1|00:00:02|080|00:00:05|560Hello, friends, and welcome to 2|00:00:06|060|00:00:10|240our second program on the First 3|00:00:10|740|00:00:14|280Initiation Compilation. It's been a few days 4|00:00:14|780|00:00:20|400since I've been able to get back to this, but okay, hopefully now 5|00:00:20|900|00:00:22|000we can keep going for a little while. 6|00:00:24|480|00:00:28|310The first program is posted 7|00:00:28|790|00:00:32|630now on YouTube. And I'll continue to post on 8|00:00:33|130|00:00:37|510our Morya Federation Esoteric Education on 9|00:00:38|010|00:00:41|989YouTube. Okay, we're in “Discipleship” number two 10|00:00:42|489|00:00:46|310at the moment. “All these 11|00:00:46|810|00:00:50|750things are, at this time, characteristic of the Hierarchy. I would remind 12|00:00:51|250|00:00:54|160you that when you think of Hierarchy, 13|00:00:54|560|00:00:57|600you think in terms of the Masters, as most people do, 14|00:00:57|920|00:01:01|040or of the higher initiates. (DINAII, p.64) And this is not 15|00:01:01|540|00:01:05|680correct.” (DINAII, p.64) Okay, let's see what he says here. 16|00:01:06|480|00:01:09|360“This is not correct.” All right, 17|00:01:13|840|00:01:16|560there we go. “Every accepted disciple, 18|00:01:16|800|00:01:20|800every… is within the periphery of the Hierarchy and of its 19|00:01:21|300|00:01:24|880influence. And as I have frequently pointed out, 20|00:01:24|960|00:01:27|920all have, in some past life, 21|00:01:28|400|00:01:32|280taken the first initiation (DINAII, p.64)—perhaps not 22|00:01:32|780|00:01:37|680necessarily the Christ as the initiator. But given 23|00:01:38|320|00:01:42|640accepted discipleship and the fact that the Christ has been the initiator 24|00:01:43|140|00:01:47|360for some 2,500 years, it's very probably the Christ. Every disciple 25|00:01:47|860|00:01:51|180has (DINAII, p.64) been to Bethlehem, has seen the star 26|00:01:51|340|00:01:55|340in the east, the star of initiation, which shines forth 27|00:01:55|840|00:01:59|100in the chamber of initiation—that star which shines forth 28|00:01:59|600|00:02:03|540in fuller splendor each time another initiation 29|00:02:04|040|00:02:06|540is taken.” A very beautiful idea. And I just want to… 30|00:02:08|700|00:02:12|620Let's see if I can point out something 31|00:02:14|700|00:02:19|820from a map. And it would be this 32|00:02:19|980|00:02:23|180map which shows disciples. 33|00:02:24|380|00:02:27|740Let's see here. I don't know if I 34|00:02:28|240|00:02:32|500have to lift this up here. Various grades of disciples and even 35|00:02:33|000|00:02:36|940people on the probationary path are within this blue circle 36|00:02:37|440|00:02:41|820of Hierarchy. The Tibetan says that all accepted disciples 37|00:02:42|480|00:02:46|240are within the circle of Hierarchy. As we cannot 38|00:02:46|740|00:02:50|720really be an accepted disciple unless 39|00:02:50|800|00:02:54|000we have taken the first initiation. Of course, 40|00:02:54|500|00:02:57|720there are some rare exceptions for certain purposes, 41|00:02:58|220|00:03:01|840as one of the disciples in the 42|00:03:02|340|00:03:06|840Tibetan's group was put in there for his own protection and because of his loyalty 43|00:03:07|340|00:03:08|800and helpfulness to the cause. 44|00:03:10|400|00:03:13|360He had not yet taken the first degree, and yet he was considered to be 45|00:03:13|860|00:03:17|800an accepted disciple. But that's very rare. You may want 46|00:03:18|300|00:03:21|360to read on L.T.S.K. 47|00:03:22|560|00:03:26|240Okay. In the DINA 2 books. 48|00:03:26|800|00:03:29|440DINA I and DINA II. Okay. 49|00:03:30|720|00:03:33|360“Freedom from material imprisonment. 50|00:03:33|680|00:03:37|070Preparatory to this first initiation, there has 51|00:03:37|150|00:03:40|510always to be—individually and now collectively, 52|00:03:41|550|00:03:45|310yes—and that's for the first time, the denial 53|00:03:45|390|00:03:48|710of the lower self—the entirety of the lower self 54|00:03:49|210|00:03:52|750perhaps, but especially the physical instincts. 55|00:03:53|250|00:03:56|910I would say denial of the lower self and the fervid 56|00:03:57|410|00:04:01|150acceptance by the personality of the loss of all 57|00:04:01|650|00:04:04|840the material factors which have held the soul a prisoner 58|00:04:05|340|00:04:09|480in the womb of time.” (DINAII, p.244) That word “fervid” is an intense 59|00:04:10|280|00:04:13|520word. It involves the idea of that 60|00:04:14|020|00:04:17|720which is intensely emotional and a focused emotion— 61|00:04:18|200|00:04:22|440fervent, you might say, almost fevered maybe. 62|00:04:23|240|00:04:27|360But it is an intense approach to the rejection of 63|00:04:27|860|00:04:29|890the material factors. 64|00:04:31|650|00:04:35|490Now this is happening for humanity as a whole (DINAII, p.244) as they have been very 65|00:04:37|090|00:04:40|730deprived through the powers of Pluto and 66|00:04:41|230|00:04:44|890Vulcan in the great war of so much 67|00:04:45|390|00:04:48|450of that upon which they depended and which they felt 68|00:04:49|730|00:04:54|250was absolutely necessary for their sense 69|00:04:54|750|00:04:57|900of well-being and a… a well-lived life. 70|00:04:58|540|00:05:01|660But these things have been taken out of their hands and they've learned 71|00:05:02|160|00:05:06|060that a greater simplicity is possible which 72|00:05:06|560|00:05:10|140leads to a far more fulfilled life 73|00:05:10|460|00:05:14|700spiritually considered. I mean, there's so much frankly 74|00:05:15|200|00:05:18|980that we are hanging on to and these things do get in 75|00:05:19|480|00:05:23|060the way. And the Tibetan, well, the Tibetan for 76|00:05:23|560|00:05:27|110sure, and the Buddha before him, spoke of 77|00:05:27|510|00:05:31|270the need not to desire that which is 78|00:05:31|350|00:05:34|470found within the phenomenal world. 79|00:05:35|350|00:05:39|310So we are ready then to relinquish so much of 80|00:05:39|810|00:05:43|270what we thought was necessary, only to find that which is 81|00:05:43|770|00:05:47|750simpler, truer, and spiritually necessary. 82|00:05:48|710|00:05:52|790Okay, so there's a lot of loss that 83|00:05:53|290|00:05:57|030goes on here with this before the first 84|00:05:57|530|00:06:01|750initiation, those two planets particularly, and a great revolution 85|00:06:01|830|00:06:05|590that is found with Uranus 86|00:06:06|090|00:06:09|270as one of the major rulers of this initiation and the ruler of the 87|00:06:09|770|00:06:13|590sacral center with its acquisitive third 88|00:06:13|670|00:06:17|430ray sort of grasp on material 89|00:06:17|930|00:06:21|750form. Instead, there is a transference, beginning of a transference to the 90|00:06:22|320|00:06:26|960throat center, where a higher relationship to 91|00:06:27|040|00:06:31|120form is experienced. One that is 92|00:06:31|620|00:06:35|120far more intelligent, more detached, 93|00:06:36|000|00:06:39|440more knowing and less obsessive. 94|00:06:40|720|00:06:42|320Okay, let's go on. 95|00:06:43|840|00:06:47|440Unconscious occultist. This is about that still 96|00:06:47|940|00:06:51|730from Dinah. 2. The number of those who can work with the 97|00:06:52|230|00:06:55|450energy of thought is now very great. (DINAII, p.375) So here we are. You know, the throat 98|00:06:55|950|00:06:59|490center is really becoming stimulated. Let's just say the throat 99|00:06:59|990|00:07:03|690center. Okay, let's see here. 100|00:07:06|090|00:07:09|130That should be throat center. 101|00:07:11|530|00:07:13|050I don't know why it is not working. 102|00:07:14|890|00:07:16|730Aha. It's just not working. 103|00:07:18|200|00:07:21|160All right, let's see what we can do here. Yeah, 104|00:07:22|520|00:07:26|920set as default. And hopefully this 105|00:07:27|420|00:07:29|960will work. The throat center. 106|00:07:31|400|00:07:34|920Well, maybe it's not going to work. I'll just close this 107|00:07:35|420|00:07:38|680for a little while. Okay, I'm back. 108|00:07:39|160|00:07:42|640I managed to fix what was not working 109|00:07:43|140|00:07:47|190with Australian English. And I don't know how that happened, 110|00:07:47|690|00:07:51|950but okay. We now have the idea that 111|00:07:52|430|00:07:55|870the number who can work with the energy of thought is very great because there's 112|00:07:56|030|00:08:00|109at this time a tremendous stimulation of 113|00:08:00|609|00:08:04|350the throat center in humanity, especially during these latter days 114|00:08:05|310|00:08:09|710of the Aryan root race, which involves intelligence 115|00:08:09|870|00:08:13|260and the throat center. So it's more active now. 116|00:08:16|380|00:08:18|380And there's another reason as well, 117|00:08:20|780|00:08:24|380because so many hundreds of thousands have 118|00:08:24|880|00:08:28|620taken the first initiation. (DINAII, p.375) So many 119|00:08:28|940|00:08:32|580hundreds of thousands have taken the first initiation. 