1|00:00:01|600|00:00:05|600Hello friends, this is Michael and 2|00:00:07|440|00:00:11|760I'm starting or //(TCF, p.883)// continuing some material 3|00:00:12|260|00:00:15|840on the first initiation. Only I'm calling it Extra References. 4|00:00:16|079|00:00:20|760Now I have a big file called A.A.B. Extracts, 5|00:00:21|260|00:00:24|640Alice Bailey Extracts, which I'd very much like you to have. 6|00:00:26|310|00:00:30|750And so I can talk to one of my colleagues about where this 7|00:00:31|250|00:00:34|550may be listed. Up to this point, it's got so 8|00:00:35|050|00:00:38|630many references in it that it's hard to transfer it in any of the 9|00:00:39|130|00:00:41|670large transfer programs. 10|00:00:42|470|00:00:45|750So I end up giving it to this friend, maybe at conferences, 11|00:00:46|250|00:00:50|270and she manages to make it available. But anyway, I consulted 12|00:00:50|770|00:00:54|570with that and found perhaps some references which I was not able to 13|00:00:55|370|00:00:59|610cover in the first 14|00:01:00|110|00:01:03|770compilation, which I used, which admittedly was partial. 15|00:01:04|730|00:01:08|170I think, you know, I will not succeed in 16|00:01:08|250|00:01:12|090getting every single reference on the first initiation or 17|00:01:12|590|00:01:16|170any of the initiations up for commentary at this time. 18|00:01:16|810|00:01:20|010But a lot of them I'm going to succeed at bringing forward. 19|00:01:21|560|00:01:25|040And I just want to say that the object here is not to 20|00:01:25|540|00:01:29|040read the books horizontally, which I strongly recommend and upon 21|00:01:29|540|00:01:33|120which I tend to comment book after book, if I possibly can do 22|00:01:33|620|00:01:37|360it. But to see a 23|00:01:37|860|00:01:41|760different type of juxtaposition, a positioning of references all 24|00:01:42|260|00:01:46|700on one topic. And that's why Master D.K. says study 25|00:01:46|780|00:01:50|780topically. You know, you might get different kinds 26|00:01:51|280|00:01:55|540of insights altogether. And if 27|00:01:56|040|00:01:58|300you want to go to YouTube, 28|00:02:00|060|00:02:03|540the... The link here for the 29|00:02:04|040|00:02:08|580first initiation programs 30|00:02:09|080|00:02:11|020for YouTube, maybe this mother's there, I'm not sure, 31|00:02:12|550|00:02:16|150is the following. So I'll 32|00:02:16|650|00:02:21|110just put it here. First initiation. 33|00:02:21|610|00:02:24|310YouTube. Yeah, 34|00:02:24|710|00:02:27|830so you know, if you want to copy that. 35|00:02:28|330|00:02:30|390Or let's see, I can put that in the chat box as well. 36|00:02:31|270|00:02:34|470And this is for 37|00:02:35|430|00:02:38|220first initiation link. 38|00:02:39|580|00:02:42|860And there it is. So you can, I suppose... 39|00:02:43|820|00:02:48|540Well, maybe you can copy that out or just, just go to Morya 40|00:02:49|040|00:02:49|260Federation. 41|00:02:53|420|00:02:55|980How does it go? Esoteric Education. 42|00:02:57|340|00:03:01|180Morya Federation, Esoteric Education. Okay, 43|00:03:02|460|00:03:06|590so now we're just going to go through some references and if I discover that 44|00:03:07|090|00:03:10|190we're really repeating ourselves with any of them, I'll try to avoid it. Otherwise I'll 45|00:03:10|690|00:03:11|190just say something different. 46|00:03:13|910|00:03:17|990Now here we're talking about... This is a reference from Cosmic Fire about 47|00:03:18|490|00:03:21|910the application of the rod and how many petals may be open. 48|00:03:23|830|00:03:27|990And you know, we would be looking at this type 49|00:03:28|490|00:03:32|670of... Tuya has some better ones actually, and I'm waiting 50|00:03:33|170|00:03:37|830for that to appear. But here are 51|00:03:38|330|00:03:42|350references to Master D.K.'s 52|00:03:42|830|00:03:47|510chart drawing. And these were put together by 53|00:03:48|010|00:03:51|670Keith Bailey and he did a good job with it at the time. The only 54|00:03:52|170|00:03:55|510thing is that we're not really going to have red within the egoic lotus. 55|00:03:56|010|00:04:00|110We're going to have rose colour, according to what the Tibetan has said. 56|00:04:02|510|00:04:05|710Let's see if I can... 57|00:04:07|390|00:04:10|750If I can do this, and I'm not 58|00:04:10|830|00:04:13|390sure that I can. 59|00:04:14|750|00:04:16|430Well, let's try it this way. 60|00:04:19|630|00:04:22|430Local disk D. Okay. 61|00:04:23|550|00:04:26|680All right. Maybe they're not going to let me do anything here. 62|00:04:27|160|00:04:27|960I don't know. 63|00:04:33|720|00:04:36|840Okay, so, 64|00:04:37|240|00:04:40|639yeah, what I have here is a Tuya diagram with a rose colour. 65|00:04:41|139|00:04:44|280And she has other things that she's going to add to it. 66|00:04:45|880|00:04:49|600And ensuring that these petals 67|00:04:50|100|00:04:53|770touch the proper planes. Each one 68|00:04:54|270|00:04:56|890of them is connected with one or other of the planes. But that's another matter. 69|00:04:57|390|00:04:59|490And in my video book, 70|00:05:01|410|00:05:05|570which is on the egoic lotus and which you can probably 71|00:05:06|450|00:05:10|770download or you can see it so 72|00:05:11|270|00:05:17|660far on Makara, we have some 73|00:05:18|860|00:05:22|020presentations of other factors 74|00:05:22|520|00:05:25|740involved and in greater detail. Okay, so anyway, this is 75|00:05:26|240|00:05:30|300about the rod of initiation. And it's... The rod is wielded by the 76|00:05:30|800|00:05:35|020Bodhisattva, the rod of the Bodhisattva, because it is the first two initiations 77|00:05:35|520|00:05:40|700we are dealing with. And let's 78|00:05:41|200|00:05:44|430see what he says here. Through the actions 79|00:05:44|930|00:05:49|790of the rod as wielded at 80|00:05:50|290|00:05:51|510the first //(TCF, p.883)// two initiations, 81|00:05:53|670|00:05:56|550the two outer circles unfold. 82|00:05:57|430|00:06:00|910Unfoldment is an earlier process. And then there's a total 83|00:06:01|410|00:06:05|190coordination of the circle of three and an interactivity 84|00:06:05|510|00:06:08|870between all of those in any three. 85|00:06:08|950|00:06:12|510And then between the different sets of three, the two outer 86|00:06:13|010|00:06:16|930circles unfold. The energy of the two is set free. 87|00:06:18|370|00:06:22|530So I imagine that higher capacities come in with that freeing 88|00:06:23|570|00:06:25|730and is set free. 89|00:06:27|890|00:06:32|290The two sets of forces embodied in the six petals are coordinated 90|00:06:32|790|00:06:36|850and become interactive, //(TCF, p.883)// which always—the interactivity enhances 91|00:06:36|930|00:06:40|770capability. So we remember that as a principle. 92|00:06:41|300|00:06:44|780The stage of petal adjustment, and I think 93|00:06:45|280|00:06:48|980that's what we're talking about here, succeeds upon that called 94|00:06:49|060|00:06:52|380earlier unfoldment and has to do with the 95|00:06:52|880|00:06:56|420simultaneous action of the two tiers of petals. //(TCF, p.883)// But I think, 96|00:06:56|920|00:07:00|900you know, what's important here is that with the unfoldment 97|00:07:01|380|00:07:05|220of the second tier and //(TCF, p.884)// 98|00:07:05|300|00:07:08|340with that, the sixth petal, 99|00:07:08|980|00:07:13|260the second initiation is taken just 100|00:07:13|420|00:07:17|180as the complete unfoldment of 101|00:07:17|680|00:07:19|500the fifth petal. 102|00:07:20|780|00:07:21|820Okay, fifth. 103|00:07:24|300|00:07:27|780Well, I'll just write it out of— 104|00:07:28|280|00:07:32|420the fifth petal indicates the taking of 105|00:07:32|920|00:07:34|620the first initiation. 106|00:07:36|220|00:07:39|870So all of this is going on subjectively within our 107|00:07:40|990|00:07:45|150inner energy system, which is presently 108|00:07:46|830|00:07:50|270undetectable by ordinary scientific 109|00:07:50|510|00:07:54|230means. So we have to here believe what the 110|00:07:54|730|00:07:58|350master says, as it is coherent with all the other 111|00:07:58|850|00:08:02|350things that he said. And with that type of 112|00:08:04|290|00:08:07|490working hypothesis and belief, we can 113|00:08:07|730|00:08:10|930advance and we can discover for ourselves whether it is so. 114|00:08:11|430|00:08:14|050But the point is: fifth petal, first initiation; 115|00:08:15|090|00:08:17|330sixth petal completely unfolded, 116|00:08:19|410|00:08:23|330second initiation. And while, of course, these are unfolding completely, 117|00:08:24|290|00:08:28|250the petals in the inner tier, which we 118|00:08:28|750|00:08:32|540call the sacrifice tier—the last petals in the 119|00:08:33|040|00:08:36|180nine—are also unfolding and being 120|00:08:36|680|00:08:40|460activated. So there's a reflex here between the fifth and the 121|00:08:40|960|00:08:44|780seventh petals and between the sixth and the eighth petals. And finally, 122|00:08:45|280|00:08:49|340when the third initiation is taken, all three of the sacrifice petals are 123|00:08:49|840|00:08:54|620completely unfolded. And meanwhile, some of the synthesis petals have 124|00:08:55|120|00:08:58|210undergone unfoldments prior to the fourth initiation, 125|00:08:58|710|00:09:02|130where there's a bursting open. Okay, now some of this 126|00:09:02|930|00:09:05|010I may have read before. 127|00:09:05|730|00:09:09|410It's about those who are on the path of the 128|00:09:10|210|00:09:13|770Left Hand Path, the brothers of 129|00:09:14|270|00:09:17|690the form. //(TCF, p.884)// And they're talked about as those who 130|00:09:18|190|00:09:21|090are members of the Black Lodge and so forth. 131|00:09:22|300|00:09:26|980But D.K. takes away some of the sentimentality around initiation 132|00:09:27|480|00:09:30|860when he discusses this. The real meaning underlying the 133|00:09:31|360|00:09:35|180phrase "door of initiation" is that of obstruction. It's an electrical— 134|00:09:36|860|00:09:40|300electrical obstruction. The obstruction of 135|00:09:40|800|00:09:44|020something which bars the way. And we know we just 136|00:09:44|520|00:09:48|750can't get through it unless we are somehow equal 137|00:09:48|830|00:09:52|750to the kind of energy, strength, and configuration 138|00:09:53|250|00:09:56|670and quality that lies on the other side of the electrical barrier. 