1|00:00:01|840|00:00:07|040Okay. Hi, friends, and this is our 2|00:00:07|520|00:00:12|320commentary number 13. If you've noticed 3|00:00:12|820|00:00:16|319that number 12 was not there, you've had to move on. We are fixing that. 4|00:00:16|819|00:00:20|240There's a slight fix, and you'll be able to go back to it. There's not 5|00:00:20|740|00:00:25|280really a problem because we're dealing with just 6|00:00:25|780|00:00:29|360compilation material, and it's not sequential. 7|00:00:30|320|00:00:33|760So you'll be able to recheck 12 when it 8|00:00:34|260|00:00:37|520is available. Now, 9|00:00:38|640|00:00:42|160the etheric web—this is a protective 10|00:00:42|660|00:00:46|760web—begins to be destroyed with fifth and 11|00:00:47|260|00:00:50|800sixth petals, or when the fifth and sixth petals are opening. 12|00:00:51|680|00:00:54|650Okay, where are we here? 13|00:00:56|250|00:00:58|570Huh? Okay, here we go. 14|00:00:59|850|00:01:00|250Right. 15|00:01:03|370|00:01:06|970And that—that is at the time of the, you know, 16|00:01:07|470|00:01:10|890preceding the first initiation and then 17|00:01:11|390|00:01:15|530also preceding the second initiation. But by that time, when 18|00:01:16|030|00:01:19|970this opening is occurring, the individual is an aspirant, and 19|00:01:20|470|00:01:24|220the fire is burning. The fire is rising, and the 20|00:01:24|780|00:01:28|780barriers between this level of consciousness 21|00:01:29|280|00:01:34|780and other and higher, more sensitive areas of consciousness are being attenuated. 22|00:01:35|340|00:01:39|580So the etheric web separating the lower physical 23|00:01:40|460|00:01:44|540consciousness of the brain from the astral plane 24|00:01:45|260|00:01:48|910begins to undergo a lengthy note. That process 25|00:01:49|410|00:01:52|990of destruction and the first rents in the web occur. //(TCF, p.864)// 26|00:01:53|070|00:01:56|990All right, well, this is from page 864, 27|00:01:57|630|00:02:01|990Cosmic Fire. And let's just say more 28|00:02:02|490|00:02:06|190of the phenomena of the astral plane 29|00:02:06|830|00:02:11|470will be made visible, and 30|00:02:11|970|00:02:15|790maybe—maybe even higher phenomena. 31|00:02:17|370|00:02:19|690So the greater sensitivity comes with fire. 32|00:02:20|410|00:02:24|010Fire is the creator 33|00:02:24|810|00:02:29|930of contact because it burns away the barriers between one 34|00:02:30|490|00:02:33|930level of consciousness and another potential level of 35|00:02:34|430|00:02:39|130consciousness. Fire burns away the dross which prevents 36|00:02:39|290|00:02:43|780one from passing through the door of initiation. 37|00:02:43|860|00:02:48|100So let us not run 38|00:02:48|600|00:02:52|460away from the implications of fire. Master Morya, 39|00:02:52|960|00:02:56|100you know, has presented Agni Yoga to us, the yoga of fire. 40|00:02:56|500|00:03:00|180And it has its dangers. 41|00:03:01|300|00:03:04|420One must always be cautious when dealing 42|00:03:04|920|00:03:08|140with fire. One must follow the rules. And so many 43|00:03:08|640|00:03:12|360people are in a great rush, and they think that simply 44|00:03:12|860|00:03:17|040by performing certain techniques, they can arrive at their 45|00:03:17|540|00:03:22|720hoped-for destination. But there's a whole substructure 46|00:03:23|520|00:03:28|480of morality and right process which sustains 47|00:03:30|160|00:03:33|920the entry into the domains where 48|00:03:35|170|00:03:39|250other and more subtle phenomena can be detected. 49|00:03:39|570|00:03:43|170So let's proceed patiently, 50|00:03:43|670|00:03:47|650or as Roberto Assagioli was fond of repeating, 51|00:03:48|290|00:03:50|850"Let's make haste slowly." 52|00:03:51|970|00:03:55|650It's a typical second ray kind of approach, isn't it? 53|00:03:56|150|00:03:59|410I mean, maybe the first ray likes 54|00:03:59|910|00:04:01|810to, as they say, come in with the door, you know, 55|00:04:03|700|00:04:07|620and uses that ability to sort of crash 56|00:04:08|120|00:04:13|740through obstacles, suddenly animated 57|00:04:14|240|00:04:18|700to do so. But the second ray proceeds 58|00:04:19|200|00:04:23|140without letup and relentlessly, 59|00:04:23|940|00:04:28|220as Master DK tells us. And maybe for 60|00:04:28|720|00:04:31|540the time being, living on a soul planet of the second ray and in a 61|00:04:32|040|00:04:35|060second ray solar system, that is what we have to think about. 62|00:04:36|900|00:04:39|940All right, so the Hall of Wisdom—I think I've mentioned this. 63|00:04:40|420|00:04:44|460Graduation results when initiation is 64|00:04:44|960|00:04:48|660taken. Graduation from all of the phenomena of aspiration 65|00:04:49|160|00:04:51|860and the many, many tests on the path of probation. 66|00:04:52|580|00:04:57|120Graduation results when initiation is taken, and 67|00:04:57|620|00:05:01|360the initiate passes into the Hall of Wisdom. //(IHS, p.65)// That Hall of Wisdom 68|00:05:01|860|00:05:05|040involving the complete unfoldment of the fifth petal, 69|00:05:05|200|00:05:08|680significant unfoldment of the sixth, and reasonable 70|00:05:09|180|00:05:13|360activity in the seventh petal. 71|00:05:14|480|00:05:18|240And in Cosmic Fire, it tells you all about these petals. 72|00:05:18|740|00:05:24|190I wonder if it's basically page 73|00:05:24|350|00:05:28|030540, somewhere around there, in 74|00:05:28|530|00:05:31|230A Treatise on Cosmic Fire. Yeah, it is. 75|00:05:32|430|00:05:36|070And if we get into the sacrifice petals, 76|00:05:36|570|00:05:40|270Petal number seven tells us the petal of knowledge for the mental plane. //(TCF, p.541)// 77|00:05:41|150|00:05:45|670And maybe some of us will recognize this. Its unfoldment marks 78|00:05:46|170|00:05:50|110the period when man consciously utilizes all he has gained or 79|00:05:50|610|00:05:54|640is gaining under the law for the definite benefit 80|00:05:55|140|00:05:58|640of humanity. //(TCF, p.541)// In our case, spreading the knowledge //(TCF, p.541)// of 81|00:05:59|140|00:06:02|600the ageless wisdom. And, you know, it goes on 82|00:06:03|100|00:06:04|920here. The petal of love, 83|00:06:06|520|00:06:10|5208th petal on the mental plane, has unfolded through the conscious, steady 84|00:06:11|020|00:06:14|920application of all the powers of the soul—not just knowledge— 85|00:06:15|000|00:06:18|250to the service of humanity. And here's the sacrificial aspect 86|00:06:18|640|00:06:22|720with no thought of return, nor any desire even 87|00:06:22|960|00:06:26|880for reward for the immense sacrifice involved. //(TCF, p.542)// 88|00:06:27|380|00:06:31|280You know, the law of sacrifice has a lot of Scorpio in it. 89|00:06:31|840|00:06:34|600And this is a Scorpionic petal. It's the eighth petal, 90|00:06:35|100|00:06:39|040and Scorpio is the eighth sign. And then finally, the petal of sacrifice— 91|00:06:39|120|00:06:42|640Sacrifice, as it's called—for the mental plane 92|00:06:42|880|00:06:46|240demonstrates the predominant bias of the soul as seen in a 93|00:06:46|740|00:06:51|010series of many lives spent by the initiate prior 94|00:06:51|510|00:06:54|850to his final emancipation. //(TCF, p.542)// Let's call that the fourth degree, not the third. 95|00:06:55|250|00:06:59|170He becomes in his sphere the great sacrifice. //(TCF, p.542)// 96|00:06:59|670|00:07:03|410Well, there's a lot of sacrifice of the personality as 97|00:07:03|910|00:07:08|010its ancient authority is ended at 98|00:07:08|510|00:07:12|170the third degree. But the full and //(DINAI, p.716)// //(TCF, p.542)// complete sacrifice of 99|00:07:12|670|00:07:16|130the personality and even of the Temple of Solomon egoic lotus 100|00:07:16|610|00:07:19|930is not occurring until the fourth degree. So let's keep those things in mind. 101|00:07:20|430|00:07:24|810And yet, you know, they can be accomplished 102|00:07:25|310|00:07:28|770in the same life if one is really intent 103|00:07:29|890|00:07:33|290and fulfills the requirements with the 104|00:07:33|790|00:07:37|490right motive. So, in fact, 105|00:07:38|850|00:07:43|180the second, third, and fourth initiation follow 106|00:07:43|260|00:07:46|940with rapidity. At least the third and fourth 107|00:07:47|440|00:07:51|180follow with rapidity upon the second. Whatever that rapidity may be— 108|00:07:51|680|00:07:54|780the same life, or maybe the next. Okay, 109|00:07:56|220|00:07:59|420now let's go on. Here we go. 110|00:08:00|700|00:08:03|940Right. So this is just a 111|00:08:04|440|00:08:06|620little note about little discipleship. We may have mentioned it. 112|00:08:08|060|00:08:12|040The stage of the... They can be related to 113|00:08:12|540|00:08:16|840one or other of the initiations. In part, I think the 114|00:08:17|340|00:08:20|800stage of chela in the aura can be related 115|00:08:21|300|00:08:25|440to the third initiation and chela within the master's heart to the fourth, and 116|00:08:26|080|00:08:30|240the blending of the lights even to mastership. 117|00:08:30|320|00:08:33|680And when it comes to chela in the light 118|00:08:33|840|00:08:38|260and accepted discipleship, and chela 119|00:08:38|760|00:08:42|540on the thread, these are... Well, the first two are preparatory, let us say, 120|00:08:43|260|00:08:47|820to first to the second initiation. And the chela //(DINAI, p.716)// 121|00:08:48|320|00:08:51|260on the thread is preparatory to the third initiation. 