537|00:38:56|450|00:39:00|270</wrap>in that respect and very much related to the previous solar system, <wrap hide>538|00:39:00|910|00:39:04|510</wrap>which was very mental. So maybe <wrap hide>539|00:39:05|010|00:39:08|830</wrap>that acme of the development of the principle of Manus will occur during <wrap hide>540|00:39:08|910|00:39:12|830</wrap>the Mercurian phase of the <wrap hide>541|00:39:13|710|00:39:18|090</wrap>age of Aquarius. And the <wrap hide>542|00:39:18|590|00:39:22|410</wrap>kind of mental stimulation that we're talking about, maybe it will occur in that age <wrap hide>543|00:39:23|290|00:39:26|410</wrap>after we have struggled through the Saturnian <wrap hide>544|00:39:26|910|00:39:31|370</wrap>period. Now, Saturn is also related to the development of the lower concrete <wrap hide>545|00:39:31|870|00:39:35|850</wrap>mind. You know, you take a planet like Saturn and you can find its influences <wrap hide>546|00:39:36|170|00:39:40|170</wrap>in many places on the cosmic physical plane. <wrap hide>547|00:39:41|050|00:39:44|560</wrap>In a way, it's the permanent atom, <wrap hide>548|00:39:45|840|00:39:51|040</wrap>physical permanent atom of the solar Logos. <wrap hide>549|00:39:51|600|00:39:55|120</wrap>And maybe on our planet it <wrap hide>550|00:39:55|620|00:39:59|120</wrap>stands for that, but within the solar system it's considered to <wrap hide>551|00:39:59|620|00:40:03|600</wrap>be the physical permanent atom. So it's ruling the entire cosmic physical plane. <wrap hide>552|00:40:04|080|00:40:07|800</wrap>It's active on the atmic plane, it's active on the plane of mind, especially the <wrap hide>553|00:40:08|300|00:40:12|420</wrap>lower mind. It's active physically in <wrap hide>554|00:40:12|920|00:40:16|620</wrap>the density of the cosmic physical <wrap hide>555|00:40:17|120|00:40:21|580</wrap>plane, namely the lower three subplanes of the etheric <wrap hide>556|00:40:22|080|00:40:25|460</wrap>physical systemic plane, or solar plane, as it's <wrap hide>557|00:40:25|960|00:40:29|380</wrap>sometimes called. So Saturn is active in many places. <wrap hide>558|00:40:29|880|00:40:34|180</wrap>And the principle here is <wrap quote>that //(TCF, p.865)//</wrap> if you look at any <wrap hide>559|00:40:34|680|00:40:37|580</wrap>planet, you can find many areas of application. <wrap hide>560|00:40:38|350|00:40:41|870</wrap>Just confine ourselves to the cosmic physical plane, because what else <wrap hide>561|00:40:42|370|00:40:44|670</wrap>do we know? We don't even know that. So... <wrap hide>562|00:40:45|630|00:40:49|990</wrap>But we think we know a little bit because we've been taught something, and <wrap hide>563|00:40:50|490|00:40:54|270</wrap>we can find ways that according to the form <wrap hide>564|00:40:55|310|00:40:59|230</wrap>through which <wrap quote>it is //(RI, p.648)//</wrap> manifesting, the planets will have different effects <wrap hide>565|00:41:01|950|00:41:05|810</wrap>in different subplanes and <wrap hide>566|00:41:06|310|00:41:09|970</wrap>subplanes and so forth of the cosmic physical plane. So you could <wrap hide>567|00:41:10|470|00:41:14|170</wrap>take like any planet. Jupiter is exalted in <wrap hide>568|00:41:14|250|00:41:17|730</wrap>Cancer. It's going to have a lot to do with the lunar realm <wrap hide>569|00:41:18|230|00:41:22|650</wrap>and with the ancient ancestral fires. But at the same time it's <wrap hide>570|00:41:23|150|00:41:26|970</wrap>a Buddhic planet. It's operative on the Buddhic plane strongly, <wrap hide>571|00:41:27|470|00:41:29|690</wrap>giving the sense of wholeness. <wrap hide>572|00:41:30|960|00:41:34|120</wrap>Maybe you might say that it expands the higher mind <wrap quote>as well. //(TCF, p.865)//</wrap> And it <wrap hide>573|00:41:34|620|00:41:37|920</wrap>certainly is a co-ruler of the monadic plane. <wrap hide>574|00:41:38|560|00:41:41|800</wrap>So you can do that with all the planets. It would be interesting, <wrap hide>575|00:41:42|300|00:41:45|720</wrap>and maybe that'll be an assignment at some time in <wrap hide>576|00:41:46|220|00:41:50|400</wrap>one of the future schools: to take all the planets and show how <wrap hide>577|00:41:50|900|00:41:54|320</wrap>they may be active in different strata of <wrap hide>578|00:41:54|820|00:41:57|790</wrap>their expression on the cosmic physical plane. <wrap hide>579|00:41:58|350|00:42:01|830</wrap>It's tempting to do that. <wrap hide>580|00:42:02|330|00:42:06|350</wrap>I mean, take a look at Neptune. Neptune is very active on the... <wrap hide>581|00:42:06|850|00:42:10|430</wrap>on our systemic astral plane, but it's a major Buddhic planet, and <wrap hide>582|00:42:10|930|00:42:15|190</wrap>it just stimulates the intuition on the fourth or Buddhic plane. And not to mention <wrap hide>583|00:42:15|690|00:42:19|670</wrap>its monadic relationship, because <wrap hide>584|00:42:20|170|00:42:23|860</wrap>it's so connected with Pisces as a special ruler. And you <wrap hide>585|00:42:24|360|00:42:28|540</wrap>know, the monad leaves the Father's home and, turning back, it saves. <wrap hide>586|00:42:28|780|00:42:32|220</wrap>And the power of identification comes through the <wrap hide>587|00:42:32|720|00:42:36|780</wrap>monad. And Neptune is the great planet of identification. <wrap hide>588|00:42:37|100|00:42:41|020</wrap>The Christ was the great expert, as far as our humanity <wrap hide>589|00:42:41|520|00:42:44|220</wrap>is concerned, in the art of identification. <wrap hide>590|00:42:44|940|00:42:48|860</wrap>And then, of course, we're going to go up to the cosmic <wrap hide>591|00:42:49|360|00:42:52|920</wrap>astral plane, where Neptune has to be very influential in the <wrap hide>592|00:42:53|420|00:42:57|320</wrap>astral body of the planetary Logos and even the astral body of the solar <wrap hide>593|00:42:57|820|00:43:00|840</wrap>Logos. So all of this kind of application. <wrap hide>594|00:43:01|340|00:43:06|560</wrap>Maybe I should do the three synthesizing planets here. The Uranus <wrap hide>595|00:43:07|060|00:43:10|920</wrap>is veiled by the moon, a kind of a violet light. It has much to <wrap hide>596|00:43:11|420|00:43:14|800</wrap>do with the systemic etheric plane. But if it has to do <wrap hide>597|00:43:15|280|00:43:19|290</wrap>well, it also has to do with the scientific mind on <wrap hide>598|00:43:19|790|00:43:23|370</wrap>the lower mental plane. And it has <wrap hide>599|00:43:23|870|00:43:25|730</wrap>to do with the manasic permanent atom, <wrap hide>600|00:43:26|690|00:43:31|290</wrap>it being a planet which carries the third ray as <wrap hide>601|00:43:31|790|00:43:35|570</wrap>well. And if you look at the spiritual triad of atmic permanent <wrap hide>602|00:43:36|070|00:43:39|210</wrap>atom, Buddhic and manasic permanent atoms, <wrap hide>603|00:43:39|710|00:43:42|970</wrap>Uranus would be there. But it causes the flash <wrap hide>604|00:43:43|470|00:43:48|720</wrap>of intuition, the blinding light which reveals <wrap hide>605|00:43:48|960|00:43:52|160</wrap>suddenly all that has been hidden in the dark. And so <wrap hide>606|00:43:52|400|00:43:57|000</wrap>it will have a connection with the Buddhic plane. And Uranus <wrap hide>607|00:43:57|500|00:44:01|520</wrap>is one of those strange planets that seems to have a 1357 ray <wrap hide>608|00:44:02|000|00:44:05|400</wrap>expression, but strangely enough is <wrap hide>609|00:44:05|900|00:44:09|040</wrap>in some second ray lines, such as, <wrap hide>610|00:44:11|770|00:44:12|650</wrap>well, what is it? <wrap hide>611|00:44:14|170|00:44:16|170</wrap>Sirius, Pisces, <wrap hide>612|00:44:16|490|00:44:19|690</wrap>Uranus, and then on to the heart, <wrap hide>613|00:44:20|330|00:44:23|690</wrap>you know, heart hierarchy and heart center and all that. <wrap hide>614|00:44:23|930|00:44:27|450</wrap>So it's got some second ray affiliation. And I've never been <wrap hide>615|00:44:27|950|00:44:31|290</wrap>quite sure how to understand that. But you know, <wrap hide>616|00:44:32|490|00:44:36|290</wrap>let's go on. Uranus is <wrap hide>617|00:44:36|790|00:44:40|260</wrap>a