1|00:00:01|840|00:00:05|840Well, good afternoon everybody. At least it's afternoon here in the 2|00:00:06|320|00:00:10|120Temple of Silence in Finland. I have to 3|00:00:10|620|00:00:13|120say it's a lot more silent when I'm not making these programs. 4|00:00:16|160|00:00:19|520We're at number seven. We're at commentary number seven in this 5|00:00:20|400|00:00:24|080First Initiation compilation video commentary series. 6|00:00:25|200|00:00:28|160I see that a number of you are going to YouTube to 7|00:00:30|000|00:00:33|720to work with these. The First Initiation 8|00:00:34|220|00:00:37|560is very important, but of course the way Master D.K. writes, he relates it to 9|00:00:38|060|00:00:41|120many other things. And other things come up 10|00:00:41|620|00:00:45|199in these paragraphs which I am commenting 11|00:00:45|280|00:00:48|480on now. I also have to say, 12|00:00:50|000|00:00:53|520let's see, how strong is this? Yeah, strong enough. 13|00:00:55|530|00:00:59|050I also have to say… What do I have to say 14|00:00:59|550|00:01:04|410here? That we're 15|00:01:04|890|00:01:09|610going to have a lot of paragraphs juxtaposed 16|00:01:11|290|00:01:14|730which simply don't seem 17|00:01:15|230|00:01:19|170to relate to each other except for the fact that the First Initiation is 18|00:01:19|670|00:01:23|270being discussed. And so, as I've said before, you're going to be able 19|00:01:23|770|00:01:27|230to get new connections from looking 20|00:01:27|730|00:01:31|470at these things in sequence pretty soon if 21|00:01:31|970|00:01:36|070you study carefully the entire subject 22|00:01:36|570|00:01:39|750of the First Initiation, as the others 23|00:01:40|150|00:01:44|390will be interlocked and 24|00:01:44|890|00:01:48|240unified, and you'll be able to move from point to 25|00:01:48|740|00:01:52|640point with greater ease when thinking about this initiation 26|00:01:53|140|00:01:55|760in your life, which you might have taken, 27|00:01:56|560|00:02:00|040or in the lives of others which 28|00:02:00|540|00:02:04|280you may be assisting as they move towards fulfilling 29|00:02:04|780|00:02:08|480the requirements of the First Initiation. Now, this is the… 30|00:02:09|920|00:02:13|390I'm coming to the end of the partial commentary. And then I went 31|00:02:13|890|00:02:18|230looking in my A.A.B. extracts, which I would love for 32|00:02:18|730|00:02:22|430you to be able to access. And I 33|00:02:22|930|00:02:26|870worked with one of our colleagues, and it is somewhere, 34|00:02:27|589|00:02:32|310and it's my collection of what I consider to be pertinent 35|00:02:32|470|00:02:37|150Alice Bailey references over many 36|00:02:37|650|00:02:42|060years. It's a big file, but having 37|00:02:42|560|00:02:46|380these things under your eyes simultaneously by subject is 38|00:02:47|500|00:02:51|420very useful. So let's do what we can to see how 39|00:02:51|920|00:02:55|420you can access your A.A.B. extracts 40|00:02:56|060|00:02:59|900and look together to unify your 41|00:03:00|400|00:03:03|500understanding of certain subjects. All right, 42|00:03:03|980|00:03:07|490so let's go on to 43|00:03:07|730|00:03:11|730number 45 here: “The new attitude towards relationship 44|00:03:11|970|00:03:15|090regarding the First Initiation.” Anyway, 45|00:03:15|410|00:03:18|690the First Initiation should be regarded as instituting 46|00:03:20|449|00:03:24|170a new attitude towards relationships. (RI, p.667) 47|00:03:24|670|00:03:28|850We understand that the Seventh Ray is very involved, so is the heart center and 48|00:03:28|930|00:03:32|630the idea of love-wisdom coming in strongly, 49|00:03:33|130|00:03:36|590and the treading of the path and trying to live evermore 50|00:03:37|090|00:03:40|310as an increasingly soul-infused personality. All this 51|00:03:40|810|00:03:44|030is going to affect our relationships, which will not 52|00:03:44|530|00:03:47|710be yet totally relieved from being personal, but will be 53|00:03:48|210|00:03:52|350increasingly loving and impersonal, whatever the ray may 54|00:03:52|850|00:03:56|350be. That's the thing: generically, the soul is on the second 55|00:03:56|850|00:04:00|080ray of love-wisdom, whatever its ray may be. So we always 56|00:04:00|580|00:04:05|320have to remember that, just the way the Monad is generically on the first ray, 57|00:04:05|640|00:04:09|320whatever its ray may be, and maybe one of the seven, or then 58|00:04:09|820|00:04:13|680later one of the three. So, a new attitude towards relationships. 59|00:04:14|180|00:04:18|200And we know that the seventh ray, which is so prominent 60|00:04:18|700|00:04:22|920at this initiation, brings in the whole idea of 61|00:04:23|320|00:04:26|440increasing relationship, not only between the 62|00:04:26|940|00:04:30|480highest and the lowest, but horizontally as well. The relationships 63|00:04:30|980|00:04:34|480hitherto recognized, generally speaking, have been 64|00:04:34|980|00:04:38|320those karmically, physically, and 65|00:04:38|560|00:04:41|800emotionally instituted. (RI, p.668) We all belong to different families. 66|00:04:42|300|00:04:46|040You know, normally when we consider our family, we consider our physical family, 67|00:04:46|540|00:04:50|720but we have our emotional and mental families too, and we have our spiritual families. 68|00:04:51|220|00:04:55|540And of course, we're brought into contact with 69|00:04:56|040|00:04:59|980those with whom we have to adjust 70|00:05:00|060|00:05:04|820karma—let's just say, either to pay and 71|00:05:05|320|00:05:09|140balance, or be repaid, and thus achieve the 72|00:05:09|640|00:05:12|860necessary balance. Karma has so much to do with Libra, the sign 73|00:05:13|360|00:05:17|940of balance. So anyway, these relationships hitherto have 74|00:05:18|440|00:05:22|540been as here described. They are largely objective, 75|00:05:24|450|00:05:28|290not so much interior, you know, and related to our soul nature, 76|00:05:28|530|00:05:32|330and predominantly concerned the phenomenal plane with its 77|00:05:32|830|00:05:36|210contacts, duties, responsibilities and obligations. (RI, p.668) 78|00:05:37|090|00:05:41|210Now, you know, the thing is, we have to fulfill our requirements regarding 79|00:05:41|710|00:05:44|290the phenomenal plane, but we are not, says the Buddha, 80|00:05:44|850|00:05:48|450to desire existence on the phenomenal 81|00:05:48|950|00:05:52|660plane. This is the difference, I think, between an experienced server 82|00:05:52|980|00:05:56|620who will be working very hard on the phenomenal plane, let's call it 83|00:05:57|120|00:06:00|620the lower 18 subplanes, and even from the 84|00:06:01|120|00:06:04|340solar Logoic perspective, 21 subplanes. 85|00:06:04|500|00:06:09|420He'll be working very hard, but he will not desire to 86|00:06:09|920|00:06:14|260hold close to himself that which is found on those planes. 87|00:06:14|820|00:06:18|340In other words, he does not, as the Cancerian model might 88|00:06:19|110|00:06:23|470indicate, grasp, grasp for closer 89|00:06:23|970|00:06:27|190relationship with a phenomenal plane that doesn't have to do with service. 90|00:06:27|910|00:06:31|030The new relationships, however, will be 91|00:06:31|530|00:06:35|190increasingly recognized are subjective and may have little 92|00:06:35|270|00:06:38|710phenomenal (RI, p.668) appearance. Even the new group of world servers, you know, you don't 93|00:06:39|030|00:06:42|590necessarily meet these people on the outer 94|00:06:43|090|00:06:46|590plane, but it's an alliance of souls. 95|00:06:47|090|00:06:50|830So ever, we are more consciously aware 96|00:06:50|990|00:06:54|590of the subtle noumena behind 97|00:06:55|090|00:06:59|230the phenomena. So they are subjective 98|00:06:59|730|00:07:03|630relationships, and we have to begin to learn how to have subjective 99|00:07:04|130|00:07:07|590relationships with certain people. Maybe we already have them 100|00:07:08|090|00:07:10|990but don't recognize that they are. So anyway, 101|00:07:11|490|00:07:14|910ever more refined perception of the quality of 102|00:07:15|410|00:07:18|750our relationships with others comes along with advancement along 103|00:07:19|250|00:07:22|750the path of initiation. They embrace the 104|00:07:23|250|00:07:27|030recognition of those who must be served. (RI, p.668) 105|00:07:27|190|00:07:29|990We're not just looking to acquire from others. 