1|00:00:01|920|00:00:05|120Hello, everybody. This is Michael. 2|00:00:05|200|00:00:09|280And we are continuing our examination of 3|00:00:09|840|00:00:13|240the first initiation references. There's some 4|00:00:13|740|00:00:18|280extra references here, and a few of them perhaps are repeats, 5|00:00:18|780|00:00:22|560but it doesn't hurt, really. I've seen that they're quite extraordinary. 6|00:00:23|120|00:00:26|160And even if they are occasionally repeated, 7|00:00:28|350|00:00:32|550I come at them maybe in a different way. So this is about treading 8|00:00:33|050|00:00:36|830the path after the first initiation, that rather long 9|00:00:37|470|00:00:41|350period when, from one perspective, D.K. says 10|00:00:41|850|00:00:46|070there are many lives involved. And yet another reference 11|00:00:46|570|00:00:49|950in Initiation, Human and Solar tells us there may be one life 12|00:00:50|350|00:00:54|160or several. So there seem to be some difference 13|00:00:54|660|00:00:58|040of opinion. But in general, I would say that the many lives 14|00:00:58|840|00:01:02|520idea holds because it's archetypal in 15|00:01:02|600|00:01:04|760the life of the initiate, Jesus. 16|00:01:06|200|00:01:10|840The stimulation, for instance, that is the result of 17|00:01:11|340|00:01:15|160the monadic ray upon the mental unit is only 18|00:01:15|240|00:01:19|130felt when the aspirant treads the path or after 19|00:01:19|630|00:01:21|810he has taken the first initiation. (TCF, p.71) So basically, 20|00:01:22|930|00:01:28|290treading the path is 21|00:01:28|790|00:01:31|490equivalent to… 22|00:01:33|010|00:01:34|530Let's see, what have we got here? 23|00:01:36|690|00:01:40|370Okay, let's see. 24|00:01:41|250|00:01:46|640Yeah, okay. Equivalent to taking the 25|00:01:47|140|00:01:50|760first initiation. The action of the egoic ray upon 26|00:01:51|260|00:01:54|640the astral permanent atom (TCF, p.71) is felt as soon as the ego 27|00:01:55|140|00:01:58|360can make a good connection with the physical brain. And this is before 28|00:01:58|600|00:02:02|000the first initiation, when this is so. The egoic ray 29|00:02:02|500|00:02:06|280is beginning to affect the atom powerfully and 30|00:02:06|780|00:02:10|000continuously. (TCF, p.71) And this occurs when a man is highly 31|00:02:10|500|00:02:14|000evolved and is nearing the path. (TCF, p.71) You know, we cannot be 32|00:02:14|560|00:02:18|400entirely specific here because different people have different rates 33|00:02:18|900|00:02:22|640of speed with which they approach. And we cannot say it will take X number 34|00:02:23|140|00:02:27|400of lives for someone to do this. So let's 35|00:02:27|900|00:02:31|680see, TCF 71. Maybe we can go there just for 36|00:02:32|180|00:02:33|920fun. Okay, 37|00:02:35|600|00:02:39|030and the personality ray, 38|00:02:39|530|00:02:43|950right, has direct action 39|00:02:44|450|00:02:48|630upon the physical permanent atom. (TCF, p.71) The egoic ray has a similar action upon the astral 40|00:02:49|130|00:02:53|029permanent atom. (TCF, p.71) And we're talking here about the monadic ray in relation to 41|00:02:53|529|00:02:57|470the mental unit. And, you know, these are 42|00:02:57|970|00:03:01|670some technicalities and I don't think we need to get into them because I've commented 43|00:03:02|170|00:03:05|040on this before. Okay, 44|00:03:06|240|00:03:09|600so in the Treatise on Cosmic 45|00:03:10|100|00:03:14|000Fire commentaries which are written out and 46|00:03:14|500|00:03:18|280are found on Makara at this time, although I do 47|00:03:18|780|00:03:22|800hope to bring together some kind of complete 48|00:03:24|000|00:03:28|160collection of the things I've done. So they're as handy for 49|00:03:28|660|00:03:32|110people as possible. That is my objective. But anyway, 50|00:03:33|470|00:03:36|750the monadic ray does have an effect upon the mental unit. It does have 51|00:03:37|250|00:03:40|670an effect upon the mental body. And its 52|00:03:41|170|00:03:45|110ray, I think, mixes somewhat with the 53|00:03:45|610|00:03:49|790ray of the mind, so that the thinking process 54|00:03:49|950|00:03:53|990is in part determined by the monadic 55|00:03:54|490|00:03:58|240ray. And notice, then, basically that this 56|00:03:58|740|00:04:02|920is not a kind of a reversal 57|00:04:03|000|00:04:07|080or a superimposition 58|00:04:07|580|00:04:11|000is what it is. So let's see. 59|00:04:11|560|00:04:15|360Here is the monadic ray, let's call it this. 60|00:04:15|860|00:04:18|520It's affecting the atmic permanent atom. 61|00:04:19|240|00:04:22|650And it affects the mental unit and 62|00:04:23|150|00:04:26|210the buddhic permanent atom, the astral unit and the monadic permanent atom, 63|00:04:26|690|00:04:30|610in a way, the physical unit. There are reflections 64|00:04:31|110|00:04:34|770and there are superimpositions. A reflection will turn 65|00:04:35|270|00:04:39|370the higher triangle upside down and a superimposition 66|00:04:39|870|00:04:42|450will keep their same relative places. 67|00:04:44|610|00:04:48|540But anyway, do we feel this? 68|00:04:48|860|00:04:49|900Is it felt? 69|00:04:52|380|00:04:55|860“Felt” is the word we're using here when the aspirant 70|00:04:56|360|00:04:59|500treads the path. So the thing to gather out of this is the treading of 71|00:05:00|000|00:05:04|420the path really begins with the entering of the Hall of Wisdom at 72|00:05:04|920|00:05:08|660the first initiation, the complete unfoldment of 73|00:05:09|160|00:05:12|540the fifth petal, and also 74|00:05:14|160|00:05:17|680the stirring into activity of some of the 75|00:05:18|000|00:05:21|760factors—I don't know what to call them—within the seventh 76|00:05:22|000|00:05:25|360petal, because, you know, that is the 77|00:05:26|320|00:05:30|560tier or the circle of initiation. The seventh 78|00:05:31|060|00:05:34|760petal related to the first initiation, the eighth petal to the 79|00:05:35|260|00:05:40|410second, and the ninth petal—and really the whole circle of sacrifice— 80|00:05:40|910|00:05:42|650to the third initiation. 81|00:05:45|290|00:05:50|290Okay, so, you know, in a sense we 82|00:05:50|790|00:05:55|770have what is called a monadic ray, which is occultly non- 83|00:05:56|250|00:06:00|530effective. Before that time, of course, it 84|00:06:01|030|00:06:04|750will have its influence, but it will not be felt or really be 85|00:06:04|900|00:06:08|940detected. And when it is detected by the aspirant, 86|00:06:09|440|00:06:13|100I don't think he can identify what it really is until 87|00:06:13|600|00:06:17|060later, when he knows more about occultism. 88|00:06:17|860|00:06:23|420All right, now this next one is 89|00:06:23|920|00:06:27|380interesting because this is the actual contradiction 90|00:06:27|880|00:06:31|750that I pointed out before. We talk about the first 91|00:06:32|250|00:06:35|070three initiations being taken on the ray of the ego. (IHS, p.181) 92|00:06:35|630|00:06:39|590Okay, so secondly, the first three initiations 93|00:06:40|090|00:06:43|310are taken. And this is D.K.'s writing here, 94|00:06:43|870|00:06:47|870not my reading. Okay, I'll just make 95|00:06:48|370|00:06:51|790it that way. “It is taken upon the ray 96|00:06:52|290|00:06:56|360of the ego and links a man up with the Great White Lodge 97|00:06:56|440|00:06:59|960so that he becomes truly a member of the hierarchy 98|00:07:00|280|00:07:03|760at the third degree. Although in a larger and 99|00:07:04|260|00:07:07|960less specific sense, he's within the hierarchical circle even 100|00:07:08|460|00:07:12|280at the first degree and even before that when he is 101|00:07:12|760|00:07:15|920on the probationary path.” Thus the 102|00:07:16|420|00:07:20|280diagram seems to show us over here. 103|00:07:20|520|00:07:22|610Yes, so, you know. 104|00:07:25|250|00:07:28|690Yeah, right here, as you've seen before, 105|00:07:28|770|00:07:32|250I'm sure. But here we have various grades of disciples 106|00:07:32|750|00:07:35|650and even people on the probationary path, 107|00:07:36|530|00:07:39|970probably those before the 108|00:07:40|470|00:07:44|330first initiation. So we 109|00:07:44|830|00:07:48|380have within the circle of hierarchy quite a few people, but not 110|00:07:48|860|00:07:51|660average humanity of all degrees. Okay, 111|00:07:52|380|00:07:55|780so anyway, these first three link a 112|00:07:56|280|00:07:59|660man up with the Great White Lodge (IHS, p.181) progressively. Now, 113|00:08:00|160|00:08:03|820it says here that the last two initiations are taken on 114|00:08:04|320|00:08:07|700the ray of the monad and have a definite effect upon the path of 115|00:08:08|200|00:08:11|500service that will be chosen later by the adept (IHS, p.181) 116|00:08:12|000|00:08:15|110and presumably on the way of higher evolution. 