planet of the first ray. It's monad <wrap hide>618|00:44:40|760|00:44:44|140</wrap>on the first ray, maybe is not totally expressive yet, but that ties <wrap hide>619|00:44:44|640|00:44:48|580</wrap>it in with the atmic plane, doesn't it? And let's go further and <wrap hide>620|00:44:49|080|00:44:52|540</wrap>finally find that it is often veiled by the <wrap hide>621|00:44:53|040|00:44:55|940</wrap>Sun in Leo especially. <wrap hide>622|00:44:56|180|00:45:00|260</wrap>And we have this Leonian plane <wrap hide>623|00:45:00|660|00:45:03|980</wrap>called the Sea of Fire. It's Logoic. And naturally <wrap hide>624|00:45:04|480|00:45:07|980</wrap>we would expect a first-ray planet that is veiled by the Sun to be <wrap hide>625|00:45:08|480|00:45:12|130</wrap>influential on the Logoic level. So you <wrap hide>626|00:45:12|630|00:45:15|970</wrap>know, let's find a way to put the planets there. I think with <wrap hide>627|00:45:16|470|00:45:22|730</wrap>some of the non-sacred planets, you're not going to find that <wrap hide>628|00:45:23|230|00:45:26|729</wrap>they rise very high on the cosmic <wrap hide>629|00:45:27|229|00:45:30|530</wrap>physical plane. Maybe Mars does not, Earth does <wrap hide>630|00:45:31|030|00:45:34|810</wrap>not. I don't know about Pluto, because there is kind of a triangle <wrap hide>631|00:45:35|310|00:45:38|320</wrap>that goes Aries, Pluto, Shambhala. <wrap hide>632|00:45:39|360|00:45:42|440</wrap>So maybe something of Pluto rises high, I don't know. <wrap hide>633|00:45:42|940|00:45:46|600</wrap>It's considered to be an esoteric planet, but it's also non-sacred <wrap hide>634|00:45:47|100|00:45:51|080</wrap>and recently is somewhat demoted, you know, to a planetoid <wrap hide>635|00:45:51|580|00:45:55|120</wrap>or whatever. But then there's lots of things the occultists know that the <wrap hide>636|00:45:56|240|00:46:00|000</wrap>present astronomers, as helpful <wrap hide>637|00:46:00|500|00:46:03|120</wrap>as they are, they don't yet know. So anyway, <wrap hide>638|00:46:03|440|00:46:07|040</wrap>assign the planets to the different levels of the cosmic physical <wrap hide>639|00:46:07|540|00:46:11|110</wrap>plane and see what they do. And it all depends what you're <wrap hide>640|00:46:11|610|00:46:15|830</wrap>working on, too, in your own life. You know, if you're working on, <wrap hide>641|00:46:17|990|00:46:21|470</wrap>let's say the spiritual will, then Atma, then Saturn is <wrap hide>642|00:46:21|970|00:46:25|230</wrap>going to be very important. If you're working on really concretizing <wrap hide>643|00:46:25|730|00:46:29|830</wrap>the mind and being distinctive, <wrap hide>644|00:46:29|910|00:46:32|390</wrap>distinct about what you say and careful, <wrap hide>645|00:46:33|680|00:46:37|120</wrap>cautious in your reasoning, Saturn will be important there. <wrap hide>646|00:46:37|200|00:46:40|760</wrap>You know, if you're working on fulfilling your karma, <wrap hide>647|00:46:41|260|00:46:45|280</wrap>sort of karma yoga on the physical plane, Saturn will be important there. <wrap hide>648|00:46:46|160|00:46:48|880</wrap>So just generically figure out what you're working on, <wrap hide>649|00:46:49|519|00:46:52|640</wrap>you know, where your major polarization is. <wrap hide>650|00:46:53|280|00:46:57|640</wrap>and then you can choose a planet which <wrap hide>651|00:46:58|140|00:47:01|250</wrap>will be active, important on the level <wrap hide>652|00:47:01|750|00:47:05|330</wrap>you are working. Then go into your horoscope and, you know, <wrap hide>653|00:47:05|830|00:47:09|810</wrap>one of the layers of the horoscope anyway, and try to figure out how <wrap hide>654|00:47:10|310|00:47:14|170</wrap>that works. You know, there's a lot we have to do by ourselves. The D.K. <wrap hide>655|00:47:14|670|00:47:18|530</wrap>has given us various hints, but we, in <wrap hide>656|00:47:19|030|00:47:22|490</wrap>the matter of application, just as each one of us has to figure out <wrap hide>657|00:47:22|990|00:47:27|010</wrap>how to build the antahkarana