106|00:07:30|390|00:07:34|070We are looking for the opportunity to give, to spread 107|00:07:34|150|00:07:38|070our soul quality for the benefit of others. They involve 108|00:07:38|570|00:07:42|550the expansion of the individual consciousness into a growing group 109|00:07:43|270|00:07:46|790awareness. (RI, p.668) You know, the narcissist 110|00:07:47|290|00:07:51|430is totally involved with number one, you know, the center of his field of consciousness. 111|00:07:51|750|00:07:55|030His little phenomenal self becomes the main 112|00:07:55|530|00:07:59|070thing. And this, of course, we pass beyond as 113|00:07:59|570|00:08:02|830we work through the fifth petal. And these relationships, 114|00:08:03|330|00:08:07|310they lead eventually to an ego response to hierarchical quality 115|00:08:07|710|00:08:11|390and to the magnetic pull of the ashram. (RI, p.668) 116|00:08:12|990|00:08:17|710Well, okay, so, you know, probably we 117|00:08:18|210|00:08:21|790are aware in our own life, probably we still do have certain personal 118|00:08:21|870|00:08:25|870relationships, but always the soul quality 119|00:08:26|370|00:08:28|590is emerging more strongly, 120|00:08:29|550|00:08:32|910and we begin to have relationships in 121|00:08:33|410|00:08:36|910which we, you know, may enter our brother's mind or we 122|00:08:37|410|00:08:41|190may feel with our brother, but our 123|00:08:41|690|00:08:45|430real relationship is the soul relationship. And we find that in the Treatise 124|00:08:45|930|00:08:50|670on Cosmic Fire, you know, those three requirements for counseling 125|00:08:51|170|00:08:54|470others when you are on the path and they are on 126|00:08:54|970|00:08:59|480the path. It has to do with where we really relate. 127|00:08:59|560|00:09:03|040We blend with our brother's soul, but we don't attach 128|00:09:03|540|00:09:08|240ourselves to our brother's mind, our brother's sentiency, 129|00:09:08|740|00:09:10|200or even (RI, p.668) our brother's physical body. 130|00:09:11|560|00:09:13|800Okay? Speaking of which, 131|00:09:14|680|00:09:18|480there's a new relationship to sex after the first initiation. 132|00:09:18|980|00:09:22|760Remember that sex is related very much to the seventh 133|00:09:23|260|00:09:26|830ray and bringing the opposites together. 134|00:09:29|150|00:09:32|670There are many pairs of opposites, but male and female are, you know, 135|00:09:32|830|00:09:36|030at least on this planet, and in this 136|00:09:36|190|00:09:40|310degree of progress through the root races, prominent. 137|00:09:40|810|00:09:44|190There was a time, we know from reading The Secret Doctrine in the old 138|00:09:44|690|00:09:47|310days, that man was, what can we call it? Monosexual. 139|00:09:48|590|00:09:53|010He reproduced within himself and did not need to 140|00:09:54|770|00:09:58|690join with his polar opposite in order to reproduce the race. 141|00:09:59|490|00:10:03|010But then came the division of the sexes, and this has 142|00:10:03|510|00:10:07|290a lot to do with the development of the mental faculties 143|00:10:07|790|00:10:11|930and occurred in Lemurian days, and I 144|00:10:12|430|00:10:15|170think, in fact, before individualization. 145|00:10:16|370|00:10:19|580After the first initiation, the entire sex 146|00:10:20|080|00:10:23|980relationship shifts gradually (RI, p.668) and steadily into its proper place, where, 147|00:10:24|480|00:10:27|420you know, D.K. tells us we're not in our proper place now. There's so many 148|00:10:27|820|00:10:31|740distortions and perversions, and things are out of control, and even the hierarchy 149|00:10:32|240|00:10:35|580doesn't even know where it will end. So it's a serious issue. 150|00:10:36|780|00:10:40|780The entire sex relationship shifts gradually and steadily into its proper place 151|00:10:41|420|00:10:45|260as simply a natural phase of existence in the three worlds and 152|00:10:45|760|00:10:50|460one of the normal and correct appetites. But the emphasis changes, (RI, p.669) 153|00:10:50|960|00:10:54|180okay? The higher experience and correspondence, that of 154|00:10:54|680|00:10:58|260which physical sex is only the symbol, becomes apparent. (RI, p.669) You know, 155|00:10:58|760|00:11:02|300the merging of soul and personality or the merging of spirit 156|00:11:02|460|00:11:05|660with the infused soul. 157|00:11:06|160|00:11:08|700Infused personality. So, you know, 158|00:11:09|820|00:11:14|540we have the higher, the merging 159|00:11:14|620|00:11:18|620of the higher, of the pairs of opposites 160|00:11:19|430|00:11:23|270instead of male and female. Although you can look at the soul as 161|00:11:23|770|00:11:27|510female and perhaps the Martian personality as male, the Venusian 162|00:11:28|010|00:11:32|110soul as female. Interesting how the polarity 163|00:11:32|610|00:11:37|030shifts. Instead of male and female, there emerges the magnetic relationship 164|00:11:37|670|00:11:41|350between the now negative receptive personality and 165|00:11:41|850|00:11:45|030the positive soul, with consequent creativity 166|00:11:45|750|00:11:48|710upon the higher planes. (RI, p.669) 167|00:11:49|210|00:11:55|430Obviously, the throat center is important, and 168|00:11:55|990|00:11:59|670the higher mind is coming into play. 169|00:12:00|390|00:12:04|470Maybe the abstract mind may be the soul mind, but in 170|00:12:04|970|00:12:08|710any case, the throat center, the Ajna center, the higher centers are coming 171|00:12:09|210|00:12:12|660into play of this relationship, taking it 172|00:12:13|160|00:12:16|540even higher. The head center and the center between the eyebrows, 173|00:12:17|040|00:12:20|220the Ajna center. Maybe if you've looked at a cross section of the brain, 174|00:12:20|720|00:12:24|380you kind of see the pituitary body more towards 175|00:12:24|880|00:12:28|580the front, but not exactly in the brow. And at the very center 176|00:12:29|080|00:12:33|260of the head, maybe a little elevated, we find the pineal gland. 177|00:12:33|420|00:12:36|580And we have the head center 178|00:12:37|080|00:12:40|980associated with the pineal gland and the Ajna with the pituitary. So of this 179|00:12:41|480|00:12:44|980relationship, the head center and the center between the eyebrows of 180|00:12:45|480|00:12:49|100the Ajna center are the agents. And eventually through 181|00:12:49|600|00:12:52|100the medium of the pituitary body and the pineal gland, 182|00:12:52|660|00:12:56|020they condition the personality, rendering it 183|00:12:56|520|00:13:00|820soul-infused. (RI, p.669) So we work etherically. But these 184|00:13:01|220|00:13:04|860glands in the physical brain undergo a 185|00:13:05|360|00:13:09|310new type of stimulation. You know, they've been relatively… 186|00:13:09|810|00:13:13|750At least the pineal body has 187|00:13:14|250|00:13:17|070been spiritually relatively quiet, 188|00:13:17|630|00:13:20|990but it is brought to a new height 189|00:13:21|070|00:13:24|950of stimulation. And the area 190|00:13:25|450|00:13:29|430around the pineal gland, which is etheric in the 191|00:13:29|930|00:13:33|540center of the brain, becomes highly stimulated in 192|00:13:34|040|00:13:37|300the magical process. And there's an interplay between… 193|00:13:39|140|00:13:42|620Well, in this case, it's… it's… In terms of the centers, 194|00:13:43|120|00:13:46|820it's Vulcan and Venus. So with 195|00:13:47|860|00:13:51|620Vulcan representing the head center and the pineal gland, and Venus, 196|00:13:52|580|00:13:56|580the fifth ray, in this case, representing the pituitary 197|00:13:57|080|00:14:00|860body. And of course, we always do have some Martian 198|00:14:01|360|00:14:04|980quality concerning the entire personality. So eventually 199|00:14:05|480|00:14:09|380there's a triple interplay between the head center, 200|00:14:09|880|00:14:13|780the Ajna center, and the carotid 201|00:14:14|660|00:14:18|900area here in the back of the skull. 