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1|00:00:01|680|00:00:05|520Well, hello, everybody. This is Esoteric 2|00:00:06|080|00:00:09|840Astrology Adventure number 74. 3|00:00:10|720|00:00:14|400It has been a little while since I've been able to 4|00:00:15|200|00:00:19|640create these programs. Probably as 5|00:00:20|140|00:00:23|320much as four months, unfortunately. But they 6|00:00:23|820|00:00:26|800will be put together in order. 7|00:00:27|840|00:00:31|760And so you should be able to have the book 8|00:00:31|840|00:00:35|280and what I say upon it with continuity. 9|00:00:36|960|00:00:42|240We are in the middle of the Sagittarius 10|00:00:42|720|00:00:46|320chapter, and we went a little farther. 11|00:00:46|640|00:00:52|320But I'm going to start back here on page 186. 12|00:00:54|200|00:00:57|880And what we will see here 13|00:00:59|960|00:01:03|760is that we're dealing with the constellation 14|00:01:04|260|00:01:08|320Sagittarius. But he says he involves the 15|00:01:08|820|00:01:12|040other constellations as well. He says, 16|00:01:12|840|00:01:16|440“Take for example the…” 17|00:01:18|280|00:01:18|920Let's see. 18|00:01:22|000|00:01:22|480Okay. 19|00:01:26|320|00:01:30|160He says, Take for example the constellation 20|00:01:30|960|00:01:34|400which we are now considering,(EA, p.185) that is Sagittarius. and remember 21|00:01:34|480|00:01:37|840that the same basic streams of energy 22|00:01:38|720|00:01:42|720will have to be noted in connection with every other sign 23|00:01:43|440|00:01:47|040in which a man may take incarnation. (EA, p.186) So the system 24|00:01:47|120|00:01:51|380that he sets up here in Sagittarius is 25|00:01:51|860|00:01:55|740something that we can do for every one of the signs. 26|00:01:56|240|00:01:59|500If we learn how to do it in Sagittarius, we can apply the 27|00:02:00|000|00:02:03|620same principles to every other sign. And I can see in the 28|00:02:04|120|00:02:07|740future that there may well be someone 29|00:02:08|240|00:02:11|580who would like to do this for each of the signs of the zodiac. 30|00:02:12|080|00:02:16|040I'm not sure that we can do this in reading through the book. 31|00:02:16|680|00:02:20|920But anyway, he says, “Here we 32|00:02:21|420|00:02:24|920shall find that the…” 33|00:02:27|560|00:02:31|320“We shall find that we have to consider…” And then he goes on: the 34|00:02:31|820|00:02:37|080sun sign, okay? In connection with conditions, 35|00:02:37|580|00:02:42|660circumstances, we shall have to consider 2. The 36|00:02:42|740|00:02:43|700Rising Sign. 37|00:02:45|620|00:02:49|940—The ascendant can be one of the other eleven signs. (EA, p.186) or the same sign. 38|00:02:50|900|00:02:54|420We shall have to consider the Mutable Cross. In this particular case, 39|00:02:56|420|00:02:59|220we shall have to consider the orthodox planets, 40|00:03:00|740|00:03:04|300then the esoteric planets, and then the planetary 41|00:03:04|800|00:03:08|690ruler of a hierarchy. Now, all of this we did in 42|00:03:09|190|00:03:12|810Esoteric Astrology Adventure number 73, 43|00:03:13|310|00:03:17|370but I'm just reviewing what we've been through here. A study 44|00:03:17|870|00:03:21|490of the above will reveal most interesting 45|00:03:21|990|00:03:24|850relationships and prove my point 46|00:03:25|650|00:03:29|490anent the multiplicity of energies to which the wonderful 47|00:03:29|990|00:03:33|610mechanism of man can respond and to which, 48|00:03:34|110|00:03:38|480as evolution proceeds, he can become increasingly sensitive. (EA, p.187) 49|00:03:39|920|00:03:43|920I may have sometimes mentioned that Master D.K. did 50|00:03:44|420|00:03:47|600some astrological analysis of the 51|00:03:48|100|00:03:52|000nations in The Destiny of the Nations, 52|00:03:52|960|00:03:56|800that particular book. And I think we will find 53|00:03:57|040|00:04:01|530that some of those analyses can be applied directly 54|00:04:01|610|00:04:05|610to the individual if the same method is 55|00:04:05|690|00:04:08|810used. And we will see that 56|00:04:09|310|00:04:13|210a nation is responsive to, indeed, a multiplicity 57|00:04:13|710|00:04:17|730of energies. And there we have a very practical method of 58|00:04:18|230|00:04:22|130demonstrating that this is the case. So I suggest that 59|00:04:22|630|00:04:26|490we study The Destiny of the Nations. Perhaps we'll 60|00:04:26|990|00:04:30|330be able to do that after we complete this book. 61|00:04:30|570|00:04:34|000Some of the astrological analyses found therein. 62|00:04:35|760|00:04:39|200So D.K. wants to prove his point concerning 63|00:04:39|680|00:04:43|920anent the multiplicity of energies to which the wonderful mechanism 64|00:04:44|420|00:04:46|160of man can respond. 65|00:04:48|400|00:04:51|680I think this is one of the key 66|00:04:52|180|00:04:55|560factors. We find that we 67|00:04:56|060|00:04:59|590live our lives in a somewhat normal way, not realising how 68|00:05:00|090|00:05:03|190these aggregations of energies are constantly changing, 69|00:05:03|510|00:05:07|070coming in and out, changing their relationships with 70|00:05:07|570|00:05:11|270each other, and causing subtle changes 71|00:05:11|770|00:05:15|110or inclining towards subtle changes in our thought, 72|00:05:15|190|00:05:18|630our feelings, and our general physical behaviour. 73|00:05:20|470|00:05:24|390So we go on. I cannot here enter into a detailed analysis 74|00:05:25|440|00:05:29|120of the many energies which pour through the disciple 75|00:05:29|760|00:05:33|400as he arrives at the final stages upon the Mutable 76|00:05:33|900|00:05:37|160Cross, (EA, p.187) This is before he enters 77|00:05:37|660|00:05:42|240the Hall of Wisdom before he has taken the first initiation. 78|00:05:43|760|00:05:47|320Before he has completely opened 79|00:05:47|820|00:05:50|400the fifth petal of the Egoic Lotus. 80|00:05:51|060|00:05:54|780That is, while he is a probationary disciple and 81|00:05:55|280|00:05:58|940not yet a true disciple who has taken the 82|00:05:59|440|00:06:03|460first degree and is moving towards accepted discipleship 83|00:06:03|620|00:06:07|780somewhere between the first and second degree. So he cannot enter 84|00:06:07|860|00:06:11|540into here the detailed analysis of the many energies 85|00:06:12|100|00:06:16|180which stand at this important point 86|00:06:16|260|00:06:20|470of view: transition between the 87|00:06:20|790|00:06:23|950Mutable Cross, the cross of many changes, the cross of 88|00:06:24|450|00:06:28|550the personality and of the development of the personality vehicles, 89|00:06:28|870|00:06:32|870and then the Fixed Cross, the cross in which the soul 90|00:06:33|110|00:06:37|830consciousness is developed and the personality made 91|00:06:38|330|00:06:40|950into an instrument of the soul. 92|00:06:42|950|00:06:46|230So until he arrives at the final stages upon the Mutable 93|00:06:46|730|00:06:51|350Cross and in Sagittarius achieves the determination— 94|00:06:53|350|00:06:57|270that's a word that's related to fixed determination— 95|00:06:58|550|00:07:01|670of the members of the new group of world servers, and of those who find 96|00:07:02|170|00:07:06|550themselves in Taurus. We know the close relationship between 97|00:07:07|030|00:07:09|430Taurus and Sagittarius. 98|00:07:10|710|00:07:14|630We are told, in a way, that Taurus rushes blindly 99|00:07:15|290|00:07:17|370until Sagittarius directs. 100|00:07:18|170|00:07:21|970At the same time, we realize that 101|00:07:22|470|00:07:26|090Sagittarius is directing itself towards the 102|00:07:26|590|00:07:30|250type of illumination which Taurus represents. 103|00:07:30|970|00:07:34|810So we cannot say that one sign is 104|00:07:35|310|00:07:38|650more advanced than another, at least in this particular context. 105|00:07:39|370|00:07:43|290There may be ways in which these 12 zodiacal lords 106|00:07:44|240|00:07:48|240are not completely even in their spiritual 107|00:07:48|740|00:07:52|560development. But that is somewhat beyond us to be able to 108|00:07:52|880|00:07:56|800appraise. We know that there is uneven 109|00:07:57|300|00:08:00|800development between the planetary lords, between the lords of the planetary 110|00:08:01|300|00:08:05|360schemes, and we have some idea of the different categories 111|00:08:05|840|00:08:08|880when we deal with non-sacred planets, 112|00:08:08|960|00:08:12|670sacred planets, and those sacred planets which are 113|00:08:13|070|00:08:17|070synthesizing planets as well. So those three 114|00:08:17|570|00:08:20|750categories we do understand as differentiating 115|00:08:21|250|00:08:24|350between the spiritual development of the planetary 116|00:08:24|850|00:08:28|710lords. But while something of the same may exist 117|00:08:29|210|00:08:32|510with the lords of the constellations, we are not 118|00:08:33|010|00:08:36|899given to understand what that stratification may 119|00:08:37|399|00:08:40|699be—how the different levels of 120|00:08:41|199|00:08:44|939development may manifest among those 12. I suppose 121|00:08:45|439|00:08:49|299it has a lot to do with how the 12 major 122|00:08:49|539|00:08:52|859petals in the head center of the One 123|00:08:53|359|00:08:56|419About Whom Naught May Be Said are unfolded. 