1|00:00:01|280|00:00:05|040Okay. Hi, everybody. I'm going on today 2|00:00:05|120|00:00:09|080with First Initiation compilation 3|00:00:09|580|00:00:14|160video commentary number four. And (IHS, p.169) we're 4|00:00:14|660|00:00:20|160roughly halfway through this particular compilation. 5|00:00:21|360|00:00:25|900And as I've said, just because it's the first initiation that 6|00:00:26|400|00:00:31|780is being discussed, don't think for a minute that the information does 7|00:00:32|280|00:00:35|460not relate to many other things. So we 8|00:00:35|960|00:00:39|220continue, and we talk about the test of holding a heightened 9|00:00:39|720|00:00:43|300vibration. This is (IHS, p.169) 10|00:00:43|800|00:00:47|060from Letters on Occult Meditation. This looks 11|00:00:47|560|00:00:49|700like the work of the master in relation to a pupil. 12|00:00:50|500|00:00:54|070His immediate goal in working with the 13|00:00:54|570|00:00:59|030pupil is to prepare him for the first initiation. (LOM, p.275) 14|00:01:00|390|00:01:04|150This takes place when the capacity of the pupil to 15|00:01:04|230|00:01:07|870hold a certain rate of vibration for a specific 16|00:01:08|370|00:01:11|710length of time is developed. The length of time being that 17|00:01:12|210|00:01:16|790wherein he must stand before the Lord of the first 18|00:01:17|290|00:01:20|870two initiations, (LOM, p.275) the Christ. Now, 19|00:01:21|030|00:01:25|350I've been in different kinds of external initiation 20|00:01:25|910|00:01:29|910ceremonies, you know, and they 21|00:01:30|410|00:01:34|390are much reduced in their intensity. Though for the candidate they are 22|00:01:34|890|00:01:38|070still intense. And I've seen people give up, 23|00:01:38|570|00:01:41|510go away, faint, even faint at the altar. 24|00:01:42|470|00:01:46|080So. And I used to direct these 25|00:01:47|520|00:01:51|280Solar Fire rituals. And, well, you know, now I apologise, 26|00:01:51|780|00:01:55|320but people were standing for two and a half, even three hours, and once 27|00:01:55|820|00:01:59|360for three and a half hours. Ah, okay. Anyway, it was 28|00:01:59|860|00:02:03|200called the Festival of the Will. You can imagine. Anyway, 29|00:02:03|840|00:02:07|640faintings took place. And of course, that's a very exaggerated 30|00:02:08|140|00:02:12|650situation. But at least the candidate 31|00:02:13|150|00:02:16|890must be able to hold a certain vibration 32|00:02:17|690|00:02:20|930for the length of time that he stands before the 33|00:02:21|430|00:02:25|770initiator of these probationary threshold 34|00:02:26|010|00:02:29|930initiations. So holding 35|00:02:30|570|00:02:35|850a particular point of tension is a 36|00:02:36|650|00:02:41|200foundational requirement. Let's call it here, 37|00:02:42|640|00:02:46|080holding a particular point of tension. 38|00:02:48|480|00:02:52|120Now, excuse me. This is accomplished, D.K. says, 39|00:02:52|620|00:02:56|560by a gradual raising of the vibration 40|00:02:57|360|00:03:01|040at few and stated intervals. (LOM, p.275) They know 41|00:03:01|540|00:03:04|900the intervals, and later, more frequently, (LOM, p.275) until this pupil 42|00:03:05|300|00:03:09|060can vibrate with greater ease and comfort to 43|00:03:09|560|00:03:13|460the vibration of the master. Remember this. It applies here 44|00:03:14|100|00:03:17|700that the initiate is 45|00:03:18|740|00:03:22|500initiate before 46|00:03:24|740|00:03:28|180he is initiated. 47|00:03:29|300|00:03:33|690So we have to have brought ourselves to the 48|00:03:34|190|00:03:37|650point in a number of particulars where that 49|00:03:38|150|00:03:42|490which is to be conferred upon us is already achieved. That conferral 50|00:03:43|290|00:03:46|970is a stabilisation. And some additional things 51|00:03:47|470|00:03:50|570are added, of course, as we learn in Letters on Occult Meditation. 52|00:03:51|070|00:03:54|650But that we must be equal 53|00:03:54|730|00:03:58|230to the type of vibration which appears on the other 54|00:03:58|730|00:04:02|070side of the door is a foundational requirement. 55|00:04:03|110|00:04:06|950So we're being keyed up all the time, 56|00:04:07|190|00:04:12|310you know, let's just say the master keys 57|00:04:12|810|00:04:16|070us up with the 58|00:04:17|270|00:04:20|710correct process and 59|00:04:22|190|00:04:26|190at intervals which he knows 60|00:04:26|510|00:04:31|390and we maybe do not. Although I would suspect that when 61|00:04:31|890|00:04:36|110someone is being prepared for initiation, the full moon opportunities 62|00:04:36|750|00:04:40|990are exactly those moments at which one might be keyed 63|00:04:41|490|00:04:45|190up to a higher point of tension. When he can hold it for 64|00:04:45|690|00:04:49|660this period, the length of which is of course one of the secrets 65|00:04:50|160|00:04:54|260of the first initiation, and maybe holding a vibration 66|00:04:54|820|00:04:58|580for a longer period of time is required for succeeding initiations. 67|00:04:59|080|00:05:02|380Just maybe. He is subjected to the application 68|00:05:02|880|00:05:06|580of a still higher vibration, which when held, will enable him 69|00:05:07|080|00:05:10|740to stand before the Great Lord for the length of time sufficient 70|00:05:11|220|00:05:14|660to permit of the initiation ceremony. Now, 71|00:05:16|360|00:05:19|640this is the first initiation. I wonder here if he's talking. 72|00:05:19|880|00:05:23|160Is he here talking? Is he 73|00:05:23|660|00:05:27|400here talking of later initiations? 74|00:05:28|120|00:05:30|200And is the Great Lord, 75|00:05:31|000|00:05:34|680Sanat Kumara? Sometimes the Christ is called 76|00:05:35|480|00:05:39|680justifiably the Great Lord, and sometimes Sanat 77|00:05:40|180|00:05:42|200Kumara is called that. It all depends on the context. 78|00:05:43|300|00:05:46|980So there's a gradual raising of the vibration by 79|00:05:47|480|00:05:51|020his master, and he can hold what 80|00:05:51|520|00:05:54|820is given to him for ever increasing lengths of time. And when he can hold 81|00:05:55|320|00:05:58|820it for this period, the length of which is one of the secrets 82|00:05:59|320|00:06:02|540of first initiation, he is subjected to the application 83|00:06:03|040|00:06:05|940of still higher vibration which, when held, 84|00:06:07|540|00:06:11|250will enable him to stand before the Great Lord 85|00:06:11|750|00:06:15|770for a sufficient length of time to permit the initiation 86|00:06:16|270|00:06:19|530ceremony. So, all right, well, it's one or the other. 87|00:06:19|610|00:06:23|890And obviously more 88|00:06:24|390|00:06:28|170and more is required of 89|00:06:28|670|00:06:31|810us so that 90|00:06:32|310|00:06:36|250we can, and the word is withstand, keep standing, 91|00:06:37|210|00:06:40|810withstand the heightened vibration. 92|00:06:40|890|00:06:44|610In other words, we're not allowed into the chamber of initiation 93|00:06:45|110|00:06:48|650until this keying up process has started. 94|00:06:48|810|00:06:53|170So all those who are thinking they are in process of 95|00:06:53|670|00:06:57|250being prepared for an initiation, maybe they will notice this keying 96|00:06:57|750|00:07:01|330up process and a heightened vibration and 97|00:07:01|830|00:07:05|340the abilities to sustain a heightened point of tension. 98|00:07:05|820|00:07:09|260The application then of the rod of initiation affects 99|00:07:09|980|00:07:10|700something that… 100|00:07:13|900|00:07:15|740Aha. Yes. 101|00:07:17|180|00:07:20|540So, all right. Oh, excuse me. 102|00:07:21|020|00:07:23|980Partially enlarged version for video discussion. 103|00:07:24|140|00:07:28|140Something. Let's call this number two. 104|00:07:29|350|00:07:33|110Hopefully we can manage this. Every once in a while the computer acts 105|00:07:33|610|00:07:37|390up on me and right in 106|00:07:37|890|00:07:41|430the middle of things. All right, so the application of the rod 107|00:07:41|910|00:07:45|470affects a stabilization of the 108|00:07:45|970|00:07:49|750vibration. That's what I've been saying. D.K. has been telling us about that. 109|00:07:50|310|00:07:53|830But the requirement is that 110|00:07:54|330|00:07:57|890we have at least sustainable for a 111|00:07:58|390|00:08:02|210certain amount of time, that level of vibration. And that's why I feel that 112|00:08:03|170|00:08:07|970there must be an interim between initiations 113|00:08:08|690|00:08:11|250so that a new level of vibration can be achieved. 114|00:08:12|290|00:08:16|690When you think of the process of conferring multiple initiations 115|00:08:16|930|00:08:20|690simultaneously, you just don't have the opportunity to 116|00:08:21|400|00:08:24|600work up that point of tension. Let's say, from the first 117|00:08:25|100|00:08:28|760initiation to the point of tension required at the fifth. And it's a huge difference. 