1|00:00:01|360|00:00:05|560Well, hello, everybody, and welcome to our 12th 2|00:00:06|060|00:00:10|400program here on the first (DINAII, p.270) initiation in these video commentaries. 3|00:00:11|440|00:00:14|840You know, I realise, and I don't 4|00:00:15|340|00:00:17|680know if this will reach all who have been looking at these, 5|00:00:18|320|00:00:21|040that this material is perhaps not easy 6|00:00:21|540|00:00:25|810unless we have read in the books the 7|00:00:26|310|00:00:29|690Alice A. Bailey books. Because, as you may know, 8|00:00:30|190|00:00:34|650what I'm trying to do here is to take 9|00:00:35|150|00:00:38|650what has been written and correlate it with other factors that 10|00:00:39|150|00:00:42|970have been written. But first we have to have some familiarity 11|00:00:43|210|00:00:47|410with what is being written. So I encourage you to become a 12|00:00:47|910|00:00:51|210deeper student of the Alice A. Bailey work, 13|00:00:52|620|00:00:56|580of the Tibetan's work. And then programs 14|00:00:57|080|00:01:00|540of this nature—well, I'll say you'll get a lot more out of them, 15|00:01:00|940|00:01:01|580for sure. 16|00:01:04|220|00:01:08|060Well, we're on program number 12, and we 17|00:01:08|560|00:01:12|300still—we still have 11 pages to go in this 18|00:01:12|800|00:01:14|140particular extra references 19|00:01:15|500|00:01:19|430commentary. So I'll just do the 20|00:01:19|930|00:01:21|670best I can as I go along and… 21|00:01:22|870|00:01:26|950Well, you know, the whole (DINAII, p.270) idea about the first initiation is that so many 22|00:01:27|450|00:01:30|750have taken it and have not realised they have taken it 23|00:01:31|250|00:01:35|150because the memory in the brain cells is just not there for this initiation— 24|00:01:35|650|00:01:38|430maybe even the second. And, well, 25|00:01:38|930|00:01:42|230by the time we reach the third initiation, there should be increasing 26|00:01:42|550|00:01:46|450memory of these inner events. 27|00:01:46|950|00:01:51|530But it's not necessarily a foregone conclusion. 28|00:01:53|130|00:01:57|770So, anyway, so many have taken it. Now, from Dinah 2 29|00:01:57|850|00:02:01|610here we read that this is testified 30|00:02:02|110|00:02:05|450to by the fact (DINAII, p.270) that so many thousands—as I have several 31|00:02:05|950|00:02:09|570times told you, I think he needs to say it several times—have taken 32|00:02:10|070|00:02:14|259the first initiation now as 33|00:02:14|759|00:02:18|539a symbol of material need. Yeah, let me check 34|00:02:19|039|00:02:22|539this out because I want to know 35|00:02:23|039|00:02:27|859the page on which it occurs. And it does occur on 36|00:02:28|359|00:02:32|419Rays and Initiations, page 571. 37|00:02:33|539|00:02:35|459So, you know, it's good to know where we're going. 38|00:02:38|270|00:02:42|390Excuse me. Where we've been and where we're going now. Bread is 39|00:02:42|890|00:02:44|270the symbol of material need. 40|00:02:45|950|00:02:49|630Interesting. The house of bread and the sharing 41|00:02:50|270|00:02:54|030of the things by which people 42|00:02:54|510|00:02:59|630live will be one of the signatures 43|00:02:59|870|00:03:04|840of the new age. Right now we have a very inequitable distribution 44|00:03:04|920|00:03:08|840system, and this is because of selfishness and 45|00:03:09|340|00:03:11|640egotism and basically just not caring about the other person. 46|00:03:13|080|00:03:17|960And that will cease during the decentralising 47|00:03:19|080|00:03:22|440age of Aquarius when we have the factor of Leo. 48|00:03:23|160|00:03:26|560As wonderful a sign as it is and the most human of all signs, 49|00:03:27|060|00:03:30|410we're told, there is the problem that we may think we're the only one in 50|00:03:30|910|00:03:35|450the world, and some kind of inherent narcissism 51|00:03:35|950|00:03:39|010may go with it and an uncaring about others. 52|00:03:40|210|00:03:43|530But that will be overcome if all goes well, 53|00:03:44|030|00:03:47|290I would say, in the Aquarian 54|00:03:47|790|00:03:49|410age. Okay, 55|00:03:51|330|00:03:54|570so bread, as the symbol of 56|00:03:55|070|00:03:58|670material need, will eventually be controlled by a vast group of initiates of 57|00:03:59|170|00:04:01|110the first initiation. And by the way, 58|00:04:02|870|00:04:03|670these are… 59|00:04:07|110|00:04:10|150No, no, okay, 60|00:04:11|750|00:04:14|630pardon my search for the blue bracket. 61|00:04:16|790|00:04:21|910Okay, but these are largely 62|00:04:23|290|00:04:27|290initiates on the seventh 63|00:04:29|050|00:04:33|450seventh Ray because 64|00:04:33|950|00:04:37|450they do tend to control the material resources 65|00:04:37|690|00:04:42|970of the earth. They are connected with concretion, 66|00:04:43|130|00:04:46|850manifestation, and generally the factor 67|00:04:47|350|00:04:50|920of appearance. So the highest and the lowest will meet, but they 68|00:04:51|420|00:04:55|760always have to have an externalisation of that which they find on 69|00:04:56|260|00:04:59|880the subtler planes. So a vast group of initiates 70|00:05:00|380|00:05:04|040of the first initiation on the seventh Ray as the symbol 71|00:05:04|540|00:05:08|800of material human need by those whose lives are beginning 72|00:05:09|440|00:05:12|880to be controlled by 73|00:05:13|380|00:05:18|500the (RI, p.571) Christ consciousness, which is the consciousness of responsibility 74|00:05:19|000|00:05:22|900and service. (RI, p.571) So when we feel this very strong responsibility towards 75|00:05:23|400|00:05:26|860others, and when we feel that in order 76|00:05:27|360|00:05:31|500to live, we must absolutely serve. Then the 77|00:05:32|000|00:05:36|420Christ consciousness is characterizing 78|00:05:36|920|00:05:40|860and beginning to pervade our normal personality consciousness. 79|00:05:41|500|00:05:45|780These initiates exist in their thousands today. (RI, p.571) Of course, D.K. has that 80|00:05:46|280|00:05:51|020point of view of the Master infancy, where they are probably through the phenomenon 81|00:05:51|520|00:05:55|780of light. They will be present in their millions by 82|00:05:56|280|00:06:00|140the time the year 2025 arrives. (RI, p.571) So we have great 83|00:06:00|640|00:06:04|020hope here. And even though there 84|00:06:04|520|00:06:07|820is at the present time, 2018, in process, 85|00:06:08|820|00:06:13|060an attack of the counter forces of materialism, 86|00:06:13|780|00:06:15|380the so-called Black Lodge, 87|00:06:17|220|00:06:19|460that attack will be overcome, I do believe, 88|00:06:20|900|00:06:24|180and these initiates will be able to step forward and, 89|00:06:25|220|00:06:29|300with a degree of fairness, seek to see 90|00:06:29|800|00:06:33|420the world's resources reach those whom 91|00:06:33|920|00:06:38|140it can serve, whom the resources 92|00:06:38|640|00:06:42|060can serve. We are told that 93|00:06:42|560|00:06:46|540heights of luxury unimaginable to us were reached in Atlantean days. 94|00:06:47|040|00:06:50|460And it was a time of war between good 95|00:06:50|960|00:06:55|860and evil. Well, there's a lot of luxury, 96|00:06:55|940|00:06:59|740waste, unnecessary accumulation and 97|00:07:00|240|00:07:04|260hoarding going on today. And it's out 98|00:07:04|760|00:07:09|860of fear, you know, preventing those who need resources 99|00:07:10|260|00:07:13|060available from receiving them. 100|00:07:13|540|00:07:16|700That has to end. And in order for the Christ to 101|00:07:17|200|00:07:20|420reappear, a measure of sharing—we're not told how much, 102|00:07:20|980|00:07:25|220but a fair measure of sharing—has to appear along 103|00:07:25|720|00:07:28|880with the peace, a reasonable degree, and the house 104|00:07:29|380|00:07:31|960cleaning that is so necessary. 105|00:07:32|920|00:07:36|600Obviously, right behavior is a factor that's 106|00:07:37|100|00:07:39|640very important to the seventh Ray types, 107|00:07:40|680|00:07:44|160so present in their millions. So we have to clear 108|00:07:44|660|00:07:48|000away the confusion, the noise, 109|00:07:48|500|00:07:50|680the chaos of this present attack, 110|00:07:51|970|00:07:57|170and by 2025, begin to reconstruct, 111|00:07:57|410|00:08:01|090we would say, the methods of distribution. 