120|00:08:33|080|00:08:37|180And now I think that number is probably up in the millions. 121|00:08:37|420|00:08:40|860This becomes clearer when you realize the untold numbers 122|00:08:41|360|00:08:44|510of those who are definitely (DINAII, p.375) oriented towards 123|00:08:45|010|00:08:48|470the light. And here are some of the requirements of the first 124|00:08:48|970|00:08:52|750initiation. Definitely oriented towards the light, who are spiritually motivated 125|00:08:53|550|00:08:57|510and are consciously trying to tread the path or express the 126|00:08:58|010|00:09:01|670idea in Christian phraseology to follow in the footsteps 127|00:09:02|170|00:09:07|230of the Christ. This is a little more inclusive look 128|00:09:08|210|00:09:12|490than he gave earlier. He talked about people being interested in the esoteric 129|00:09:12|990|00:09:16|810teaching, but they may have taken the first initiation in 130|00:09:17|310|00:09:21|410some other religion which doesn't have the terminology of occultism 131|00:09:21|910|00:09:25|690at all. And here he elaborates on this. These are 132|00:09:26|190|00:09:30|090the requirements. Let's take a look at that. And the words 133|00:09:30|590|00:09:34|540that are invol (DINAII, p.422)ved. Orientation to light, 134|00:09:36|140|00:09:40|060spiritual motivation, trying to 135|00:09:40|780|00:09:44|580tread the path. And he 136|00:09:45|080|00:09:49|820talks elsewhere about beautifying the life and discipline 137|00:09:49|980|00:09:52|220and being also interested. 138|00:09:54|940|00:09:56|700Well, I'm having a good time here. 139|00:10:00|790|00:10:03|350Okay, so let's see here. 140|00:10:06|790|00:10:11|910Yes, he. He speaks also of disciplining 141|00:10:12|790|00:10:18|550the life elsewhere. So let's put that in elsewhere. 142|00:10:19|430|00:10:21|190Disciplining the… 143|00:10:24|790|00:10:28|340So that greater beauty 144|00:10:28|420|00:10:34|260appears. And he talks about interest 145|00:10:35|940|00:10:40|020in the esoteric teaching. But this 146|00:10:40|520|00:10:44|340can be really any good spiritual 147|00:10:45|140|00:10:49|220teaching. And let's see if we can find that 148|00:10:50|340|00:10:53|820reference. It would be in the 149|00:10:54|320|00:10:57|430AAB. Yeah. 150|00:10:57|930|00:11:00|870Okay, so let's see first and second. 151|00:11:05|910|00:11:09|470Okay, let's see if we have that. Okay, let's see 152|00:11:09|970|00:11:11|750first. No, that won't do it. 153|00:11:12|870|00:11:21|270Okay, first and second initiation characteristics. 154|00:11:23|540|00:11:26|900And let's take a look. Yes, here they are. They try. Yes, 155|00:11:27|220|00:11:31|180maybe the most important one: truly love their fellow men and 156|00:11:31|680|00:11:35|220to seek the discipline in order to achieve greater 157|00:11:35|720|00:11:38|980beauty of life. And then comes later, some sort of mental 158|00:11:39|480|00:11:41|620unfoldment. Right, 159|00:11:42|660|00:11:44|340so let's take a look here. 160|00:11:47|060|00:11:50|030I'll put this in there. 161|00:11:50|590|00:11:55|150Okay, so these are characteristics of 162|00:11:55|650|00:11:58|430the first initiation. Let's review them. 163|00:12:04|990|00:12:05|550Sorry, 164|00:12:10|110|00:12:13|510I think I got thrown off a little bit by Australian English. 165|00:12:14|010|00:12:17|230So anyway, orientation towards the light, you know, 166|00:12:17|730|00:12:20|390measure yourself, measure others that, you know, 167|00:12:21|030|00:12:26|430spiritual orientation or 168|00:12:26|930|00:12:30|229motivation, and trying to tread the path, whatever path that 169|00:12:30|729|00:12:34|110is. And then additionally, those who truly love their fellow 170|00:12:34|610|00:12:38|070men who are interested in the esoteric teaching. But let's just say 171|00:12:39|190|00:12:42|470any kind of spiritual teaching might really do here. 172|00:12:44|030|00:12:48|150Discipline to attain greater 173|00:12:48|650|00:12:52|190beauty of life. And why don't I just make these all 174|00:12:52|690|00:12:56|670quite big so they do stand 175|00:12:57|170|00:13:00|190out, you know, they do stand out. 176|00:13:01|630|00:13:03|710Okay, let's see if we can do that. 177|00:13:05|150|00:13:07|950There. There it is. Okay. All right. 178|00:13:08|270|00:13:12|150That took a little while and I'm sorry. But think about these things. 179|00:13:12|650|00:13:16|390You know, all those: orientation 180|00:13:16|710|00:13:20|550to the light to. And he says “the light.” 181|00:13:21|270|00:13:24|430Spiritual motivation, trying to tread 182|00:13:24|930|00:13:28|910the path, whatever path that may be, loving one's 183|00:13:29|410|00:13:32|910fellow man. Think of this. Interested in, well, 184|00:13:33|410|00:13:36|550the spiritual teaching. I guess what I would do is put in the word 185|00:13:38|040|00:13:41|520“spiritual.” And who seek to discipline themselves 186|00:13:42|020|00:13:46|280in order to attain greater beauty of life. And elsewhere he 187|00:13:46|780|00:13:49|920also talks about this. They may 188|00:13:50|420|00:13:54|000know nothing of the occult teaching or of esoteric techniques, 189|00:13:54|500|00:13:58|600but the discipline of their lives and their realised fixed intention and 190|00:13:59|100|00:14:02|240service bring them inevitably and eventually onto the 191|00:14:02|740|00:14:08|010occult way and let's say a more scientific 192|00:14:09|130|00:14:15|210way of more complete understanding. 193|00:14:15|770|00:14:19|169They are learning to think well, hence the throat center 194|00:14:19|669|00:14:22|530is involved. They earnestly seek to know the right way, 195|00:14:23|030|00:14:26|650the right hand path for humanity and not the selfish path and 196|00:14:27|150|00:14:30|460desire to ascertain the will of God. 197|00:14:30|960|00:14:35|460And already, you know, the monad has settled into the soul 198|00:14:35|960|00:14:38|500body. Its presence is there even if the brain doesn't pick it up. 199|00:14:39|540|00:14:43|140So that idea of the will of God is coming from the monad 200|00:14:43|640|00:14:47|540and through the jewel and the lotus and through. Thus through 201|00:14:48|040|00:14:51|980the egoic lotus and through 202|00:14:52|480|00:14:57|520the various centers, but especially through the head centers that 203|00:14:58|020|00:15:01|960is active, they are learning to think. They earnestly seek to 204|00:15:02|460|00:15:05|800know the right way for humanity and desire to ascertain the will of God. 205|00:15:06|300|00:15:10|000They are therefore building thought forms and are developing the power to 206|00:15:10|500|00:15:14|400be impressed in this building of thought forms. This is occurring 207|00:15:15|040|00:15:18|400in relation to the. To the throat center. 208|00:15:20|720|00:15:24|580Okay, so. And even before, you know, 209|00:15:24|660|00:15:28|460it said that before the first initiation is taken, and maybe 210|00:15:28|960|00:15:32|460during the taking of it, the personality will be 211|00:15:32|960|00:15:36|660on the third ray, maybe the seventh 212|00:15:37|160|00:15:41|220ray. But in any case, the throat center will be stimulated 213|00:15:41|720|00:15:45|460either by Saturn third ray or by Uranus seventh ray. 214|00:15:45|540|00:15:48|990There's an elevation of the sacral center to the throat 215|00:15:49|490|00:15:52|750center. And more seventh ray is coming into the throat 216|00:15:53|250|00:15:57|470center of the newly developing first degree initiate. 217|00:15:57|550|00:16:00|590And so many hundreds of thousands. Think about that. 218|00:16:01|710|00:16:04|830That is operative now and millions 219|00:16:05|150|00:16:07|550will be taking it. Humanity is ready for a great change. 220|00:16:08|190|00:16:11|870And maybe that's why we're seeing (DINAII, p.422) so much of the dismal, 221|00:16:11|950|00:16:15|480selfish past. At the moment, it's being lifted 222|00:16:15|980|00:16:20|000into the air for all to see. Pluto is doing its job and 223|00:16:20|500|00:16:24|000hopefully it will be destroyed by higher forces 224|00:16:24|500|00:16:28|160that no longer can tolerate that ancient way 225|00:16:28|660|00:16:32|160which leads to isolation, 226|00:16:32|320|00:16:35|960lack of cooperation and friction and all kinds 227|00:16:36|460|00:16:40|080of Martian troubles between human beings. 