118|00:08:29|720|00:08:33|960So, you know, that doesn't make sense to me. The more linear process makes 119|00:08:34|460|00:08:38|800sense to me. And, you know, I'll stand to be corrected if it 120|00:08:39|300|00:08:43|040can be shown to me that I am incorrect. And if I recognize 121|00:08:43|540|00:08:47|240it, of course, the application then of the rod of initiation affects something 122|00:08:47|740|00:08:52|880that stabilizes the vibration and makes it easier to progress in 123|00:08:53|380|00:08:56|960the task of vibrating to the higher measure of the subtler plane. 124|00:08:57|040|00:08:59|520So each conferral of the rod, 125|00:09:00|160|00:09:04|080or what can we say? Each application 126|00:09:04|800|00:09:09|440of the… of the rod makes 127|00:09:09|920|00:09:13|920achieving a 128|00:09:15|520|00:09:20|330succeeding… successively higher 129|00:09:20|570|00:09:22|970point of tension easier. 130|00:09:24|810|00:09:28|170So we're always successively… 131|00:09:28|890|00:09:32|290Okay, well, there is no such word maybe, but let's 132|00:09:32|790|00:09:33|450pretend there is. 133|00:09:36|650|00:09:40|610Each application of the rod makes the next higher points of 134|00:09:41|110|00:09:46|220tension easier. Now we just have to get used to carrying 135|00:09:46|460|00:09:49|740the tension just the way the 136|00:09:50|240|00:09:53|460server is used to carrying the water pot on his 137|00:09:53|960|00:09:58|260shoulder. And just the way in the law of service, that symbol 138|00:09:58|760|00:10:02|300that shows the poised server with a water pot on his 139|00:10:02|800|00:10:06|460head, there's a certain posture 140|00:10:06|960|00:10:10|700and way of carrying yourself, conducting yourself that makes it possible 141|00:10:11|550|00:10:15|750not to spill the waters of life or 142|00:10:16|250|00:10:19|630somehow dump them inappropriately. You know, 143|00:10:20|510|00:10:22|750so we… 144|00:10:25|070|00:10:28|590This is just the burden of initiation. 145|00:10:29|390|00:10:33|550It's the burden of progress to, 146|00:10:34|030|00:10:37|720you know, more weight, more weight to withstand 147|00:10:38|120|00:10:42|320that somehow. But, you know, you don't. When you're weightlifting, 148|00:10:42|820|00:10:46|000suppose you can lift 50 pounds. You don't go to 250 overnight, do you? 149|00:10:46|500|00:10:49|960I mean, it doesn't make sense. So you have to work your way up 150|00:10:51|480|00:10:56|680to the strengthening that will allow the more 151|00:10:57|180|00:11:01|120arduous lift. It seems to make sense in practical outer 152|00:11:01|620|00:11:05|650things. And I think it makes sense in terms of the initiatory 153|00:11:06|150|00:11:10|654process. Okay, well, that was from Letters on Occult Meditation 2. 154|00:11:10|886|00:11:14|69075. And let's 155|00:11:15|190|00:11:18|970all get used to the gradual increasing of the point of tension and 156|00:11:19|530|00:11:22|490of not lapsing, not falling down, 157|00:11:23|770|00:11:27|290not succumbing to the impulse 158|00:11:27|790|00:11:31|480of lower vibration. Pure focused, immovable will is 159|00:11:31|980|00:11:35|560what a point of tension is. And with focused immovable will, 160|00:11:35|960|00:11:39|640we hold a certain level of 161|00:11:40|140|00:11:43|400vibratory access. And maybe, 162|00:11:43|900|00:11:46|200you know, you've practiced that in your life, 163|00:11:49|400|00:11:53|480and I know I have, successfully and unsuccessfully. 164|00:11:54|200|00:11:57|520And I just have to see what it is that pulls me off, you know, 165|00:11:58|020|00:12:00|830and makes me deviate from the point of tension I'm trying to hold. 166|00:12:02|100|00:12:04|980Maybe there are certain signs of the zodiac that really help us hold a point 167|00:12:05|480|00:12:09|140of tension. Maybe Capricorn does, even Sagittarius, let us say. 168|00:12:09|640|00:12:12|980Well, maybe we can find that with each one of the signs. 169|00:12:13|460|00:12:16|820We can certainly find it with the first Ray, which is the Ray of Will. 170|00:12:16|980|00:12:20|900And a point of tension is, by definition, 171|00:12:21|400|00:12:24|340according to D.K., focused immovable will. 172|00:12:26|180|00:12:28|900Now here is another discussion. It's— 173|00:12:30|010|00:12:33|330Gosh, is that the only reference 174|00:12:33|830|00:12:38|130to the first initiation in all of Letters 175|00:12:38|630|00:12:42|090on Occult Meditation? I'd be surprised. But you 176|00:12:42|590|00:12:45|450know, why not? Why not? 177|00:12:46|410|00:12:49|370So, first initiation, 178|00:12:49|850|00:12:52|970huh? Well, there are six. 179|00:12:53|770|00:12:56|090See, that's what I mean. It's a little bit hard to— 180|00:12:57|740|00:13:01|180Okay, what do we have here? So I'm simply going to read them, 181|00:13:01|680|00:13:05|620you know. Later—this is from page 69— 182|00:13:06|120|00:13:09|260“Later, when the great Lord the Christ comes with his 183|00:13:09|760|00:13:13|260masters, there will be very few esoteric 184|00:13:13|760|00:13:17|100groups gathered out of all the others where the members, 185|00:13:18|060|00:13:21|980through graduation and karmic right will be trained for discipleship 186|00:13:22|060|00:13:25|580and for the first initiation.” (LOM, p.69) I think that's telling us 187|00:13:26|080|00:13:29|660something about the inadequate mode of training 188|00:13:29|820|00:13:33|300that is being experienced within most groups 189|00:13:33|800|00:13:37|540at this time. There's just not the kind of hierarchical supervision which 190|00:13:38|040|00:13:41|620would allow for the real training that allows the first initiation to be 191|00:13:42|120|00:13:47|700taken. “There will be seven such groups or 192|00:13:48|200|00:13:51|750centers formed for definite occult training. And only those whose 193|00:13:52|250|00:13:55|630vibratory capacity is adequate will find their way there.” (LOM, p.69) I think, you know, 194|00:13:56|130|00:14:00|030the Christ as the initiator of the first two initiations, 195|00:14:00|530|00:14:04|870can initiate those on any particular soul 196|00:14:04|950|00:14:08|470ray. So he says, “I've given you enough to consider 197|00:14:08|970|00:14:12|590for today, and we will leave 198|00:14:13|090|00:14:16|230the consideration at the fourth point, et cetera, till tomorrow.” (LOM, p.69) Well, 199|00:14:16|790|00:14:20|470there is D.K. wisely informing us that we 200|00:14:20|970|00:14:24|110can only absorb so much. But let's be wise ourselves 201|00:14:24|910|00:14:28|750about our assimilation process, because the assimilation process 202|00:14:29|230|00:14:32|590is extremely needed at this time. It's been a point I'm 203|00:14:33|150|00:14:37|990really pushing. Maybe it's my own sense of my own inadequacy in terms of assimilation, 204|00:14:38|490|00:14:43|070but I just have this sense of what D.K. 205|00:14:43|570|00:14:46|520has given and how much we have really made our own and how much we 206|00:14:47|020|00:14:50|280have really practiced what he has given. Gosh, 207|00:14:50|780|00:14:55|760seeing all of these references here, I'm a little bit concerned 208|00:14:56|260|00:14:59|800that this first initiation compilation is missing 209|00:15:00|300|00:15:03|200a lot of references. Well, you know, 210|00:15:03|700|00:15:07|320it's 20 some pages here and even so, enough will be gathered to give 211|00:15:07|820|00:15:11|440the idea. Now here we 212|00:15:11|940|00:15:14|320are on page 262. “A master of the wisdom is he 213|00:15:15|690|00:15:19|210who has taken the first initiation that 214|00:15:19|710|00:15:22|490links him up with the greater brotherhood on Sirius.” (LOM, p.262) Well, 215|00:15:23|370|00:15:27|450as we have been told, a master is 216|00:15:27|950|00:15:32|810a fifth degree initiate. And the entered apprentice initiation 217|00:15:33|610|00:15:37|410is that which is 218|00:15:37|910|00:15:40|330mastership, at least with respect to Sirius. 219|00:15:40|970|00:15:44|850As I've told you before, he is an initiate of the first degree in 220|00:15:45|350|00:15:49|050the Greater Lodge. (LOM, p.262) Well, doesn't this show the possibility of onward 221|00:15:49|450|00:15:53|210progress to an extent which to us is unimaginable? 