117|00:08:16|150|00:08:19|510Okay, but I think I'd better erase that because 118|00:08:19|590|00:08:22|870it's… Yeah, “This statement must be linked with the earlier made.” 119|00:08:23|370|00:08:26|790Okay, so we'll say here a 120|00:08:27|290|00:08:31|030way of higher evolution. “This statement must be linked up with that earlier 121|00:08:31|110|00:08:35|630made, which stated that the fifth initiation 122|00:08:36|130|00:08:39|910made a man (IHS, p.181) a member of the Great White Lodge or brotherhood on 123|00:08:40|410|00:08:43|640Sirius, being literally the first of 124|00:08:44|140|00:08:47|840the Sirian initiations.” (IHS, p.182) We call this the E.A. degree 125|00:08:48|240|00:08:51|520in masonry. D.K. talks about it, so I can talk about it here. 126|00:08:51|840|00:08:55|240The Entered Apprentice degree, 127|00:08:55|740|00:08:59|319you know, followed by the Fellow Craft, 128|00:08:59|819|00:09:03|120more the discovery of brotherhood, 129|00:09:03|620|00:09:06|400and then by the third degree, 130|00:09:07|360|00:09:09|440which is a very important 131|00:09:11|120|00:09:15|360degree which leads to a kind of resurrection. 132|00:09:15|920|00:09:20|280“The fourth initiation is the synthesis of 133|00:09:20|780|00:09:24|640the initiations of the threshold in the Sirian Lodge.” (IHS, p.182) And finally, (IHS, p.182) 134|00:09:25|680|00:09:27|840so in other words, through that sacrifice, 135|00:09:28|880|00:09:31|600through that… Sorry, 136|00:09:32|080|00:09:35|400that sacrifice at the 137|00:09:35|900|00:09:39|840fourth degree, we prepare ourselves 138|00:09:39|920|00:09:43|360to become true first degree initiates 139|00:09:46|880|00:09:49|360within the Sirian Lodge. 140|00:09:50|560|00:09:54|880So there's no way really to tread the Sirian 141|00:09:54|960|00:09:58|320system of initiations without a profound 142|00:09:58|480|00:10:01|600sacrifice, which in a way is a 143|00:10:02|860|00:10:06|180retraction of the monad from its 144|00:10:06|680|00:10:09|900previous material involvements and a 145|00:10:10|400|00:10:13|780reabsorption or re-ascent increasingly 146|00:10:14|280|00:10:17|500into its source. Finally, 147|00:10:17|899|00:10:22|140“According to the ray on (IHS, p.182) which the initiation is taken, so very 148|00:10:22|640|00:10:26|460largely depends the path of service.” Now, sometimes he says 149|00:10:26|960|00:10:30|990this, sometimes he says so. 150|00:10:31|230|00:10:35|150and sometimes that the way of higher evolution 151|00:10:36|990|00:10:40|990and its paths are independent 152|00:10:42|590|00:10:46|110of the Ray, in this 153|00:10:46|190|00:10:50|670case, I suppose, the monadic 154|00:10:51|630|00:10:56|190monadic ray. So that's interesting. 155|00:10:57|790|00:11:02|000Excuse me. He says they are not basically Ray 156|00:11:02|240|00:11:05|640paths, but here he seems to say something 157|00:11:06|140|00:11:10|000different. Finally, according to the ray on which initiation is taken, (IHS, p.182) 158|00:11:10|240|00:11:14|160and assume, presumably the monadic Ray, the later initiations 159|00:11:14|660|00:11:18|2404 and 5. So very largely, but not entirely, apparently 160|00:11:18|560|00:11:22|480depends the subsequent path of service. And, 161|00:11:22|980|00:11:24|160you know, if you really look at it, 162|00:11:26|890|00:11:30|690the subsequent path of service has to 163|00:11:31|190|00:11:34|010be. Sorry, 164|00:11:34|890|00:11:40|330subsequent path of service has 165|00:11:40|830|00:11:43|690to be on the way of higher evolution. Because after all, 166|00:11:43|930|00:11:47|850what follows the fifth initiation but the sixth, and at the present 167|00:11:48|010|00:11:52|410time, not before, but at the present time, the sixth 168|00:11:52|910|00:11:56|770initiation is the one at which decision is made determining a 169|00:11:57|270|00:12:00|690future path of service. At one point 170|00:12:01|190|00:12:04|970he says that, you know, well, many of those on the 171|00:12:05|470|00:12:09|050fifth ray monad take this path. Second path, 172|00:12:10|890|00:12:13|930he talks about the ray path as if 173|00:12:14|890|00:12:18|420masters on the first and second degree of the first and 174|00:12:18|920|00:12:22|940second ray will take that path, although they'd have to diversify out 175|00:12:23|440|00:12:26|900and somehow express all the rays if they're going to become 176|00:12:27|780|00:12:31|380a ray, as it were. The path of the Planetary 177|00:12:31|880|00:12:36|060Logoi is trodden 178|00:12:36|560|00:12:40|260by those in whom the third ray, I think, is very strong. 179|00:12:40|500|00:12:44|820And I would suspect that the path of the Solar Logoi, 180|00:12:45|930|00:12:49|610given what they are as great radiant stellar 181|00:12:50|110|00:12:53|530centers, would require something of the second ray. 182|00:12:54|570|00:12:58|010I guess the path of absolute sonship, 183|00:12:58|510|00:13:03|290with all of its tremendous mathematics worked out in 184|00:13:03|790|00:13:06|850relation to the karma of 185|00:13:07|350|00:13:11|130various individuals, would have to have a lot of third ray and maybe first ray, 186|00:13:11|630|00:13:14|780because the word “absolute” is there. There's still two paths 187|00:13:15|280|00:13:19|300which are not discussed. They're offered now, but they're 188|00:13:19|800|00:13:23|340not really named. As I've said before, I think they have something to do 189|00:13:23|840|00:13:29|420with the two parents of the Pleiades, Atlas and Pleione. 190|00:13:30|220|00:13:32|380As far as the path to Sirius goes, 191|00:13:33|500|00:13:37|300well, humanity is a fourth ray kingdom, and the bulk of 192|00:13:37|800|00:13:40|560humanity treads that particular way. 193|00:13:41|280|00:13:45|360Doesn't mean that all human beings have the fourth ray monad, but the number four is 194|00:13:45|860|00:13:49|920something they're really, really identified 195|00:13:50|000|00:13:53|040with. So anyway, 196|00:13:53|280|00:13:56|400we have to take this under consideration. 197|00:13:57|360|00:14:00|920How much does the ray of the 198|00:14:01|420|00:14:04|570monad affect the path 199|00:14:05|530|00:14:09|610of higher evolution? Which one will travel? 200|00:14:09|850|00:14:13|210That's the question. So I'm going to put that down. 201|00:14:13|710|00:14:16|810How much does the ray of the monad… 202|00:14:18|250|00:14:20|490Sorry? Oh, goodness, 203|00:14:22|410|00:14:26|090the monad affect the 204|00:14:26|650|00:14:29|970path traveled on the way of higher 205|00:14:30|470|00:14:33|680evolution? How much? And you know, 206|00:14:34|180|00:14:37|920we're not in a position to answer that, particularly because he does 207|00:14:38|420|00:14:42|360seem to say elsewhere, you know, that these paths 208|00:14:42|860|00:14:46|920are not actually ray paths. But then he does mention some 209|00:14:47|720|00:14:50|680tendencies, some proclivities, 210|00:14:51|640|00:14:55|520and, well, I think we'll have to get closer to the paths 211|00:14:56|020|00:15:00|140before we really know. But now here is the apparent contradiction, the seeming 212|00:15:00|640|00:15:04|700contradiction. Those who are preparing for the first and second (LOM, p.267) initiation 213|00:15:05|420|00:15:07|820taken upon the Ray of the Ego, 214|00:15:08|620|00:15:12|940okay, in this case we're talking about the Ray of the Soul, or even 215|00:15:13|440|00:15:19|260the… What's called the secondary ray of the Spiritual 216|00:15:19|760|00:15:23|380Triad, you know, go to page 177 of A Treatise on 217|00:15:23|880|00:15:27|310Cosmic Fire, and you'll see those secondary rays lined up on 218|00:15:27|810|00:15:31|590the right hand side. And those who are preparing for the 219|00:15:32|090|00:15:34|950next two initiations, that would be three and four, right, 220|00:15:35|510|00:15:37|510which are taken on the ray of the Monad. (LOM, p.267) 221|00:15:38|790|00:15:42|710And this, of course, is very interesting. You have here a cause of the transference 222|00:15:43|210|00:15:46|550of people from one ray to another. (LOM, p.267) 223|00:15:46|790|00:15:50|070I guess what we say from the, 224|00:15:51|550|00:15:54|750from the egoic ray to the monadic 225|00:15:55|250|00:15:58|590ray, I suppose it is only an apparent transference, 226|00:15:59|470|00:16:02|750even though it entails passing 227|00:16:03|250|00:16:06|110into the group of a different master. (LOM, p.267) 228|00:16:06|590|00:16:10|350And let's say, should we say a master 229|00:16:10|510|00:16:15|190more attuned to the monadic 230|00:16:15|690|00:16:18|380ray of the initiate. 