139|00:09:58|350|00:10:01|950Something that bars the way of that which must be open, of that which hides 140|00:10:02|450|00:10:07|030or stands between the aspirant and his objective. And every 141|00:10:07|530|00:10:10|950true aspirant—being a true aspirant is really 142|00:10:11|450|00:10:15|360a disciple—is working towards an initiation. This is 143|00:10:15|860|00:10:19|800a much more exact significance than the— And one more useful for the aspirant to 144|00:10:20|300|00:10:24|520grasp than the non-electrical 145|00:10:25|960|00:10:29|480presentation which speaks in quite, 146|00:10:29|980|00:10:33|520you know, symbolic terms: the picture of 147|00:10:34|020|00:10:37|760a man moving along the path of evolution until suddenly one day he stands 148|00:10:38|260|00:10:42|420before an open door through which he may joyously pass as no faintest 149|00:10:42|920|00:10:47|140resemblance to the truth. //(RI, p.348)// Well, we're, you know, being denied 150|00:10:47|300|00:10:51|180our illusions on this subject. And so 151|00:10:51|680|00:10:55|060often our cherished thoughts have to do with our wish life. 152|00:10:55|780|00:10:59|780If we get a strong enough Neptune wishing something, then we develop an 153|00:11:00|280|00:11:03|380idée fixe which is justifying that wish. 154|00:11:03|940|00:11:06|980The idea that a man of a nice disposition and 155|00:11:07|770|00:11:11|250possessing certain character developments such as those portrayed in such books 156|00:11:11|750|00:11:15|290by Annie Besant as "The Open Court" and "The Path of 157|00:11:15|790|00:11:20|090Discipleship" which conditioned the theosophical aspirants 158|00:11:20|590|00:11:24|330is exceedingly misleading. //(RI, p.348)// I guess we can understand, of course, 159|00:11:24|830|00:11:28|010this was written later, wasn't it? But we can understand 160|00:11:28|090|00:11:32|650that //(RI, p.348)// the people who were deeply 161|00:11:33|130|00:11:36|980committed to the view of initiation as presented by 162|00:11:37|300|00:11:41|580Mrs. Besant, whose powers and successes 163|00:11:42|080|00:11:46|180were numerous. And she was highly respected by the Tibetan, 164|00:11:46|680|00:11:50|620really, because he differentiated between her and many of the devotee types. 165|00:11:51|120|00:11:54|100She had really good thinking mind. But in this particular case, 166|00:11:55|300|00:11:58|580her presentation of the subject was, he says, 167|00:11:59|220|00:12:02|340exceedingly misleading. Okay, 168|00:12:03|140|00:12:06|380these books are very useful and should be carefully studied by the man on the 169|00:12:06|880|00:12:10|020path of probation, //(RI, p.348)// but not so useful to the disciple. //(RI, p.348)// 170|00:12:10|520|00:12:12|580And the path of probation, depending on how we look at it, 171|00:12:13|620|00:12:17|500can even begin at a certain point when the fifth petal 172|00:12:18|000|00:12:21|140has reached a certain degree of unfoldment. And it's quite 173|00:12:21|640|00:12:24|420a bit before the first initiation can be taken. 174|00:12:25|300|00:12:28|740See, let's just say ending quite 175|00:12:29|300|00:12:32|980some time before the first initiation can be 176|00:12:33|480|00:12:35|220taken. So a probationer, 177|00:12:36|660|00:12:43|100one being tested in various ways, is not necessarily 178|00:12:43|600|00:12:46|180a true disciple nor a first degree initiate. 179|00:12:46|660|00:12:49|820For they lead him to put the emphasis in the wrong direction and 180|00:12:50|320|00:12:53|940to focus upon //(RI, p.348)// that which already should have been developed. 181|00:12:54|420|00:12:57|460So, you know, we don't want to go back to, as D.K. says, 182|00:12:59|080|00:13:02|280focusing on doing the right things physically. However, 183|00:13:02|440|00:13:06|360naturally the character development must be present and assumed 184|00:13:06|440|00:13:10|320to be stable in the man's equipment, //(RI, p.348)// not just having 185|00:13:10|820|00:13:13|920good character now and then when convenient. These characteristics, 186|00:13:14|420|00:13:17|960however, have little bearing on initiation and 187|00:13:18|460|00:13:21|640passing through the door, the electrical barrier on the path. //(RI, p.348)// 188|00:13:23|320|00:13:24|920Technically considered, 189|00:13:27|810|00:13:31|690they are indicative of the point reached upon the path of evolution as 190|00:13:32|190|00:13:36|610a result of experiment, experience and continuous expression. Those are the three 191|00:13:36|690|00:13:40|050words that always are occurring together: experiment, 192|00:13:40|290|00:13:43|730experience and expression, and should be common to all aspirants who 193|00:13:44|230|00:13:50|130have reached the point of facing discipleship. //(RI, p.348)// So 194|00:13:51|860|00:13:55|860it is best not to concentrate 195|00:13:56|420|00:13:58|420upon those requirements. 196|00:14:01|380|00:14:06|460Requirements, 197|00:14:06|960|00:14:10|500yes, when attempting to become 198|00:14:15|380|00:14:18|750a true disciple. So they 199|00:14:19|250|00:14:22|350are unavoidable developments and connote simply the reaction 200|00:14:22|850|00:14:26|710of the personality to time and experience. //(RI, p.348)// It is basically improvement, 201|00:14:26|790|00:14:27|350basically. 202|00:14:30|310|00:14:34|670And we all do improve if we have 203|00:14:35|170|00:14:39|190the will that is not full 204|00:14:39|690|00:14:43|310of malice towards our fellow men. In these harsh 205|00:14:43|810|00:14:47|420days when it seems that reactionary powers 206|00:14:47|740|00:14:51|380are in force, I'm just thinking of Abraham Lincoln's 207|00:14:51|880|00:14:55|020second inaugural address where he basically says, "With malice towards 208|00:14:55|520|00:14:58|980none and with charity for all." He speaks of binding up 209|00:14:59|480|00:15:03|300the nation's wounds and not of exacerbating them, as is 210|00:15:03|800|00:15:07|980presently the case. So maybe all these retrogressions 211|00:15:08|780|00:15:11|980will bring forward a deeper expression of the soul of 212|00:15:12|480|00:15:16|360nations. That's a little aside, but //(RI, p.348)// we all do 213|00:15:16|860|00:15:20|320want to improve if we can understand what improvement is. And therein lies the problem. 214|00:15:21|120|00:15:25|680What one person considers improvement, the other person considers retrogression. 215|00:15:26|800|00:15:30|400Okay, so anyway, 216|00:15:30|480|00:15:33|920There are books that are useful to the disciple and 217|00:15:34|000|00:15:37|560books that are useful only to the probationer. 218|00:15:38|060|00:15:41|920And basically we were looking or talking about that book written 219|00:15:42|420|00:15:46|520by the disciple I.S.G.L., which could serve probationers 220|00:15:47|020|00:15:50|720but not real disciples. And here is another one that can serve probationers but 221|00:15:51|220|00:15:54|520not real disciples. So if we do write, 222|00:15:55|240|00:15:59|400let's be so in line with the divine plan and so clear 223|00:15:59|560|00:16:02|920and unsentimental about it that we actually 224|00:16:03|420|00:16:07|140produce something useful for disciples. It is eternally true //(RI, p.348)// that no 225|00:16:07|640|00:16:11|500one may pass through //(RI, p.348)// the door unless those character indications are developed. 226|00:16:11|820|00:16:16|780How far, you know, it doesn't say. Even the aspirant 227|00:16:17|280|00:16:21|060who is veering towards the left hand path has to 228|00:16:21|560|00:16:24|780develop those. But that is due to the fact that the aspirant has progressed 229|00:16:25|280|00:16:29|020to a certain stage of unfoldment and automatically now has a measure of self-control, //(RI, p.348)// 230|00:16:29|660|00:16:33|360of mental capacity and purity. So even 231|00:16:33|860|00:16:37|000the brother on the left-hand path 232|00:16:37|640|00:16:41|480has that. And of course, you know, everyone's a brother. It's all one 233|00:16:41|980|00:16:45|240being. And there are extensions of that one 234|00:16:45|740|00:16:48|600being. They get into trouble and lose the plot, 235|00:16:48|680|00:16:53|000as it were. And, but, but still, when salvation 236|00:16:53|500|00:16:56|680comes, as it inevitably must at the end of the Mahamanvantara, 237|00:16:57|160|00:17:00|720it's the whole being that comes 238|00:17:01|220|00:17:04|880back to itself and rejoices in itself and re-enters 239|00:17:05|380|00:17:08|880the post-pralaytic world, having enacted 240|00:17:09|380|00:17:12|400an aspect of the fount of all possibility, 241|00:17:12|800|00:17:16|520absolute infinity. All right, that's, you know, a philosophical 242|00:17:17|020|00:17:20|480perspective on all of this, but that's another 243|00:17:20|560|00:17:24|080kind of class and discussion. I would also point out 244|00:17:24|580|00:17:28|170that even the black magician possesses these qualities. //(RI, p.348)// This is something, you know, 245|00:17:28|670|00:17:32|090we think of these people as evil or 246|00:17:32|590|00:17:34|770tending towards evil, but self-control, 247|00:17:35|650|00:17:39|370mental understanding and purity are their 248|00:17:39|870|00:17:43|530possession. And they go on to achieve great heights 249|00:17:44|030|00:17:47|370of self-control and of a type of concrete-minded 250|00:17:47|870|00:17:52|210mental understanding which is beyond what the normal aspirant 251|00:17:52|710|00:17:55|680on the white path does. So, 252|00:17:56|180|00:17:59|760you know, we'll understand more and more about that. And the battle 253|00:18:00|260|00:18:03|720with these particular beings will be undertaken in Shamballa. And meanwhile 254|00:18:04|360|00:18:08|480we have to protect ourselves and protect others from 255|00:18:08|980|00:18:13|360the tendency of these groups to war militantly 256|00:18:13|860|00:18:17|160against the advancing aspirant, as Master D.K. tells us, 257|00:18:17|660|00:18:21|020warring militantly. All right, so even 258|00:18:21|520|00:18:25|460the black magician possesses these qualities. They are masters 259|00:18:25|960|00:18:30|660in their own way. They're evolving along a different line, but the 260|00:18:31|160|00:18:34|060line of form and it's retrogressive and it has a lot more to do with 261|00:18:34|560|00:18:38|940the program of the previous solar system which they are trying to sustain and 262|00:18:39|440|00:18:42|900which will sustain their power because their power 263|00:18:43|400|00:18:47|060is developed along that line. And it's a great fear and blindness, 264|00:18:47|560|00:18:50|000I think, that prevents them from going forward. But you know, 265|00:18:50|400|00:18:54|240we don't want to speculate overmuch on these entities 266|00:18:54|880|00:18:58|240because, as he says, speculation anent, which is 267|00:18:58|740|00:19:00|000both profitless and dangerous. 268|00:19:02|480|00:19:05|720So these qualities are the sine qua non of all magical art, 269|00:19:06|220|00:19:10|000both black and white. //(RI, p.348)// So basically self-control, 270|00:19:10|080|00:19:13|960mental understanding and purity. I mean, when you draw that circle 271|00:19:14|460|00:19:18|400of protection, there's a lot of forces that would... If that 272|00:19:18|900|00:19:22|920circle were not there, or that pentagram were not there, they would interrupt 273|00:19:23|420|00:19:26|000the work and jeopardize the practitioner. 