1|00:00:01|440|00:00:02|000Okay. 2|00:00:04|080|00:00:08|120Right. Hi everybody, and I'm 3|00:00:08|620|00:00:10|960going to be a little bit invisible on this one, if that's okay. 4|00:00:15|919|00:00:19|720That's just the way it has to be at the moment. And we're on number 5|00:00:20|220|00:00:23|840three. This is the beginning of the first initiation 6|00:00:24|560|00:00:27|970compilation video commentary number three. 7|00:00:28|050|00:00:32|050And today is the 28th of 8|00:00:33|650|00:00:35|918June, 9|00:00:36|422|00:00:38|6902018. 10|00:00:40|050|00:00:42|850So let's look at this, 11|00:00:45|010|00:00:48|450the future exoteric ceremony. We're talking 12|00:00:48|950|00:00:52|690about the first initiation being given publicly 13|00:00:54|070|00:00:57|870later with the initiator as the Christ and maybe 14|00:00:58|370|00:01:01|270the second initiation, I think, well, 15|00:01:01|770|00:01:05|470on the astral plane anyway. And we'll have to see whether there 16|00:01:05|970|00:01:09|510is an external version of that. The question 17|00:01:09|670|00:01:13|510anent initiation is one that is coming more and more before 18|00:01:14|010|00:01:17|910the public. (IHS, p.9) You know, we've reached that degree of (IHS, p.9) 19|00:01:18|410|00:01:18|790advancement. 20|00:01:21|670|00:01:25|190Humanity wants to expand beyond 21|00:01:25|690|00:01:29|270the personality limitations. This is simply an innate 22|00:01:29|770|00:01:32|910pressure from hierarchy welling up from within 23|00:01:33|410|00:01:37|270humanity itself. A pressure from the higher aspects 24|00:01:37|770|00:01:41|110of the human being. Before many 25|00:01:41|610|00:01:46|630centuries pass, we're told, the mysteries 26|00:01:47|130|00:01:50|830will be restored (IHS, p.9) and an inner body will exist 27|00:01:51|330|00:01:54|390in the Church, the Church of the period. (IHS, p.9) Of course, 28|00:01:54|890|00:01:58|390it's a few centuries ahead of which the nucleus is already forming, 29|00:01:58|870|00:02:02|550wherein the first initiation will become exoteric in this 30|00:02:03|050|00:02:07|270sense only that the taking of the first initiation will before 31|00:02:07|770|00:02:11|590so very long be the most sacred ceremony 32|00:02:12|620|00:02:17|020of the Church. (IHS, p.9) And so spiritual occultism 33|00:02:17|100|00:02:19|580and the Church will meet. 34|00:02:20|140|00:02:25|340It will be the most sacred ceremony of the Church, performed exoterically (IHS, p.9) 35|00:02:26|220|00:02:29|340as one of the mysteries given at stated periods, (IHS, p.9) 36|00:02:29|820|00:02:32|620attended by those concerned. (IHS, p.9) 37|00:02:33|120|00:02:36|380We're not given yet the hint as to who that will be or how public 38|00:02:36|780|00:02:40|480this will be, or, you know, how limited 39|00:02:40|560|00:02:44|240the attendance will be. But it's a very beautiful 40|00:02:44|740|00:02:48|240concept that the most 41|00:02:48|740|00:02:51|800sacred ceremony of the church, no church at 42|00:02:52|300|00:02:56|760present can touch that. And of course, if the Christ himself as the first 43|00:02:57|260|00:03:01|280initiator is present, then the Christ will be present in 44|00:03:01|780|00:03:04|960the stated church of the period. An amazing thought. 45|00:03:05|620|00:03:09|740It will also hold a similar place in the ritual of 46|00:03:10|240|00:03:13|820the Masons, (IHS, p.9) you know. So there we have what D.K. is calling 47|00:03:14|320|00:03:17|140the E.A. degree, 48|00:03:17|620|00:03:20|100the entered apprentice. 49|00:03:20|900|00:03:24|300Now, you know that generally means the first initiation, 50|00:03:24|800|00:03:28|420but if you're in the Lodge, well, let's see. From the 51|00:03:28|580|00:03:31|740point of view of solar initiations, it's the third. From the point 52|00:03:32|240|00:03:36|190of view of the initiations in the Sirian 53|00:03:36|270|00:03:39|870system, an entered apprentice is a master, 54|00:03:40|590|00:03:44|510one of our masters. Amazing when you think about the elevation 55|00:03:44|990|00:03:48|030of the Sirian system. At this 56|00:03:48|530|00:03:51|950ceremony, those ready for the first initiation will be 57|00:03:52|590|00:03:55|470publicly admitted to the Lodge by one of its members, 58|00:03:56|350|00:04:01|390authorized to do so by the Great Hierophant 59|00:04:01|550|00:04:04|870himself. (IHS, p.9) Now, who is 60|00:04:05|370|00:04:08|350that hierophant? Well, 61|00:04:09|150|00:04:12|550usually when we talk about the Great Hierophant, we mean Sanat Kumara. 62|00:04:13|050|00:04:17|950But it could be the Great Hierophant could 63|00:04:18|450|00:04:22|390be the Christ or Sanat 64|00:04:22|890|00:04:26|570Kumara. But since it's the early degrees, it may well be 65|00:04:27|070|00:04:30|370the Christ. Let's see what D.K. tends to 66|00:04:30|870|00:04:36|210say about that. This, in due time will lead to 67|00:04:36|710|00:04:40|410the giving of the first initiation publicly as part of 68|00:04:40|890|00:04:49|130the great ritual service of the then prevalent universal 69|00:04:49|630|00:04:54|010religion. (RI, p.123) So at first, it seems at 70|00:04:54|090|00:04:57|850first, first initiation is given to a 71|00:04:58|170|00:05:02|490select group of attendees, 72|00:05:02|970|00:05:06|610and then later more publicly. So it 73|00:05:07|110|00:05:10|970seems as simply because it is exoteric does 74|00:05:11|470|00:05:13|370not mean that it is broadly public. 75|00:05:15|130|00:05:18|570So D.K. is very careful about talking about when 76|00:05:19|070|00:05:22|590this may be. We do remember though, that the Christ 77|00:05:23|090|00:05:26|670will appear, and his appearance or reappearance will signal 78|00:05:26|990|00:05:30|990that humanity has taken the first 79|00:05:31|550|00:05:35|270initiation at the right. The race of 80|00:05:35|770|00:05:39|910men will then, in its most advanced brackets and groups in every country 81|00:05:40|410|00:05:43|670in the world, be normally clairvoyant and will therefore see for 82|00:05:44|170|00:05:49|710themselves the light within the candidates. (RI, p.123) And all of this will 83|00:05:50|210|00:05:54|160be related to the energy of 84|00:05:54|660|00:05:59|480the Seventh Ray as 85|00:05:59|960|00:06:04|400it refines the vehicles of 86|00:06:04|900|00:06:09|080perception and also the vehicles of the personality 87|00:06:09|580|00:06:14|120in general, so that the light will shine forth more brightly. 88|00:06:14|620|00:06:18|300So we've been told that bodies of a higher nature, 89|00:06:18|800|00:06:22|660more resilient nature, will be the order of the 90|00:06:23|160|00:06:27|140day when the Seventh Ray works upon them. 91|00:06:27|640|00:06:31|420How many centuries this will take, we don't know. But we know 92|00:06:31|920|00:06:35|500that there's going to be some big work before those of us 93|00:06:36|000|00:06:39|380who are interested in these matters and who 94|00:06:39|880|00:06:43|460wish to serve the masters during this Aquarian 95|00:06:43|960|00:06:48|340age, which is the second of 96|00:06:48|840|00:06:52|460the terms of the Christ. Usually it's a 2,500-year term; now it's going 97|00:06:52|960|00:06:56|460to be more like 5,000. So we will 98|00:06:56|700|00:06:59|820be his assistants, you know, 99|00:07:00|320|00:07:04|340in a remote way, of course, but hopefully in a helpful way and with 100|00:07:04|840|00:07:07|180full consciousness of what we're doing. 101|00:07:08|300|00:07:11|900So the attendees, 102|00:07:14|240|00:07:16|480at least the advanced members, 103|00:07:17|520|00:07:21|200more evolved members of humanity, will be 104|00:07:21|700|00:07:26|080able to see the light which is within man 105|00:07:26|400|00:07:30|160and within the candidate. And they will know 106|00:07:30|660|00:07:34|120that this is not just some mumbo jumbo, you know, but of 107|00:07:34|620|00:07:37|680course, with the Christ as the hierophant, how could it be? 108|00:07:38|250|00:07:41|690But so much of religion today is going through forms that 109|00:07:42|330|00:07:45|650have ceased to mean much, and the things that they talk 110|00:07:46|150|00:07:49|130about are not perceived by the onlookers. 111|00:07:49|850|00:07:54|890They will know then that the first initiation is justifiably undergone. 112|00:07:55|130|00:07:58|770So they can give their assent and their support. And they will also see the 113|00:07:59|270|00:08:03|450same light in thousands who in previous incarnations have 114|00:08:03|950|00:08:07|370taken that initiation. (RI, p.123) So I suppose, you know, in that area of the 115|00:08:07|870|00:08:11|530etheric brain around the pineal gland, there will 116|00:08:12|030|00:08:15|650be the type of stimulation which promotes 117|00:08:16|150|00:08:19|810the development of the light in the head and a more advanced 118|00:08:20|310|00:08:22|930type of perception, in this case, 119|00:08:23|730|00:08:25|890etheric perception. 