228|00:16:41|910|00:16:45|430Well, it kind of gets you excited, you know, that this is actually happening. 229|00:16:45|930|00:16:49|870And here all this was written 70 years 230|00:16:50|370|00:16:54|750ago… 80 years ago. We're just picking 231|00:16:55|250|00:16:59|270it up. You know, kind of think about those students of the Tibetan at 232|00:16:59|770|00:17:02|750the time, and they didn't have what we have now. We have all of the 233|00:17:03|250|00:17:06|710books, we have the Internet, we have the 234|00:17:06|950|00:17:08|950mass communication systems, 235|00:17:10|030|00:17:13|470instant access to what's going on all over the world. We ought to make good, 236|00:17:13|970|00:17:17|310you know, and we can certainly understand that they may 237|00:17:17|810|00:17:21|390have had a harder time than we at this 238|00:17:21|890|00:17:24|830time. Of course, we have our other problems. 239|00:17:26|510|00:17:29|470So the Law of… Now coming under the Law of Attraction, 240|00:17:30|190|00:17:33|910I assume that's the word. As… as a human being, (DINAII, p.422) the disciple was 241|00:17:34|410|00:17:38|320ruled and conditioned by the cosmic Law of Economy. (DINAII, p.422) Now again, you know, 242|00:17:38|820|00:17:42|960what would you say? Third Ray, right? Law of Attraction, repulsion, Second Ray 243|00:17:43|040|00:17:45|520and Law of Synthesis, 244|00:17:47|040|00:17:50|520First Ray. So as a human being… 245|00:17:51|020|00:17:55|120And now we're making transition out of the strictly human kingdom and towards 246|00:17:55|620|00:17:59|040the fifth kingdom of souls. And that's taking place at the 247|00:17:59|760|00:18:02|000first initiation, that kind of transition. 248|00:18:03|730|00:18:06|770The disciple was ruled and conditioned by the cosmic Law of Economy, 249|00:18:07|090|00:18:10|810along with its various subsidiary laws (DINAII, p.422) 250|00:18:11|310|00:18:14|570which were active, which were active and conditioning in the three 251|00:18:15|070|00:18:17|890worlds of human evolution. (DINAII, p.422) And I think, you know, 252|00:18:19|010|00:18:23|330go to “Treatise on Cosmic Fire” and 253|00:18:23|730|00:18:28|210find the subsidiary laws 254|00:18:28|450|00:18:30|130to the Law of Economy. 255|00:18:34|410|00:18:37|770L.O.E. Well, we really should have that, shouldn't we? 256|00:18:38|270|00:18:39|770L.O.E… L.O.E… 257|00:18:41|370|00:18:43|770L.O.E. Con. Okay, there we go. 258|00:18:44|170|00:18:48|330L.O.E. Econ. All right, 259|00:18:49|130|00:18:52|690so you can find those. But I don't think it's worth at 260|00:18:53|190|00:18:57|130the moment that we get into those subsidiaries. 261|00:18:57|630|00:19:01|270This law is the basic law of nature. A green law, we might say. 262|00:19:01|990|00:19:05|870Nature is green in a way, and nature is also red in 263|00:19:06|370|00:19:09|430tooth and claw on this First Ray monadic planet. 264|00:19:09|910|00:19:13|070This law is the basic, the foundation, you know, 265|00:19:13|570|00:19:17|110the builder of the foundation, Third Ray, the basic law of nature and the 266|00:19:18|070|00:19:20|870end of the natural evolving man, you know, 267|00:19:21|370|00:19:25|270the old Adam that was considered sinful in 268|00:19:25|770|00:19:29|500those earlier days. After the first initiation, (DINAII, p.422) he comes under the 269|00:19:30|000|00:19:34|220Law of Attraction. (DINAII, p.422) Well, the egoic lotus has moved up one 270|00:19:34|720|00:19:39|260step vibratorily anyway, and is 271|00:19:39|760|00:19:43|860now on that second sub-plane of the mental plane where we have what's called 272|00:19:44|360|00:19:48|020response to group vibration rather than 273|00:19:48|520|00:19:51|860simply spiritual discernment on the third sub-plane. 274|00:19:52|360|00:19:55|550But spiritual discernment must certainly be retained. 275|00:19:57|470|00:20:01|190So after the first initiation, he comes under the Law of 276|00:20:01|690|00:20:05|750Attraction, Second Ray, which is really what should be happening on this planet 277|00:20:06|250|00:20:09|510at this time and in this solar system, which carries and wields the 278|00:20:10|010|00:20:13|670energy of love and through the law… And though the Law of 279|00:20:14|170|00:20:18|800Economy is then abrogated, or at least diminished 280|00:20:19|300|00:20:23|080in its overwhelming importance, it preserves an habitual control 281|00:20:23|580|00:20:27|560over the habitual processes of the form vehicles (DINAII, p.422) which 282|00:20:28|060|00:20:32|840are now used under the Law of Attraction. So we might say the 283|00:20:33|160|00:20:33|880vehicles, 284|00:20:37|880|00:20:41|480let's see, represented by the 285|00:20:42|840|00:20:43|880Lunar Lords, 286|00:20:46|490|00:20:51|050still operate foundationally under 287|00:20:51|210|00:20:55|690the Law of Economy. And this 288|00:20:56|190|00:21:00|090law works within the consciousness of man and 289|00:21:00|170|00:21:03|690also with the forms in the service 290|00:21:04|010|00:21:07|250of hierarchy. Let's see, which law is that? It's the Law of 291|00:21:07|750|00:21:11|850Attraction or Economy. So at the first initiation, 292|00:21:12|350|00:21:16|430after that, he comes under the Law of Attraction. Then, may I add repulsion 293|00:21:16|930|00:21:20|910as well, which carries and wields the energy of love and 294|00:21:21|410|00:21:25|070through the Law of Economy. And though the Law of Economy is then abrogated, 295|00:21:25|470|00:21:29|670it preserves an habitual control. Now, the mayavic impulses 296|00:21:30|170|00:21:34|310which are so habitual and which have to be seen by 297|00:21:34|810|00:21:38|710the observer are carried on under the Law of Economy. It preserves the 298|00:21:39|210|00:21:42|830habitual control over the… And habitual control over the habitual 299|00:21:43|330|00:21:47|230processes of the form vehicles which are now used under the Law 300|00:21:47|730|00:21:51|190of Attraction. But they still carry those 301|00:21:51|690|00:21:55|590habits. Let's say these 302|00:21:56|390|00:21:59|990are not yet good spiritual habits, 303|00:22:01|270|00:22:05|230but the habits of the… 304|00:22:05|730|00:22:09|110What can we call it? Old Adam, although being 305|00:22:09|610|00:22:13|790trained persistently 306|00:22:13|870|00:22:17|190in a newer way of response, as the Law of 307|00:22:17|690|00:22:21|150Attraction and the power of the soul become 308|00:22:21|310|00:22:24|710stronger. But I'm sure if we observe what is 309|00:22:25|210|00:22:28|870happening within our vehicles and 310|00:22:29|370|00:22:33|070how, if they were left unattended, they might do this and that. We do see 311|00:22:33|570|00:22:38|260the Law of Economy, a material type 312|00:22:38|760|00:22:42|860of impulse operating in all the vehicles, 313|00:22:43|360|00:22:46|940especially if left unsupervised. Now they have to be trained 314|00:22:47|820|00:22:51|820so that on their own they will not fight in the opposite 315|00:22:52|320|00:22:55|700direction of attraction to the soul. You know, and in 316|00:22:56|200|00:23:00|420the beginning they certainly do. They resist this soul impulse 317|00:23:00|920|00:23:04|560of unity and they want… They're still 318|00:23:04|640|00:23:07|760selfish. But, you know, at the second degree, 319|00:23:08|260|00:23:12|240a major blow against Martian selfishness 320|00:23:12|320|00:23:16|000is struck and love comes 321|00:23:16|500|00:23:20|400into the astral body and more buddhic energy begins to flood 322|00:23:20|900|00:23:25|560the personality. And then we might say that the retraining of 323|00:23:26|060|00:23:28|970the vehicles comes more easily. 324|00:23:29|290|00:23:32|930All right, this is so… 325|00:23:33|430|00:23:37|410then used under the Law of Attraction. This law works 326|00:23:37|910|00:23:41|650within the consciousness of man and also within the forms in the service of 327|00:23:42|150|00:23:46|210hierarchy. So here it must be the Law of 328|00:23:46|710|00:23:49|610Attraction, perhaps… Law of Attraction. 329|00:23:50|650|00:23:53|290Well, eventually, you know, the… 330|00:23:54|010|00:23:56|970The Maha Chohan certainly works with the Law of Economy, 331|00:23:57|130|00:24:01|490among other things. And the Christ, especially with the Law of Attraction and 332|00:24:01|990|00:24:06|330the Manu, with the Law of Synthesis. They all have to cooperate 333|00:24:06|830|00:24:09|370on a high turn of the spiral. 