274|00:19:27|520|00:19:32|200The black magician passes through the door as it opens twice for 275|00:19:32|700|00:19:36|880the first two initiations. //(RI, p.348)// It always shocks me, you know, that these beings 276|00:19:37|380|00:19:40|200would stand before the Christ or someone equivalent to the Christ, 277|00:19:40|700|00:19:44|550or like the Christ, the head of the hierarchy, and then go on and 278|00:19:45|050|00:19:49|230veer off to the left and preserve 279|00:19:49|730|00:19:53|110their egotism and forego the benefits of 280|00:19:53|610|00:19:56|550sacrifice. Maybe the more you have, 281|00:19:57|050|00:20:00|790the more you fear to relinquish it. 282|00:20:01|510|00:20:04|990But obviously there's something that stops them, because nothing is inherently 283|00:20:05|490|00:20:08|070evil. There's only pure being, you know. 284|00:20:09|110|00:20:12|610So people have a choice. And extensions of the one life 285|00:20:12|930|00:20:16|130have a choice once they reach that stage of 286|00:20:16|630|00:20:20|810self-consciousness in man. He passes through on 287|00:20:21|310|00:20:25|130the strength of his will and his character accomplishments. And because the group conscious 288|00:20:25|630|00:20:28|970aspect of the soul is active in him, as in 289|00:20:29|470|00:20:32|850his brother seeking affiliation with the Great White Lodge. //(RI, p.348)// 290|00:20:33|250|00:20:37|520Of course, you know, I keep on thinking the Christian 291|00:20:40|150|00:20:43|350must be aware 292|00:20:43|830|00:20:47|910of these tendencies and 293|00:20:48|410|00:20:52|790probably is doing all he can to face 294|00:20:53|510|00:20:57|270such a worthy individual, worthy enough to pass 295|00:20:57|770|00:21:01|030through the door in such a way that the tendencies will not be 296|00:21:01|530|00:21:06|280fostered later. When in the desert you are presented 297|00:21:06|780|00:21:09|800with the challenge of whether you will succumb to the world, the flesh, or the 298|00:21:10|300|00:21:13|440devil. So you know, the love aspect, which at 299|00:21:13|940|00:21:17|120the second initiation would normally come in through Venus, Jupiter, Neptune, 300|00:21:17|440|00:21:21|200it's lacking in the black magician. //(RI, p.348)// Or maybe 301|00:21:22|960|00:21:26|800at that decision point it begins to atrophy. 302|00:21:27|300|00:21:29|680Maybe there's something of that love, 303|00:21:30|910|00:21:34|790but when you veer towards the left-hand //(RI, p.349)// path, maybe it is crushed 304|00:21:35|290|00:21:39|150out and not fed and atrophied. You become interested in other things 305|00:21:39|390|00:21:41|870and it just dies of inattention. 306|00:21:42|670|00:21:46|150A speculation. Forget not that all is energy and there 307|00:21:46|650|00:21:49|750is nothing else. //(RI, p.348)// The energy which //(RI, p.348)// is an aspect of the soul, in which we 308|00:21:50|250|00:21:54|350call magnetic attraction. The group building quality 309|00:21:55|070|00:21:58|510he shares with the spiritual aspirant. //(RI, p.349)// He's not 310|00:21:59|560|00:22:03|640spiritual, you know, he is an aspirant, but not spiritual. 311|00:22:04|360|00:22:07|000Let's see what have we got here? Okay. 312|00:22:07|880|00:22:11|400He is essentially group conscious //(RI, p.349)// and, of course, would 313|00:22:11|900|00:22:15|480take advantage of any group eventually. And though his motives are 314|00:22:15|980|00:22:19|160separative, //(RI, p.349)// you know, emphasizing what he thinks he is because he's a 315|00:22:19|660|00:22:23|760brother of unique blindness, he thinks he is this 316|00:22:24|260|00:22:27|760particular form and its powers. His methods are those 317|00:22:28|260|00:22:31|880of the group. //(RI, p.349)// And these he 318|00:22:32|380|00:22:35|840can get only from the soul. //(RI, p.349)// And let's just say the early 319|00:22:36|340|00:22:38|640parts, the early, 320|00:22:40|240|00:22:43|920earlier potencies of 321|00:22:44|420|00:22:48|240the soul and the knowledge petals 322|00:22:48|480|00:22:51|680especially. Okay, not the love petals really, 323|00:22:52|520|00:22:56|240although, you know, there is this magnetic attraction from the love petals which is 324|00:22:56|740|00:23:00|440possible. And //(RI, p.349)// there is a discussion that these—a few of these people even 325|00:23:00|940|00:23:04|360make their way onto the higher mental plane and are there very powerful. 326|00:23:05|240|00:23:09|080So there's the sentimental approach to discussing initiation and progress, 327|00:23:09|160|00:23:11|480and then there's the energic approach, 328|00:23:12|360|00:23:15|800the approach of facing the energies as they are, using them 329|00:23:16|360|00:23:20|700as they are—using them in a way which is 330|00:23:20|860|00:23:24|740not conducive to membership in the sacrificial 331|00:23:25|240|00:23:28|780hierarchy of light and love. So you see, again, another reason why the first 332|00:23:29|280|00:23:32|940and second initiations are not regarded by the Lodge of Masters as major, //(RI, p.349)// 333|00:23:33|740|00:23:37|020because there can be divergence 334|00:23:38|300|00:23:41|540and a going off to 335|00:23:42|040|00:23:43|420the symbolic left, 336|00:23:45|580|00:23:48|460the path of form, 337|00:23:49|180|00:23:52|540which should have been outlived in the previous solar 338|00:23:53|040|00:23:57|420system and transcended in this one. Only the third initiation 339|00:23:57|980|00:24:01|900is so regarded because at //(RI, p.349)// that initiation, the entire personality life 340|00:24:02|400|00:24:06|140is flooded with energy from the spiritual 341|00:24:06|640|00:24:10|420triad. //(RI, p.349)// So what 342|00:24:10|920|00:24:14|950does this tell us via the sacrifice petals of the will and 343|00:24:15|450|00:24:19|350purpose aspect of the soul? //(RI, p.349)// So the entire 344|00:24:22|870|00:24:27|430personality life is flooded. Okay, so... And supposedly 345|00:24:28|870|00:24:32|630the antahkarana is completed, at least 346|00:24:32|950|00:24:36|150to the monastic permanent atom, 347|00:24:36|550|00:24:38|230allowing the, quote, 348|00:24:39|190|00:24:42|710"flooding." So work hard, everybody, on building 349|00:24:42|950|00:24:46|310your antahkarana. It can be undertaken when 350|00:24:46|790|00:24:50|550at least we know something about the second degree. And it is somewhat in 351|00:24:51|270|00:24:55|150sight and 352|00:24:55|650|00:24:59|030this building, it's laborious, 353|00:24:59|190|00:25:02|270but we can be successful with this if 354|00:25:02|770|00:25:05|350we will and if we persist. 355|00:25:08|450|00:25:11|890It is a way of bypassing 356|00:25:12|390|00:25:16|090the soul. But of course, it's the soul of love, 357|00:25:16|590|00:25:20|130really. And if we do not absorb it 358|00:25:21|090|00:25:25|650in that energy collection 359|00:25:26|290|00:25:30|130which is projected and bypasses the soul, 360|00:25:30|630|00:25:34|170then we run the risk of inverting the Shambhala force. 361|00:25:34|410|00:25:38|010And that's what D.K. tells us Hitler 362|00:25:38|490|00:25:41|930and his group did. So anyway, 363|00:25:42|890|00:25:45|690to this type of energy, the sacrifice, 364|00:25:47|050|00:25:50|170well, the black magician is not responsible. He doesn't want to give up what he 365|00:25:50|670|00:25:53|610thinks he is because he doesn't realize that he's something more. 366|00:25:54|810|00:25:58|970Or at least he seems to fear entering into 367|00:26:00|030|00:26:03|470that state of being, that something more, because he's quite assured 368|00:26:05|710|00:26:09|710and reinforced in the thought of what 369|00:26:10|210|00:26:13|550he has achieved as what he thinks he is. He can 370|00:26:14|050|00:26:17|510and does respond to the knowledge most ancient 371|00:26:18|010|00:26:22|550and hardly won. So he is a man of some 372|00:26:23|050|00:26:26|350power and knowledge stored up in the knowledge petals of the soul. 373|00:26:26|930|00:26:30|530Because this has come 374|00:26:30|930|00:26:37|010through hard labour and 375|00:26:37|170|00:26:39|410millennia of struggle. 376|00:26:40|850|00:26:44|450Oh, so how is it spelled in the 377|00:26:44|950|00:26:47|810British group? Millennia of struggle. 378|00:26:49|890|00:26:53|530So, and he can appropriate 379|00:26:54|030|00:26:58|090and utilize the energy of attraction. This is very important. Erroneously called love 380|00:26:58|590|00:27:01|810by some students, stored up in the love petals of the soul. Now this is 381|00:27:02|310|00:27:05|770really interesting. No, it's not just lovey-dovey and the love 382|00:27:06|270|00:27:09|090petals, it's something more, 383|00:27:10|050|00:27:13|410something more, much more. And something 384|00:27:13|910|00:27:17|890technically different from our usual thoughts about love 385|00:27:19|250|00:27:22|930and millennia of... through hard labour and millennia 386|00:27:23|430|00:27:25|300of not trouble, but struggle. 387|00:27:26|260|00:27:26|820Okay, 388|00:27:30|100|00:27:33|140excuse me. He can appropriate and utilize the energy of attraction, 389|00:27:34|340|00:27:38|300erroneously called love by some students, stored up in 390|00:27:38|800|00:27:42|180the love petals. So he can attract a group 391|00:27:42|680|00:27:45|300and he can work with a group and all of those things. 392|00:27:45|540|00:27:49|220And it's not just love. The love, as we think 393|00:27:49|720|00:27:52|730of it, is more from the Buddhic plane. It does have a resonance with the 394|00:27:53|130|00:27:56|650love petals. But attraction per se 395|00:27:57|450|00:28:01|090is not love as we conceive it in a very high way. 396|00:28:01|590|00:28:06|890The love of the Christ and so forth. The Buddhic love based upon selflessness 397|00:28:07|130|00:28:09|530and upon pure reason. 398|00:28:10|810|00:28:14|210Okay, so he can do those things. He can work with the 399|00:28:14|710|00:28:17|850knowledge petals. He's got lots of knowledge and long experience 400|00:28:18|810|00:28:22|880and he can magnetically attract others, 401|00:28:24|080|00:28:28|000not altruistically but for his own purposes, and he'll use them 402|00:28:28|160|00:28:31|560later. But he cannot respond to and use the energy 403|00:28:32|060|00:28:35|840of divine love, //(RI, p.349)// working out in the divine plan, //(RI, p.349)// 404|00:28:36|320|00:28:40|280which controls all knowledge and converts it into wisdom //(RI, p.349)// and 405|00:28:40|780|00:28:44|600which actuates and clarifies the motive //(RI, p.349)// which 406|00:28:45|100|00:28:48|920brings loving, magnetic attraction into action and //(RI, p.349)// 407|00:28:49|420|00:28:52|640which we call through group consciousness and group cohesion. And this, 408|00:28:54|160|00:28:58|400all of this found in relation to the 409|00:29:00|000|00:29:03|360sacrifice petals. Okay, 410|00:29:03|860|00:29:07|200so again, I want to somehow emphasize this. 411|00:29:07|840|00:29:11|970I want to emphasize this. What he cannot do and 412|00:29:12|470|00:29:15|170what we had better be careful about so we do not fall into that kind 413|00:29:15|670|00:29:19|130of trap. He cannot do that. He cannot 414|00:29:19|630|00:29:23|010respond to and use the energy of divine love. 415|00:29:23|510|00:29:27|249Ultimately, ultimately this comes from 416|00:29:27|749|00:29:31|650the Monad; divinity begins at the second plane 417|00:29:32|150|00:29:35|650and the first. And below that we have spirituality. So when 418|00:29:36|150|00:29:39|960D.K. uses a word like divine, it's usually 419|00:29:40|460|00:29:43|760purposeful, working out in the divine plan, monadically conceived, 420|00:29:44|000|00:29:47|960which controls all knowledge and converts it 421|00:29:48|460|00:29:52|680into wisdom. He's entered the Hall of Wisdom there in the sacrifice petals. 