124|00:08:56|659|00:09:01|539Each of us has a 12-petaled lotus in the center 125|00:09:02|039|00:09:05|859of our head center, the 12 most important or major petals within 126|00:09:06|359|00:09:10|600our head center. But I do not think we should think of them all as 127|00:09:11|100|00:09:14|800equally unfolded. This probably 128|00:09:15|300|00:09:19|560occurs more towards mastership, and within a Mayavirupa 129|00:09:20|060|00:09:23|400this somewhat equal unfoldment. But then we cannot tell if it 130|00:09:23|900|00:09:27|920is so even then. Anyway, we are all very, 131|00:09:28|420|00:09:32|800very different, even though we display structural 132|00:09:33|040|00:09:36|480similarities. So as he arrives at the 133|00:09:36|980|00:09:40|860final stages upon the Mutable Cross and in Sagittarius achieves 134|00:09:41|500|00:09:45|740the determination to “direct his steps into another way 135|00:09:46|240|00:09:49|500of life and with ardour firm 136|00:09:49|580|00:09:52|780to mount another Cross,” (EA, p.187)—these are marvelous. 137|00:09:54|780|00:09:58|140This is a marvelous statement concerning the qualities of Sagittarius. 138|00:09:58|860|00:10:03|340That other way of life is the way of the reversed 139|00:10:03|580|00:10:06|780wheel. It has been reversing 140|00:10:07|280|00:10:10|700even in the latter stages of the Mutable Cross. 141|00:10:11|450|00:10:15|130But the reversal will be more 142|00:10:15|630|00:10:19|610pronounced as we step upon the Fixed Cross, and probably confirmed 143|00:10:20|410|00:10:24|170somewhere between the second and third initiation, with 144|00:10:24|670|00:10:28|730ardor firm. Now, Sagittarius is one of the fire signs 145|00:10:29|230|00:10:33|210and a keen sign of aspiration, as we can tell 146|00:10:33|370|00:10:36|890by two of its rulers: Jupiter and 147|00:10:36|970|00:10:40|220Mars, the hierarchical ruler—the planet of 148|00:10:40|720|00:10:44|220keen aspiration. The upward direction of that 149|00:10:44|720|00:10:48|140aspiration comes with Jupiter, and it 150|00:10:48|640|00:10:52|500is not a light or an aspiration which burns now and then, 151|00:10:53|380|00:10:56|820which is fleeting and flickering 152|00:10:56|980|00:10:59|620and inconstant and inconsistent. 153|00:11:00|020|00:11:03|860Rather, it is a type of fire or 154|00:11:04|420|00:11:07|950ardour which burns consistently and is 155|00:11:08|450|00:11:11|630therefore firm. So in Sagittarius, 156|00:11:12|130|00:11:15|710he achieves the determination to direct his steps into 157|00:11:16|210|00:11:20|350another way of life and with ardour firm, to mount 158|00:11:20|430|00:11:22|190another cross, 159|00:11:24|030|00:11:28|030as the Old Commentary puts it. I can only point out that the following ray 160|00:11:28|530|00:11:32|320forces pour onto the man,(EA, p.187) onto the 161|00:11:32|820|00:11:36|320man, onto and into, I suppose, through the medium of the following 162|00:11:36|960|00:11:40|480planets: (EA, p.187) And of course, now we are at that point. 163|00:11:43|520|00:11:47|360This was the end of a three-hour program for esoteric 164|00:11:47|860|00:11:51|560astrology adventure number 73. Now we go on. So what are 165|00:11:52|060|00:11:55|520these planets and their forces that are pouring onto the man? 166|00:11:56|020|00:11:59|220Well, the exoteric are Mercury — 167|00:12:00|020|00:12:02|0204th Ray — 168|00:12:03|460|00:12:06|340Harmony through Conflict. (EA, p.187) and Jupiter — 169|00:12:06|820|00:12:10|5402nd Ray — Love-wisdom. Now, what's happening 170|00:12:11|040|00:12:14|460here is we're taking the Mutable Cross. And we're 171|00:12:14|960|00:12:18|900looking at the two rulers of the Mutable Cross. 172|00:12:19|400|00:12:22|860We are aware that Gemini exoterically 173|00:12:23|360|00:12:26|940is ruled by Mercury. That's the first sign on the Mutable Cross. Virgo is 174|00:12:27|440|00:12:31|040ruled by Mercury. So exoterically, through these two 175|00:12:31|200|00:12:35|480constellations or signs come the 176|00:12:35|980|00:12:40|160fourth ray of harmony through conflict, which is so well 177|00:12:40|240|00:12:43|680displayed by struggling humanity through 178|00:12:44|180|00:12:48|160the majority of its evolutionary process over millions 179|00:12:48|660|00:12:52|640of years. To be a human being is to struggle between 180|00:12:53|140|00:12:56|950higher possibilities and residual possibilities which come 181|00:12:57|450|00:13:00|550from the lower three kingdoms. Especially, I suppose, 182|00:13:00|950|00:13:04|790the animal kingdom towards which we are 183|00:13:05|290|00:13:09|670drawn before we emerge. Then there comes Sagittarius itself and 184|00:13:09|750|00:13:13|790Pisces, both of them ruled by Jupiter on 185|00:13:14|290|00:13:18|910the second ray. So this has to do with the development of our desire 186|00:13:19|410|00:13:23|350nature and our love nature, as we move out 187|00:13:23|740|00:13:27|580on the Mutable Cross towards that which appeals to us. 188|00:13:28|540|00:13:32|860So we have here these energies exoterically. 189|00:13:33|820|00:13:38|580And then we have the 190|00:13:39|080|00:13:42|700esoteric energies we have. 191|00:13:43|200|00:13:46|860Let's go back to Gemini. Now, Gemini, we know, is esoterically 192|00:13:47|020|00:13:51|260ruled by magnetic, illuminative 193|00:13:51|500|00:13:54|600Venus, one of 194|00:13:55|100|00:13:57|960the great planets of Love-Wisdom, in this case, conveying, 195|00:13:59|400|00:14:03|080I believe, in its soul nature, the fifth ray of 196|00:14:03|160|00:14:07|240concrete science or the ray of mind, 197|00:14:08|120|00:14:11|400perhaps more than the ray of creative intelligence, which is the third. 198|00:14:12|280|00:14:16|280Although Venus has sometimes been, you know, connected with monadic 199|00:14:16|780|00:14:20|480permanent atoms. And therefore with the third ray. Anyway, Venus — 200|00:14:20|980|00:14:24|510 5th Ray — Concrete Science. Mind. Then we move to Virgo. 201|00:14:25|790|00:14:29|870And on this Mutable Cross, the Moon 202|00:14:30|370|00:14:33|790is the esoteric ruler of Virgo, conveying the fourth ray 203|00:14:34|190|00:14:37|910of harmony through conflict, especially as it begins 204|00:14:38|410|00:14:42|030to resolve into a greater harmony 205|00:14:42|110|00:14:44|750under the impulse or influence of the soul. 206|00:14:45|230|00:14:49|550But this Moon will be veiling a first 207|00:14:50|050|00:14:53|550ray planet, Vulcan, in the case of Virgo, and also a sixth ray, 208|00:14:53|950|00:14:57|450primarily sixth ray planet, Neptune, in the case 209|00:14:57|930|00:15:01|610of Virgo as well. So the first and sixth rays are 210|00:15:02|110|00:15:06|010veiled by this fourth ray Moon. Then we move on to Sagittarius, 211|00:15:06|970|00:15:10|010which esoterically is ruled by the Earth. 212|00:15:10|250|00:15:14|130And we have here the glorification of the path. 213|00:15:14|630|00:15:17|290And we have Earth aspiring. And eventually, 214|00:15:19|050|00:15:22|170as has sometimes been popularly thought, Earth ascending, 215|00:15:22|810|00:15:25|770ascending towards its greater soul possibilities. 216|00:15:26|250|00:15:30|090The animal in Earth, the animal Earth being 217|00:15:30|590|00:15:33|970redirected towards the higher second ray soul 218|00:15:34|470|00:15:40|810expression. And that fits very well, of course, because the 219|00:15:41|210|00:15:44|010soul ray of the Earth is the second ray. 220|00:15:44|650|00:15:47|850And the Earth esoterically helps the third ray 221|00:15:47|930|00:15:50|890of the Earth personality to move towards its second ray. 222|00:15:51|980|00:15:55|900All right, then we move on to Pluto, 223|00:15:56|540|00:16:00|780which is the first ray, esoteric ruler 224|00:16:01|020|00:16:04|620of Pisces. So we have the rays coming in 225|00:16:05|420|00:16:08|980upon the Sagittarian subject. Or I suppose, upon any 226|00:16:09|480|00:16:12|980mutable cross subject. If your sun sign, let us say, is on 227|00:16:13|480|00:16:17|740the mutable cross. We have the fifth ray, the fourth ray, the third ray, 228|00:16:18|060|00:16:20|770and the first ray. 229|00:16:21|410|00:16:25|010And we remember that exoterically we have this 230|00:16:25|510|00:16:28|690fourth ray and the second ray. So the fourth ray is doubled. 231|00:16:30|050|00:16:31|490What is left out here? 232|00:16:34|130|00:16:37|850Well, the sixth ray is technically left out. And the seventh ray is 233|00:16:38|350|00:16:41|970technically left out. But they are. The seventh 234|00:16:42|470|00:16:46|380ray is out, in fact. But the sixth ray comes 235|00:16:46|880|00:16:49|820through Neptune, which the Moon veils. 