202|00:14:21|620|00:14:25|300And you know, that center at the base of the skull 203|00:14:26|090|00:14:29|530is called the Alta Major center. Is it 204|00:14:30|030|00:14:34|130fourfold? Does it have 96 parts? You know, it depends on the 205|00:14:34|630|00:14:38|170references that one reads. Actually, if you go into the sort 206|00:14:38|670|00:14:42|690of Hindu, or at 207|00:14:43|190|00:14:47|330least the Indian from India analysis of the centers, 208|00:14:47|830|00:14:51|650there's a lot of differences compared to 209|00:14:52|150|00:14:56|450the analysis that the Tibetan gives and from 210|00:14:56|950|00:15:00|170the Trans-Himalayan school. So anyway, 211|00:15:00|330|00:15:04|250the whole issue of sex shifts 212|00:15:04|730|00:15:08|730upward. And eventually what we end up being interested 213|00:15:09|230|00:15:12|570in is the great union of the pairs of opposites: 214|00:15:13|070|00:15:16|730spirit and matter, then bringing together 215|00:15:17|230|00:15:20|960the very highest of man and the lowest. And so all the 216|00:15:21|460|00:15:25|080way from the monad to the base of the spine, eventually there 217|00:15:25|580|00:15:30|280is (RI, p.669) a relationship established. The kundalini is rising and the centers 218|00:15:30|780|00:15:34|240blossom, and the head center becomes completely unfolded. And then 219|00:15:34|740|00:15:38|640that major center, which we call the heart and the head 220|00:15:38|720|00:15:43|040center, undertakes its requirements. 221|00:15:43|520|00:15:47|210Certainly there is a relationship between that 12-fold heart 222|00:15:47|710|00:15:50|810in the head center and our normal heart center between the shoulder blades. 223|00:15:51|310|00:15:54|730And also if we rise higher with the 12-fold egoic 224|00:15:55|230|00:15:57|850lotus. And even I would say, 225|00:15:58|890|00:16:03|210although it's not really discussed, but hinted at, the 12-fold monad 226|00:16:03|770|00:16:08|250found, interestingly, you know, in relation to the sign Pisces: “I 227|00:16:08|750|00:16:12|560leave my Father's home and turning back, I say,” the 228|00:16:13|060|00:16:16|12012th sign. And it's known as 229|00:16:16|620|00:16:20|360the higher 12. And it's not the 12 of the 230|00:16:20|860|00:16:24|000soul; it's something higher still. So a 231|00:16:24|500|00:16:28|000lot of these details… we will learn how 232|00:16:28|079|00:16:32|120to correlate the 233|00:16:32|620|00:16:36|080correlation of many fragmentary details which will 234|00:16:36|240|00:16:40|270yield for us a fuller picture and 235|00:16:40|770|00:16:43|910one that is rational according to pure reason, 236|00:16:44|150|00:16:47|350at least on the Buddhi plane. Very understandable. 237|00:16:47|910|00:16:51|630It makes sense, you know, can be applied—all these 238|00:16:52|130|00:16:56|270good things. Occultism sometimes seems like a quaint 239|00:16:56|770|00:17:00|310pursuit of items of information which have no 240|00:17:00|630|00:17:04|390practical utility. But actually there's tremendous 241|00:17:04|890|00:17:08|850practical utility in the study of occultism. And it changes our 242|00:17:09|810|00:17:13|890view of the world entirely. I often differentiate between spiritual occultism 243|00:17:14|530|00:17:17|970and, you know, occultism per se, 244|00:17:18|530|00:17:22|250because those on the Left-Hand Path will understand a 245|00:17:22|750|00:17:26|770lot about occultism and even more in some respects than the 246|00:17:27|270|00:17:30|530average disciple on the Right-Hand Path. However, (RI, p.669) 247|00:17:31|900|00:17:35|580eventually there are occult factors which 248|00:17:36|080|00:17:39|220can be or will be pursued by those on the Right-Hand Path which leave 249|00:17:39|720|00:17:43|060the brother of the form far behind. He just 250|00:17:43|560|00:17:47|660doesn't want to go there, can't go there, is not equipped to go there because 251|00:17:48|160|00:17:50|140of the choices that he has made. 252|00:17:52|460|00:17:56|140All right, now, this one's about transmutation 253|00:17:56|640|00:18:00|350of the sexual energy, the energy of the sacral center, the center 254|00:18:00|850|00:18:04|790most implicated and active at the time of the first 255|00:18:05|290|00:18:08|990initiation. And you can almost say… or was it 256|00:18:09|490|00:18:13|070the heart? Because the heart is certainly stimulated with the sacral center, 257|00:18:13|949|00:18:17|390is treated in a new way, a transformational way. 258|00:18:17|550|00:18:20|270And interestingly, it's the planet of transformation, 259|00:18:20|590|00:18:23|910Uranus, that is given on page 517 260|00:18:24|410|00:18:27|650of Esoteric Astrology as ruling the sacral center. 261|00:18:27|730|00:18:31|490Of course, we cannot deny that Mars must be involved, you know, 262|00:18:33|890|00:18:37|170because Mars rules the physical body and physical 263|00:18:37|670|00:18:40|970plane, sex and so forth. And the Moon, the mother 264|00:18:41|470|00:18:44|730of the form, must be involved or at least some kind 265|00:18:45|230|00:18:47|730of lunar vibration there, 266|00:18:49|410|00:18:54|740because even though the Moon is symbolic and 267|00:18:55|240|00:18:58|900not really the source of radiation at this time, it's the 268|00:18:59|400|00:19:03|220source of nefarious vibrations, according to Blavatsky, 269|00:19:03|620|00:19:06|020you know, a real vampire. But goodness, 270|00:19:07|380|00:19:10|820the symbolic Moon is involved because it's the giver of form. 271|00:19:12|500|00:19:16|300So this active 272|00:19:16|800|00:19:20|480center is that one of the centers touched during 273|00:19:20|980|00:19:24|400the first initiation ceremony? It would seem, you know, maybe it would have to be, 274|00:19:24|720|00:19:28|400has to be transmuted and raised to the throat 275|00:19:28|480|00:19:31|920center, thereby transforming the physical creative 276|00:19:32|420|00:19:35|999act into the creative process of producing the good, (RI, p.669) 277|00:19:36|499|00:19:39|520the beautiful and the true. So we really move… 278|00:19:40|000|00:19:43|360This is a movement in Ray's initiations here, 279|00:19:43|920|00:19:49|570movement from the procreative to 280|00:19:50|070|00:19:53|370the spiritually creative. And in the 281|00:19:53|870|00:19:57|330process there's a lot of in between. You know, you see this in the 282|00:19:57|830|00:20:01|770films and you see a lot, a lot of people there involved 283|00:20:02|270|00:20:05|730in that kind of artistic work are busy transferring from the sacral 284|00:20:06|230|00:20:09|890to the throat. And rather than act all 285|00:20:10|390|00:20:13|890these things out, though some do, they create works of art in 286|00:20:14|390|00:20:17|590which the acting out is exemplified. 287|00:20:17|830|00:20:21|910So it's a long process, and we can't expect it all to occur 288|00:20:22|790|00:20:25|750at the first initiation in any completed form. 289|00:20:27|110|00:20:29|910In fact, you know, it goes on for a while. 290|00:20:30|630|00:20:34|510It's a bit like when you look at the three sacrifice 291|00:20:35|010|00:20:38|070petals. They don't just unfold one after another: 292|00:20:38|710|00:20:43|110first initiation petal seven, second initiation petal eight, third initiation 293|00:20:43|610|00:20:47|790petal nine. It's the unfolding of all of them in a 294|00:20:48|290|00:20:51|510completed process that occurs at the third initiation. 295|00:20:52|010|00:20:56|430And maybe that's the way it is when we're dealing with sacral 296|00:20:56|930|00:21:00|870to throat, solar plexus to heart. And well, 297|00:21:01|370|00:21:04|750we cannot say that from the base of the spine to the top of the 298|00:21:05|250|00:21:08|530head will be completed at the third. No, it will not. 299|00:21:08|930|00:21:13|570And that's more a fifth initiation completion. 300|00:21:14|050|00:21:17|770Then you kind of wonder, you know, how does that completion show if you're 301|00:21:18|270|00:21:21|810dealing with the Mayavirupa. These Mayavirupas 302|00:21:22|310|00:21:26|010are will-created bodies, certainly within the capacity of 303|00:21:26|510|00:21:30|730a master to create, but also some hints given about 304|00:21:31|230|00:21:34|570the possibility of creating that after the fourth degree. Anyway, 305|00:21:35|070|00:21:38|090these unfoldments overlap. I guess that's the main point. They don't 306|00:21:38|590|00:21:41|810occur in a cut and dried way right at the boundary. 307|00:21:42|310|00:21:45|890“It's all over now. You start the new thing.” No, it's an overlapping 308|00:21:46|450|00:21:50|209process. And our growth in consciousness 309|00:21:50|530|00:21:54|370and in spiritual depth is an overlapping process. 310|00:21:54|450|00:21:58|250And in a way, we're working on many (RI, p.669) things at the same time. You can't 311|00:21:58|750|00:22:01|270say, “Well, okay, now I'm Lemurian and I'm working on the physical body. 312|00:22:01|340|00:22:05|100Well, now I'm Atlantean and I'm working on the astral body. Now Aryan, 313|00:22:05|260|00:22:09|180I'm working only on the mental body,” and so forth. There are overlaps, 314|00:22:09|820|00:22:13|460and some of the refinements to 315|00:22:13|960|00:22:16|940the earlier vehicles, which were dealt with in earlier periods, 316|00:22:17|900|00:22:21|100continue into the later stage. 