422|00:29:53|180|00:29:56|840Now, some unfoldment of the sacrifice petals must 423|00:29:57|340|00:30:01|280necessarily occur because this brother 424|00:30:01|780|00:30:05|170who will veer off, has taken the 425|00:30:05|670|00:30:08|890first and second initiations. And that involves some 426|00:30:09|390|00:30:14|810stirring, some activation of some petal 427|00:30:14|970|00:30:19|570substance or some petal activity in the inner 428|00:30:20|070|00:30:23|410tier of sacrifice petals. But it's not going to 429|00:30:23|910|00:30:27|290be the real heart and soul sacrifice 430|00:30:27|930|00:30:31|150which is required when you pass the 431|00:30:31|650|00:30:35|150temptation in the desert after the second degree that he 432|00:30:35|650|00:30:39|390cannot do—he will not do it. He will give in somehow to 433|00:30:39|890|00:30:43|910the world, the flesh and the devil. He will want 434|00:30:44|790|00:30:49|230the goods, the rewards which 435|00:30:49|730|00:30:53|190come to him as a personality if he courts the world, flesh and the devil. 436|00:30:53|510|00:30:56|830And in the old saying, he will sell 437|00:30:57|330|00:31:01|030his soul to the devil. You know, it's a little dramatic, but it means 438|00:31:01|530|00:31:04|990we give in to the desires of the personality and we 439|00:31:05|490|00:31:09|350use our higher powers as they may be descending, we pervert 440|00:31:09|850|00:31:14|190them and use them to fulfill these 441|00:31:14|690|00:31:17|110lower personality desires and tendencies. 442|00:31:17|990|00:31:21|910So he will convert. He can't respond to that which converts 443|00:31:22|410|00:31:26|730knowledge into wisdom, because if he was wise, he'd never do this. And which actuates 444|00:31:27|230|00:31:31|410and clarifies the motive which 445|00:31:31|910|00:31:36|050brings loving magnetic attraction. Not just magnetic attraction, loving magnetic 446|00:31:36|550|00:31:40|890attraction into action and which we call true: a group consciousness 447|00:31:40|970|00:31:44|210and group cohesion //(RI, p.349)// response to group vibration in 448|00:31:44|710|00:31:48|730a truer way. So these words "loving" and "true" are 449|00:31:49|230|00:31:52|950the discriminating words he can use. Magnetic attraction. 450|00:31:53|910|00:31:57|310You know, some of these people appear to be quite 451|00:31:57|810|00:32:01|430wonderful to their devotees, but if they're in 452|00:32:01|930|00:32:05|510the presence of somebody who is veering off to the left hand path, they will 453|00:32:06|010|00:32:10|350find themselves not uplifted, but used for 454|00:32:10|850|00:32:14|030his own personal purposes. Oh, it's a sad 455|00:32:14|530|00:32:17|830thing, and it's happening on this particular planet 456|00:32:18|330|00:32:21|830where great struggles are going on between the 457|00:32:22|310|00:32:25|910tendencies of the previous solar system and this one, the tendency 458|00:32:26|410|00:32:28|550to the moon chain and this chain. 459|00:32:31|030|00:32:34|910And that's just the way it is because of certain failures, perhaps of 460|00:32:35|410|00:32:39|350our planetary Logos and somehow 461|00:32:39|670|00:32:43|840involving all of us. We can't blame anybody 462|00:32:44|340|00:32:47|480for what we've done, you know, especially those 463|00:32:47|980|00:32:51|520people who come from the moon chain in the previous solar system. They were parts 464|00:32:52|020|00:32:54|520of a rebellion, maybe in the previous solar system, 465|00:32:55|080|00:32:59|080but they refused opportunity. And on the moon 466|00:32:59|580|00:33:03|640chain, you know, they were 467|00:33:04|140|00:33:06|120driven, I think mad, frankly, 468|00:33:07|610|00:33:10|690by a mistake of the planetary Logos. 469|00:33:11|190|00:33:14|890But maybe they participated in that because there were initiates from 470|00:33:15|390|00:33:19|450the previous chain who then were transported 471|00:33:19|950|00:33:24|010into this particular chain to at least undo, or to further 472|00:33:25|610|00:33:28|570undo old mistakes and expand further possibility. 473|00:33:29|210|00:33:33|380So it is at this point that the two ways of 474|00:33:33|880|00:33:38|060darkness and light become widely divergent. Up until that time they 475|00:33:38|560|00:33:42|020may be sinuously interrelated. Master Morya tells us 476|00:33:42|520|00:33:46|020how close the line between good and evil may 477|00:33:46|520|00:33:50|300be. And so it's almost indistinguishable. And he tells 478|00:33:50|800|00:33:53|460us that sometimes they just do not, 479|00:33:54|980|00:33:58|780as it were, smite the evildoers because they're so close to us that 480|00:33:59|280|00:34:02|770they would by that action harm us as 481|00:34:03|270|00:34:07|170well—those who supposedly are on the right hand path. And until we've 482|00:34:07|570|00:34:11|570passed those temptations in the desert which all 483|00:34:12|070|00:34:15|730have to be submitted to, you just don't know. You have to tread 484|00:34:16|210|00:34:20|130cautiously because you can be overtaken. 485|00:34:20|690|00:34:24|090You can be overtaken by certain tendencies you didn't 486|00:34:24|590|00:34:27|040even expect in yourself anyway. 487|00:34:28|240|00:34:31|920After the second degree, sometime after it— 488|00:34:32|320|00:34:37|160it could be in the same life—you're off into 489|00:34:37|660|00:34:41|440isolation and you have to make those decisions just as the Christ did 490|00:34:41|940|00:34:44|880in a way reenacting that experience on a higher turn of the spiral. 491|00:34:45|440|00:34:48|560So it is at this point that the two ways of darkness and of light 492|00:34:49|060|00:34:52|080become widely divergent. //(RI, p.349)// Until the third initiation is taken. 493|00:34:52|849|00:34:56|409Glamour may condition the attitude of those seeking 494|00:34:56|909|00:34:58|529to understand the life of the man upon the path. 495|00:34:59|889|00:35:03|249And they may mistake the spurious 496|00:35:03|749|00:35:06|969for the real. //(RI, p.349)// You know, they may be 497|00:35:07|469|00:35:13|409attracted to a black brother and 498|00:35:13|909|00:35:17|249be misled because everything looks good, 499|00:35:18|380|00:35:21|180but where it leads is not understood. 500|00:35:21|900|00:35:25|140So we have to be very careful. We always have to be cautious. We even 501|00:35:25|640|00:35:27|900have to be cautious after the 502|00:35:29|580|00:35:32|820after the third degree. Just as the rich young 503|00:35:33|320|00:35:36|940man failed 504|00:35:37|440|00:35:41|900in his discrimination somehow and 505|00:35:42|540|00:35:45|660did not follow the Christ until the third initiation is taken. 506|00:35:47|160|00:35:50|840And keep that in mind that it's not all defeated before the second— 507|00:35:52|520|00:35:56|640before the third initiation. Taking glamour may condition the attitudes of 508|00:35:57|140|00:36:00|880those who seek to understand the life of a man upon 509|00:36:01|380|00:36:05|160the path. We may be misled in our judgment. And I've seen 510|00:36:05|660|00:36:09|240that all the time. People think they're on a spiritual path and they're really flirting 511|00:36:09|740|00:36:13|120with danger because they are not countering their own egotism. 512|00:36:13|620|00:36:15|920They're letting their love of power increase. 513|00:36:17|040|00:36:20|680And hopefully the supervising soul will send something 514|00:36:21|180|00:36:24|640in their direction which brings them to a condition of humility 515|00:36:25|600|00:36:29|640and a juster appraisal of who they really 516|00:36:30|140|00:36:33|640are and what they should attempt. So misleading 517|00:36:34|140|00:36:38|280is possible because of our own glamours sustained and not eradicated 518|00:36:38|780|00:36:42|340yet. Up to the third degree, the black 519|00:36:42|840|00:36:46|980magician leads a disciplined life analogous to that of the spiritual aspirant. //(RI, p.349)// 520|00:36:47|480|00:36:51|060You know, it's all for his own well being. Apparently he practices purity 521|00:36:51|560|00:36:55|700for his own safeguarding, and not in order that he may become a channel for 522|00:36:56|200|00:36:59|380the energy of light. //(RI, p.349)// He works with power, 523|00:36:59|940|00:37:03|180the power of magnetic attraction, with and 524|00:37:03|680|00:37:07|620in groups. //(RI, p.349)// And they are misled and they are enthusiastic 525|00:37:08|120|00:37:12|020about the glow surrounding this 526|00:37:13|140|00:37:16|660individual trending towards the left hand path. 527|00:37:17|460|00:37:20|900But he does this for his own selfish ends and for the fulfillment 528|00:37:21|540|00:37:24|500of his own //(RI, p.349)// selfish purposes. 529|00:37:26|020|00:37:29|860So, you know, let us be wary, because 530|00:37:29|940|00:37:32|500as we tread the path and become ever more effective, 531|00:37:34|170|00:37:37|530miniscule though our effectiveness may be compared to that of a master, 532|00:37:37|770|00:37:41|130there will be a militant warring against our efforts, 533|00:37:41|630|00:37:45|850as D.K. warns us. But at the third initiation there 534|00:37:46|350|00:37:50|130comes to the true spiritual initiate the revelation //(RI, p.349)// which is the reward 535|00:37:50|630|00:37:53|770of perseverance and purity, rightly motivated. 536|00:37:54|410|00:37:56|810Gosh, this is so important, this section. 537|00:37:57|610|00:38:01|500And maybe at the first degree, you know, we're not quite 538|00:38:02|000|00:38:05|860there yet, but we're on our way, 539|00:38:06|360|00:38:09|340you know, we're on our way, and 540|00:38:09|740|00:38:13|300towards the third degree, where the first 541|00:38:13|800|00:38:17|220solar initiation is taken and the discrimination 542|00:38:17|720|00:38:20|940between the two types of brothers becomes very clear. 543|00:38:21|580|00:38:25|640The discrimination between the two 544|00:38:26|140|00:38:30|920types of brothers is clarified now 545|00:38:31|420|00:38:34|840to the eye of the Christ. Well, 546|00:38:35|340|00:38:38|880he can see the tendencies, of course, and probably in his own 547|00:38:39|380|00:38:43|240way, as will any master, do his best to help 548|00:38:44|040|00:38:47|480such attending individual or trending individual 549|00:38:47|980|00:38:51|480to avoid the dangers which are foreseen. 550|00:38:53|690|00:38:57|370So purity, rightly motivated, the revelation 551|00:38:57|870|00:39:02|090of the divine purpose. And the soul records 552|00:39:02|590|00:39:06|130it in terms of the hierarchical plan, though not yet in terms of 553|00:39:06|630|00:39:10|330the monad. //(RI, p.349)// So at the third degree, and probably 554|00:39:10|830|00:39:14|490we've discussed this in a way, there comes to the true spiritual 555|00:39:14|990|00:39:18|010initiate—always watch those words, like true and real— 556|00:39:18|650|00:39:22|580the revelation which is the reward of perseverance and 557|00:39:23|080|00:39:26|740purity, rightly motivated, not just purity for 558|00:39:27|240|00:39:29|420one's own protection. You know, 559|00:39:32|140|00:39:35|620the revelation of the divine 560|00:39:36|120|00:39:39|660purpose will come to a certain degree, not fully, 561|00:39:39|980|00:39:43|940as the soul records it in terms of the hierarchical plan, //(RI, p.349)// though not yet 562|00:39:44|440|00:39:48|180in terms of the monad. So, but that would be—that would be 563|00:39:48|680|00:39:51|890quite sufficient. And also, 564|00:39:52|450|00:39:56|850the monad begins its 565|00:39:57|330|00:40:02|010more conscious influence to 566|00:40:02|510|00:40:06|450this purpose and //(RI, p.349)// to the loving will of God. Purpose coming 567|00:40:06|530|00:40:09|530from the soul, from the solar angel, 568|00:40:10|030|00:40:14|930which may have to snap the thread with the black brother into 569|00:40:15|430|00:40:18|990the loving will of God, to use a trite Christian 570|00:40:19|490|00:40:22|950phrase, but reframed in occult terms. The black 571|00:40:23|450|00:40:27|470brother cannot respond. //(RI, p.350)// His aims are different //(RI, p.350)// and he's walled 572|00:40:27|970|00:40:31|830off. This type of sacrificial responsiveness, 573|00:40:32|390|00:40:35|430you have here the true meaning of the oft misunderstood phrase, 574|00:40:35|930|00:40:39|350"the parting of the ways." //(RI, p.350)// And I would say, you know, 575|00:40:39|990|00:40:43|660at the time of the temptation, 576|00:40:44|700|00:40:45|660three temptations, 577|00:40:49|500|00:40:53|580one for each of the aspects of the personality. 