222|00:15:53|370|00:15:56|890He has attained an expansion of consciousness that has admitted him 223|00:15:57|450|00:16:01|010into touch with the solar system in many of its 224|00:16:01|510|00:16:04|970departments. (LOM, p.262) Now he has ahead of 225|00:16:05|470|00:16:09|520him a vast reach of expansions which will eventually 226|00:16:10|020|00:16:13|920take him beyond systemic consciousness into something far greater 227|00:16:14|420|00:16:18|160and wider. (LOM, p.262) And you know, Sirius, however great it may be compared 228|00:16:18|660|00:16:22|240to our system—it being that Logos, being 229|00:16:22|740|00:16:25|720a great initiator of our own planetary Logos— 230|00:16:26|220|00:16:29|480it's just, it's relatively a dwarf star. 231|00:16:30|440|00:16:34|940What do we do about these super giant stars and constellations 232|00:16:35|180|00:16:39|380and all the aggregates of constellations? Or what do we do about the 233|00:16:39|880|00:16:42|980galactic Logoi who are just tiny 234|00:16:43|480|00:16:47|060when compared with still greater Logoi until we finally reach the universal 235|00:16:47|560|00:16:50|940Logos? Well, we have plenty to do in this solar system, 236|00:16:51|980|00:16:56|500yes, and plenty to do in the universe. And what 237|00:16:57|000|00:17:01|100we have to do is maybe a lot more interesting than spending eternity 238|00:17:01|600|00:17:05|720in the kind of heaven which many 239|00:17:06|220|00:17:09|360people imagine for themselves as the final stop. 240|00:17:10|400|00:17:14|480He has to learn the rudiments of that cosmic meditation 241|00:17:15|200|00:17:19|160that will admit him into a consciousness past our 242|00:17:19|660|00:17:23|040conceivable surmise. (LOM, p.262) And I'm sure Master D.K. is including 243|00:17:23|120|00:17:26|320himself in that. You know, he is modest, 244|00:17:26|820|00:17:29|929he is accurate, he measures correctly. 245|00:17:30|429|00:17:34|569And he's not going to be one who 246|00:17:35|069|00:17:37|289exaggerates his own importance, 247|00:17:38|569|00:17:42|049nor will he minimize it, but he will give a just assessment 248|00:17:42|549|00:17:46|249of where he stands. And when he thinks about the vast, vast consciousnesses 249|00:17:46|889|00:17:50|849which lie ahead, those expansions, he knows what 250|00:17:51|349|00:17:54|100is possible to him. Okay, what else? 251|00:17:56|660|00:18:02|900Yeah, well, this is the one that we've actually looked at and 252|00:18:03|140|00:18:07|220discussed, but I just had that horrible 253|00:18:07|720|00:18:11|340little feeling that, my goodness, there's more to this. And I 254|00:18:11|840|00:18:15|780suppose the wisest thing to do would be to, after finishing 255|00:18:15|860|00:18:19|140a compilation, just to 256|00:18:19|460|00:18:23|020look up additional references. Well, I've done that to a 257|00:18:23|520|00:18:24|980degree. Now let's see, 258|00:18:26|980|00:18:30|740let's see for the next one. Okay, 259|00:18:31|140|00:18:35|220the aim. Right, right, right. Here we're talking about the advanced 260|00:18:35|720|00:18:36|020schools or… 261|00:18:38|580|00:18:38|980Well, 262|00:18:43|300|00:18:47|190what is, what is the condition? I think, 263|00:18:47|690|00:18:51|710you know, to get into an advanced school, it seems to me that 264|00:18:52|750|00:18:54|750one must be an initiate of the… 265|00:18:56|430|00:18:59|590Well, of the second degree, at least it seems that way to me. But what 266|00:19:00|090|00:19:03|310is he saying here on page 317 and 318? 267|00:19:04|030|00:19:08|030“The point I seek to make here is that these advanced schools will be 268|00:19:08|270|00:19:12|000numerically small.” Not only 269|00:19:12|500|00:19:15|960that there's not many of them—and the countries are given, 270|00:19:16|040|00:19:19|480maybe not all countries, but you know, countries are given for 271|00:19:19|980|00:19:24|200their presence—but that those attending them will not 272|00:19:24|700|00:19:28|040be found in great numbers. And this for a 273|00:19:28|540|00:19:31|880very long time to come. “And the personnel,” okay, here it is, “and the personnel 274|00:19:32|120|00:19:36|840will be correspondingly small.” So it's few 275|00:19:38|600|00:19:42|680schools and few attendees. “In these 276|00:19:43|180|00:19:46|840schools, at the head of the school will always be found an initiate 277|00:19:47|400|00:19:50|120of the first or second degree.” 278|00:19:52|200|00:19:55|600Again, you would think for an advanced school, since there 279|00:19:56|100|00:20:00|120are three apparently initiate heads supervising a group 280|00:20:00|620|00:20:03|850of 24, let us say, you'd think that one would have 281|00:20:04|350|00:20:07|050to be certainly initiated to the third degree. But you know, let's just take this at 282|00:20:07|550|00:20:10|730face value. “At the head of the school will always be found an initiate of 283|00:20:11|230|00:20:14|690the first or second degree. The aim of the school being to prepare students, 284|00:20:15|170|00:20:19|770pupils for the first initiation.” (LOM, p.318) Now what 285|00:20:20|270|00:20:22|450initiation is that? Is that the third? 286|00:20:23|490|00:20:27|170It's the first real initiation. Others are initiations 287|00:20:27|410|00:20:30|460of the threshold, probationary initiations. 288|00:20:31|900|00:20:34|940So this necessarily requires an initiate head. (LOM, p.318) 289|00:20:35|440|00:20:38|660Well, you could see that. I can't see how a first 290|00:20:39|160|00:20:42|860degree initiate could do this. Maybe a second degree initiate could help 291|00:20:43|740|00:20:47|740those who are planning to take the first initiation. 292|00:20:48|240|00:20:51|620As it is told of the members of the New Group of World Servers who 293|00:20:52|120|00:20:55|630are assumed to be mostly second degree initiates, they should keep their 294|00:20:56|130|00:20:59|350eyes open for those who are ready to take the first or have taken 295|00:20:59|850|00:21:03|710it. Those who are ready to take the second or who have recently taken 296|00:21:04|210|00:21:08|150it. That I can see. Anyway, I put it up to Master D.K. 297|00:21:08|650|00:21:12|070my own ignorance here of the facts. And hopefully 298|00:21:12|550|00:21:16|790these things will be answered, 299|00:21:17|670|00:21:21|350you know, so that a more and more complete 300|00:21:21|850|00:21:25|260picture can settle into the 301|00:21:25|760|00:21:29|380consciousness. Okay, the initiate head will be 302|00:21:29|880|00:21:33|260definitely appointed by the master (LOM, p.318) who has the school in charge. (LOM, p.318) 303|00:21:34|460|00:21:37|420And he will be within the confines of the school. 304|00:21:38|139|00:21:42|420And here comes something that democratically 305|00:21:42|920|00:21:46|540inclined people won't like: sole judge and autocrat. 306|00:21:47|020|00:21:50|380And here's the reason for it: because the risks of occult training are too great 307|00:21:50|860|00:21:53|320to permit of trifling. (LOM, p.318) 308|00:21:54|200|00:21:58|200And what the head demands must be obeyed, because the 309|00:21:58|700|00:22:02|160head knows and has been through it. And other people 310|00:22:02|660|00:22:06|440may just be guessing, and the dangers involved 311|00:22:06|940|00:22:10|120may be destructive to the energy 312|00:22:10|200|00:22:13|880system of the candidate and 313|00:22:13|960|00:22:16|840or student and his future incarnations. 314|00:22:18|200|00:22:21|560But this obedience will not 315|00:22:22|060|00:22:26|720be compulsory, but voluntary. For each pupil will realise the 316|00:22:27|220|00:22:30|560necessity and will render obedience from spiritual 317|00:22:31|520|00:22:34|960recognition. (LOM, p.318) So even though we're dealing with, 318|00:22:35|120|00:22:38|440you know, great masters and so forth, 319|00:22:38|940|00:22:42|960they never force, if they're in the White Lodge. They never force 320|00:22:43|280|00:22:47|070the will on others. You can't hit the centre of will. I seem to 321|00:22:47|570|00:22:50|910remember reading that from Master 322|00:22:51|410|00:22:55|230Morya. You're not allowed to hit the centre of the will, which is precisely 323|00:22:55|730|00:22:59|070what those sort of plutonic enforcers in the Black 324|00:22:59|570|00:23:01|990Lodge try to do: make a slave of you, you know, 325|00:23:02|230|00:23:04|230capture your will. All right, 326|00:23:05|750|00:23:08|630as aforesaid, (LOM, p.318) these different occult schools will be practically 327|00:23:09|670|00:23:12|910– practically, now that's either from a practical point of view or it 328|00:23:13|410|00:23:16|920means the word almost – they will be practically ray schools 329|00:23:17|420|00:23:21|480and will have for their personnel teachers on 330|00:23:21|980|00:23:25|120some one ray – or it's right, well, half of 331|00:23:25|620|00:23:29|120their personnel, sorry – teachers on some one ray or its 332|00:23:29|620|00:23:32|960complementary ray, with pupils on the same ray or complementary 333|00:23:33|460|00:23:36|360ray. (LOM, p.318) And this is pretty much, I think, given the level at which the teaching 334|00:23:36|860|00:23:40|440is occurring, going to be related 335|00:23:40|940|00:23:43|760to the soul ray. For instance, if the school is a second ray school 336|00:23:44|600|00:23:48|200– such as the one in Ireland is proposed to be, and that's going to 337|00:23:48|700|00:23:52|600be an advanced secondary school – teachers and pupils on the 338|00:23:52|680|00:23:56|000second, fourth and sixth ray will be found in it. (LOM, p.318) At least 339|00:23:56|500|00:24:00|199one fifth ray teacher will be found in every school of occultism. (LOM, p.318) And it's 340|00:24:00|699|00:24:03|520a good thing too. If a first ray school, 341|00:24:04|020|00:24:07|800then the personnel and pupils will be on the first, third and 342|00:24:08|520|00:24:12|700seventh ray, which again, a fifth ray teacher among the (LOM, p.318)m. Well, look, I have 343|00:24:14|460|00:24:17|980a commentary on this section of Letters on Occult 344|00:24:18|480|00:24:22|100Meditation, and it's written. And maybe, I don't know, maybe it's about 100 pages 345|00:24:22|600|00:24:26|300long, you know, interleaved with the text. 346|00:24:27|180|00:24:30|780But I do feel the strong temptation of being able to discuss it with you, 347|00:24:31|340|00:24:34|860maybe in a little more casual manner. So anyway, 348|00:24:36|410|00:24:39|690my look at the advanced schools – 349|00:24:40|650|00:24:43|810their product would be beyond the normal planetary first initiation. 