basically by ourselves, in the matter of application, <wrap hide>658|00:47:27|510|00:47:31|460</wrap>we have to take all that has been given and find a way to <wrap hide>659|00:47:33|780|00:47:37|140</wrap>apply it. That's our job. Okay, <wrap hide>660|00:47:37|300|00:47:39|060</wrap>so maybe a little more here. <wrap hide>661|00:47:40|260|00:47:42|500</wrap>Petals open at the portal of initiation. <wrap hide>662|00:47:43|300|00:47:47|300</wrap>Well, this is partially from some <wrap hide>663|00:47:47|800|00:47:50|420</wrap>material that I have been commenting on. But let's just see. <wrap hide>664|00:47:50|980|00:47:55|150</wrap>All these stages have to work out on all the three lower <wrap hide>665|00:47:55|650|00:47:59|350</wrap>planes and the three lower bodies. This they do according to the <wrap hide>666|00:47:59|850|00:48:03|510</wrap>particular ray and sub-ray. In this fashion, the work of the disciple is <wrap hide>667|00:48:04|010|00:48:08|230</wrap>carried forward and his testing and training carried out until the <wrap hide>668|00:48:08|730|00:48:11|950</wrap>two circles of petals are unfolded and the third is organized. <wrap hide>669|00:48:12|450|00:48:17|390</wrap>I mean, what do we have? You know, first organization and then unfoldment <wrap hide>670|00:48:17|890|00:48:22|220</wrap>and then interactivity of the entire circle <wrap hide>671|00:48:22|720|00:48:26|180</wrap>of three and then the kind of springing open of the... <wrap hide>672|00:48:28|500|00:48:32|260</wrap>of the three as a distinctive unit. <wrap hide>673|00:48:33|540|00:48:37|620</wrap>So let's see where we are here. I was just <wrap hide>674|00:48:38|120|00:48:41|900</wrap>choosing these random references that had not been covered. We're still in A Treatise <wrap hide>675|00:48:42|400|00:48:45|900</wrap>on Cosmic Fire. Thus he is brought through right direction of <wrap hide>676|00:48:46|400|00:48:49|750</wrap>energy and wise manipulation of force currents <wrap hide>677|00:48:50|230|00:48:53|990</wrap>to the portal of initiation and graduates out of the Hall of Learning. <wrap hide>678|00:48:54|310|00:48:57|430</wrap>The Hall of Learning consists of petals <wrap hide>679|00:48:57|670|00:49:02|070</wrap>four, five and six and have <wrap hide>680|00:49:02|570|00:49:05|670</wrap>to do with the development of the personality <wrap hide>681|00:49:06|170|00:49:10|110</wrap>along socio-cultural lines. You know, <wrap hide>682|00:49:10|610|00:49:13|750</wrap>normal type of education, normal type of civilization <wrap hide>683|00:49:14|390|00:49:17|880</wrap>into the great Hall of Wisdom, characterized <wrap hide>684|00:49:18|280|00:49:21|720</wrap>at least in the beginning by petals number seven, eight and nine. <wrap hide>685|00:49:22|520|00:49:25|720</wrap>As we continue with synthesis, we're going to be <wrap hide>686|00:49:26|760|00:49:30|800</wrap>growing in the Hall of Wisdom. That hall where he gradually becomes <wrap hide>687|00:49:31|300|00:49:34|720</wrap>aware of forces and powers latent in <wrap hide>688|00:49:35|220|00:49:38|600</wrap>his own ego individually, yeah, and his egoic <wrap hide>689|00:49:38|920|00:49:39|320</wrap>group. <wrap hide>690|00:49:42|820|00:49:46|820</wrap>So I've developed all this at some point in different references. <wrap hide>691|00:49:46|900|00:49:50|500</wrap>And I'm not going to discuss <wrap hide>692|00:49:50|660|00:49:54|580</wrap>that because the issue of the first initiation is <wrap hide>693|00:49:55|080|00:49:59|100</wrap>what we're dealing with. And I've <wrap hide>694|00:49:59|600|00:50:03|220</wrap>said many things and written many things about these matters. <wrap hide>695|00:50:03|300|00:50:06|420</wrap>So this is not what to take up at the moment. <wrap hide>696|00:50:07|860|00:50:13|130</wrap>Although I am really <wrap hide>697|00:50:13|630|00:50:16|850</wrap>interested as to where exactly this comes from. <wrap hide>698|00:50:17|250|00:50:21|010</wrap>I assume it reads in Cosmic Fire and... <wrap hide>699|00:50:22|690|00:50:27|010</wrap>Right. So