122|00:08:51|820|00:08:55|260Anyway, this first stage of 123|00:08:55|760|00:09:00|140discipleship... Let me just repeat them. Little discipleship, 124|00:09:00|220|00:09:03|500little discipleship. Chela in the light, 125|00:09:04|460|00:09:07|700accepted discipleship. Chela on the thread, 126|00:09:08|200|00:09:11|700chela in the aura, chela in the master's heart. And finally, 127|00:09:12|200|00:09:15|860he doesn't really talk about it, but a stage he calls the blending 128|00:09:16|360|00:09:19|740of the lights. And that's involving mastership. 129|00:09:23|500|00:09:27|300And that is the seventh. Actually, the seventh stage. He really... He tells 130|00:09:27|800|00:09:31|450us there are six stages. Okay. But the seventh stage is 131|00:09:32|090|00:09:35|810kind of mentioned. Okay. This initiation, 132|00:09:36|310|00:09:39|410the first one, is connected with the physical plane, 133|00:09:39|910|00:09:43|370etheric physical plane. And for a very large number of people, as I've several 134|00:09:43|870|00:09:46|330times pointed out, lies far behind. //(DINAI, p.716)// And this... 135|00:09:48|250|00:09:51|690Well, you know, and here we have all true 136|00:09:52|190|00:09:55|570aspirants who've taken the first initiation. //(DINAI, p.716)// And then I've gone over this 137|00:09:56|070|00:09:58|960before. This has been discussed, right? 138|00:10:00|160|00:10:03|360This has been discussed. But they 139|00:10:04|320|00:10:08|440really want to grow spiritually and they're interested in the spiritual things 140|00:10:08|940|00:10:12|720and they love their fellow men, and they serve. 141|00:10:13|840|00:10:16|880They want to have greater beauty of 142|00:10:17|380|00:10:21|240life and they study the spiritual or esoteric teaching. These are 143|00:10:21|740|00:10:24|910the kinds of things, requirements that we should have 144|00:10:25|390|00:10:30|590in mind when we assess our own progress 145|00:10:31|090|00:10:34|990and when we assess the progress of others, 146|00:10:35|630|00:10:39|350as sometimes we must do in not in excruciating 147|00:10:39|850|00:10:42|110detail, but if we want to be of use. 148|00:10:44|830|00:10:48|630Here's something, a statement about that. We can distinguish 149|00:10:49|130|00:10:52|450the probationary path from the first initiation. 150|00:10:52|950|00:10:56|370Probationary path can begin in the latter part of the 151|00:10:56|870|00:11:00|650unfoldment of the fifth petal. But the first initiation requires the 152|00:11:01|150|00:11:05|130complete unfoldment of this interior 153|00:11:06|169|00:11:09|530center of force. The petals, after all, can be seen 154|00:11:10|030|00:11:13|250as centers of force. And they do, through their accumulations, 155|00:11:13|750|00:11:18|390enter into the guiding and stimulating 156|00:11:18|890|00:11:22|150the life of the disciple on the physical plane. So what 157|00:11:22|650|00:11:27|950do we have? Increased facility in approaching the path //(TCF, p.454)// that's 158|00:11:28|450|00:11:31|710coming, right? And we are trying to contribute to that so people 159|00:11:32|210|00:11:37|870understand what the path really is and not some personality 160|00:11:38|030|00:11:40|910saving fatuous heaven. 161|00:11:42|030|00:11:45|650I mean, you know what people hope, but that's 162|00:11:46|150|00:11:49|330if they have their thought that they 163|00:11:49|830|00:11:53|610are what they see and that they are the personality. We have to somehow 164|00:11:54|110|00:11:57|570help them disidentify from the personality sphere, 165|00:11:58|070|00:12:01|250and that is difficult at first. 166|00:12:02|130|00:12:06|170Okay, so this increased facility in approaching the path, this will be based on the 167|00:12:06|670|00:12:10|730fact //(TCF, p.454)// that so many of the then 168|00:12:10|810|00:12:14|330existent humanity; this will come later, I guess. 169|00:12:16|410|00:12:17|130Okay, 170|00:12:19|370|00:12:22|890so many of the then existent humanity. I'm doing my best 171|00:12:23|390|00:12:26|530to make sure. Yeah, well, wouldn't you know 172|00:12:27|030|00:12:30|810it, my chronometer gave out. So I'll be 173|00:12:30|970|00:12:35|450doing my best to figure 174|00:12:35|950|00:12:39|230out how much time I've spent. And it won't come out an hour. 175|00:12:39|730|00:12:43|190Okay. At that time, you know, later, when the Christ 176|00:12:44|150|00:12:47|990reappears and the first initiation is being given on the physical plane, 177|00:12:48|710|00:12:52|510so many of the then existent humanity will have personal knowledge of 178|00:12:53|010|00:12:56|510the ruling powers and forces. They will have hierarchical 179|00:12:57|010|00:13:00|470contact. They will in fact be junior members of the hierarchy, 180|00:13:01|350|00:13:05|360will perhaps be on the probationary path, //(TCF, p.454)// 181|00:13:05|600|00:13:09|840which is another step beyond simply personal knowledge 182|00:13:10|340|00:13:13|640that these higher beings do exist, or believing 183|00:13:14|140|00:13:18|320that they exist or will be initiates of the first degree. //(TCF, p.454)// So here we have 184|00:13:18|479|00:13:20|400three different stages. 185|00:13:25|280|00:13:28|360One is maybe the stage of the average enlightened 186|00:13:28|860|00:13:32|390man who by that time 187|00:13:34|630|00:13:38|750accepts the idea of the hierarchy and the kind of progress that comes 188|00:13:39|250|00:13:43|070when one follows the hierarchical method. The second is 189|00:13:43|570|00:13:47|630those who are actually being tested or are submitting 190|00:13:48|130|00:13:52|110themselves to the tests of the probationary 191|00:13:52|610|00:13:56|220path. They aspire and they know they're being tested 192|00:13:56|720|00:14:00|020and they're willing to be tested. And then finally, after much testing, 193|00:14:00|900|00:14:04|820at the end of the fifth petal, where we actually do relinquish 194|00:14:04|980|00:14:09|140the worst phases of the separative 195|00:14:09|640|00:14:13|380ego, we can take that first initiation. Thus the present 196|00:14:13|460|00:14:16|980skepticism. He tells us that actually 197|00:14:17|700|00:14:21|410skepticism can be a protection for 198|00:14:21|650|00:14:25|130many members of the human race. They need 199|00:14:25|630|00:14:28|970it at a certain point. And after a period of wild 200|00:14:29|470|00:14:32|730belief in crazy things, we may go through a period of scientific 201|00:14:33|230|00:14:36|210skepticism where we don't believe any of it and we test everything. 202|00:14:36|770|00:14:39|650And you do see people you know on the fifth ray at a certain point 203|00:14:40|150|00:14:43|890who really do that. Thus the present skepticism will 204|00:14:44|390|00:14:48|010become non-existent. //(TCF, p.454)// The dangers will then be along other 205|00:14:48|510|00:14:51|810lines. And there's always dangers we can't avoid it. Those incident 206|00:14:52|310|00:14:55|730to the very influence of this ray itself, 207|00:14:55|890|00:14:59|530the dangers of crystallization into form so //(TCF, p.454)// that 208|00:15:00|030|00:15:04|210the true spiritual devotee may become rare //(TCF, p.454)// and //(TCF, p.455)// the scientific 209|00:15:04|370|00:15:07|730aspirant will take his place. //(TCF, p.454)// You kind of wonder: Is he talking about the... 210|00:15:09|010|00:15:13|610Is he talking about the fifth ray? You know, page 4544 211|00:15:14|570|00:15:16|890of A Treatise on Cosmic Fire. Let's just see. 212|00:15:22|810|00:15:25|650Okay. Foundation of the new church. 213|00:15:26|150|00:15:29|050etc. Along will be the outgrowth. 214|00:15:29|610|00:15:32|490It will have for this space is the scientific recognition. 215|00:15:33|610|00:15:37|170There will be a mental unity. There'll be the seventh ray. Seventh Ray and fifth 216|00:15:37|670|00:15:41|340Ray go along with each other considerably. 217|00:15:42|460|00:15:45|740And the seventh Ray may be discussed 218|00:15:46|240|00:15:49|500here. Interesting. 219|00:15:49|820|00:15:56|820The organization of business on lines hitherto undreamt of, //(TCF, p.453)// increased 220|00:15:57|320|00:16:00|500mental activity. It sounds like the fifth 221|00:16:01|000|00:16:04|820Ray is involved. The seventh Ray is involved. Me. Even the planet Uranus as 222|00:16:05|320|00:16:07|740ruler of Aquarius brings in both of those rays. 223|00:16:08|720|00:16:12|080Probably a seventh ray soul and a fifth ray 224|00:16:12|580|00:16:16|600mind, and maybe a third ray personality 225|00:16:17|100|00:16:20|880for the planet Uranus. It certainly is involved in movements 226|00:16:21|380|00:16:23|120and vibrations, 227|00:16:24|079|00:16:27|680migrations, rather. Okay, well, it's an incoming 228|00:16:28|180|00:16:30|560ray. I think he is talking about the seventh ray. But when he does, 229|00:16:31|120|00:16:35|030the fifth ray comes into it as 230|00:16:35|430|00:16:35|830well. 231|00:16:39|830|00:16:43|750Okay, so, you know, those two 232|00:16:44|250|00:16:47|830rays together can produce a lot of materialism and 233|00:16:48|630|00:16:52|390a lot of form consciousness. 