112|00:08:01|490|00:08:05|010Remember that circulation 113|00:08:05|890|00:08:09|770is one of the major themes of Aquarius, and that 114|00:08:10|270|00:08:13|890is accompanied by the seventh ray. And the seventh 115|00:08:14|390|00:08:18|520ray is also one of those rays for which right 116|00:08:19|020|00:08:23|120circulation is an objective. All this reorientation 117|00:08:23|620|00:08:27|600and unfoldment will be the result of the activity 118|00:08:28|100|00:08:32|360of the seventh ray and of the impact of its radiation upon 119|00:08:32|860|00:08:36|600humanity. (RI, p.571) What is it, the fifth time? 120|00:08:36|760|00:08:40|320Or is it the seventh time? Well, something like that. Either five or 121|00:08:40|820|00:08:44|540seven. That the cycle of the seventh ray has 122|00:08:45|040|00:08:48|300coincided with the cycle of Aquarius, 123|00:08:49|580|00:08:53|300probably the equinoctial age of 124|00:08:53|800|00:08:56|9002,500 years. There are other types of 125|00:08:57|400|00:09:00|740ages related to the zodiacal signs, and they 126|00:09:01|240|00:09:05|340are of a duration of 25,000 years. So the 127|00:09:05|840|00:09:08|940cycles suggest—infer, 128|00:09:09|440|00:09:13|260implying—that things can get better, 129|00:09:13|340|00:09:17|220much better, if we take advantage of 130|00:09:17|720|00:09:22|420the energies offered and eschew selfishness. 131|00:09:22|920|00:09:26|500Hopefully there will be more and more initiates of the second 132|00:09:27|000|00:09:31|100degree. And we're told that a major blow against 133|00:09:31|600|00:09:36|550selfishness is struck at that degree. I suppose the overcoming 134|00:09:37|050|00:09:40|990of the lower aspect of Mars, which is directly 135|00:09:41|490|00:09:45|270related to selfishness and rules just about the entire personality with 136|00:09:45|770|00:09:49|510its demands for satisfaction regardless of 137|00:09:49|910|00:09:53|110what happens to others. Okay, 138|00:09:55|030|00:09:59|750you know, there's some just marvelous compilations 139|00:10:00|070|00:10:03|760that I'd like to go through for topical 140|00:10:04|260|00:10:05|760study. There's a lot I'd like to do. 141|00:10:07|200|00:10:10|080It's just a question of whether I get to do it. But (RI, p.316) you'll see what 142|00:10:10|580|00:10:14|240the method is. Read deeply, think deeply, 143|00:10:14|740|00:10:20|560meditate deeply, and then use Mercury, 144|00:10:21|600|00:10:25|520which has a very deep third ray connected with it as kind 145|00:10:26|020|00:10:29|790of a lord of memory, and connect the isolated 146|00:10:30|290|00:10:33|950pieces of information into meaningful patterns. 147|00:10:34|590|00:10:38|550You'll be using the second ray too, because it is the ray of the divine 148|00:10:39|050|00:10:42|510pattern. It will reveal the archetypes 149|00:10:42|670|00:10:46|510that are found when we use pure 150|00:10:46|590|00:10:50|350reason. Now, what's this one about? Slow growth 151|00:10:50|850|00:10:55|760of the Monad during the first two initiations. Remember that we 152|00:10:56|260|00:10:59|840have an issue there, that at the first degree, 153|00:11:00|340|00:11:03|920the Monad does influence the soul, but we in the 154|00:11:04|420|00:11:08|240personality don't know it, so that's a 155|00:11:08|740|00:11:13|360problem. But still, it does have its effect and it begins 156|00:11:13|860|00:11:17|640to influence. We've seen the mental unit and 157|00:11:17|880|00:11:22|560in general the lower mind and its ray, and drives 158|00:11:23|060|00:11:26|880us onward onto the path. There's a driving energy to the 159|00:11:27|380|00:11:30|440Monad, whatever its ray may be. And the energy 160|00:11:30|940|00:11:34|880of progress onward is a kind of a first ray energy. And the 161|00:11:35|380|00:11:39|480dramatic title “Driving Forward Through Space” is associated 162|00:11:39|980|00:11:43|320with the Monad. The first two initiations, oft regarded by humanity as 163|00:11:43|820|00:11:46|440major initiations, are… Well, 164|00:11:46|940|00:11:49|720maybe from the theosophical point of view, they seem that way, 165|00:11:51|120|00:11:52|960but D.K. has corrected that, 166|00:11:54|560|00:11:57|600sharing with us the present hierarchical perspective. 167|00:11:58|160|00:12:02|520These first two initiations are in reality minor initiations from 168|00:12:03|020|00:12:06|440the Sirian point of view, because the relation of the 169|00:12:06|940|00:12:10|240man under discipline and in training is 170|00:12:10|740|00:12:11|600only a tendency, (RI, p.316) 171|00:12:13|360|00:12:17|370tendency, and of course can be reneged upon, 172|00:12:17|870|00:12:20|170as we have seen, unfortunately, 173|00:12:21|050|00:12:25|850that a veering off after the second initiation, even that is possible. 174|00:12:27|130|00:12:31|170And as I've said, I wonder how the sponsors and 175|00:12:31|670|00:12:35|450the Christ cannot help but see the danger. And yet 176|00:12:36|410|00:12:40|050a man must be allowed to go forward and prove 177|00:12:40|550|00:12:43|750himself or not. There is only a developing recognition 178|00:12:44|250|00:12:47|870of the Father, you know, coming after the second degree. The Monad 179|00:12:48|370|00:12:51|750becomes a factor for consideration, and so does Sanat Kumara, 180|00:12:52|250|00:12:55|950and so does identification and a slowly growing response to 181|00:12:56|450|00:12:59|990the Monad. Slowly, plus an unfolding sensitivity 182|00:13:00|790|00:13:04|750to the impact of the will aspect. (RI, p.316) The will aspect is monadic, 183|00:13:05|250|00:13:09|120but it also is very much emanating from 184|00:13:09|620|00:13:13|880the atmic level, which is the externalization of the will aspect into 185|00:13:14|380|00:13:19|800the spiritual triad from the Monad. So a 186|00:13:20|300|00:13:24|439slowly growing response to the Monad, even though as a conscious 187|00:13:24|600|00:13:28|480factor it may not be coming in until the third 188|00:13:28|980|00:13:32|360degree. But (RI, p.316) in the third initiation, these developments are 189|00:13:32|860|00:13:37|880sufficiently present to merit the phrase “revelation 190|00:13:38|380|00:13:42|200of the glory” and the transfiguration takes place. (RI, p.316) 191|00:13:42|700|00:13:46|320And this was, you know, enacted for us by 192|00:13:46|820|00:13:50|720the Christ, I think, even more than by the Master Jesus. The Christ 193|00:13:51|220|00:13:55|040was already a fifth degree initiate and verging on the sixth 194|00:13:55|540|00:13:59|320degree. And I think the power to dramatize these things at will 195|00:14:00|170|00:14:03|770was very strong. The initiate Jesus was 196|00:14:04|270|00:14:08|210indeed an initiate of the third degree at that (RI, p.316) (RI, p.316) time. But it is my 197|00:14:08|710|00:14:12|250impression that it was the Christ who enacted, 198|00:14:13|210|00:14:18|010demonstrated the glory of the third initiation. 199|00:14:19|290|00:14:23|530So let's just say that the Monad driving the 200|00:14:24|030|00:14:27|710progress, the spiritual progress of the man forward is 201|00:14:28|030|00:14:32|950present in an influential way within the egoic 202|00:14:33|450|00:14:36|990lotus from the first initiation on. And really it has 203|00:14:37|490|00:14:41|110been the signal of the Monad which has called for 204|00:14:41|610|00:14:45|790the creation of the causal body, (RI, p.316) the egoic 205|00:14:46|290|00:14:49|790lotus, and the calling in of 206|00:14:50|830|00:14:53|490the solar angels to assist. 207|00:14:55|010|00:14:59|170Because, you know, they're really helping the Monad reach deeper and deeper 208|00:14:59|810|00:15:03|770into the lower planes. They're acting as a 209|00:15:04|270|00:15:07|810bridge. Now, how all of that happens exactly? 