350|00:24:44|310|00:24:47|930When I read that first initiation, I continually think of the third 351|00:24:48|430|00:24:51|530initiation. When I read that first initiation, I continually think of the third. 352|00:24:52|570|00:24:56|290Okay, so, you know, 353|00:24:56|790|00:25:00|370I'm looking at first initiation here, because I just feel that it was 354|00:25:00|870|00:25:04|620present or felt that it was present then. Indeed, it was more references 355|00:25:05|120|00:25:08|660than we had. So we talk 356|00:25:09|160|00:25:13|060about inner plane work here. And I suppose it's the three 357|00:25:13|700|00:25:17|940who are supervising. There's a wonderful picture somewhere 358|00:25:19|620|00:25:23|140of those who are in 359|00:25:23|620|00:25:26|740the school. And I wonder, do I find it, you know, 360|00:25:27|540|00:25:28|580as I kind of… 361|00:25:31|390|00:25:33|790There. Well, there. There it was, kind of. 362|00:25:34|830|00:25:38|030Well, there they are. There's the three heads. And here are the 363|00:25:38|910|00:25:43|150part of some greater tetraktys or greater 364|00:25:43|390|00:25:46|910triangular arrangement. The 24 students. 365|00:25:47|070|00:25:50|630So the three. And it makes 27 altogether, which is an 366|00:25:51|130|00:25:54|430important number, you know, in the tenth seed group, the tenth. 367|00:25:55|070|00:25:58|310They're going to be 27 368|00:25:58|630|00:26:01|990members, three from each of the nine, you know. 369|00:26:02|550|00:26:04|070All right, so where are we here? 370|00:26:07|670|00:26:09|430So I guess we're talking about the three. 371|00:26:11|350|00:26:14|670Much of these three's work will be done on the inner planes. And they 372|00:26:15|170|00:26:18|430will work more in the seclusion of their own rooms 373|00:26:18|930|00:26:22|550than in the classroom. With the students (LOM, p.318) themselves, (LOM, p.319) so advanced they 374|00:26:23|050|00:26:26|560are, you know, and you would think, well, being advanced as they are, 375|00:26:27|060|00:26:30|600they must be maybe initiates in the true sense of the word. 376|00:26:31|080|00:26:35|000Unless second degree initiates can do this in 377|00:26:35|500|00:26:38|880a responsible and adequate manner, the pupils are, it will be presumed, 378|00:26:39|380|00:26:43|160ready to work for themselves. That sense of self-reliance from the 379|00:26:43|660|00:26:48|040Buddha, that sense of independence. And to find the way to 380|00:26:48|540|00:26:50|440the portal of initiation alone. 381|00:26:52|010|00:26:55|930There's a big… you know, so many will initiate you 382|00:26:56|430|00:26:59|930for a fee. Just go to Mount Shasta and, 383|00:27:00|650|00:27:04|210well, it's a wonderful mountain. A lot of glamour there though, you know. And you 384|00:27:04|710|00:27:09|050can acquire these initiations monetarily, which immediately invalidates 385|00:27:09|550|00:27:13|410them. Correct. Okay, so we have 386|00:27:13|910|00:27:17|530to find our own way via the antahkarana to the portal of initiation alone. 387|00:27:18|090|00:27:21|780The work of the teachers, (LOM, p.319) maybe different than that, will be 388|00:27:22|280|00:27:25|700advisory. And they will be available to answer questions 389|00:27:26|200|00:27:29|620and to superintend work initiated by 390|00:27:30|120|00:27:33|860the pupil himself and not compelled by the teacher. (LOM, p.319) So the truly advanced 391|00:27:34|360|00:27:38|060student initiates his own work, his own inquiry, 392|00:27:38|540|00:27:42|340stimulating vibration, (LOM, p.319) aligning the body, superintending the 393|00:27:42|840|00:27:46|460work on inner planes, (LOM, p.319) and the pouring in of force with the shielding 394|00:27:46|960|00:27:51|020from danger by occult methods. (LOM, p.319) As you know, these schools 395|00:27:51|520|00:27:55|380will be producing those individuals who will be under attack. This will 396|00:27:55|880|00:28:00|020be the work in part (LOM, p.319) of the teachers, added to the supervision of definite and 397|00:28:00|520|00:28:04|740strenuous meditation. (LOM, p.319) Definite and strenuous… 398|00:28:05|380|00:28:08|420Goodness. If we think that we have fulfilled any of this, 399|00:28:08|500|00:28:11|780it's just nonsense, you know, we haven't. 400|00:28:12|100|00:28:15|640At intervals they will conduct the pupils to 401|00:28:16|140|00:28:20|080the master, (LOM, p.319) advise (LOM, p.319) as to their passing into 402|00:28:20|580|00:28:24|040the different grades of discipleship, report at intervals on the quality of 403|00:28:24|540|00:28:27|960their life service. They must have inner knowledge of this and assist them 404|00:28:28|460|00:28:32|520in building their Buddhic vehicle. (LOM, p.319) And there's a hint, because the Buddhic vehicle 405|00:28:33|020|00:28:36|320is really built no sooner than after the second initiation. 406|00:28:36|560|00:28:40|600And there are references that said it's really coordinated 407|00:28:41|100|00:28:44|820after the third initiation. And maybe that means built, too. 408|00:28:46|740|00:28:51|660So this… the Buddhic vehicle has to be in an embryonic condition (LOM, p.319) 409|00:28:52|160|00:28:54|900when the first initiation is taken. (LOM, p.319) Again, 410|00:28:55|220|00:28:59|140like which initiation is that? The teachers likewise 411|00:28:59|640|00:29:04|380superintend the working out in practice of the theories anent 412|00:29:04|880|00:29:08|340the other evolution, the deva evolution, laid down in the preparatory schools. (LOM, p.319) 413|00:29:09|250|00:29:13|170You know, more like a university in the preparatory schools, where you learn a 414|00:29:13|670|00:29:17|610lot of knowledge that later has to be made real. They watch over the manipulation 415|00:29:18|110|00:29:21|690of matter by the pupil and his demonstration of 416|00:29:22|190|00:29:26|130the laws of construction. (LOM, p.319) Because we all have to learn to be builders. The hierarchy 417|00:29:26|630|00:29:29|730is filled with second ray builders, 418|00:29:29|810|00:29:33|130generally under that ray, the building ray. Regardless of 419|00:29:33|630|00:29:37|490what the other rays may be, they safeguard him as far as may be 420|00:29:38|310|00:29:41|870in his contact with subhuman and (LOM, p.339) superhuman evolutions. 421|00:29:42|370|00:29:45|350and teach him to wield the law and to transcend karma. (LOM, p.319) 422|00:29:45|850|00:29:49|350Goodness. You can really understand why these schools. 423|00:29:49|850|00:29:53|110I mean, we're just in the early preparatory stages here, 424|00:29:53|430|00:29:57|430where the kinds of things that are going to be done in these advanced schools, 425|00:29:57|830|00:30:01|310and maybe even in the probationary schools, they enable him, 426|00:30:01|810|00:30:05|400through their instructions, to recover the knowledge of past lives and to 427|00:30:05|900|00:30:09|040read the akashic record. But as you will see, the pupil is the one in 428|00:30:09|540|00:30:13|440this school who initiates and does the work superintended and guarded by 429|00:30:13|940|00:30:17|200the teachers. And his progress and the length of his residence within the school 430|00:30:17|440|00:30:21|600depend upon his own efforts and initiatory 431|00:30:21|840|00:30:25|480powers. (LOM, p.319) I guess we're talking about the advanced school, but there's 432|00:30:25|980|00:30:29|690still that question of what initiation we really mean when we say 433|00:30:30|090|00:30:33|530“first initiation.” It's a wonderful book, you know, 434|00:30:34|030|00:30:37|770and I want to make commentary on 435|00:30:38|270|00:30:42|170that or, you know, at least offer some threads, some ideas 436|00:30:42|670|00:30:46|610that may be useful to those who want 437|00:30:47|110|00:30:50|650to correlate the material in Master D.K.'s book. 438|00:30:51|150|00:30:54|570It's a Mercurian thing. Master D.K. is 439|00:30:54|810|00:30:58|670Mercury in many ways. He's Gemini in many ways. 440|00:30:59|170|00:31:02|550And I kind of love Mercury. And I just try to do 441|00:31:03|050|00:31:07|430something useful along that line at a different level 442|00:31:07|830|00:31:11|550of perception. A lower level. 