231|00:16:18|780|00:16:21|740And this takes place after the second initiation. (LOM, p.267) 232|00:16:21|820|00:16:25|540So I guess, you know, if we think 233|00:16:26|040|00:16:29|900we have passed through the second initiation or whether we have done so in 234|00:16:30|400|00:16:33|980that particular life and are somehow aware of it, we might look for 235|00:16:34|140|00:16:37|660a change in 236|00:16:38|160|00:16:41|780the kind of ray influence which begins 237|00:16:42|280|00:16:44|230to predominate. 238|00:16:46|710|00:16:50|230You know, let's just say it's 239|00:16:50|730|00:16:53|830individual. In many cases, in many cases there are a 240|00:16:54|330|00:16:58|590number of first ray souls in the Djwhal Khul group. But (LOM, p.267) by 241|00:16:59|090|00:17:01|710and large, if they stay with him and really study with him and work with 242|00:17:02|210|00:17:05|550him, they have second ray monads. Well, now I always felt that 243|00:17:06|050|00:17:08|470this was true of Alice Bailey, you know, presumably. 244|00:17:09|850|00:17:13|250I really think so. She had 245|00:17:13|750|00:17:17|210taken the second initiation. It's not my business, but this is just as an observer. 246|00:17:18|170|00:17:22|490And the love energy really 247|00:17:23|290|00:17:27|210started to flow in, I thought, as 248|00:17:27|370|00:17:30|810very powerful, maybe even more powerful in 249|00:17:31|310|00:17:34|610some cases than the first ray. She said she always had the same rays as 250|00:17:35|110|00:17:38|550Foster Bailey. She says, “We, Foster and I, we have the same rays.” 251|00:17:39|350|00:17:42|390So that would have meant a second ray monad, a first ray soul, 252|00:17:43|110|00:17:46|430a second ray personality, a fourth 253|00:17:46|930|00:17:49|350ray mind, second ray astral body, and a seventh ray physical. 254|00:17:50|790|00:17:54|350So, you know, I thought I saw that in action when I worked 255|00:17:54|850|00:17:57|910there at Lucis Trust, that the love energy, 256|00:17:58|710|00:18:02|070not just a personal energy, something more I thought was 257|00:18:02|570|00:18:06|870coming in and blending with that very powerful first 258|00:18:07|370|00:18:08|750ray soul which she certainly had. 259|00:18:12|030|00:18:15|470Okay, so now you see a seeming 260|00:18:15|970|00:18:19|630contradiction. Now what are we going to do with this? And maybe 261|00:18:20|510|00:18:24|230I don't think we can resolve it, but I think what 262|00:18:24|730|00:18:28|480we can say is that maybe at the third degree, a blending of 263|00:18:28|980|00:18:32|440the soul ray and the 264|00:18:32|940|00:18:37|280monadic ray is in process and some 265|00:18:37|780|00:18:41|840kind of combination of the two may be the 266|00:18:42|340|00:18:46|160ray or rays upon which this initiation is 267|00:18:46|320|00:18:50|840taken, that is the third initiation. 268|00:18:51|340|00:18:54|960If the soul ray and the monadic ray are the same, then there's probably 269|00:18:55|980|00:18:59|860not a problem. Were they the same in the case of the 270|00:19:00|360|00:19:04|180psychologist Roberto Assagioli, who was such a very deep second 271|00:19:04|680|00:19:08|580ray type? Well, you know, no one, we cannot say with 272|00:19:09|080|00:19:12|220certainty, but it's certainly possible. In the case of Alice Bailey, again, 273|00:19:13|340|00:19:16|940I feel that she would not have a third ray monad. I feel 274|00:19:17|500|00:19:21|420that she would have a second ray monad and a second ray soul. 275|00:19:21|920|00:19:25|880And then there would not be the difficulty of 276|00:19:26|380|00:19:30|640transference, nor the need to transfer into the 277|00:19:31|140|00:19:34|680group of a different master, because she holds now a pretty high 278|00:19:35|180|00:19:39|760place in Master K.H.'s ashram as a 279|00:19:40|260|00:19:43|440kind of secretary in his ashram, 280|00:19:44|240|00:19:47|360and maybe determining, 281|00:19:47|440|00:19:50|670you know, who can pass through the 282|00:19:51|170|00:19:54|230ashram and when and be 283|00:19:54|730|00:19:57|670interviewed by the Master when the time is right and so forth. 284|00:19:58|790|00:20:02|430So much will depend on the soul ray and 285|00:20:02|930|00:20:06|310its relationship to the monadic ray. But if someone passing through 286|00:20:06|810|00:20:07|350the second degree, 287|00:20:09|590|00:20:13|110having passed through the second degree, or somehow aware of it, 288|00:20:13|590|00:20:18|000finds oneself on a very high expression 289|00:20:18|500|00:20:22|000of another ray, it's likely to be the 290|00:20:22|500|00:20:25|840monadic ray. And it's said, I think on page 291|00:20:26|340|00:20:30|440168 or 169, one of those two pages in Esoteric Psychology 292|00:20:30|940|00:20:35|240One that very often the individual ray, which according 293|00:20:35|740|00:20:39|560to Annie Besant is the soul ray, is not 294|00:20:40|060|00:20:43|720the same as the ray of the Divine center, which is the monadic ray. 295|00:20:44|220|00:20:47|480Maybe more often than not, it's not the same. 296|00:20:48|840|00:20:52|320So let's be on the lookout and not confuse, 297|00:20:52|820|00:20:56|840of course, the astrology with it. You know, sometimes the sign opposite 298|00:20:57|560|00:21:00|840the sun sign can tell 299|00:21:01|340|00:21:05|080about monadic influence when a person is ready in a particular life. 300|00:21:05|160|00:21:08|840And that secondary astrological (IHS, p.10) 301|00:21:09|340|00:21:13|200influence has to be discriminated from the 302|00:21:13|700|00:21:17|280transference onto the ray of the Monad per se. 303|00:21:18|000|00:21:21|440The ray of the Monad may actually have nothing to do with 304|00:21:21|940|00:21:26|000that astrological sign opposite 305|00:21:26|080|00:21:30|080the sun sign. The ray of the Monad may be quite 306|00:21:30|580|00:21:34|800different than that particular astrological sign, but still, 307|00:21:35|300|00:21:39|610that astrological sign helps one approach and express the 308|00:21:40|110|00:21:43|730Monad in that particular life, if the individual is 309|00:21:44|230|00:21:47|690ready to do that. And what's it all about to express the Monad? You know, 310|00:21:48|190|00:21:52|130I've been thinking about this for a long time and, you know, making expression of 311|00:21:52|630|00:21:56|010the Monad—it's something that is discussed in The Rays 312|00:21:56|510|00:22:00|770and Initiations. And later, at the third degree, making revelation 313|00:22:01|570|00:22:05|950of the Monad. And it has a lot to do with just 314|00:22:06|450|00:22:09|270the apprehension of the reality of the Presence, 315|00:22:09|670|00:22:11|750the reality of Being, 316|00:22:13|350|00:22:16|510the eradication of the 317|00:22:17|010|00:22:20|469illusion of separation. And there are different ways to 318|00:22:20|969|00:22:23|990approach this. And in my e-book on the Monad, 319|00:22:24|630|00:22:28|310I talk about the different ways of approaching 320|00:22:29|030|00:22:34|160the eradication of the illusion of difference, 321|00:22:34|800|00:22:38|680of distinction. Within Mahamaya, there are differences and 322|00:22:39|180|00:22:44|640distinctions; and within reality, there 323|00:22:45|140|00:22:49|760are not. All right, so, you know, keep that in mind—those two 324|00:22:50|260|00:22:53|920references: one from Initiation, Human and Solar; the other, Letters on Occult 325|00:22:54|420|00:22:54|640Meditation, 326|00:22:58|330|00:23:02|490which, basically, you know, seem to be contradictory. But just 327|00:23:02|990|00:23:06|410observe yourself as you move along the path of initiation— 328|00:23:06|490|00:23:09|690whether probationary initiations 329|00:23:10|190|00:23:13|850of the threshold or farther—and just note 330|00:23:14|650|00:23:17|930the changes of energy. I think in 331|00:23:18|430|00:23:21|570my own case, I have been noting some changes 332|00:23:22|070|00:23:25|700of energy. In my own 333|00:23:26|200|00:23:29|220case, just trying to use it as an example, there's always been— 334|00:23:29|940|00:23:33|580I won't call it a battle, but I'll call it two different ways of proceeding: 335|00:23:34|080|00:23:37|620sometimes along the second ray line, and sometimes along the third ray 336|00:23:38|120|00:23:42|220line. And I've always felt that I had at 337|00:23:42|720|00:23:45|980least one of my monadic rays—the one that pertains to the 338|00:23:46|480|00:23:50|100monadic plane—was the third ray. And I think that I've 339|00:23:51|550|00:23:55|470done certain writings that have used a lot of the third ray. 340|00:23:57|950|00:24:01|390So it's a question of… I remember once, you know, I was so much into 341|00:24:01|890|00:24:05|350the third ray that I got a definite injunction: “Get back to 342|00:24:05|850|00:24:10|430the second ray!” Which I did for years, because the 343|00:24:10|930|00:24:14|950sharing and the education was 344|00:24:15|450|00:24:19|190necessary, and people needed it. And I 345|00:24:19|690|00:24:22|430could do it a little bit. And, you know, so I worked with the second 346|00:24:22|930|00:24:26|070ray. But it's always been a back and forth for me between the second ray 347|00:24:26|570|00:24:30|310and the third ray. Now, you know, think about that for a moment, because the 348|00:24:30|810|00:24:34|190Buddha is… or was… I don't know if we 349|00:24:34|690|00:24:38|750can call Buddha “is.” He left His vestures for the Christ. Let's just say was 350|00:24:39|250|00:24:44|030a second ray soul and a third ray Monad. I have the same impression 351|00:24:44|590|00:24:48|190about Master D.K., but I remain alert to 352|00:24:48|690|00:24:52|030be proven incorrect, if I am incorrect. And, 353|00:24:52|190|00:24:55|470you know, be happy to be proven incorrect or correct, 354|00:24:55|870|00:24:57|390whichever is the truth. 