210|00:15:08|770|00:15:12|090Okay, that's difficult to say at this 211|00:15:12|590|00:15:16|810point. It happens at the period that we might call the opening 212|00:15:17|310|00:15:20|880of the planetary heart. And we have to remember 213|00:15:20|960|00:15:25|520that individualization signaled a 214|00:15:26|020|00:15:29|960kind of first degree for our planetary Logos, 215|00:15:30|460|00:15:34|240maybe even in the cosmic sense. I'm not sure whether it's cosmic 216|00:15:34|740|00:15:37|800or in that series of seven initiations, 217|00:15:38|300|00:15:42|080but it does signal 218|00:15:42|400|00:15:46|240an important beginning. At that 219|00:15:46|740|00:15:50|760time, the Monad is active. And the heart center is definitely 220|00:15:51|260|00:15:54|920stimulated at the first degree, you know, because it's often called the birth 221|00:15:55|420|00:15:59|560of the Christ in the heart. And our relationship 222|00:16:00|060|00:16:05|280to the love factor and to a growing unselfishness definitely 223|00:16:05|760|00:16:08|880changes. All right, I may. 224|00:16:09|120|00:16:12|990Yes, I've done this one. Oh, there. So familiar. 225|00:16:13|490|00:16:16|830But this is all about, you know, stepping into the spiritual kingdom, 226|00:16:17|950|00:16:21|590a fresh stage of life, beginning to tread 227|00:16:22|090|00:16:22|990the path of holiness. 228|00:16:25|630|00:16:28|870So we are entering the superhuman kingdom. Well, 229|00:16:29|370|00:16:32|590we're certainly not masters and truly superhuman, 230|00:16:32|990|00:16:35|070but we are within that blue circle. 231|00:16:36|030|00:16:39|170And we are, as it were, 232|00:16:39|670|00:16:42|810within the periphery of hierarchy, if we have taken the first degree. 233|00:16:43|310|00:16:46|930And it will be a sign, you know, if you are, for the 234|00:16:47|430|00:16:50|370most part, let's just say, if you are a constant student of D.K., 235|00:16:51|650|00:16:55|970working with him, serving him as he seeks for 236|00:16:56|470|00:17:00|450his ashram to be served, deriving your nourishment, 237|00:17:01|010|00:17:04|820spiritual nourishment, largely from the D.K. books, 238|00:17:05|320|00:17:08|740and I want to include The Secret Doctrine, then it is a signal, 239|00:17:09|240|00:17:13|300one of the signals that you have probably taken the first 240|00:17:13|800|00:17:17|900degree along with your love of your fellow human beings and 241|00:17:18|380|00:17:21|900the disciplining of your life to create a 242|00:17:22|400|00:17:26|900greater beauty. And the occult studies or spiritual 243|00:17:27|400|00:17:29|500studies of any legitimate kind, 244|00:17:30|810|00:17:34|210these are all the signals. You know, you can be very 245|00:17:34|710|00:17:36|970intelligent, many people are, 246|00:17:37|850|00:17:41|250but they just have not seen 247|00:17:41|750|00:17:45|770fit to direct their life aspirationally 248|00:17:46|170|00:17:50|570towards the higher of the pairs of opposites, which does begin 249|00:17:50|890|00:17:54|650to show itself once 250|00:17:55|150|00:17:59|140we enter the unfoldment of the love petals. 251|00:18:01|220|00:18:05|860But, you know, it's possible to avoid 252|00:18:06|020|00:18:09|500the implications and deny the presence and even 253|00:18:10|000|00:18:14|460double down on the emphasis of the personality. 254|00:18:14|960|00:18:18|660That is really, in a way, later to be defeated by 255|00:18:19|160|00:18:23|320your dweller and to become a handicap to 256|00:18:23|820|00:18:27|480your fellow human beings, either as a first ray destroyer 257|00:18:27|980|00:18:32|640of souls, a second ray deluder of souls, or a third ray manipulator 258|00:18:33|140|00:18:37|720of souls. So there's always danger, and we have 259|00:18:38|220|00:18:41|360to be aware of it. We can never entirely 260|00:18:41|860|00:18:45|200relax our point of tension, though we can fittingly 261|00:18:45|360|00:18:51|250relax the mechanism at times in order to recharge 262|00:18:51|750|00:18:55|130it. But then, you know, from Master Morya, we learn that 263|00:18:55|630|00:18:59|730rest is a change of labor. Well, maybe that's kind of a first ray 264|00:19:00|530|00:19:04|530perspective. It's not so much by 265|00:19:05|410|00:19:09|090reducing the point of tension that we rest, but by 266|00:19:09|570|00:19:12|050finding other worthy things to do. 267|00:19:12|850|00:19:15|410Anyway, this has been. 268|00:19:16|370|00:19:20|100This has been discussed above and just 269|00:19:20|740|00:19:21|940a little. Now, 270|00:19:26|420|00:19:29|980basically, the reason there are some duplications here is because 271|00:19:30|480|00:19:34|180I tend, when I put them in the Alice Bailey references, to 272|00:19:34|900|00:19:38|100give alternative titles 273|00:19:39|060|00:19:43|300so that the reference becomes easy to find in 274|00:19:43|800|00:19:47|420maybe a few ways because, you know, 275|00:19:47|920|00:19:51|580people may forget one keyword and another one will work. 276|00:19:51|820|00:19:55|140So, as I say, I do hope that I 277|00:19:55|640|00:19:59|180can get these Alice Bailey references to you and I 278|00:19:59|680|00:20:03|740trust they may be on 279|00:20:04|240|00:20:08|100Makara even now. I'll talk to my colleague who was 280|00:20:08|600|00:20:12|270responsible or agreed to distribute 281|00:20:12|770|00:20:18|150them or put them up. Now here's something about the sacrifice petals 282|00:20:18|650|00:20:23|390opening the 283|00:20:23|890|00:20:27|830fires of substance. The vitality of the permanent atoms 284|00:20:28|330|00:20:31|670escape from the atomic sphere and add 285|00:20:32|170|00:20:36|310their quota to the great sphere in which they are contained. (TCF, p.543) 286|00:20:36|550|00:20:40|660This is maybe the burning up of the causal 287|00:20:41|140|00:20:42|820body. And nothing is lost. 288|00:20:44|580|00:20:48|020That's something we have to understand. Nothing is lost. 289|00:20:48|980|00:20:52|900And the permanent atoms of the spiritual triad 290|00:20:55|460|00:21:00|100receive the information stored 291|00:21:00|600|00:21:06|430in the members of the atomic 292|00:21:07|870|00:21:10|270triangle. Let's see, do I have that? 293|00:21:10|910|00:21:14|350Maybe not. Atomic triangle. 294|00:21:15|230|00:21:17|950And so I guess, 295|00:21:19|070|00:21:24|670How will it go that the atomic permanent 296|00:21:25|170|00:21:30|240atom will receive that which is found in the physical 297|00:21:30|880|00:21:34|680permanent atom? The astral permanent atom will bestow 298|00:21:35|180|00:21:38|960its content on the Buddhic permanent atom. And the content 299|00:21:39|460|00:21:43|040of the mental unit will be absorbed into the monadic permanent atom. 300|00:21:44|000|00:21:48|400So the fire of mind blends with its emanating source, and 301|00:21:48|480|00:21:51|760the central life escapes. (TCF, p.543) 302|00:21:51|840|00:21:55|520This is the—we can say the life 303|00:21:55|680|00:22:00|210of the monad, previously invested 304|00:22:00|710|00:22:03|090in matter of the higher mental plane, 305|00:22:03|410|00:22:07|610making the egoic lotus with the help of 306|00:22:08|110|00:22:12|770the Solar Angel. Okay, this is the great liberation. (TCF, p.543) 307|00:22:13|970|00:22:17|490Now, there are a number of liberations, of course. This is probably 308|00:22:18|130|00:22:22|170the fourth degree. The man, in 309|00:22:22|670|00:22:25|820terms of human endeavor, has achieved his goal. (TCF, p.543) Well, 310|00:22:26|300|00:22:29|580he still is a man. As a Master of the Wisdom, yes, he is. 311|00:22:30|140|00:22:33|580But this really—this fourth degree is really a 312|00:22:34|080|00:22:38|060significant liberation from the dense physical body 313|00:22:38|560|00:22:41|500of the Planetary Logos and Solar Logos. 314|00:22:42|000|00:22:45|780The lower 18 subplanes are—even the lower 21 subplanes. The lower 315|00:22:46|280|00:22:49|94021 subplanes are the dense physical body of the Solar Logos. 316|00:22:50|440|00:22:53|790And we're being liberated into the cosmic ethers. 317|00:22:54|670|00:22:58|110He has passed through the three halls: the Hall of Ignorance, 318|00:22:58|910|00:23:02|630first three petals; the Hall of Learning, second three petals; 319|00:23:03|130|00:23:06|430the Hall of Wisdom, the third three petals, or 320|00:23:06|930|00:23:10|950sacrifice petals, you know. And where are we? Hopefully we are at 321|00:23:11|450|00:23:14|670least struggling—first steps in the Hall of Wisdom, 322|00:23:15|390|00:23:19|580which counts everywhere in this universe. 