334|00:24:10|330|00:24:14|490And humanity has to realize the nature of 335|00:24:14|990|00:24:19|010that possible cooperation. They cannot be fighting with each other. That would be a disintegrated 336|00:24:19|510|00:24:23|100situation. And, you know, we are as human beings, 337|00:24:23|180|00:24:27|540disintegrated at first. And the 338|00:24:28|040|00:24:31|820Law of Economy within us, which is sort of habitual from the past, is fighting 339|00:24:32|320|00:24:36|299against soul impulse. But eventually, 340|00:24:36|300|00:24:40|620eventually, under the will of Vulcan and under 341|00:24:41|120|00:24:45|260certain Second Ray planets and so forth, there is the 342|00:24:46|410|00:24:48|570subduing, abrogation, 343|00:24:48|890|00:24:52|090subduing of the Law of Economy. At least it becomes 344|00:24:52|590|00:24:55|530the servant of a higher law to which we begin to respond. 345|00:24:56|490|00:25:00|130And when we built the Antahkarana, and we're moving even 346|00:25:00|630|00:25:04|170past the third initiation, under the impulse of the Monad, 347|00:25:04|250|00:25:08|570then the Law of Synthesis, however slightly, 348|00:25:09|290|00:25:12|900really begins to condition 349|00:25:13|940|00:25:17|940our thought and behavior and activity as 350|00:25:18|340|00:25:21|740initiates. All right. The soul 351|00:25:22|240|00:25:24|420as the agent of revelation. This is still from Dinah. 352|00:25:27|380|00:25:29|780I… You know, it's a cross, isn't it? You know, 353|00:25:31|300|00:25:34|580we could read along horizontally and read the entire book. And we do. 354|00:25:35|300|00:25:38|810But also on the vertical axis comes this topical study. 355|00:25:39|610|00:25:43|130Both are necessary. I would say 356|00:25:43|770|00:25:46|730the topical study is recommended. 357|00:25:47|450|00:25:52|170I wonder if one can find the 358|00:25:52|670|00:25:53|850place where he talks about that. 359|00:25:55|770|00:25:58|810Topical… Let's see. 360|00:25:59|850|00:26:03|290Topical outline and… No, 361|00:26:04|260|00:26:06|940and let's see if we… topical… 362|00:26:07|440|00:26:09|700Kelly… Maybe that I don't know. 363|00:26:11|780|00:26:15|340Yes, yes, yes, yes. Here's one. In Esoteric Astrology, 364|00:26:15|840|00:26:19|340You will find a wealth of information hidden in my various statements. 365|00:26:19|840|00:26:23|780If due search is made and the material is gathered together into a coherent whole, 366|00:26:24|280|00:26:27|420I would ask you to study and compare, to read and 367|00:26:27|920|00:26:31|230search topically and to extract 368|00:26:31|730|00:26:35|270all that I've said about the various nations. Of course, it can be anything and 369|00:26:35|770|00:26:39|350their governing constellations and their planetary rulers. There is 370|00:26:39|850|00:26:43|790a wide field of research here, and this research will fall into 371|00:26:44|290|00:26:47|910various categories. So this is where the Tibetan is enjoining 372|00:26:48|410|00:26:52|110us to study topically. And basically, 373|00:26:55|080|00:26:57|960basically, this is a repeat of what he said earlier. 374|00:26:58|120|00:27:01|720Sometimes they make extracts from one book and put it 375|00:27:02|220|00:27:06|760into another to make sure that we really see 376|00:27:07|260|00:27:10|440it and absorb it, you know? Okay, 377|00:27:11|000|00:27:14|440so the agent of revelation for the first two initiations: 378|00:27:15|320|00:27:19|240the soul. So then, 379|00:27:19|880|00:27:23|970is the third initiation taken on 380|00:27:24|470|00:27:27|730the ray of the Ray of 381|00:27:28|230|00:27:31|970the Monad or 382|00:27:33|170|00:27:36|690on both rays somehow? Certainly the 383|00:27:37|190|00:27:40|930Ray of the Monad is becoming influential. D.K. does say two 384|00:27:41|430|00:27:45|570things about this. He tells us in one place that after the third initiation, 385|00:27:46|070|00:27:50|120we take initiations on the Ray of the Monad, and in another 386|00:27:50|620|00:27:54|000reference, that only the first two initiations are taken on 387|00:27:54|500|00:27:58|160the ray of the Soul, and even initiations number three and four 388|00:27:58|660|00:28:02|400are taken on the ray of the Monad. 389|00:28:02|480|00:28:06|200Okay? The agent of revelation is, for the 390|00:28:06|700|00:28:10|080first two initiations, the soul. So we get the idea that the agent of revelation 391|00:28:11|040|00:28:14|400for the next initiations is something else. And for that reason, 392|00:28:14|900|00:28:18|270the first initiation is said to be, with truth, the expression 393|00:28:18|830|00:28:21|710of man's own inner divinity, (DINAII, p.435) 394|00:28:22|270|00:28:25|390and in this case, the soul. 395|00:28:26|110|00:28:29|950This is the reason (DINAII, p.435) why the first two initiations are regarded as 396|00:28:30|450|00:28:34|230initiations of the threshold, the threshold 397|00:28:34|730|00:28:38|190to real initiation, the threshold 398|00:28:38|670|00:28:41|990to the solar initiations, because these first 399|00:28:42|490|00:28:44|550two are planetary. 400|00:28:45|590|00:28:49|190So it is here that the work of the Christ, or whoever is 401|00:28:49|690|00:28:53|270the cyclic head of the hierarchy, as the Buddha has been and has probably 402|00:28:53|770|00:28:57|110been an initiator as a result, should be considered. It is here 403|00:28:57|610|00:29:00|870that the work of the Christ, who is, in a way, 404|00:29:01|370|00:29:04|750Neptune and Venus, or whoever is the 405|00:29:05|250|00:29:09|310cyclic head of the hierarchy, should be considered. (DINAII, p.435) Every 2,500 406|00:29:09|810|00:29:13|400years, it's supposed to change, working in cooperation with the soul of 407|00:29:13|900|00:29:19|080the initiate, upon the plane of the soul, (DINAII, p.435) the mental plane. (DINAII, p.435) So the 408|00:29:19|580|00:29:23|360initiator is dealing with the causal body, the egoic 409|00:29:23|860|00:29:28|480lotus, and the effects are felt in the other vehicles. D.K. emphasizes 410|00:29:28|980|00:29:32|280this, that initiations are not really taken on the astral plane or 411|00:29:33|080|00:29:36|920the lower mental plane or the physical plane, but in the causal chamber. 412|00:29:37|440|00:29:40|880And the other vehicles are affected, sometimes very 413|00:29:41|380|00:29:44|400strongly. The Son of Mind is set free, 414|00:29:45|520|00:29:48|800and then the higher initiations become possible. (DINAII, p.435) 415|00:29:50|400|00:29:53|680So when is this? Real freedom 416|00:29:54|240|00:29:58|400in this sense is at the fourth initiation. 417|00:29:58|900|00:30:02|400After that, (DINAII, p.435) the one initiator can be faced 418|00:30:02|900|00:30:06|390or confronted. I guess that's Sanat Kumara, step by step, 419|00:30:06|890|00:30:10|350and let's say, let's call it Sanat 420|00:30:10|850|00:30:14|470Kumara, although Sanat Kumara apparently is active at the third, fourth, 421|00:30:14|970|00:30:18|310and fifth, but not the sixth and not the seventh. 422|00:30:19|349|00:30:22|910That existence, that entity, is active at the sixth. He doesn't 423|00:30:23|410|00:30:27|070give us a name. And the planetary Logos himself at 424|00:30:27|570|00:30:31|120the seventh, and of course, Sanat Kumara and this other existence, 425|00:30:31|620|00:30:35|840they are necessarily emanations of the planetary 426|00:30:36|340|00:30:39|600Logos. Everything is an emanation, finally, of the one 427|00:30:39|680|00:30:42|480life of cosmos. 428|00:30:43|600|00:30:46|880We're all the same in that respect. So after that, 429|00:30:47|280|00:30:51|520the one initiator can be faced or confronted. So let's 430|00:30:52|020|00:30:54|640just see: the mind is set free. And we might say, 431|00:30:55|950|00:30:59|390in a sense, this even occurs at 432|00:30:59|890|00:31:03|910the second initiation. Because, you know, there is quite an 433|00:31:04|410|00:31:07|830emphasis on the illumination of the mind and cultivation of 434|00:31:08|330|00:31:11|710spiritual intelligence and the stimulation of the throat center and so forth. 