443|00:31:12|050|00:31:15|630Much lower. Okay, so what else? Here's something 444|00:31:16|130|00:31:19|470that's of interest about the first initiation. But you know, 445|00:31:19|970|00:31:23|200it, and it's been said before, four small initiations. This page 446|00:31:23|700|00:31:26|920339 find their culmination in the initiation proper. (LOM, p.339) 447|00:31:27|880|00:31:31|480I guess that's moving towards the second degree. These are the initiations 448|00:31:31|800|00:31:35|400on the emotional plane called respectively, the initiations of 449|00:31:35|640|00:31:39|080earth, fire, water, air, culminating in the 450|00:31:39|480|00:31:42|880initiation. The second. (LOM, p.339) That's kind of how Master 451|00:31:43|380|00:31:46|600D.K. used to write, you know, in a more archaic manner. 452|00:31:46|920|00:31:50|800The first initiation marks the same point of attainment on 453|00:31:51|300|00:31:55|360the physical plane. (LOM, p.339) Each initiation marks the attainment of a certain proportion of atomic 454|00:31:55|860|00:31:59|720matter in the bodies. (LOM, p.339) This we have discussed. The 455|00:32:00|220|00:32:03|720four initiations prior to (LOM, p.339) the adept mark, respectively the attainment 456|00:32:04|600|00:32:08|440of a proportionate amount, (LOM, p.339) as for instance, and we discussed this, 457|00:32:08|940|00:32:12|000at the first initiation, 1/4 atomic matter. 458|00:32:12|500|00:32:15|960At the second, 1/2 atomic matter and so on to consummation, 459|00:32:16|600|00:32:20|080the intuition or buddhi being the unifying principle and thus 460|00:32:20|580|00:32:23|880welding all (LOM, p.339) in the fourth initiation. At the fourth initiation, 461|00:32:24|380|00:32:28|440the vehicles go, (LOM, p.339) unless, you know, retained for some specific purpose. 462|00:32:28|940|00:32:32|840And (TEV, p.161) the adept, and here he is called an adept, 463|00:32:33|340|00:32:36|600interestingly enough, even though he's still initiated the fourth degree, 464|00:32:37|000|00:32:40|800usually adept is a term reserved for the fifth degree. And the adept 465|00:32:41|300|00:32:45|340stands in his intuitional body, (LOM, p.339) which by this time has been coordinated, 466|00:32:45|660|00:32:48|940and it's not really coordinated until after the third degree and 467|00:32:49|500|00:32:53|100that starting of the coordination after the second, and creates 468|00:32:53|600|00:32:57|420from thence his body of manifestation, (LOM, p.339) which is the mayavirupa. 469|00:32:57|920|00:32:58|620And now, 470|00:33:01|180|00:33:04|300well, it seems that even after the fourth degree, 471|00:33:04|780|00:33:08|340you can begin to build your mayavirupa and perhaps 472|00:33:08|840|00:33:12|380don't have to wait till you become a true and complete adept at the fifth. 473|00:33:12|700|00:33:16|060Okay, that's it. Well, you know, looking at a few 474|00:33:16|560|00:33:20|060of the additional, hopefully I have the memory. I have many 475|00:33:22|300|00:33:23|580first initiation, 476|00:33:26|460|00:33:30|300what can I call it? Many first initiation kinds of references. 477|00:33:30|700|00:33:33|900And I just have to remember whether I've covered them with you. 478|00:33:34|400|00:33:37|800Of course, I'll never say the same thing twice, right? Well, of course I would, 479|00:33:38|200|00:33:42|720but just for the sake of progress, 480|00:33:43|220|00:33:47|040you know, I'll try not to repeat myself too much. Although obviously I'm 481|00:33:47|540|00:33:51|440repeating myself a whole lot more than Master D.K. would repeat 482|00:33:51|940|00:33:57|040himself. And sometimes to drive the point home, he does repeat 483|00:33:57|540|00:34:00|840himself. It's, you know, part of a teaching method. You know, the old saying 484|00:34:01|340|00:34:04|370is you'd say what you're going to say, then you say it, then you 485|00:34:04|870|00:34:08|770Say what you just said, and then maybe people will get it. 486|00:34:09|270|00:34:13|330What do they say? If you teach something, you've got maybe 95% retention. 487|00:34:13|830|00:34:19|210And if you just listen to lectures, maybe you got 5% retention. So become 488|00:34:19|710|00:34:22|890a teacher and learn. Right. Okay, now, 489|00:34:25|130|00:34:28|490what's going on here? Telepathy and the etheric vehicle. Not much, but, 490|00:34:28|990|00:34:34|489you know, I'm going to try again and we'll 491|00:34:34|989|00:34:38|169take a look and see how much there is. The first initiation is purely the 492|00:34:38|669|00:34:41|329concern of the man's own soul. (TEV, p.161) 493|00:34:41|889|00:34:45|329What can we say? The solar angel, the extension of 494|00:34:45|829|00:34:48|969the solar angel, which I call the angel of the presence. You know, there's a 495|00:34:49|469|00:34:52|849debate. What is the angel of the presence? Well, I don't think the entirety 496|00:34:53|349|00:34:57|070of the solar angel can invest itself into 497|00:34:57|390|00:35:00|870the causal sheath made on the higher mental plane. 498|00:35:01|370|00:35:05|630I just think it would just be too much for that 499|00:35:06|130|00:35:09|430body to maintain its integrity. So I call the angel of 500|00:35:09|930|00:35:14|190the presence, which eventually introduces the man to his higher aspects, 501|00:35:14|270|00:35:17|590a projection of the solar angel and enough of 502|00:35:18|090|00:35:21|750it to cooperate with the consciousness of the man, which is 503|00:35:22|250|00:35:26|600a projection of his own monad. And those two types of consciousnesses blend 504|00:35:27|100|00:35:29|880together. At least that's my theory at the moment, 505|00:35:31|320|00:35:34|760and we'll see how accurate it is as we go along. 506|00:35:39|320|00:35:43|000The first initiation is purely the concern of the man's own soul. 507|00:35:43|500|00:35:47|240And the moment that initiation has been taken, a measure 508|00:35:47|740|00:35:51|340of Buddhic energy can enter. See, the filling of the causal body with 509|00:35:51|840|00:35:55|820Buddhic energy is an ongoing process. As I said, the synthesis petals 510|00:35:56|320|00:35:59|740are very much… Synthesis petals are very much 511|00:36:00|240|00:36:03|900the product of a Buddhic downflow. The opening of the first synthesis 512|00:36:04|400|00:36:08|380petal partially is occurring at the first initiation and 513|00:36:08|880|00:36:13|020so forth. But it doesn't burst open, we realize, until the fourth. 514|00:36:13|100|00:36:16|060All three petals burst open, revealing the jewel, we're told. 515|00:36:16|870|00:36:20|670So a measure of Buddhic energy… Actually, the monad is sometimes 516|00:36:21|170|00:36:24|790called atma buddhi. And the monad is in the causal body as a 517|00:36:25|290|00:36:28|390presence and an influential presence at the first degree. 518|00:36:28|890|00:36:32|310But the man just doesn't know it in his personality mind. 519|00:36:32|790|00:36:37|110A measure of Buddhic consciousness can enter and the process of transference 520|00:36:38|070|00:36:41|510of the higher ethers and their substitution for the lower can go 521|00:36:42|010|00:36:45|340forward. (TEV, p.161) Well, that's interesting because it's almost like we have to 522|00:36:45|660|00:36:49|820have those qualities from the higher ethers invested 523|00:36:50|220|00:36:54|300in our systemic etheric body, the lower 524|00:36:54|460|00:36:58|340etheric body. And a way has 525|00:36:58|840|00:37:01|420to be cleared for the descent of those ethers so the 526|00:37:02|060|00:37:05|980Our systemic etheric body, our normal etheric body, can carry those energies 527|00:37:06|480|00:37:09|740and they can work out into the physical vehicle and be 528|00:37:10|280|00:37:12|040apprehended by the brain consciousness. 529|00:37:13|400|00:37:16|960So there's some kind of exchange going on. 530|00:37:17|460|00:37:20|560And Mercury is always involved in exchanges. Mercury has 531|00:37:21|060|00:37:24|360a great deal to do with ruling the normal etheric body, the lower 532|00:37:24|860|00:37:29|800one, and a lot to do with ruling the higher cosmic 533|00:37:30|300|00:37:34|840ethers. Mercury, the number four. Four cosmic ethers there, 534|00:37:35|810|00:37:39|170and Mercury having to do with the exchange of substances, 535|00:37:39|490|00:37:42|610you know, all of them at different rates of vibration. 536|00:37:43|250|00:37:47|530So anyway, the substitution for 537|00:37:48|030|00:37:51|370the lower can go forward, and our 538|00:37:51|870|00:37:55|250normal etheric setup is being… What can I 539|00:37:55|750|00:37:58|930call it… supplanted by higher etheric possibilities. 540|00:37:59|410|00:38:02|980What the technicalities are of that, one day we'll learn. This, 541|00:38:03|480|00:38:08|220as you can well imagine, produces conflict. (TEV, p.161) The personality 542|00:38:08|720|00:38:12|980etheric body reacts to the incoming higher ether. And thus crises 543|00:38:13|220|00:38:16|980are produced in the initiate's life (TEV, p.161) 544|00:38:18|179|00:38:22|100through a conflict of etheric 545|00:38:22|980|00:38:26|980energy of different levels of vibration. 