323|00:23:20|940|00:23:24|340Knowledge is so plentiful. There's all kinds 324|00:23:24|840|00:23:28|700of knowledge for which we have no use. But any bit of wisdom 325|00:23:29|260|00:23:32|700becomes our way. We have use for it. If I'm 326|00:23:32|860|00:23:33|980saying, “Well, you know, 327|00:23:36|940|00:23:40|980what are the objectives of a certain order of lives on Pluto 328|00:23:41|480|00:23:45|470at this moment?” Well, the knowledge exists, but I 329|00:23:45|970|00:23:49|590can't possibly use it. So it is not relevant 330|00:23:50|150|00:23:54|230to my spiritual progress, or even to the spiritual progress 331|00:23:54|310|00:23:57|950of humanity right now. So we have 332|00:23:58|450|00:24:01|670to be selective about knowledge. I mean, knowledge— 333|00:24:02|170|00:24:05|630it's not endless, it's not infinite. In any universe, nothing is, as 334|00:24:06|130|00:24:10|960far as I can see. But 335|00:24:11|030|00:24:15|030it is available in vast quantities. And only 336|00:24:15|530|00:24:19|630when it's truly, truly relevant, or maybe about to become relevant 337|00:24:20|130|00:24:24|150in the not-too-distant future, should we give 338|00:24:24|310|00:24:26|070time to its acquisition. 339|00:24:27|029|00:24:30|870Anyway, the man, in terms of human endeavor, has achieved 340|00:24:31|370|00:24:34|990his goal. He's passed through the three halls and in each has transferred 341|00:24:35|490|00:24:38|890that (TCF, p.543) which he gained therein to the 342|00:24:39|390|00:24:41|970content of his consciousness. (TCF, p.543) 343|00:24:42|690|00:24:45|490What is the content of his consciousness, really? 344|00:24:46|290|00:24:50|770Well, from the point of view 345|00:24:51|270|00:24:55|090of virtue, it is stored 346|00:24:55|590|00:24:57|730in the egoic lotus. 347|00:25:00|370|00:25:04|210From the perspective of memory, 348|00:25:07|230|00:25:12|430it is stored in the members of the—the members 349|00:25:12|750|00:25:16|750of the atomic triangle. 350|00:25:17|470|00:25:20|670And I think atomic— 351|00:25:22|830|00:25:25|390atomic triangle. Well, 352|00:25:26|430|00:25:31|190let's call it that: atomic triangle. 353|00:25:31|690|00:25:35|000A.T.T.R.L.? And those are the mental 354|00:25:35|500|00:25:38|640unit, the astral permanent atom, and the physical permanent 355|00:25:39|140|00:25:44|160atom. Okay, A.T.T., right. 356|00:25:44|640|00:25:48|200He has in ordered sequence developed and opened the 357|00:25:48|700|00:25:51|920petals of the lotus—remembering, of course, that there is overlap. 358|00:25:52|240|00:25:56|520We always seem to have at least a petal behind and a petal ahead, in 359|00:25:57|020|00:26:00|950addition to the petal on which we are working—opened the petals of the 360|00:26:01|450|00:26:04|950lotus, first opening the lower three, which involves a process covering 361|00:26:05|450|00:26:10|750a vast period of time. (TCF, p.543) So let's just say for 362|00:26:11|250|00:26:14|670so long we walk in the 363|00:26:15|470|00:26:16|590Hall of Ignorance. 364|00:26:18|590|00:26:22|230Millions of years in the Hall of Ignorance. And the other 365|00:26:22|730|00:26:26|600halls are gone through much more rapidly. 366|00:26:27|100|00:26:31|560Remember, probably 700 years—for the number 700, 367|00:26:31|640|00:26:35|320symbolic incarnations for the Hall of Ignorance. Symbolic incarnations— 368|00:26:36|120|00:26:39|9607/10ths of that for the whole of the learning, 369|00:26:40|120|00:26:44|080and 1/10th of that 7 for the path 370|00:26:44|580|00:26:48|120of probation. And then come the initiatory incarnations, 371|00:26:48|620|00:26:51|000which are relatively few. 372|00:26:52|230|00:26:55|910Okay, so a vast period of time in the Hall of Ignorance. 373|00:26:56|410|00:26:59|830Then the second series of petals are opened during 374|00:27:00|330|00:27:05|270a period of time covering his participation intelligently 375|00:27:05|770|00:27:09|750in world affairs until he enters the spiritual kingdom 376|00:27:10|070|00:27:13|710at the first (TCF, p.543) initiation. (TCF, p.543) Now this is really important because you 377|00:27:14|210|00:27:18|790kind of wonder what's going on when those love petals are opening. 378|00:27:20|070|00:27:21|510And this is what's going on. 379|00:27:24|150|00:27:28|070Participation intelligently in world affairs, which implies 380|00:27:28|570|00:27:31|830that in the Hall of Ignorance the participation 381|00:27:32|070|00:27:36|310is not too intelligent 382|00:27:36|810|00:27:40|510at all. And even 383|00:27:41|010|00:27:45|530though the mind does grow, the understanding per se is 384|00:27:45|610|00:27:49|690not anything near what it is in the Hall of 385|00:27:50|190|00:27:53|490Learning. And then we're entering 386|00:27:53|990|00:27:58|010the spiritual kingdom at the first initiation and a final briefer 387|00:27:58|510|00:28:01|730period wherein the three higher or inner ring of petals are 388|00:28:02|230|00:28:05|450developed and opened. (TCF, p.543) Now you 389|00:28:05|950|00:28:09|890know this: how many incarnations between the first degree 390|00:28:10|390|00:28:16|110and the third? It just depends on the degree 391|00:28:16|610|00:28:19|990of diligence and understanding and will applied 392|00:28:20|490|00:28:24|390and sacrifice, of course, of the candidate. 393|00:28:25|190|00:28:28|150I mean, you can… you can see… Well, 394|00:28:28|870|00:28:32|950you can see an almost… I consider just about an impossible 395|00:28:33|670|00:28:37|070step, but an impossible method. 396|00:28:37|570|00:28:40|860But it's possible that there would only be one incarnation between 397|00:28:41|360|00:28:45|500the first and second (TCF, p.543) degree. And the 398|00:28:46|000|00:28:48|500second degree, third and fourth, can be taken in the same life. 399|00:28:49|380|00:28:52|540The third and fourth in the same life, the fourth and fifth in the same 400|00:28:53|040|00:28:56|740life. In just a couple few incarnations, one could 401|00:28:57|780|00:29:00|740travel the entire way to mastership. But it would require… 402|00:29:01|540|00:29:04|780What would it require? Something that I've never seen. 403|00:29:05|280|00:29:08|610Something that's never been written about, as far as I know. 404|00:29:10|210|00:29:13|490You know, most of us are not 405|00:29:13|990|00:29:17|810going to make anywhere near that kind of extremely 406|00:29:18|610|00:29:21|970rapid progress. And yet, you know, there can be between the first 407|00:29:22|470|00:29:26|210and second degree only one incarnation. And when the second 408|00:29:26|710|00:29:29|850degree is taken, then the third and fourth can be 409|00:29:30|350|00:29:33|890taken too. Initiation, Human and Solar, page 84, 85. 410|00:29:35|130|00:29:38|250And then when the fourth initiation is taken, the fifth 411|00:29:38|750|00:29:42|410can be taken. So conceivably, you know, one could do this all in two 412|00:29:42|910|00:29:46|090incarnations. But having some, 413|00:29:46|810|00:29:50|170I suppose, tens of incarnations is 414|00:29:50|570|00:29:55|130rather more likely. The way so many of us approach 415|00:29:55|210|00:29:58|810these things, as if the 416|00:29:59|310|00:30:02|500time equation were not really in our hands, and it 417|00:30:03|000|00:30:09|060is so much. And the responsibility for this time equation is heavy 418|00:30:09|560|00:30:13|340upon us if we really realize it. So sometimes, perhaps we shut 419|00:30:13|840|00:30:17|220our minds to just how much we might be 420|00:30:17|720|00:30:20|780able to do if we cared enough, focused enough, 421|00:30:21|660|00:30:25|660sacrificed enough. You know, 422|00:30:25|740|00:30:29|570as I sometimes said, the great yogi saint of 423|00:30:30|530|00:30:34|290Tibet, known as Milarepa, to me, he seems to have taken 424|00:30:35|090|00:30:38|690or have moved from the 2nd to the 5th degree all in the same incarnation. 425|00:30:40|930|00:30:44|450But then again, you know, that's a speculation. And I think 426|00:30:44|950|00:30:49|810all we can really do in these cases is to speculate as 427|00:30:50|310|00:30:54|260intelligently as may be possible and then 428|00:30:54|760|00:30:58|860wait for confirmation when we… when the certainty 429|00:30:59|360|00:31:02|980or uncertainty of these matters is brought home to us, as it 430|00:31:03|480|00:31:06|300will be with further learning, further meditation, 431|00:31:06|800|00:31:09|100and the advice of the master. 