355|00:24:59|069|00:25:02|510All right, going on now. 356|00:25:03|010|00:25:06|750“First Initiation and First Steps into the Spiritual Kingdom.” Really, the, you know, the book 357|00:25:07|250|00:25:09|390that tells us so much about initiation 358|00:25:10|170|00:25:13|850is Initiation, Human and Solar. So don't fail 359|00:25:14|010|00:25:18|010to read it repeatedly and at intervals, because it 360|00:25:18|510|00:25:21|770may well answer 361|00:25:21|930|00:25:25|570questions you've had as you've been reading the later 362|00:25:26|070|00:25:30|250books. The word “initiation” comes from two words: “in” 363|00:25:30|410|00:25:33|930(int (IHS, p.10)o) and “ir (IHS, p.10)e” (to go) (IHS, p.10)— 364|00:25:34|430|00:25:37|640to go into. Therefore, the making of a beginning, or 365|00:25:38|140|00:25:39|560the entrance into something. (IHS, p.10) 366|00:25:41|480|00:25:45|000It posits. (IHS, p.10) Excuse me, it posits in the 367|00:25:45|500|00:25:49|280widest sense, in the case we are studying, (IHS, p.10) an entrance into 368|00:25:49|780|00:25:53|080the spiritual life (IHS, p.10) or into a fresh stage 369|00:25:53|880|00:25:56|880of that life. (IHS, p.10) Notice the idea of the fresh and the new. 370|00:25:57|380|00:26:02|040And it's a very Aries thing, in a way, to go into something anew, 371|00:26:03|570|00:26:07|610to go beyond the present boundaries and enter a 372|00:26:08|110|00:26:12|050new field of energy and experience. So that 373|00:26:12|550|00:26:15|490is a sign of initiation. As a matter of fact, when you look at the 374|00:26:15|970|00:26:20|450will qualities associated with the different rays for Aries, 375|00:26:20|610|00:26:24|130or let's say for the first ray, it's the will to initiate. 376|00:26:24|450|00:26:27|570And Aries is the major first 377|00:26:27|730|00:26:31|280ray sign at this time. 378|00:26:31|440|00:26:35|200From another perspective, we have the will to create in Aries 379|00:26:35|700|00:26:39|720and the will to fulfillment in Leo and the will which conquers 380|00:26:40|220|00:26:43|920death in Capricorn. You have to compare all these things 381|00:26:44|420|00:26:48|160because there are different aspects being emphasized in 382|00:26:48|660|00:26:52|560different contexts. So just reserve judgment. And then when 383|00:26:53|060|00:26:56|780the experience is wider, we bring it all together. It is 384|00:26:57|280|00:27:00|340the first step and the succeeding steps upon the 385|00:27:00|840|00:27:04|460path of holiness, (IHS, p.10) which we might call, in a way, the path of wholeness. 386|00:27:04|860|00:27:07|660The whole has to be seen as one. 387|00:27:09|020|00:27:12|740And it's possible, you know, in your consciousness 388|00:27:13|240|00:27:16|780to summon, as it were, the presence of oneness. 389|00:27:17|420|00:27:21|970If we summon the presence, it is oneness. And I 390|00:27:22|470|00:27:25|530don't know, I work with this all the time. And I try to help people 391|00:27:26|090|00:27:30|090realize that it's possible to summon 392|00:27:30|490|00:27:34|490the presence of oneness, of substantiality, 393|00:27:34|890|00:27:38|650of sameness, you know, that which eradicates 394|00:27:39|450|00:27:43|330the major cause of illusion, which is to perceive in 395|00:27:43|830|00:27:47|090a fragmentary manner, literally. Therefore, a man who has taken 396|00:27:47|590|00:27:50|760the first initiation is one who has taken the first step into 397|00:27:51|260|00:27:54|120the spiritual kingdom, kingdom of God, fifth kingdom, 398|00:27:54|620|00:27:58|480right? Having passed out of the definitely human kingdom, the fourth kingdom, 399|00:27:58|980|00:28:02|640right into the superhuman. (IHS, p.10) So so 400|00:28:03|140|00:28:08|160many of us, you know, are making the transition into the Hall 401|00:28:08|660|00:28:12|200of Wisdom, into the superhuman kingdom, into the 402|00:28:12|700|00:28:16|450fifth kingdom, into that which transcends the 403|00:28:17|010|00:28:21|610strictly human state. Although from 404|00:28:22|110|00:28:25|890another perspective, it's not until you're a master that you have fulfilled 405|00:28:26|390|00:28:29|570all it means to be a human being. And as it says in one of 406|00:28:30|070|00:28:33|410the rules of the sixth degree initiate, they are no longer men, 407|00:28:34|450|00:28:38|130as are the masters, because they passed, you know, 408|00:28:38|630|00:28:42|910into the idea of the planetary. Planetary lives, 409|00:28:44|110|00:28:47|830right? Okay. So entering into something new. We all 410|00:28:48|330|00:28:51|470want to do it, but we have to deal with our karma, 411|00:28:52|830|00:28:56|350which has to be fulfilled before we are 412|00:28:56|850|00:29:00|030free, through balancing and harmony to move on. 413|00:29:00|750|00:29:04|310Now, here's something else about the fifth petal. We've been talking about the 414|00:29:04|810|00:29:08|670idea that the fifth petal in the egoic lotus, when fully unfolded, 415|00:29:09|170|00:29:13|110signifies the completion of the first initiation. 416|00:29:13|510|00:29:17|110At first, there's maybe a lot of egotism in that fifth 417|00:29:17|610|00:29:20|790petal. Early unfoldments and then later loss 418|00:29:21|350|00:29:25|070of personality and the crashing. What can 419|00:29:25|570|00:29:29|190we call it? The blasted tower of the Tarot. That's not a Leo 420|00:29:29|690|00:29:33|470card, but it gives the idea, then the path of aspiration. 421|00:29:33|970|00:29:37|750You become a true aspirant as that fifth petal is opening more 422|00:29:38|250|00:29:41|310and more. And finally when it's completely open, a first degree initiate. 423|00:29:41|790|00:29:46|030So we're talking about the period here between egoic cycles and the mystery. 424|00:29:46|530|00:29:48|950Herein is hid the mystery of the 425|00:29:49|270|00:29:53|070777 incarnations and (TCF, p.123) concern 426|00:29:53|230|00:29:57|070the relation of the unit to his group on the 427|00:29:57|570|00:30:01|390egoic plane. (TCF, p.738) And the egoic plane is the higher mental plane. 428|00:30:01|950|00:30:06|000A lot of transference occurred after this book was written. Maybe he had a deadline 429|00:30:06|500|00:30:10|440to finish it. But by 1925 there was the elevation of 430|00:30:10|940|00:30:14|280many ashrams onto the Buddhist plane. Prior… 431|00:30:14|600|00:30:18|120All of this is prior to the unfoldment of the fifth petal. (TCF, p.738) 432|00:30:18|280|00:30:22|160Now, the fifth petal, you see, D.K. talks about the 700 433|00:30:22|660|00:30:25|320incarnations, quite primitive in a way. 434|00:30:25|640|00:30:27|960The 70 incarnations and the 7. 435|00:30:29|400|00:30:32|680And all of that takes place before the unfoldment of the fifth petal. 436|00:30:33|400|00:30:35|160So when you look at that 777, 437|00:30:38|200|00:30:42|160it doesn't really take us even to 438|00:30:42|660|00:30:46|520that first step. So it concerns the 439|00:30:47|020|00:30:50|240man in the period between the savage state and 440|00:30:50|740|00:30:55|200that of the disciple, when he is an average man, but still in 441|00:30:55|700|00:30:59|360the two halls. (TCF, p.738) So he hasn't really entered the seventh 442|00:30:59|860|00:31:02|340petal and he has not unfolded the fifth petal. 443|00:31:03|700|00:31:06|980After 777, the fifth petal unfolds. 444|00:31:07|540|00:31:11|060And 777 is prior to the unfoldment of the fifth. I wrote that down. 445|00:31:11|560|00:31:15|140Seven is the path of probation which precedes the first initiation. 446|00:31:15|640|00:31:18|980Now, these numbers are not to be taken literally, but maybe they 447|00:31:19|480|00:31:22|580can give some idea of proportion, 448|00:31:22|820|00:31:26|500of the kind of timing that's been involved 449|00:31:26|660|00:31:29|600in this kind of development. For sure, 450|00:31:30|960|00:31:34|240the first two petals are the ones that are going to take the longest time. 451|00:31:34|740|00:31:39|400And those are really from the savage state to 452|00:31:39|900|00:31:43|720the rudiments of civilization, and then gradually into the unfoldment of 453|00:31:44|220|00:31:48|240mentality and so forth. And then in the second tier, we begin to become aware, 454|00:31:48|400|00:31:52|000however slowly, of the higher, of the pairs of opposites. 