546|00:38:27|620|00:38:30|740Now, let's look at telepathy and the etheric vehicle 547|00:38:31|240|00:38:34|870just for fun. And you just don't know, 548|00:38:35|370|00:38:40|710you know, whether there's going to be more on first initiation or not. First 549|00:38:42|550|00:38:45|990initiation. Well, there's only one. In this 550|00:38:46|490|00:38:49|870case it was correct and that was the one we 551|00:38:50|370|00:38:56|830did read. So at least it's always reassuring to find 552|00:38:57|330|00:39:01|230that the number of references listed, 553|00:39:01|730|00:39:05|630let's say, for the first initiation, is accurate with respect to the book from which 554|00:39:06|130|00:39:10|150they come. But it certainly wasn't when we dealt with Letters on Occult Meditation, 555|00:39:11|110|00:39:12|870I think. Okay, 556|00:39:13|990|00:39:16|990now there's something here on the seventh ray, you know, 557|00:39:17|490|00:39:20|870which is so important for the first initiation. 558|00:39:21|030|00:39:24|720Sacral center is involved and the use of the seventh ray in the 559|00:39:25|220|00:39:28|920throat center. Uranus at the ruler of the sacral center is a 560|00:39:29|420|00:39:33|440seventh ray planet in its soul aspect. And there 561|00:39:33|680|00:39:37|840is no given non-sacred seventh ray planet, 562|00:39:38|480|00:39:42|960just as there is no given non- 563|00:39:43|460|00:39:47|120sacred fifth ray planet. So we have to deal 564|00:39:47|620|00:39:50|570with the sacred planets. But when we're dealing with the fifth and seventh ray and 565|00:39:51|070|00:39:55|210why they should be, I don't know. But there 566|00:39:55|710|00:39:59|410are probably hidden planets and neighboring planets and so 567|00:39:59|910|00:40:03|210forth that have or principally ruled by the fifth and seventh ray. 568|00:40:03|710|00:40:07|450But maybe they're not important enough to be discussed. And in any case, 569|00:40:07|690|00:40:10|330Master D.K. did not give them. 570|00:40:11|210|00:40:14|610All right, so yes, the magical 571|00:40:15|110|00:40:18|810force of the seventh Logos is felt at the 572|00:40:19|310|00:40:22|450first initiation. (TCF, p.433) And this is probably from a… 573|00:40:23|490|00:40:27|226Yeah, Treatise on Cosmic Fire. Well, that's a wonderful page. Page 4 574|00:40:27|434|00:40:30|57034. Is that it? Because he talks 575|00:40:31|070|00:40:34|850about just going there for a second, as I may have done in the past, 576|00:40:37|570|00:40:44|050and he talks about all these different ray 577|00:40:44|550|00:40:47|010energies and he assigns to them. 578|00:40:48|500|00:40:52|660Ah, it's an incorrect reference. 579|00:40:54|260|00:40:58|500Magical force. Okay, magical force. 580|00:40:58|740|00:41:01|860It's incorrect. So it's not 434. 581|00:41:02|580|00:41:03|940It's 433. 582|00:41:05|620|00:41:08|020All right, so let's fix that. 583|00:41:08|740|00:41:11|780Otherwise, for want of an accurate page number, 584|00:41:12|260|00:41:15|580you may go searching a long time. Anyway, 585|00:41:15|820|00:41:19|300we see it here. And the 586|00:41:19|800|00:41:22|860magical force of the seventh Logos is felt at the first initiation. 587|00:41:23|360|00:41:27|620Notice that these are listed in initiatory order and 588|00:41:28|120|00:41:31|740not ray order. The aggressive fire… These are such useful terms. 589|00:41:31|980|00:41:35|660Of the sixth Logos is felt at the second 590|00:41:36|160|00:41:39|660initiation. (TCF, p.433) When we say aggressive fire, we got to think 591|00:41:40|160|00:41:44|510of Mars, don't we? Neptune hardly fits, although it is involved 592|00:41:45|010|00:41:48|950with the solar flames. Venus has sixth ray, but it's hardly aggressive 593|00:41:49|450|00:41:52|950fire. The illuminating light of the fifth Logos is 594|00:41:53|450|00:41:56|830felt at the third initiation. (TCF, p.433) And there we 595|00:41:56|909|00:42:00|030think of Venus, definitely, 596|00:42:00|530|00:42:04|030I think, and also of Mercury, which monadically has a very 597|00:42:04|530|00:42:07|750strong fifth ray. The harmonizing life of the fourth Logos 598|00:42:08|250|00:42:11|640is felt at the fourth initiation. Well, that's got to be Mercury. 599|00:42:12|760|00:42:16|800And we do know, if we turn to page 70-71 or 600|00:42:17|300|00:42:20|800so of Esoteric Astrology, that Saturn and 601|00:42:21|300|00:42:24|679Mercury are not only showing up in preparing the 602|00:42:25|179|00:42:28|760man to tread the path of discipleship, but they're showing up at the fourth 603|00:42:29|000|00:42:32|240initiation. It's, you know, we're introducing man to the 604|00:42:32|740|00:42:36|090cosmic ethers and having him leave, in a way, the dense 605|00:42:36|250|00:42:39|410physical body of the planetary and solar 606|00:42:39|910|00:42:43|970Logos behind. The blending power of the third Logos is 607|00:42:44|470|00:42:47|210felt at the fifth initiation. (TCF, p.433) 608|00:42:47|370|00:42:50|250Well, blending power, you know, 609|00:42:50|730|00:42:53|530is the third Logos. Saturn… Well, in a way it is. 610|00:42:55|770|00:42:57|290Again, however, 611|00:42:59|530|00:43:02|650every planet, I suspect, just as every human being 612|00:43:02|970|00:43:05|850has two monadic rays… For a human being, 613|00:43:06|350|00:43:10|230one that applies on the monadic plane and another one that applies on 614|00:43:10|730|00:43:14|230the Logoic plane and has to be one of the three. On the monadic plane, 615|00:43:14|730|00:43:17|790it can be any of the seven, rather. And on the 616|00:43:18|290|00:43:21|350Logoic plane, finally, when the monad is a volatile 617|00:43:21|850|00:43:26|310essence makes its escape from the matter of the sixth plane, 618|00:43:26|810|00:43:30|350the monadic plane, then it's got to be one of the three on 619|00:43:30|850|00:43:34|030the highest level, and that's Mercury. You know, Mercury is not 620|00:43:34|530|00:43:38|500only a fifth ray monad; Mercury is a third ray monad. 621|00:43:38|660|00:43:41|980Now, there are other planets that can be involved in that fifth 622|00:43:42|480|00:43:46|020initiation. Vulcan can be with its probable fourth ray monad. 623|00:43:46|520|00:43:50|260Uranus can be with its first ray monad, considering, of course, 624|00:43:50|660|00:43:54|980that the fifth initiation is ruled by the first ray, 625|00:43:55|480|00:43:59|580interestingly enough. But here it talks about the third ray. The unifying 626|00:44:00|080|00:44:03|860heat of the second Logos is felt at the sixth initiation. (TCF, p.433) 627|00:44:04|360|00:44:07|740That sounds a lot like Jupiter with its second ray soul. But Neptune with 628|00:44:08|240|00:44:12|040its second ray monad may be involved. And the dynamic electricity 629|00:44:12|540|00:44:16|440of the first Logos is felt at the seventh initiation. (TCF, p.433) And you just have 630|00:44:16|940|00:44:19|280to think that Uranus is involved there. 631|00:44:20|400|00:44:23|520Uranus with its first ray monad. 632|00:44:24|799|00:44:26|400If we really pause to think, 633|00:44:27|680|00:44:32|240right, of what Master D.K. has given to 634|00:44:32|740|00:44:35|680us, it's just astonishing. 635|00:44:36|880|00:44:42|160The breadth of it, the depth of it, the requirements 636|00:44:43|120|00:44:46|800that it all be correlated. You know, sometimes he says, “Well, I've given you enough 637|00:44:47|300|00:44:50|080for one generation.” What kind of generation is that? 638|00:44:50|640|00:44:54|960Is it just a normal 25-year generation, or is it a generation 639|00:44:55|460|00:44:58|640of inquirers that are going to be found in the Aquarian Age? 640|00:44:59|280|00:45:03|550So he says, you know, understatement: “I've given you more than you 641|00:45:04|050|00:45:07|910can ever assimilate.” And that is astonishingly 642|00:45:08|410|00:45:11|990true. And, you know, we don't want to wait for the river to run by 643|00:45:12|070|00:45:16|110before we cross it. We just want to wade in and 644|00:45:16|610|00:45:20|310cross it. That means we want to get in there and assimilate 645|00:45:20|550|00:45:23|270what is given and, of course, apply it in service. 646|00:45:23|910|00:45:27|550Otherwise we just… You know, even the old 647|00:45:28|050|00:45:31|540saying: “Even a donkey can carry a library on 648|00:45:32|040|00:45:35|220his back” doesn't do much good unless it goes into the head, right? 649|00:45:35|540|00:45:38|660Okay. So anyway, the magical force of the seventh 650|00:45:39|160|00:45:42|900ray is felt at the first initiation. And what does 651|00:45:43|400|00:45:47|620he say here? “The incoming of a ray always produces an intensified period of initiatory 652|00:45:48|120|00:45:51|700activity.” And this is the case today, and I imagine, you know, pretty much 653|00:45:52|200|00:45:56|100with Master R. as Francis Bacon, we have the incoming of the seventh ray, 654|00:45:56|980|00:46:00|940that being his soul ray and that having been his ashram before 655|00:46:01|440|00:46:02|740he assumed the Maha Chohanship. 