432|00:31:10|140|00:31:14|860Okay, well, I think we've done this one, too. The first steps into the spiritual 433|00:31:15|020|00:31:18|140kingdom, the Hall of Wisdom, the Kingdom of 434|00:31:18|640|00:31:22|150Souls, the fifth kingdom, all of that, we have done this. 435|00:31:25|430|00:31:28|150So we are passing. You know, 436|00:31:28|710|00:31:32|390this has been done. I didn't realize when I 437|00:31:32|890|00:31:35|350was selecting these because the titles were different, 438|00:31:36|150|00:31:41|030that we would have done so many of them by the time we reached 439|00:31:42|310|00:31:45|510this point. Now, let's see. 440|00:31:47|520|00:31:50|880Accepted discipleship includes the first and second initiation. 441|00:31:51|360|00:31:54|520One of the things that really interested me was that you 442|00:31:55|020|00:31:59|280can be quite far advanced on the path 443|00:31:59|780|00:32:03|800of probationary initiation and still not be an accepted disciple. It has 444|00:32:04|300|00:32:07|920to do with a special relationship with a particular Master of the 445|00:32:08|420|00:32:13|500Wisdom. And so even a student less advanced might be accepted 446|00:32:14|780|00:32:18|380by the Master. And therefore, in a way, be on the 447|00:32:18|880|00:32:23|100inner periphery of the ashram sooner than a 448|00:32:23|600|00:32:26|980disciple who has made greater progress but does not have that kind of 449|00:32:27|480|00:32:30|380relationship with the Master. But anyway, 450|00:32:32|300|00:32:36|180accepted disciples (DINAI, p.728)hip is not usually coming in exactly at 451|00:32:36|680|00:32:38|940the first degree, but sometime later, 452|00:32:39|920|00:32:44|320in my judgment, at least when the second initiation is 453|00:32:44|820|00:32:45|200in sight. 454|00:32:48|800|00:32:53|720And quite a number of D.K. students were at that stage. A few were immediate 455|00:32:54|220|00:32:57|480candidates for the second initiation. Some were to take it in a 456|00:32:57|980|00:33:01|720life ahead, and others one could see would 457|00:33:02|220|00:33:05|990require a few lives before (TCF, p.543) they took it. But it looked like the second 458|00:33:06|490|00:33:09|790initiation could be envisioned. And they 459|00:33:10|290|00:33:13|670were all accepted disciples. After the groups of nine, 460|00:33:15|110|00:33:18|310the first four groups really, of, 461|00:33:19|110|00:33:23|190you know, telepathic communicators and trained 462|00:33:23|690|00:33:27|310observers and healers, esoteric healers really, 463|00:33:27|810|00:33:31|470and educators for the new age, those groups 464|00:33:31|970|00:33:35|640all had nine. And the political group just had three. 465|00:33:36|140|00:33:39|880It wasn't fully formed. But when those groups of nine, whether formed 466|00:33:40|380|00:33:45|560or forming, were dissolved and a group of 24 was 467|00:33:46|760|00:33:51|000created, then everyone in that group of 24 was 468|00:33:51|500|00:33:54|760considered to be an accepted disciple, 469|00:33:55|880|00:33:59|150even (DINAI, p.728) one of whom had not 470|00:33:59|650|00:34:03|350taken the first degree. So there are variations in the otherwise 471|00:34:03|510|00:34:05|830quite strict rules. 472|00:34:08|470|00:34:12|390An initiate, technically speaking, is a third degree 473|00:34:14|470|00:34:17|350candidate, or one who has taken the third degree. 474|00:34:18|310|00:34:22|030We are initiated before, and we are initiate before we are 475|00:34:22|530|00:34:26|000initiated. That is the rule of thumb. And it 476|00:34:26|500|00:34:30|240explains many things. And it shows us 477|00:34:30|740|00:34:33|960the kind of responsibility we have to gain a 478|00:34:34|460|00:34:38|080certain spiritual status or point of tension before 479|00:34:38|580|00:34:42|200the accolade of fire is sent in by the 480|00:34:42|700|00:34:46|120Initiator to confirm it. So anyway, at the 481|00:34:46|620|00:34:50|400third degree, we're no longer, technically speaking, an accepted 482|00:34:50|900|00:34:55|000disciple, (DINAI, p.728) but (DINAI, p.728) we do remain within the Master's group and 483|00:34:55|080|00:34:59|000that until the fourth initiation. 484|00:34:59|240|00:35:02|960So if, you know, we do have third degree initiates 485|00:35:03|460|00:35:07|120still in the Master's group. And sometimes I wonder even about the fourth initiation, 486|00:35:07|620|00:35:11|880as we're told that Master D.K. has five masters 487|00:35:12|380|00:35:15|720in his ashram. But then what is his ashram? 488|00:35:16|840|00:35:21|180Is it somewhat analogous to that 489|00:35:21|340|00:35:25|260of the Venetian Master 490|00:35:25|900|00:35:30|220who has the third ray ashram and four others under his 491|00:35:30|700|00:35:34|540supervision? And is it so, then that 492|00:35:35|040|00:35:38|300Master D.K., in a way, has the second ray, 493|00:35:38|800|00:35:42|540third ashram and four others on the second 494|00:35:43|040|00:35:47|200ray line under his supervision and that the masters 495|00:35:47|700|00:35:52|640involved, so called in his ashram, are really heads of sub-ashrams 496|00:35:52|800|00:35:56|240on the second ray line, but are still, 497|00:35:57|840|00:36:01|359in a sense, within his ashram, just as Master D.K. 498|00:36:01|760|00:36:06|000is in the ashram of the Chohan, 499|00:36:06|720|00:36:10|680who manages the entire second ray group. 500|00:36:11|180|00:36:13|450And that is Master Kuthumi. 501|00:36:14|810|00:36:18|690Now, what if we hear the Rod of Initiation and the first 502|00:36:19|190|00:36:23|170two circles of petals at 503|00:36:23|670|00:36:27|050the first and second initiation? Again, we may have done this. 504|00:36:28|009|00:36:31|810Through the action of the rod as wielded at the first two 505|00:36:32|310|00:36:36|250initiations, the two outer circles unfold, 506|00:36:37|780|00:36:41|460the energy of the two is set free, 507|00:36:42|260|00:36:46|020and two sets of force, as embodied in the six petals, 508|00:36:46|520|00:36:50|020are coordinated and become interactive. Now, 509|00:36:50|580|00:36:54|019You know, the Rod of Initiation at the first degree, 510|00:36:54|420|00:36:58|020it seems to me that it is also active within 511|00:36:58|340|00:37:02|260the Love petals. Because we have to have the unfoldment of 512|00:37:02|760|00:37:06|710the fifth petal to make a true first degree initiate. 513|00:37:07|210|00:37:10|910But we don't know about those first three petals. 514|00:37:11|390|00:37:15|790Maybe there is a reflex action as well, and they are unfolded 515|00:37:16|290|00:37:19|870and unified and become interactive at 516|00:37:20|370|00:37:23|990that first initiation, along with, I would 517|00:37:24|490|00:37:28|230imagine, a very full unfoldment of the fourth petal and a complete unfoldment of 518|00:37:28|730|00:37:32|410the fifth petal with progress in the sixth and activity in 519|00:37:32|910|00:37:36|250the seventh. Well, all of these things will be made 520|00:37:36|330|00:37:41|210plain to us when we can see the 521|00:37:41|710|00:37:45|210process directly. And there will, of course, be variations. 522|00:37:45|770|00:37:49|050Everybody is unique. And while there 523|00:37:49|550|00:37:53|450are general rules that relate to all candidates, 524|00:37:54|010|00:37:58|030there will be exceptions to those rules depending upon the 525|00:37:58|530|00:38:02|390kind of development that they have undergone. Anyway, the rule 526|00:38:02|890|00:38:06|870of thumb here is that when the fifth petal is fully unfolded, 527|00:38:07|370|00:38:09|710and, you know, there's a lot going on in that fifth petal, a lot of 528|00:38:10|210|00:38:14|070struggle, until finally we are ready to be a first degree initiate when 529|00:38:14|570|00:38:17|870that fifth petal is fully unfolded. Just thought of something. 