let's just do that and <wrap hide>700|00:50:27|510|00:50:29|330</wrap>see if I can maybe find it. <wrap hide>701|00:50:32|610|00:50:36|770</wrap>Okay. There's only one and I suppose it's <wrap hide>702|00:50:38|630|00:50:42|390</wrap>right. Page 867 in <wrap hide>703|00:50:42|890|00:50:45|110</wrap>A Treatise on Cosmic Fire. <wrap hide>704|00:50:46|950|00:50:49|750</wrap>Okay. And let's see where we are in this. <wrap hide>705|00:50:53|430|00:50:57|750</wrap>Right. Well, I think, you know, all these things I've gone over in <wrap hide>706|00:50:57|990|00:51:01|670</wrap>writing and probably have <wrap hide>707|00:51:02|170|00:51:05|680</wrap>done a better job with it <wrap hide>708|00:51:06|480|00:51:10|720</wrap>in the written commentary <wrap hide>709|00:51:10|800|00:51:14|320</wrap>that can be found regarding the Treatise on Cosmic <wrap hide>710|00:51:14|820|00:51:18|480</wrap>Fire on Makara at the moment. <wrap hide>711|00:51:19|760|00:51:23|720</wrap>So there is where I suggest you go rather than have me kind <wrap hide>712|00:51:24|220|00:51:28|000</wrap>of improvise about it right at this point. Because these <wrap hide>713|00:51:29|050|00:51:32|530</wrap>references are kind of somewhat disjointed as <wrap hide>714|00:51:33|030|00:51:37|130</wrap>it is. So I don't need to go off on a big tangent. <wrap hide>715|00:51:38|330|00:51:42|130</wrap>Suffice it to say that when we really have the <wrap hide>716|00:51:42|630|00:51:45|770</wrap>complete unfoldment of the second tier of petals, <wrap hide>717|00:51:46|730|00:51:49|050</wrap>which is the Hall of Learning, <wrap hide>718|00:51:50|490|00:51:52|490</wrap>we have the second initiation. <wrap hide>719|00:51:53|370|00:51:57|640</wrap>And interesting that learning, <wrap hide>720|00:51:58|140|00:52:02|640</wrap>the Hall of Learning, rather than the Hall of Wisdom, is involved particularly with <wrap hide>721|00:52:03|040|00:52:06|920</wrap>the probationary initiations or initiations of <wrap hide>722|00:52:07|420|00:52:11|400</wrap>the threshold. Of course, there is a corresponding development not complete <wrap hide>723|00:52:11|900|00:52:14|160</wrap>yet in the seventh and eighth petal. <wrap hide>724|00:52:14|960|00:52:18|960</wrap>And there, only once the ninth petal is fully ready <wrap hide>725|00:52:19|460|00:52:23|740</wrap>to unfold, do all the others unfold with it in fullness. <wrap hide>726|00:52:25|100|00:52:28|060</wrap>So, as I say, you may begin work on a petal, <wrap hide>727|00:52:28|140|00:52:30|860</wrap>but you're going to be working on other petals <wrap hide>728|00:52:31|020|00:52:33|740</wrap>before the first one is completely finished. <wrap hide>729|00:52:34|700|00:52:38|340</wrap>And, you know, it'd be interesting in our life to look at <wrap hide>730|00:52:38|840|00:52:41|860</wrap>the kinds of things we do and, as it <wrap hide>731|00:52:42|360|00:52:46|300</wrap>were, point to the petal involved in the doing <wrap hide>732|00:52:47|300|00:52:51|300</wrap>those things. You know, like if we fall into some <wrap hide>733|00:52:51|800|00:52:55|300</wrap>kind of egotistical state, we are reverting <wrap hide>734|00:52:55|800|00:52:59|100</wrap>back to a certain portion. That's all I can say at the moment of <wrap hide>735|00:52:59|600|00:53:02|900</wrap>the fifth petal. And when we're learning how to sacrifice something, <wrap hide>736|00:53:03|400|00:53:07|020</wrap>at least individually, well, we're operative in the <wrap hide>737|00:53:07|520|00:53:12|220</wrap>sixth petal. And when we're learning about even <wrap hide>738|00:53:12|720|00:53:16|700</wrap>greater sacrifices, then maybe the <wrap hide>739|00:53:17|200|00:53:21|220</wrap>ninth petal is being involved here in the <wrap hide>740|00:53:21|720|00:53:25|260</wrap>circle called the sacrifice circle. So it's sacrifice. <wrap hide>741|00:53:25|760|00:53:27|820</wrap>Sacrifice is the ninth petal. <wrap hide>742|00:53:29|100|00:53:33|380</wrap>Before that, we had a love sacrifice, and then we had knowledge <wrap