234|00:16:53|270|00:16:56|870Interested in the form, interested in the garment of God. Interested in 235|00:16:57|430|00:17:01|670the manifestation of higher powers, but not necessarily in 236|00:17:02|170|00:17:05|710the higher powers themselves. Among some types of human beings that 237|00:17:06|210|00:17:09|590will result. But there are seventh Ray and fifth 238|00:17:10|090|00:17:13|350Ray people who really want to investigate the 239|00:17:13|850|00:17:17|950higher worlds. And they will do that. And they will be responsible 240|00:17:18|510|00:17:21|790for many unsuspected 241|00:17:22|290|00:17:25|070discoveries. Well, I seem to have... 242|00:17:26|350|00:17:29|910The next reference has come up quite a bit. It's about the blending 243|00:17:30|410|00:17:34|670of the latent fire and the active radiatory 244|00:17:35|170|00:17:40|030fire. And as 245|00:17:40|190|00:17:43|950the fire of spirit finally, when blended with the other two 246|00:17:44|450|00:17:47|509other fires. And the blending commences in man at 247|00:17:48|009|00:17:51|430the first initiation. Interesting. It's so important because 248|00:17:51|930|00:17:55|190the etheric body, with all the energies that it carries, has 249|00:17:55|690|00:17:59|050to overcome the instinctual nature, the dense physical body. 250|00:18:00|490|00:18:03|290So the spirit, 251|00:18:03|450|00:18:07|410along with the blend of the etheric 252|00:18:07|910|00:18:11|650and physical, will form the basis of spiritual life or existence. 253|00:18:12|150|00:18:15|290Certainly on the physical plane or the etheric physical plane. 254|00:18:15|530|00:18:19|490And as evolution proceeds in the fifth or spiritual kingdom, the kingdom 255|00:18:19|990|00:18:23|850of souls, when we enter that and begin to take the initiations, 256|00:18:24|850|00:18:28|930these three fires blaze forth simultaneously, producing 257|00:18:29|010|00:18:32|490the perfected consciousness. I guess he's talking 258|00:18:32|990|00:18:37|170about the destruction of the egoic lotus. 259|00:18:38|850|00:18:43|410Okay, how about that of 260|00:18:43|970|00:18:46|610the egoic lotus? I think that's what he's talking about. 261|00:18:47|490|00:18:50|770And the etheric body is involved in that— 262|00:18:51|520|00:18:55|280many factors, the Monad, the power of Buddhi, 263|00:18:55|600|00:18:59|560that expansive love that can no longer be held by the 264|00:19:00|060|00:19:04|920structure of the egoic Lotus. The atomic 265|00:19:05|420|00:19:09|760triangle itself and the power of that atomic triangle 266|00:19:10|260|00:19:13|840contributes greatly to the destruction of the 267|00:19:14|640|00:19:18|720egoic lotus. So a number of factors are involved 268|00:19:19|220|00:19:23|000here. Now, I don't think in this life we're going to expect the 269|00:19:23|320|00:19:26|760destruction of the egoic lotus. There are some people walking around who say, 270|00:19:27|260|00:19:30|360"Hey, I haven't had an egoic lotus for a long time." But, 271|00:19:32|280|00:19:36|720well, you know, the behavior belies 272|00:19:37|220|00:19:41|480the fact. So it's not by making claims that we establish 273|00:19:41|980|00:19:46|340ourselves as an initiate. We don't really care whether we do or not. We get 274|00:19:46|840|00:19:51|300on with the service, and we'll be noted for 275|00:19:52|180|00:19:56|100having established the initiatory consciousness. 276|00:19:56|600|00:19:58|900We won't be claiming it. Right. Okay. 277|00:20:01|060|00:20:04|300All right. So the heart center is involved here at 278|00:20:04|800|00:20:08|860the first initiation. We have discussed that somewhat at 279|00:20:09|360|00:20:12|020the first initiation, that of the birth of the Christ. The heart center is the 280|00:20:12|520|00:20:15|780one usually vivified. And it will be vivified, I suppose, 281|00:20:16|500|00:20:20|200maybe through the touch of 282|00:20:20|700|00:20:24|560the causal body or perhaps of 283|00:20:24|960|00:20:29|840the chakras themselves. But the initiation is taken within 284|00:20:30|000|00:20:33|679the causal body. Now, what are the exact 285|00:20:34|240|00:20:38|360mechanics of that? And how is the rod 286|00:20:38|860|00:20:42|000of initiation, the rod of the bodhisattva, at first applied? 287|00:20:43|350|00:20:45|910We just don't know. But certainly the 288|00:20:47|110|00:20:50|470chakras that have to be stimulated are stimulated. 289|00:20:51|110|00:20:54|790And it may be that petals in the egoic lotus are the 290|00:20:55|270|00:20:58|950object of the various touches. And as a 291|00:20:59|450|00:21:02|310result, the chakras are stimulated. But you know what those mechanics are. 292|00:21:03|190|00:21:06|390I think we have to leave that to the initiator and maybe 293|00:21:06|790|00:21:09|430to the solar angels, who really know how that's done. 294|00:21:10|660|00:21:14|300Anyway, the heart center is usually vivified with the aim 295|00:21:14|800|00:21:18|900and view of the more effective controlling of the astral vehicle 296|00:21:19|460|00:21:22|940and the rendering of greater service to humanity. Let's just 297|00:21:23|440|00:21:27|860say the solar plexus alone 298|00:21:28|580|00:21:32|100will not result in the control 299|00:21:32|420|00:21:35|780of the astral vehicle. The heart center 300|00:21:36|280|00:21:39|810has to be involved. And by the time we reach the second initiation, 301|00:21:40|370|00:21:44|050which is taken on the astral plane, which is the second from below and 302|00:21:44|550|00:21:47|810the sixth from above, that heart center is 303|00:21:49|490|00:21:52|850contributing greatly through Venus, 304|00:21:53|350|00:21:58|650Jupiter and Neptune to the entrance 305|00:21:59|150|00:22:02|370of love into the astral body in a 306|00:22:03|180|00:22:05|580new and more powerful way. 307|00:22:06|060|00:22:09|620Also, other centers are being vivified. You know, it's not just one 308|00:22:10|120|00:22:13|540thing. The heart center is touched at the first 309|00:22:14|040|00:22:16|740degree. The heart center is, I think, 310|00:22:17|240|00:22:21|140expanded, really, at every initiation. There's attention 311|00:22:21|640|00:22:25|020to the sacral and the throat in all these initiations 312|00:22:25|520|00:22:29|340and of the solar plexus and the heart in the second initiation. 313|00:22:31|080|00:22:34|440I guess that we have to be aware 314|00:22:34|940|00:22:38|680of what these centers feel like and the kind of consciousness 315|00:22:38|760|00:22:42|360that results when they 316|00:22:42|860|00:22:45|960are stimulated and get, you know, 317|00:22:46|120|00:22:50|120get a good sense of the energy itself rather than just 318|00:22:51|400|00:22:55|650theorizing about it. Okay, now the 319|00:22:56|150|00:22:59|410Lemurian initiation, you know, first initiation, Lemurian, 320|00:22:59|910|00:23:03|490second initiation, Atlantean, third initiation, Aryan. Maybe the 321|00:23:03|990|00:23:07|410fourth initiation will be connected with the sixth root race particularly. 322|00:23:08|290|00:23:11|970That will be a root race, believe it or not, lasting 10 million 323|00:23:12|470|00:23:15|850years. And you're hard pressed to find the Aryan root 324|00:23:16|350|00:23:19|970race lasting that long, although maybe the Aryan root race 325|00:23:20|470|00:23:25|970lasts the least long of the, well, 326|00:23:26|470|00:23:29|410of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth. 327|00:23:29|570|00:23:33|090Maybe there's some kind of curve there which 328|00:23:33|590|00:23:36|610gives us longer periods of development in the beginning, 329|00:23:37|810|00:23:41|570shorter in the middle, and then lengthening again. Or, 330|00:23:41|970|00:23:45|970you know, periods of development — maybe not initiations, periods of development that 331|00:23:46|470|00:23:50|260we're talking about. But he does talk about the 332|00:23:51|460|00:23:55|26010 million year sixth 333|00:23:55|760|00:23:59|060root race. The first recognition of the plane of the emotions, 334|00:23:59|560|00:24:02|860of the astral plane, was evoked in the consciousness of the groups 335|00:24:03|360|00:24:07|380under preparation for the first initiation, which was the highest initiation 336|00:24:07|700|00:24:11|380possible at that time. And we're talking about, you know, 337|00:24:12|100|00:24:14|190the Lemurian period. 338|00:24:15|150|00:24:20|670And there are still maybe a 339|00:24:21|170|00:24:25|710few of Lemurian consciousness 340|00:24:26|350|00:24:29|870among the majority of humanity. 341|00:24:31|230|00:24:34|470You know, he talks about those people who don't 342|00:24:34|970|00:24:40|720really have the implanting of the spark of the solar 343|00:24:41|220|00:24:45|400angels. And he lists certain groups in Australia and Africa and 344|00:24:46|280|00:24:50|600near Japan and so forth. They did not have that implantation, 345|00:24:51|100|00:24:55|800and they are not the so-called hothouse plants that 346|00:24:57|240|00:25:00|760Blavatsky speaks of. So in the Lemurian 347|00:25:01|260|00:25:05|570consciousness, it's quite instinctual, quite physical. And the 348|00:25:06|070|00:25:09|610desire nature separated from the instinctual nature is not really existing. 349|00:25:10|110|00:25:13|850But later in Atlantis, the desire nature was greatly 350|00:25:14|350|00:25:18|850separated from the instinctual physical nature and separated 351|00:25:19|350|00:25:23|250in such a way that it became disastrous 352|00:25:23|750|00:25:28|210for humanity. It just became warped and swelled 353|00:25:28|710|00:25:29|970all out of control. 354|00:25:32|920|00:25:36|600I think we have mentioned a number of times 355|00:25:37|100|00:25:40|320that the first initiation precedes accepted 356|00:25:40|820|00:25:42|760discipleship, except when it doesn't. 357|00:25:43|560|00:25:47|080Okay, so there are exceptions, 358|00:25:48|360|00:25:51|800but not many. So if we're going to be an accepted 359|00:25:52|300|00:25:55|800disciple and, you know, it's up to each one of us to find 360|00:25:55|880|00:25:57|640the way of determining that. 361|00:26:00|070|00:26:03|510Whether... Well, he gives five, 362|00:26:03|670|00:26:07|350five methods. You know, some of them 363|00:26:08|870|00:26:10|870have to do with dream experiences, 364|00:26:12|070|00:26:14|070experience in meditation, 365|00:26:16|390|00:26:19|910actual... Finally, 366|00:26:20|410|00:26:25|440you know, an actual interview in the master's ashram that is definitely 367|00:26:25|940|00:26:28|160there. I wonder if I can find those, you know, really quickly. 