530|00:38:19|310|00:38:22|350It's the First Degree. Now, remember, before the First Degree, 531|00:38:22|850|00:38:26|140astrologically, a lot of Vulcan and a lot of Pluto. Now, I already 532|00:38:26|640|00:38:30|380showed how, considering the Love Petals to be water petals, 533|00:38:30|620|00:38:33|980the fifth petal is a Scorpio petal. And then starting 534|00:38:34|480|00:38:38|020at Aries, with petal number one, we reach Leo. Aries and 535|00:38:38|520|00:38:41|980Leo. Well, Pluto is the ruler of Scorpio 536|00:38:42|460|00:38:45|980and Vulcan, that other hidden planet 537|00:38:46|480|00:38:49|780operative before the First Degree is closely related to the 538|00:38:50|280|00:38:54|340Sun and to Leo. You know, Vulcan is veiled 539|00:38:54|840|00:38:58|100by the Sun. And so we can see 540|00:38:58|600|00:39:02|460how toward the end of the fifth petal, 541|00:39:02|960|00:39:06|740a great struggle occurs. And the man becomes solidly 542|00:39:07|240|00:39:09|300oriented, well, 543|00:39:10|020|00:39:13|260quite solidly oriented, towards the higher of 544|00:39:13|760|00:39:17|340the pairs of opposites, towards the soul, towards the fifth principle, towards the 545|00:39:17|840|00:39:21|430fifth kingdom, towards the fifth grade of hierarchy. It's all coming in 546|00:39:21|930|00:39:25|590under the number five. Now, you know, if it seems to some of you that 547|00:39:26|090|00:39:29|790I am correlating these things relatively quickly 548|00:39:30|290|00:39:33|710and maybe too quickly to follow, just stop 549|00:39:34|210|00:39:37|710the program, go back, listen again, keep studying, 550|00:39:38|190|00:39:41|950refine your knowledge of each 551|00:39:42|450|00:39:46|250of the items of information so you're quite sure about them in 552|00:39:46|750|00:39:50|010isolation. And then the attempt to correlate them 553|00:39:50|330|00:39:53|610in this manner will make a lot more sense. 554|00:39:55|770|00:39:58|770That's my hope, you know. That's… that's my hope. 555|00:39:59|270|00:40:02|970We're all capable of much more than 556|00:40:03|470|00:40:08|250we think we are, and we just have to have the persistence 557|00:40:08|970|00:40:12|820to pass through the process of 558|00:40:13|320|00:40:13|540preparation. 559|00:40:19|300|00:40:22|940Okay, so this we've looked at before. Through the action of 560|00:40:23|440|00:40:26|660the rod as wielded at the first two initiations, the two 561|00:40:27|160|00:40:31|380outer circles unfold, and we might say as, 562|00:40:33|060|00:40:37|690excuse me, as circles and 563|00:40:37|770|00:40:43|610not just petals 564|00:40:44|170|00:40:47|530unfolding, okay, kind of 565|00:40:48|030|00:40:51|130looked at that. The energy of the two is set free. And this is a 566|00:40:51|630|00:40:55|650new step. This is the new step. And the two sets of fours are coordinated 567|00:40:56|150|00:41:01|210and become interactive. So what's important here, these are new processes 568|00:41:02|570|00:41:07|300reached at a climactic point. 569|00:41:07|800|00:41:11|700And remember, too, that even the synthesis petals immediately surrounding 570|00:41:12|200|00:41:15|940the jewel in the lotus are activated at the 571|00:41:16|440|00:41:20|299first and second initiation, not fully unfolded, because the bursting open 572|00:41:20|780|00:41:24|020of the three revealing the jewel doesn't occur 573|00:41:24|520|00:41:27|780until right before the fourth initiation. 574|00:41:28|280|00:41:31|750And then maybe we can really call ourselves the diamond soul. 575|00:41:31|830|00:41:35|110You know, even at the third degree, that jewel 576|00:41:35|610|00:41:39|270is not completely revealed. But there is a jewel, a diamond, 577|00:41:39|990|00:41:43|390a Vulcanian kind of construct at the heart 578|00:41:43|890|00:41:47|990of it all, which is really the presence of the monad projected 579|00:41:48|490|00:41:50|630into the egoic lotus. 580|00:41:52|070|00:41:55|800So the stage of petal adjustment succeeds 581|00:41:56|300|00:41:59|840upon that which was earlier called unfoldment, and has to do with the simultaneous action 582|00:42:00|160|00:42:04|080of two tiers. So somewhere in my book on the egoic lotus, 583|00:42:05|040|00:42:09|280all this is discussed in the egoic 584|00:42:09|780|00:42:13|080lotus video book. It's not 585|00:42:13|580|00:42:17|040just commentary. There's a lot of, you know, original kind of material 586|00:42:17|120|00:42:22|050in there, trying to follow the implications 587|00:42:23|330|00:42:27|010which are set from Master 588|00:42:27|490|00:42:30|850D.K. or are offered by Master 589|00:42:31|350|00:42:31|490D.K. 590|00:42:35|170|00:42:39|010And we were talking about the simultaneous 591|00:42:39|570|00:42:43|130activity of a different nature all in the egoic lotus 592|00:42:43|630|00:42:46|850book, I think, beyond unfoldment, 593|00:42:47|530|00:42:51|370where things begin to be interactive within the circles themselves 594|00:42:51|690|00:42:55|290and between the circles of petals. 595|00:42:55|850|00:42:58|650So all of these are technicalities. And the solar angels, 596|00:42:59|370|00:43:02|570they know all about it. I mean, they've been tremendously trained 597|00:43:03|690|00:43:06|090in dealing with the permanent atoms, 598|00:43:06|730|00:43:10|370the atoms of the atomic triangle with the different chakras. 599|00:43:10|870|00:43:14|500They are really experts because they have loads of fifth 600|00:43:14|580|00:43:17|740ray connected with them. They are a combination very 601|00:43:18|240|00:43:20|580much of the second ray and the fifth ray. 602|00:43:21|380|00:43:25|020So we can leave that to them. We don't have to 603|00:43:25|520|00:43:29|140get too much involved in all of this. So if you just excuse me for 604|00:43:29|640|00:43:32|900having maybe done a little personal business in the middle of all this 605|00:43:33|400|00:43:36|780business. Okay, I'm so sorry you may 606|00:43:37|280|00:43:40|420have had to wait just a little while all this is going on. 607|00:43:41|620|00:43:46|020But let's just say that there are stages of stimulation 608|00:43:46|180|00:43:47|860or organization, stimulation, 609|00:43:48|500|00:43:49|620unfoldment, 610|00:43:52|500|00:43:58|020kind of petal adjustment within 611|00:43:58|520|00:44:02|460the petals themselves, and the springing open of a 612|00:44:02|960|00:44:06|260group of three petals. And then there is as well 613|00:44:06|760|00:44:10|260the interaction between the petal groups which have sprung open. 614|00:44:10|580|00:44:14|260All of these are stages which I think one day we will actually 615|00:44:15|540|00:44:18|860see, as we should right now. 616|00:44:19|360|00:44:23|220It's a bit of reasoning, but we can visualize. We can visualize 617|00:44:23|720|00:44:26|340and hopefully understand something. 618|00:44:27|300|00:44:31|140Okay, when does the fifth kingdom 619|00:44:31|380|00:44:35|060begin? Okay. During his cycle 620|00:44:36|750|00:44:39|870of close to 2,500 years, I suppose. 621|00:44:40|370|00:44:44|030That is the Christ cycle of the Bodhisattva cycle. He's taking 622|00:44:44|510|00:44:47|750on two Bodhisattva cycles in a 623|00:44:48|250|00:44:52|110row. The number 25, as in 2500, 624|00:44:52|610|00:44:55|870correlates with the fourth ray and with humanity, 625|00:44:56|430|00:44:59|847but the number of 5, 50, 500, 626|00:44:59|953|00:45:03|9205000 correlates with the second ray. So somehow, 627|00:45:04|420|00:45:09|240maybe it's very fitting that the Christ is taking on two 628|00:45:09|560|00:45:13|120Bodhisattvic cycles in a row under the 629|00:45:13|620|00:45:18|600second ray. And he has a huge work to do on 630|00:45:19|100|00:45:23|080behalf of humanity. So during his cycle of close to 2,500 631|00:45:23|580|00:45:28|050years, close to, you know, maybe we're not given all the exact 632|00:45:28|550|00:45:32|010numbers here. You know, some of those are the secrets 633|00:45:32|510|00:45:35|850of initiation, and we are given approximations. Okay, I think we 634|00:45:36|350|00:45:39|690can live with that. A specific number of men, maybe it's already planned, 635|00:45:40|490|00:45:43|369will pass on to the path of initiation. Okay, 636|00:45:44|250|00:45:47|690is this already planned? How many? 637|00:45:48|010|00:45:51|930We'll pass on to the path of initiation and take at least the first 638|00:45:52|430|00:45:56|090initiation, thus transferring their centers of consciousness out 639|00:45:56|590|00:46:00|370of the purely human into the early 640|00:46:00|870|00:46:04|050stages of the spiritual. Now, remember how these words go? 641|00:46:05|650|00:46:08|930Something like this? Human, 642|00:46:09|410|00:46:13|010spiritual, divine. So, you know, 643|00:46:13|510|00:46:16|290human has to do with the personality per se, 644|00:46:18|050|00:46:21|890spiritual with the soul and with the spiritual triad. 