hide>743|00:53:33|880|00:53:37|820</wrap>sacrifice. They are lesser degrees. I guess what I'm pointing out is that <wrap hide>744|00:53:38|220|00:53:40|860</wrap>on the path to our spiritual development, <wrap hide>745|00:53:41|800|00:53:45|960</wrap>different aspects of our internal energy system are <wrap hide>746|00:53:46|280|00:53:50|360</wrap>being drawn upon and are being activated. And it would be nice <wrap hide>747|00:53:50|860|00:53:55|360</wrap>to know which they are in <wrap hide>748|00:53:55|860|00:53:59|560</wrap>correlation with what we are doing. You know, then we will tread <wrap hide>749|00:53:59|880|00:54:03|200</wrap>the conscious path. We're going to be a lot more aware of <wrap hide>750|00:54:03|700|00:54:08|080</wrap>what we're doing, instead of just blundering <wrap hide>751|00:54:08|580|00:54:13|080</wrap>on, as all of us have done at various times, and kind <wrap hide>752|00:54:13|580|00:54:17|320</wrap>of colliding with that which we shouldn't collide with, and then having to make up <wrap hide>753|00:54:17|820|00:54:21|560</wrap>for it and balance the karma and so forth. So let us tread as <wrap hide>754|00:54:22|060|00:54:26|160</wrap>much as possible the conscious way. And that's what Master D.K. is helping <wrap hide>755|00:54:26|660|00:54:30|120</wrap>us do: to tread the path in a <wrap hide>756|00:54:30|620|00:54:34|160</wrap>conscious manner—alert, observant, <wrap hide>757|00:54:34|320|00:54:37|600</wrap>knowing the energy is involved—rather than <wrap hide>758|00:54:38|100|00:54:41|920</wrap>just mystically longing for something to happen. And it might, but we can't <wrap hide>759|00:54:42|420|00:54:46|480</wrap>reproduce how it happened. And if we take the mental <wrap hide>760|00:54:46|980|00:54:50|360</wrap>scientific way, then we can always—just about always— <wrap hide>761|00:54:50|440|00:54:54|320</wrap>reproduce what is the desirable <wrap hide>762|00:54:54|820|00:54:58|480</wrap>outcome. So in the age of Aquarius, which will be a scientific <wrap hide>763|00:54:58|980|00:55:02|760</wrap>age, more and more we'll be able to tread the conscious way <wrap hide>764|00:55:03|240|00:55:06|600</wrap>and the intellectually alive <wrap hide>765|00:55:06|920|00:55:10|480</wrap>method. We cannot— <wrap hide>766|00:55:10|980|00:55:15|440</wrap>And it will be as well a combination of Manas <wrap hide>767|00:55:15|940|00:55:19|280</wrap>and Buddhi, because the intuition will be stimulated. <wrap hide>768|00:55:19|780|00:55:22|960</wrap>So many scientists have their intuition stimulated if they are of <wrap hide>769|00:55:23|460|00:55:26|720</wrap>the high kind. You know, a lot of <wrap hide>770|00:55:27|220|00:55:31|160</wrap>the people who are unveiling the mysteries of matter—they've been <wrap hide>771|00:55:31|660|00:55:34|800</wrap>in the fifth Ray Ashram and now, well, they're still in the fifth Ray Ashram, <wrap hide>772|00:55:35|300|00:55:39|040</wrap>even though it's been a little bit put under the control <wrap hide>773|00:55:39|540|00:55:42|760</wrap>of the third ray and not left to be autonomous. They have <wrap hide>774|00:55:43|260|00:55:46|880</wrap>definitely used the intuition to come up with some of the things <wrap hide>775|00:55:47|380|00:55:49|240</wrap>that they now bring to us. <wrap hide>776|00:55:50|600|00:55:54|000</wrap>Okay, let's see if there's a little <wrap hide>777|00:55:54|500|00:55:57|400</wrap>more to go here or whether we should just think about— <wrap hide>778|00:55:59|480|00:56:03|240</wrap>Yeah, well, I'll just do this one, and it's something that I said before and <wrap hide>779|00:56:04|810|00:56:08|450</wrap>that's really important. And it's from "Cosmic <wrap hide>780|00:56:08|950|00:56:11|690</wrap>Fire" again: "696 on the Buddhic plane. <wrap hide>781|00:56:12|330|00:56:16|650</wrap>When flashing forth at initiation, this number signifies <wrap hide>782|00:56:17|150|00:56:21|370</wrap>the full development of the fifth principle or quality." <wrap hide>783|00:56:22|730|00:56:25|850</wrap>That