455|00:31:52|480|00:31:56|990Pairs of opposites — soul and personality. They are horizontal 456|00:31:57|490|00:32:00|910pairs. And even when you talk about Libra, about the light that 457|00:32:01|410|00:32:05|830moves to rest, it's moving in a — did I say vertical? 458|00:32:06|330|00:32:09|950Vertical is what I meant. They are vertical opposites, not horizontal. Sorry. 459|00:32:10|510|00:32:14|350And Libra is also vertical in that the light that 460|00:32:14|850|00:32:18|670moves to rest. When I make mistakes like 461|00:32:19|170|00:32:22|620that, you know, I hope people keep 462|00:32:23|120|00:32:26|660going for a few minutes to discover that I too have realized 463|00:32:26|980|00:32:30|500the mistake and try to correct it. 464|00:32:30|820|00:32:34|620It's very interesting that — and maybe having something to 465|00:32:35|120|00:32:38|900do with durations of phases of the path on the different planets — 466|00:32:39|700|00:32:43|220that the number associated with the Earth 467|00:32:43|720|00:32:48|350scheme is 777. And now we look at the 777 incarnations. 468|00:32:49|150|00:32:52|550And 666 of such ill repute is 469|00:32:53|050|00:32:56|870Martian. And 888 is Mercurian. And 555 is 470|00:32:57|370|00:33:01|190probably Venusian. And 222 Jupiterian, I suspect, and 333 471|00:33:01|690|00:33:05|710Saturn. I don't know. You know, I'm just on a roll here. Is 111 472|00:33:05|790|00:33:09|070Vulcan? What is 9? 473|00:33:09|550|00:33:13|870I can't be sure. 888. Is it Uranian? 474|00:33:14|870|00:33:18|390Well, anyway, beyond a certain point, certainty begins to drop. 475|00:33:18|950|00:33:22|070But we do have 777. And we do have 666. 476|00:33:22|310|00:33:26|030And these are pretty — and 555. And I think that 477|00:33:26|530|00:33:31|430is a really important triangle between Venus, 478|00:33:32|150|00:33:33|350the Earth and Mars. 479|00:33:35|990|00:33:40|030Right. And there's one with Mercury too. Well, there's many triangles and 480|00:33:40|530|00:33:45|250we'll learn more and more about them as we enter closer. 481|00:33:46|450|00:33:48|690Now, this one I think we've done before. 482|00:33:50|130|00:33:52|050This is the blending of the energies. 483|00:33:53|170|00:33:56|970And it reaches a point in the 484|00:33:57|470|00:34:01|490lower part of the shoulder blades as part of the pranic 485|00:34:02|050|00:34:05|410triangle. And then at this point, 486|00:34:06|130|00:34:09|410and definitely at the first initiation, it says there 487|00:34:09|910|00:34:14|250is a polarization, probably a monadic polarization in one of the three higher 488|00:34:14|490|00:34:18|410centers. Now, we have to have all those higher centers unfolded. 489|00:34:18|490|00:34:22|050But let's just say you had a third ray monad. Maybe the polarization would 490|00:34:22|550|00:34:27|010be largely in the throat center, second ray monad in the heart, first ray monad in 491|00:34:27|510|00:34:30|610the head. And I don't think I should try to be more 492|00:34:31|110|00:34:34|530specific than that. It's hard to be more specific 493|00:34:35|030|00:34:38|250than that. More knowledge is needed. 494|00:34:38|330|00:34:40|650But anyway, there's a merging of the fires. 495|00:34:43|690|00:34:47|130It produces a quickening. This is pranic fire and kundalinic fire 496|00:34:47|690|00:34:51|450affected at the first initiation. It produces a quickening of the normal vibration 497|00:34:51|850|00:34:55|570of the physical body. So that's latent fire. Right. So that it 498|00:34:56|070|00:34:59|210responds with more readiness to the higher note of the ego. We have to 499|00:34:59|710|00:35:02|940make this physical density, this congestion, 500|00:35:03|440|00:35:07|020as they call it in time-space, more and more sensitive. And it causes a 501|00:35:07|520|00:35:11|020steady rising of the blending fires through the threefold channel 502|00:35:11|520|00:35:15|260of the spinal column. So that's a latent fire, which is 503|00:35:15|760|00:35:19|460more physical and active fire, which is more etheric. 504|00:35:19|780|00:35:24|380In the second stage, the vitalizing blended fire reaches 505|00:35:24|880|00:35:28|180the center between the lower part of the shoulder blades. Chakra triangle right there. 506|00:35:28|680|00:35:32|050Say there is a chakra, the lower 507|00:35:32|550|00:35:36|170part of the shoulder blades. There's a center in that triangle, a kind 508|00:35:36|670|00:35:40|370of solar plexus center, but not. And it's above the diaphragm, whereas the solar 509|00:35:40|870|00:35:43|930plexus center is below. And then the spleen, 510|00:35:44|430|00:35:47|850I think. Oh, mercy, I hope it's on the right-hand side. 511|00:35:48|350|00:35:52|570Anyway, it's below the diaphragm, which is the point of conjunction and 512|00:35:53|070|00:35:56|650of complete merging of the fire from the base of the spine and the fire 513|00:35:56|810|00:35:59|930circulating along the pranic triangle. 514|00:36:00|090|00:36:03|770So maybe one is kundalini fire and there's a 515|00:36:04|270|00:36:07|210kind of etheric fire circulating in the pranic triangle. 516|00:36:08|090|00:36:12|490And so when this threefold basic fire and 517|00:36:12|810|00:36:16|450the threefold pranic fire meet — latent and 518|00:36:16|950|00:36:20|850active heat, or latent and active fire — then evolution proceeds 519|00:36:21|350|00:36:24|370with greater increased velocity. And so at the time 520|00:36:24|870|00:36:28|250of the first initiation, there's a lot of new rapidity 521|00:36:28|410|00:36:31|690coming into the situation, even though maybe 522|00:36:32|190|00:36:36|490it doesn't compare at all with the kind of real rapidity 523|00:36:37|050|00:36:40|770which occurs at the second initiation when one enters 524|00:36:41|270|00:36:45|050the stream and the energy of the ashram carries one 525|00:36:45|550|00:36:49|700along. So, you know, you might want to ask yourself one 526|00:36:50|200|00:36:53|980of those monadic questions: In what center, 527|00:36:54|480|00:36:58|380particularly of the usually considered major three — 528|00:36:58|880|00:37:02|620head, heart and throat — is my monad polarized? My monad? 529|00:37:03|120|00:37:06|620Well, I am the monad, but… And I'm also something that transcends the 530|00:37:07|120|00:37:10|420monad. See, the monad has a ray, but the very center of the 531|00:37:10|920|00:37:14|500monad is pure being and is beyond 532|00:37:15|000|00:37:18|180any fragmentation into qualitative rays. 533|00:37:19|010|00:37:21|250All right, now moving on. 534|00:37:22|930|00:37:26|530This is from Esoteric Astrology, I guess, and we're 535|00:37:27|030|00:37:30|690talking about the behavior before the first initiation. And okay, 536|00:37:31|190|00:37:34|530so before the first initiation (that's in brackets, so I put it there): 537|00:37:35|170|00:37:38|610The stage of mysticism. Very Neptunian, 538|00:37:39|110|00:37:42|410isn't it? Merging into occultism, the study of 539|00:37:42|910|00:37:46|180that which is hidden. And I might add so 540|00:37:46|680|00:37:49|660often later, the scientific study of that which is hidden. 541|00:37:49|980|00:37:53|540We want to know the science of occultism and 542|00:37:54|040|00:37:58|220we want to concentrate on spiritual occultism, which leads to unification 543|00:37:58|720|00:38:03|620and love and a re-amalgamation of the forces 544|00:38:04|120|00:38:07|980which have been fragmented because of illusory 545|00:38:08|060|00:38:11|220perception. They're not really fragmented; it's just fragmented in 546|00:38:11|720|00:38:13|580our way of perceiving. 547|00:38:14|540|00:38:17|980The great Universa Logos does not perceive 548|00:38:18|460|00:38:21|460fragments. Unified aspects perhaps, 549|00:38:21|960|00:38:26|300but not fragments. Duality is now consciously and 550|00:38:26|620|00:38:30|220uncomfortably recognized. That's a mystical 551|00:38:30|720|00:38:34|140stage, you know, so there's a lot of agony. Let's put it there, 552|00:38:34|620|00:38:37|340if I can. Whoopsie. 553|00:38:38|580|00:38:42|900Context. So let's say lots of agony 554|00:38:43|380|00:38:45|940in the mystical stage. 555|00:38:50|100|00:38:53|540Desire, however, gives way to the 556|00:38:54|040|00:38:58|020vague promptings of what might be called love as the 557|00:38:58|520|00:39:03|660solar plexus energy rises to 558|00:39:04|160|00:39:07|960the heart center — not head center, but heart center. 