120|00:08:27|170|00:08:30|290So we have much to look forward to along these 121|00:08:30|790|00:08:34|500lines. You know, we may think that the first 122|00:08:35|000|00:08:38|580initiation for students like ourselves has been maybe 123|00:08:39|080|00:08:42|060undergone. And maybe sometimes we think, “Well, it's no big deal,” 124|00:08:42|560|00:08:44|620but for humanity it's a really big deal. 125|00:08:45|820|00:08:50|060Humanity is still as a whole far from 126|00:08:50|220|00:08:54|300undergoing the type of preparation and 127|00:08:55|820|00:08:59|980evidencing the type of aspiration and 128|00:09:00|860|00:09:04|180cleansing of the etheric, physical, and 129|00:09:04|680|00:09:08|740other aspects of the personality to allow it really to be a 130|00:09:09|240|00:09:12|940candidate for initiation. So we don't know how long it will be before the Christ 131|00:09:13|440|00:09:17|340reappears. But obviously the higher brackets of humanity have to 132|00:09:17|740|00:09:21|420undergo a very considerable cleansing. 133|00:09:21|920|00:09:25|420House cleaning, as D.K. has told us, especially in 134|00:09:25|920|00:09:29|640the political and church field. And then it 135|00:09:30|140|00:09:34|160may be will be possible, if the delays which are also 136|00:09:34|240|00:09:37|680discussed don't occur or don't 137|00:09:38|180|00:09:41|400go on for too long, it will be possible to lift the race of 138|00:09:41|900|00:09:45|440the human being, of humanity, to the status of 139|00:09:45|760|00:09:50|120the first degree initiate. Which doesn't, of course, mean that all have 140|00:09:50|620|00:09:54|240taken that first initiation. It will simply mean that there's been a vibratory 141|00:09:54|400|00:09:58|600elevation by a significant number of 142|00:09:58|840|00:10:02|560people who have taken or are fit to take that initiation. 143|00:10:03|060|00:10:06|920And that will raise the vibratory level of humanity entirely. And its 144|00:10:07|400|00:10:11|719receptivity as well will be greatly enhanced. 145|00:10:12|520|00:10:15|760All right, here's another one from now 146|00:10:16|260|00:10:18|840that looks like Rays. 147|00:10:20|120|00:10:23|460Maybe it's Esoteric Psychology. 148|00:10:23|960|00:10:27|060volume one. I'm not sure. Or maybe it's “Rays and the 149|00:10:27|560|00:10:31|620Initiation.” Well, anyway, in any case, we're somehow still in 150|00:10:32|120|00:10:36|180“Initiation, Human and Solar” of that wonderful little book which was 151|00:10:36|680|00:10:39|700the first book to go public, as it were. 152|00:10:40|340|00:10:43|780And the book is 153|00:10:44|260|00:10:47|940chock full of necessary pieces of information 154|00:10:48|100|00:10:52|040to explain later things that will be encountered by 155|00:10:52|540|00:10:56|640the serious students. So the fairly frequent rereading of “Initiation, 156|00:10:57|140|00:11:00|640Human and Solar,” or at least a topical study there 157|00:11:01|200|00:11:05|520will be of great use as we continue our 158|00:11:06|400|00:11:07|040studies. 159|00:11:09|520|00:11:11|680Excuse me. Now, 160|00:11:12|480|00:11:16|320a step into the spiritual kingdom. Literally, therefore, a man 161|00:11:16|820|00:11:20|650who has taken the first initiation is one (IHS, p.10) who has taken the first 162|00:11:21|150|00:11:24|930step into the spiritual kingdom. (IHS, p.10) He's begun to enter the 163|00:11:25|090|00:11:29|730fifth kingdom of nature. He's not a full participant 164|00:11:30|230|00:11:33|770yet, but he has entered. Having passed out of 165|00:11:34|270|00:11:37|970the definite—the human kingdom into the superhuman. (IHS, p.10) Although he still, 166|00:11:38|530|00:11:42|370I would say, oscillates for quite a while between the normal 167|00:11:43|250|00:11:47|090fourth kingdom human tendencies and the higher 168|00:11:47|590|00:11:51|490calling of the new kingdom. So that 169|00:11:51|990|00:11:55|450is really a statement about how a large 170|00:11:55|950|00:11:59|530portion of humanity will be entering the fifth kingdom. Already he's 171|00:12:00|030|00:12:04|010been talking about hundreds of thousands who 172|00:12:04|510|00:12:08|290have taken that initiation. And maybe there are some references even back 173|00:12:08|790|00:12:10|930in the days when these books were being written about millions. 174|00:12:12|770|00:12:16|510Okay. Just as he passed out of the 175|00:12:17|010|00:12:20|670animal kingdom into the human at (IHS, p.10) individualization. 176|00:12:21|470|00:12:24|350Although he still had quite an animal body, we might say. 177|00:12:24|750|00:12:28|190So he has entered upon the life of the 178|00:12:28|590|00:12:31|470spirit (IHS, p.10) as it is expressed through the soul. 179|00:12:31|550|00:12:35|110Okay. And for the first time, has the right to be 180|00:12:35|610|00:12:40|040called a spiritual man. Not yet a divine man. That's a monadic factor. 181|00:12:40|440|00:12:43|680But the right to be called a spiritual man in 182|00:12:44|180|00:12:48|200the technical significance of the word. So we might just say, 183|00:12:48|280|00:12:51|800to remind ourselves that soul is 184|00:12:53|240|00:12:57|080spiritual and the monad 185|00:12:57|400|00:13:01|400is divine. We hear about the spiritual 186|00:13:01|900|00:13:06|160triad as the projection of that which is divine in the monad. And by 187|00:13:06|660|00:13:10|700the time we reach the second subplane and the first of 188|00:13:11|200|00:13:14|820the cosmic physical plane, we're into the worlds which could be and should be 189|00:13:14|980|00:13:18|580considered divine. Okay, this is 190|00:13:18|660|00:13:22|060the next one. Is an important statement here, 191|00:13:22|560|00:13:24|900too. The percentage of atomic substance. 192|00:13:26|580|00:13:30|500We read about how matter is constantly being upgraded, 193|00:13:31|000|00:13:35|830even subtle matter. In the vehicles of the progressing 194|00:13:36|230|00:13:39|430initiate. Even the initiate of the threshold. 195|00:13:39|590|00:13:43|230So again, before initiations prior to that of adept. In this 196|00:13:43|730|00:13:47|710case, the adept means master. The arhat means fourth 197|00:13:48|210|00:13:51|830degree. Adept means quote, 198|00:13:52|330|00:13:55|270master, mark. 199|00:13:55|590|00:13:59|630Respectively, the attainment of certain proportions of atomic 200|00:14:00|130|00:14:04|820matter in the bodies. Now, you know, atomic matter relates to the 201|00:14:05|380|00:14:09|060etheric vehicles. We're not so much talking about 202|00:14:10|420|00:14:14|060dense, liquid and gaseous. Let's see 203|00:14:14|560|00:14:17|940if I… Let's see here. There's so many things 204|00:14:18|440|00:14:24|820going on here. A.A.B. diagrams. And open. 205|00:14:25|940|00:14:29|620All right, good. So this will 206|00:14:30|020|00:14:33|460give us the chart we need. Tuya is working on a new one, which I 207|00:14:33|960|00:14:37|740think is very, very good. And more suggestive and more accurate, 208|00:14:38|240|00:14:42|500in my opinion. But this chart that we've been using here has 209|00:14:43|000|00:14:46|300been very helpful over the years. And we want to give credit 210|00:14:46|800|00:14:49|980to Keith Bailey and the Om Group for making 211|00:14:50|480|00:14:53|940the chart more living, as it were, through the 212|00:14:54|490|00:14:58|010assignment of the appropriate colors to 213|00:14:58|510|00:15:01|370link up the various aspects of the human frame. 214|00:15:02|650|00:15:05|050All right, so here we go. 215|00:15:05|850|00:15:10|170The attainment… So the four initiations mark, 216|00:15:10|250|00:15:13|450respectively, the attainment of certain proportions of atomic matter 217|00:15:13|950|00:15:17|090in the bodies. For instance, at the first initiation, 218|00:15:17|590|00:15:20|860one-fourth atomic matter, I suppose, 219|00:15:21|360|00:15:28|260of all the etheric matter is my guess. Of all the etheric 220|00:15:29|220|00:15:32|700matter at the second initiation, 1/2 of all the 221|00:15:33|200|00:15:37|300etheric matter at the 3rd, 3/4 atomic matter, and so 222|00:15:37|800|00:15:43|260on to the completion of 100%. 100% at 223|00:15:43|760|00:15:47|100the fourth initiation. Now you kind of wonder, with the etheric body 224|00:15:47|600|00:15:51|630being so high, how could the normal physical body 225|00:15:52|510|00:15:57|830survive that and all of the other lower 226|00:15:58|330|00:16:01|510three subplanes of each one of the planes? And the answer is it 227|00:16:02|010|00:16:04|430doesn't really survive that. Maybe for a while. 