645|00:46:22|420|00:46:26|460And divine has to do with monad and the Logoic 646|00:46:26|960|00:46:29|940plane where the freed or liberated monad is found. 647|00:46:30|440|00:46:34|180But if you think about it, well, you know, when is the… 648|00:46:35|380|00:46:39|060Even the universe as it now exists is a 649|00:46:39|560|00:46:44|300ring-pass-not and the one monad which is an extension of 650|00:46:44|800|00:46:49|140the absolute deity in the post-prolaic 651|00:46:49|640|00:46:51|060world, or pre-universal world, 652|00:46:53|730|00:46:57|450that that one monad in cosmos 653|00:46:57|950|00:47:02|290is not really free yet until its boundary of finite 654|00:47:02|450|00:47:05|810perception is broken and it's liberated 655|00:47:07|090|00:47:11|250into, again, the perception of itself as absolute infinitude. 656|00:47:12|210|00:47:16|170What I'm saying here—it's speculative, of course—is that when 657|00:47:16|670|00:47:20|580the absolute deity perceives itself, then that perception 658|00:47:21|080|00:47:24|380is the revelation of absolute infinitude. 659|00:47:25|580|00:47:29|060Now, what I'm also saying is 660|00:47:29|560|00:47:33|340that the absolute in its usual condition of absoluteness does 661|00:47:33|840|00:47:36|700not perceive itself or anything. It just is. 662|00:47:37|100|00:47:41|580It just ultimately 663|00:47:42|080|00:47:46|340is. And the arising of 664|00:47:46|840|00:47:50|700self-consciousness, which is the arising of the observer 665|00:47:51|200|00:47:54|420from the absolute, is the very first limitation. 666|00:47:57|380|00:48:01|460The observer is a limitation; the observation is a limitation. 667|00:48:02|420|00:48:06|900And the universe which comes from it is a severe limitation 668|00:48:07|620|00:48:10|840upon the absolute and absolute infinitude. But okay, it— 669|00:48:10|910|00:48:14|750you know, I get there into third ray subjects and 670|00:48:16|110|00:48:20|030you know, very abstract, and you might kind of wonder why 671|00:48:20|530|00:48:24|190mention that at all, except that I tend to do that, 672|00:48:24|270|00:48:27|550you know, can't quite help it, because the 673|00:48:28|050|00:48:30|750implications are there anyway. 674|00:48:31|630|00:48:35|350The divine is the being aspect of 675|00:48:35|850|00:48:39|200our nature, and the spiritual has to do with the spiritual triad and 676|00:48:39|700|00:48:42|200the soul. They are relatively states of limitation. 677|00:48:43|480|00:48:44|120Okay. 678|00:48:49|080|00:48:52|360Well, I think, you know, we may have run into 679|00:48:52|600|00:48:56|480ones that we've done before. And I say thank goodness, because that will speed 680|00:48:56|980|00:49:00|640the process along. The fire of spirit, finally, when 681|00:49:01|140|00:49:02|840blended with the other two fires—right, which are 682|00:49:04|520|00:49:06|600well, I suppose they are latent fire, 683|00:49:08|120|00:49:11|880latent fire and active fire, active radiatory fire, 684|00:49:12|840|00:49:16|760which blending commences at the first initiation in 685|00:49:17|260|00:49:20|920that chronic center, particularly at the lower part of the shoulder blades— 686|00:49:21|480|00:49:25|080forms a basis of spiritual life or 687|00:49:25|480|00:49:28|800existence. Well, you know, 688|00:49:29|300|00:49:34|900spirit is involved even at the first degree. And even if we're not terribly aware 689|00:49:35|400|00:49:39|100of it, the Monad has been involved from the first in the creation 690|00:49:39|600|00:49:43|060of the causal body. In the early days on 691|00:49:43|560|00:49:47|780the moon chain, and maybe in the previous solar system, the animal 692|00:49:48|280|00:49:51|300man of the period invoked, 693|00:49:51|800|00:49:55|020called forth, inchoately, cried for something, 694|00:49:55|580|00:49:58|700and the Monad responded, and the solar angels were not there. 695|00:49:59|680|00:50:04|160But the creation of the petals was a gradual process involving 696|00:50:04|400|00:50:08|360that newly made kind 697|00:50:08|860|00:50:11|440of human being and the Monad. 698|00:50:12|160|00:50:15|280The solar angel was not there. Maybe it 699|00:50:15|780|00:50:18|800was not yet time for the opening of the planetary heart, 700|00:50:19|920|00:50:23|320because, you know, these are hearts of fiery love. That's what the solar angels are 701|00:50:23|820|00:50:26|830called. So their coming into any planetary— 702|00:50:30|190|00:50:33|390what is it? It's not a scheme. Is it a scheme? 703|00:50:35|390|00:50:38|910Well, maybe we can call it that: a planetary scheme. 704|00:50:41|710|00:50:45|510Their coming in there into 705|00:50:46|010|00:50:48|350the planetary scheme is a well-timed matter. 706|00:50:49|310|00:50:53|210Now, these great cycles—we don't know—maybe when 707|00:50:53|710|00:50:57|490we get to the stage of the third subplane of the atmic plane, 708|00:50:57|890|00:51:01|330third from the top, we'll have what's called all knowledge. But you know, 709|00:51:01|490|00:51:04|850it won't really be all knowledge. It'll be all knowledge related 710|00:51:05|250|00:51:09|610to our particular planetary 711|00:51:10|110|00:51:14|010scheme and—or maybe even just our planetary 712|00:51:14|510|00:51:18|870chain. I mean, all knowledge would embrace the universe, and we're 713|00:51:19|370|00:51:23|230just a speck when it comes to that. Even the planetary Logos 714|00:51:23|730|00:51:25|710is a tiny, tiny projection of the 715|00:51:27|150|00:51:31|550of the great one: universal 716|00:51:31|870|00:51:34|910monad, the one universal deity. 717|00:51:36|670|00:51:41|270Well, you know, we range far; we range into great 718|00:51:41|770|00:51:45|370speculations which are cosmological, and 719|00:51:45|690|00:51:49|130we range downward towards 720|00:51:49|290|00:51:51|210practical application of all these things. 721|00:51:52|330|00:51:52|970Okay. 722|00:51:56|650|00:52:00|010Right now, Sagittarius—I think we mentioned it— 723|00:52:00|510|00:52:04|490it's kind of a penultimate sign regarding 724|00:52:04|990|00:52:08|170initiation, and it's involved with initiations one and two. 725|00:52:08|670|00:52:13|930But also it leads up through vision and expansive 726|00:52:14|430|00:52:17|810understanding to initiation number three. 727|00:52:18|610|00:52:21|570So Sagittarius, or the vision of the accomplishment, 728|00:52:22|070|00:52:25|250always precedes Capricorn, which is the accomplishment itself. 729|00:52:25|810|00:52:28|410I mean, you can dream about a lot of things and see a lot of 730|00:52:28|910|00:52:32|450things and think they're wonderful. In Sagittarius you can even 731|00:52:32|950|00:52:36|330go there, but do you climb the mountain? So, 732|00:52:36|830|00:52:40|190you know, Sagittarius will take you to the base of the mountain, but it 733|00:52:40|690|00:52:44|310won't necessarily climb it. However, you might shoot your arrow into 734|00:52:44|810|00:52:48|030the intuitive spheres and get a nice response that will show 735|00:52:48|530|00:52:52|190you more and more the best way of climbing the mountain and 736|00:52:52|690|00:52:56|390what you might find at the top. But the real—I would say, you know, 737|00:52:56|890|00:53:01|590put the two together, Sagittarius and Capricorn—you have a very good 738|00:53:01|670|00:53:05|840combination for achieving 739|00:53:06|000|00:53:09|520elevation. The keynote here from esoteric 740|00:53:10|020|00:53:13|360astrology, “I vision,” talks about the early stages of initiation. 