236|00:16:50|460|00:16:55|020Okay, now, the hierarchical ruler 237|00:16:55|520|00:16:59|140here is Mars. And this is the sixth ray of 238|00:16:59|640|00:17:03|420devotion. And I like how we see 239|00:17:03|500|00:17:06|900a higher form of the expression of Mars 240|00:17:07|400|00:17:11|500here: Hierarchical Mars—6th Ray—Devotion. War to the death of the 241|00:17:12|000|00:17:15|619personality or form. (EA, p.187) So we 242|00:17:16|119|00:17:18|899know that by the time the third initiation is reached, 243|00:17:20|259|00:17:24|259the ancient authority of the personality 244|00:17:24|759|00:17:28|419has been overcome. And we are in a 245|00:17:28|919|00:17:33|179position where the personality becomes strictly a 246|00:17:33|679|00:17:36|259servant of the soul. All right. 247|00:17:37|539|00:17:41|660So the Sagittarian subject is subjected 248|00:17:42|160|00:17:46|020to all of these ray energies. And now we see that Mars has 249|00:17:46|520|00:17:50|460come in in a more declarative way through the 250|00:17:50|960|00:17:54|220hierarchical ruler. Now we can wonder why the other 251|00:17:54|720|00:17:58|620hierarchical rulers on the mutable cross are 252|00:17:59|120|00:18:02|300not mentioned. But we are perhaps at a 253|00:18:02|380|00:18:06|140somewhat lower stage of evolution, where not all of them are relevant. 254|00:18:06|640|00:18:10|370In which case, of course, we would have the Earth for Gemini. 255|00:18:10|870|00:18:15|690We would have… and that is already mentioned. We would have Jupiter for 256|00:18:15|850|00:18:19|770Virgo, and that is already mentioned in the Piscean context and Sagittarian 257|00:18:20|270|00:18:24|130context. We would have Mars, and here we have it. And then we would have 258|00:18:24|630|00:18:27|970Pluto, which is already mentioned. So it's 259|00:18:28|470|00:18:32|330this multiplicity of energies to which we respond 260|00:18:32|570|00:18:36|950which has to be taken 261|00:18:37|450|00:18:40|870into consideration: the multiplicity of energies. 262|00:18:42|310|00:18:45|550Okay, now let us move 263|00:18:46|050|00:18:50|310on. An analysis 264|00:18:50|390|00:18:54|470of this will show that the “forces of 265|00:18:54|630|00:18:57|750conflict” are powerful in this sign, 266|00:18:58|790|00:19:02|650primarily in the life of the disciple. (EA, p.187) Now, the forces 267|00:19:03|150|00:19:05|690of conflict will be, I suppose, 268|00:19:06|010|00:19:08|490particularly the fourth ray. 269|00:19:09|290|00:19:14|010And the fourth ray did come in exoterically, 270|00:19:14|810|00:19:18|490and it's also coming in esoterically as well. 271|00:19:18|570|00:19:22|530So there is a reinforcement of the fourth ray. And let 272|00:19:23|030|00:19:27|460us also realize that not only through the 273|00:19:27|540|00:19:31|380planetary expression does this fourth ray arise, but the 274|00:19:31|880|00:19:37|460fourth ray is one of the constellationally 275|00:19:38|020|00:19:41|820transmitted rays. Through Sagittarius, 276|00:19:42|320|00:19:45|820there is the fourth ray, the fifth ray, and the sixth ray, which is most 277|00:19:46|320|00:19:49|940powerful through Sagittarius. So we have a real reinforcement 278|00:19:50|440|00:19:54|900of the fourth ray. Although the Sagittarian 279|00:19:55|400|00:19:59|460disciple achieves one-pointedness, it is not without 280|00:19:59|700|00:20:03|580a previous conflict and the 281|00:20:04|080|00:20:07|420resolution of that conflict in the direction of purpose. 282|00:20:07|920|00:20:11|620That is, I suppose, once the necessary steadfastness 283|00:20:12|180|00:20:15|060of the fourth ray has been achieved. 284|00:20:16|340|00:20:19|300Okay, now let us… 285|00:20:21|780|00:20:25|620Let us go on. primarily in the life of the disciple. 286|00:20:25|940|00:20:28|740Harmony through Conflict is ceaselessly active 287|00:20:29|060|00:20:32|500and appears in both the orthodox and the esoteric assignments. (EA, p.187) 288|00:20:32|900|00:20:36|100Now, I suppose what we would do if we did this for the other signs 289|00:20:36|740|00:20:41|180is we would see what types of rays are 290|00:20:41|680|00:20:45|700reinforced esoterically, exoterically, and even 291|00:20:46|180|00:20:49|460hierarchically. And there's plenty of conflict involved 292|00:20:49|960|00:20:52|340with the sixth ray as well, 293|00:20:53|460|00:20:57|940which comes in hierarchically and which comes in through the veiled Neptune. 294|00:20:58|660|00:21:02|300So, you know, the sixth ray is the ray of devotion. 295|00:21:02|800|00:21:06|260But whenever you are deeply devoted to something, 296|00:21:06|760|00:21:10|260there are always obstacles, and with them you have to contend. 297|00:21:12|510|00:21:16|830The destructive power of the first ray, focussed 298|00:21:17|310|00:21:21|310in Pluto, brings change, 299|00:21:21|790|00:21:26|190darkness and death. (EA, p.187) I suppose there's no greater change 300|00:21:26|510|00:21:32|110in the life of man than the 301|00:21:32|750|00:21:36|510drama of death, the result of death. 302|00:21:37|150|00:21:40|600So always something is destroyed under 303|00:21:41|100|00:21:45|080the first ray and something new begins. So these are different 304|00:21:45|580|00:21:48|600ingredients in the life of the Sagittarian disciple. 305|00:21:49|560|00:21:52|520Not coming strictly through his 306|00:21:54|680|00:21:58|680through his sign alone, no, but coming from the cross itself. 307|00:21:59|180|00:22:02|400And notice that the multiplicity of energies 308|00:22:02|900|00:22:06|840increases for the disciple, because we would not be responding 309|00:22:08|270|00:22:11|950to the esoteric rulers and the rays they convey 310|00:22:12|350|00:22:15|670if we were simply the man upon the ordinary wheel. It would 311|00:22:16|170|00:22:19|870be mostly second ray and fourth ray to which we were responding. 312|00:22:20|510|00:22:24|310And the fifth ray and the reinforcement 313|00:22:24|810|00:22:28|350of the fourth ray and the third ray and the first 314|00:22:28|850|00:22:32|830ray — they would not be with us if we 315|00:22:33|330|00:22:36|670were simply the ordinary man upon the ordinary 316|00:22:37|170|00:22:40|710wheel. Okay, so the destructive 317|00:22:41|210|00:22:44|590power of the first ray focused in Pluto brings change, 318|00:22:45|550|00:22:50|030darkness. Pluto is lord of darkness and death. 319|00:22:50|190|00:22:54|350And the darkness, of course, is that point which comes before 320|00:22:54|910|00:22:58|110revelation is possible. We all have heard of the dark night of 321|00:22:58|610|00:23:02|830the soul, when it seems that no light shines 322|00:23:02|990|00:23:06|500in the… At least no spiritual light shines in the consciousness 323|00:23:07|220|00:23:11|780of the individual. And there is a moment of great 324|00:23:11|940|00:23:15|300uncertainty and oppression before the light breaks forth. 325|00:23:15|860|00:23:19|060To this intensity and potency of Pluto 326|00:23:19|540|00:23:24|100must be added the forceful and dynamic energy of 327|00:23:24|600|00:23:27|780the planet Mars. (EA, p.187) So even though we're dealing, 328|00:23:28|280|00:23:32|280you know, hierarchically here, we don't necessarily have to be disciples 329|00:23:32|680|00:23:36|600in order for this Martian energy to be 330|00:23:37|100|00:23:39|960affecting us. There's so much in Sagittarius, 331|00:23:40|360|00:23:45|240at least in the symbolism of it, which is rather 332|00:23:45|319|00:23:49|240warlike. We have the falling 333|00:23:49|320|00:23:52|760falcon as an associated constellation. We have 334|00:23:53|260|00:23:56|800the altar, Ara. The altar, perhaps in the middle 335|00:23:57|300|00:24:01|290decanate, ruled by Mars. You see, a Sagittarian individual 336|00:24:01|930|00:24:05|050will have in the decanate rulers 337|00:24:05|610|00:24:09|210Mars will be a decanate ruler, and therefore 338|00:24:09|710|00:24:12|890all Sagittarian individuals will be affected, as are 339|00:24:13|390|00:24:17|130all the fire signs, by the planets 340|00:24:18|250|00:24:21|690Jupiter, Mars and the Sun, although in varying order. 341|00:24:22|250|00:24:26|600So Mars is involved in the Sagittarian expression. 342|00:24:27|320|00:24:31|160And Sagittarius, in a way, is a great warlord 343|00:24:31|960|00:24:35|560riding on a horse and bringing through 344|00:24:36|680|00:24:39|160the bow and arrow and other projectiles 345|00:24:40|360|00:24:43|760death and destruction. So it is in many ways a 346|00:24:44|260|00:24:48|040military sign, and it's associated with the horse 347|00:24:48|440|00:24:52|410as an animal who is finding one 348|00:24:52|910|00:24:55|330of his avenues of expression in war. 349|00:24:56|850|00:24:59|650Okay, so we have Pluto and Mars. 350|00:25:01|810|00:25:05|490These are energies which rule the sub-diaphragmatic 351|00:25:06|290|00:25:10|850chakras, and together they produce… 352|00:25:11|090|00:25:14|370The potential for violence is very strong when Pluto 353|00:25:14|870|00:25:18|530and Mars are found together. So this brings the entire human 354|00:25:18|690|00:25:22|070family, because it's a fourth ray family, 355|00:25:24|150|00:25:28|470as well as the individual under the law of strife. 356|00:25:28|970|00:25:32|630Notice how he calls it a law, meaning that it's quite inescapable. 357|00:25:33|510|00:25:37|950We are not in a position to have peace from 358|00:25:38|450|00:25:42|070the very beginning. We have to fight for a more lasting 359|00:25:42|570|00:25:46|550peace, which is in line with Shambhala purpose. 