228|00:16:05|390|00:16:08|990In the case of some, the fourth initiation body can 229|00:16:09|490|00:16:13|030be kept active, but for others, destruction, 230|00:16:13|530|00:16:17|270one way or another, is the result. And the 231|00:16:17|770|00:16:21|790possibility then of beginning with the projection of a Mayavarupa, 232|00:16:22|750|00:16:26|510since Buddhi is the unifying principle or the welder of all, (IHS, p.16) 233|00:16:26|910|00:16:30|270in a way, just the way Mercury is. And Mercury, 234|00:16:30|590|00:16:34|350being a Buddhic planet in its higher expression, and Jupiter 235|00:16:34|850|00:16:38|430and Neptune through magnetism, bringing all together into 236|00:16:38|930|00:16:42|950a unity. At the fifth initiation, the adept lets the 237|00:16:43|450|00:16:46|230lower vehicles go and stands in the Buddhic sheath. 238|00:16:46|730|00:16:53|020Now just say this can even happen at 239|00:16:53|520|00:16:57|460the fourth. But here is a statement by D.K. saying the fifth 240|00:16:57|960|00:17:03|540initiation is that which allows the 241|00:17:03|620|00:17:07|540release of the lower vehicles. Now in the case of Master D.K., 242|00:17:07|860|00:17:11|140I think he took the… Well, we don't know whether he 243|00:17:11|640|00:17:15|759was born a fourth degree initiate, but possibly took that in 244|00:17:16|259|00:17:19|759that last incarnation. Possibly, or maybe, maybe it had already been 245|00:17:20|259|00:17:24|199taken. But 1875 was the time he marked his mastership. 246|00:17:24|279|00:17:28|679So apparently he didn't let go of those vehicles. And there 247|00:17:29|179|00:17:31|879are rules and there are exceptions to the rules. 248|00:17:32|599|00:17:37|319So with the fifth initiation anyway, for sure one 249|00:17:37|819|00:17:41|399can create the body of manifestation. And this is called 250|00:17:41|899|00:17:45|060the Mayavarupa. 251|00:17:45|560|00:17:49|220It's a well-created body, has a lot to 252|00:17:49|720|00:17:53|340do with Virgo and with the monadic plane. 253|00:17:53|820|00:17:57|020Let's see if I can find that, 254|00:17:57|520|00:18:00|540you know. Okay. One, two, three. 255|00:18:02|220|00:18:04|380I think the next one. That would be it, huh? 256|00:18:04|940|00:18:08|220Okay, so what does it say? 257|00:18:08|790|00:18:12|470Yeah, Kriya Shakti, materializing the ideal. 258|00:18:13|190|00:18:16|390And I think that all of those various shaktis are 259|00:18:16|890|00:18:19|510useful in creating the Mayavarupa. 260|00:18:19|910|00:18:23|470Probably the permanent 261|00:18:23|970|00:18:27|590atoms of the spiritual triad are involved as they have become 262|00:18:27|670|00:18:31|670the surviving permanent atoms and 263|00:18:31|750|00:18:35|710are related to the larger permanent 264|00:18:36|210|00:18:39|360atoms which have been destroyed or whose 265|00:18:39|860|00:18:44|200substance has been raised up into the threefold 266|00:18:44|700|00:18:50|040permanent atom. So interesting (IHS, p.10) that in the spiritual 267|00:18:50|540|00:18:54|560triad the permanent atoms have three spirillae, whereas the astral 268|00:18:55|060|00:18:58|760and physical permanent atoms have seven. So more complicated. 269|00:18:59|880|00:19:04|480And if you put together the mental unit and the monadic permanent atom, 270|00:19:04|710|00:19:07|350you get a four plus a three, which is a seven. 271|00:19:08|150|00:19:11|910So all those numbers are significant. But you do need this 272|00:19:12|410|00:19:16|110materializing power under Virgo, I think, 273|00:19:16|610|00:19:20|030in order to create a Mayavarupa. Now do you 274|00:19:20|530|00:19:23|110have to be a sixth degree initiate to do so? No, 275|00:19:23|510|00:19:27|150I think fifth degree initiates can do this. 276|00:19:27|650|00:19:30|910And maybe, depending on what references we read, 277|00:19:31|410|00:19:35|130it's even possible at the fourth initiation. If the 278|00:19:35|530|00:19:39|130physical nature has been relinquished, 279|00:19:40|410|00:19:43|850as so often, you know, it is sometimes by 280|00:19:43|930|00:19:47|770will, or sometimes there's an internal change 281|00:19:48|490|00:19:52|370and the Lunar Lords return from whence 282|00:19:52|870|00:19:56|330they came, significantly elevated in vibration. 283|00:19:56|410|00:19:59|860And what appears as a personality 284|00:20:00|360|00:20:03|580is really will-created. It appears very much the 285|00:20:04|080|00:20:07|380same. But it's will-created and what was 286|00:20:07|880|00:20:10|980said about that? The fifth degree. 287|00:20:12|580|00:20:15|660Let's see, the will-created body is 288|00:20:16|160|00:20:19|900pretty much looking like what the 289|00:20:20|400|00:20:25|250master appeared to be when he was taking the fifth initiation. 290|00:20:25|410|00:20:29|450Somewhere it discusses that as a possible form. 291|00:20:29|950|00:20:33|850But again, you know, rules are made to be broken, and we cannot say 292|00:20:34|350|00:20:37|610it is necessarily the case in all instances, you know. 293|00:20:38|110|00:20:41|410Master D.K. was using a rather old vehicle, 294|00:20:41|910|00:20:45|290and he did sustain it. Now we don't know what his 295|00:20:45|790|00:20:49|420vehicle mayavirupa looks like now, or whether he 296|00:20:49|920|00:20:53|500has retained that original vehicle. It's his 297|00:20:54|000|00:20:56|700inner consciousness, of course, that is important. 298|00:20:57|500|00:21:01|420Anyway, you see the progression of increasing atomic 299|00:21:01|920|00:21:05|700matter and less and less connection of 300|00:21:06|200|00:21:10|220the lower ethers will be present, linking up with 301|00:21:10|940|00:21:14|430the gaseous, liquid and dense planes. So there 302|00:21:14|930|00:21:19|910may be a gap there. And part of that may contribute 303|00:21:20|230|00:21:24|150to the destruction of the causal 304|00:21:24|650|00:21:28|430body. Whether it's monadically impelled or impelled 305|00:21:28|930|00:21:32|790from the triad, or whether the permanent 306|00:21:32|950|00:21:36|470atoms, the lower atomic triangle, contributes to 307|00:21:36|970|00:21:40|510the severing of the connection. I think they're all involved. Also, the buddhic 308|00:21:41|010|00:21:44|980energy is involved in creating the disappearance of that 309|00:21:45|480|00:21:48|900causal body of that egoic lotus. So there's a number of 310|00:21:49|400|00:21:53|540destructive factors. A purer form of love can be 311|00:21:54|040|00:21:57|020a very destructive factor, which is interesting. 312|00:21:57|820|00:22:01|740Okay, and I think, you know, it needs to be experienced. 313|00:22:02|240|00:22:05|860I think there are certain forms of beauty and love that no 314|00:22:06|360|00:22:09|600one can bear. And I think if they arise 315|00:22:10|100|00:22:13|680within oneself, there may be destruction. Is it possible to 316|00:22:14|180|00:22:18|080die of too much love? Is it possible to die of the 317|00:22:18|580|00:22:20|680recognition of something too beautiful? 318|00:22:22|440|00:22:26|200I think it is. Okay, so we're still in (IHS, p.10) 319|00:22:26|700|00:22:27|720Initiation, Human and Solar, 320|00:22:30|840|00:22:35|320an indication of commencement. So the probationary 321|00:22:35|820|00:22:39|030path corresponds to the latter period 322|00:22:39|530|00:22:42|910of gestation. (IHS, p.63) Maybe the last, you know, after the heart starts to 323|00:22:43|410|00:22:46|910beat, maybe the last three months or so, to 324|00:22:47|410|00:22:50|950the building in the heart of the babe in Christ. (IHS, p.63) 325|00:22:51|590|00:22:55|190And that's associated with one of those astrological (IHS, p.10) inner charts 326|00:22:55|690|00:22:59|710called the Neptune chart. And I'm not exactly 327|00:23:00|210|00:23:02|950sure what month that takes hold, but, you know, 328|00:23:04|210|00:23:08|690four or five months have to be passed before 329|00:23:09|190|00:23:12|850the Neptune chart is active. And then also 330|00:23:13|350|00:23:17|090maybe the beating of the heart. That is probably a piece of medical information 331|00:23:17|250|00:23:21|090that we can easily access. At the first initiation, 332|00:23:21|590|00:23:24|770this babe, you know, it's our consciousness. It is the 333|00:23:25|270|00:23:29|380baby consciousness, really. This babe starts on the pilgrimage 334|00:23:29|880|00:23:33|020of the path, you know, the— 335|00:23:33|520|00:23:36|900in this case, the spiritual path. And he has the right 336|00:23:37|400|00:23:40|540to be called a spiritual man because he's taking the—or has taken the first 337|00:23:41|040|00:23:44|340initiation. The first initiation stands simply 338|00:23:44|840|00:23:48|860for commencement (IHS, p.63) of the planetary initiations. A certain structure 339|00:23:50|220|00:23:52|460sufficient of right living, 340|00:23:53|420|00:23:57|240right thinking and conduct has been built up. (IHS, p.63) 341|00:23:57|740|00:24:01|600So behavior under the seventh ray is very important. You know, how the seventh 342|00:24:02|100|00:24:06|040ray sets a certain outer form and behavioral standard. 