578|00:40:54|620|00:40:58|140So at the first degree, you know, maybe there are tendencies in this direction. 579|00:40:58|619|00:41:02|300But it's after the second degree that they really, they really show 580|00:41:02|800|00:41:05|900up. Both of these groups of aspirants, the black and white, stand before the door 581|00:41:06|400|00:41:09|820of initiation and take the needed steps to open it. On two 582|00:41:09|900|00:41:13|100similar occasions, //(RI, p.350)// you kind of wonder, you know, 583|00:41:15|020|00:41:18|940let's just say here, wondering about 584|00:41:19|580|00:41:23|420Hitler and the members of his 585|00:41:23|980|00:41:26|700— and his D.K. called them evil gang. 586|00:41:27|580|00:41:31|820They were really, you know, obsessing about purity. 587|00:41:32|320|00:41:36|460Their whole thing was about the impurity of the 588|00:41:39|430|00:41:44|150inferior races that might pollute the 589|00:41:44|790|00:41:47|750purity of the pure Aryan. 590|00:41:48|550|00:41:53|749So they had this whole purity thing in mind, which is very much a 591|00:41:54|249|00:41:55|830kind of a second initiation thought. 592|00:41:58|950|00:42:02|870Both overcome glamour after the second initiation, //(RI, p.350)// 593|00:42:03|370|00:42:07|520and let's just say big fight before, 594|00:42:07|760|00:42:11|520but no overcoming until after, 595|00:42:13|360|00:42:16|640after the second initiation. And even 596|00:42:17|140|00:42:20|519then, you know, let's just say it's 597|00:42:21|019|00:42:23|440more towards the third degree that one really sees through all that. 598|00:42:24|080|00:42:27|200And so they overcome glamour and the 599|00:42:27|700|00:42:31|720masking, veiling, mystifying effect of glamour, and 600|00:42:32|220|00:42:34|400they can see their way clearly ahead, 601|00:42:36|060|00:42:39|260you might say, towards their 602|00:42:39|820|00:42:41|100chosen objectives. 603|00:42:43|900|00:42:47|620But there's only ruin on the path of the 604|00:42:48|120|00:42:51|860one who chooses the selfish way. And probably never fully appreciated 605|00:42:52|360|00:42:56|460how ruinous it is until it's too late. And great 606|00:42:56|860|00:43:00|500and beautiful glorification for the 607|00:43:01|000|00:43:04|570one who makes the sacrifices to tread the right-hand 608|00:43:05|070|00:43:06|530path. But their goals, 609|00:43:07|890|00:43:12|050they can see clearly, and you know that clarification is very important 610|00:43:12|530|00:43:16|090for both. But their goals emerge as widely different. //(RI, p.350)// 611|00:43:16|590|00:43:20|370One treads the Broadway which leads ever deeper into 612|00:43:20|870|00:43:24|010matter and materialism, into darkness. And what he's calling 613|00:43:24|510|00:43:27|410here, black power, //(RI, p.350)// the power of form — let's call it that. 614|00:43:29|180|00:43:33|260The powers inherent in the form and not 615|00:43:33|760|00:43:36|620from the higher planes. And the other leads to the straight and narrow way, 616|00:43:37|120|00:43:41|020to the razor-edge path which leads into light and life, //(RI, p.350)// and 617|00:43:41|520|00:43:44|940let's just say much harder to tread, 618|00:43:45|440|00:43:49|260and more sacrificial 619|00:43:50|300|00:43:54|220requirements are presented 620|00:43:54|900|00:43:57|700until, like the Christ, you know, you give up everything. 621|00:43:58|420|00:44:01|860And like the great masters at the fourth degree, 622|00:44:02|660|00:44:06|580as arhats who are noble — 623|00:44:07|220|00:44:09|620that's I think what the word means. And arhat, 624|00:44:10|419|00:44:14|780noble and brave. They give up that upon 625|00:44:15|280|00:44:19|140which the personality has depended. They give up their old identification. 626|00:44:20|190|00:44:23|670They dare to go forward into greater 627|00:44:24|170|00:44:27|630levels of identification. And this the black brother 628|00:44:28|130|00:44:31|430does not do. One group has never freed itself from the principles which govern the 629|00:44:31|930|00:44:35|310first solar system. //(RI, p.350)// Think about that. You know, it was a very third- 630|00:44:35|810|00:44:39|390ray solar system. It had a lot to do with the, 631|00:44:42|030|00:44:45|790with the concrete mind. A lot to do with mahat, 632|00:44:46|290|00:44:49|620with mentality and so forth. They become very brilliant, you know, 633|00:44:50|120|00:44:54|180and you think about the brilliance of Lucifer. Well, Lucifer in a way is humanity. 634|00:44:54|980|00:44:59|620It's probably not some angel 635|00:45:00|020|00:45:04|660that had a fit of pride and fell 636|00:45:05|160|00:45:08|940because of it. You know, Lucifer is another name very much for the luminous solar 637|00:45:09|440|00:45:12|540angels who sacrificially fell. But of course that's a 638|00:45:13|040|00:45:17|020hard sell when it comes to the people who can't, 639|00:45:17|520|00:45:20|860you know, see beyond their own interpretations of their particular Bible. 640|00:45:21|660|00:45:24|860So one group has never freed itself from the principles which govern the first 641|00:45:25|360|00:45:28|780solar system. They were principles entirely related to 642|00:45:29|280|00:45:32|860matter and substance, and I think thus to mind, concrete mind, 643|00:45:33|180|00:45:36|740and were at that time and in that period so 644|00:45:37|240|00:45:40|820remote that the number of years of distance can be stated only in 645|00:45:41|320|00:45:44|060super astronomical figures, that is trillions of years. 646|00:45:44|700|00:45:48|400The conditioning factors for the initiation of 647|00:45:48|900|00:45:52|480the time. //(RI, p.350)// So in that period they were the conditioning 648|00:45:52|980|00:45:56|840factors for the initiation of the time. But there were initiations 649|00:45:57|340|00:46:01|800and they were, there were indeed initiations. 650|00:46:02|680|00:46:07|960And some of the initiates became 651|00:46:10|440|00:46:15|870solar angels and others 652|00:46:17|470|00:46:21|230members of the recalcitrant 653|00:46:23|070|00:46:27|110forces, or the Black 654|00:46:27|610|00:46:31|070Lodge as we call it, the Lords of Form, the Lords of Opposition. 655|00:46:32|190|00:46:35|070Well, it was a long time ago and maybe some of us were there. 656|00:46:36|510|00:46:39|950And then there was another group that just simply became the nomads, 657|00:46:40|810|00:46:44|810the wanderers, the monads who wandered to 658|00:46:45|310|00:46:48|690our solar system via the bridge created by Saturn. They were in 659|00:46:49|190|00:46:52|610a way, spiritual nomads. Certain units of humanity 660|00:46:53|110|00:46:56|890then existent were so completely conditioned by these material 661|00:46:57|390|00:47:00|570principles, therein lies the danger. And so deliberately, 662|00:47:00|730|00:47:04|370deliberately unready for moving on to the comprehension of 663|00:47:04|870|00:47:07|910another set of principles more expressive of the divine nature. 664|00:47:08|230|00:47:11|470You know, they said "It's good enough and I don't trust what 665|00:47:11|970|00:47:16|190lies ahead. I don't want to give up what I have." That they remained of 666|00:47:16|690|00:47:18|710fixed and selfish material purpose. 667|00:47:20|150|00:47:23|190Well, it's a story for every initiate. You know, 668|00:47:23|510|00:47:27|190just because you're treading the path of probationary 669|00:47:27|690|00:47:31|030initiation, you're not home yet and you're not 670|00:47:31|530|00:47:35|150safe yet. You have choices all the way and there are 671|00:47:35|650|00:47:39|110problems, moments of destruction along these 672|00:47:39|610|00:47:42|990paths, even on high levels. Master Hilarion in his book 673|00:47:43|790|00:47:48|190Light on the Path, I think brought in by Mabel Collins, 674|00:47:49|870|00:47:53|830he says it's possible to fall back at any point so ever. 675|00:47:54|330|00:47:58|510There are challenges as we rise into 676|00:47:58|830|00:48:02|080greater realms of greater possibility. 677|00:48:02|320|00:48:05|880You know, we kind of want that safety, that Cancerian 678|00:48:06|380|00:48:08|800thing, that nirvana, all suffering ended forever. 679|00:48:09|280|00:48:12|760It's just not true. And there are always challenges on every 680|00:48:13|260|00:48:16|880step of the ladder of evolution. It kind of keeps you awake in the universal 681|00:48:17|380|00:48:20|880process. So there's really something here. They remained 682|00:48:21|440|00:48:24|800of fixed and selfish material purpose. 683|00:48:27|040|00:48:30|400Well, you don't want to encounter these. You know, D.K. says they're, you know, 684|00:48:30|900|00:48:34|640worse than you can ever imagine. And there are six leaders in the west 685|00:48:35|140|00:48:38|880and six in the east and twelve altogether. They know what they're doing 686|00:48:39|380|00:48:43|080occultly. And probably Master Morya 687|00:48:43|580|00:48:46|800is a little humorous there. He says, "Look, if we didn't protect 688|00:48:47|300|00:48:51|250you," basically, he says, "you would become a tasty dish for 689|00:48:51|750|00:48:55|370the Satanists." So those who are working along this line 690|00:48:55|530|00:48:59|290for the reappearance of the Christ and, well, you know, 691|00:48:59|790|00:49:03|130when you take the first initiation and face the Christ now, you certainly have that 692|00:49:03|630|00:49:07|770great opportunity. They are protected if 693|00:49:08|270|00:49:11|970their will and their action continues to go in the 694|00:49:12|470|00:49:16|170direction of the expression of the divine plan, however they may understand it. 695|00:49:17|380|00:49:20|860So, you know, there's a lot to contemplate 696|00:49:21|360|00:49:25|460here, but not overly much. Certain units of humanity then existent. 697|00:49:26|020|00:49:29|300You know, the question is always, "What do you do about the Jews?" 698|00:49:29|800|00:49:33|460You know, they were apparently present and they 699|00:49:33|960|00:49:38|500came to this, this particular planet and this particular solar 700|00:49:39|000|00:49:42|100system and scheme long or 701|00:49:42|600|00:49:45|820at least before individualization took place for Earth chain 702|00:49:46|320|00:49:50|140humanity. What role did they play? You know, were they part of the divine? 