360|00:25:47|350|00:25:50|430So This brings the entire human family, as well as the individual, under 361|00:25:50|930|00:25:55|250the law of strife, based this time upon 362|00:25:55|570|00:25:58|850sixth ray devotion to an ideal, 363|00:25:59|170|00:26:01|410high or low. (EA, p.187) So as I said, 364|00:26:04|610|00:26:07|970when there is a keen dedication, a keen devotion, 365|00:26:08|610|00:26:12|330a keen ideal, the obstacles to the 366|00:26:12|830|00:26:16|450achievement of that ideal will show themselves, and 367|00:26:16|950|00:26:20|190they have to be contended with, and in the case 368|00:26:20|690|00:26:23|190of the sixth Ray, mostly overcome. 369|00:26:23|910|00:26:27|910The fourth Ray is the Ray that makes accommodation with 370|00:26:28|410|00:26:32|550the apparent obstacles. But in the mind of the 6th 371|00:26:33|050|00:26:36|710Ray individual, the idea of overcoming is paramount. 372|00:26:37|350|00:26:40|790All these play upon the individual born 373|00:26:41|290|00:26:44|550in the sign of Sagittarius. (EA, p.188) Notice we're not talking about 374|00:26:45|050|00:26:48|670being born under the sign of Sagittarius, because to be born 375|00:26:49|170|00:26:53|890under a sign is to be born with 376|00:26:54|390|00:26:57|690the rising sign as Sagittarius. In other words, 377|00:26:58|190|00:27:00|290under Sagittarius is Sagittarius rising, 378|00:27:00|850|00:27:04|370okay, as well as upon the fourth Creative Hierarchy 379|00:27:04|690|00:27:08|770as a whole. (EA, p.188) So these signs— 380|00:27:09|650|00:27:13|650this particular sign, because it has so much of the fourth Ray, will affect 381|00:27:14|210|00:27:18|470the entire human creative hierarchy. Well, really, I think all 382|00:27:18|970|00:27:22|590the signs affect the entire creative 383|00:27:23|090|00:27:27|310hierarchy of humanity, but some of them more than others. And I suppose especially 384|00:27:27|810|00:27:30|990those which have much of the fourth Ray in 385|00:27:31|490|00:27:35|070it, such as Scorpio and Taurus, and of 386|00:27:35|570|00:27:39|870course Sagittarius. And as we know, the entire human 387|00:27:39|950|00:27:42|830creative hierarchy is actually, shall we say, 388|00:27:43|880|00:27:47|240ruled by the sign Scorpio. 389|00:27:47|560|00:27:50|120Okay, This, you can see for yourself, 390|00:27:50|600|00:27:54|440brings in a terrific situation, 391|00:27:55|560|00:27:59|159and the forces playing upon the disciple are 392|00:27:59|659|00:28:03|120of a momentous nature—provided that 393|00:28:03|620|00:28:07|520the mechanism of awareness is adequate to respond. (EA, p.188) Because it's certainly possible for 394|00:28:08|020|00:28:11|140us to have many forces playing upon us and be 395|00:28:11|300|00:28:14|860unable to detect what they are or 396|00:28:15|360|00:28:18|620respond to them wisely. Often we are driven 397|00:28:19|120|00:28:23|020by these forces rather than responding to them intelligently. 398|00:28:23|520|00:28:27|140And this is one of the great purposes of esoteric astrology, so that we can 399|00:28:27|700|00:28:31|020determine which are the forces which are actually playing upon 400|00:28:31|520|00:28:34|180us at any particular time, and what is the best way, 401|00:28:34|740|00:28:37|940given the context of our life purpose overall, 402|00:28:38|340|00:28:40|460to respond to these forces. 403|00:28:42|060|00:28:45|340These forces in all the signs are ever present, 404|00:28:46|380|00:28:50|060but responsiveness and sensitivity to their impact is 405|00:28:50|560|00:28:54|780dependent upon the nature of the response apparatus. 406|00:28:55|500|00:28:59|820Ponder upon this thought, for it is this 407|00:29:00|320|00:29:03|780sensitivity which marks the difference between the disciple and 408|00:29:04|280|00:29:06|940the average man. (EA, p.188) Now that's such an important idea. 409|00:29:08|940|00:29:12|860The disciple and later the initiate. The disciple is increasingly 410|00:29:13|360|00:29:17|340sensitive, the initiate even more so. So things 411|00:29:17|840|00:29:21|540which the consciousness and general energy condition of 412|00:29:22|040|00:29:24|860the average man simply deflects, 413|00:29:25|500|00:29:29|180things of which such an individual is unaware 414|00:29:29|900|00:29:33|490are registered by the disciple and even more so 415|00:29:33|810|00:29:37|330by the initiate. And that, of course, is a challenge to 416|00:29:37|830|00:29:40|610respond to them in the proper way. 417|00:29:41|410|00:29:46|210This is, of course, not easy to do and 418|00:29:46|710|00:29:50|330it takes a long cultivation. But at least through esoteric astrology, 419|00:29:50|830|00:29:54|410we are becoming increasingly aware of what those 420|00:29:54|910|00:29:57|490forces may be and what may be the proper way to respond. 421|00:29:59|540|00:30:03|140These planetary influences are distinctive of the Sons 422|00:30:03|220|00:30:06|460of Mind, of Venusian 423|00:30:06|960|00:30:10|340 origin; (EA, p.188) Well, the human being is a son of mind, 424|00:30:10|840|00:30:14|620but even more so, the solar angel is a 425|00:30:15|120|00:30:17|220son of mind. Now, 426|00:30:19|540|00:30:22|980Venusian origin. Well, we have to be careful when we see 427|00:30:23|300|00:30:26|620such a statement, because we're told that not 428|00:30:27|120|00:30:30|420only does the human being as we 429|00:30:30|920|00:30:34|260know it at the present time not come from Venus particularly, 430|00:30:34|760|00:30:38|220there are some who do, of course, but not necessarily in general. But the solar 431|00:30:38|720|00:30:42|500angels themselves are not necessarily 432|00:30:43|000|00:30:47|380coming from the planet Venus, although they may pass through the 433|00:30:47|880|00:30:51|620planet Venus. And probably there are solar angels of a very 434|00:30:52|120|00:30:56|140high nature which are resident 435|00:30:56|700|00:31:00|020on Venus at this time. But the solar angels of which 436|00:31:00|520|00:31:04|780we speak, when we talk about those who supervise the 437|00:31:05|100|00:31:08|819human being. As we know, the human being now has come from 438|00:31:09|319|00:31:12|740Sirius, where they have been trained as solar angels. They pass through the 439|00:31:13|240|00:31:16|860heart of the sun and sometimes through the central spiritual sun. 440|00:31:18|510|00:31:22|590They have perhaps 441|00:31:23|090|00:31:26|670passed through Venus or under Venusian influence, 442|00:31:27|170|00:31:30|830they've come into our particular planet. They focused 443|00:31:31|390|00:31:34|750in the Venus chain of our Earth planetary scheme, 444|00:31:35|250|00:31:39|630and on the Venus globe. They have passed 445|00:31:41|390|00:31:44|710also to our Earth chain and to the Venus 446|00:31:45|210|00:31:48|350globe of our Earth chain, and eventually to the Earth globe, 447|00:31:49|280|00:31:52|640the fourth globe of our Earth chain. And there may 448|00:31:53|140|00:31:56|600have been adjustments as well, passing from the 449|00:31:57|100|00:32:02|240Venus globe of the Earth of the Venus chain to the Earth 450|00:32:02|560|00:32:06|080globe or to the fourth globe of the Venus chain. 451|00:32:06|240|00:32:11|680Anyway, there's a complex passage 452|00:32:12|180|00:32:16|110all the way from Sirius down to the point where the solar angel has 453|00:32:16|610|00:32:20|230engaged with what we call now 454|00:32:20|730|00:32:24|150the human being. So they are sons of mind, and also 455|00:32:24|650|00:32:27|150we are sons of mind, but we are lesser sons of mind than they. 456|00:32:27|790|00:32:31|950And under their influence we move— 457|00:32:32|450|00:32:35|950many of us towards becoming greater sons of mind or solar angels, 458|00:32:36|450|00:32:39|870eventually to take the fourth path towards 459|00:32:39|950|00:32:43|360Sirius and to be trained there as solar angels 460|00:32:43|920|00:32:48|080for future forms of service, probably in 461|00:32:48|580|00:32:52|080the coming solar system, the third major solar 462|00:32:52|580|00:32:56|000system, and the sixth solar system through which our 463|00:32:56|800|00:32:59|960solar Logos has passed. Okay, so these planetary 464|00:33:00|460|00:33:03|280influences that we have discussed, 465|00:33:05|200|00:33:08|680probably planetary influences which have been instrumental in converting 466|00:33:09|180|00:33:12|000the animal man into the human being, 467|00:33:12|720|00:33:16|760the third kingdom into the fourth, they are characteristic of the Lords of 468|00:33:17|260|00:33:20|640Sacrifice and Will functioning 469|00:33:21|140|00:33:24|920in time and space as the fourth Creative Hierarchy.(EA, p.188) So in fact, 470|00:33:25|420|00:33:29|040he's talking very much about us. Although the solar angels used 471|00:33:29|540|00:33:32|800to be human beings in perhaps the previous 472|00:33:33|440|00:33:37|280solar system. He's talking about the members of the fourth hierarchy at this 473|00:33:37|780|00:33:41|570time. This is the human creative hierarchy. We are, 474|00:33:41|730|00:33:44|930he's telling us, lords of sacrifice and will. 475|00:33:45|970|00:33:49|290And the planetary influences 476|00:33:49|790|00:33:53|490of Mercury and Jupiter and Venus and the 477|00:33:53|990|00:33:57|330moon and the Earth and Pluto and so forth and 478|00:33:57|830|00:34:01|810Mars are all characteristic of our 479|00:34:02|310|00:34:06|310nature. We express these planetary potencies 480|00:34:06|810|00:34:09|230in a focused way as human beings. 