559|00:39:08|600|00:39:12|280This is the movement and the personality of that divine 560|00:39:12|440|00:39:15|720emerging aspect of the emergence of love. 561|00:39:16|680|00:39:19|480Pretty much at the second degree. 562|00:39:19|560|00:39:22|760It's conditioning the astral body. It is this 563|00:39:23|260|00:39:26|840that he seeks to invoke. When this is adequately strong — 564|00:39:26|920|00:39:29|960adequately strong — then true evocation takes place. 565|00:39:30|730|00:39:34|290And the disciple (for such the man is now) 566|00:39:34|790|00:39:39|210mounts the fixed cross. Well, now we're talking about maybe a Piscean 567|00:39:40|490|00:39:44|250incarnation, which is oftentimes a transferring incarnation. 568|00:39:44|490|00:39:47|850I think it's the last incarnation upon the mutable 569|00:39:47|930|00:39:51|890cross before we really enter upon the fixed cross of 570|00:39:52|390|00:39:56|570discipleship. And from another perspective, much higher perspective, 571|00:39:57|160|00:40:00|360a Piscean incarnation can be 572|00:40:00|860|00:40:04|200the last incarnation before mastership 573|00:40:04|700|00:40:08|280or participate in the kind of mastership that 574|00:40:08|780|00:40:12|280leads to Shamballa, you know, where Pluto is so strong 575|00:40:12|780|00:40:17|640and it is a strong ruler in Pisces. And there's tremendous sacrifice 576|00:40:18|140|00:40:22|400involved in becoming a world saviour under the tutelage of 577|00:40:22|900|00:40:26|290Pisces. So, you know, we have those two. 578|00:40:27|810|00:40:31|410What can I say? Let's see if I can get this correctly. 579|00:40:31|730|00:40:35|730Okay, well, that's good enough. And, you know, going along here, 580|00:40:37|010|00:40:40|370if I can find it. Yeah. I mean, notice how Neptune 581|00:40:40|870|00:40:43|810and Uranus are just sort of all by themselves, 582|00:40:44|310|00:40:47|330right? Well, there we are. 583|00:40:48|210|00:40:52|490Yeah. And so that's the mystic and the occultist away 584|00:40:52|810|00:40:56|330from the activity of Saturn, which seems to include just about 585|00:40:56|830|00:41:00|330everything else. And D.K. even told us that 586|00:41:00|810|00:41:04|170the mystics, such as were powerful a thousand years ago, 587|00:41:05|130|00:41:08|890they really have some kind of monadic 588|00:41:09|370|00:41:13|370or soul, but maybe monadic affiliation with the planet 589|00:41:13|870|00:41:18|410Neptune, which is a very strong sixth ray. And Uranus 590|00:41:18|910|00:41:22|450is much more scientific, we learn, gives the opportunity 591|00:41:22|950|00:41:26|130for occultism. But really we have to put the two together and then blend it 592|00:41:26|630|00:41:30|370with all of the work that's been done in greater elaborative 593|00:41:30|870|00:41:34|410detail here under this larger 594|00:41:34|910|00:41:38|850type of Saturn. We might call it, in a way, the esoteric 595|00:41:39|350|00:41:43|490Saturn. Some people have tried to say that the esoteric Saturn is 596|00:41:43|990|00:41:47|140a planet. And I tend to think of it as… as the 597|00:41:47|640|00:41:52|180collection of all of these subsidiary 598|00:41:52|340|00:41:56|660planetary schemes which express 599|00:41:57|540|00:42:00|100at one point, at least, under Saturn, 600|00:42:01|140|00:42:05|020although Venus is related to Neptune and Mercury to Uranus. Still they are 601|00:42:05|520|00:42:08|740all under Saturn at a certain point in their development, 602|00:42:08|980|00:42:12|500so it seems to me. Anyway, I'm sorry that I 603|00:42:13|000|00:42:16|420have to use a word like “seems,” but I don't want to go too 604|00:42:16|920|00:42:19|660far and claim something of which I am not sure. 605|00:42:20|940|00:42:23|100Now, this we already did, 606|00:42:24|380|00:42:27|500so I don't think we need to do it again. 607|00:42:28|860|00:42:32|700Okay. So I'll get rid of it right 608|00:42:34|220|00:42:35|740now. Five initiations, 609|00:42:38|380|00:42:41|970petals fully unfolded. Well, you know, 610|00:42:42|210|00:42:45|930we looked at this and on 611|00:42:46|430|00:42:50|610the Buddhi plane, when flashing forth at initiation, this number, 612|00:42:51|250|00:42:54|690I suppose it's a five, signifies the full development of 613|00:42:55|190|00:42:59|050the fifth principle in equality, the completed cycle of the ego upon 614|00:42:59|550|00:43:02|930the five rays under the Maha Chohan. Remember that the previous 615|00:43:03|010|00:43:06|690solar system had for its number 616|00:43:07|610|00:43:10|930five. Our solar system is regarded 617|00:43:11|430|00:43:14|730as a system whose number is seven. And the next 618|00:43:15|230|00:43:18|810solar system, the Shiva system - this being the Vishnu system - 619|00:43:19|310|00:43:22|650the Shiva system coming up will have the number nine, 620|00:43:23|450|00:43:26|330which will be its number, 621|00:43:26|570|00:43:29|930taking on an average. Seven is the average number. 622|00:43:31|370|00:43:34|640So the assimilation here of all that 623|00:43:35|140|00:43:38|840is to be learned upon these five rays - they're the rays of Brahma, 624|00:43:39|340|00:43:44|920really, in the Maha Chohan. Now the Master R. - He is, that is, 625|00:43:45|420|00:43:48|480expressing principally on those five rays, which doesn't mean that He doesn't have love and 626|00:43:48|980|00:43:52|400will. Of course He does. But His main area of service 627|00:43:53|120|00:43:56|880is in the area of intelligence, the Brahma realm, 628|00:43:57|280|00:44:01|800and the attainment not only of full self-consciousness, but also the 629|00:44:02|300|00:44:06|360consciousness of the group wherein the man is found. So increasingly we 630|00:44:06|860|00:44:10|280go from individual awareness to ever larger groups 631|00:44:10|780|00:44:14|360in which we may be included until we reach those seven great 632|00:44:14|860|00:44:20|200groups on the monadic plane. Check out page 39 of Letters 633|00:44:20|700|00:44:24|640on Occult Meditation. And then into three great groups found on 634|00:44:25|140|00:44:28|860the Logoic plane where we have the freedom or liberated monad. 635|00:44:29|260|00:44:32|940You know, the volatile essence somehow 636|00:44:33|440|00:44:36|740flies out of confinement. On the monadic plane, the temple of 637|00:44:37|240|00:44:40|740Ezekiel is destroyed. I don't know exactly when, but it's 638|00:44:41|240|00:44:44|780going to be destroyed, just like all temples being confinement; 639|00:44:45|280|00:44:48|460however valuable at a time, will be destroyed. 640|00:44:48|540|00:44:51|980And then into the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, 641|00:44:52|540|00:44:55|820three subsidiary Logoi of the Solar Logos. 642|00:44:57|000|00:45:01|440All right, so it infers the 643|00:45:01|940|00:45:05|400full unfoldment of five of the egoic petals, leaving four to open 644|00:45:05|900|00:45:08|600before the final initiation. But those five, remember, 645|00:45:08|920|00:45:12|680five is a major number of initiation. The fifth 646|00:45:13|180|00:45:16|480ray gives the power to take initiation. At the third initiation, 647|00:45:16|980|00:45:19|800when you meet Sanat Kumara as a five-pointed star, 648|00:45:20|440|00:45:24|270it's the ajna center with its fifth ray which 649|00:45:24|770|00:45:28|590is the prominent center. And Venus is 650|00:45:29|090|00:45:32|190definitely involved with that. And Venus is oftentimes 651|00:45:32|910|00:45:35|870presented as the five-pointed star. 652|00:45:37|070|00:45:40|830All these numbers hang together, and we have to 653|00:45:41|330|00:45:44|630fulfill the base before we can fulfill the peak. And so 654|00:45:45|130|00:45:48|590many people, what do they say? They're building the roof before they build the foundation. 655|00:45:49|530|00:45:53|210So hopefully we will not be among those people who do that. 656|00:45:54|090|00:45:57|690All right, now here's something about Leo. Interestingly, 657|00:45:58|190|00:46:01|730the fifth sign, valuable and useful at 658|00:46:02|230|00:46:05|450the first initiation, but also at the fifth. So what does it say here about 659|00:46:05|950|00:46:09|610Leo? It's a preparation for it over lives, 660|00:46:10|110|00:46:14|170using Leo. It is in Leo that man undergoes the preparatory 661|00:46:14|490|00:46:17|820stages of this first initiation. 