435|00:31:11|790|00:31:15|550It seems that the heart is always stimulated and 436|00:31:16|050|00:31:19|310probably to a degree, all the different chakras are stimulated 437|00:31:19|810|00:31:23|760to a certain degree. But there's some intelligence factor operating at 438|00:31:24|260|00:31:27|960the second initiation, mental illumination and 439|00:31:28|040|00:31:32|200spiritual intelligence. He tells us maybe this somewhat depends 440|00:31:32|600|00:31:34|920upon the Ray, because later, you know, 441|00:31:36|920|00:31:40|400those who are insufficiently trained monastically have 442|00:31:40|900|00:31:44|280to go to Sirius, and that's 85% or 80, 85%, 443|00:31:45|160|00:31:49|860the bulk of humanity on its way to Sirius 444|00:31:50|820|00:31:55|260for monastic training. The fifth Ray soul of Sirius 445|00:31:55|760|00:31:59|220being involved in that way. So Sanat Kumara, 446|00:31:59|700|00:32:02|900the One Initiator, is confronted, 447|00:32:03|860|00:32:06|900not face to face, immediately. You know, what have we got there? 448|00:32:13|470|00:32:17|390Well, you know, every once in a while you see the news come 449|00:32:17|890|00:32:21|870up and I just think the battle is going to be extreme 450|00:32:22|270|00:32:25|990between the forces of selfishness and the forces 451|00:32:26|490|00:32:29|790which tend toward the 452|00:32:30|290|00:32:33|470soul. Right? 453|00:32:34|590|00:32:38|310The One Initiator can be faced or confronted step by 454|00:32:38|810|00:32:42|700step. And revelation is accorded of the world soul, (DINAII, p.435) 455|00:32:43|200|00:32:45|980the anima mundi. And there are lower and higher parts of that. (DINAII, p.435) It's not just 456|00:32:46|620|00:32:49|780the soul of lower matter. The soul 457|00:32:50|280|00:32:53|460of the world will deal with higher types of matter as 458|00:32:53|960|00:32:58|100well, of the world soul, of the planetary consciousness, 459|00:32:58|600|00:33:02|420that of which the soul or individual consciousness is 460|00:33:02|920|00:33:07|310an integral part. (DINAII, p.435) So we don't want to go dividing the idea 461|00:33:07|810|00:33:12|030of soul. There are different strata of consciousness 462|00:33:12|530|00:33:16|950as different levels of vibration are encountered. 463|00:33:17|450|00:33:21|430But it's all one consciousness, really. And we 464|00:33:21|930|00:33:26|390become increasingly aware of the world soul with 465|00:33:26|890|00:33:30|910respect to our globe, our chain, our planetary Logos. And as 466|00:33:31|410|00:33:35|860we go on, of course, to other planets that are neighboring, and to 467|00:33:36|360|00:33:40|420the solar Logoic consciousness as 468|00:33:40|920|00:33:45|140we really rise in the initiatory ranking 469|00:33:45|380|00:33:49|220on that ladder. And I would say that the planetary Logoi, 470|00:33:49|720|00:33:53|940you know, who have these schemes, 471|00:33:54|500|00:33:57|700they are becoming more and more aware of the 472|00:33:58|580|00:34:01|310solar Logos consciousness. 473|00:34:01|950|00:34:05|670So the soul is the agent of revelation, certainly at 474|00:34:06|170|00:34:09|870first. And our daily ability 475|00:34:10|110|00:34:13|190to contact the soul, to open to the 476|00:34:13|690|00:34:17|910soul, to find the occult means of cultivating 477|00:34:18|410|00:34:21|510access to the soul. These are all terribly important because they will lead 478|00:34:22|010|00:34:25|590to greater and greater revelations as we 479|00:34:26|090|00:34:30|030go on. This here is from “Bethlehem 480|00:34:30|530|00:34:33|750to Calvary.” It's a book, you know, written by Alice Bailey. Extremely useful. 481|00:34:38|630|00:34:42|670Excuse me. Well, you know, think of it. There are 482|00:34:43|170|00:34:46|710so many Christians today who just have no use for occultism and 483|00:34:47|210|00:34:50|790they find it to be some offensive and 484|00:34:51|290|00:34:55|820evil thing. But when they read “From Bethlehem to 485|00:34:56|320|00:34:59|180Calvary,” you know, they may get a totally different idea. 486|00:35:00|060|00:35:03|500So many times I've recommended to my Christian friends and associates. 487|00:35:04|000|00:35:09|060Why not read this? Why not see what's 488|00:35:09|560|00:35:12|940really involved here and try to interpret 489|00:35:14|540|00:35:18|140what's given in the Bible, which D.K. says is essentially a book for 490|00:35:18|900|00:35:22|060probationers? Okay, but good enough and see 491|00:35:22|560|00:35:26|260how the occult understanding, 492|00:35:26|340|00:35:29|780spiritually occult understanding approaches that 493|00:35:30|280|00:35:33|940information and then the transition can be made into 494|00:35:34|440|00:35:37|980a more scientific appreciation of what's in the Bible. 495|00:35:38|480|00:35:41|540Because after all, the age of Aquarius will be an age of science. 496|00:35:42|040|00:35:45|650There's no question about that. One fifth Ray 497|00:35:46|150|00:35:49|490is very strong coming through Aquarius. And soon Aquarius will be 498|00:35:49|990|00:35:54|250the major distributor of the fifth Ray constellation, 499|00:35:54|330|00:35:57|810considered just as Leo is now. Okay, 500|00:35:58|310|00:36:01|410the immortal soul in man. It's not the causal body, 501|00:36:01|910|00:36:05|130of course. It's the real consciousness of the immortal being. 502|00:36:05|690|00:36:09|450The immortal soul in man prepares him for the first 503|00:36:09|950|00:36:12|650initiation. This is something that the angel of the presence, 504|00:36:14|120|00:36:17|440as much of the solar angel as can be embodied on the 505|00:36:17|940|00:36:20|120higher mental plane, he has been working at for a long time, 506|00:36:21|400|00:36:25|160prepares him for the first initiation. For it is this soul 507|00:36:25|800|00:36:29|320which manifests upon earth as the infant Christ 508|00:36:29|720|00:36:33|160and appears in man. So let's just say, let's call 509|00:36:33|660|00:36:36|840it the emergence of the soul. 510|00:36:39|920|00:36:42|000So in incarnation. 511|00:36:44|080|00:36:48|720Oh, that's “soul in incarnation.” 512|00:36:49|680|00:36:55|120Well, I think it's time to do something about that soul 513|00:36:55|200|00:36:58|560in… There it is: S-I-I. 514|00:36:58|640|00:37:00|640Okay, there it is, 515|00:37:01|920|00:37:05|940S-I-I, the soul in incarnation. So we 516|00:37:06|440|00:37:10|460eventually do have the manifestation of 517|00:37:10|960|00:37:14|380the soul, which is an aspect of consciousness which 518|00:37:14|880|00:37:18|980has immersed itself in these 519|00:37:19|480|00:37:23|220different vehicles of form. So this is 520|00:37:23|720|00:37:27|220the new birth. It is to be born again, you know, 521|00:37:28|180|00:37:30|980that which has been slowly gestating in man, 522|00:37:31|460|00:37:35|110largely under the influence of Virgo. When he 523|00:37:35|510|00:37:38|590comes under that influence, it comes at last to 524|00:37:39|090|00:37:42|910birth. And Virgo and Capricorn, you know, are operative. The slow 525|00:37:43|410|00:37:47|310gestation is there under Virgo. And in Capricorn, the infant 526|00:37:47|810|00:37:51|830Christ makes his appearance in the lower 527|00:37:52|330|00:37:57|110worlds. The manger and the Christ—the soul is born 528|00:37:57|990|00:38:01|260consciously. So we begin 529|00:38:01|760|00:38:03|940to really be aware of a different type of consciousness. 530|00:38:04|580|00:38:08|460A lot of people in 12-step programs are aware of their higher power 531|00:38:08|960|00:38:12|540and how it may intervene. And that is the soul training 532|00:38:13|040|00:38:17|700them away from the more selfish, 533|00:38:18|260|00:38:21|860self-indulgent life. Always the germ of the living 534|00:38:22|360|00:38:25|620Christ has been present ever since individualization, 535|00:38:25|860|00:38:28|240though hidden in every human being. 536|00:38:29|280|00:38:32|840So we have the fact (DINAII, p.435)or of the hidden Christ. It's another 537|00:38:33|340|00:38:36|880Virgo thing. But in due time, in due season, 538|00:38:37|380|00:38:38|320the infant soul, 539|00:38:41|520|00:38:45|080new to soul experience in 540|00:38:45|580|00:38:49|360the personality, makes its appearance. And the first of the five initiations 541|00:38:49|860|00:38:53|680is made possible. A very important one facing 542|00:38:54|180|00:38:59|020humanity now, with all the troubles that precede that in 543|00:38:59|520|00:39:03|580the individual life now appearing in the life of humanity as a whole. The work 544|00:39:04|080|00:39:08|060proceeds and the Christ life unfolds and develops in 545|00:39:08|560|00:39:13|780the man until the second and third initiations take 546|00:39:14|280|00:39:17|700place. And there can be quite a stretch there between 547|00:39:18|200|00:39:21|620the first and second, but sometimes one life, or even two. So I 548|00:39:22|120|00:39:26|310guess the time equation, as I've often said, is remarkably 549|00:39:27|110|00:39:30|710in our hands. Well, this is Alice Bailey writing, 550|00:39:31|210|00:39:35|430and you know, she's wonderful with her first-rate mind and… 551|00:39:35|930|00:39:39|510But you can tell the difference, I think, you know. But I think she 552|00:39:40|010|00:39:42|070said, “Well, I had to write some books on my own just to prove I 553|00:39:42|570|00:39:46|070had a brain,” you know, so… And indeed she did. 554|00:39:47|270|00:39:51|160And they were very, very helpful books for 555|00:39:51|660|00:39:55|160people making the transition. Now, here's the second birth. 