481|00:34:10|030|00:34:13|710Now he goes on to elaborate: the form life, 482|00:34:15|070|00:34:20|470the triple form life that we have is ruled by the moon veiling 483|00:34:20|970|00:34:24|670a hidden planet. Now, the hidden planet 484|00:34:26|190|00:34:30|670can be considered to be Vulcan, although when 485|00:34:31|170|00:34:34|960we read Virgo, we will see that the moon veils 486|00:34:35|840|00:34:39|280both Vulcan and Neptune. 487|00:34:39|600|00:34:42|600But when he talks about hidden planet, we cannot say that Neptune is a hidden 488|00:34:43|100|00:34:46|400planet. We cannot say anymore that Uranus is a hidden planet. Both of them 489|00:34:46|900|00:34:51|360have been discovered. So the form life in general, the etheric 490|00:34:51|860|00:34:55|360physical nature, is ruled very much by Vulcan. 491|00:34:56|400|00:34:59|040The form life is ruled by the Moon, veiling a hidden planet; 492|00:34:59|990|00:35:03|670these Sons of Mind live on the Earth 493|00:35:04|150|00:35:07|470and thus within the body of the planetary Logos, (EA, p.188) 494|00:35:07|970|00:35:11|750So he's talking about the moon and Vulcan and the body consciousness. Now remember, 495|00:35:12|250|00:35:15|750the body of the planetary Logos is not just the etheric physical body, 496|00:35:16|070|00:35:19|510but it also includes the astral 497|00:35:19|910|00:35:23|590body and the lower mental body of the planetary Logos. 498|00:35:25|220|00:35:27|700That is, should we say, 499|00:35:28|820|00:35:34|180the gaseous, liquid 500|00:35:34|340|00:35:37|700and solid nature of our planetary Logos, 501|00:35:38|200|00:35:41|940even though for us they represent our astral plane and our mental plane. 502|00:35:42|420|00:35:46|260If we really want to have the lower mental body and astral 503|00:35:46|760|00:35:49|900body of our planetary Logos, we have to go onto the cosmic plane. 504|00:35:50|400|00:35:55|680So our systemic, lower mental and astral 505|00:35:56|180|00:36:00|200natures and our etheric physical natures are the gaseous, liquid and dense 506|00:36:00|360|00:36:03|080nature of the planetary Logos. 507|00:36:03|560|00:36:07|080So these sons of mine, they live on the earth, 508|00:36:07|320|00:36:10|120and thus within the body, 509|00:36:10|760|00:36:14|000the dense body pretty much of the planetary Logos. 510|00:36:14|500|00:36:19|390Not even within the etheric body of the planetary Logos, which includes at 511|00:36:19|890|00:36:22|950least three and maybe four of the cosmic ethers. 512|00:36:24|630|00:36:27|830So the form life is ruled by the moon, veiling a hidden planet. These sons 513|00:36:28|330|00:36:32|070of mine live on Earth and thus within the body of planetary Logos, and are 514|00:36:32|630|00:36:36|630of a definitely intelligent nature, (EA, p.188) That is 515|00:36:37|130|00:36:40|150what we are. We have manas in the process of development. 516|00:36:40|950|00:36:44|790The planetary Logos have certainly developed it and are developing love fully. 517|00:36:45|340|00:36:48|580And the solar Logos, having developed intelligence and love, 518|00:36:49|080|00:36:52|980is developing will fully, okay, making them, 519|00:36:53|480|00:36:56|940that is us, lords of knowledge. That's where we are at the present time. 520|00:36:57|440|00:37:00|140We are man, or Manus, making them Lords of Knowledge, 521|00:37:00|380|00:37:03|900achieving their goal through the light of the 522|00:37:04|400|00:37:08|020mind and through the method of conflict, (EA, p.188) Now, the light of the mind 523|00:37:08|520|00:37:12|820suggests, of course, Venus and suggests Mercury. And our method 524|00:37:13|320|00:37:17|100is conflict, whereby we learn the value of 525|00:37:17|600|00:37:21|460things. We become adjudicators between pairs of opposites. 526|00:37:21|940|00:37:25|740We learn what is high, what is low, and we 527|00:37:26|240|00:37:31|780adjust our values accordingly. for they are 528|00:37:32|280|00:37:35|780also Lords of Ceaseless and Persevering Devotion. (EA, p.188) 529|00:37:36|100|00:37:39|940I suppose you could say that of the… of the 530|00:37:40|440|00:37:44|180solar angels as well. So they once were human beings. They once were lords 531|00:37:44|680|00:37:48|580of ceaseless and persevering devotion. And towards us, their students, 532|00:37:49|220|00:37:53|220they certainly have, over the many millions of years that they supervise us, 533|00:37:53|780|00:37:57|060a form of ceaseless and persevering devotion. But that's what 534|00:37:57|620|00:38:01|460this is, the name that is particularly applied to 535|00:38:01|960|00:38:05|630the human being as he is ready to go forth on his 536|00:38:06|130|00:38:09|150monadic journey. Now, when you look at that monadic journey, 537|00:38:09|950|00:38:12|830even though the monadic plane is ruled by Virgo and by Pisces, 538|00:38:13|330|00:38:17|630you really do think of Sagittarius, don't you? Because it is a downward adventure 539|00:38:18|590|00:38:22|230followed by a turn, a return to the monadic 540|00:38:22|730|00:38:26|110plane. So when I think of Sagittarius, 541|00:38:26|670|00:38:30|170I think of that going forth on the great 542|00:38:30|400|00:38:34|280pilgrimage through the five lower planes. And the 543|00:38:34|780|00:38:38|560return, maybe a complete return at the time of the sixth initiation. 544|00:38:39|060|00:38:42|520And then I think of another going forth on a 545|00:38:43|020|00:38:46|479great outward bound mission on the way 546|00:38:46|979|00:38:51|040of higher evolution, the path of higher evolution, and that is also, I would say, 547|00:38:51|540|00:38:55|640ruled by Sagittarius. So it just occurs to me that both the downward journey 548|00:38:56|140|00:38:59|760and this return to the monadic nature and the outward bound journey, and who 549|00:39:00|260|00:39:03|550knows with what kind of return we may be dealing. 550|00:39:03|630|00:39:06|990You know, if you're solar angels, there will be a return is also 551|00:39:07|490|00:39:11|630ruled by Sagittarius, especially at the sixth great initiation. 552|00:39:12|910|00:39:16|750So here we are lords of intelligence, lords of ceaseless persevering devotion. 553|00:39:18|030|00:39:21|790Our method of clarifying our goals and 554|00:39:22|290|00:39:25|510our values, which are Sagittarian in nature, is through 555|00:39:26|010|00:39:29|460the method of conflict. And so much conflict is coming through Sagittarius, 556|00:39:29|960|00:39:33|100through the Mercury, through the Moon, 557|00:39:33|740|00:39:36|860and through the fourth ray which comes through the constellation itself. 558|00:39:37|420|00:39:40|700Now, I think we are entitled to speak about coming through Sagittarius 559|00:39:40|860|00:39:43|980if it comes through the cross on which Sagittarius 560|00:39:44|480|00:39:47|740is found. Although probably, you know, 561|00:39:48|240|00:39:51|420if, say we're a Virgo, we're also on that type of cross, but there 562|00:39:51|920|00:39:55|700will be a slightly different kind of emphasis, even though all of those energies 563|00:39:56|200|00:39:58|870will, will be available. And thus for Gemini and thus for Pisces, 564|00:39:59|670|00:40:03|390All the above names which are related to the planets governing 565|00:40:03|890|00:40:07|830Sagittarius will be remembered by 566|00:40:08|330|00:40:12|310students of The Secret Doctrine. (EA, p.188) which is largely 567|00:40:12|390|00:40:15|910a treatise on the solar 568|00:40:16|410|00:40:19|590angels, really, a treatise on the Agnishvattas, 569|00:40:20|150|00:40:24|890a treatise on those great beings who are the intermediaries between 570|00:40:25|770|00:40:29|530a human being and the God of our planet. If you really 571|00:40:30|030|00:40:33|730Think about it, you know, we don't need priests and other 572|00:40:34|230|00:40:38|170human religious figures as intermediaries. We always already have 573|00:40:38|670|00:40:42|010a divine intermediary. And that 574|00:40:42|510|00:40:45|610divine intermediary is our particular solar angel, 575|00:40:46|010|00:40:48|410which is relating us to the divine plan, 576|00:40:49|290|00:40:52|930relating us to the higher plans, relating us to 577|00:40:53|430|00:40:56|880the will, the intention and the love of our planetary Logos, 578|00:40:57|200|00:40:59|440mediating that to us. 579|00:41:00|800|00:41:04|760So They are the “quality names” of 580|00:41:05|260|00:41:09|040the Divine Manasaputras, the Agnishvattas who are ourselves. (EA, p.188) 581|00:41:09|200|00:41:12|680Now this is one of those peculiar 582|00:41:13|180|00:41:16|880statements, and we just have to take it very carefully. 