317|00:22:22|060|00:22:25|860All right, here's something here called “The Two 318|00:22:26|360|00:22:29|770Head Centers: The Sacral and Throat Transference.” 319|00:22:31|690|00:22:35|290“Sacred”… or maybe “sacral.” 320|00:22:35|850|00:22:38|410Maybe that' (RI, p.669)s more the case. 321|00:22:38|730|00:22:42|050Let's see. “What is oft 322|00:22:42|550|00:22:46|570omitted from normal consideration is the fact (RI, p.671) that the increasing activity 323|00:22:47|070|00:22:50|170of these two points of light within the head”— 324|00:22:50|570|00:22:54|430I imagine the pineal and pituitary—“is basically 325|00:22:54|930|00:22:58|950related to what is occurring in the sacral and throat (RI, p.671) 326|00:22:59|030|00:23:02|390centers as the transmutative process 327|00:23:02|470|00:23:06|030proceeds.” Transmutation—that's a kind 328|00:23:06|530|00:23:09|110of more physically based elevation of vibration, 329|00:23:10|230|00:23:13|630rendering the organs involved, 330|00:23:14|130|00:23:17|670or the centers involved, more sensitive. As the… 331|00:23:18|630|00:23:21|450See, the order is transmutation, 332|00:23:21|930|00:23:25|530transformation, transmutation. Okay, 333|00:23:26|030|00:23:29|130then, you know, translation and whatever follows 334|00:23:29|210|00:23:32|490translation. “It is related to 335|00:23:32|990|00:23:36|970what is occurring in the sacral and throat centers. As the transmutative process 336|00:23:37|450|00:23:41|210proceeds and the energies (RI, p.669) of the sacral center are gathered 337|00:23:41|450|00:23:44|570up into the throat center, without, 338|00:23:44|810|00:23:47|610however, withdrawing all the 339|00:23:47|770|00:23:50|490energy from the lower (RI, p.671) center, 340|00:23:50|890|00:23:54|290thus its normal activity 341|00:23:54|790|00:23:58|810is properly preserved.” (RI, p.671) Well, there, you know, you don't want to have 342|00:23:58|890|00:24:02|130the death or atrophy of 343|00:24:02|630|00:24:05|930any center. It can 344|00:24:06|430|00:24:09|290lead even to, well, abnormal living or death. You know, 345|00:24:09|530|00:24:12|690something happens in the magical process gone 346|00:24:13|190|00:24:16|940awry, where the magician is drowning and the Agnisuryas 347|00:24:17|020|00:24:20|780are siphoning off all of that 348|00:24:21|280|00:24:25|100subtle astral water. And there's a big hiatus between 349|00:24:25|500|00:24:30|500the mental devas and the etheric physical 350|00:24:31|000|00:24:34|740devas. And there's no way to connect them because 351|00:24:35|240|00:24:38|740the Agnisoreans have removed 352|00:24:39|240|00:24:42|630the waters. And then we're 353|00:24:43|130|00:24:46|670told then that the ego or higher self or angel of 354|00:24:47|170|00:24:50|990the Presence has to snap the cord and bring about the death of the personality, 355|00:24:51|490|00:24:54|270because it's useless from that point on. 356|00:24:55|550|00:24:59|710So, you know, we don't want to see the atrophy of 357|00:25:00|210|00:25:04|030any center; otherwise the economy of 358|00:25:04|530|00:25:07|070interaction cannot proceed as it must. 359|00:25:08|140|00:25:12|220So the normal activity is properly preserved. And as 360|00:25:12|720|00:25:15|580Master D.K. says, even masters may have children in the normal way. 361|00:25:18|380|00:25:22|460And when you, you know, sort of read this—this is found, 362|00:25:22|940|00:25:27|940let's say, in those books: “The Initiate,” “The Initiate and 363|00:25:28|440|00:25:32|300the Initiate in the New World,” and “The Initiate in the 364|00:25:32|800|00:25:36|640Dark Age,” or something like that. But that particular 365|00:25:36|720|00:25:41|120initiate, who was codenamed J.M.H., 366|00:25:41|680|00:25:45|120an English initiate—probably an English master— 367|00:25:45|520|00:25:49|280and the name was given: Justin Morward Haig. 368|00:25:49|999|00:25:52|320Whether that's a real name or not, we don't know. 369|00:25:53|600|00:25:56|720He was married and all was normal 370|00:25:56|800|00:26:00|000there, except his attitude towards marriage, 371|00:26:00|500|00:26:05|690which was extremely compassionate. And when his wife 372|00:26:05|930|00:26:10|770took a lover—probably because the 373|00:26:11|270|00:26:15|370master was just so busy she might have felt neglected—he was 374|00:26:15|870|00:26:20|130extremely compassionate and concerned for her 375|00:26:20|630|00:26:23|610and her partner and didn't want to interfere in any way. 376|00:26:24|110|00:26:28|490And it was an amazing discussion 377|00:26:28|650|00:26:31|820and brought forward, I think, some of 378|00:26:32|320|00:26:35|820the attitudes we will have towards 379|00:26:36|320|00:26:40|020relationship—the altruistic attitudes we will have towards 380|00:26:40|520|00:26:43|020relationship when we cease identifying as personalities. 381|00:26:43|340|00:26:46|740Obviously, as a master, he was identified with much higher 382|00:26:47|240|00:26:50|780things. Okay. Anyway, the two centers in the head then 383|00:26:51|280|00:26:54|300become correspondingly active. (RI, p.671) 384|00:26:55|510|00:26:58|790So in this sacral and throat center 385|00:26:59|590|00:27:03|670connection, the negative and the positive elements affect 386|00:27:04|170|00:27:08|550each other. And the light in the head shines 387|00:27:08|630|00:27:12|710forth (RI, p.671)—maybe in that area around 388|00:27:13|210|00:27:16|710the pineal gland or between the pituitary and pineal gland. 389|00:27:17|430|00:27:21|810It's basically in etheric light, but it does certainly affect the physical 390|00:27:22|310|00:27:27|090brain cells. “The light in the head shines forth. A line of light permitting 391|00:27:27|590|00:27:32|170free interplay is established between the ajna center and the head center.” This is Vulcan 392|00:27:32|670|00:27:34|930marrying Venus. Maybe it wasn't the happiest marriage, 393|00:27:36|370|00:27:40|690as Venus was always looking for something else, as the personality might 394|00:27:40|770|00:27:44|370do. The ajna center being so connected with 395|00:27:44|870|00:27:48|830the personality per se—at least in the beginning stages; 396|00:27:48|910|00:27:52|190later maybe with the spiritual triad. 397|00:27:52|690|00:27:55|990But, okay, so there's this line of connection between Vulcan and 398|00:27:56|490|00:27:59|830Venus. And I think Vulcan carries a net, you know, and I think 399|00:28:00|330|00:28:04|070he—at one point—he did catch both Venus and Mars in 400|00:28:04|570|00:28:08|710that net. There's this discussion 401|00:28:09|210|00:28:12|910about the interplay of the energies. And Vulcan, of course, is the 402|00:28:13|570|00:28:17|050very strong spiritual will—very impersonal from the 403|00:28:17|550|00:28:21|170higher levels. And Venus may not be quite up to 404|00:28:21|670|00:28:25|330responding to that. But anyway, there is a marriage. And in occultism there 405|00:28:25|830|00:28:29|170must be a marriage in order for the great light in the head 406|00:28:29|670|00:28:34|770to break forth in its various stages, as D.K. describes, 407|00:28:34|850|00:28:38|010you know, from sort of 408|00:28:38|510|00:28:41|910diffuse to more focused to intensely sun- 409|00:28:42|410|00:28:45|790like and so forth. “A line of light permitting free interplay 410|00:28:46|290|00:28:50|270is established between the ajna and the head center. And therefore between 411|00:28:50|770|00:28:54|390the pituitary body and the 412|00:28:55|830|00:28:59|110pineal gland.” (RI, p.671) Alright, so those are the 413|00:28:59|610|00:29:01|990two. The alta major center does come into it, of course, later. 414|00:29:02|710|00:29:06|440When this line of light is present and there is an 415|00:29:06|940|00:29:10|080unobstructed relation between the two centers and the two 416|00:29:10|580|00:29:14|400glands—well, there you go. Then the first 417|00:29:14|900|00:29:18|320initiation becomes possible. So this is really a valuable piece of 418|00:29:18|820|00:29:24|040information about the two factors which must be properly 419|00:29:24|540|00:29:28|480related. Now, you know, you can't really take the third initiation 420|00:29:28|980|00:29:32|530until not only the head, 421|00:29:33|330|00:29:38|290pineal, Ajna, pituitary, but the Alta 422|00:29:38|930|00:29:42|050and carotid are connected in a triangle. 