703|00:49:50|460|00:49:53|380Were they part of the not so divine rebellion? You know, 704|00:49:53|880|00:49:57|500and they're certainly carrying a lot of what they learned from 705|00:49:58|000|00:50:01|540the earlier solar system. But then again, who is the true Jew? It doesn't 706|00:50:02|040|00:50:04|780necessarily mean that you're in a Jewish form at this time. 707|00:50:06|060|00:50:09|180There were all these root races that the nomads, 708|00:50:09|420|00:50:14|480the, you know, what we call the present Jew had 709|00:50:14|980|00:50:18|560to embody, you know, the Toltecs and all 710|00:50:19|060|00:50:22|760of these root races in Atlantean 711|00:50:23|260|00:50:27|120days and even in the Lemurian days. And there's some discussion 712|00:50:27|620|00:50:30|880and description of these. Those were the forms that were embodied. 713|00:50:31|380|00:50:35|160So you can't even tell. At least we can't. Maybe the masters 714|00:50:35|660|00:50:39|380can. Who was the true nomad, the true Jew 715|00:50:39|460|00:50:42|780from the previous solar system? There were a couple 716|00:50:43|280|00:50:46|260of Jewish people working, well, a number of them. 717|00:50:46|980|00:50:50|620But let's 718|00:50:51|120|00:50:54|700see, it was Roberto Assagioli and Regina Keller, 719|00:50:55|200|00:50:59|780particularly high disciples with 720|00:50:59|940|00:51:03|340Assagioli probably, you know, having taken the third degree, 721|00:51:03|840|00:51:06|900just like Alice Bailey. And he said, "Well, look, 722|00:51:07|400|00:51:11|120you know, long ago you worked these things out, Dr. 723|00:51:11|620|00:51:14|880Assagioli, so you're no longer identified in that manner. 724|00:51:14|960|00:51:17|680But Regina Keller was struggling." 725|00:51:18|400|00:51:22|040He says, "Look, you're not really a member of the Jewish group. That's only 726|00:51:22|540|00:51:25|920for this incarnation, but you are much affected by that thought form." 727|00:51:26|420|00:51:30|480So who is the true nomad from the previous solar 728|00:51:30|980|00:51:35|320system? You know, maybe this is something that will 729|00:51:35|820|00:51:39|120come to us as we think about it, or maybe the Master will have to 730|00:51:39|620|00:51:43|240make plain to us our origin, 731|00:51:43|740|00:51:47|960because they would have come in with petals unfolded in a different method of individualization 732|00:51:48|040|00:51:51|440and all that, and they would have had a 733|00:51:51|940|00:51:55|520big head start, because in a way, they were laggards and failures 734|00:51:56|020|00:52:00|040of the previous solar system, but still with plenty built up 735|00:52:01|150|00:52:03|470for expression in this solar system. 736|00:52:04|670|00:52:08|830So anyway, they, these certain units 737|00:52:09|950|00:52:14|030remained a fixed and selfish material purpose, and a planned 738|00:52:14|530|00:52:18|110distortion of the divine will was intelligently created by them. 739|00:52:18|610|00:52:22|310And, you know, when we're looking at all the glamour in the glamour 740|00:52:22|810|00:52:26|610book that came in at Atlantis, we understand that they deliberately attacked the 741|00:52:26|680|00:52:31|320truth. So there was, in Atlantean 742|00:52:31|480|00:52:35|560days, a deliberate attack upon 743|00:52:36|060|00:52:39|880the truth by these 744|00:52:41|560|00:52:44|920Black Lodge members. And, you know, 745|00:52:45|160|00:52:49|040I've got to say, we have now a tremendous attack upon 746|00:52:49|540|00:52:52|760the truth again preceding the time 747|00:52:53|260|00:52:56|790of the Great Conclave in 2025. And a lot of leaders are not caring 748|00:52:57|290|00:53:01|390whether they lie or don't lie, as long as their objectives, which are personal 749|00:53:01|890|00:53:05|150objectives, almost inevitably are fulfilled. It's a very 750|00:53:06|110|00:53:09|310serious time that indicates that in back of 751|00:53:09|810|00:53:13|430them again, Satan in the old sense as 752|00:53:13|930|00:53:17|310the father of lies, or the devil is the father of lies, is at work 753|00:53:18|510|00:53:21|470dividing, disunifying, 754|00:53:22|690|00:53:26|850causing war and contention and mystification. 755|00:53:27|810|00:53:31|530And, you know, the truth is under attack. And whenever the 756|00:53:32|030|00:53:36|330truth is under attack, you can suspect the presence of the Black 757|00:53:36|830|00:53:41|010Lodge. Maybe they know something of the truth of themselves, but it's a limited rendition 758|00:53:41|510|00:53:45|370of the truth because they're too afraid to expand their consciousness into 759|00:53:45|870|00:53:48|930areas that true loving sacrifice would reveal. 760|00:53:49|950|00:53:53|710So you have a hint here as to the nature of evil and a clue 761|00:53:54|210|00:53:58|270to the part, though only a part, of the mystery to be noted 762|00:53:58|770|00:54:02|430in the statement //(RI, p.350)// that good //(RI, p.350)// and evil are reverse aspects of the same one 763|00:54:02|930|00:54:06|750reality. And this is very important. And evil is //(RI, p.350)// the good which 764|00:54:07|250|00:54:10|470should have been left behind, passing on to 765|00:54:10|970|00:54:14|630greater and more inclusive good. //(RI, p.350)// Well, there's just that adherence 766|00:54:15|130|00:54:18|330to the past, hence the moon, which represents the past, 767|00:54:20|010|00:54:23|210is oftentimes involved in the black magic process. 768|00:54:24|010|00:54:28|050Evil is that good which should have been left behind. I mean, everything moves 769|00:54:28|550|00:54:33|170forward according to divine plan and purpose. And if we just get fearfully 770|00:54:33|670|00:54:36|890fixated upon some acquisitions which we think are 771|00:54:37|390|00:54:41|050good enough to give us special privilege, then we're going 772|00:54:41|550|00:54:43|910along with the evil program. 773|00:54:45|110|00:54:49|230So, you know, it's a fixation. And a deliberate 774|00:54:49|730|00:54:53|550distortion, a planned distortion. So there's the evil 775|00:54:54|050|00:54:57|870that's caused by ignorance. Everybody's subjected to that. And then there 776|00:54:58|370|00:55:01|990is the evil that is caused by a deliberate, 777|00:55:02|710|00:55:06|390willing rejection of the divine 778|00:55:06|890|00:55:10|070plan presented by superior beings for the upliftment, 779|00:55:10|620|00:55:13|980in this case, of humanity. So it's a very, 780|00:55:14|480|00:55:17|700you know, it's just, it's not wise at all. It just doesn't make sense in 781|00:55:18|200|00:55:21|740the long run. So that somehow the captivation and the fear 782|00:55:22|240|00:55:25|700must be very great to keep these very intelligent, 783|00:55:26|200|00:55:29|820very intelligent beings in such an unwise condition. 784|00:55:30|380|00:55:34|620I remember reading a book by Bulwer-Lytton. My teacher. 785|00:55:34|940|00:55:38|640I had a teacher on the physical plane for seven years. It was 786|00:55:39|140|00:55:41|320wonderful. 1962 to 1969. 787|00:55:42|680|00:55:43|640Okay. Anyway, 788|00:55:46|120|00:55:49|880he recommended this book by Bulwer-Lytton. It was so real 789|00:55:50|380|00:55:53|600in terms of occultism that it was almost scary to read, 790|00:55:54|100|00:55:57|320I must say. And there was a story there 791|00:55:58|280|00:56:03|590about a man who was, who was feeding poisonous 792|00:56:04|090|00:56:07|390drink to the hero. Well, the hero 793|00:56:07|890|00:56:11|470was a member of the hierarchy and could neutralize it. But somehow this man had 794|00:56:11|970|00:56:15|150veered off. He had shown a lot of promise, but he had veered off. 795|00:56:15|650|00:56:18|870And the question was, could he be redeemed? I suppose there is a 796|00:56:19|370|00:56:22|590point at which even those on the left hand 797|00:56:23|090|00:56:26|430path, and maybe even those in the Black Lodge, can, through much suffering, 798|00:56:26|930|00:56:31|560be redeemed. But then maybe there is also a point of no return. 799|00:56:32|280|00:56:36|160Of course, the great powers are gracious and loving 800|00:56:36|660|00:56:39|840and eternally redemptive. So if 801|00:56:40|340|00:56:43|400it can be done, redemption can 802|00:56:43|900|00:56:47|160come. Or one gets swept into the dust, 803|00:56:48|120|00:56:51|800dust bin, you know, the so-called eighth sphere 804|00:56:52|680|00:56:56|990that Blavatsky describes in ways which are horrifying. 805|00:56:57|950|00:57:01|950But you just end up as the refuse of the present planet and 806|00:57:02|450|00:57:06|550the refuse of the present system. And nothing can ever defeat the 807|00:57:07|050|00:57:11|190being that one is. But that being, that projection 808|00:57:11|690|00:57:14|190of that being is made to start again as a fresh, 809|00:57:14|430|00:57:17|750freshly, as a monad, and in another solar system, I suppose, 810|00:57:18|250|00:57:22|150and has to descend through eons and eons and 811|00:57:22|650|00:57:26|670even, you know, trillions of years through a condition, 812|00:57:27|390|00:57:31|390a very limited condition. And maybe 813|00:57:31|550|00:57:35|950after all that there is such a reluctance to 814|00:57:36|450|00:57:40|670return to the mistakes that led to that limited condition that 815|00:57:41|390|00:57:45|030the unit will be saved and properly 816|00:57:45|530|00:57:49|590reabsorbed. Every unit is going to be reabsorbed in full glory. 817|00:57:50|090|00:57:53|410It's just a question of how much suffering it has to endure. 818|00:57:54|370|00:57:57|770So anyway, you know, 819|00:57:58|270|00:58:01|370all of this is to be considered by those who are treading the path of 820|00:58:01|870|00:58:05|170initiation. It's even in its probationary stages. 821|00:58:05|670|00:58:09|210It's not easy, and it is dangerous. I mean, 822|00:58:09|710|00:58:13|570there's a way of just kind of going along, you know, with everybody 823|00:58:14|070|00:58:17|890else and rising as the whole rises 824|00:58:17|970|00:58:21|450and growing. And then there's the more heroic, 825|00:58:21|950|00:58:25|290intrepid way of treading the path of initiation and making, 826|00:58:26|730|00:58:31|850excuse me, oneself available for service 827|00:58:31|930|00:58:35|610much sooner and releasing one's captivity. 828|00:58:37|850|00:58:41|010Choose as you will. You know, forget not that the 829|00:58:41|510|00:58:45|620black magicians of today were the initiates of a previous solar 830|00:58:46|120|00:58:49|460system. //(RI, p.350)// So that's the thing we have to 831|00:58:49|960|00:58:53|260bear in mind. We don't know, you know, 832|00:58:53|760|00:58:58|500initiates along a particular line, right? We don't know what 833|00:58:59|000|00:59:02|100the nature of those initiations were. They were probably very material, mental, 834|00:59:02|260|00:59:06|420really, which gives them their tendency and also 835|00:59:06|920|00:59:10|620their unique blindness. When the door of initiation 836|00:59:11|120|00:59:14|520is ready to open for the third time, the parting of 837|00:59:15|020|00:59:18|680the ways takes place. //(RI, p.350)// It's very sobering, 838|00:59:19|180|00:59:22|880you know, when you consider the people today who are very egotistical 839|00:59:23|380|00:59:25|960and could be veering off. Now, I'll tell you what, friends. 840|00:59:26|680|00:59:29|880My chronometer is a little askew. 