656|00:46:04|820|00:46:09|060“The major effect as far as humanity is concerned is to make possible the presentation 657|00:46:10|180|00:46:14|300of thousands of aspirants and applicants for 658|00:46:14|800|00:46:18|220the first initiation,” which the seventh ray rules 659|00:46:18|720|00:46:22|540both in the sacral center 660|00:46:23|040|00:46:26|300and in a special adaptation of throat 661|00:46:26|800|00:46:30|300center energy, which sees 662|00:46:30|800|00:46:34|020the throat expressing seventh ray energy instead of just third ray 663|00:46:34|180|00:46:37|980energy. Very interesting. What did he say about that first initiation? 664|00:46:38|480|00:46:40|740You know, frequently you might have a… 665|00:46:42|420|00:46:46|340You might have a third ray personality, a seventh ray mind, 666|00:46:46|500|00:46:50|420a seventh ray physical 667|00:46:50|870|00:46:53|110body, whatever your soul ray may be. 668|00:46:53|910|00:46:58|510That'd be most interesting why 669|00:46:59|010|00:47:02|510that should occur. But the seventh ray, of course, is very important at that time. 670|00:47:03|010|00:47:06|710And some variations in ray charts can occur. Remember, 671|00:47:06|950|00:47:10|230you can have any kind of ray chart, you know, but there's 672|00:47:10|730|00:47:14|110an old saying: “If you hear hoofbeats, maybe think 673|00:47:14|610|00:47:18|160of horses first and wildebeests only second.” 674|00:47:18|800|00:47:22|320Okay? “Men on a large scale and in mass formation”— 675|00:47:22|400|00:47:25|680so there's Cancer with its seventh ray— 676|00:47:26|080|00:47:31|200“can today pass through the experience 677|00:47:31|700|00:47:36|400of the first of the birth initiation.” Can and 678|00:47:36|900|00:47:40|120hopefully will. Can and will. And there's so much of what's going on 679|00:47:40|620|00:47:44|520today that shows what evil is and what selfishness is. 680|00:47:44|600|00:47:48|440We've got to see that in order to consciously 681|00:47:48|940|00:47:53|400make our choice that this is not the way for us. Because the consequences of 682|00:47:53|560|00:47:57|320selfishness are just too terrible to contemplate 683|00:47:57|820|00:48:01|800for the progress of humanity. “Thousands of human beings can 684|00:48:02|360|00:48:04|760experience the birth of the Christ within themselves.” 685|00:48:06|840|00:48:12|580And, you know, sometimes that's like the conversion experience in 686|00:48:13|080|00:48:16|740the churches, you know, but maybe a little beyond 687|00:48:17|240|00:48:21|220that, I would say thousands of human beings can experience the birth of the 688|00:48:21|720|00:48:25|180Christ within themselves and can realize that the Christ life, 689|00:48:25|979|00:48:29|980the Christ nature and the Christ consciousness are theirs. 690|00:48:30|480|00:48:33|900The Christ life, the Christ nature and the Christ consciousness. 691|00:48:34|540|00:48:37|180Well, that's a tall order, you know. I mean, to really, 692|00:48:40|100|00:48:43|300with any kind of consistency, develop the mind as it is in Christ. 693|00:48:44|580|00:48:48|180That's a very tall type of 694|00:48:48|680|00:48:52|140requirement — high, you know — but anyway, we can't 695|00:48:52|640|00:48:56|300do it forever and be entirely consistent about it. But you can 696|00:48:56|800|00:49:00|100have those flashes of realization, and the consistency will come as 697|00:49:00|600|00:49:03|860you, as you go on and you develop. This new birth 698|00:49:03|940|00:49:08|050initiation, new birth of the human family, will take 699|00:49:08|550|00:49:11|970place in Bethlehem, symbolically understood. For Bethlehem 700|00:49:12|470|00:49:16|770is the house of bread and occult term signifying physical plane experience and 701|00:49:18|690|00:49:22|530the sharing of physical 702|00:49:23|650|00:49:25|250plane requirements. 703|00:49:28|610|00:49:31|860Remember that D.K. said before the Christ can come, a measure 704|00:49:32|360|00:49:36|220of sharing, a measure of peace, a measure of cleanliness, you know, 705|00:49:36|720|00:49:40|420house cleaning for the political and church groups and elsewhere will be 706|00:49:40|920|00:49:43|140required. These great initiations, 707|00:49:44|260|00:49:47|780they're called the monadic initiations. And even the first is part of it really, 708|00:49:47|860|00:49:51|780because there are lesser initiations which precede these great 709|00:49:52|280|00:49:55|860monadic initiations taken, I suppose, in the causal body and thus 710|00:49:56|020|00:50:00|570called monadic initiations. These great initiations, implemented 711|00:50:01|070|00:50:04|170by the Ray energies, must be registered in 712|00:50:04|670|00:50:07|650the physical brain and recorded by the waking consciousness of the initiate. 713|00:50:08|850|00:50:12|370And this must be the case in this amazing period wherein 714|00:50:12|870|00:50:15|570for the first time since humanity appeared on earth, 715|00:50:16|050|00:50:18|930there can take place a mass initiation. 716|00:50:22|610|00:50:25|250Well, to be registered in the physical brain, you know, 717|00:50:27|710|00:50:30|590does that happen during the initiation ceremony? 718|00:50:31|150|00:50:34|430I mean, because of course, causal body, mental, astral, 719|00:50:34|830|00:50:38|270etheric brain — they're all connected. 720|00:50:39|150|00:50:42|950The real chamber of initiation is the causal 721|00:50:43|450|00:50:46|790body is the egoic lotus. And so many people 722|00:50:47|290|00:50:51|150just don't remember the first initiation. They don't even remember the second. 723|00:50:51|310|00:50:55|040And there was a third, third degree initiate who didn't, 724|00:50:55|540|00:50:59|920you know — although very wise and very 725|00:51:00|420|00:51:04|520expansive and deep in consciousness — didn't remember really an 726|00:51:05|020|00:51:08|080interview in the master's ashram. Well, 727|00:51:09|200|00:51:12|520okay, so there is the ideal and then there's 728|00:51:13|020|00:51:16|680also the actuality that occurs. But a mass initiation 729|00:51:17|180|00:51:21|110is possible. Group initiation can be achieved under 730|00:51:21|190|00:51:24|590Capricorn and Cancer. You know, both of 731|00:51:25|090|00:51:26|150them carry the seventh ray. 732|00:51:27|590|00:51:31|430Capricorn is useful for five initiations at 733|00:51:31|930|00:51:36|070least. And Cancer carries the possibility of mass 734|00:51:36|710|00:51:41|350consciousness. And upgraded and you have mass initiation. 735|00:51:41|670|00:51:45|420The experience need not be expressed in occult 736|00:51:45|920|00:51:49|820terms and in the majority of cases will 737|00:51:49|980|00:51:53|420not be. So, you know, you can have all kinds of people 738|00:51:53|980|00:51:57|420that are really fulfilling the requirements which we were, you know, going over 739|00:51:57|820|00:52:00|060just a little while ago. There were six of them, 740|00:52:00|780|00:52:03|940I recall, or do I recall them now? But you know, 741|00:52:04|440|00:52:07|820it had a lot to do with your striving and your learning and your 742|00:52:08|320|00:52:11|540love of humanity and your disciplining of yourself and so 743|00:52:12|040|00:52:15|970forth. The individual initiate who takes this initiation is aware 744|00:52:16|470|00:52:20|210of great changes in his attitude to himself, to his 745|00:52:20|710|00:52:24|810fellow men, to circumstances and to his interpretation of life 746|00:52:25|610|00:52:29|050events. Even the first initiation, 747|00:52:29|450|00:52:32|530it's high. It's high, you know. 99% of 748|00:52:33|030|00:52:37|050your lives are gone, maybe more, by the time it's possible to take the 749|00:52:37|780|00:52:41|740first initiation — maybe 99.9%. You know, it's between 750|00:52:42|240|00:52:45|660the first initiation and the fifth, or the fourth, 751|00:52:46|160|00:52:49|620where incarnations in physical form can cease. 752|00:52:50|980|00:52:54|180It could be not many lives. 753|00:52:54|420|00:52:58|340It depends on how we read it and our mastery. 754|00:52:58|840|00:53:02|700of the time equation. In one place, initiation, 755|00:53:03|200|00:53:05|780human and soldiery says: “Okay, could be one life or several.” 756|00:53:06|260|00:53:10|340Another place, she says, “Many.” But that's up to the second initiation. 757|00:53:10|840|00:53:14|180And we know that 2, 3, 4 can be taken in the same life. 758|00:53:14|340|00:53:17|3003, 4 in the same life. 4, 5, in the same life. 759|00:53:18|020|00:53:21|540So really, by the time you reach the 760|00:53:22|040|00:53:24|740period of initiatory possibility, 761|00:53:25|300|00:53:30|110the great majority of lives is 762|00:53:30|610|00:53:34|390passed. And a great opportunity lies immediately ahead for those 763|00:53:34|890|00:53:39|470who recognize it and are willing, you know, to apply 764|00:53:39|630|00:53:43|310themselves. So everything changes. 