368|00:26:29|600|00:26:34|680It would be in D.N.A. 1 and I 369|00:26:35|180|00:26:40|239don't know, maybe I can disciple. 370|00:26:42|400|00:26:46|760There's lots of it, you know. Accepted discipleship is one 371|00:26:47|260|00:26:50|570of those terms that really is... 372|00:26:53|370|00:26:56|970So do I really find this? 373|00:27:00|810|00:27:03|770So let's see here. There is, yeah, there is a vivid dream experience, 374|00:27:05|690|00:27:07|450a symbolic teaching, 375|00:27:09|530|00:27:12|330the use of a thought form of some master. 376|00:27:15|140|00:27:18|780It's not necessarily a bad thing. It's only when it is somehow 377|00:27:19|280|00:27:22|900taken for the real thing that it turns bad and misleading. 378|00:27:23|060|00:27:25|540A contact with the master in meditation. 379|00:27:26|820|00:27:30|180And people will have to judge for themselves whether 380|00:27:30|680|00:27:33|780that's the real thing or some sort of thought form. 381|00:27:34|100|00:27:37|780Thought forms can be built up by the devotees of the master. 382|00:27:38|280|00:27:41|780They can cause a lot of trouble. And a definite, finally remembered 383|00:27:42|480|00:27:46|000interview with the master in his ashram. 384|00:27:46|880|00:27:50|960Okay, well, that, that is, this last one is 385|00:27:51|460|00:27:54|680definitely the stage of accepted discipleship. 386|00:27:55|180|00:27:59|039And then it goes on here to describe these. So here around 7:11, 387|00:27:59|252|00:28:03|4407:12, 7:13, you can find what 388|00:28:03|940|00:28:07|520you're looking for when it comes to the stages of discipleship. 389|00:28:08|020|00:28:10|690It's probably not too good to get fixated on the stages. 390|00:28:11|570|00:28:15|570It's probably good to just serve with all your intelligence 391|00:28:16|070|00:28:20|130and heart and will, all your might, you know, and let things 392|00:28:20|630|00:28:21|490take their natural course. 393|00:28:24|050|00:28:27|330Okay, I think we, 394|00:28:27|830|00:28:28|930we discussed this already. 395|00:28:34|620|00:28:38|780So the fourth initiation is 396|00:28:38|860|00:28:42|540really the second major initiation, right? And of course, 397|00:28:43|040|00:28:46|540the pain of the second initiation, 398|00:28:47|040|00:28:50|580which is sometimes for people on the first and second ray, the very hardest to 399|00:28:51|080|00:28:54|900take, or at least on the soft line rays, and the first ray, maybe the 400|00:28:55|400|00:28:59|300hardest of all, does not necessarily signal that you're taking 401|00:28:59|800|00:29:03|860the fourth initiation, where there is also anticipated pain, but much 402|00:29:04|360|00:29:08|170more knowledge of reality and of the monad. And so it 403|00:29:08|670|00:29:10|850is somewhat ameliorated. 404|00:29:13|970|00:29:18|530So we're familiar with the idea the first solar initiation is the first 405|00:29:18|770|00:29:22|770real initiation. And the major initiations beyond that can only 406|00:29:23|250|00:29:27|250occur when there has been the transfiguration of the personality. 407|00:29:27|650|00:29:31|260Now, in a way, the Moon in Aquarius indicates that not 408|00:29:31|760|00:29:35|300for everybody that has the Moon in Aquarius, of course, but when you're at 409|00:29:35|800|00:29:38|940that point... The Moon in Aquarius 410|00:29:39|440|00:29:43|260veils Vulcan on the physical level, physical etheric. The Moon in Aquarius 411|00:29:43|760|00:29:47|060veils Neptune on the emotional level. And the Moon in Aquarius veils Uranus 412|00:29:47|300|00:29:50|780on the mental level. And when all three of those have done their 413|00:29:51|280|00:29:55|540work in the personality, then we have the transfiguration, 414|00:29:55|620|00:29:59|430purification, elevation of the vibratory states. 415|00:30:02|390|00:30:06|710So, you know, we aim for that, we move forward toward that. 416|00:30:09|110|00:30:12|550What does it say here? The seventh petal opens and four 417|00:30:13|050|00:30:16|790spirillae of the mental unit are fully active. And maybe that's at the 418|00:30:17|290|00:30:20|590first initiation. Maybe that's why I put it here. Here I would point out that 419|00:30:21|090|00:30:24|030there is a slight difference. In the case of the mental unit, it has only 420|00:30:24|530|00:30:28|100four spirillae. But, you know, if you put it together with the three spirillae 421|00:30:28|600|00:30:32|020of the monadic permanent atom, you get your seven on the mental plane. 422|00:30:32|500|00:30:36|020The four spirillae of the mental unit are roused to full activity. 423|00:30:36|740|00:30:40|820And when the knowledge petal of the final and 424|00:30:41|700|00:30:45|460See, when the knowledge petal of the final three opens, 425|00:30:45|960|00:30:49|140well, that's going to be the seventh. 426|00:30:49|640|00:30:53|580That's going to be the seventh petal which 427|00:30:54|080|00:30:57|500is involved in the first initiation. 428|00:30:58|460|00:31:01|980And it opens, but it 429|00:31:02|480|00:31:06|140does not say how fully. Now, my impression about all 430|00:31:06|640|00:31:12|420this is that all three of 431|00:31:12|920|00:31:18|060the sacrifice petals complete 432|00:31:18|300|00:31:21|950their opening together. The seventh is most 433|00:31:22|450|00:31:24|990open, the eighth a little less. 434|00:31:25|230|00:31:29|030And when the ninth petal moves towards a complete opening, 435|00:31:29|530|00:31:33|470then the eighth and the seventh as well are 436|00:31:33|710|00:31:37|950open. And then we have for 437|00:31:38|450|00:31:41|990sure the third initiation. What does it say here? 438|00:31:42|490|00:31:44|350The first initiation is within the reach of many. 439|00:31:45|720|00:31:49|240Let's remember that it's not so low as to be negligible, 440|00:31:49|740|00:31:53|160but it's not so high as to be out of reach. 441|00:31:53|240|00:31:56|920But the necessary one-pointedness. Remember how 442|00:31:57|420|00:32:01|480Sagittarius is connected with that first initiation and the second and 443|00:32:01|980|00:32:05|600the firm belief in the reality ahead. So faith, 444|00:32:06|100|00:32:09|240you know, is the substance of things hoped for and 445|00:32:09|740|00:32:13|360actually the evidence of things unseen. At some point he says the real 446|00:32:14|000|00:32:17|360saying is that light is the evidence of things 447|00:32:17|860|00:32:21|480hoped for. Excuse me, is the substance of things hoped for and 448|00:32:21|980|00:32:25|440the evidence of things unseen. He talks about that faith 449|00:32:25|940|00:32:29|680is a blind for the word light. In any case, faith is 450|00:32:30|180|00:32:33|600quite good enough. It gives us an idea of the attitude that has to be 451|00:32:35|200|00:32:38|980developed here. At the time 452|00:32:39|480|00:32:41|980of the first degree, 453|00:32:43|340|00:32:47|260firm belief in the reality ahead coupled to a willingness to 454|00:32:47|760|00:32:51|740sacrifice all rather than to turn back even at the first initiation. 455|00:32:52|220|00:32:56|980And these are deterrents to many. But one- 456|00:32:57|480|00:33:01|900pointedness isn't achieved. There's not a firm belief and 457|00:33:03|190|00:33:06|630there's not a willingness to sacrifice. So test yourself on these points. 458|00:33:07|510|00:33:10|790How one-pointed are we? Do we have 459|00:33:11|290|00:33:15|470a firm belief in the promised reality 460|00:33:15|970|00:33:19|830ahead? And are we, having put 461|00:33:20|330|00:33:25|510our hand to the plow, insistent on moving forward and shunning 462|00:33:25|590|00:33:29|770all invitations, temptations to turn 463|00:33:30|270|00:33:33|890back and no longer go forward? It's a lot of 464|00:33:34|390|00:33:37|850work, you know, plowing is a lot of work. And do we say, "Oh, 465|00:33:38|350|00:33:41|850I just, just can't handle that." I wonder how many of us, 466|00:33:42|350|00:33:46|050maybe in one life or another have done that, you know, only to 467|00:33:46|550|00:33:50|210awaken sadder, but wiser. And realize how we have sacrificed 468|00:33:50|710|00:33:54|170our opportunities to 469|00:33:54|670|00:33:57|740this unwillingness. So we've got to... 470|00:33:58|300|00:34:03|180We must have one-pointedness, 471|00:34:04|540|00:34:08|140one-pointedness, firm belief. 472|00:34:09|020|00:34:12|700I'll just sort of abbreviate and willingness 473|00:34:14|620|00:34:16|940to sacrifice. And not just some. 474|00:34:17|740|00:34:18|700Not just some, 475|00:34:21|740|00:34:25|400but all. And what was it costing? 476|00:34:25|900|00:34:29|520Not less than everything. There's a poem by T.S. Eliot and 477|00:34:30|020|00:34:32|560I asked one of our members the other day. I think he said it was 478|00:34:33|060|00:34:37|360from the Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot. And he talked 479|00:34:37|860|00:34:41|640about states of realization that cost not 480|00:34:42|140|00:34:45|400less than everything. Everything. Well, 481|00:34:45|900|00:34:49|760when I think about sacrificing everything, it eventually becomes 482|00:34:50|260|00:34:53|570the very source of self- 483|00:34:54|070|00:34:56|890becomingness. There's one self, 484|00:34:57|390|00:35:00|490it becomes all things, you know. So when we sacrifice the thing, 485|00:35:01|290|00:35:05|370we don't look for the reality within the thing itself. We look for 486|00:35:05|870|00:35:08|970the reality as that from which the thing arose. 