423|00:29:42|610|00:29:46|170Then that radiance becomes possible. The number three is fulfilled, 424|00:29:46|670|00:29:47|490and the third initiation, 425|00:29:50|050|00:29:53|410when that triangle reaches a certain degree of intensity and rotation 426|00:29:53|910|00:29:57|490and so forth, can take place. So when this 427|00:29:57|990|00:30:01|450line of light is present and there is an unobstructed relation between the two centers 428|00:30:02|010|00:30:05|730and the two glands, then the first initiation becomes 429|00:30:06|230|00:30:09|210possible. (RI, p.671) And this is, you might almost say, you know, 430|00:30:10|730|00:30:13|770the beginning of soul infusion. 431|00:30:15|530|00:30:19|370Not a lot, but sufficient. There's an interplay 432|00:30:19|870|00:30:24|780going on here between Vulcan and Venus and 433|00:30:25|280|00:30:28|580then later, maybe between Uranus and Mercury, you know, because the 434|00:30:29|220|00:30:32|780different planets are active 435|00:30:33|280|00:30:36|860in relation to different centers at different times in 436|00:30:37|360|00:30:41|140the evolutionary process. And maybe Venus sort of gives way to Mercury and 437|00:30:41|640|00:30:45|500Vulcan gives way to Uranus a little bit later in the process when 438|00:30:46|000|00:30:49|970this takes place. It must not be inferred that 439|00:30:50|470|00:30:54|690the task of transmutation going on between the lower and higher centers 440|00:30:55|970|00:30:59|330and the relationship between the two centers, head centers, 441|00:30:59|830|00:31:03|330is fully and finally completed and established. (RI, p.671) And that's what I've been, 442|00:31:03|830|00:31:07|050you know, trying to say. What did 443|00:31:07|550|00:31:11|810Master K.H. say? “One drop 444|00:31:12|310|00:31:16|210of rain,” or “one drop does not make a monsoon,” 445|00:31:16|710|00:31:19|910or “a few drops make a monsoon,” but they 446|00:31:20|410|00:31:23|950presage it. They foretell the coming of the 447|00:31:24|670|00:31:27|750monsoon. So this is the beginning of 448|00:31:28|250|00:31:32|550the process. And later, of course, as we progress and as 449|00:31:33|050|00:31:35|870the third initiation is approached by pineal, 450|00:31:36|110|00:31:39|510pituitary, carotid head center, Ajna, 451|00:31:40|010|00:31:44|470Alta Major center. These become quite intensely 452|00:31:44|970|00:31:47|790rotary and related when this takes place. 453|00:31:48|290|00:31:51|790Okay, so it's not fully complete and 454|00:31:52|290|00:31:56|230established. The line of light is still tenuous and unstable, 455|00:31:56|730|00:32:00|230as you would expect the demonstrations 456|00:32:00|730|00:32:03|550of light in the first degree initiate to be. 457|00:32:04|430|00:32:07|950It just marks the beginning. It's not really 458|00:32:08|450|00:32:12|580something that you can sustain through every moment of life. Always, the old 459|00:32:13|080|00:32:16|940is pulling you back, and not until, you know, 460|00:32:17|440|00:32:20|860some of the later stages of the reversal of the wheel, you become that 461|00:32:21|360|00:32:24|940steadily approaching point of, I'll call it, non- 462|00:32:25|440|00:32:29|100flickering light. You know, otherwise you're wearing 463|00:32:29|600|00:32:33|060the soles of your feet out with advancement and retreat, advancement and retreat, 464|00:32:33|140|00:32:36|020and accordingly, the light seems to wax and wane. 465|00:32:36|980|00:32:40|950Okay, the line of light is still tenuous and unstable, but it is 466|00:32:41|450|00:32:45|030in existence, (RI, p.671) at least. So much of initiation is about 467|00:32:45|530|00:32:48|830light demonstration, isn't it? And the stability of the light 468|00:32:49|330|00:32:52|390demonstration, and where the light is demonstrating. 469|00:32:53|350|00:32:57|030So it is the energy let loose at the first initiation and distributed 470|00:32:57|530|00:33:01|270into the sacral and the throat centers via 471|00:33:01|750|00:33:05|350the slowly awakening head (RI, p.671) center. Now, that tells us something 472|00:33:05|850|00:33:09|300about… This tells us something 473|00:33:10|020|00:33:15|020about how the initiator 474|00:33:15|520|00:33:19|620works. You know, how do these lower 475|00:33:20|120|00:33:22|020centers receive the light? 476|00:33:22|740|00:33:26|580And there is some work going on 477|00:33:27|080|00:33:31|060from above that maybe helps the throat center 478|00:33:32|110|00:33:36|030invoke the sacral center. You know, how we are invoked 479|00:33:36|590|00:33:39|870before we are evoked? First we're invoked, and then 480|00:33:40|190|00:33:43|710we experience an evocation. We answer the higher 481|00:33:43|950|00:33:47|270invoking agency. The initiator, 482|00:33:47|770|00:33:50|750is that the head center is, in a way, 483|00:33:51|870|00:33:56|270a higher invoking agency. We are evoked, and 484|00:33:56|350|00:33:59|640the energy rises. We respond, but the chakra 485|00:34:00|140|00:34:04|280responds. So there's always a dual interplay going on 486|00:34:04|780|00:34:08|400here. It's suggesting the work of Mercury, is suggesting 487|00:34:09|520|00:34:13|040the work of Gemini. Interestingly enough, we discussed that 488|00:34:13|360|00:34:17|360Gemini was active at the first initiation, and this process 489|00:34:17|860|00:34:21|280of calling forth and being and answering and calling again and 490|00:34:21|780|00:34:25|470answering, and then having the higher force answer 491|00:34:25|970|00:34:29|470the evil, the invocation sent forth by the 492|00:34:29|970|00:34:33|030lower. So we're calling from pole 493|00:34:33|530|00:34:37|750to pole, from pole to pole, and there's evocation response 494|00:34:38|250|00:34:41|830going on all the time. Then in response to the calling or 495|00:34:42|330|00:34:45|790the invocations. So do you feel called 496|00:34:46|290|00:34:49|790by your soul? You know, are there these 497|00:34:50|290|00:34:53|519higher streams that call to you? You register 498|00:34:54|019|00:34:57|759them, then you answer, then you answer, maybe in 499|00:34:58|259|00:35:02|119the hope of receiving more of a call. And there's an evocation 500|00:35:02|619|00:35:06|359that occurs with regard to the higher aspect. And you feel that you've 501|00:35:06|859|00:35:08|279been answered. You know, 502|00:35:09|639|00:35:13|239maybe no prayer really goes unanswered, and no 503|00:35:13|739|00:35:17|439true invocation goes unanswered. So it 504|00:35:17|939|00:35:21|790is the energy let loose, you might say, by whom? And should we say 505|00:35:22|510|00:35:28|030by the initiator or 506|00:35:28|530|00:35:28|910just by the process? 507|00:35:33|070|00:35:36|389Just by the process itself. By the first 508|00:35:36|889|00:35:40|990initiation process at the first initiation and 509|00:35:41|490|00:35:45|030distributed into the sacral and throat centers. I think he is telling us 510|00:35:45|530|00:35:49|150something about how the initiator works via 511|00:35:49|650|00:35:53|510the slowly awakening head center. You know, maybe one of the last to 512|00:35:54|710|00:35:58|670awaken. Just the way some of those synthesizing planets 513|00:35:59|170|00:36:02|630on the various charts don't show you much detail because they are 514|00:36:03|130|00:36:07|470the last to fully awaken and express their geometry. 515|00:36:07|970|00:36:09|750Just check that out in Cosmic Fire. 516|00:36:11|830|00:36:16|230So via the slowly awakening head center, which brings the transmutation 517|00:36:16|310|00:36:19|720process to a successful conclusion 518|00:36:20|360|00:36:22|760and stabilizes the relationships, 519|00:36:23|240|00:36:27|200relationship within the head. (RI, p.671) And there are many 520|00:36:27|700|00:36:30|920relationships to stabilize, 521|00:36:32|520|00:36:36|240but one of the first major is 522|00:36:36|740|00:36:42|240between the pineal gland and 523|00:36:42|740|00:36:46|400the pituitary gland. Well, 524|00:36:47|360|00:36:51|240I know there's a code here. This process 525|00:36:51|740|00:36:55|920may take several lives of steadily increasing 526|00:36:56|420|00:37:00|000effort on the part of the (RI, p.671) initiate disciple. Initiate disciple. 527|00:37:00|400|00:37:04|000And this, as the term indicates, 528|00:37:05|200|00:37:08|480shows (TWM, p.106) that the first initiation has 529|00:37:08|720|00:37:12|800been taken. And the disciple concerned, 530|00:37:18|000|00:37:21|680sorry, though still a disciple, 531|00:37:21|920|00:37:24|960is also a first degree initiate. 