583|00:41:18|480|00:41:21|720A mind-born son of God is Manasaputra. We are that; the 584|00:41:22|220|00:41:25|460solar angels are that; even the planetary Logos 585|00:41:25|960|00:41:28|020are that; they are divine manasaputras. 586|00:41:29|860|00:41:33|820Usually the term agnishvata is used only 587|00:41:34|320|00:41:37|460in connection with the solar angels and not with ourselves. 588|00:41:37|960|00:41:41|460But because the human being is a 589|00:41:41|940|00:41:45|660composite and requires the 590|00:41:46|160|00:41:49|980presence and the sustaining power 591|00:41:50|480|00:41:53|940of the solar angel, we can think 592|00:41:54|440|00:41:58|100of the human being as composed of some of the 593|00:41:58|340|00:42:02|180energy, emanated energy of the agnishvata. 594|00:42:02|500|00:42:05|660So D.K. is calling us a mind-born son, 595|00:42:06|160|00:42:09|860okay, a lord of Sita's persevering devotion. He's calling us a manasaputra, 596|00:42:10|360|00:42:15|140but he's also calling us an agnishvata. And we 597|00:42:15|640|00:42:19|590must, however, discriminate between the type of agnishvata 598|00:42:20|090|00:42:24|390in training which we are, and the fuller 599|00:42:24|890|00:42:28|910agnishvata nature of the solar 600|00:42:29|410|00:42:33|230angels who supervise us and who participate in 601|00:42:33|730|00:42:37|190our expression through a portion of their being. 602|00:42:38|470|00:42:42|510“Having pervaded the entire universe with a fragment of 603|00:42:43|010|00:42:46|570myself, I remain.” So with a certain fragment of 604|00:42:47|070|00:42:50|090itself, it infuses and informs us. 605|00:42:50|590|00:42:54|330And in that respect, we are at 606|00:42:54|830|00:42:58|770least partially an agnishvata, for our higher mental nature 607|00:42:59|270|00:43:02|450is informed by the agnishvatic, you might say, 608|00:43:02|850|00:43:06|650nature of the solar angel, who is of course a still greater 609|00:43:07|150|00:43:09|410agnishvata than we are at this time. 610|00:43:11|100|00:43:14|540So A consideration of the above paragraph will indicate 611|00:43:15|040|00:43:19|180to you the importance of the sign Sagittarius 612|00:43:21|420|00:43:24|860in the life of the incarnating Sons of God. (EA, p.188) 613|00:43:25|360|00:43:28|780Well, without Sagittarius representing, in a way, the animal 614|00:43:29|280|00:43:32|780nature, animal man would not have aspired 615|00:43:34|540|00:43:39|750towards a higher kingdom and have called down the 616|00:43:40|250|00:43:43|030intervention of a still higher group, 617|00:43:43|910|00:43:48|390namely the agnishvatas, who informed 618|00:43:48|890|00:43:53|270him and invested a portion of their substance in his 619|00:43:53|590|00:43:58|230burgeoning mental nature, until through 620|00:43:58|390|00:44:01|910mental stimulation, either through the presence of the agnishvata 621|00:44:02|410|00:44:04|470or through the fanning of the mental unit, 622|00:44:05|740|00:44:08|940he became a human being. So, you know, 623|00:44:09|260|00:44:12|420as I read these things, I realize that they 624|00:44:12|920|00:44:18|060are just so filled with wisdom and how much they have to be pondered 625|00:44:19|180|00:44:20|939carefully—carefully pondered. 626|00:44:23|180|00:44:26|300I wonder… You know, it is possible that 627|00:44:26|460|00:44:30|700in the absorption of planets at the end of 628|00:44:31|200|00:44:36|770our solar system, that the principles of our Earth may 629|00:44:37|270|00:44:40|930be absorbed into Venus. 630|00:44:41|890|00:44:44|930This is a complex matter because, in a way, 631|00:44:45|430|00:44:49|690and really, Venus will be absorbed into Neptune 632|00:44:50|190|00:44:53|970and Mercury into Uranus. But it may be that Saturn 633|00:44:54|370|00:44:57|890pretty well absorbs everything first, 634|00:44:58|930|00:45:02|730and then after that has occurred, 635|00:45:02|970|00:45:07|330the Venusian absorption into Neptune 636|00:45:07|830|00:45:11|050and the Mercurian absorption into Uranus. After that 637|00:45:11|550|00:45:14|970first absorption into Saturn, 638|00:45:15|050|00:45:18|730then the higher absorptions may occur. Anyway, 639|00:45:19|770|00:45:23|370there is reason to believe that these sort of twin planets, 640|00:45:23|870|00:45:27|720Earth and Venus, progress together—that Venus 641|00:45:28|220|00:45:32|280has much to do with the absorption of the Earth. 642|00:45:32|840|00:45:36|920It's a speculation. We do know that Earth is certainly absorbed 643|00:45:37|080|00:45:41|040into Saturn, but we don't know whether it's absorbed into Saturn 644|00:45:41|540|00:45:44|440after first having been absorbed into Venus. 645|00:45:45|080|00:45:47|320And this is probably, 646|00:45:48|600|00:45:52|440according to the chronology, trillions of years from now. 647|00:45:52|920|00:45:57|760So it's not a big issue for us at the moment, except speculatively, 648|00:45:58|260|00:45:58|720it is interesting. 649|00:46:01|360|00:46:06|080Okay, I would point out also that, 650|00:46:06|580|00:46:09|960through Jupiter and its influences, (EA, p.188) Jupiter being the planet that 651|00:46:10|460|00:46:12|960is usually considered related to Sagittarius, 652|00:46:13|360|00:46:17|160Sagittarius is related to three other great 653|00:46:17|660|00:46:21|680constellations: (EA, p.188) Now, you know, esoteric astrology is very much 654|00:46:23|280|00:46:26|160a science of relationships. 655|00:46:26|320|00:46:29|840And we find the Tibetan always drawing 656|00:46:30|340|00:46:34|240relationships based upon planetary 657|00:46:35|600|00:46:40|160affinities and ray affinities and even through 658|00:46:40|660|00:46:45|680sign affinities. So we are trying, through the process of inclusive 659|00:46:46|180|00:46:49|640reason, our pure reason, to draw together all 660|00:46:50|140|00:46:53|660of these patterns of relationship and to appreciate them. 661|00:46:54|300|00:46:58|140So I would also point out that through Jupiter and its influences, 662|00:46:59|420|00:47:02|620Sagittarius is related to three other great constellations: 663|00:47:04|220|00:47:07|7001. Pisces—Exoterically, indicating the final 664|00:47:08|200|00:47:12|780goal for man. (EA, p.188) Yes, we are to become saviours. 665|00:47:13|500|00:47:16|980The last sign of the zodiac indicates 666|00:47:17|480|00:47:21|200for us the synthesis Pisces takes from all the signs. 667|00:47:21|700|00:47:25|240Now, we're in the A.A.B. books, and this is esoteric astrology. 668|00:47:26|440|00:47:30|120And we will look here 669|00:47:30|620|00:47:34|120to page 333. Okay, 670|00:47:35|480|00:47:38|280okay, 333. 671|00:47:39|240|00:47:44|360And we will see that Sagittarius— 672|00:47:44|860|00:47:48|580the disciple becomes the saviour in 673|00:47:48|660|00:47:53|020Pisces. So these are these unusual relationships 674|00:47:53|520|00:47:57|180that D.K. points out. They're not the customary relationships. Page 332 675|00:47:57|680|00:48:01|140and 333 give us insights 676|00:48:01|640|00:48:05|540into the undeveloped man, the advanced man and the disciple or initiate, 677|00:48:06|020|00:48:09|700and special connections between signs 678|00:48:10|200|00:48:13|700based on different angles. Some of them trines, some of them 679|00:48:14|200|00:48:18|340squares, some of them inconjuncts or quincunxes, 680|00:48:18|840|00:48:22|820and so forth. And those, of course, will have to be explained in 681|00:48:23|320|00:48:26|820time. All right, so let's go back now to where we 682|00:48:27|320|00:48:31|540were. So the next connection 683|00:48:32|340|00:48:36|060that Jupiter makes with Sagittarius is to Aquarius. And this 684|00:48:36|560|00:48:40|820is an esoteric connection, because Jupiter is the esoteric 685|00:48:41|320|00:48:45|130ruler of Aquarius. 2. Aquarius—Esoterically, indicating 686|00:48:45|630|00:48:48|930the purpose of all material evolution and 687|00:48:49|430|00:48:52|930the objective of all incarnating processes. (EA, p.189) 688|00:48:53|430|00:48:56|170And this is the sign of universality. 689|00:49:00|170|00:49:04|730And it is a sign of completed 690|00:49:04|810|00:49:08|950relationship and of the flow of energy 691|00:49:09|270|00:49:13|590in a properly distributed manner between all aspects 692|00:49:14|090|00:49:19|150of a particular pattern. So proper flow 693|00:49:19|650|00:49:23|110of energy within the completed 694|00:49:23|350|00:49:27|310pattern. We are not exactly leaving the 695|00:49:27|810|00:49:31|910planet in Aquarius. We are serving all through 696|00:49:31|990|00:49:35|910the right distribution, intelligent and 697|00:49:36|410|00:49:39|260appropriate distribution of energy. 698|00:49:40|220|00:49:42|780And then there is one more connection here. 699|00:49:43|820|00:49:47|100Jupiter is the hierarchical ruler of Virgo. 