487|00:35:10|010|00:35:14|090So that's, you know, the Vedanta Brahman philosophy 488|00:35:14|250|00:35:18|660and the Upanishads suggest 489|00:35:18|820|00:35:22|900that. And the whole oneness idea that is 490|00:35:23|400|00:35:27|540forever repeated in India with its first 491|00:35:28|040|00:35:31|380race soul, and its first sign of 492|00:35:31|880|00:35:33|700the zodiac as the soul sign, namely Aries. 493|00:35:35|220|00:35:38|460Now, what's this about the fourth subplane and the entry onto the 494|00:35:38|960|00:35:42|500path? That's... Remember, we do... What did you say? 495|00:35:42|580|00:35:46|340You enter the path of the first initiation. Sometimes it's not 496|00:35:47|180|00:35:50|700always so clearly 497|00:35:51|200|00:35:54|780stated. And people who are aspiring and being tested on 498|00:35:55|280|00:35:58|300the probationary path, they say, "Well, I'm on the path, I'm on the path." 499|00:35:58|800|00:36:02|300But the Masters consider 500|00:36:02|940|00:36:06|340that the path really begins with the first initiation. So this 501|00:36:06|840|00:36:10|020fourth subplane, well, number four is the number of 502|00:36:10|520|00:36:14|940battle, the fourth ray, the ray of conflict. First, anyway, before harmony supervenes, 503|00:36:15|260|00:36:18|780it is the battleground in man. And from this plane he 504|00:36:19|280|00:36:23|820must secure the right to enter the path and procure that 505|00:36:24|320|00:36:27|780control over his lower bodies, which will make him a master and not 506|00:36:28|280|00:36:31|340a slave. So the mental unit on the 507|00:36:32|220|00:36:37|060fourth subplane must be important in 508|00:36:37|560|00:36:41|490the control of the lower 509|00:36:42|130|00:36:45|090bodies. And you know, 510|00:36:45|330|00:36:49|330when we start to access the... 511|00:36:49|830|00:36:54|050Oops. 512|00:36:54|130|00:36:58|570Called what? Spiritual discernment on 513|00:36:59|070|00:37:03|650the third subplane of the mental 514|00:37:04|150|00:37:07|780plane, then we are entering the 515|00:37:07|930|00:37:15|010path. And also our 516|00:37:15|510|00:37:18|890causal body, or what is that causal 517|00:37:19|390|00:37:25|690body? Egoic Lotus is moving vibratorily 518|00:37:29|930|00:37:35|060onto the second subplane...onto 519|00:37:35|220|00:37:37|740onto the second subplane. 520|00:37:38|240|00:37:40|020Vibratorily. Is there such a word? 521|00:37:40|980|00:37:43|460Well, let's pretend there is. 522|00:37:44|900|00:37:49|820So all of this is beginning our entry into the causal 523|00:37:50|320|00:37:54|740body. And as D.K. tells us in Letters on Occult Meditation, 524|00:37:55|540|00:38:01|310so many of the unsuccessful meditation 525|00:38:01|810|00:38:05|190practices are due to the fact that we cannot focus our 526|00:38:05|690|00:38:09|070consciousness within the causal body egoic lotus. 527|00:38:09|570|00:38:13|310Now, that's pretty much depending on the 528|00:38:13|870|00:38:17|990third initiation ability, you know, to actually get 529|00:38:18|490|00:38:22|430into the causal body, into the realm of accumulated virtue 530|00:38:22|930|00:38:26|870and leave behind all of these personal tendencies 531|00:38:27|370|00:38:31|170which hopefully have been in process of refinement anyway, 532|00:38:31|670|00:38:34|770but still leave them behind. And then there's a point at which we have to 533|00:38:35|270|00:38:38|570focus Buddhically, isn't it around the fourth initiation, so that we 534|00:38:38|890|00:38:42|250have the willingness to leave behind even 535|00:38:42|750|00:38:46|130the causal body and to leave behind... What does it mean? It may 536|00:38:46|630|00:38:49|690be destroyed. We don't pay it any attention. 537|00:38:50|570|00:38:54|140Our point of tension is somewhere else. And where there 538|00:38:54|640|00:38:57|860is neglect of attention, things fall apart, as you know. 539|00:38:58|100|00:39:01|300But there are some more violent methods here of 540|00:39:01|800|00:39:05|420getting rid of a causal body. As I say, you know, the power 541|00:39:05|920|00:39:08|580of the Monad and of Atma-Buddhi all enter in here. 542|00:39:09|300|00:39:13|700And even the power of the rapidly rotating 543|00:39:14|200|00:39:17|540atomic triangle can turn very destructive. We learn 544|00:39:18|040|00:39:21|670about that. This lower triangle that severs 545|00:39:22|170|00:39:24|990the connection, you know, we learn about that in Esoteric Healing. 546|00:39:26|430|00:39:30|230Okay, well, now we looked at this before and it's a familiar 547|00:39:30|730|00:39:32|190idea. We did before. Okay, 548|00:39:33|870|00:39:34|670whoopsie. 549|00:39:37|310|00:39:41|870Examined this before. 550|00:39:42|510|00:39:46|190Okay, the... before. 551|00:39:47|950|00:39:51|150Right. Hall of Wisdom. Are we in the Hall of 552|00:39:51|650|00:39:54|710Wisdom? Well, if we're on even the path of 553|00:39:55|210|00:39:58|910probationary initiation — 554|00:40:00|110|00:40:04|150you know, initiations of the threshold — yes, indeed, we are entering 555|00:40:04|650|00:40:08|510the Hall of Wisdom. I think there's also something called the Hall of Life. 556|00:40:10|110|00:40:13|910Maybe we're not quite there yet, but so 557|00:40:14|410|00:40:18|510many of the students of Master D.K. are, you know, 558|00:40:18|590|00:40:21|070probationary initiates. 559|00:40:21|710|00:40:24|950They have taken the first initiation or really are 560|00:40:25|450|00:40:29|710on the verge of doing so. It's not just a done deal of "Oh 561|00:40:30|210|00:40:33|310yeah, all of us have taken the first initiation. It's higher than that." 562|00:40:33|710|00:40:37|430And we really do have to look at the requirements. 563|00:40:37|930|00:40:41|890And of course, one of them is so difficult to fulfil for so many: 564|00:40:42|390|00:40:44|050that we love our fellow men. 565|00:40:46|210|00:40:50|170We discipline our life. Okay. And we study a 566|00:40:50|670|00:40:53|090spiritual or occult teaching. Okay, 567|00:40:54|210|00:40:58|090but you know the old saying, "I love 568|00:40:58|590|00:41:01|970humanity. It's just people I have trouble with," you know, some kind of 569|00:41:04|290|00:41:07|490kind of joke there. But maybe not so much of a joke. 570|00:41:08|120|00:41:11|800Five initiations are taken on the mental plane, and you kind of wonder how, 571|00:41:12|680|00:41:17|720as the planetary Logos is only concerned with the final two initiations, 572|00:41:19|160|00:41:22|320which are not compulsory, as are the earlier five now, 573|00:41:22|820|00:41:28|480namely, this is 6 and 7, and there is an 574|00:41:28|980|00:41:33|320unknown existence administers. 575|00:41:34|810|00:41:39|490Administers the sixth initiation and 576|00:41:39|990|00:41:43|210the planetary Logos the seventh. But it's all 577|00:41:43|710|00:41:46|330the planetary Logos, in a way, you know. Well, it's all one life. 578|00:41:48|410|00:41:52|010Even Sanat Kumara is an extension of the planetary Logos and he's 579|00:41:52|510|00:41:56|210involved with that particular emanation that we 580|00:41:56|710|00:41:58|850call the Lord of the World is involved with the third, fourth and fifth. 581|00:41:59|350|00:42:02|810This unknown existence with the sixth. And the planetary Logos, 582|00:42:03|310|00:42:07|890I suppose, in a fuller demonstration, is involved with the seventh. 583|00:42:08|370|00:42:12|050So the sixth and seventh are not compulsory, maybe not on this planet, 584|00:42:12|770|00:42:17|570as are the earlier five. And it serves no purpose to enlarge upon 585|00:42:17|650|00:42:21|530his work. So basically D.K. is 586|00:42:22|030|00:42:25|570taking this as far as the fifth initiation. Well, it's beyond 587|00:42:26|070|00:42:30|210us, of course, and saying there's not so much purpose in enlarging 588|00:42:30|710|00:42:34|570upon the 6th and 7th. But in the book "The Rays and the Initiations", 589|00:42:34|810|00:42:38|810he enlarges sufficiently for us to get some kind of idea. 590|00:42:39|290|00:42:43|050These initiations as both 6 and 7, they're taken upon the Buddhic 591|00:42:43|289|00:42:46|850and the atmic planes, whereas the first five are 592|00:42:47|350|00:42:48|890taken upon the mental. And yet, 593|00:42:50|410|00:42:53|050I have to say, and yet there, 594|00:42:55|290|00:42:58|800there is a strong... Oh, 595|00:42:59|300|00:43:04|400could I spell Buddhic? 596|00:43:06|000|00:43:09|600Influence in the fourth initiation 597|00:43:10|100|00:43:13|720and a strong atmic influence in 598|00:43:14|220|00:43:18|160the fifth. So fifth 599|00:43:18|660|00:43:23|280initiation. Okay, and let's make sure that those 600|00:43:23|600|00:43:25|920are added to the dictionary. I don't know whether or not. 601|00:43:27|520|00:43:31|440So you know, the fourth degree initiate 602|00:43:31|760|00:43:35|840has a polarization upon the Buddhic plane. Now maybe 603|00:43:36|240|00:43:39|199there is some, you know, 604|00:43:39|840|00:43:42|880if the five initiations are taken upon the 605|00:43:43|380|00:43:45|920mental plane, I don't know, 606|00:43:47|520|00:43:51|960we have to say are initiations. 607|00:43:55|480|00:43:59|320Are initiations 4 and 5 608|00:43:59|400|00:44:03|320taken upon the atomic 609|00:44:03|820|00:44:06|360subplane of the mental plane, 610|00:44:07|080|00:44:10|760yet the causal body is destroyed 611|00:44:11|000|00:44:16|130when it is on the second subplane? 