841|00:59:30|120|00:59:33|720I don't know, sometimes it plays tricks on me, and I'm pretty near an hour. 842|00:59:34|220|00:59:38|250But I'm going to make an experiment here. I know the 843|00:59:38|750|00:59:42|370people who kindly said they would transcribe and put all of this talk, 844|00:59:42|610|00:59:47|250or at least the relevant part, into print 845|00:59:47|730|00:59:51|490become a little daunted when I go longer than an hour. But I 846|00:59:51|990|00:59:55|850find that if I... I'm going to make an experiment that if I don't go 847|00:59:56|350|01:00:00|090a little longer than an hour, a lot of hours get taken away from 848|01:00:00|590|01:00:04|450me. That I would like to be offering commentary 849|01:00:04|950|01:00:08|040to you for your thought. It's just 850|01:00:08|760|01:00:12|360technicalities. And so I will go on 851|01:00:12|860|01:00:14|680for a while longer if that's okay with you. 852|01:00:16|040|01:00:20|640Okay, so... So when 853|01:00:21|140|01:00:24|720the door of initiation is ready to open for the third time, only then is 854|01:00:25|220|01:00:28|520this discovered. The parting of the ways takes place. 855|01:00:29|400|01:00:32|930And that's sort of after the... 856|01:00:33|890|01:00:36|130I would say after the failure, you know, 857|01:00:37|490|01:00:40|970after giving in to 858|01:00:41|470|01:00:45|010one's dweller on 859|01:00:45|510|01:00:47|970the threshold. Dweller on... 860|01:00:48|690|01:00:51|250Okay. Dweller on the threshold. 861|01:00:51|890|01:00:55|170Oh, goodness, there's got to be... 862|01:00:55|410|01:00:57|910I know. I did that one. Dot... 863|01:00:59|590|01:01:05|510Okay, D... dot... 864|01:01:06|870|01:01:11|070on the threshold. Let's see if this serves 865|01:01:11|570|01:01:15|430anything. Okay. I'm going to make it anyway. 866|01:01:15|750|01:01:17|030Dweller, sweller... 867|01:01:22|310|01:01:25|160I know it's in there, so just give me a... 868|01:01:25|400|01:01:28|440You know... I'm so sorry. Anyway, 869|01:01:29|000|01:01:32|600so giving into one's dweller after failing the 870|01:01:33|560|01:01:37|240temptation and giving in to the magnification 871|01:01:37|740|01:01:41|320of a strictly personal aspect of one's nature so that indeed 872|01:01:41|820|01:01:46|360it is powerful and attracts attention and gives you certain rewards 873|01:01:47|400|01:01:50|690in this earth, the realm, 874|01:01:50|770|01:01:53|890you know, in the world of phenomena. If you give in, 875|01:01:54|850|01:01:58|250then you don't go towards... then the ways of 876|01:01:58|750|01:02:02|530parting. After giving into one's dweller on the threshold which 877|01:02:03|030|01:02:07|170occurs before the 878|01:02:08|210|01:02:11|090third initiation becomes possible, 879|01:02:12|690|01:02:15|970one signals that the... 880|01:02:18|320|01:02:21|720that in the, as it's called, 881|01:02:22|220|01:02:23|280parting of the ways, 882|01:02:26|160|01:02:30|080one is taking the 883|01:02:30|580|01:02:34|200left hand path. Some follow selfish 884|01:02:34|700|01:02:38|680intention and the fixed determination to remain with the separative 885|01:02:39|180|01:02:42|640condition of matter. //(RI, p.350)// No wonder he calls these 886|01:02:43|640|01:02:47|600brothers of unique blindness. And to others the divine will is clearly 887|01:02:48|100|01:02:51|080impressed upon them and becomes the motivating power of their lives. //(RI, p.350)// 888|01:02:51|880|01:02:54|520It's kind of like the sheep and the goats in a way, you know. 889|01:02:55|080|01:02:58|760And maybe Capricorn 890|01:02:59|079|01:03:00|840and Aries are involved here. 891|01:03:02|440|01:03:05|800Certainly Libra is involved, you know, with the kind of point of decision. 892|01:03:06|040|01:03:09|850And I'm recalling that Aleister Crowley, who is 893|01:03:10|350|01:03:14|050sort of dramatically and infamously extolling in an 894|01:03:14|550|01:03:17|770egotistical manner his magical powers. He had a very strong Libra. 895|01:03:18|270|01:03:20|810I think he was sun in Libra, 896|01:03:21|850|01:03:25|409moon in Capricorn, Leo rising. It was under instructions 897|01:03:25|909|01:03:29|290from the Great White Lodge on Sirius that the door remains //(RI, p.350)// 898|01:03:29|790|01:03:33|970closed the third time to the Dark Brothers, //(RI, p.351)// even though maybe 899|01:03:34|470|01:03:38|100a few do reach the ability to work within the 900|01:03:38|600|01:03:41|700causal body on the higher mental plane. I mean, who can understand that? But okay, 901|01:03:42|200|01:03:46|260evil as we understand it has absolutely no place on Sirius. //(RI, p.351)// 902|01:03:46|760|01:03:50|100The sunshine of the major sun expels 903|01:03:50|180|01:03:53|460what we call evil and Sirius is the major 904|01:03:53|960|01:03:57|220sun. And evil as we understand it, 905|01:03:57|540|01:04:01|540has no place on Sirius. So the door is closed 906|01:04:02|380|01:04:05|460and there's only safety. I mean, you know, sometimes you think you're going to heaven 907|01:04:05|960|01:04:09|380forever when you make the choice that you will follow Jesus or 908|01:04:09|880|01:04:12|980Muhammad or whatever great prophet there may 909|01:04:13|480|01:04:17|100be, but you're not safe yet. And it's only until the third degree, 910|01:04:17|580|01:04:20|860the first solar initiation and the passing of that, 911|01:04:21|500|01:04:25|500that there is true spiritual safety. 912|01:04:26|000|01:04:29|420Before that, mistakes can be made. And look, even after 913|01:04:29|920|01:04:33|270that, mistakes can be made. If it's possible 914|01:04:33|770|01:04:37|470for the planetary Logos to make a mistake, 915|01:04:37|550|01:04:40|830a very understandable mistake out of compassion, 916|01:04:41|710|01:04:45|790then it's certainly possible for us human beings to make 917|01:04:45|949|01:04:49|390mistakes. So interesting that in the next solar system, D.K. tells 918|01:04:49|890|01:04:53|110us that it's going to be the energy of love, or whatever we're calling it 919|01:04:53|610|01:04:57|420then, which is going to be used by the counterforce, and it 920|01:04:57|920|01:05:01|860will prevent the application of the energy of will which will be major 921|01:05:02|340|01:05:03|940in that next solar system. 922|01:05:05|540|01:05:08|900Somehow we have to understand 923|01:05:09|220|01:05:12|900time in a better way, because we've been at this forever, 924|01:05:13|940|01:05:17|620you know. And trillions of years are like an evening gone 925|01:05:17|940|01:05:21|220when you compare it to absolute infinitude of time. 926|01:05:22|190|01:05:25|670There's just some things that human mind cannot 927|01:05:26|170|01:05:30|550fathom, can try to fathom, but then, you know, you're up against a wall in 928|01:05:31|050|01:05:34|910terms of your own capabilities and the magnitude of the subject. 929|01:05:35|630|01:05:39|470I think, you know, one of the greatest thinkers regarding 930|01:05:39|550|01:05:43|550infinity was Georg Cantor. 931|01:05:43|950|01:05:45|470He wasn't the only one. There were others. 932|01:05:46|990|01:05:50|880But he eventually, you know, he ended his days 933|01:05:51|380|01:05:55|080in an institution, and the reach was 934|01:05:56|040|01:05:59|240just beyond his grasp. And who can fault him for that? 935|01:05:59|740|01:06:02|920Anybody who's been into it realizes why it is so. 936|01:06:03|800|01:06:08|520When Galileo was facing thoughts on infinity having 937|01:06:09|020|01:06:12|440to do with an infinite number of lines, 938|01:06:13|720|01:06:17|520radii in a circle, and then expanding 939|01:06:17|840|01:06:21|560those lines to a concentric circle that 940|01:06:22|060|01:06:25|480was greater, finding spaces between the infinite number 941|01:06:25|980|01:06:29|760of lines, then he said, "God is not understandable." 942|01:06:31|759|01:06:35|120And maybe that's true. I sometimes think— I know there's 943|01:06:35|620|01:06:39|400a little bit of an aside here— but I sometimes think that even the universal 944|01:06:39|900|01:06:43|230Logos of every universe, who is 945|01:06:43|730|01:06:49|390a great, though finite being, is just an 946|01:06:49|890|01:06:54|950absolute infinitesimal compared to the beingness which 947|01:06:55|350|01:06:59|030runs through absolute infinity, through the absolute 948|01:06:59|530|01:07:02|950deity, post prolaic deity, through the absolute 949|01:07:03|450|01:07:07|710itself. I mean, you know, it's just the mind of man trying 950|01:07:08|210|01:07:11|920to fathom the unfathomable and probably making a lot 951|01:07:12|420|01:07:16|880of mistakes along the way and becoming the victim of illusion, 952|01:07:17|380|01:07:20|920even //(RI, p.351)// though the thoughts are high. Well, one has no other 953|01:07:21|420|01:07:24|600choice but to try to penetrate the mysteries. 954|01:07:25|640|01:07:29|720So anyway, we, you know, can't— Can't penetrate 955|01:07:30|220|01:07:33|640here and take the third degree if we're on this left-hand 956|01:07:34|140|01:07:37|970path, and if we have failed because we have remained selfish, 957|01:07:39|010|01:07:42|730as the temptations were offered, we seized them and 958|01:07:43|230|01:07:46|490we went with the temptation rather than rejected them for 959|01:07:46|990|01:07:50|410the sake of higher values. To the black magician at this third opportunity, 960|01:07:50|910|01:07:55|730the door of initiation presents an 961|01:07:56|230|01:08:00|210insuperable barrier and obstacle. //(RI, p.351)// To the true 962|01:08:00|370|01:08:04|050spiritual neophyte, //(RI, p.351)// the door connotes overcoming, 963|01:08:04|550|01:08:06|610overcoming of the lower nature. Right. 964|01:08:07|490|01:08:10|530Overcoming. Whoops. Whoop. That's ditto. 965|01:08:11|090|01:08:15|370That won't do with it. So excuse 966|01:08:15|870|01:08:18|930me while I deal with technicalities here. 967|01:08:20|930|01:08:23|730I've always got to get my little bracket there. 968|01:08:25|730|01:08:26|610Overcoming. 969|01:08:30|079|01:08:34|039Yeah, so overcoming of 970|01:08:34|539|01:08:38|399the lower nature. And the black brother just 971|01:08:38|899|01:08:44|239wants to— The black brother wants 972|01:08:44|399|01:08:48|799to magnify the lower 973|01:08:49|299|01:08:52|839nature. So the objectives are very different and 974|01:08:53|339|01:08:54|959the result is very different. And the rejection, 975|01:08:56|490|01:09:00|010such an individual is 976|01:09:00|090|01:09:03|530hard and fast. The black 977|01:09:03|770|01:09:08|050brother rejects 978|01:09:08|550|01:09:12|610the sacrifice, the further sacrifice. We shall not consider further the approach of 979|01:09:13|110|01:09:16|650the black brothers to that door. //(RI, p.351)// Apparently there's something to be considered 980|01:09:17|050|01:09:20|530if some of them can make it onto the higher mental plane and 981|01:09:21|030|01:09:24|499work from that position usually reserved for the white brothers, 982|01:09:24|579|01:09:27|859but shall confine ourselves to a consideration of the initiations 983|01:09:28|419|01:09:31|539of the Great White Lodge. //(RI, p.351)// 984|01:09:33|779|01:09:36|499Anyway, you know, this is most interesting. 