765|00:53:43|810|00:53:46|950You know, you begin to realize. You begin to know something. 766|00:53:47|450|00:53:52|510You are the soul. You are the observer. You are not the 767|00:53:53|010|00:53:56|210instrument. Well, you are and you are not. You know, we are everything. 768|00:53:56|850|00:54:00|490Easily said, but what does that really mean? We're everything, and yet in 769|00:54:00|990|00:54:04|330time and space, we are not. Certain forms or the higher part of 770|00:54:04|830|00:54:08|210ourselves operates independently from what we 771|00:54:08|710|00:54:12|690have considered ourselves to be. So these are peculiarly, the reactions 772|00:54:13|570|00:54:17|570which attend the first initiation. 773|00:54:17|970|00:54:21|650A new orientation to life and a new world of thought 774|00:54:22|690|00:54:25|810are registered by the initiate. And, you know, we might say, “Well, born again.” 775|00:54:26|210|00:54:30|370This is the new life. Now, is the religious 776|00:54:32|530|00:54:36|010experience of being born again the same as the first initiation? And I would 777|00:54:36|510|00:54:40|690say it's such a downflow 778|00:54:40|770|00:54:44|690of stimulation and aspiration that stepping 779|00:54:45|190|00:54:48|610towards the full requirements of the first initiation 780|00:54:49|250|00:54:52|570receives a great impulse. I don't look at the born- 781|00:54:53|070|00:54:56|330again Christian experience as the full first initiation, but I 782|00:54:56|830|00:55:00|530do see that it can propel a 783|00:55:01|030|00:55:04|490number of people on their way and, you know, 784|00:55:04|990|00:55:08|890give them the steam to fulfill the demands 785|00:55:09|390|00:55:12|050which are maybe not easy, you know. 786|00:55:13|650|00:55:17|560All right, so that's from—is that from Rays and Initiations? 787|00:55:18|520|00:55:22|280Yes, it could be, because it's got so many pages in it, more pages 788|00:55:22|780|00:55:24|840than Esoteric Psychology, Volume One. 789|00:55:25|800|00:55:29|800So I don't know, there's some, you know, splitting up here of references. 790|00:55:30|360|00:55:34|640What about this fifth spirillae, you know, because the number five is 791|00:55:35|140|00:55:38|280a number definitely connected with the fifth ray. 792|00:55:38|780|00:55:43|790And the fifth ray with the power to initiate and to receive 793|00:55:44|290|00:55:46|510initiation. And at the… 794|00:55:48|430|00:55:52|150At the initiation at which the Lord of the World appears for 795|00:55:52|650|00:55:56|030the first time, being more Uranian than Saturnian, 796|00:55:56|430|00:55:59|630the fifth ray and the adjacent center ruled by the fifth ray, 797|00:56:00|590|00:56:03|950are the focus. So it, 798|00:56:04|270|00:56:08|030the fifth ray, D.K. says, does give one the power 799|00:56:08|530|00:56:12|090to take initiation, you know, but of course, everything else 800|00:56:12|590|00:56:15|850has to be tending in that direction as well. Okay. Therefore, he says, 801|00:56:16|350|00:56:19|810the mental unit of men in this fifth sub-race, 802|00:56:21|330|00:56:24|610and maybe, you know, probably wasn't so to the same extent in the 803|00:56:25|110|00:56:28|370fourth. And the third will receive increased stimulation. 804|00:56:28|870|00:56:32|050And we're going to see this in the Age of Aquarius with its powerful fifth 805|00:56:32|550|00:56:35|910ray coming through that constellation, enabling man to 806|00:56:36|410|00:56:40|150vibrate on the fifth subplane, which is literally the third 807|00:56:40|230|00:56:43|550subplane on the abstract level of the mental plane on which 808|00:56:44|050|00:56:47|310the causal body is found for the most part. And for most men—it's going 809|00:56:47|810|00:56:51|910to be human beings—it's going to be increasingly 810|00:56:52|310|00:56:56|550a mental age. But love and mind under Venus, 811|00:56:57|050|00:57:00|870which is fifth ray, can and will unite. And you know, 812|00:57:01|370|00:57:04|720Venus is so interesting because it has this very, very mental fifth ray 813|00:57:05|220|00:57:09|480in its soul nature. But monadically, it's very probably the 814|00:57:09|980|00:57:12|680combination of the sixth and the second, the soft-line rays. 815|00:57:14|040|00:57:18|240So the fifth spirilla will consequently 816|00:57:18|740|00:57:22|160become active and the electrical force or the fohadic current 817|00:57:22|660|00:57:26|120will pour through it and enable those men who are at the right stage. 818|00:57:26|760|00:57:30|220Okay, that's really important. It's not a horoscope that 819|00:57:30|720|00:57:34|380tells you that or even a ray chart—who are at the right stage 820|00:57:34|880|00:57:38|220to utilize this force in order to take the first 821|00:57:38|720|00:57:42|940initiation. So the soul, 822|00:57:43|260|00:57:47|220well, the solar angel is a combination, let's say generically, 823|00:57:47|720|00:57:51|940of the fifth and second ray. And so when you look at the idea 824|00:57:52|440|00:57:56|590that the causal body is moving up onto the second sub-plane and 825|00:57:57|090|00:58:01|150that the egoic lotus causal body, soul are primarily generically a 826|00:58:01|650|00:58:05|350second ray demonstration that we're on the 827|00:58:05|850|00:58:08|430mental plane, which is the number five. 828|00:58:09|230|00:58:13|790We can see how the five and the two combine to 829|00:58:14|290|00:58:16|110make initiation possible. 830|00:58:18|590|00:58:22|390Well, you know, lots of theory here, and it's 831|00:58:22|890|00:58:25|710interesting and all hangs together reasonably. But of course, 832|00:58:26|350|00:58:30|190what will it mean for us actually to experience these 833|00:58:30|590|00:58:32|510things directly? 834|00:58:34|510|00:58:38|630So anyway, there's going to be usually seven spirillae 835|00:58:39|130|00:58:42|790in the permanent atoms that we normally deal with, not the three spirillae 836|00:58:43|290|00:58:46|550of the spiritual triad. And when we reach number five, the possibility 837|00:58:47|050|00:58:50|510of initiation is presented to us. 838|00:58:52|340|00:58:54|740Well, I think. Okay, that's got to be enough for the moment. 839|00:58:55|540|00:58:58|020I'm trying to, you know, come in here at an hour, 840|00:58:58|180|00:59:01|940roughly, so as not to distress the transcribers. 841|00:59:02|900|00:59:06|620So this is the end. This is the end, huh? This is the 842|00:59:07|120|00:59:09|380end of… 843|00:59:11|620|00:59:14|420What did I call it? First initiation. 844|00:59:15|140|00:59:17|460First initiation. Commentary. Video. 845|00:59:18|630|00:59:22|230Yeah, compilation video commentary. And this is 846|00:59:22|390|00:59:26|070number four. And the day is… I don't know 847|00:59:26|570|00:59:30|230why that's important, but here it is, the 29th of June in 848|00:59:30|730|00:59:33|510the year of our Lord 2018. 849|00:59:34|310|00:59:38|590And here is the beginning of the first 850|00:59:39|090|00:59:42|270initiation compilation video commentary number 851|00:59:42|770|00:59:45|590five. And we'll see when we can carry this on. I… 852|00:59:46|030|00:59:49|590As I say, I'd like to be able to carry it on onward and 853|00:59:50|090|00:59:54|070onward, you know, and even do five hours in a row, as 854|00:59:54|570|00:59:58|910I used to do. But it was maybe not as manageable 855|00:59:59|070|01:00:02|670for those who were listening and for those who were transcribing. 856|01:00:02|750|01:00:06|350So I'm taking the slower road at the moment. 857|01:00:07|470|01:00:10|430Okay. All right, friends, so we'll go on here. 858|01:00:12|660|01:00:16|260There's so much here. Maybe we've only done two pages on that 859|01:00:16|760|01:00:19|780one, but maybe nine or 10 or 11 more 860|01:00:20|100|01:00:25|060pages on this particular commentary. And I also will check 861|01:00:25|560|01:00:29|700in on other references that may not have been included 862|01:00:30|200|01:00:33|940here because they're all important. When you see those words, first initiation, 863|01:00:34|340|01:00:38|220something of importance is going to be said. Even if it's the first initiation 864|01:00:38|720|01:00:42|590regarding systemic (TCF, p.433) progress, planetary progress, 865|01:00:43|090|01:00:46|510or it's the first initiation in relation to Sirius or 866|01:00:46|590|01:00:51|310the first initiation in relation to the sun, which would be the transfiguration. 867|01:00:52|510|01:00:56|590So we're trying to get these terms correlated 868|01:00:56|750|01:00:59|710and understand, you know, 869|01:00:59|950|01:01:03|510their proper relationships. Okay, so that's that. 870|01:01:04|010|01:01:07|400And we'll go on to number five as soon 871|01:01:07|900|01:01:11|840as time and energy permit. I'll see you soon, 872|01:01:12|340|01:01:16|160Matzah. Love and study hard. Study hard. 873|01:01:16|560|01:01:19|840Assimilate and apply. And in speaking to you, I speak to myself. 874|01:01:20|000|01:01:20|800Okay, bye.