700|00:49:47|600|00:49:51|580And so Sagittarius is related to Virgo, 3. Virgo—Hierarchically, indicating the purpose 701|00:49:51|660|00:49:55|300of the Cosmic Christ. (EA, p.189) Now, earlier we 702|00:49:55|800|00:50:00|460are told that Aries represents the cosmic Christ and 703|00:50:00|700|00:50:04|820Virgo represents the individual Christ. Here the 704|00:50:05|320|00:50:10|460Tibetan talks about a greater Christ nature to which Virgo 705|00:50:10|960|00:50:14|700gives us access, probably the birthing 706|00:50:15|420|00:50:19|900of the Christ nature of the Solar Logos also 707|00:50:20|060|00:50:23|660has something to do with the influence of 708|00:50:24|160|00:50:27|860Virgo, which of course being a constellation, the Lord of 709|00:50:28|360|00:50:31|670the constellation is certainly greater than the Lord of a 710|00:50:32|170|00:50:35|070solar system such as our Solar Logos is. 711|00:50:35|790|00:50:40|750So Jupiter here then is related to Sagittarius, 712|00:50:41|250|00:50:45|510to Pisces, Aquarius and Virgo. And in 713|00:50:46|010|00:50:49|950relation to Aquarius, material evolution 714|00:50:50|110|00:50:53|350is connected with Aquarius, because Aquarius on the 715|00:50:53|850|00:50:57|520cosmic physical plane rules the lowest and most material 716|00:50:57|920|00:51:01|600of all the creative hierarchies, the spark of 717|00:51:02|100|00:51:04|640life in every unit of matter. 718|00:51:06|000|00:51:09|680So we are… Aquarius is the great redeemer of 719|00:51:10|180|00:51:13|560the triple lower nature, as we learn in the Labors of 720|00:51:14|060|00:51:18|000Hercules, where the Augean Stables, 721|00:51:19|040|00:51:22|380which are related to threefoldness, 722|00:51:22|540|00:51:26|380as the refuse has been piling up for 30 years. 723|00:51:27|340|00:51:30|860So Aquarius is the redeemer of all 724|00:51:31|020|00:51:34|940three levels of material evolution. 725|00:51:35|500|00:51:39|980And Aquarius in this respect is a great cleansing agent. 726|00:51:41|100|00:51:44|540Okay, let's see where we are now. We have 727|00:51:45|040|00:51:46|620a little bit more to go before the hour's past. 728|00:51:49|040|00:51:53|000Both the Earth and Saturn (one a non-sacred 729|00:51:53|500|00:51:57|040and one a sacred planet)(EA, p.189) and we know which is which, right?—are exponents 730|00:51:57|540|00:52:01|440or expressions of the third Ray of Active Intelligence, (EA, p.189) 731|00:52:01|680|00:52:05|240Now, Saturn is the third ray 732|00:52:05|740|00:52:10|080monadically. The Earth is the third ray in its personality nature. 733|00:52:11|200|00:52:15|120The soul nature of Saturn still has to be determined. Perhaps the third ray, 734|00:52:16|390|00:52:19|990perhaps the first ray or the seventh. 735|00:52:20|630|00:52:24|350Certainly the first and seventh rays are very much involved in the expression of Saturn. 736|00:52:24|850|00:52:28|590But we do know for sure that there is a third ray monad in 737|00:52:29|090|00:52:33|310Saturn. And so often when D.K. speaks of the synthesizing 738|00:52:33|810|00:52:37|310planets, as when he speaks of the sacred planets, 739|00:52:37|810|00:52:41|190he's speaking of their soul nature. So when he speaks of Saturn as the third 740|00:52:41|690|00:52:45|740ray planet, he probably is indicating a third ray soul 741|00:52:46|240|00:52:49|540as well. There can be doubles on these things, just as 742|00:52:50|040|00:52:54|100there can be for a human being. So both the Earth and Saturn are 743|00:52:54|600|00:52:58|179exponents and expressions of the third ray of active intelligence, though in 744|00:52:58|679|00:53:01|660very different ways. The Earth is a much more material expression, 745|00:53:02|060|00:53:05|660and Saturn is an atmic expression related 746|00:53:06|160|00:53:09|490to universal mind and much higher form 747|00:53:09|990|00:53:14|050of creative intelligence. and this ray relationship serves to 748|00:53:14|550|00:53:18|410bring the influences of Capricorn into 749|00:53:18|910|00:53:21|290relationship with Sagittarius, (EA, p.189) 750|00:53:22|250|00:53:26|410Now he's talked about Jupiter relating Capricorn 751|00:53:26|910|00:53:30|450and Sagittarius in a more obscure manner, which I think we dealt 752|00:53:30|950|00:53:34|840with earlier. But now it's pretty clear that if 753|00:53:35|340|00:53:39|240the third ray is important in Sagittarius 754|00:53:39|740|00:53:43|040through the Earth rulership, then the other third ray 755|00:53:43|540|00:53:48|200planet related to the Earth being Saturn, will draw Capricorn 756|00:53:48|280|00:53:52|000into that relationship. So we will have kind of a fourfold 757|00:53:52|500|00:53:55|960relationship here of Sagittarius, Capricorn, 758|00:53:56|460|00:53:59|800Saturn, Earth, thus providing a 759|00:54:00|300|00:54:03|810field of energy wherein the one-pointed disciple 760|00:54:04|130|00:54:07|170can finally become the initiate. (EA, p.189) 761|00:54:07|970|00:54:12|330Now, Sagittarius is 762|00:54:12|830|00:54:15|810a sign of intelligence, sometimes connected with higher mind. 763|00:54:16|770|00:54:20|410And it is through working through these karmic relationships 764|00:54:20|910|00:54:24|370upon the Earth that the individual becomes the 765|00:54:24|870|00:54:29|100one-pointed disciple. He learns to discriminate, not be misled 766|00:54:29|820|00:54:32|060into all the different third ray 767|00:54:33|340|00:54:36|740tangents and possibilities. He draws all the 768|00:54:37|240|00:54:40|860many lines together. The many lines are drawn into one, 769|00:54:41|360|00:54:44|659and he one-pointedly pursues initiation 770|00:54:45|159|00:54:48|740through the systematic and purposeful—i.e., 771|00:54:49|240|00:54:53|180Saturn—overcoming of his karma, climbing the mount of 772|00:54:53|420|00:54:57|670karma until it becomes the mountain of initiation. 773|00:54:58|390|00:55:02|630So we could, you know, ponder on the relationship between these four 774|00:55:03|130|00:55:06|870indicators, two of them planetary and two of them constellational. 775|00:55:08|470|00:55:12|350So the field of energy, the field 776|00:55:12|850|00:55:16|950of energy consists of the lower three planes, 777|00:55:17|430|00:55:20|670and it is there that we demonstrate our one-pointed discipleship. It is 778|00:55:21|170|00:55:24|810there that we overcome the karma until finally we are 779|00:55:25|310|00:55:28|490able to place our foot upon the mountain of 780|00:55:28|990|00:55:32|610initiation. I think we can even see here a connection between 781|00:55:33|110|00:55:37|210the higher mind, which would be connected to Sagittarius, 782|00:55:37|770|00:55:42|130and the atmic plane, which would be connected through 783|00:55:42|630|00:55:45|690Saturn to Capricorn. So this is the 784|00:55:46|190|00:55:50|490set goal. The goal is to become the initiate. The one-pointed disciple 785|00:55:51|890|00:55:55|650proves himself, goes through all of the 786|00:55:56|450|00:55:59|570necessary tasks, and fulfilling them 787|00:56:00|070|00:56:04|050properly becomes the initiate. This is the set goal of 788|00:56:04|550|00:56:08|010the subject born in Sagittarius—whether it 789|00:56:08|510|00:56:12|690is the set goal of initiation into some form of sensuous 790|00:56:13|170|00:56:16|770experience And both Sagittarius 791|00:56:17|270|00:56:21|610and Capricorn can lead into deeply sensuous experience in the earlier days 792|00:56:21|690|00:56:25|250of human evolution. whether it is the set goal of 793|00:56:25|750|00:56:27|610initiation into some form of sensuous experience 794|00:56:29|050|00:56:32|490or of spiritual undertaking and consciousness. 795|00:56:32|890|00:56:37|250depending on whether we are traveling around the wheel in the ordinary clockwise 796|00:56:37|750|00:56:41|330way, or have reversed the wheel, or are reversing the wheel in a counterclockwise 797|00:56:41|830|00:56:45|850manner, The result of all experience in any sign of the zodiac should 798|00:56:46|350|00:56:50|260definitely work out as an expansion of consciousness 799|00:56:51|140|00:56:55|220and, no matter what form this experience may take, 800|00:56:55|700|00:56:58|860it consummates in an initiation of some kind or 801|00:56:59|360|00:57:02|780another. (EA, p.189) It is not necessarily an initiation of the higher 802|00:57:03|280|00:57:07|140kind, but it is an entry into a new area 803|00:57:07|640|00:57:11|700of experience. Sagittarius is always eager for new experience, whether that experience 804|00:57:11|860|00:57:16|290is high or low. Capricorn is involved in initiating 805|00:57:16|450|00:57:20|050the individual into these low or 806|00:57:20|550|00:57:23|090high experiences. Okay. 807|00:57:24|450|00:57:28|050Students would do well to regard initiation as 808|00:57:28|130|00:57:31|170a determining process in life, (EA, p.189) 809|00:57:31|890|00:57:36|370and should understand that every life experience or cycle of 810|00:57:36|870|00:57:40|850life experiences, once we can get our mind around that, should 811|00:57:41|350|00:57:45|610work out as an initiation into a wider field of 812|00:57:46|110|00:57:49|810consciousness. Now, that's where Sagittarius comes in, in its relation 813|00:57:49|890|00:57:54|010to Jupiter, because Jupiter is ever widening 814|00:57:54|510|00:57:58|130the possibility. Saturn is directing towards a new vision, 815|00:57:58|630|00:58:01|410and Jupiter widens that vision. 