343|00:24:06|680|00:24:10|640And we expect people who have taken this initiation 344|00:24:11|140|00:24:14|600to live up to a certain kind of standard, 345|00:24:15|100|00:24:18|520a certain kind of morality with respect to their community. 346|00:24:18|680|00:24:22|270It doesn't always hold, you know, but in general, 347|00:24:22|430|00:24:25|550a certain standard is maintained. That form, 348|00:24:26|190|00:24:30|430that form of right thinking, et cetera, right living, right conduct, 349|00:24:30|670|00:24:34|270we call character. And we've been told, you know, 350|00:24:34|430|00:24:38|510by Thackeray: 351|00:24:39|010|00:24:43|230“Sow a thought, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap 352|00:24:43|310|00:24:47|470character. (IHS, p.64) Sow character, reap destiny.” (IHS, p.64) 353|00:24:48|360|00:24:52|160The astrologers are always fond of saying 354|00:24:52|660|00:24:55|720that character is destiny. It is a true thing, 355|00:24:56|120|00:24:59|400the form we call character. And it 356|00:24:59|900|00:25:03|560now has to be vivified and indwelt, and I would say this 357|00:25:05|080|00:25:08|680increasingly by buddhic energy. 358|00:25:09|480|00:25:13|720The causal body is basically underlaid 359|00:25:14|220|00:25:17|310by the solar angel and its projection, 360|00:25:17|810|00:25:20|910which I call the angel of the Presence. But there are 361|00:25:21|410|00:25:25|750different degrees of Buddhic energy which can substand 362|00:25:25|990|00:25:29|590it, really. The inner petals, the synthesis petals, 363|00:25:30|090|00:25:33|350are entirely Buddhic. They come from a stream of energy from the Buddha plane. 364|00:25:33|850|00:25:37|550And I guess the jewel in the lotus is 365|00:25:38|050|00:25:41|510not only directly monadic, but has quite a bit of what we might 366|00:25:42|010|00:25:45|900call the atmic—the atmic quality. 367|00:25:47|260|00:25:50|940Yeah. Atmic and monadic. Yeah. All right. 368|00:25:54|940|00:25:58|140All right. Well, there was a little pause for me because what I've just noticed 369|00:25:58|640|00:26:02|660is that my chronometer managed to 370|00:26:03|160|00:26:06|340turn off and I have to start it again. So my 371|00:26:06|840|00:26:11|180chances of reaching a one-hour program have been significantly 372|00:26:11|660|00:26:14|940reduced by that little accident. 373|00:26:16|380|00:26:19|660Okay, so commencement: entering the fifth 374|00:26:20|160|00:26:23|260kingdom of nature, becoming a true disciple, 375|00:26:24|860|00:26:28|780still in a way a probationer until accepted discipleship 376|00:26:29|280|00:26:33|020occurs somewhere between the first and second initiation. 377|00:26:34|070|00:26:37|510And so we may deviate from this structure of 378|00:26:38|010|00:26:41|230right living, right thinking, right conduct, but we know when we do 379|00:26:41|730|00:26:45|350and we have to get back on the path and do it the 380|00:26:45|850|00:26:49|430right way, you know. So one sometimes 381|00:26:49|930|00:26:53|950strays from these things and recognizes 382|00:26:54|450|00:26:57|550it and then reasserts the right way. I'm sure 383|00:26:58|050|00:27:01|730it's an experience familiar to all 384|00:27:02|230|00:27:05|930of us. So this one is called “Theory is Becoming Fact.” 385|00:27:06|430|00:27:09|570We're still in Initiation, Human and Solar, the immortal 386|00:27:10|070|00:27:12|730destiny of each and all of us. Well, by the way, I do—I just 387|00:27:13|230|00:27:16|210want to say that I've done a quite complete commentary, 388|00:27:17|010|00:27:20|690well, fairly complete on Initiation, Human and Solar in a written manner. 389|00:27:21|190|00:27:25|380And it's on Makara. So you may 390|00:27:25|880|00:27:29|380want, you know, if you have time to read the associated thoughts, 391|00:27:29|880|00:27:33|700then you'll find it there. Just the way the first half 392|00:27:34|200|00:27:37|020of Rays and Initiations is there and almost the entire book, 393|00:27:37|180|00:27:40|779A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, with the last hundred pages or 394|00:27:41|279|00:27:44|700so being done in this video commentary style. 395|00:27:45|260|00:27:49|180The immortal destiny 396|00:27:49|680|00:27:52|940of each and all of us is to attain the consciousness 397|00:27:53|440|00:27:57|580of the higher self—in this case, let's call it the soul—and subsequently 398|00:27:58|080|00:28:01|900that of the divine spirit. (IHS, p.64) At first the 399|00:28:02|400|00:28:06|780soul on the higher mental plane, and then eventually impersonal triadal 400|00:28:07|280|00:28:11|380consciousness, which is a projection in three parts of monadic 401|00:28:11|880|00:28:16|860consciousness, and then the consciousness and 402|00:28:17|100|00:28:21|070amazing identificatory extension of 403|00:28:21|570|00:28:25|350the monad or divine spirit. When the form is ready, (IHS, p.64) 404|00:28:25|910|00:28:29|030when Solomon's temple has been built in 405|00:28:29|530|00:28:32|390the quarry of the personal life (IHS, p.64)—because a lot of building, 406|00:28:32|550|00:28:36|310let's just say a lot of building occurs 407|00:28:36|550|00:28:40|950on a strictly personal level, 408|00:28:41|030|00:28:43|990personality level, personal level. 409|00:28:44|550|00:28:48|110Then the Christ enters, especially around the 410|00:28:48|610|00:28:51|990period perhaps of the fifth petal and the later fifth 411|00:28:52|490|00:28:56|590petal, and a man becomes an aspirant. Then the Christ life enters and 412|00:28:56|670|00:28:59|990I suppose a new type of expression of the solar 413|00:29:00|490|00:29:03|950angel, angel of the presence, begins to occur. And the glory of the Lord 414|00:29:04|450|00:29:09|390overshadows his temple. (IHS, p.64) And let's just say more 415|00:29:09|470|00:29:13|310and more vibrantly, as the later 416|00:29:13|810|00:29:17|150petals open, the form becomes vibrant (IHS, p.64)—the inner form. 417|00:29:17|550|00:29:21|290I mean, you know, when we look at the totally primitive individual, 418|00:29:21|610|00:29:25|330one or two petals are open. And although this is all virtue 419|00:29:25|830|00:29:29|650in a sense, we can't really call it the full presence of 420|00:29:30|150|00:29:33|250the soul. And so many soul qualities still have 421|00:29:33|750|00:29:37|690to be built in on the higher mental plane. 422|00:29:37|770|00:29:41|290So then the form 423|00:29:41|530|00:29:44|890becomes vibrant. Therein lies the difference between 424|00:29:45|390|00:29:48|760theory and making the theory part of oneself. (IHS, p.64) Of course, 425|00:29:49|000|00:29:52|440in the kind of work we do with Master D.K.'s teaching 426|00:29:52|940|00:29:56|480in words, a lot of it is theoretical. Some of it is even theoretical to 427|00:29:56|980|00:30:00|240him. You know, when he talks about the cosmic astral plane, he says, “I can't 428|00:30:00|740|00:30:04|200really tell you from experience what's there because I haven't been there.” 429|00:30:04|920|00:30:08|600So, you know, he's making an honest admission. And, 430|00:30:09|100|00:30:12|560but, and yet he speaks of things that are so, even far beyond 431|00:30:13|060|00:30:17|190that. So part of it is intuitive and theoretical, 432|00:30:18|230|00:30:21|270but the intuition backs up the theory. 