532|00:37:26|960|00:37:31|280Well, you know, the master looks these things over and 533|00:37:31|780|00:37:35|320can see quite a few lives in a row and how the progress went 534|00:37:35|820|00:37:39|280and knows the rays and knows the horoscopes and knows 535|00:37:39|780|00:37:44|770the circumstances. And we're pretty much in the dark with 536|00:37:45|270|00:37:49|370respect to our own progress and the real over a lifetime's 537|00:37:49|870|00:37:55|010progress of other people. So we should reserve 538|00:37:55|510|00:37:59|250judgment because we don't know the 539|00:37:59|890|00:38:04|130developmental processes in any kind of detail which have led 540|00:38:04|530|00:38:09|160to the present expression. Now we 541|00:38:09|660|00:38:11|680have one more in this series, 542|00:38:13|600|00:38:16|920and that's the fourth of the triangle. When the radiant 543|00:38:17|420|00:38:21|440light of the soul is blended with the magnetic light of 544|00:38:21|940|00:38:25|760the vital body. (TWM, p.106) You know how it is. When people 545|00:38:26|000|00:38:29|440evince a vital radiation, they become 546|00:38:29|940|00:38:33|120attractive to us. It stimulates the atoms of the physical 547|00:38:33|620|00:38:36|650body. So this is stimulation from within, 548|00:38:36|810|00:38:40|410etheric stimulation, chronic stimulation, 549|00:38:40|970|00:38:44|410soul stimulation through etheric stimulation. 550|00:38:44|890|00:38:49|410It stimulates the atoms of the physical body to such an extent (TWM, p.106) that 551|00:38:49|910|00:38:54|090each atom becomes in turn a tiny radiant (TWM, p.106) center. Now, you know, 552|00:38:54|590|00:38:58|170there's an old saying that Vulcan burnishes the shield 553|00:38:58|810|00:39:02|660of Mars. Well, Mars rules 554|00:39:03|160|00:39:06|060the dense physical body. And Vulcan has a lot to do with it and with 555|00:39:06|560|00:39:10|580the etheric body. Mars does not have so much to do with the etheric 556|00:39:11|080|00:39:15|860body. Vulcan does. And Vulcan basically 557|00:39:16|360|00:39:20|260wins the battle with Mars always. And Vulcan kills 558|00:39:20|760|00:39:24|340Abel the shepherd. So you've got the sheep of Aries there, 559|00:39:24|740|00:39:28|780along with Mars. And Vulcan 560|00:39:29|280|00:39:33|500enters the act here and helps to release the 561|00:39:34|000|00:39:38|060light potential of the tiny atoms 562|00:39:38|560|00:39:42|619and cells so that the dark light becomes a brighter light, 563|00:39:42|700|00:39:46|620and the atoms of the dense physical vehicle being 564|00:39:46|700|00:39:50|380transmutatively refined begin to shine. And this 565|00:39:50|880|00:39:54|260is a light demonstration which is attested 566|00:39:54|760|00:39:58|140to in art through the aura of the saints 567|00:39:58|640|00:40:02|660and those kinds of demonstrations when 568|00:40:03|160|00:40:06|700these four are in close cooperation. The floor 569|00:40:07|200|00:40:10|500of the triangle… (TWM, p.106) Wait a second. 570|00:40:11|000|00:40:14|100This only becomes possible (TWM, p.106) when the head, (TWM, p.106) heart, (TWM, p.106) 571|00:40:14|580|00:40:18|260the solar plexus and the center of the base of the spine are 572|00:40:18|990|00:40:22|390connected in a peculiar fashion. (TWM, p.106) Well, we can certainly 573|00:40:22|890|00:40:27|030see, you know, head, heart and solar 574|00:40:27|530|00:40:30|990plexus—it's an arrangement connected with the 575|00:40:31|490|00:40:34|670second ray group and the sixth ray group. And then head and heart and base 576|00:40:35|170|00:40:38|590of the spine connected with the… political… seventh ray 577|00:40:38|830|00:40:42|430group? Or is it fifth? Fifth, the political 578|00:40:42|670|00:40:45|910group. So these are not full connections, 579|00:40:46|410|00:40:50|350but that's where the term “peculiar fashion” comes 580|00:40:50|850|00:40:54|750into the picture. These are fifth… details 581|00:40:55|250|00:40:58|630of the science of initiation. But this connection 582|00:40:59|130|00:41:03|070between these four is one of the secrets of 583|00:41:03|570|00:41:10|230the first initiation. (TWM, p.106) And the question is: are these secrets vouchsafed 584|00:41:10|730|00:41:14|770to us, or are they retained 585|00:41:14|850|00:41:18|730by those who give the 586|00:41:19|230|00:41:23|010first initiation—the hierophants and the 587|00:41:23|510|00:41:27|170higher participants—so that the first initiation will be successful? 588|00:41:27|670|00:41:31|290I mean, when something is a secret, it may be a secret imparted to the 589|00:41:31|790|00:41:36|450candidate, or it may be a secret that is 590|00:41:36|950|00:41:40|690responsible for the correct administration of the initiation, and the 591|00:41:41|120|00:41:44|440candidate is kind of kept out of the picture. So when 592|00:41:44|940|00:41:49|120these four—head, heart above the diaphragm, solar plexus, 593|00:41:49|620|00:41:53|040base of the spine below the diaphragm—are in close cooperation, 594|00:41:53|520|00:41:56|800the floor of the triangle, as it is symbolically 595|00:41:56|960|00:42:01|160called, (TWM, p.106) is prepared for the magical 596|00:42:01|660|00:42:05|040work (TWM, p.106) which depends so much on the certain condition of 597|00:42:05|540|00:42:09|740the etheric body. Now, interestingly enough, the base of the spine is associated 598|00:42:10|240|00:42:13|820with the etheric body—there's kind of a crossover going on. And the 599|00:42:14|320|00:42:17|460sacral center, which is placed more highly, 600|00:42:20|340|00:42:24|580excuse me, placed more highly in the etheric constitution, 601|00:42:25|300|00:42:29|980deals with the lower factors with a dense physical 602|00:42:30|480|00:42:33|900plane. Of course, the sacral center has another kind 603|00:42:34|400|00:42:38|290of function. It's sort of the home at first of the mental elemental. 604|00:42:39|250|00:42:42|450It has that kind of connection and a lot of third ray. 605|00:42:42|770|00:42:46|530And that mental elemental will come under the number three if we count from 606|00:42:47|030|00:42:50|930below. But there is that very, very physical connection in 607|00:42:51|430|00:42:55|330the sacral center. And the ability to sustain oneself materially 608|00:42:55|490|00:42:59|650and practically and, you know, earn the wherewithal 609|00:42:59|730|00:43:03|160and be practical in the world through form 610|00:43:04|680|00:43:08|760is a sacral center objective 611|00:43:08|840|00:43:14|400as well. So we're 612|00:43:14|900|00:43:18|640blending then soul light, the magnetic life of the 613|00:43:19|140|00:43:22|360physical body and of the etheric… No, excuse me, 614|00:43:22|860|00:43:26|520of the vital body. And that especially through four 615|00:43:26|600|00:43:29|700centers. So soul light, vital body, 616|00:43:30|580|00:43:34|660four centers—we are prepared. The floor 617|00:43:35|160|00:43:37|860of the triangle is prepared for the magical work. 618|00:43:39|300|00:43:42|500The soul itself has to be active, and the soul is a triangle. 619|00:43:42|740|00:43:46|500It all depends from where the magical work is proceeding. 620|00:43:47|220|00:43:51|140Mostly as it's given to us, the magical work is proceeding from 621|00:43:52|020|00:43:54|900soul levels. And the magician, 622|00:43:56|000|00:43:59|840who really must be a third degree initiate, is polarized 623|00:44:00|720|00:44:04|400within the egoic body, 624|00:44:06|560|00:44:10|240the causal body, the egoic lotus. So, you know, 625|00:44:10|740|00:44:14|280we can play with white magic and be somewhat successful as 626|00:44:14|780|00:44:18|320we go along in creating in line with the plan. But the true magician 627|00:44:18|880|00:44:23|090has to be of the third degree and able to… polarize within 628|00:44:23|170|00:44:26|850the… within the higher 629|00:44:27|350|00:44:30|690mind and the egoic lotus. Now, actually, friends, 630|00:44:31|730|00:44:35|730what I did. So what is this? This is the end of 631|00:44:36|290|00:44:38|610first initiation commentary webinar, 632|00:44:39|170|00:44:43|610whatever it is. First initiation compilation 633|00:44:44|110|00:44:47|570video commentary. Right. And this is number seven. 634|00:44:48|070|00:44:51|970And our day is the first of July in the year 635|00:44:52|470|00:44:56|250of our Lord 2018. Okay, and this 636|00:44:56|750|00:45:01|450is then the beginning of extra 637|00:45:01|950|00:45:05|930references for 638|00:45:06|890|00:45:09|530the first initiation video commentary. 