is, in a way, the soul principle. It is the mind principle, <wrap hide>784|00:56:26|170|00:56:28|170</wrap>the completed cycle of the ego. <wrap hide>785|00:56:29|530|00:56:32|820</wrap>Upon the five rays of the Maha Chohan, the Brahma cycle, <wrap hide>786|00:56:32|970|00:56:36|490</wrap>we might say, personality is completed. The Vishnu cycle is <wrap hide>787|00:56:36|990|00:56:40|890</wrap>beginning. Christ is entering as the initiator <wrap hide>788|00:56:42|010|00:56:45|530</wrap>at the beginning of the Vishnu cycle and the assimilation of <wrap hide>789|00:56:46|030|00:56:49|890</wrap>all that is to be learned upon them and the <wrap hide>790|00:56:50|390|00:56:54|370</wrap>attainment not only of full self-consciousness, but also of the consciousness of the <wrap hide>791|00:56:54|870|00:56:59|630</wrap>group wherein a man is found. We looked before on page 39 <wrap hide>792|00:57:00|130|00:57:03|870</wrap>about these different egoic groups and even Buddic groups. <wrap hide>793|00:57:04|370|00:57:08|190</wrap>Not yet, though. Here it infers. <wrap hide>794|00:57:08|670|00:57:12|270</wrap>Now this is the important point, really. It infers the <wrap hide>795|00:57:12|770|00:57:16|430</wrap>full unfoldment of five of the egoic petals, <wrap hide>796|00:57:17|070|00:57:20|750</wrap>leaving four to open before the final initiation. <wrap hide>797|00:57:20|990|00:57:24|110</wrap>What is that? Is it the third, <wrap hide>798|00:57:24|430|00:57:28|110</wrap>or is it the fourth? I have <wrap hide>799|00:57:28|610|00:57:31|870</wrap>a feeling here that... let's just say nine <wrap hide>800|00:57:32|370|00:57:36|630</wrap>petals open before, or before... <wrap hide>801|00:57:38|390|00:57:42|069</wrap>or at the third initiation. <wrap hide>802|00:57:42|710|00:57:46|070</wrap>But you know, they're opening. Maybe <wrap hide>803|00:57:46|230|00:57:50|510</wrap>certain types of interaction and interplay <wrap hide>804|00:57:51|010|00:57:54|740</wrap>and all that continues as we move on towards the fourth <wrap hide>805|00:57:55|240|00:58:00|180</wrap>degree. So anyway, five petals open at <wrap hide>806|00:58:00|680|00:58:03|060</wrap>the first initiation, <wrap hide>807|00:58:04|500|00:58:08|020</wrap>four more to go before the final initiation. Is calling the <wrap hide>808|00:58:08|520|00:58:12|460</wrap>final initiation here the fifth initiation. So in <wrap hide>809|00:58:12|960|00:58:16|700</wrap>this context, the final initiation <wrap hide>810|00:58:17|200|00:58:19|300</wrap>is the fifth initiation. <wrap hide>811|00:58:20|670|00:58:25|270</wrap>So... And I <wrap hide>812|00:58:25|770|00:58:29|550</wrap>guess what I want there is to make all of that blue <wrap hide>813|00:58:29|630|00:58:33|910</wrap>so we can distinguish it from the <wrap hide>814|00:58:34|410|00:58:37|470</wrap>black writing in this case from Master D.K. Well, you know, <wrap hide>815|00:58:37|710|00:58:41|070</wrap>on and on we study, on and on, and <wrap hide>816|00:58:42|830|00:58:46|510</wrap>it all starts to come together and we <wrap hide>817|00:58:47|010|00:58:51|670</wrap>become illumined. And the light looks <wrap hide>818|00:58:52|170|00:58:55|830</wrap>great to us, but it's still paltry compared to the greater lights. <wrap hide>819|00:58:56|330|00:59:00|550</wrap>And on and on and on and on until we find the <wrap hide>820|00:59:01|050|00:59:05|470</wrap>greatest light possible in this universe, which is still paltry <wrap hide>821|00:59:06|350|00:59:10|110</wrap>when compared with the <wrap hide>822|00:59:10|610|00:59:15|480</wrap>revelation of absolute infinity in <wrap hide>823|00:59:15|980|00:59:19|520</wrap>the post-pralayic, pre-universal <wrap hide>824|00:59:20|020|00:59:23|720</wrap>state. Okay, so let's say then <wrap hide>825|00:59:23|800|00:59:30|360</wrap>that this is the end of... extra <wrap hide>826|00:59:31|240|00:59:34|960</wrap>references first initiation <wrap hide>827|00:59:35|460|00:59:38|690</wrap>commentary webinar. Oh, <wrap hide>828|00:59:39|250|00:59:42|290</wrap>there's