433|00:30:22|710|00:30:26|230So as he says here, one can have a perfect image or picture, (IHS, p.64) 434|00:30:26|470|00:30:30|150let's just say that which the personality has built into the 435|00:30:30|650|00:30:34|110causal body. But it lacks life, (IHS, p.64) the animating principle, 436|00:30:34|610|00:30:38|310the soul, and it lacks sufficient solar 437|00:30:38|810|00:30:42|510fire. It lacks electric fire that comes later. The life can 438|00:30:43|010|00:30:46|270be modeled on the divine as far as may be. (IHS, p.64) And you 439|00:30:46|770|00:30:50|070know, we try to do what we do because the Christ did it and 440|00:30:50|570|00:30:54|070we want to follow in his footsteps. And as Master D.K. has said, 441|00:30:54|570|00:30:57|990it's not the real experience, but it's a step in the right 442|00:30:58|490|00:31:02|710direction. It may be an excellent copy, but lacks the indwelling 443|00:31:03|210|00:31:07|230Christ principle. (IHS, p.64) And we all know that when true love begins 444|00:31:07|730|00:31:11|750to animate our lives and I suppose buddhically suffuse 445|00:31:11|910|00:31:15|550the egoic lotus, something really different 446|00:31:16|050|00:31:19|790begins to happen. And we realize then that we've just been talking 447|00:31:20|290|00:31:24|150about love, but we have not actually 448|00:31:24|630|00:31:28|070experienced what it is in a spiritual and 449|00:31:28|570|00:31:32|310later (IHS, p.64) divine sense. When the causal body is destroyed, 450|00:31:32|760|00:31:36|280the germ has been there, but it has lain dormant. (IHS, p.64) 451|00:31:36|780|00:31:40|160Now it is fostered and brought to the birth. I guess Virgo is involved 452|00:31:40|660|00:31:45|080there and Jupiter, you know, really expanding the possibilities 453|00:31:45|580|00:31:48|920of the expression of the Christ principle and the first initiation 454|00:31:49|320|00:31:51|880is attained. So it's like, 455|00:31:53|400|00:31:55|880let's just say after the first initiation, 456|00:31:56|760|00:32:01|560there is the sense of bringing theor (IHS, p.64)y into 457|00:32:01|720|00:32:05|740actuality, and into 458|00:32:06|940|00:32:09|020practice and expression. 459|00:32:10|060|00:32:13|660So, (IHS, p.64) you know, everybody knows the difference between that 460|00:32:14|160|00:32:18|140which is mentally proposed and still resides 461|00:32:18|640|00:32:23|420on the mental plane, and that which is the presence of a real 462|00:32:23|900|00:32:29|060energy about which we have been talking, but which has not been suffusing 463|00:32:29|560|00:32:33|670us or expressed through us. So that theory 464|00:32:33|830|00:32:38|110may become reality, actuality, practice in the 465|00:32:38|610|00:32:42|430lives of all of us. And so that the great and high spiritual energies may 466|00:32:42|930|00:32:46|630be matters of that which is actually 467|00:32:47|130|00:32:50|630experienced rather than simply discussed. That would be a wonderful 468|00:32:51|430|00:32:54|710thing and something we're all striving for. 469|00:32:55|210|00:32:58|720As we become true initiates, more and more of that will 470|00:32:59|220|00:33:02|480happen. Now we're still continuing with initiation, 471|00:33:02|980|00:33:06|840human and solar. There's a lot in there, you know, about these various 472|00:33:07|340|00:33:11|520initiations. And then carried on later with the 473|00:33:12|080|00:33:15|080work of the rays and the initiations. And of course, 474|00:33:15|580|00:33:19|440scattered throughout the books, there's, you know, he gave 475|00:33:19|940|00:33:24|890us the task of gathering it all up. And therein we prove our tenacity 476|00:33:25|130|00:33:28|090and our sincerity. So here, 477|00:33:28|590|00:33:32|210this is about the sins of the flesh being overcome at the first initiation. 478|00:33:32|710|00:33:35|970The control of the ego. And in this case, 479|00:33:36|470|00:33:39|850this is the consciousness within the causal body. Part of 480|00:33:40|350|00:33:44|090it ours and part of it belonging to the solar angel, angel of the presence. 481|00:33:44|590|00:33:48|290Some kind of mixture occurs there. The control of the ego over the physical 482|00:33:48|790|00:33:52|250body must have reached a high degree of attainment. 483|00:33:52|330|00:33:56|330We just don't let our instincts and our passions 484|00:33:56|650|00:34:00|170run away with us and obscure 485|00:34:00|410|00:34:03|410our higher intentions. Quote: 486|00:34:03|910|00:34:07|290“The sins of the flesh.” Close quote. As the Christian phraseology 487|00:34:07|370|00:34:10|450has it, must be dominated. That doesn't mean 488|00:34:10|950|00:34:13|970they, you know, go away immediately. You know, a lot of people who 489|00:34:14|470|00:34:18|209are at a higher level still have these. 490|00:34:18|449|00:34:21|769It's difficult to explain why they are there. 491|00:34:22|269|00:34:25|809And sometimes they are there for a purpose other than we may suspect. I was 492|00:34:26|309|00:34:29|649just reading about Krishnamurti and this in this regard. 493|00:34:30|149|00:34:33|409And there's a whole story there, if you want to get into it. 494|00:34:34|529|00:34:37|889It's not what we might have expected. But anyway, 495|00:34:38|389|00:34:42|169gluttony, you know, drink and licentiousness, these are 496|00:34:42|669|00:34:46|179extremes, of course, you know, just the too much is there, 497|00:34:46|679|00:34:50|139and the Jupiter is there, you know, to bring 498|00:34:50|639|00:34:54|139excess. And I think I'll put that down. Jupiter is 499|00:34:54|639|00:34:58|059there to bring excess. All of these must 500|00:34:58|559|00:35:02|299no longer hold sway. However, the tendency toward them 501|00:35:02|779|00:35:07|339may exist. The physical elemental 502|00:35:07|839|00:35:12|110will no longer find itself demand obeyed, 503|00:35:12|610|00:35:15|550at least not instantly. And it will be regulated. 504|00:35:15|710|00:35:19|510The control must be complete and the lure departed. 505|00:35:20|010|00:35:23|430Well, okay, that's a really tough 506|00:35:23|930|00:35:27|630statement, given disciples in the present age. 507|00:35:27|870|00:35:31|270Given the tendencies of disciples 508|00:35:31|770|00:35:35|230in the present age, this is a 509|00:35:36|200|00:35:38|760demand (IHS, p.82)ing requirement. 510|00:35:39|880|00:35:42|760Requirements. Req. 511|00:35:44|520|00:35:49|720Okay, somehow. RQ requirement. 512|00:35:50|220|00:35:54|440Okay, so the (IHS, p.82) control must be complete. 513|00:35:57|000|00:36:01|560Okay. And the lure, even the lure departed. 514|00:36:02|390|00:36:04|710Well, we know that (IHS, p.82) this is the ideal. 515|00:36:05|590|00:36:08|950And occasionally the ideal 516|00:36:09|450|00:36:12|910does not occur. I'm sure many of us know from bitter experience that 517|00:36:13|410|00:36:16|870that is the case. A general attitude of obedience to the ego, 518|00:36:16|950|00:36:20|390general attitude, not complete success must have been achieved. 519|00:36:20|790|00:36:23|750And a (IHS, p.64)t least the willingness to obey must be very strong, 520|00:36:24|310|00:36:28|360even though one may not always succeed. We always hear of people 521|00:36:28|860|00:36:32|000falling away from their highest state. It was 522|00:36:32|500|00:36:36|240some kind of movie about a priest, and it had this evocative 523|00:36:36|740|00:36:40|240title, “The Runner Stumbles.” Okay, it's apparently 524|00:36:40|740|00:36:43|919a good movie, but all 525|00:36:44|419|00:36:49|400about, you know, someone who falls. And D.K. discusses the 526|00:36:49|880|00:36:54|680fall of probationary initiates. And when it's a true initiate of 527|00:36:55|180|00:36:58|480the 3rd degree or beyond who falls, if that's what it really is, 528|00:36:58|980|00:37:02|880then we have a serious problem that can affect 529|00:37:03|040|00:37:06|880the work and quite a number of people. 530|00:37:07|600|00:37:10|400So the channel between the higher and lower is widened, 531|00:37:11|120|00:37:14|600and the obedience of the flesh is 532|00:37:15|100|00:37:19|520practically automatic. And this widening occurs during 533|00:37:23|970|00:37:28|130initiation. So, as a matter of fact, I recall a 534|00:37:28|450|00:37:32|450discussion between the Master K.H. and D.K. with reference to Roberto 535|00:37:32|950|00:37:35|970Assagioli, and a very sensitive man. And actually, 536|00:37:36|370|00:37:40|170I think an initiate of the third degree. And it was discussed, 537|00:37:40|670|00:37:43|010okay, shall we widen the channel further? 538|00:37:43|970|00:37:47|660Because apparently the masters have this capability of 539|00:37:47|740|00:37:51|260widening the channel. And they decided against it because 540|00:37:51|340|00:37:55|500the individual, in this case the cycle 541|00:37:56|000|00:37:59|460of Master K.H. helping Master D.K., was sufficiently sensitive 542|00:37:59|960|00:38:03|820and it might be incapacitating to widen the channels 543|00:38:04|320|00:38:07|340still further. So we have to be careful what we ask for. 544|00:38:07|580|00:38:11|420I've already told the story of T. Subba Row, 545|00:38:11|980|00:38:15|360Blavatsky's contemporary and probably her equal, 546|00:38:15|860|00:38:19|040who asked that all his karma be precipitated. 547|00:38:19|540|00:38:22|400He came down with this deadly disease, Hodgkin's. 548|00:38:22|640|00:38:26|120It's a kind of a lymphoma, isn't it? It's a terrible disease. 549|00:38:26|620|00:38:30|120He died of it, you know. So apparently progress was stopped 550|00:38:30|620|00:38:33|720right there. But on the other hand, we never know. He may have cleared the 551|00:38:34|220|00:38:37|280decks. So the masters have a certain Libran 552|00:38:37|840|00:38:41|840sense of right proportion about how 553|00:38:42|340|00:38:46|040much widening, how much stimulation to apply. 