612|00:44:17|730|00:44:21|970So that seems to indicate that the fourth initiation is taken 613|00:44:23|650|00:44:26|690on the... Well, it has 614|00:44:27|190|00:44:31|490to be an influence on the second subplane. And maybe the fifth 615|00:44:31|990|00:44:35|290initiation involves the first subplane. But there 616|00:44:35|790|00:44:39|850is definitely entry into the triad as far as points 617|00:44:40|350|00:44:43|910of tension held. When you're an Arhat of the fourth 618|00:44:44|410|00:44:50|790degree, there will be a point of tension held on the 619|00:44:51|290|00:44:54|510Buddhic plane. And when you are a master of the fifth degree, there will 620|00:44:55|010|00:44:58|550be a point of tension held on the atmic, though you will not be the 621|00:44:59|050|00:45:02|110complete master of the atmic or even of the Buddhic. 622|00:45:02|670|00:45:06|070Our mastery is of the 623|00:45:06|570|00:45:10|510lower worlds, D.K. tells us, and our new environments 624|00:45:11|010|00:45:14|310are polarization within the Buddhic and the atmic planes. 625|00:45:14|810|00:45:18|550And not until we are a 6th degree initiate, a real Chohan, 626|00:45:19|110|00:45:23|070is our point of tension sustained within the monadic 627|00:45:23|570|00:45:26|710vehicle, even though we can be subject to its influence before that. 628|00:45:27|190|00:45:29|830Okay, what about Libra and the first initiation? 629|00:45:30|470|00:45:33|790Electrical phenomena are scientifically recognized as dual in 630|00:45:34|290|00:45:37|820nature. But the inherent triplicity of 631|00:45:38|320|00:45:43|740electricity is but yet a matter for speculation 632|00:45:44|240|00:45:47|860for modern science. And this is the... What can I call 633|00:45:48|360|00:45:53|420it? The neutral electricity. 634|00:45:54|780|00:45:59|900So it's neither positive nor negative, but some sort of balancing 635|00:46:00|400|00:46:03|860type. The fact that it is triple is demonstrated to 636|00:46:04|360|00:46:07|980the initiate at the first initiation in which Libra and the 637|00:46:08|480|00:46:11|980sacral center are both involved, which Libra and 638|00:46:12|480|00:46:16|220Uranus as the ruler of Libra and the 639|00:46:16|380|00:46:20|140ruler of the sacral center. 640|00:46:24|460|00:46:27|660Oh, God, there's got to be a way to do this. 641|00:46:29|100|00:46:33|280Okay, Libra and the ruler of the sacral center is 642|00:46:33|780|00:46:33|960involved. 643|00:46:37|720|00:46:41|880Yeah, I mean, Uranus is the great transmutative 644|00:46:41|960|00:46:45|240agent in its seventh ray. 645|00:46:45|740|00:46:49|240Guys, maybe later in its first ray, guys. It's really 646|00:46:49|740|00:46:52|920the home of electric fire and all kinds of higher 647|00:46:53|080|00:46:56|800possibilities. But at first it does help 648|00:46:57|300|00:47:00|830to raise the energy of the sacral center 649|00:47:01|330|00:47:04|790to the throat, where it also, I think, begins to rule. At least the 650|00:47:05|290|00:47:08|670seventh ray begins to rule at the throat at a certain stage, 651|00:47:09|230|00:47:12|910probably around the first degree, at least partially. 652|00:47:14|030|00:47:17|710And so anyway, it's shown at the first initiation 653|00:47:18|110|00:47:21|750the triple nature of electricity and the secret of 654|00:47:22|250|00:47:25|390how to balance forces on the physical plane and thereby 655|00:47:25|550|00:47:29|130produce equilibrium is revealed at the first initiation 656|00:47:29|370|00:47:32|890of that. Really, that has 657|00:47:33|390|00:47:36|690to be a signal that the 658|00:47:37|190|00:47:40|850energy of Libra is involved 659|00:47:41|350|00:47:44|850for sure. Okay, well, 660|00:47:45|350|00:47:48|650you know, all these... As I've often said, you can 661|00:47:49|150|00:47:52|530use any sign of the zodiac and maybe any planet to contribute 662|00:47:53|030|00:47:57|860to any initiation in some way. Although certain signs 663|00:47:57|940|00:48:01|180are more involved with certain 664|00:48:01|680|00:48:05|340initiations than others, and certain planets too. I mean, you know, we have Leo 665|00:48:05|840|00:48:09|540with the first initiation, Scorpio with the second, and Capricorn with the 666|00:48:10|040|00:48:14|060third. Even though they are involved in all the initiations 667|00:48:14|560|00:48:18|700in ways that can be understood. And I've gone into that in 668|00:48:19|200|00:48:22|690my book, video book on the egoic lotus, petal by petal, 669|00:48:23|190|00:48:26|570initiation by initiation. So no use 670|00:48:27|070|00:48:30|250to repeat that right here. Although I do tend 671|00:48:30|750|00:48:34|090to be the kind of person that does repeat things, 672|00:48:34|250|00:48:37|370I guess you could say. Right. 673|00:48:39|450|00:48:42|890Okay... The path. Entrance. Entrance of the path. I think we've 674|00:48:43|390|00:48:46|930dealt with that. This covers the period of evolution up 675|00:48:47|430|00:48:52|290to the first initiation or their entrance upon the path. That's it. No equivocation 676|00:48:52|790|00:48:56|010there. Entrance upon the path of the first initiation and thus 677|00:48:56|410|00:48:59|770into the spiritual kingdom. So the real path, 678|00:49:00|270|00:49:04|490the true path, and who's really on the path: it has to do with the 679|00:49:05|770|00:49:09|570first initiation. As far as selfishness goes, it's very 680|00:49:10|070|00:49:13|370much of a Martian quality. Mars rules all the vehicles 681|00:49:13|450|00:49:16|970of the personality, maybe except for the etheric body, 682|00:49:17|810|00:49:21|530which is more Vulcanian in nature, I guess, and certainly 683|00:49:22|030|00:49:23|890Mercurian and Uranian and so forth. 684|00:49:25|970|00:49:29|850But Mars is the planet of selfishness and 685|00:49:30|350|00:49:34|490it rules the entire personality as well as those vehicles. And a 686|00:49:34|990|00:49:38|290major blow is struck there. Venus really does begin to overcome 687|00:49:38|790|00:49:42|370Mars at the second initiation. Yeah, 688|00:49:42|690|00:49:45|970he has, through his willingness to pass through the second initiation, 689|00:49:46|840|00:49:50|200struck the first blow at his... He can't help it, 690|00:49:50|700|00:49:54|200at his innate selfishness. It's a stage we all have to go through in 691|00:49:54|700|00:49:58|200order to, I think, preserve the vehicles and build them up in a certain 692|00:49:58|280|00:50:01|800foundational way. And has demonstrated his determination 693|00:50:02|300|00:50:05|880to think in wider and more inclusive terms. And if that... 694|00:50:06|380|00:50:10|440You know, that's really, let's call it Jupiter and 695|00:50:10|940|00:50:14|730Neptune, both of which are planets 696|00:50:15|230|00:50:18|730of the second initiation. And certainly when we talk about 697|00:50:19|130|00:50:22|410breadth and inclusiveness, wideness, 698|00:50:22|810|00:50:26|690these planets are involved. The group then begins 699|00:50:27|190|00:50:30|370to mean more to him than himself, 700|00:50:30|870|00:50:32|970his personal self. 701|00:50:34|010|00:50:37|930His personal self... He is lower 702|00:50:38|970|00:50:42|170self. Now test yourself, you know, test yourself right there. 703|00:50:45|370|00:50:48|730Does the group — and I'll test myself 704|00:50:49|230|00:50:53|450too, you know — does the group mean more to you than 705|00:50:54|330|00:50:56|490your personal self? You know, 706|00:51:00|170|00:51:03|570it's a little meditation, you know, but maybe it all 707|00:51:04|070|00:51:07|540begins with the family and it's instinctual and has something to 708|00:51:08|040|00:51:11|220do even with the animal nature and the parent 709|00:51:11|700|00:51:16|780animal, especially the mother, protecting the 710|00:51:17|280|00:51:20|620offspring, oftentimes at the sacrifice of her 711|00:51:21|120|00:51:24|980own life. It seems to be inherent in the building 712|00:51:25|480|00:51:29|340up of nature. And by the time we reach man, 713|00:51:29|840|00:51:32|990it's still instinctual, but it's in the family, 714|00:51:34|670|00:51:38|110it's in the near group, it's in the 715|00:51:38|610|00:51:42|510nation. See, it's patriotism. The city state 716|00:51:43|010|00:51:46|430in the beginning, not just the whole nation, the city state. What means 717|00:51:46|930|00:51:50|150more to you? Your own individual life or the 718|00:51:50|650|00:51:53|990object of your patriotism? The fatherland, 719|00:51:54|490|00:51:57|230the motherland, eventually your whole nation. 720|00:51:58|120|00:52:01|480And eventually, as the higher initiations are reached, 721|00:52:01|880|00:52:04|120humanity as a whole. 722|00:52:06|360|00:52:10|680You know, the Christ Jesus sacrificing 723|00:52:11|180|00:52:14|880for the sake of humanity. And that's what 724|00:52:15|380|00:52:17|400every initiate has to go through. 725|00:52:19|080|00:52:22|880And some of us maybe realize what that's all about. 726|00:52:23|380|00:52:26|900And it may lie ahead, but we 727|00:52:27|400|00:52:30|620begin to realize. You know, realization is an amazing thing. The veils 728|00:52:31|120|00:52:34|580begin to lift, the scales begin to fall from the eyes. You didn't even know 729|00:52:35|080|00:52:38|540there were scales there. You thought you saw with utter clarity, 730|00:52:39|040|00:52:42|460and then the scales fall away. And then you really see with clarity, and 731|00:52:42|960|00:52:46|860on and on the scales fall away until the 732|00:52:47|360|00:52:50|140ultimate consciousness in cosmos is reached, 733|00:52:51|050|00:52:54|490which is but an infinitesimal compared with 734|00:52:54|990|00:52:59|330absolute consciousness in 735|00:52:59|830|00:53:03|650the post-universal world. Okay, so what is 736|00:53:04|150|00:53:07|850this about? Heart and throat centers are vivified at the first and second initiations. 