639|00:45:09|850|00:45:13|650And we'll call it number eight. And I've gathered these references. 640|00:45:14|150|00:45:18|770I'm rather shocked at how many references 641|00:45:19|410|00:45:23|170were left out of this quite good 642|00:45:23|250|00:45:26|850compilation, I think. And I may 643|00:45:27|350|00:45:31|210be doing a little repeating as I go along. And the references are 644|00:45:31|710|00:45:35|730more perhaps coming in alphabetical order than from 645|00:45:36|690|00:45:39|010a sequence of the books. 646|00:45:39|650|00:45:43|180But I have quite a number of pages of future 647|00:45:43|680|00:45:47|580discussion relating to the first initiation. And if I make the mistake 648|00:45:48|080|00:45:52|380of repeating what I've said before, then maybe 649|00:45:52|880|00:45:56|060repetition will have its use, both for you and for me. 650|00:45:57|420|00:46:01|500So that one first 651|00:46:02|000|00:46:05|620initiation extra references has some 33 pages 652|00:46:06|120|00:46:07|820in it. Goodness. So we're going to be going for a while. 653|00:46:09|830|00:46:13|830And some of these you will recognize as things 654|00:46:14|330|00:46:18|510that I have said, whether or not they were part 655|00:46:19|010|00:46:22|990of the reference we were reading. And others 656|00:46:23|490|00:46:26|430may just be straight repeats. And if I see a straight repeat coming, I'll try 657|00:46:26|930|00:46:30|470to avoid that. Although sometimes repetition really does drive 658|00:46:30|970|00:46:34|470the point home. You know, I've been studying this material 659|00:46:34|970|00:46:39|000now, maybe Alice Bailey, 660|00:46:39|160|00:46:41|480for 47 years at this point, 661|00:46:42|120|00:46:46|360and Theosophy, Secret Doctrine, and all five 662|00:46:46|860|00:46:48|280years before that, at least. 663|00:46:50|600|00:46:53|000So somehow over 50 years now, 664|00:46:53|800|00:46:55|320drop in the bucket, you know. 665|00:46:56|840|00:47:00|200But I do discover that 666|00:47:00|850|00:47:04|530repetition drives the point home, you know, 667|00:47:04|610|00:47:07|250into the head, into the heart, 668|00:47:08|130|00:47:11|690and maybe into the intuitive 669|00:47:12|190|00:47:16|290faculties so that relationship between the items 670|00:47:16|790|00:47:20|650of information can be established. And, you know, 671|00:47:21|150|00:47:24|690that's oftentimes an intuitive thing because the intuition grasps 672|00:47:25|190|00:47:28|720the archetype and it kind of sees the information that's 673|00:47:29|220|00:47:32|760before you and it arranges it all in a way that is 674|00:47:33|720|00:47:37|000given through pure reason ruled by Mercury. 675|00:47:37|080|00:47:40|200And on the Buddhic plane, 676|00:47:41|880|00:47:45|800a planet, a major planet of intuition, once its 677|00:47:46|300|00:47:50|440higher aspects can be accessed. 678|00:47:51|880|00:47:55|480So, you know, one day all of these particularities will simply melt 679|00:47:55|980|00:47:59|740into an intuitive knowing of what's happening and what 680|00:48:00|240|00:48:04|260has to be done. And this is what the masters, and especially 681|00:48:04|420|00:48:09|220the Christ, possesses. I was always amused 682|00:48:11|220|00:48:15|020when Master D.K. tells us how he knows 683|00:48:15|520|00:48:18|660what's in the books we've written. And some kind of— 684|00:48:18|900|00:48:22|100He certainly doesn't read it word for word in 685|00:48:22|600|00:48:26|350English. Out of that creative effort rises a 686|00:48:27|230|00:48:30|790symbol which sometimes encapsulates the meaning, 687|00:48:31|290|00:48:35|070the direction, the ray quality, whatever of the whole. 688|00:48:35|570|00:48:39|229And he looks at that symbol, he studies it, and he knows 689|00:48:39|950|00:48:43|070the basis of the content. I'm reminded 690|00:48:43|570|00:48:47|590again of that disciple who was asked to 691|00:48:48|090|00:48:51|560write on Shambhala. And instead, 692|00:48:51|880|00:48:54|600you know, he was a First Ray monad in my opinion, 693|00:48:54|840|00:48:58|480and he had a First Ray personality and a First Ray 694|00:48:58|980|00:49:01|640mind. Is that correct? Yes. 695|00:49:02|360|00:49:05|800And wow, you know, a lot of First Ray, First Ray 696|00:49:06|300|00:49:10|080brain too, as far as I can see. But he was a Sixth 697|00:49:10|580|00:49:14|360Ray soul at the time, trying to transfer onto the Second Ray. A fascinating, 698|00:49:16|610|00:49:20|690fascinating case. And you know, you have to really be 699|00:49:21|190|00:49:25|450grateful to these disciples who were in Master D.K.'s 700|00:49:25|950|00:49:29|450group because they were, it was requested of them, would they 701|00:49:29|950|00:49:35|290allow their, the letters written to them to be assembled in a book that 702|00:49:35|790|00:49:38|890the public would read? And they, for the most part they said yes, 703|00:49:39|390|00:49:42|300Or they maybe just said, “Well, you can't include that part in that part.” 704|00:49:42|800|00:49:46|140But respectfully they were asked. So that was a big, 705|00:49:47|100|00:49:50|740that was a big sacrifice. And so 706|00:49:51|240|00:49:55|060this very competent teacher, instead of 707|00:49:55|560|00:49:59|100writing about Shambhala, which would have really helped him, says Master 708|00:49:59|600|00:50:03|700D.K., especially if he was a First Ray Monad, as all the indications 709|00:50:04|200|00:50:08|140seem to show, he wrote a book on the Sixth Ray 710|00:50:08|730|00:50:12|290called “The High Walk of Discipleship.” I ran into that 711|00:50:12|790|00:50:17|090book when I was in Asheville, North Carolina, where he was doing 712|00:50:17|590|00:50:21|170quite a bit of teaching. And it was powerful, 713|00:50:21|670|00:50:25|770Sixth Ray book, you know, just it 714|00:50:26|270|00:50:30|250had this incredible elevating kind of vibration. 715|00:50:30|750|00:50:33|850But as D.K. said, “Yeah, this is going to help people on the 716|00:50:34|560|00:50:37|880probationary path, the need to stimulate their aspiration, all that 717|00:50:38|380|00:50:42|400kind of thing. But it's not going to help your fellow disciples who need more 718|00:50:42|800|00:50:46|120understanding of the will as you might have presented it 719|00:50:46|620|00:50:49|440to them by studying the First Ray and Shambhala.” 720|00:50:50|320|00:50:54|960So all along the path we are making 721|00:50:55|040|00:50:58|400choices, and the choices may seem to 722|00:50:58|900|00:51:02|170be inconsequential or at least 723|00:51:02|250|00:51:06|570not having long-term consequences. 724|00:51:07|610|00:51:11|290But I'm recalling D.K. referring, 725|00:51:11|790|00:51:15|290I think to maybe it was one of his disciples 726|00:51:15|790|00:51:19|290who I think lived in Australia, and the man had 727|00:51:19|790|00:51:24|010made a choice. I don't know along what line — was it a relationship choice? 728|00:51:24|510|00:51:28|380I'm not sure. And nor is it given to our concrete 729|00:51:28|880|00:51:33|060mind to pore over, because D.K. was careful about giving 730|00:51:33|460|00:51:37|620too much information which would allow the mind (TWM, p.106)s of fellow 731|00:51:38|120|00:51:40|100co-disciples to interfere with the process. 732|00:51:41|140|00:51:44|340But (RI, p.348) this D.K. said, “Now it's going to take 733|00:51:44|840|00:51:49|220two or three lives for this disciple to recover from 734|00:51:49|720|00:51:54|310his choice and, you know, regain his position. And it's 735|00:51:54|810|00:51:58|590going to set him back.” So when you get onto 736|00:51:59|090|00:52:02|110the path of initiation — probationary initiation, 737|00:52:02|610|00:52:06|629let's say first and second degree and so forth — the choices are 738|00:52:07|129|00:52:11|950very consequential, and they will largely 739|00:52:13|150|00:52:16|950contribute to the determination of the 740|00:52:17|450|00:52:21|360time equation. We have so much of the time 741|00:52:21|860|00:52:25|520equation in our hands. And whether 742|00:52:26|020|00:52:29|880we go fast or slow and make ourselves available more 743|00:52:30|380|00:52:33|640promptly, or whether we retard our own progress, has 744|00:52:34|140|00:52:38|080a lot to do with the selflessness 745|00:52:38|640|00:52:42|400and the conscientiousness with which we make 746|00:52:44|170|00:52:48|890our choices. So caution upon 747|00:52:49|390|00:52:52|850the path — this path of probationary 748|00:52:53|350|00:52:56|690initiation — caution. And as D.K. said, 749|00:52:57|190|00:53:00|930if we're over-concerned about it and fixated upon 750|00:53:01|430|00:53:04|890the idea (RI, p.348) of an initiation, that (RI, p.348) fixation is 751|00:53:05|390|00:53:08|970not the service orientation that should be occurring. 