741|00:53:13|860|00:53:17|200But you know, when you think about the sixth initiation, which takes you off 742|00:53:17|600|00:53:21|320on one of those seven waves of higher revolution, 743|00:53:21|820|00:53:25|400seven paths—or even nine. Now, even though we don't know the nature of 744|00:53:25|900|00:53:29|200the other, the final two—not yet, Sagittarius 745|00:53:29|700|00:53:32|740is involved. It's a really explorative sign. 746|00:53:33|240|00:53:38|380It's an outward-bound sign. It's a sign that takes 747|00:53:38|880|00:53:42|980you into distant 748|00:53:43|300|00:53:46|819places. And so, you know, 749|00:53:47|319|00:53:51|140Libra is the decision part of the great decision, but Sagittarius is 750|00:53:51|640|00:53:55|300actually making the trip. And since this trip is all 751|00:53:55|780|00:53:58|500within the One about whom naught may be said, 752|00:53:59|500|00:54:03|260which has the zodiac of constellations as its heart within 753|00:54:03|760|00:54:06|860the head center, we can retain the idea 754|00:54:07|180|00:54:11|980of Sagittarius as useful. If we were going beyond our 755|00:54:12|480|00:54:16|140One about whom naught may be said, I don't know 756|00:54:16|640|00:54:19|660what would take the place of Sagittarius and what 757|00:54:20|160|00:54:23|580would be those higher initiations and so forth. We have enough to keep us 758|00:54:24|080|00:54:27|720busy as we head towards the Pleiades, that great 759|00:54:28|220|00:54:31|520cluster which, taken together, may 760|00:54:32|020|00:54:35|640well be the total head center of this great being that 761|00:54:36|140|00:54:39|440we call our local One about whom naught may be said. There are 762|00:54:39|940|00:54:42|480a number of them, I think, in my opinion at the moment. 763|00:54:42|959|00:54:46|800Forty-nine Ones about whom naught may be said are 764|00:54:47|300|00:54:50|560shown on page 344 of “A Treatise on 765|00:54:51|060|00:54:54|770Cosmic Fire.” And each 766|00:54:55|270|00:54:58|770one of these here, each one of these little triangles is, 767|00:54:59|270|00:55:03|250in my view anyway, a One about whom naught may be said now, 768|00:55:03|730|00:55:07|450or an unknown, as it were. And there are two orders of 769|00:55:07|950|00:55:11|970beings even above that. And you know, when you study this chart, 770|00:55:12|470|00:55:17|490I would just say this: Don't be fooled by the word “solar Logos,” because “solar 771|00:55:17|990|00:55:21|230Logos” doesn't just mean one sun. It can mean, in this context, 772|00:55:21|730|00:55:25|190a constellation of suns, or it can mean a number 773|00:55:25|690|00:55:28|870of constellations of suns, as still called 774|00:55:28|950|00:55:33|750in this chart—at least as far as I can see—a solar 775|00:55:34|230|00:55:37|430Logos. All right, well, 776|00:55:37|930|00:55:40|710time will tell whether that is correct or not. 777|00:55:42|550|00:55:45|870You know, one simply must. There's no way 778|00:55:46|370|00:55:51|450around it. You have to speculate. I mean, when you're dealing with issues and 779|00:55:51|950|00:55:55|370structures that are semi-speculative 780|00:55:55|870|00:55:59|370for the Master himself—as he says, he has not been to those 781|00:55:59|870|00:56:03|769other cosmic planes, but he certainly has the sources and 782|00:56:04|269|00:56:07|890the tremendous intuition to see with accuracy what 783|00:56:08|390|00:56:12|610they are. But when it's like that for him, well, then it's really speculative 784|00:56:13|110|00:56:16|980for us. And if we can go into 785|00:56:17|480|00:56:22|140these speculations with the idea that analogies will hold and the 786|00:56:22|640|00:56:25|980speculations will tell us something as well about the more immediate 787|00:56:26|060|00:56:29|340worlds in which we live, then we have something of real 788|00:56:29|840|00:56:33|060value. First initiation. 789|00:56:33|560|00:56:36|620Well, I've said it before: into the fifth kingdom, 790|00:56:37|020|00:56:39|660into the Hall of Wisdom, in a way, 791|00:56:40|680|00:56:43|720onto the path into real discipleship, 792|00:56:44|840|00:56:49|240rather than simply probationary discipleship, unless you consider only 793|00:56:49|800|00:56:53|640accepted discipleship, non-probationary, changing into 794|00:56:54|140|00:56:58|080the fifth, you know, from the four to the five. The first initiation 795|00:56:58|580|00:57:02|240is regarded by the Masters as signifying admission to the path. 796|00:57:02|740|00:57:06|120Well, it's just absolutely clear, isn't it? When does the path begin? 797|00:57:06|620|00:57:09|410Are you on the path? Or are you simply, 798|00:57:10|050|00:57:14|130you know, a probationer seeking entry 799|00:57:14|630|00:57:18|170to the path? At some point this has to 800|00:57:18|670|00:57:22|090be determined, but the opportunity now to take the 801|00:57:22|590|00:57:26|210first degree, since there will be millions of first degree initiates. He tells us by 802|00:57:26|710|00:57:30|5302025 that opportunity is very great. So just press on 803|00:57:31|030|00:57:34|670ahead, press on ahead strongly as if, you know, 804|00:57:35|170|00:57:39|230it really counted now and that the 805|00:57:39|730|00:57:42|070tide is with you and the current is with you and the wave is with 806|00:57:42|570|00:57:46|790you and you can be swept forward through the presented 807|00:57:47|290|00:57:50|790energies to achieve something that might be far 808|00:57:51|290|00:57:53|190beyond just your own individual strength. 809|00:57:54|150|00:57:58|150It's called an initiation by humanity because in Lemurian 810|00:57:58|650|00:58:02|670days it was then the first initiation, you know, bringing together almost consciously 811|00:58:03|170|00:58:06|910the etheric and the dense physical signifying entrance 812|00:58:07|410|00:58:10|670into complete physical control. Well, that's the ideal. But you 813|00:58:11|170|00:58:16|350know, history shows there's a lot of first 814|00:58:16|850|00:58:20|550degree, second degree, third degree, even fourth degree initiates, and then 815|00:58:21|050|00:58:25|510who's the judge? But they don't seem to be showing that 816|00:58:26|010|00:58:30|230kind of control or at least in whom 817|00:58:30|730|00:58:33|790or in relation to whom it is not completed. 818|00:58:34|510|00:58:39|190All right, well, this then, except for that little telephone 819|00:58:39|690|00:58:42|750call, which I'm just not, if you pardon me, I'm just 820|00:58:43|250|00:58:46|630not going to eliminate that. It's just too much 821|00:58:47|130|00:58:50|670trouble. So it's a little dip down 822|00:58:51|170|00:58:52|990into the mundane world, but okay, 823|00:58:54|950|00:58:58|630just otherwise it'll just be days before it can get fixed and it 824|00:58:59|130|00:59:01|910may be even a week or two. So you can benefit, I'm sure. 825|00:59:02|070|00:59:05|990All right, so this is the. This is the 826|00:59:06|790|00:59:12|390end of extra references for 827|00:59:12|710|00:59:16|190the first initiation video commentary. 828|00:59:16|690|00:59:20|730Yes, it worked. And this is number 12. And, and today is. 829|00:59:20|970|00:59:22|810What day is today? Today. Today. 830|00:59:25|130|00:59:27|450Okay, it's the 5th of July. 831|00:59:30|090|00:59:34|170And we're going to be beginning of 832|00:59:34|570|00:59:37|610extra references for the first initiation video. 833|00:59:38|250|00:59:41|610Extra references for the first initiation 834|00:59:42|110|00:59:46|290video commentary. And that will be number 13. And we'll 835|00:59:46|790|00:59:49|810see when that begins. I'm not sure. Okay, 836|00:59:50|310|00:59:56|850friends, excuse me. And there's 837|00:59:57|350|01:00:01|010a lot to study, there's a lot to correlate, and there's a lot to trust. 838|01:00:01|570|01:00:04|290Somehow in you the intuition is active. 839|01:00:05|170|01:00:08|770It lives in its own world of pure reason. It just has to be brought 840|01:00:09|570|01:00:12|370via impression, perhaps via the antahkarana, 841|01:00:13|160|01:00:14|840into your brain consciousness. 842|01:00:16|360|01:00:20|600And then a lot of these higher things related 843|01:00:21|100|01:00:24|440to the invisible worlds will really make sense. And you will be 844|01:00:24|940|01:00:28|839able to achieve what is called buddhi-manas or manas-buddhi, 845|01:00:29|400|01:00:33|560the blend of the abstract mind and the 846|01:00:34|060|01:00:37|960intuition and the concrete mind will not be left out 847|01:00:38|460|01:00:42|130of it. And the brain consciousness will not be left out of it. 848|01:00:42|630|01:00:46|010Okay, lots of love, see you later. And we'll go on as we can.