737|00:53:08|330|00:53:11|690All right, well, when the world teacher initiates at the first 738|00:53:12|190|00:53:16|410and second initiations, the direction of the triadal 739|00:53:16|910|00:53:20|320thought force... Now notice what's going 740|00:53:20|820|00:53:24|120through the rod there. The triadal force 741|00:53:24|620|00:53:27|400is going through the rod. This is... 742|00:53:31|240|00:53:37|000this type of force is passed 743|00:53:37|480|00:53:39|720through the rod. 744|00:53:39|880|00:53:43|760Rod. And let me just put in a rod 745|00:53:44|260|00:53:49|040here and rod. 746|00:53:49|840|00:53:52|480How about that? Let me try this. 747|00:53:53|600|00:53:57|840Oh, I guess that's going to be it. Through the rod 748|00:53:58|880|00:54:01|200of initiation. 749|00:54:02|320|00:54:04|960Through the rod of initiation. Okay. 750|00:54:06|480|00:54:10|400Yeah. And so respectively, the heart and the throat centers 751|00:54:10|900|00:54:15|000at these first two initiations are vivified 752|00:54:16|600|00:54:20|040and they in their position of synthesizing the lower. 753|00:54:20|540|00:54:24|080But now let's remember when 754|00:54:24|580|00:54:28|280it comes to the first initiation, there's a big transference going 755|00:54:28|780|00:54:32|240on between the sacral and the throat. So the throat is 756|00:54:32|740|00:54:36|200receiving stimulation even though maybe it's the heart that 757|00:54:37|160|00:54:39|240is receiving the application of energy. 758|00:54:40|990|00:54:44|470And the heart center stimulation is not absent from 759|00:54:44|970|00:54:48|790the second degree because the love energy, the Buddhi, is really beginning 760|00:54:49|290|00:54:52|190to enter the astral body via Venus, 761|00:54:52|270|00:54:56|550Jupiter, Neptune. And yes, 762|00:54:57|050|00:55:00|470you develop mental illumination and spiritual intelligence, 763|00:55:00|970|00:55:04|510which suggests the third degree, a third center, 764|00:55:05|010|00:55:07|950the throat center at the second degree. But the heart is not missing. 765|00:55:08|450|00:55:12|070So at the first degree, the throat and sacral are not 766|00:55:12|570|00:55:15|550missing. And at the second degree, the heart is not missing, 767|00:55:15|870|00:55:21|150even though the emphasis seems to be placed otherwise 768|00:55:21|230|00:55:24|709in this reference. Now here 769|00:55:25|209|00:55:25|230are the... 770|00:55:29|790|00:55:32|990Well, here's another one of those, you know, 771|00:55:33|790|00:55:37|170definitions of what it takes to go through the 772|00:55:37|810|00:55:41|090first degree. The birth initiation lies behind 773|00:55:42|290|00:55:47|250in the experience of many. And this is factually 774|00:55:47|330|00:55:51|090proved. Okay, this is really important because we've 775|00:55:51|590|00:55:55|090got to add that to the other qualifications. 776|00:55:55|170|00:55:58|890You know, D.K. tells us about what the qualifications are in 777|00:55:59|390|00:56:03|090different places, and if we add them all together, we'll really see what it takes 778|00:56:03|250|00:56:07|490to take that first degree and not be presumptuous 779|00:56:07|990|00:56:11|570about it. The birth initiation lies behind in the experience of many, 780|00:56:12|210|00:56:15|690and this is factually proved by the lives of those who are consciously 781|00:56:16|190|00:56:19|770and willingly oriented, consciously and willingly oriented 782|00:56:20|270|00:56:24|010towards the light, who see a wider world than that 783|00:56:24|510|00:56:28|520of their own selfish interests, even though, let's say selfishness 784|00:56:29|020|00:56:32|560is more killed off at the second, who are sensitive to the Christ life 785|00:56:33|280|00:56:37|400and to the spiritual consciousness of 786|00:56:37|900|00:56:41|560their fellow men, and who see horizons and vistas of 787|00:56:42|060|00:56:45|200contact unperceived by the average man. So we haven't mentioned these. 788|00:56:46|080|00:56:49|600And these particular perspectives should be 789|00:56:50|240|00:56:52|240added to the others. 790|00:56:55|050|00:56:58|610So, and I will kind of want to do that if I possibly 791|00:56:59|110|00:57:02|250can. So this is page 37. 792|00:57:02|890|00:57:06|410And if I... if I do this and say that 793|00:57:06|910|00:57:09|290this is okay. 794|00:57:10|330|00:57:12|650Discipline. Beauty. 795|00:57:15|210|00:57:19|250Beauty. One result. There it 796|00:57:19|750|00:57:22|070is. All those who truly love their fellow men. 797|00:57:23|750|00:57:27|230Who are interested in the esoteric teaching or spiritual teaching, 798|00:57:27|730|00:57:31|590I would say, and who seek to discipline themselves in order to attain 799|00:57:31|830|00:57:35|390greater beauty of life. Have undergone 800|00:57:35|890|00:57:39|150the first. And here's some more requirements down 801|00:57:39|650|00:57:42|470here. Struggling to grow into the spiritual life. 802|00:57:42|870|00:57:46|440Following the determined orientation of the way to the way 803|00:57:46|940|00:57:50|840of the spirit. Things of the spirit and who live by that. The light of 804|00:57:51|340|00:57:54|560that spirit. That's the first degree too. 805|00:57:55|060|00:57:57|920And now let's add this one. And... 806|00:57:59|760|00:58:02|880Gosh, I forget. Page to be 807|00:58:03|600|00:58:06|960determined. The birth initiation lies behind. 808|00:58:07|460|00:58:10|640Let's see if I can just kind of find that here. 809|00:58:11|930|00:58:15|210And... Oops, 810|00:58:15|610|00:58:18|570sorry. No, no, no, no. 811|00:58:21|370|00:58:25|770The birth initiation lies behind. 812|00:58:27|530|00:58:31|290And what page would that be? It's going to be page 665. 813|00:58:31|370|00:58:33|674Okay. R&I. 814|00:58:33|972|00:58:37|490R&I. 665. So we 815|00:58:37|990|00:58:43|600begin to accumulate, do we not, the various 816|00:58:45|200|00:58:49|280requirements for this first initiation. 817|00:58:50|080|00:58:55|800And we discover that it's not necessarily 818|00:58:56|300|00:58:58|880so easy, you know, so this is 37. 819|00:59:00|080|00:59:03|520And this is where we are. And, you know, I'm trying to hang out 820|00:59:04|020|00:59:07|540here and finish this on number 13. 821|00:59:08|100|00:59:10|980It'll be longer than one hour, but not too much longer. 822|00:59:12|340|00:59:15|140These people, you know, undergoing the first initiation, 823|00:59:15|860|00:59:17|220what about them? They... 824|00:59:19|540|00:59:22|340They realize a possible spiritual achievement. 825|00:59:22|840|00:59:26|500Unknown and undesired by those whose 826|00:59:26|660|00:59:30|300lives are conditioned entirely by either the emotions 827|00:59:30|800|00:59:34|050or the lower concrete mind. At this stage of 828|00:59:34|550|00:59:38|170unfoldment, they have a sense of conscious dualism. So, you know, they've entered 829|00:59:39|530|00:59:43|690the hall of learning. Where the 830|00:59:44|190|00:59:47|370higher duality and the lower duality are presented to them. 831|00:59:47|929|00:59:51|290Knowing the fact of the existence of something other than the phenomenal. 832|00:59:51|690|00:59:55|130In the 12 step programs, they talk about the higher power. 833|00:59:55|630|00:59:59|140Something other than the phenomenal is emotional and mental self. 834|01:00:00|100|01:00:03|220Yeah, okay. 665 and 666. 835|01:00:03|700|01:00:06|940In raised initiations, what we're doing, let's just 836|01:00:07|440|01:00:11|660say, is accumulating the different requirements. 837|01:00:12|160|01:00:15|740And, you know, we see how Master D.K. talks 838|01:00:16|240|01:00:18|580about them in various ways. 839|01:00:19|860|01:00:23|100So... But... But strangely here, man is 840|01:00:23|600|01:00:26|930considered as an animal. Well, you know, he hasn't 841|01:00:27|430|01:00:31|490overcome Mars. Man is considered as an animal. When passing 842|01:00:31|990|01:00:35|210through the first three initiations. Isn't that interesting? 843|01:00:36|490|01:00:40|010So let me just kind of make that blue as I try 844|01:00:40|510|01:00:44|010to do so. It stands out a little bit. And why is this? You know, 845|01:00:44|510|01:00:48|730because Mars has not been conquered, 846|01:00:50|020|01:00:52|740but at the third degree it is, 847|01:00:54|340|01:00:57|060is conquered by Vulcan. 848|01:00:57|700|01:01:01|540Cain kills Abel, Vulcan kills Abel, 849|01:01:01|780|01:01:05|100the shepherd. The shepherd watches over sheep, and sheep are 850|01:01:05|600|01:01:08|940ruled by Aries, and Aries is ruled by Mars. Okay, so there's the 851|01:01:09|440|01:01:12|740line of connection. It must never be forgotten that the chain process 852|01:01:14|100|01:01:18|020of individualization and the earlier three initiations 853|01:01:18|520|01:01:22|180concern the animal kingdom and man is viewed 854|01:01:22|680|01:01:27|180therein as an animal. The earlier three initiations that, 855|01:01:27|260|01:01:30|860that the chain process of individualization. Well, 856|01:01:31|360|01:01:35|260are we talking about individualization on the moon 857|01:01:35|760|01:01:39|260chain, which was very different? Animal man reached out to the higher aspect 858|01:01:39|760|01:01:42|820of himself, maybe inchoately not knowing what he 859|01:01:43|320|01:01:47|050was doing, and that higher aspect responded. 