752|00:53:09|470|00:53:13|050And as a result of the fixation, the occult accolade 753|00:53:13|550|00:53:16|530or the accolade by fire will be denied to us. 754|00:53:17|810|00:53:21|690But contrarily, if we're just careless about 755|00:53:22|190|00:53:25|490it, say, “Well, who cares, you know? We don't really, you know, 756|00:53:25|990|00:53:29|730it'll all happen. I'm not worried.” If we don't really attend to the very 757|00:53:30|230|00:53:34|490specific requirements, then also the 758|00:53:34|990|00:53:39|580occult accolade will be denied, and the fires of initiation 759|00:53:40|220|00:53:43|460will come later than otherwise 760|00:53:43|960|00:53:48|420they might have. So we're on the narrow, razor- 761|00:53:48|920|00:53:52|940edged path, and every step of 762|00:53:53|440|00:53:57|420the way is consequential. 763|00:53:58|620|00:54:02|460So, you know, we're carrying big burdens. We have 764|00:54:02|960|00:54:06|580lots of responsibility, lots of demands in our 765|00:54:07|080|00:54:10|380lives. And it's not going to get less. It's not going to get less. 766|00:54:10|880|00:54:13|700I mean, I was again amused. You know, 767|00:54:14|100|00:54:17|900obviously reading these books is not all about humour. And Master D.K. 768|00:54:18|400|00:54:20|980is a little dry when it comes to humour, but he is humorous at times. 769|00:54:21|780|00:54:25|300And there was a story somewhere in this literature about 770|00:54:26|020|00:54:29|540Master Morya wearing one type of hat, rushing into 771|00:54:30|040|00:54:33|310a room, changing the hat, putting on a different hat and rushing 772|00:54:33|810|00:54:38|550out. Well, it's a story about identity and 773|00:54:39|050|00:54:42|990different kinds of responsibilities and the haste, 774|00:54:45|230|00:54:50|270You know, under control, of course, that the masters will make. 775|00:54:51|470|00:54:55|470D.K. has told us that the major sin 776|00:54:56|600|00:54:59|960of the average initiate is sloth. 777|00:55:01|320|00:55:05|160Again, I just had to… you know, I'm picturing the 778|00:55:06|760|00:55:09|920three-toed sloth or something hanging 779|00:55:10|420|00:55:14|400from a tree and not moving very much. But, you know, 780|00:55:14|900|00:55:18|280it's quite a picture when you think of yourself in that way. 781|00:55:18|680|00:55:22|280Here we're getting rid of it in various obstacles 782|00:55:23|190|00:55:27|350as discussed in The Light of the Soul. But this is the reference. 783|00:55:28|950|00:55:33|750And you kind of think about this in relation to the initiates of the first 784|00:55:34|250|00:55:38|030degree, especially. It takes a long time sometimes to get from 785|00:55:38|530|00:55:42|150the first degree to the second. And the major liability 786|00:55:42|310|00:55:47|150of the average initiate is sloth, or 787|00:55:47|650|00:55:50|830lack of speed. (RI, p.156) Ponder on that. (RI, p.156) Well, you know, 788|00:55:51|150|00:55:54|750I just… It's amusing to me because he even uses 789|00:55:55|250|00:55:58|670the word “initiate”—the average initiate. He doesn't say “of the average aspirant,” 790|00:55:59|310|00:56:02|830“of the average disciple.” This man or this person is already 791|00:56:03|330|00:56:07|070an initiate. So, you know, at the second degree, 792|00:56:07|570|00:56:09|470there's an increase of speed. 793|00:56:10|750|00:56:14|230Mars really gets into the act, and you 794|00:56:14|730|00:56:17|570enter the stream. And the stream has its own current. 795|00:56:18|290|00:56:21|970It is the direction, the will, the energy of the 796|00:56:22|470|00:56:26|050ashram with which you are now in touch. And very probably 797|00:56:26|370|00:56:29|970by the time you're taking the second degree, you may well 798|00:56:30|470|00:56:34|130be an accepted disciple. And so, in a certain sense, are 799|00:56:34|630|00:56:38|650within the ashram of your master. And all of these energies bearing down 800|00:56:39|150|00:56:42|860upon you carry you forward. You know, it's like being in 801|00:56:43|360|00:56:46|700an airport. You've got a heavy bag, and you see that people mover 802|00:56:47|200|00:56:49|940in front of you. And it looks—at least to someone my age, it looks 803|00:56:50|440|00:56:53|900very attractive. So, you know, I… I jump on it and I keep walking, 804|00:56:54|400|00:56:57|060and its speed is added to my speed. 805|00:56:58|019|00:57:02|180So I… I think, you know, oftentimes we don't realize the consequences 806|00:57:04|020|00:57:06|100of moving forward, 807|00:57:08|120|00:57:11|720even if we make haste slowly and cautiously, but to 808|00:57:12|220|00:57:15|400make haste, you know, to hasten forward 809|00:57:16|360|00:57:20|040so that we can avoid this critique, 810|00:57:21|480|00:57:24|720which, if this way of 811|00:57:25|220|00:57:28|120life is followed, obviously we're going to retard our progress. 812|00:57:28|620|00:57:32|120And the sad part of that would be that we're not available for 813|00:57:32|360|00:57:35|400service as otherwise we might be. 814|00:57:35|900|00:57:39|760And as soon as we might be… we're just not… Just not as capable 815|00:57:40|260|00:57:43|400as we could be. So anyway, we're going to go ahead with some of these 816|00:57:43|900|00:57:47|480randomly chosen 817|00:57:47|980|00:57:52|240references. Actually, as I say, I went into my A.A.B. extracts— 818|00:57:52|740|00:57:56|960it's a voluminous file—and I just put in “first initiation.” 819|00:57:57|840|00:58:01|060And there were just tens and tens of these. 820|00:58:01|700|00:58:05|980Some of them duplicates and so forth, but definitely some 821|00:58:06|480|00:58:11|380of them left out of the particular 822|00:58:12|420|00:58:16|940compilation here. And mostly because some 823|00:58:17|440|00:58:21|540of them I had put in not because the word “first initiation” was spoken, 824|00:58:21|620|00:58:26|290even though I might have titled it that, but because other synonyms 825|00:58:26|790|00:58:29|570for “first initiation” were used. You know, “the birth,” 826|00:58:30|130|00:58:32|850“birth in the heart,” “first degree.” 827|00:58:33|490|00:58:37|010And now there's an example. Goodness, I suppose 828|00:58:37|510|00:58:37|570I should… 829|00:58:40|610|00:58:43|810I think I will look up “first degree” as well. 830|00:58:44|310|00:58:48|570And then perhaps I can be more complete on behalf 831|00:58:49|070|00:58:53|170of our work and also offer 832|00:58:53|670|00:58:57|570you some completeness—greater completeness in your studies on these things. 833|00:58:59|410|00:59:04|690Okay, then I guess that's the end for 834|00:59:05|190|00:59:08|489the moment. And, you know, obviously you've… you've felt me kind of going on here 835|00:59:08|989|00:59:12|530talking a bit about this and that and all, you know, in the effort to 836|00:59:13|030|00:59:17|170kind of summarize a little this section and also make up for 837|00:59:17|810|00:59:21|040the fact that the material ended early. 838|00:59:21|200|00:59:24|880And I would like to present you with a 839|00:59:25|440|00:59:29|280program of one hour, approximately. So hopefully 840|00:59:30|240|00:59:34|320these few comments have 841|00:59:34|820|00:59:38|200been useful and have not just been hot air filling 842|00:59:38|700|00:59:42|480the… filling the time. So that's it. 843|00:59:43|600|00:59:48|000And we'll be seeing you for number… Did— 844|00:59:48|500|00:59:51|320I do that properly? I hope so. 845|00:59:51|800|00:59:55|080Yeah. Video commentary number eight. 846|00:59:55|320|00:59:58|480Okay. All the best. Lots of love, many blessings. 847|00:59:58|980|01:00:03|480Study hard, assimilate, apply, and 848|01:00:04|440|01:00:08|120stock your mind well as Alice Bailey advised 849|01:00:08|620|01:00:12|120us, so that we can be ready on our feet to 850|01:00:12|520|01:00:15|950have the intuitive response which arises from 851|01:00:16|450|01:00:20|230the well-stocked mind with well-assimilated material. 852|01:00:25|110|01:00:25|750Bye-bye.
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