556|00:39:57|080|00:40:00|280The second birth is another well-recognized term for initiation. 557|00:40:02|040|00:40:05|920Even now in India, the higher castes are called the twice born. 558|00:40:06|420|00:40:11|240If you know higher castes… If, let's just say if 559|00:40:12|120|00:40:16|040really in consciousness, what 560|00:40:16|980|00:40:20|380their caste predicates of 561|00:40:20|880|00:40:24|660them… Of course, you know, with hereditary monarchy and 562|00:40:25|700|00:40:29|540being born into a caste from the hereditary perspective, it doesn't necessarily 563|00:40:30|040|00:40:34|100mean that we are internally what the title 564|00:40:34|180|00:40:38|500entitles us to. Anyway, they're called the twice born, and the ceremony 565|00:40:39|000|00:40:42|540that makes them twice born is a ceremony of initiation. 566|00:40:43|040|00:40:47|020A mere husk, truly. Okay, in these modern days. But the pattern of 567|00:40:47|520|00:40:51|980things in the heavens… So at least it's the outer symbol of 568|00:40:52|480|00:40:55|740what? The outer symbol of what 569|00:40:56|240|00:41:00|260is a great inner reality. All of us have 570|00:41:00|760|00:41:04|340to become the initiate, go into a wider space of 571|00:41:04|840|00:41:08|300registration and sensitivity, and become twice born. 572|00:41:08|380|00:41:11|770And one becomes twice born on many 573|00:41:12|270|00:41:16|690different levels. It continually opens up all the way until some 574|00:41:17|190|00:41:20|810kind of cosmic anti-karma leads to 575|00:41:21|310|00:41:25|329the consciousness of the one and only life of cosmos. When Jesus 576|00:41:25|829|00:41:29|930is speaking to Nicodemus, he states that except a man be 577|00:41:30|430|00:41:34|010born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 578|00:41:34|510|00:41:39|930Well, we have in the born-again Christians this recognition, 579|00:41:40|430|00:41:44|530and pretty well it means to emotionally accept 580|00:41:45|030|00:41:48|330the saviorship of Jesus. It's not the full 581|00:41:48|830|00:41:52|170thing, but it's a start, you know. Except a man be born again, 582|00:41:52|670|00:41:57|050he cannot see the kingdom of God, which is what 583|00:41:57|550|00:42:00|610the soul growing stronger within 584|00:42:01|110|00:42:04|790the personality allows us to see. What is the kingdom 585|00:42:05|290|00:42:08|710of God? Well, it is soul consciousness which at 586|00:42:09|210|00:42:12|590the first initiation really begins to unfold within us, 587|00:42:13|090|00:42:16|390but only by degree. And this birth is spoken of as that 588|00:42:17|030|00:42:20|950of water and the spirit. Well, we certainly go 589|00:42:21|450|00:42:26|150through the cleansing, a degree of cleansing, and the spirit is 590|00:42:26|230|00:42:30|070there. The monad is there; it's mediated 591|00:42:30|570|00:42:34|820through the soul. And something higher than our usual life is influencing 592|00:42:35|320|00:42:39|140us and making its presence felt. This is the everyday 593|00:42:39|640|00:42:43|260life of religion, you know, and many people are coming along and they make 594|00:42:43|760|00:42:47|380an emotional decision, maybe at a revival 595|00:42:47|540|00:42:52|580or at something that allows them to express 596|00:42:54|660|00:42:58|220sensitivity to a new order vibration, 597|00:42:59|340|00:43:02|700and they're on their way. You know, it's not that 598|00:43:03|200|00:43:06|620that first acceptance of Jesus is not the 599|00:43:06|940|00:43:10|620full first initiation, but it's certainly the acceptance of 600|00:43:11|120|00:43:16|300the guidance of the soul of the higher power, by whatever name that 601|00:43:16|800|00:43:19|980may be called. Alice Bailey, you know, 602|00:43:20|480|00:43:24|590she's done a great job here. The three Kings, 603|00:43:25|090|00:43:28|990when they saw the star shining forth, you know, as we do increasingly at 604|00:43:29|490|00:43:33|110each initiation, it is always there and different number 605|00:43:33|610|00:43:37|590of points in the star depending—eventually the six-pointed or seven-pointed 606|00:43:38|090|00:43:41|590star. When they saw the star shining forth, the three Kings, 607|00:43:41|670|00:43:45|310astrologers, all undertook a journey and, laden 608|00:43:45|810|00:43:49|110with gifts—the gift of oneself, 609|00:43:49|430|00:43:53|280one almost might say—to the higher power, laden 610|00:43:53|780|00:43:57|280with gifts, came to Bethlehem, the place of birth, 611|00:43:57|780|00:44:00|800you know, the place of bread. In a way, 612|00:44:01|760|00:44:05|840they are symbols of those disciples in the world today who are ready to prepare 613|00:44:06|340|00:44:10|680themselves for the first initiation, to transmute their 614|00:44:11|180|00:44:14|440knowledge into wisdom. You know, very much a Venus thing 615|00:44:14|940|00:44:19|430to do, Mercury involved, and to offer all that they have to 616|00:44:19|930|00:44:23|710the Christ within. Eventually we have to do that. You know, there are fights in 617|00:44:24|210|00:44:29|750this process, and the personality will insist 618|00:44:30|250|00:44:34|509on its retaining its own habit nature. And really, that's what's 619|00:44:35|009|00:44:38|350wrong with the initiates of the previous solar system who have 620|00:44:38|850|00:44:42|950veered off onto the left-hand path and into the Black Lodge. They insist on 621|00:44:43|450|00:44:47|360retaining the order under the third ray and 622|00:44:47|440|00:44:50|840do not trust enough to give up 623|00:44:51|340|00:44:55|520those manifold possessions that they gain in 624|00:44:56|020|00:45:00|160that system. It takes a lot of trust to 625|00:45:00|640|00:45:04|080give up what you have been holding on to tightly as your 626|00:45:04|640|00:45:08|480rightful possessions. But then you 627|00:45:08|980|00:45:11|690got to do it. And when we're truly empty, 628|00:45:12|190|00:45:15|530even more flows in. So, if we give all, 629|00:45:16|030|00:45:20|010all is given. To those who give all, all is 630|00:45:20|170|00:45:24|730given. Well, these are words, but acting 631|00:45:25|230|00:45:28|410on them… “Greater love hath 632|00:45:28|910|00:45:32|690no man than that he lay down his life for a friend.” I will 633|00:45:33|190|00:45:37|040all be challenged on that. And the friend will be not 634|00:45:37|540|00:45:40|040necessarily a particular friend; it could be humanity as a whole. 635|00:45:40|840|00:45:44|280All right, on with Bethlehem to Calvary. 