860|01:01:47|290|01:01:51|290Okay, but anyway, 861|01:01:51|530|01:01:55|610Mars is involved. Mars is the personality. And we don't really overcome 862|01:01:56|110|01:02:00|570the ancient authority of the personality until the third degree. 863|01:02:01|070|01:02:04|090So even passing through, we have a big battle with Mars, we have a battle 864|01:02:04|590|01:02:07|770with Mars at the second degree, we have a battle with Mars at the first 865|01:02:08|270|01:02:11|050degree. And finally, when we win that battle, 866|01:02:11|290|01:02:14|570ultimately at the third degree, maybe we are a human being at last. 867|01:02:15|300|01:02:17|700So let's say a... Whoops, 868|01:02:18|900|01:02:21|940what's happening here? Okay, 869|01:02:24|260|01:02:26|740whoops. How did that happen? 870|01:02:28|420|01:02:29|620Okay, I'm sorry. 871|01:02:33|060|01:02:34|900Selfishness. Selfishness. 872|01:02:36|500|01:02:39|700Where are we? Okay, 873|01:02:40|020|01:02:43|650by Vulcan. Okay, so we're somewhere. 874|01:02:44|450|01:02:46|530Okay, so let's just say that the, 875|01:02:48|130|01:02:52|970the animal of Mars is 876|01:02:53|470|01:02:59|250overcome at the third degree and 877|01:02:59|330|01:03:02|570we at last are a true 878|01:03:03|070|01:03:05|730human being, and not until then really - an animal, 879|01:03:06|770|01:03:10|590considered at least by the hierarchy, until we have overcome 880|01:03:11|090|01:03:13|590our Mars. So Mars is very useful. But... Okay, 881|01:03:16|630|01:03:19|830so I looked at this before and is 882|01:03:20|330|01:03:22|310that... It can't be. Is it? 883|01:03:23|670|01:03:24|310Okay, 884|01:03:28|310|01:03:31|190well, it looks like it. All right, well, 885|01:03:31|690|01:03:35|670friends, there are a lot of references 886|01:03:36|170|01:03:39|570here and as you know, in this particular case they are not 887|01:03:40|850|01:03:42|050in sequence. 888|01:03:45|090|01:03:48|490They are simply as I've listed in my A.A.B. extracts. And I 889|01:03:48|990|01:03:52|490say again that with the help of my colleague who 890|01:03:52|990|01:03:57|090manages so much, I hope to have these Alice Bailey 891|01:03:57|330|01:04:01|010A.A.B. extracts available for you because you'll be able to do a lot of research. 892|01:04:01|810|01:04:03|490Why do research? Well, 893|01:04:05|400|01:04:09|560when you see how things are linked together, it's a step towards 894|01:04:10|040|01:04:13|600developing pure reason or inclusive 895|01:04:14|100|01:04:17|640reason. And inclusive reason is 896|01:04:18|140|01:04:21|520a quality of the Buddha plane. And it shows that 897|01:04:22|020|01:04:26|520we're beginning to release ourselves from the dense physical body of the planetary 898|01:04:27|020|01:04:30|830Logos and even of the solar Logos. I've always troubled 899|01:04:31|330|01:04:34|790myself, you know: is the dense physical body of the planetary 900|01:04:35|290|01:04:39|190Logos the lower 18 subplanes? Or does it also include the higher 901|01:04:39|690|01:04:42|950three? I... I don't know exactly, but the... 902|01:04:43|510|01:04:48|070Certainly the dense physical body of the Solar Logos is the lower 21 subplanes. 903|01:04:48|570|01:04:52|670And with the fourth initiation, we really do release ourselves from 904|01:04:53|170|01:04:56|310the dense physical body of the Solar Logos. 905|01:04:56|810|01:05:00|310And of course, also from the planetary Logos. 906|01:05:00|390|01:05:03|630Because the causal body is destroyed. There's some 907|01:05:04|130|01:05:07|990kind of etheric appellation we might be able to apply to 908|01:05:09|270|01:05:12|470the higher three mental subplanes. With regard to the 909|01:05:12|970|01:05:17|470planetary Logos, things are relative. And what 910|01:05:17|970|01:05:21|590is the dense plane for one might be an etheric plane for another. 911|01:05:22|860|01:05:26|580Anyway, we have worked. This is number 13. Probably there 912|01:05:27|080|01:05:31|820are other, a few other references, maybe in 913|01:05:33|020|01:05:37|180the books about the first initiation. But we certainly have enough in these 13 914|01:05:38|699|01:05:42|620to think seriously about the quality of this initiation. 915|01:05:43|100|01:05:47|420Who has taken it, who has not, what we have to do to prepare 916|01:05:48|550|01:05:52|350to take this initiation, 917|01:05:52|850|01:05:56|910to regard it with respect, because it is not a low initiation 918|01:05:57|410|01:06:00|510by any means. And we can't just say, "Oh yeah, the first initiation, everybody's taken 919|01:06:01|010|01:06:04|229that." Not when one of the very loyal 920|01:06:04|729|01:06:08|310and fervent and financially supportive 921|01:06:09|590|01:06:12|630helpers of Master D.K. had not yet taken it. 922|01:06:14|320|01:06:17|120So just because we have an interest in these things, 923|01:06:17|440|01:06:22|160if we don't fulfill the requirements, we're not going to take it. And love 924|01:06:22|400|01:06:25|840for our fellow men is a big one. A real 925|01:06:26|340|01:06:30|079disciplined life and just, 926|01:06:30|320|01:06:31|920you know, reaching out for the light, 927|01:06:33|200|01:06:35|440reaching out for the higher things. Real study, 928|01:06:36|880|01:06:40|300real interest in that which is apparently 929|01:06:40|800|01:06:45|220invisible. But our faith tells us that it 930|01:06:45|720|01:06:49|180is real. And, you know, we do have... 931|01:06:49|680|01:06:52|740evidence from the faith itself. We cannot do without faith. 932|01:06:53|700|01:06:57|300Faith is not just blind. Faith is the 933|01:06:57|620|01:07:01|100substance of things hoped for and the evidence of 934|01:07:01|600|01:07:05|180things not seen. So look, number 12 will be 935|01:07:05|680|01:07:09|410up shortly, when I've straightened out, or 936|01:07:09|910|01:07:12|490seen straightened out, a little difficulty. 937|01:07:14|730|01:07:18|490My wife called me in the middle of it all, and I've somehow failed to 938|01:07:20|490|01:07:23|530failed to put it on pause, you know, and then just, you know, 939|01:07:24|030|01:07:29|570extraneous things were happening. So we'll try to get rid of that. And I 940|01:07:30|070|01:07:33|540mean, you know, life is not perfect and these presentations 941|01:07:34|040|01:07:37|380are not perfect. And I'm being rather spontaneous with you, you know, 942|01:07:37|620|01:07:41|220stream of consciousness, what comes to my mind, the associations 943|01:07:41|720|01:07:45|500that come to my mind, sharing them with you. And of course you need to 944|01:07:46|000|01:07:49|740study, I need to study. We all need to study. I guess that's a second 945|01:07:50|240|01:07:54|100ray bias. We all need to study whatever ray we may 946|01:07:54|600|01:07:58|350be on. Maybe our emphasis is different, but through meditation, 947|01:07:58|850|01:08:02|150you know, it's the first ray part. Study is the second ray part and 948|01:08:02|650|01:08:05|830service is the third ray part. Through meditation and study 949|01:08:06|330|01:08:10|030and service, we will succeed and we will make 950|01:08:10|530|01:08:14|270ourselves fit to help with the manifestation of 951|01:08:14|770|01:08:15|630the divine plan. 952|01:08:18|510|01:08:21|230Okay, friends, now I don't know what I'm going to go on to next. 953|01:08:22|270|01:08:28|920I think I may have done enough on the fourth initiation and the fifth in 954|01:08:29|160|01:08:32|440the video commentary part of the second part 955|01:08:32|920|01:08:36|440of Rays and the Initiations which you can find 956|01:08:36|600|01:08:40|160on Makara. And that may be 957|01:08:40|660|01:08:43|880enough. I mean, I think it probably is. 958|01:08:44|120|01:08:47|520And I have this desire to finish A 959|01:08:48|020|01:08:51|000Treatise on White Magic. I've gone as far as the mental rules, 960|01:08:52|199|01:08:55|799but the other rules are even longer and maybe more intricate. 961|01:08:55|879|01:08:59|639And I've already done 50 programs on the introduction 962|01:09:00|139|01:09:03|919and the mental rules. So a lot more programs will 963|01:09:04|419|01:09:08|599be forthcoming in A Treatise on White Magic, which is one of those treatises 964|01:09:09|099|01:09:13|039which really needs to be studied by all of us because basically 965|01:09:13|539|01:09:17|159it's a treatise on the control of the astral body. 966|01:09:18|420|01:09:22|460And don't we all need that still? You know, I would say I 967|01:09:22|960|01:09:26|420have yet to meet the disciple, whatever his 968|01:09:26|920|01:09:30|100or her claims may be, who really has control over the astral 969|01:09:30|180|01:09:34|060body. And it's the most formidable enemy that 970|01:09:34|560|01:09:38|300we're going to meet on this planet and in this solar 971|01:09:38|800|01:09:41|540system. So, okay, that'll be it for the moment. This is, you know, 972|01:09:41|620|01:09:43|700this is more than an hour program, but okay, 973|01:09:44|930|01:09:47|650something happened with the chronometer and I'll just say, 974|01:09:49|170|01:09:52|530come back. We have more to do. Try to stick 975|01:09:53|030|01:09:56|410with these programs for longer than 10 minutes if you can stand 976|01:09:56|910|01:10:00|210it, and lots of love to everybody and we'll be 977|01:10:01|330|01:10:04|290we'll be talking to you soon. Okay, all the best. Bye-bye.