554|00:38:46|540|00:38:49|840And so does the hierophant. It's an exact science when it comes to 555|00:38:50|340|00:38:53|960the hierophant who sees the causal 556|00:38:54|460|00:38:57|720body before him and probably starts 557|00:38:58|220|00:39:01|560to apply the rod of initiation to the causal body and 558|00:39:02|060|00:39:06|290maybe to other chakras, as it were, within it. But exactly 559|00:39:06|790|00:39:10|130and scientifically, you think of that first ray energy. It's called 560|00:39:10|630|00:39:14|410“the power that touches and then withdraws.” You know, you'll see this under 561|00:39:14|910|00:39:18|930the names of the Ray Lords. 562|00:39:19|410|00:39:23|490And when you're dealing with high energies, if you touch too long, you burn, 563|00:39:23|650|00:39:27|610and then you destroy the form and you destroy the possibility of 564|00:39:28|110|00:39:31|900progress. So this question of how one learns 565|00:39:32|400|00:39:35|700the art of being a hierophant, well, he doesn't get into that. 566|00:39:36|200|00:39:40|420But you can see how utterly important it is to know exactly 567|00:39:40|920|00:39:44|580how much to apply, where to apply it, and so forth. Okay, 568|00:39:45|080|00:39:48|140here's something about the first and second initiations. We've discussed 569|00:39:48|540|00:39:51|860this. At the first initiation, (IHS, p.82) that of the birth of the 570|00:39:52|360|00:39:56|100Christ, the heart center is the one usually vivified. It is 571|00:39:56|600|00:40:00|300also at the fourth initiation. And we do have to remember that that transference 572|00:40:00|540|00:40:04|880of the… of the sacral to the throat is 573|00:40:05|380|00:40:09|080encouraged, and is a major transference for the first initiation. 574|00:40:09|640|00:40:13|760But the heart center, you know, the birth of the Christ in the heart suggests 575|00:40:14|260|00:40:17|680this. This heart center is vivified with the 576|00:40:18|180|00:40:22|080aim in view of the more effective controlling of 577|00:40:22|580|00:40:26|400the astral vehicle, and of rendering greater service to humanity. So when 578|00:40:26|900|00:40:29|380the heart is really open, the astral vehicle can be controlled. 579|00:40:30|900|00:40:34|380The wide open solar plexus is not so good at that kind 580|00:40:34|880|00:40:38|660of control. But heart carries the factor of 581|00:40:39|160|00:40:43|220balance, and also sensitivity of feeling, and understands when 582|00:40:43|620|00:40:48|220others can be harmed by too violent a display 583|00:40:48|720|00:40:53|460of emotion. After this initiation, the initiate is taught principally the 584|00:40:53|960|00:40:57|610facts of the astral plane—not necessarily brought through into his brain 585|00:40:58|110|00:41:02|290consciousness. He has to stabilize his emotional vehicle and 586|00:41:02|690|00:41:05|810learn to… you know, Libra is coming into the picture there, 587|00:41:06|290|00:41:09|690a Libra ruled by Uranus, and Uranus being a prominent planet at the 588|00:41:10|190|00:41:14|930first degree… and learn to work on the astral plane, probably cultivating this 589|00:41:15|430|00:41:19|690ability with Neptune and the light of Venus, and the kind 590|00:41:20|190|00:41:24|450of coherence and unification of Jupiter. Those are the three planets 591|00:41:24|950|00:41:28|050that will lead to the second degree. He has to stabilize his emotional vehicle 592|00:41:28|550|00:41:32|250and learn to work on the astral plane with the same facility and 593|00:41:32|330|00:41:35|250ease as he does on the physical plane. 594|00:41:35|750|00:41:39|849Now, maybe some of us had this, you know, in Atlantean days. 595|00:41:40|349|00:41:43|890It was a very astral civilization, and the ability to go 596|00:41:44|390|00:41:47|210out of the body and do various things was well developed, but has been now 597|00:41:47|690|00:41:50|730somewhat suppressed in favor of the development of the intellect. 598|00:41:51|230|00:41:54|860But still the ability does reside there. 599|00:41:55|340|00:41:58|620So, you know, subplane after subplane, plane after plane, 600|00:41:59|660|00:42:03|580a degree of mastery is occurring, and we're constantly 601|00:42:04|080|00:42:07|660building more proficiency in what we 602|00:42:08|160|00:42:11|740can do and how we can serve on these various planes. So he does it 603|00:42:12|240|00:42:15|420now, you know, with the same facility and ease 604|00:42:15|980|00:42:18|900as on the physical plane. Now, if you called upon a person to just do 605|00:42:19|400|00:42:22|820this, they might be a little nonplussed, not know what they're doing. But once 606|00:42:23|320|00:42:26|460they were out on the astral plane in the hours of sleep, they might know 607|00:42:26|960|00:42:30|380just what they're doing. He is brought into contact with the astral devas, 608|00:42:31|020|00:42:33|180oftentimes called Agnesurians. 609|00:42:34|060|00:42:37|660And there's a higher type too, connected with the Buddha plane. Buddha, 610|00:42:38|160|00:42:41|900Agnesurians. He learns to control the astral 611|00:42:42|780|00:42:46|700elementals so they don't run riot over him. 612|00:42:47|280|00:42:51|320You know, being so Martian as they are, they don't accept restraint 613|00:42:51|820|00:42:55|040very well. You must function with facility on the lower 614|00:42:55|540|00:42:58|800subplanes of the astral, I suppose, but the 6th and 615|00:42:59|300|00:43:02|5607th are not supposed to be out of bounds. You know, we're not supposed to 616|00:43:03|060|00:43:06|320have lower 6th and 7th material 617|00:43:07|200|00:43:10|640built into our astral body because those are pretty dense and 618|00:43:11|120|00:43:15|300horrible worlds. And the hell told of the average believer is 619|00:43:15|800|00:43:19|580found on that seventh subplane. So he must function 620|00:43:20|080|00:43:23|820with facility on the lower subplanes of the astral, and the value and quality 621|00:43:24|320|00:43:27|620of his work on the physical plane becomes of increased worth. 622|00:43:28|120|00:43:31|380He can really animate that and motivate others 623|00:43:31|880|00:43:35|420to carry out that which is worthwhile. He has his 624|00:43:35|920|00:43:40|230aspiration in place and can induce aspiration in 625|00:43:40|730|00:43:44|230the psyche of others. He passes at this initiation out of the Hall of 626|00:43:44|730|00:43:47|790Learning into the Hall of 627|00:43:48|290|00:43:53|150Wisdom. That's the beginning of the first initiation. Hall of Learning is pretty much connected 628|00:43:53|630|00:43:57|630with the first six petals, and at 629|00:43:58|130|00:44:01|790the first initiation, the fifth petal is completely unfolded and attention is 630|00:44:02|290|00:44:06|110given to the seventh petal. And that is Hall 631|00:44:06|610|00:44:09|950of Wisdom work. Even the probationary initiations 632|00:44:10|450|00:44:13|990are part of the Hall of Wisdom, or transit into the Hall of Wisdom. 633|00:44:14|630|00:44:18|790At this time, emphasis is consistently laid on 634|00:44:19|290|00:44:23|230his astral development, though his mental equipment 635|00:44:23|730|00:44:27|030grows steadily. So let's just realize that the overlap is constantly 636|00:44:27|530|00:44:31|390there. And it's not a cut and dried issue where only one 637|00:44:31|890|00:44:34|790thing at a time is attended to and then the next. 638|00:44:35|900|00:44:39|460And this, of course, is a very important paragraph 639|00:44:39|960|00:44:44|740which I've mentioned before a number of times, and 640|00:44:45|240|00:44:48|460it just seems almost impossible to believe. But he's written it here, 641|00:44:48|860|00:44:52|460so certainly we have to give it adequate consideration. 642|00:44:52|780|00:44:57|340Many lives may intervene between the first and the second initiations. 643|00:44:57|820|00:45:01|750Although the reference on page 120 kind of… 644|00:45:03|590|00:45:07|750Well, it gives an alternative. A long period of many incarnations. 645|00:45:08|390|00:45:12|310How many is many may elapse before the control of the astral body is 646|00:45:12|550|00:45:15|790perfected. Okay. And the initiate is ready for the 647|00:45:16|290|00:45:20|470next step. Perfection. Perfection. Very challenging. 648|00:45:20|630|00:45:24|270The analogy is kept in an interesting way in the New Testament. 649|00:45:24|770|00:45:28|190In the life of the initiate Jesus, many years elapsed between the birth and 650|00:45:28|690|00:45:31|980the baptism. Maybe, you know, 10 times more than the last three years. 