662|00:46:18|700|00:46:21|820Well, you know, what are those stages? I think you have to know something about 663|00:46:22|320|00:46:27|100the higher self. And in many respects, Leo is three types of self. 664|00:46:27|500|00:46:31|100It is the lower self. It is the soul self. It is the one, 665|00:46:31|600|00:46:34|940the monadic self. “I am that,” and “that am I.” You know, “I am.” 666|00:46:35|820|00:46:39|140That's the personal self. “I am that,” that is the soul self. 667|00:46:39|640|00:46:42|780“I am, that I am,” or “I am that, and that I am.” That's the 668|00:46:43|310|00:46:46|030monadic self of spirit, 669|00:46:46|430|00:46:49|830the real self. Okay, so man undergoes the 670|00:46:50|330|00:46:54|470preparatory stages, maybe in incarnations before. You know, it's possible to 671|00:46:54|970|00:46:58|270have a rising sign, let's say, for several 672|00:46:58|670|00:47:02|190incarnations, maybe even nine, as we 673|00:47:02|690|00:47:06|310go through certain stages of preparation. So until we can really study 674|00:47:06|810|00:47:11|200people and their incarnations, and with some accuracy, we won't know. But it 675|00:47:11|700|00:47:15|800is hinted that quite a few incarnations can take place with the 676|00:47:16|300|00:47:19|320same rising sign. And whether that means that 677|00:47:19|960|00:47:23|080if you have early degrees rising compared to late 678|00:47:23|580|00:47:27|160degrees rising, you're in an earlier stage of that as opposed to a later stage, 679|00:47:27|660|00:47:29|560I don't know, but it's something to be considered. 680|00:47:30|840|00:47:34|240So he finds himself, okay? He finds himself 681|00:47:34|740|00:47:38|240as a personality. He knows his lines of distinction. He knows who 682|00:47:38|740|00:47:42|520he is as compared with whomever may be other people, 683|00:47:42|680|00:47:46|280apparently other people, and becomes self-conscious, okay? 684|00:47:47|720|00:47:50|840But also he finds his higher self here as well. 685|00:47:51|560|00:47:55|320The Sphinx holds the mystery in a way. He formulates a 686|00:47:55|820|00:47:59|320conscious inner program or purpose under the steady 687|00:47:59|720|00:48:02|860pressure of the life of the indwelling Christ, 688|00:48:03|420|00:48:07|900which is the soul. Okay, let's call the indwelling Christ the 689|00:48:08|400|00:48:12|220soul or solar angel. He begins to 690|00:48:12|720|00:48:16|180exhaust and deny the demands and desires 691|00:48:16|680|00:48:20|460of the lower nature. So as it says in the labors of Hercules, 692|00:48:21|820|00:48:26|660he becomes the lion hunting his 693|00:48:27|160|00:48:31|000prey. He hunts. He hunts himself. He hunts his lower self. 694|00:48:31|500|00:48:35|080His higher self, which he identifies with, hunts his lower self. 695|00:48:35|580|00:48:38|920And he catches himself, you know, and he blocks the exit to 696|00:48:39|420|00:48:43|280the cave, and the little clever lower self can no longer escape. 697|00:48:43|440|00:48:47|480This cycle of experience is followed by a painful 698|00:48:47|980|00:48:52|920life of conscious reorientation. I think a lot of it is taking place in 699|00:48:53|420|00:48:56|900the fifth petal. I mean, you lose a lot. 700|00:48:57|400|00:49:00|980You know, it's not the fourth degree, but you 701|00:49:01|480|00:49:05|140do reorient yourself to the higher power. And you're determined to live according 702|00:49:05|640|00:49:09|460to the higher power. And to repudiate your desire for 703|00:49:09|960|00:49:13|220the lower power, which is the personality. It's a cycle wherein he 704|00:49:13|720|00:49:17|460achieves balance and begins to, however faintly, stand in 705|00:49:17|960|00:49:21|580spiritual being as a result of constant trial and testing. When you look at 706|00:49:22|080|00:49:25|380that fifth petal, it's got a lot of Leo and from another perspective, 707|00:49:25|460|00:49:29|700a lot of Scorpio. See, I always begin the element 708|00:49:30|580|00:49:34|060that rules a particular circle of petals with the 709|00:49:34|560|00:49:37|380cardinal sign, then move to the fixed, then move to the mutable. 710|00:49:37|860|00:49:41|140So in the case of the love petals, in which the fifth 711|00:49:41|640|00:49:45|140petal is included, you begin with Cancer, fourth petal, you go to the fixed 712|00:49:45|300|00:49:48|760sign, Scorpio, and then 713|00:49:51|000|00:49:54|360to the sixth petal, which will be Pisces. 714|00:49:54|600|00:49:57|720But if you begin back at the Aries petal, petal number one, 715|00:49:57|960|00:50:02|160and you count five ahead, you've got the fifth petal. It's Leo. So it's Scorpio 716|00:50:02|660|00:50:05|960and Leo. Not easy. So the lower self is, 717|00:50:06|600|00:50:08|840in a way, put to death and a higher self, 718|00:50:09|720|00:50:13|120initially, at least, and a higher self begins to take over. This is 719|00:50:13|620|00:50:18|180not the fourth degree, okay. But it's… It's kind of a prognostication 720|00:50:18|820|00:50:22|500of what will be far more intense at the fourth degree. Finally, 721|00:50:23|540|00:50:27|180finally, he stands ready for the ordeal and 722|00:50:27|680|00:50:31|380the accolade of fire preceding the first initiation. 723|00:50:31|460|00:50:34|740Preceding. What is this all about? I suspect 724|00:50:35|240|00:50:39|140it's about the burning ground, 725|00:50:39|300|00:50:42|080okay? And, you know, 726|00:50:42|560|00:50:46|000one has to burn away the 727|00:50:46|160|00:50:49|760dross. And, you know, it's very interesting that 728|00:50:50|240|00:50:53|640in (TCF, p.123) terms of the fixed signs, Leo is called Fiery 729|00:50:54|140|00:50:57|479Pain. Okay? So Taurus, Blinding Light, 730|00:50:57|979|00:51:01|880Leo, Fiery Pain, Scorpio, Bitter Woe. So imagine fiery pain and 731|00:51:02|380|00:51:05|840bitter woe focused in the same petal, which eventually yields 732|00:51:06|340|00:51:11|430the fifth, the first initiation and then liberation 733|00:51:11|510|00:51:15|030in Aquarius. So a lot of people are 734|00:51:15|530|00:51:19|190getting ready to do this. There's much… We're told 735|00:51:19|690|00:51:22|150that in (TCF, p.123) a way, Leo is the most human of all the signs. 736|00:51:22|870|00:51:26|470And there's going to be many integrated personalities. And they will 737|00:51:27|510|00:51:31|830suffer if they carry that on too long without a higher influence 738|00:51:32|330|00:51:35|990of the higher, of the pairs of opposites. And they'll crash and burn, 739|00:51:36|490|00:51:40|750you know, and recover and step 740|00:51:41|250|00:51:44|830onto the path where they're reoriented towards the higher 741|00:51:45|330|00:51:48|750self. And eventually they will fulfill the requirements, 742|00:51:49|250|00:51:53|030burning out the necessary dross to take the first initiation. 743|00:51:53|750|00:51:57|070So just because you see Leo there doesn't mean that initiation 744|00:51:57|570|00:52:01|430is being taken. But assess where the person stands. And maybe 745|00:52:01|930|00:52:05|830they are on the preparatory phases there of taking that initiation. 746|00:52:06|330|00:52:09|470Or maybe they stand the possibility of taking it in that life. 747|00:52:10|670|00:52:14|590So, you know, as an esoteric psychologist or someone who simply wants 748|00:52:15|090|00:52:18|910to help people, you know, just keep your eyes open, just really, 749|00:52:20|350|00:52:25|670without rejection, without over-acceptance. Just look 750|00:52:26|170|00:52:29|950at what people are doing, how they react, how they respond, what are their desires. 751|00:52:30|770|00:52:34|210According to the desire nature of people, you can tell a lot. 752|00:52:35|570|00:52:39|170I mean, you know, of course, desires are split and diversified and there are 753|00:52:39|250|00:52:43|490higher and lower desires. I'm sure we all have a range of desires, 754|00:52:43|730|00:52:49|250good days and bad days. But according to the general tenor… 755|00:52:50|210|00:52:53|810We call it in music, the tessitura, you know, the level of 756|00:52:54|310|00:52:58|280desire, you will understand that towards 757|00:52:58|780|00:53:02|640which someone is striving and maybe where they stand upon the 758|00:53:03|140|00:53:06|800path and what kind of relinquishments may lie ahead of them if they're going 759|00:53:07|300|00:53:10|560to really achieve. Okay, accepted disciples are 760|00:53:11|060|00:53:14|480in the hierarchy and have taken the first initiation. 761|00:53:14|980|00:53:18|640I think I did this one. Okay, it's not 762|00:53:19|140|00:53:23|320only the higher initiates, right? Every accepted disciple somewhere 763|00:53:23|960|00:53:28|960with the second initiation in sight perhaps is 764|00:53:29|460|00:53:33|000within the periphery, within. Not just, you know, as we saw the blue circle there, 765|00:53:33|480|00:53:36|960not just on the… hanging on the outside of the 766|00:53:37|460|00:53:40|800circle, but within it. And in some past life, maybe even 767|00:53:41|300|00:53:44|040in this one, who knows, has taken the first initiation. 