636|00:45:45|000|00:45:48|280Soulful dedication of the physical. It says the first initiation 637|00:45:49|080|00:45:53|320symbolizes the dedication of the physical body and the physical 638|00:45:53|820|00:45:58|640plane life to the soul. And we might say under the auspices of 639|00:45:59|140|00:46:03|480the etheric body, which transmits higher 640|00:46:03|980|00:46:08|550energies, including soul 641|00:46:09|050|00:46:12|830Energy. The second initiation that comes later stands for 642|00:46:13|330|00:46:17|310the demonstrated control and consecration to divinity of 643|00:46:17|810|00:46:21|710the desire nature with its emotional reactions and 644|00:46:22|210|00:46:25|670its potent wish-life. You know, Sagittarius is involved here. 645|00:46:26|170|00:46:30|430And instead of riding off in all directions, it helps 646|00:46:30|930|00:46:34|770the individual become the one-pointed disciple. Sagittarius can 647|00:46:35|270|00:46:37|130be considered a higher mental sign. And there's… 648|00:46:38|170|00:46:41|530Well, you know, in my book on the egoic 649|00:46:42|030|00:46:45|850lotus, I talked about the ways that 650|00:46:46|350|00:46:50|050all the different signs of the zodiac and planets can be 651|00:46:50|550|00:46:54|170involved in the various initiations. So that's a video book, and maybe 652|00:46:54|570|00:46:58|370you want to begin the arduous process of listening to it. I've tried to be 653|00:46:58|870|00:47:02|430quite complete in gathering many things together, but I know there's 654|00:47:02|930|00:47:07|430a lot and may become a little tedious, 655|00:47:08|230|00:47:11|950but a lot is there and I think it can benefit 656|00:47:12|450|00:47:15|910you. So have we consecrated the physical 657|00:47:16|410|00:47:19|550body and the physical plane life to 658|00:47:20|050|00:47:24|190the soul? Not in any warped or distorted 659|00:47:24|690|00:47:28|950way, but in a higher kind of way that really 660|00:47:32|070|00:47:34|990means that the soul has, 661|00:47:35|490|00:47:38|870under Vulcan, has gripped the etheric and physical 662|00:47:39|370|00:47:43|270body and is bending them to its will. The soul 663|00:47:43|770|00:47:47|430must always bend the various vehicles to its will. And Vulcan, 664|00:47:47|910|00:47:51|110as the will of the soul, when looked at from its higher perspective, 665|00:47:51|710|00:47:55|150is involved in bending the lunar vehicles to 666|00:47:55|650|00:47:59|310the will of this higher perspective and the will 667|00:47:59|390|00:48:03|150of that being, the solar angel, as the angel of the presence which 668|00:48:03|650|00:48:07|230is underlying the egoic lotus and blending 669|00:48:07|630|00:48:11|190with our own consciousness as projected from the 670|00:48:11|690|00:48:15|790Monad. It's really a kind of dual consciousness that's occurring within 671|00:48:16|290|00:48:20|120the egoic lotus. Right now, we seem to be going on to “Glamour: World Problem.” 672|00:48:21|160|00:48:25|560I have no illusions. I know we are skipping 673|00:48:26|680|00:48:30|200important references, and I can only recommend—what can I 674|00:48:30|700|00:48:34|240say?—read the blue books, really, but really, really read 675|00:48:34|740|00:48:38|880them carefully and make it a priority 676|00:48:39|380|00:48:43|160for yourself. You know, if all works well at this point, 677|00:48:44|960|00:48:48|840these video commentaries will last for 678|00:48:49|340|00:48:53|280a while, and they may be operative even at the time that the new dispensation 679|00:48:53|680|00:48:57|400is coming forth. And you 680|00:48:57|900|00:49:01|280know, I intend personally to be involved with that at some point—maybe a long 681|00:49:01|780|00:49:07|320time—but let's see. And some are younger and will be involved 682|00:49:07|820|00:49:13|010at a time when the new dispensation is coming forth. And hopefully I 683|00:49:13|510|00:49:16|730will be able to discriminate, because, you know, there's always going to be the copies 684|00:49:16|810|00:49:20|010and the fabrications and the 685|00:49:20|510|00:49:23|370spurious claims and so forth. 686|00:49:23|690|00:49:26|890That's where you really have to use your intuition and to 687|00:49:27|530|00:49:31|370blend what is coming forth and notice the content, 688|00:49:31|530|00:49:35|250whether it has continuity with what has been legitimately 689|00:49:35|750|00:49:39|500given. That may not be easy. And you know, 690|00:49:40|000|00:49:43|780the Theosophical Society in many ways failed on that. Master D.K. was 691|00:49:44|340|00:49:47|860certainly active in giving Madame Blavatsky a lot 692|00:49:48|360|00:49:52|500of information, and he was sort of behind all that. And he took his mastership 693|00:49:53|000|00:49:56|060at the time that the Theosophical Society was founded in 694|00:49:56|560|00:49:59|9401875. But he was not recognized at 695|00:50:00|440|00:50:04|440first in the Bailey books. Now he's increasingly recognized. 696|00:50:04|940|00:50:08|600But I'm sure there are some die-hards that just want to stick with Blavatsky 697|00:50:09|100|00:50:12|880and don't realize the presence of the 698|00:50:13|380|00:50:17|000master behind so much of what she 699|00:50:17|500|00:50:21|440gave. All right, well, here we are: “Glamour: World Problem— 700|00:50:22|240|00:50:26|800Resolution of Physical Plane Duality.” In the first initiation, 701|00:50:26|960|00:50:31|860the disciple demonstrates that he has resolved the dualities, physical 702|00:50:32|360|00:50:35|700plane, and can rightly impose etheric energy, the higher of the two, on physical energy. 703|00:50:36|200|00:50:41|300Well, these 704|00:50:41|800|00:50:45|620kinds of things harken back to Lemuria, where we 705|00:50:46|120|00:50:50|060actually had control of our physical organs in some 706|00:50:50|560|00:50:54|180kind of Laya Yoga. You know, it was a time when 707|00:50:54|680|00:50:57|670we were just learning how to be physical beings. 708|00:50:57|750|00:51:01|030Now the… The outer man, 709|00:51:02|070|00:51:05|190the gaseous, liquid and dense. 710|00:51:05|690|00:51:09|190Dense, you know, is ruled by the third ray 711|00:51:09|350|00:51:12|710of matter, and the etheric body generically by the seventh. 712|00:51:13|210|00:51:16|590That doesn't mean that when you're looking at these two vehicles, you split 713|00:51:17|090|00:51:21|550the rays. But you know, generically there is the order and 714|00:51:22|050|00:51:25|910the higher energies which can come through the etheric body and bring order 715|00:51:26|410|00:51:30|070and rhythm and right expression to 716|00:51:30|570|00:51:33|950the dense physical body, which has all of its instinctual 717|00:51:34|350|00:51:38|270tendencies. So, you know, how well have we done with that 718|00:51:39|150|00:51:42|710in these Aryan days? There is a re-emphasis upon 719|00:51:43|210|00:51:46|990the physical body. That's kind of the way the numbers play 720|00:51:47|490|00:51:50|960out. It's the third of the consciousness, 721|00:51:51|190|00:51:54|750self-conscious races: Lemurian, Atlantean, Aryan, the third. 722|00:51:55|250|00:51:59|350And the physical body is in a way the third 723|00:51:59|430|00:52:02|550of the vehicles, or at least the physical nature. 724|00:52:02|790|00:52:06|630So there's a big physical emphasis. And you see that, you know, 725|00:52:07|029|00:52:10|470in the sporting events and the Olympics and all that kind of 726|00:52:10|970|00:52:14|470thing. And as D.K. said, it may be hard to grasp, but those are really 727|00:52:14|970|00:52:18|400initiatory processes for many people, you know, and may lead 728|00:52:18|800|00:52:23|040to the taking of the… taking 729|00:52:23|120|00:52:26|000of the first initiation eventually. 730|00:52:27|280|00:52:30|560You know, we've all been there, but much depends on our rays. 731|00:52:32|080|00:52:35|800But now I think, you know, we're emerging into hopefully the 732|00:52:36|300|00:52:38|960possibility of mental polarization. Not just a good mind, 733|00:52:39|600|00:52:42|960but real polarization to be able to think within the light 734|00:52:43|460|00:52:47|210of the soul and follow the Sirian path of initiation. 735|00:52:48|490|00:52:52|410Okay, here's something on the technique of indifference. 736|00:52:53|770|00:52:57|170We have the technique of light. And I 737|00:52:57|670|00:53:02|250think there's a technique, kind of identification… 738|00:53:03|210|00:53:07|450technique of the presence. That's it. Okay, so where there is 739|00:53:07|770|00:53:11|260divine indifference to the call or pull of matter, 740|00:53:11|760|00:53:15|380then inspiration becomes possible. In the sequence of 741|00:53:15|880|00:53:19|580initiations as related to the 742|00:53:20|080|00:53:24|060different sides of the zodiac, inspiration is ruled by Sagittarius, which also has 743|00:53:24|560|00:53:27|980so much to do with attention to the physical body 744|00:53:28|620|00:53:32|020and I suppose the etheric body, as it has 745|00:53:32|520|00:53:35|540to be trained. It's a sporting sign, 746|00:53:36|040|00:53:40|650right? It has to be trained on the path 747|00:53:40|730|00:53:42|090of initiation. 748|00:53:43|530|00:53:46|970So it's interesting that so much of this body work and body attention 749|00:53:47|370|00:53:51|130comes in under Sagittarius. Maybe that's 750|00:53:51|630|00:53:54|970part of the earth rulership for spiritually 751|00:53:55|610|00:53:59|290minded people of Sagittarius. So anyway, 752|00:54:00|810|00:54:04|680we can be inspired by… breathe in the divinity from 753|00:54:05|180|00:54:09|160above. The technique is related to karma yoga, 754|00:54:09|660|00:54:12|760one of the first kinds, you know, fulfilling our obligations in 755|00:54:13|260|00:54:17|360its most practical form and the use of matter with complete impersonality. 