651|00:45:32|300|00:45:35|900But the remaining three steps were taken in three years. So we got 30 years 652|00:45:36|220|00:45:38|380and three. It's… 653|00:45:39|740|00:45:43|500And each one of those was taken maybe in a different year. 654|00:45:43|980|00:45:48|180Maybe the transfiguration in year 31. 655|00:45:48|680|00:45:51|420You know, I'm just offering a proposal here. The… 656|00:45:52|460|00:45:56|350And, well, the Crucifixion at least was taken in… 657|00:45:57|390|00:46:00|590Let's see, the baptism, maybe in year 31, 658|00:46:02|430|00:46:05|870the transfiguration year 32, 659|00:46:06|030|00:46:09|270let's say. And that was a reenactment of something 660|00:46:09|770|00:46:13|510that he had achieved as Joshua the high priest. 661|00:46:14|010|00:46:17|390And if the Christ was the actor and not the master Jesus, it was something 662|00:46:17|710|00:46:21|510that the Christ had achieved long before. So many years elapsed 663|00:46:22|010|00:46:25|790between the birth and the baptism. But the remaining three steps were taken in three 664|00:46:26|290|00:46:30|050years. And this is, of course, the astonishing statement. 665|00:46:30|550|00:46:34|250And let everybody take it to heart and realize how much of the time equation 666|00:46:34|570|00:46:37|850may indeed be in their hands. I mean, 667|00:46:38|350|00:46:42|650if we take this seriously, our whole attitude towards our progress 668|00:46:42|730|00:46:46|650and what we're willing to do to move ahead 669|00:46:47|150|00:46:51|090as possible could change dramatically. Once the second initiation 670|00:46:51|590|00:46:55|110is taken, the progress will be rapid, the third and 671|00:46:55|610|00:46:58|590fourth following probably in the same life, 672|00:46:58|670|00:47:02|710or the succeeding. And the third and fourth seem to often 673|00:47:03|210|00:47:07|030go together. And sometimes the fourth and fifth. When I think about Milarepa, 674|00:47:07|530|00:47:11|230the great yogi saint of Tibet, I sometimes 675|00:47:11|730|00:47:14|990think that he took the second, third, fourth and fifth in the same life, 676|00:47:15|470|00:47:18|910or at least from the position of being a second degree initiate, 677|00:47:19|630|00:47:22|890went on for 3, 4 and 5 in the same life. 678|00:47:23|390|00:47:26|890But some of the facts of these matters 679|00:47:27|390|00:47:31|170will be vouchsafed for us when we're 680|00:47:31|670|00:47:34|570in the position to use them properly. 681|00:47:37|450|00:47:40|970Well, anyway, generally speaking, there is 682|00:47:41|050|00:47:44|610quite a span between the first and second 683|00:47:45|110|00:47:48|490initiation. However, if we, if we, if we 684|00:47:50|600|00:47:53|480go here and go to Initiation, Human 685|00:47:53|640|00:47:56|360and Solar, and we go to page 120, 686|00:47:57|720|00:47:59|400I'm not sure what we're going to find here, 687|00:48:01|640|00:48:06|200but here it is. And it gives an alternative point 688|00:48:06|700|00:48:10|480of view. At the first initiation, he becomes aware definitely 689|00:48:10|980|00:48:14|400of the part, relatively inconspicuous, that he has to play 690|00:48:14|900|00:48:18|780in his personal life during the period ensuing between the 691|00:48:19|280|00:48:22|740moment of revelation in that initiation, I suppose, and the taking of the second 692|00:48:23|240|00:48:26|860initiation. And this may involve, and this is the key, 693|00:48:27|100|00:48:30|500one life, one more life, or several. 694|00:48:31|000|00:48:34|220But it doesn't sound like many, does it? 695|00:48:34|700|00:48:38|700So this is kind of an alternative perspective. It's occurring a 696|00:48:39|200|00:48:42|630little bit later in the book, and it has to be factored 697|00:48:42|710|00:48:46|390in. He knows the trend that these 698|00:48:46|890|00:48:50|310lives should take. He realizes somewhat his share—somewhat, you know, 699|00:48:50|810|00:48:53|950it's not absolutely definite—in the service of the race. He sees the 700|00:48:54|450|00:48:58|630plan as a whole, where he himself is concerned, a tiny mosaic 701|00:48:59|430|00:49:03|030within the general pattern. He becomes conscious 702|00:49:03|530|00:49:07|070of how he, with his particular type of mind, aggregate of gifts, 703|00:49:07|570|00:49:11|090mental and otherwise, and his varying capacities can serve and 704|00:49:11|590|00:49:15|250what must be accomplished by him before he can again stand 705|00:49:15|330|00:49:19|330in the presence and receive an extended revelation. 706|00:49:19|830|00:49:22|770And that Presence is the presence, in this case, of the Christ, 707|00:49:22|850|00:49:26|210the second initiation. But what is said here is true 708|00:49:26|450|00:49:29|930of every initiation. So here on page 84 and 85 and 709|00:49:30|430|00:49:34|450contrasting it with page 120 are two different perspectives 710|00:49:34|950|00:49:41|280of how long it may take to take this second 711|00:49:41|780|00:49:44|600initiation once the first has been taken. 712|00:49:46|440|00:49:50|160Now, you know, I'm completely lost when it comes 713|00:49:50|660|00:49:53|920to how long this program has gone on because this thing quit on me, 714|00:49:54|420|00:49:57|640you know, so don't hold me to 715|00:49:58|140|00:50:02|040that hour. I may be less, I may be more. Here's from 716|00:50:02|540|00:50:06|590“Initiation: Human and Solar”—recognition of third 717|00:50:06|670|00:50:09|950aspect of the ego. That's the aspect of the 718|00:50:10|450|00:50:14|670higher ego which begins to appear, disappear at the third initiation. 719|00:50:14|830|00:50:18|910At the first initiation, the initiate becomes aware of the third or 720|00:50:19|410|00:50:22|710lower aspect of the ego, that of active intelligence. That's the 721|00:50:23|210|00:50:25|230first revealing the third aspect. 722|00:50:26|270|00:50:29|510And these are housed in the knowledge petals 723|00:50:30|010|00:50:33|570which have been opened a long time before, even millions of years before. 724|00:50:34|130|00:50:37|330He is brought face to face with that manifestation of the great 725|00:50:37|970|00:50:40|930Solar Angel, which is himself, 726|00:50:41|090|00:50:44|610the real self. Well, it is himself 727|00:50:45|110|00:50:49|490in a way, yes. He is also a projection of the Monad, and the Solar 728|00:50:49|990|00:50:54|050Angel and its extension into the causal body is so infused with 729|00:50:54|550|00:50:58|350his own consciousness that he can consider this Solar 730|00:50:58|850|00:51:02|390Angel as himself, as an aspect of himself, or at least he 731|00:51:02|890|00:51:06|830can consider the Solar Angel as an aspect of himself. It is underlaid 732|00:51:07|330|00:51:10|190by the Monad and by the presence of the Solar Angel. 733|00:51:10|750|00:51:14|350He knows now past all disturbance—interesting word— 734|00:51:14|670|00:51:18|350that that manifestation of intelligence is 735|00:51:18|850|00:51:22|990that eternal entity who has for ages past been demonstrating 736|00:51:23|490|00:51:27|260his powers on the physical plane through his successive incarnations. So this 737|00:51:27|760|00:51:31|220tells us something of how the Solar Angel works through 738|00:51:31|720|00:51:35|900its instrument—how the Solar Angel 739|00:51:35|980|00:51:38|700works through its instrument. 740|00:51:40|300|00:51:45|220You know, it's not entirely avatar. We might say an 741|00:51:45|720|00:51:48|940avatar descends from above with no possibility of 742|00:51:49|180|00:51:52|980growth in what he's doing in that descent. But the Solar 743|00:51:53|480|00:51:56|980Angel needs this as part of his ongoing growth. 744|00:51:57|060|00:52:00|820So it's not exactly avatar in 745|00:52:01|320|00:52:05|420the strict sense of the word. So somehow 746|00:52:05|920|00:52:07|380at the third degree, these— 747|00:52:08|740|00:52:12|140the disintegration of the knowledge petals begins. 748|00:52:12|640|00:52:15|940And as we move closer and closer to the Monad, which has 749|00:52:16|440|00:52:19|880been called Atma-Buddhi, the knowledge petals per se— 750|00:52:20|440|00:52:24|000well, there, you know, the knowledge is there, but one 751|00:52:24|500|00:52:28|680has less reliance upon them because increasingly the intuition 752|00:52:29|180|00:52:33|360is opening up. Well, one day we'll be able to see as Master D.K. 753|00:52:33|860|00:52:37|880sees, and it will all become a technical and scientific 754|00:52:39|480|00:52:43|850point of view, and we'll be able to advise 755|00:52:44|350|00:52:48|770and help with a degree of certainty which we cannot 756|00:52:48|930|00:52:49|970now achieve. 