985|01:09:36|579|01:09:40|099And, well, occasionally I get 986|01:09:40|599|01:09:44|179a telephone call here or something, and I hope that I don't mess 987|01:09:44|679|01:09:48|430up the whole timing here, but it'll be... The program 988|01:09:48|670|01:09:51|470will maybe be near two hours. 989|01:09:51|550|01:09:52|510We will see. 990|01:09:54|750|01:09:58|270So apparently there's a lot of mysteries about the interaction 991|01:09:58|770|01:10:02|710between the White Lodge and the Black 992|01:10:03|210|01:10:03|310Lodge, 993|01:10:06|430|01:10:09|630but he doesn't choose to go into that 994|01:10:10|130|01:10:14|210and maybe for good purposes. So we're really confining 995|01:10:14|710|01:10:19|450ourselves to the positive path. And even when we're dealing 996|01:10:19|530|01:10:23|410with people who are representing negativity 997|01:10:23|910|01:10:26|490and personality enthrallment, 998|01:10:26|570|01:10:30|330captivation, he tells us how the world servers 999|01:10:31|050|01:10:36|250have to work: not descending 1000|01:10:36|330|01:10:40|130into the fray of attack and counter attack. He says 1001|01:10:40|630|01:10:44|010they have no time for that, no interest in that, no money for that, 1002|01:10:44|650|01:10:48|650but rather in the assertion of the good. 1003|01:10:50|250|01:10:52|010So what has happened technically here? 1004|01:10:53|690|01:10:56|970The energies of the solar plexus... Okay, so, 1005|01:10:57|290|01:11:00|890all right, so this is... Maybe we've spent 1006|01:11:01|390|01:11:04|650enough time there on the Black Lodge. 1007|01:11:04|730|01:11:08|170And he has another thing to offer here. 1008|01:11:10|480|01:11:14|680What has happened technically speaking: //(RI, p.678)// the energies of the solar plexus center are 1009|01:11:15|180|01:11:18|560being transferred from the major clearinghouse below the diaphragm, which is, you know, 1010|01:11:19|060|01:11:21|120the... That is the solar plexus, 1011|01:11:23|280|01:11:27|240into the heart center. This is especially occurring... Well, I suppose it 1012|01:11:27|740|01:11:31|120begins after the first degree, but it is especially active before 1013|01:11:31|200|01:11:34|640the second degree and maybe following. 1014|01:11:35|630|01:11:38|270At the first initiation, he was granted... 1015|01:11:40|990|01:11:44|550I'm sorry, heart center, one of the three major centers 1016|01:11:45|050|01:11:48|710in which all the lower energies... into which all the lower energies must 1017|01:11:49|210|01:11:52|630transfer. //(RI, p.678)// The heart is involved all the time. And when you look 1018|01:11:53|130|01:11:56|750at many of these triangular relationships, you just see the heart is 1019|01:11:57|250|01:12:01|300just constantly a center which 1020|01:12:01|800|01:12:04|700has its role to play in many different processes. 1021|01:12:05|200|01:12:08|740It's not the full unfoldment of the heart, but it is a sequential unfoldment. 1022|01:12:09|060|01:12:12|580At the first initiation, he was granted a vision of higher creativity involving the 1023|01:12:13|080|01:12:16|660throat. Right. And the energy of the sacral center began its slow 1024|01:12:17|059|01:12:20|260ascent. That's it. It's not going to 1025|01:12:20|820|01:12:24|380happen overnight. Right. It's slow ascent to the 1026|01:12:24|880|01:12:28|160throat center. At the second initiation, he's granted a vision of 1027|01:12:28|660|01:12:32|160a higher focus, and his place in the larger whole begins to 1028|01:12:32|660|01:12:37|400reveal itself. //(RI, p.678)// You know, the response to group vibration 1029|01:12:37|720|01:12:41|400occurs and his place 1030|01:12:41|480|01:12:44|920within various groups is given. 1031|01:12:46|440|01:12:50|120A new creativity and a new focus become his 1032|01:12:50|200|01:12:53|480immediate goals. Okay, 1033|01:12:54|940|01:12:55|980so, all right. 1034|01:13:00|380|01:13:04|300And we will say that form... 1035|01:13:04|460|01:13:07|340And for him, life can never again be the same. //(RI, p.678)// 1036|01:13:08|140|01:13:11|900So the old physical attitudes and desires may still at times assume control. //(RI, p.678)// 1037|01:13:12|700|01:13:16|660Selfishness may continue to play a potent part. See, supposedly at the first 1038|01:13:17|160|01:13:21|300degree, we were supposed to overcome these old physical attitudes 1039|01:13:21|380|01:13:24|860and more desires of the flesh and so forth. 1040|01:13:25|360|01:13:29|580And they still may come up. But they 1041|01:13:30|080|01:13:33|660don't mean the same. And they are more easily overcome. Life can never 1042|01:13:34|160|01:13:37|660be the same. The old physical attitudes and desires may still at times even 1043|01:13:38|160|01:13:41|700assume control. Not... not just be recognized. 1044|01:13:42|100|01:13:45|740Selfishness may continue to play a potent part in 1045|01:13:46|240|01:13:50|430his life expression. //(RI, p.678)// But after the second 1046|01:13:50|930|01:13:53|750degree, a major blow is struck there. 1047|01:13:53|830|01:13:57|430At the second degree, Mars is subdued at first 1048|01:13:57|930|01:14:01|470by Vulcan. But underlying these and subordinating them will be found a 1049|01:14:01|970|01:14:05|190deep dissatisfaction about things //(RI, p.678)// as they are 1050|01:14:05|430|01:14:08|870and an agonizing realization of failure. //(RI, p.678)// And he says this 1051|01:14:09|370|01:14:13|270really correlates with that most difficult period, which is the period 1052|01:14:14|130|01:14:17|410between the second and the third degree. The agonizing 1053|01:14:17|910|01:14:21|290realization of failure. It is at this point that the disciple begins 1054|01:14:21|790|01:14:25|410to learn the uses of failure, and to know certain fundamental distinctions 1055|01:14:26|050|01:14:29|889between that which is natural and objective, and that which is supernatural 1056|01:14:29|890|01:14:33|130and subjective. //(RI, p.678)// So, you know, in looking at this 1057|01:14:33|630|01:14:37|970section on the Dark Brothers, and the 1058|01:14:38|470|01:14:41|790kinds of difficulties they throw up on the path, 1059|01:14:42|290|01:14:46|310we have ventured into other initiations. It's correlated 1060|01:14:46|810|01:14:50|270with the second and third. But we just have to realize that even at the 1061|01:14:50|770|01:14:53|910first, you're not home free. You know, you meet the Christ, 1062|01:14:54|410|01:14:57|990you're extremely enthusiastic. The Holy Spirit, 1063|01:14:58|230|01:15:01|030so to speak, is seizing you. 1064|01:15:01|750|01:15:04|550You feel all the potentials of the new life. 1065|01:15:05|190|01:15:09|730But... and you will be tested. 1066|01:15:09|890|01:15:12|370No question about that. 1067|01:15:12|770|01:15:16|610Okay. All right. I will go 1068|01:15:17|110|01:15:21|250on here in a few minutes with 1069|01:15:21|330|01:15:24|370these additional references that I have discovered. 1070|01:15:24|850|01:15:28|090Some of which I've commented on before. But, you know, nothing is 1071|01:15:28|590|01:15:31|650ever the same. And we have to think about this whole 1072|01:15:32|150|01:15:34|910question of initiation as an integrated process. 1073|01:15:38|190|01:15:42|990I'm not suggesting that all initiations can be taken simultaneously, 1074|01:15:43|470|01:15:47|470because the working out of what you have to deal with 1075|01:15:47|710|01:15:51|790and the revelations of the various initiations must 1076|01:15:52|290|01:15:56|430occur. And then you are initiated before you are initiated. So if 1077|01:15:56|930|01:16:00|190that were the case, and someone had not even taken the first initiation 1078|01:16:00|570|01:16:04|610and was offered the opportunity to take all five simultaneously, he'd have 1079|01:16:05|110|01:16:08|450to be a master, an initiate master, in order 1080|01:16:08|950|01:16:12|090to take the initiation which included the fifth. 1081|01:16:12|890|01:16:17|250So, you know, but it's a strenuous time for 1082|01:16:17|750|01:16:21|370all of us as we move forward to fit ourselves 1083|01:16:21|690|01:16:25|210better for real cooperation with 1084|01:16:25|710|01:16:26|010hierarchy. 1085|01:16:28|910|01:16:32|510Well, friends, as they say, the best laid plans of 1086|01:16:33|010|01:16:37|110mice and men gang aft agley. So I'm 1087|01:16:37|610|01:16:41|230one of those mice at the moment and have to bow to the realities 1088|01:16:41|310|01:16:44|910of the phenomenal world. And so I'll stop here, 1089|01:16:46|990|01:16:50|590wondering, you know, how close I am to an hour. I had intended to 1090|01:16:51|070|01:16:54|340go on for two hours, but that was 1091|01:16:54|840|01:16:58|820not possible. So I'll continue with these extra references. 1092|01:16:59|940|01:17:04|820Some of the work there on the Black Lodge was 1093|01:17:05|320|01:17:08|620mentioned in earlier commentaries, but the whole of 1094|01:17:09|120|01:17:12|660it—the revelation of what it is 1095|01:17:13|160|01:17:16|900and who these beings are and what they 1096|01:17:18|020|01:17:22|360preserve as their preferred method of consciousness, and how 1097|01:17:22|860|01:17:26|320different it really is from the White path towards 1098|01:17:27|600|01:17:31|440the Sirian system of initiation—that needed to be 1099|01:17:31|940|01:17:35|760gone over, especially, you know, we're dealing with something 1100|01:17:36|260|01:17:40|000that offers so much promise, but we must not forget 1101|01:17:40|500|01:17:42|640the dangers involved as well. 1102|01:17:44|640|01:17:48|610So it's... it's a path for 1103|01:17:49|110|01:17:51|770those who are spiritually hardy, great. 1104|01:17:52|890|01:17:57|930But at the same time, one must be cautious 1105|01:17:58|010|01:18:01|210if one takes this kind of path, even at the first 1106|01:18:01|710|01:18:05|130degree. That's why not all people follow the path of 1107|01:18:05|630|01:18:08|570deliberate individual initiation, 1108|01:18:09|530|01:18:12|410leading, of course, to ever greater group consciousness, 1109|01:18:12|890|01:18:16|040and instead prefer to go along 1110|01:18:16|540|01:18:20|480with the mass that will be lifted together as 1111|01:18:20|980|01:18:24|920the planet progresses in its 1112|01:18:25|400|01:18:28|720evolution. Now, I'm assuming that those who stick 1113|01:18:29|220|01:18:32|960with the reading of Master D.K. and follow other valuable 1114|01:18:33|460|01:18:37|080theosophical sources, such as The Secret Doctrine and other 1115|01:18:37|880|01:18:41|000writings by other masters which are legitimate—the ones 1116|01:18:41|500|01:18:45|090that are legitimate do have the intention and the power to 1117|01:18:45|590|01:18:48|130tread the path of initiation. I'm assuming that. 1118|01:18:51|090|01:18:54|690And we just have to be informed that this 1119|01:18:55|190|01:18:58|890path, full of opportunity and full of the 1120|01:18:59|390|01:19:04|170joy of helping with the divine plan and embodying 1121|01:19:04|670|01:19:08|400the plan and being part of God's purpose. God, the planetary 1122|01:19:08|900|01:19:11|760Logos, in a deliberate way. As much as that is the case, 1123|01:19:13|600|01:19:16|560the path is arduous. Okay. 1124|01:19:16|720|01:19:20|080So I'll do my best. I hope I haven't brought this in at some kind 1125|01:19:20|580|01:19:24|080of ridiculous time. We'll see. 1126|01:19:25|120|01:19:27|520We'll see how long this program has taken.