756|00:54:17|860|00:54:21|440We carry these things out. We're not attached to the material 757|00:54:21|940|00:54:25|480element. We carry out what must be carried 758|00:54:25|980|00:54:30|740out on the physical plane with a degree of detachment 759|00:54:31|240|00:54:34|740and one-pointedness. And we have that 760|00:54:35|240|00:54:39|180section in Esoteric Astrology where it shows the Sagittarius 761|00:54:39|680|00:54:44|020leading to the first initiation, leading to the second initiation, and in 762|00:54:44|520|00:54:47|460some ways the third and the sixth and, you know, other things. 763|00:54:47|940|00:54:51|500These great lords of constellations are not just active 764|00:54:52|000|00:54:55|620at one point in the development of man. The goal of this technique 765|00:54:56|120|00:54:59|470is the first initiation, which enables man to live a life 766|00:54:59|550|00:55:03|590inspired by God. And you see so many terribly 767|00:55:04|090|00:55:08|110enthusiastic people at this stage, as my wife 768|00:55:08|350|00:55:11|390likes to call it. She calls it the Holy Spirit stage, you know, 769|00:55:12|590|00:55:15|990and they are, you know, it's in their 770|00:55:16|490|00:55:20|270eyes and they burn with the possibilities of freedom and all the rest. 771|00:55:20|510|00:55:24|790They haven't yet encountered so many of the trials which await 772|00:55:25|290|00:55:29|450on the path, and the hydra within them is still alive, 773|00:55:29|530|00:55:33|450though unsuspected. Maybe the first heads 774|00:55:33|950|00:55:37|690of the Hydra have suffered a blow: sex, money and comfort. 775|00:55:38|250|00:55:41|930Okay, so live a life inspired by… 776|00:55:42|430|00:55:46|730God. Jupiter is there inspiring in Sagittarius. 777|00:55:47|230|00:55:50|570That's one of the important aspects, always giving that sense of 778|00:55:51|070|00:55:54|380a wider possible horizon. Inspiration. 779|00:55:54|780|00:55:58|700Whoa, whoa, whoa. Inspiration is the applied 780|00:55:59|100|00:56:02|940power of transmission. Don't you just get the sense? 781|00:56:03|420|00:56:07|300Now stop here and really try to 782|00:56:07|800|00:56:11|500understand what this is all about. Every once in a while D.K. says something that 783|00:56:12|540|00:56:16|500is absolutely arresting and you know, he's planting some 784|00:56:17|000|00:56:21|190kind of attention getting statement, 785|00:56:21|270|00:56:24|830a mantra of real importance. Well, the transmission 786|00:56:25|330|00:56:28|550is going to be from above. And you 787|00:56:29|050|00:56:33|030don't get inspiration from below. You can call it something else, but it's not. 788|00:56:33|670|00:56:37|670You're not really breathing in the fire with the air and the higher 789|00:56:38|170|00:56:42|230divinity. You're not, if you're being inspired. I'm recalling 790|00:56:42|790|00:56:46|040that one of the… Was it one 791|00:56:46|540|00:56:49|920of the members of the Krupp group back in the 792|00:56:50|420|00:56:54|080First World War or something like that? He liked 793|00:56:54|580|00:56:58|760to have his scientific laboratory above the stables because 794|00:56:59|260|00:57:02|880he was inspired, as it were, by the smell of horse manure. 795|00:57:03|360|00:57:06|320Well, I don't call that inspiration. I don't know what he got from it. 796|00:57:06|560|00:57:10|740He got some kind of exhilaration, but it sounds to me like a lower 797|00:57:10|820|00:57:14|180elemental force. And when you think of how that fifth ray 798|00:57:14|680|00:57:18|220was applied destructively by some of those people, I think you can, 799|00:57:18|720|00:57:22|580you know, see and understand that that is not real 800|00:57:22|820|00:57:25|940inspiration. So in our meditation, 801|00:57:26|440|00:57:29|620the master and the heart, and as we link with 802|00:57:30|120|00:57:34|020the different petals and with the jewel and the lotus, and eventually, as we build 803|00:57:34|520|00:57:38|740the Antahkarana via Gemini and Mercury and Sagittarius into 804|00:57:38|820|00:57:41|830the higher and impersonal worlds, 805|00:57:43|030|00:57:48|190something is transmitted. It comes down into our psyche 806|00:57:48|690|00:57:51|830and into our energy system. And then it is 807|00:57:52|330|00:57:55|549applied to the personality in a way. And then when we're 808|00:57:56|049|00:57:59|510animated properly, we apply it to the betterment and 809|00:58:00|010|00:58:04|070correction of that which transpires 810|00:58:04|570|00:58:07|870around us. All right, so let's 811|00:58:08|370|00:58:12|230just call this the end. Good Lord. 812|00:58:13|750|00:58:17|670How's that? End of 813|00:58:17|990|00:58:21|750first initiation: A common compilation 814|00:58:22|250|00:58:22|470commentary. 815|00:58:26|950|00:58:31|140Video commentary and 816|00:58:31|640|00:58:34|940it's number two. One of 817|00:58:35|440|00:58:39|860my colleagues tells me, “Stop using the number sign. Just 818|00:58:40|360|00:58:43|860confuses us.” Okay? But anyway, right here, at least, 819|00:58:44|360|00:58:48|420the number two. And the day is the 27th of June. 820|00:58:48|980|00:58:52|740We're in solidly in the sign Cancer. And now we have the beginning 821|00:58:53|240|00:58:57|470of first initiation video 822|00:58:57|970|00:59:01|590commentary. And 823|00:59:02|090|00:59:04|950I think, you know, I'm so tempted, 824|00:59:05|450|00:59:09|550obviously, to do it this way. First initiation video 825|00:59:10|190|00:59:13|710commentary. So 826|00:59:14|210|00:59:16|510it's first, sorry, 827|00:59:17|550|00:59:21|390initiation compilation 828|00:59:22|190|00:59:26|980video commentary. That's going to help me down the road here with 829|00:59:27|480|00:59:30|980maybe, you know, 12 or 13 programs. And it's going to be number three. 830|00:59:31|480|00:59:34|940And I don't know when I'll be able to do it. Maybe soon, maybe not. 831|00:59:35|820|00:59:38|460All right, so this is the, 832|00:59:40|220|00:59:43|420you know, we might think, well, we're just studying the first initiation. Should we all 833|00:59:43|920|00:59:47|100take in the first initiation? Well, I don't think we should assume that. Now, 834|00:59:47|600|00:59:50|830do remember that even in Master D.K.'s group, there was one 835|00:59:51|330|00:59:54|590person that had not taken or had failed to stand 836|00:59:55|090|00:59:58|670before the Christ. He was not really an 837|00:59:59|170|01:00:01|750initiate of the first degree. But somehow, mysteriously, 838|01:00:02|150|01:00:06|030Master D.K. established a relationship with him and 839|01:00:06|530|01:00:09|910made of him an accepted disciple. 840|01:00:11|190|01:00:16|040So we don't know how that happened. But we must not underestimate 841|01:00:16|600|01:00:18|680the first initiation. You know, 842|01:00:19|720|01:00:21|640back here, remember it. 843|01:00:22|520|01:00:25|560Orientation to the light. Spiritual motivation. 844|01:00:26|060|01:00:29|720Trying to tread the path, whether spiritually occult or 845|01:00:30|680|01:00:34|040solidly religious. Loving our fellow 846|01:00:34|540|01:00:37|320men, interested in some kind of spiritual teaching. Right. 847|01:00:37|640|01:00:41|250And seeking to discipline our 848|01:00:41|410|01:00:44|970lives in order to attain greater beauty of life. 849|01:00:45|470|01:00:47|570These are five or six requirements, 850|01:00:49|570|01:00:53|570and we can see whether they apply to us now. The first initiation is 851|01:00:53|970|01:00:57|050an event we often forget. Even the second we 852|01:00:57|550|01:01:01|250forget. And there's an example of a third degree 853|01:01:01|750|01:01:05|770initiate having forgotten an interview with his master 854|01:01:06|270|01:01:09|360on the inner planes. And did he remember his third initiation? 855|01:01:09|860|01:01:12|880We don't know. But you know, there is the rule, 856|01:01:13|380|01:01:16|920and then there are the exceptions. So more and more we have 857|01:01:17|420|01:01:23|280to sensitize the brain cells so we begin to remember 858|01:01:24|320|01:01:27|600those inner events which are of spiritual importance. 859|01:01:27|680|01:01:30|720Okay, so that's going to be it for right now. 860|01:01:32|240|01:01:35|730And we'll go on after this at 861|01:01:36|230|01:01:40|090some point, hopefully soon. So see you then and 862|01:01:40|170|01:01:42|650study hard. Take care. Bye-bye.
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