757|00:52:51|970|00:52:55|210So here we go. And this—this one we 758|00:52:55|710|00:52:58|130just did. You know, we just read it. 759|00:52:58|770|00:53:02|610So… and I didn't know that it would be listed in this 760|00:53:03|110|00:53:06|930compilation. But here is this idea that one life or 761|00:53:07|430|00:53:10|730more may be involved in 762|00:53:11|230|00:53:14|770the interim between the first and second initiation and not the 763|00:53:15|410|00:53:18|850many lives. But of course, it's still 764|00:53:19|350|00:53:21|250a little vague what “many lives” means. 765|00:53:23|250|00:53:26|490This may involve one life, one… one more 766|00:53:26|990|00:53:30|690life. Just even one more life. That's interesting for 767|00:53:31|190|00:53:34|290the second initiation to be taken, or several. 768|00:53:35|580|00:53:38|900So that's quite astonishing. And you know, 769|00:53:39|400|00:53:42|460those are one of those things where you just have to kind of hold your 770|00:53:45|100|00:53:47|740judgment on the matter, I do believe. 771|00:53:49|180|00:53:52|780Hold judgment because D.K. 772|00:53:53|280|00:53:56|820apparently has said two different things. But given that there are different 773|00:53:57|320|00:54:00|380kinds of people who treat time in a different way, 774|00:54:01|750|00:54:05|430we have to go with the possibility that both 775|00:54:05|930|00:54:09|830are true and that the many… The idea of the many lives 776|00:54:09|910|00:54:13|430may be precisely what we actually 777|00:54:13|930|00:54:17|830experience. The ability to balance 778|00:54:18|330|00:54:22|510physical plane forces. Okay. Electrical phenomena are 779|00:54:23|010|00:54:27|570scientifically recognized as dual in nature. The fifth ray types, and when 780|00:54:27|890|00:54:31|370the fifth ray energy is part of our equipment, we tend to recognize 781|00:54:31|870|00:54:35|210these things. But the inherent triplicity of electricity 782|00:54:35|710|00:54:39|330is as yet but a matter for speculation. The neutral electricity… 783|00:54:40|690|00:54:44|090Well, you know, even in the particles we have the electron, the proton and the 784|00:54:44|590|00:54:47|250neutron, and the neutron is not carrying a charge. 785|00:54:48|210|00:54:52|090Here we have… So we 786|00:54:52|590|00:54:56|600have some sort of neutral balancing electricity, 787|00:54:57|100|00:54:59|720probably related to solar fire, I would guess, 788|00:55:00|600|00:55:04|720probably related to 789|00:55:05|220|00:55:08|640solar fire. The fact that it is triple is demonstrated to the 790|00:55:09|140|00:55:13|240initiate at the first initiation. You know, many things shown 791|00:55:14|120|00:55:18|040but maybe not retained, at least in the brain consciousness. 792|00:55:18|540|00:55:22|850And the secret of how to balance forces on the physical plane 793|00:55:23|090|00:55:26|610and thereby produce equilibrium is revealed to him at the first 794|00:55:27|110|00:55:30|370initiation. I have to say, in which Libra 795|00:55:30|770|00:55:34|770is very important. Libra having to do with the sex impulse 796|00:55:35|270|00:55:38|770that he has to control with the sacral center ruled 797|00:55:39|570|00:55:43|770by Uranus, which rules… by 798|00:55:44|270|00:55:47|470Uranus. And so the Libra 799|00:55:47|970|00:55:51|350is the esoteric ruler of the sacral center. And, 800|00:55:51|430|00:55:55|110well, it's the only ruler Nike gives. And it's the esoteric 801|00:55:55|610|00:55:59|110ruler of Libra. And is important from the seventh ray perspective, 802|00:55:59|270|00:56:02|950which has to regulate the sacral center. And then Saturn 803|00:56:03|450|00:56:06|750has a high place with its third ray in third ray Libra taking 804|00:56:07|250|00:56:10|950us right to the throat center where the transfer occurs 805|00:56:11|830|00:56:15|170from sacral throat. 806|00:56:16|770|00:56:20|650So this secret, this secret of 807|00:56:21|150|00:56:25|050how to balance forces, I wonder how many of us who may have taken 808|00:56:25|550|00:56:29|170the first initiation really remember this in our brain consciousness. 809|00:56:29|409|00:56:33|010The secret likewise puts him in touch 810|00:56:33|730|00:56:37|090with certain of the builders on the physical 811|00:56:37|590|00:56:41|100plane, that is on the etheric levels. Because really the, 812|00:56:41|170|00:56:45|210the true physical plane is the etheric plane. And he can then produce physical 813|00:56:45|710|00:56:49|010plane phenomena should he deem it wise. 814|00:56:49|410|00:56:53|170So let's call it ability to precipitate 815|00:56:55|730|00:56:59|130from the etheric body to the dense physical 816|00:56:59|630|00:57:03|050body. This he seldom does as the results came thereby are 817|00:57:03|550|00:57:07|370practically unimportant. And he wastes that energy in this matter because, you know, he's working 818|00:57:07|870|00:57:11|310under the third ray at this point. And the law of economy is very 819|00:57:11|810|00:57:15|430important. The workers with the involutionary forces, the brothers of darkness, 820|00:57:15|750|00:57:19|110employ this method for the startling 821|00:57:20|390|00:57:23|990and the enthralling of the unwary. You know, 822|00:57:24|630|00:57:26|070bring fear into their lives, 823|00:57:28|310|00:57:30|870captivate them, attract them, lure them, 824|00:57:31|670|00:57:35|330imprison them. Not thus work the brothers 825|00:57:35|410|00:57:37|090of humanity. 826|00:57:39|890|00:57:43|370Okay, friends, we look like we're getting into a new book. 827|00:57:43|870|00:57:47|090And I'm… I'm very much likely to bring this in. 828|00:57:47|590|00:57:51|690A bit short, sorry if that's the case, but something 829|00:57:52|190|00:57:55|170happened to my chronometer, you know. 830|00:57:55|670|00:57:59|650So anyway, let's call this the end of first initiation. 831|00:58:01|710|00:58:05|150First, let's see. First initiation 832|00:58:06|830|00:58:07|550commentary, 833|00:58:10|590|00:58:14|270commentary, video… 834|00:58:14|750|00:58:17|470Well, we'll just do it. This compilation. 835|00:58:17|550|00:58:20|990Ah, that's it. Let's try this one. First Initiation 836|00:58:21|390|00:58:25|470Compilation Video Commentary. There we go. And now this 837|00:58:25|970|00:58:28|910is what this is, number three. 838|00:58:29|630|00:58:33|510And today is the 28th of June and 839|00:58:34|010|00:58:34|350the beginning. 840|00:58:39|390|00:58:42|669I'm always getting rid of stuff I shouldn't. 841|00:58:43|310|00:58:47|150And this is beginning of 842|00:58:47|650|00:58:51|030First Initiation Compilation Video Commentary number 843|00:58:51|530|00:58:54|820four. And I'm not sure what day I can do it now. It's a bit 844|00:58:55|320|00:58:58|820late and can't do it at this moment. Okay, well, some of you 845|00:58:59|320|00:59:02|460may have welcomed the fact that my face is not off on 846|00:59:02|960|00:59:06|340the upper left, but that's all I could do at the moment, given the setup 847|00:59:06|840|00:59:09|900I've got. So we have a lot to think about. 848|00:59:10|060|00:59:13|740And just because we're studying the First Initiation 849|00:59:14|240|00:59:18|340and some of us may have taken that initiation, doesn't mean that it's 850|00:59:18|840|00:59:20|980not really, really worth the study. 851|00:59:21|780|00:59:25|300Okay? So absorb these factors as best you can and 852|00:59:25|700|00:59:29|420fix the important matters in your consciousness and in 853|00:59:29|920|00:59:34|060your memory. And then when it comes time to apply them for 854|00:59:34|560|00:59:38|340service purposes, you will have an easy access to them from 855|00:59:38|840|00:59:42|900your well-stocked mind, as Alice Bailey might say. 856|00:59:43|960|00:59:47|640And from the growing intuition that comes as 857|00:59:48|040|00:59:53|160knowledge in the Hall of Wisdom is increasingly becoming 858|00:59:53|400|00:59:57|400or transformed into wisdom. 859|00:59:58|680|01:00:02|400Okay? So farewell and we'll 860|01:00:02|900|01:00:07|400be seeing you soon. And if it's a little short, then please forgive 861|01:00:07|560|01:00:11|680that. I'll be putting this on YouTube and 862|01:00:12|180|01:00:16|120later it's going to go up onto Makara. We've got some adjustments we're 863|01:00:16|620|01:00:20|560making at the moment and anyway, it should be increasingly available 864|01:00:20|640|01:00:24|240to you in two places. So thanks for your studies. 865|01:00:24|320|01:00:28|080Continue your studies. Absorb and 866|01:00:29|280|01:00:32|920integrate this knowledge into your consciousness and 867|01:00:33|420|01:00:36|320apply it in service when it is triggered, 868|01:00:37|350|01:00:41|310when it is called forth, when it is evoked, as it will be if 869|01:00:41|810|01:00:44|790you stand in readiness to be helpful. Okay, all the best. 870|01:00:45|290|01:00:46|200Talk to you later. Bye-bye.
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