got to be... Got to be a way here. <wrap hide>829|00:59:43|570|00:59:46|290</wrap>I'm always missing my codes. <wrap hide>830|00:59:46|610|00:59:47|810</wrap>Extra references. <wrap hide>831|00:59:49|250|00:59:51|410</wrap>Okay, so it's... That's it. <wrap hide>832|00:59:52|450|00:59:55|970</wrap>Er, and this is it here. <wrap hide>833|00:59:56|530|00:59:59|890</wrap>Extra references for the first F.T.F. <wrap hide>834|01:00:00|530|01:00:01|410</wrap>I.V.C. <wrap hide>835|01:00:03|010|01:00:05|250</wrap>E.R.F. E.R. <wrap hide>836|01:00:06|300|01:00:09|100</wrap>F.T.F. Okay. <wrap hide>837|01:00:09|180|01:00:09|900</wrap>E.R. <wrap hide>838|01:00:12|300|01:00:17|740</wrap>F.T.F.I.V.C. <wrap hide>839|01:00:19|100|01:00:22|260</wrap>All right, got it. Extra references for the <wrap hide>840|01:00:22|760|01:00:26|220</wrap>first initiation video commentary. And this has been <wrap hide>841|01:00:26|300|01:00:30|180</wrap>number nine. And the date is the 2nd <wrap hide>842|01:00:30|680|01:00:33|940</wrap>of July, 2018. And then we're going to have the <wrap hide>843|01:00:34|440|01:00:37|900</wrap>beginning of extras. <wrap hide>844|01:00:38|400|01:00:42|020</wrap>I get another chance. Extra references for the <wrap hide>845|01:00:42|100|01:00:45|620</wrap>first initiation video commentary. I got it. <wrap hide>846|01:00:45|940|01:00:49|580</wrap>Number 10. Well, I hope you can follow <wrap hide>847|01:00:50|080|01:00:53|620</wrap>some of this. I know you can. And the skill to do that <wrap hide>848|01:00:53|940|01:00:57|340</wrap>will develop as we go. Now, obviously I'm not Master <wrap hide>849|01:00:57|840|01:01:01|660</wrap>D.K. here, nor do I have the clarity or the knowledge or the certainty that <wrap hide>850|01:01:02|160|01:01:05|420</wrap>he has, but I'm trying to at least help <wrap hide>851|01:01:05|920|01:01:09|380</wrap>us connect certain things. And what... What you bear in mind here is <wrap hide>852|01:01:09|880|01:01:13|660</wrap>that when you've succeeded in unfolding the love... love petal <wrap hide>853|01:01:14|700|01:01:17|780</wrap>so that it is fully unfolded, you've passed through the stage of <wrap hide>854|01:01:18|280|01:01:21|940</wrap>the aspirant and the usual way of regarding the probationer, and you have <wrap hide>855|01:01:22|440|01:01:27|870</wrap>become a first degree initiate. And there's... up there in the sacrifice <wrap hide>856|01:01:28|370|01:01:32|270</wrap>petals, there is activity, especially in the seventh petal, <wrap hide>857|01:01:32|430|01:01:36|350</wrap>and increasing activity in the sixth, which will unfold <wrap hide>858|01:01:36|670|01:01:40|190</wrap>completely, with the result being that <wrap hide>859|01:01:40|690|01:01:44|270</wrap>you will be a second degree initiate. Interesting. <wrap hide>860|01:01:44|770|01:01:48|590</wrap>That unfoldment of the sixth petal must be rather slow because so many <wrap hide>861|01:01:48|750|01:01:52|110</wrap>lives can elapse between the first and second initiation. <wrap hide>862|01:01:52|860|01:01:56|260</wrap>So you see how those pieces of information are put together. All right, well, <wrap hide>863|01:01:56|760|01:02:00|060</wrap>I've gone over a little bit and I think it's time to <wrap hide>864|01:02:00|540|01:02:03|180</wrap>call it. Call it. <wrap hide>865|01:02:04|460|01:02:07|260</wrap>Yeah, here we are. <wrap hide>866|01:02:07|340|01:02:10|780</wrap>Okay, very good. And we'll see you... study hard <wrap hide>867|01:02:11|280|01:02:15|180</wrap>and hopefully you can gather something out <wrap hide>868|01:02:15|680|01:02:19|100</wrap>of this particular method of presentation, which is a lot of <wrap hide>869|01:02:20|070|01:02:23|990</wrap>cross-referencing. Now, of course, you have to establish some <wrap hide>870|01:02:24|490|01:02:27|030</wrap>knowledge of the original before you can cross-reference, <wrap hide>871|01:02:27|590|01:02:31|190</wrap>obviously. Right. But do <wrap hide>872|01:02:31|690|01:02:34|630</wrap>your best, and the light will grow.