768|00:53:45|160|00:53:48|400So this business of seeing the star and the intensity of the 769|00:53:48|900|00:53:50|610star, the brighter and brighter star, 770|00:53:52|050|00:53:55|810that brightness increases as the 771|00:53:56|310|00:53:59|610initiations progress. So we talked about this. 772|00:54:00|110|00:54:04|690I just, you know, in rounding up these extra references, I sometimes made 773|00:54:05|190|00:54:08|690a mistake and included what was already there. 774|00:54:09|890|00:54:11|890And this is the one we began with. 775|00:54:14|690|00:54:17|820The monadic ray is influencing 776|00:54:18|700|00:54:22|300the causal body, the egoic lotus, at the first initiation. 777|00:54:22|700|00:54:26|340But the man doesn't know it in his physical brain. Okay, but after 778|00:54:26|840|00:54:30|060that, the monadic ray is influencing the 779|00:54:30|380|00:54:34|500mental unit, and the monadic destiny is on 780|00:54:35|000|00:54:38|620its way, even though it is a long way from being fulfilled. 781|00:54:38|780|00:54:42|380So people of our… of our nature, you know, 782|00:54:42|460|00:54:45|710not exaggerating anything here, but we're on 783|00:54:46|210|00:54:49|430our way to understand what planetary purpose is. What is 784|00:54:49|930|00:54:53|990the purpose of our monad, of the hierarchy of Shambhala? 785|00:54:54|710|00:54:58|310What is the purpose? We don't know yet. We know something. 786|00:54:58|810|00:55:02|230And we know that on our particular planet, it has a lot to do with 787|00:55:02|730|00:55:05|270a demonstration of the light. Okay, 788|00:55:06|150|00:55:09|590all right, so we did this. Let me at least mark it. 789|00:55:10|230|00:55:14|210We did this. All right. And maybe we did the next 790|00:55:14|710|00:55:18|010one. Yeah, Arjuna. Yeah, we did this 791|00:55:18|510|00:55:20|170too. And it's a wonderful paragraph. 792|00:55:22|250|00:55:25|730Basically how he knows that when he 793|00:55:26|230|00:55:29|890can take the first initiation and when he can take the third 794|00:55:30|390|00:55:34|130and become the transfigured initiate, is the ray of 795|00:55:34|630|00:55:38|010our personality occultly extinguished or absorbed into the Ray 796|00:55:38|510|00:55:42|100of the Soul. That's very important because it's no longer battling the Ray 797|00:55:42|600|00:55:45|980of the Soul. And for so long the Personality Ray 798|00:55:46|480|00:55:50|020battles the Soul Ray, but then eventually becomes a sub-ray and 799|00:55:50|520|00:55:54|060becomes absorbed and a very important instrument in 800|00:55:54|560|00:55:58|900the expression of the true initiate, no longer opposing. 801|00:55:58|980|00:56:02|860So what about you? What about me? Are we fighting our 802|00:56:03|360|00:56:07|260Personality Ray still? Whatever that 803|00:56:07|760|00:56:11|200Ray may be, do its tendencies lead us away from 804|00:56:11|350|00:56:15|310what the soul would accomplish? Or is it really a 805|00:56:15|810|00:56:19|750way we have of reaching others and perceiving 806|00:56:20|250|00:56:23|590spirituality from a soul perspective? Well, just, you know, 807|00:56:24|090|00:56:27|750just think: my Soul Ray is…, my Personality 808|00:56:28|250|00:56:32|150Ray is…, and is there a 809|00:56:32|650|00:56:36|230battle? Or is my Personality Ray really being 810|00:56:36|730|00:56:40|280absorbed? They talk about the higher aspects of the Personality Ray, you know, 811|00:56:41|000|00:56:43|720because every ray has its higher and lower aspects. 812|00:56:44|280|00:56:47|720Are the higher aspects manifesting, and are 813|00:56:48|220|00:56:52|920they absorbed into the Soul Ray? And is my expression and service characterized 814|00:56:53|560|00:56:56|280not only by my Soul Ray, but by its instrument, 815|00:56:56|680|00:57:00|920the Personality Ray? So again, 816|00:57:01|720|00:57:04|920we did this. The measure of the Soul Ray, which in its turn 817|00:57:05|320|00:57:08|460is being reoriented to and controlled by 818|00:57:08|960|00:57:12|220the Monadic Ray. We might say, just as the 819|00:57:12|720|00:57:16|060hierarchy is being reoriented to 820|00:57:16|140|00:57:19|620Shambhala at this time. And we've seen that, 821|00:57:20|120|00:57:24|220you know, when looking at the arrows and the triple triangles, 822|00:57:25|420|00:57:28|700how it was in the past, the relationship between Shambhala, 823|00:57:28|780|00:57:32|430hierarchy, and humanity. And eventually it's a two-way 824|00:57:32|930|00:57:36|390street all the way around, and there's a beautiful interchange, but we're not quite 825|00:57:36|890|00:57:40|710there yet. Even hierarchy has not made its approach— 826|00:57:41|670|00:57:45|070a full approach to Shambhala. It's doing that 827|00:57:45|570|00:57:49|710now while it's externalizing and helping at 828|00:57:50|210|00:57:52|790great sacrifice out here on the physical plane. 829|00:57:53|510|00:57:56|870Very soon the masters walk among us. Then at the same time, it's 830|00:57:57|370|00:58:00|910approaching Shambhala. And Shambhala, the will of God, the purpose, is 831|00:58:01|410|00:58:04|790becoming manifest on the earth through the sacrificing hierarchy. 832|00:58:05|290|00:58:08|430Now we're doing the same in a lesser way. We're moving towards 833|00:58:08|930|00:58:12|190hierarchy. We have a little bit of the movement 834|00:58:12|350|00:58:16|110via the Antahkarana towards Shambhala. But you know, realistically, we 835|00:58:16|610|00:58:22|150have to become full members of hierarchy and are attempting to express on 836|00:58:22|650|00:58:26|440the outer plane what we become when we 837|00:58:26|940|00:58:30|480become infused by the soul, infused by hierarchy, as it were, 838|00:58:30|800|00:58:34|160under the direction of our ashram 839|00:58:34|320|00:58:38|040and under the direction of the Christ. And basically it's love, 840|00:58:38|540|00:58:41|920wisdom, whatever our ray is that has to 841|00:58:42|420|00:58:45|880be expressed. Okay, so what 842|00:58:46|380|00:58:51|130have we got here? So this is the end of extra 843|00:58:51|210|00:58:56|530references. First initiation commentary 844|00:58:57|030|00:58:59|770video. Is that good enough? No, it's not good enough. 845|00:59:02|250|00:59:05|690Oh, I always miss this. 846|00:59:07|290|00:59:10|810That's not good enough. Okay, 847|00:59:11|450|00:59:14|810but here it is. Yes. Let's just put it this 848|00:59:15|310|00:59:18|750way. And it's going to be the end of number 12, right? All right. 849|00:59:19|070|00:59:22|830If only I could remember that sequence of letters, then I'd be in 850|00:59:23|390|00:59:25|950much better, much better shape. 851|00:59:26|190|00:59:29|190Okay, so here's Leo, here's Accepted Disciple, 852|00:59:29|690|00:59:34|110Monadic Ray. Etc., etc. All right, here's Arjuna. 853|00:59:34|750|00:59:38|190And we're all that. So let's call 854|00:59:38|690|00:59:42|790this the end of… And this 855|00:59:43|290|00:59:47|090is the end beginning. Oh, it's… No, I call it the end. 856|00:59:48|050|00:59:50|970All right. End of 857|00:59:51|470|00:59:56|290extra references for the first initiation video 858|00:59:57|810|01:00:00|450commentary. All right. 859|01:00:01|490|01:00:04|130And today is 4th of July. 860|01:00:05|010|01:00:08|690Even though I'm celebrating it here in Finland, I hope there's something 861|01:00:09|190|01:00:13|090to celebrate. And this is the beginning of extra references for the 862|01:00:13|590|01:00:16|010first initiation video commentary. 863|01:00:21|770|01:00:25|450And I don't know what day it's going to take place. And this 864|01:00:25|950|01:00:29|690is number 12. And this is first initiation video commentary 865|01:00:30|190|01:00:34|010number 11. All right, well, I hope you have plenty to study. If nothing 866|01:00:34|510|01:00:38|550else, Master D.K.'s words are being spoken. 867|01:00:39|430|01:00:42|790And because of that there will be value 868|01:00:42|950|01:00:46|270in it no matter what I say. So if you disagree with 869|01:00:46|770|01:00:51|110me, form your own opinion and according 870|01:00:51|830|01:00:55|710to the words of the Master. Okay, and then 871|01:00:56|210|01:00:59|390we'll go on. And we have a few more programs here to do 872|01:00:59|890|01:01:03|750on the first initiation. But some of them will no doubt be eliminated because I've 873|01:01:04|360|01:01:07|680duplicated and I hope I remember what I have duplicated. So thank you 874|01:01:08|180|01:01:11|400very much. Many blessings, lots of love. Study hard. 875|01:01:12|360|01:01:16|120Study hard in this last seven years of 876|01:01:16|680|01:01:20|760possible assimilation which can affect what Master D.K. decides 877|01:01:21|260|01:01:25|640he can safely and profitably give 878|01:01:26|140|01:01:29|840us. Because we're ready for it. Let's be ready. See you 879|01:01:30|340|01:01:31|080then. Bye bye.