816|00:58:01|970|00:58:05|890So wider awareness, wider contact, even if it is sensuous contact, 817|00:58:06|630|00:58:10|030is governed by Jupiter. And the steady progression 818|00:58:10|530|00:58:14|270of Sagittarius under the sixth ray, 819|00:58:14|770|00:58:18|030ever moving forward, gives us the possibility 820|00:58:18|530|00:58:23|470of initiation into new experiences. So every 821|00:58:23|970|00:58:27|990life experience or cycle of life experiences should work out as an initiation into 822|00:58:28|490|00:58:30|790a wider field of awareness, 823|00:58:31|670|00:58:35|760of expression, of resultant contact. 824|00:58:36|720|00:58:40|360So sometimes, you know, neighboring signs are 825|00:58:40|860|00:58:44|960joined together. Scorpio might be joined to Sagittarius 826|00:58:45|040|00:58:48|640in the chart of various individuals. It is so in the chart of Billy 827|00:58:49|140|00:58:52|880Graham, for instance. You know, after a great fight with oneself, 828|00:58:53|200|00:58:55|040one sees a greater vision. 829|00:58:55|600|00:58:59|560Sagittarius might be joined or united with 830|00:59:00|060|00:59:04|000Capricorn. So the goal and 831|00:59:04|500|00:59:08|240the steady pursuit of that goal leads at last into the initiation 832|00:59:08|740|00:59:11|640into the new experience which the goal indicates. 833|00:59:12|360|00:59:15|680It's always interesting to see neighboring signs 834|00:59:16|180|00:59:19|920conjoined. Okay, well, we are here at a point where 835|00:59:20|420|00:59:23|640we can say that this is the end of EAA 836|00:59:25|090|00:59:28|81074. And that 837|00:59:29|310|00:59:33|690is… because maybe we will go on with this and make it longer than 838|00:59:34|190|00:59:37|410strictly a one-hour program. So we 839|00:59:37|910|00:59:40|770will start in a few minutes, 840|00:59:41|090|00:59:44|370going a little bit further, and at the moment we 841|00:59:44|870|00:59:48|930can sign off and 842|00:59:49|090|00:59:52|140see. Okay, 843|00:59:53|900|00:59:56|980having a little… Yeah, this is 844|00:59:57|480|00:59:59|740a pause. And we'll be back shortly. 845|01:00:00|460|01:00:03|780We'll be back shortly. Okay, 846|01:00:04|280|01:00:07|100everybody, now we can resume. 847|01:00:07|980|01:00:11|820We are in Esoteric Astrology Adventure 848|01:00:12|320|01:00:16|10074. We've done the first part from pages 187 to 849|01:00:16|600|01:00:16|940189. 850|01:00:20|450|01:00:23|490And we are in the chapter on Sagittarius, 851|01:00:23|890|01:00:27|890Sagittarius. And we 852|01:00:28|390|01:00:32|090have been discussing the 853|01:00:32|590|01:00:36|250idea, the combination of energies of the Earth 854|01:00:36|750|01:00:41|210and Saturn and the constellations 855|01:00:41|710|01:00:45|660to which they direct us esoterically, that is Sagittarius 856|01:00:46|220|01:00:50|060and Capricorn. Saturn directs also exoterically 857|01:00:50|380|01:00:52|460to Capricorn. 858|01:00:53|580|01:00:56|140So we're talking about visioning, 859|01:00:56|640|01:01:00|380initiation and entering finally into a wider 860|01:01:00|880|01:01:04|300field of experience. So we're speaking here 861|01:01:04|380|01:01:05|660of the consummation. 862|01:01:09|590|01:01:13|510The result of all experience in any sign of the zodiac should definitely 863|01:01:14|010|01:01:17|350work out as an expansion of consciousness. 864|01:01:18|230|01:01:21|870And no matter what form this experience may 865|01:01:22|370|01:01:25|510take, it consummates in an initiation of some kind or another. 866|01:01:26|310|01:01:29|990It can be initiation into lower forms of life, middle forms 867|01:01:30|490|01:01:33|950of life, or higher forms. But always a new area 868|01:01:34|450|01:01:38|200of experience is entered. Sagittarius is 869|01:01:38|700|01:01:42|600eager for that experience and follows hard upon the path 870|01:01:42|840|01:01:46|520toward that experience, following a vision of that experience until 871|01:01:46|840|01:01:51|080the experience is verified—actually 872|01:01:51|160|01:01:54|360occurs. In Capricorn, it is 873|01:01:54|860|01:01:58|920confirmed, let us say. So students would do well to regard initiation 874|01:01:59|240|01:02:02|120as a determining process in life. 875|01:02:03|250|01:02:06|210It is what we are all experiencing and working towards, 876|01:02:06|610|01:02:10|490and should endeavour that every life experience or cycle 877|01:02:10|990|01:02:15|090of life experiences when we are in position actually to understand where 878|01:02:15|590|01:02:19|490a cycle of life experiences is leading, should work out as 879|01:02:19|990|01:02:23|330an initiation into a wider field 880|01:02:23|650|01:02:27|610of awareness, of expression and 881|01:02:28|110|01:02:31|580of resultant contact. (EA, p.189) So we 882|01:02:32|080|01:02:35|300become aware; we contact that field 883|01:02:35|800|01:02:39|220of awareness, and within that field of awareness we can express. 884|01:02:40|580|01:02:44|820So we are here, then, in page 885|01:02:45|460|01:02:46|820189. 886|01:02:48|580|01:02:52|300There is little more that I need say and 887|01:02:52|800|01:02:56|190little else upon which I need at this stage of study 888|01:02:56|750|01:02:59|790to comment. (EA, p.189) Okay, 889|01:03:00|270|01:03:04|350the man who is nearing the path of discipleship or 890|01:03:04|850|01:03:09|390who is already a disciple, pledged or under observation— 891|01:03:09|869|01:03:13|470and I suppose before we make our pledge, 892|01:03:13|970|01:03:17|350we are oftentimes a chela in 893|01:03:17|850|01:03:21|300the light, and then we make that pledge, 894|01:03:21|800|01:03:25|740perhaps as a chela in the light, and move towards accepted discipleship. 895|01:03:26|220|01:03:30|060The man who is nearing the path of discipleship, or who is 896|01:03:30|560|01:03:33|580already a disciple, pledged or under observation, 897|01:03:34|380|01:03:37|780as there are reports being given to 898|01:03:38|280|01:03:41|700the Master by a disciple who is closer to us and yet more 899|01:03:42|200|01:03:45|100advanced than we are, informing the Master of our progress, 900|01:03:47|590|01:03:50|710The man who is nearing the path of discipleship or who is already a disciple—pledged or under observation— 901|01:03:51|210|01:03:54|710will profit much from a deep and systematic study 902|01:03:55|270|01:03:58|870of this sign. (EA, p.189) This is the path of the 903|01:03:59|990|01:04:03|830sign of one-pointed discipleship. There are a number of 904|01:04:03|910|01:04:06|950signs very much associated with discipleship. 905|01:04:07|590|01:04:09|830Virgo is one, Scorpio is another. 906|01:04:10|630|01:04:14|150Sagittarius is another. In one way, we become the 907|01:04:14|650|01:04:18|160one-pointed disciple at various phases of our development 908|01:04:18|240|01:04:22|560under Sagittarius before we become the triumphant disciple. 909|01:04:22|880|01:04:26|160In some ways, it's as if Sagittarius leads to Scorpio. 910|01:04:26|240|01:04:29|960In other ways, as if Scorpio leads to Sagittarius. There is 911|01:04:30|460|01:04:33|640a liberating effect of the triumph which allows us to 912|01:04:34|140|01:04:36|240speed upon our way towards the next objective. 913|01:04:37|040|01:04:40|960At the same time, when we are one-pointedly moving 914|01:04:41|360|01:04:44|850forward, we enter a period of testing whereby 915|01:04:45|350|01:04:49|130we can be confirmed as the true disciple 916|01:04:49|630|01:04:53|730and liberated for another phase of discipleship. 917|01:04:53|810|01:04:57|170So we seek and we seek until we are tested, 918|01:04:57|730|01:05:01|490we pass our test, and we are liberated into a new form of 919|01:05:01|990|01:05:05|090seeking. The order of signs, you know— 920|01:05:05|810|01:05:09|810do they always go in the clockwise direction, sometimes in the counterclockwise direction? 921|01:05:10|540|01:05:13|060Let us just say that if you were born with the sun in Sagittarius, 922|01:05:13|560|01:05:17|300in Scorpio rising, you would be the one-pointed disciple 923|01:05:17|800|01:05:21|580seeking those tests which would confirm your 924|01:05:22|080|01:05:26|460liberation. And then you could seek again. If you had the sun in Scorpio and 925|01:05:26|960|01:05:30|540Sagittarius rising, you would be passing through many tests 926|01:05:30|860|01:05:34|780which could then liberate you for a more energetic, one- 927|01:05:35|280|01:05:39|130pointed seeking of the next objective. So I think we can understand how 928|01:05:39|630|01:05:43|490this goes. And always check your rising sign and your sun sign to 929|01:05:43|990|01:05:48|610see which is the preeminent sign, 930|01:05:49|110|01:05:53|209the sign in which you are currently expressing. 931|01:05:53|709|01:05:57|090your way to a higher form of expression indicated by the rising sign. 932|01:05:58|850|01:06:02|450All right, so he's telling us we can profit 933|01:06:03|020|01:06:06|060from a systematic study of this 934|01:06:06|560|01:06:10|220sign. A systematic study. I would 935|01:06:10|720|01:06:14|100suggest that the student bear in 936|01:06:14|600|01:06:17|740mind the position of this sign. 937|01:06:18|460|01:06:21|900Scorpio stands midway between two 938|01:06:22|400|01:06:24|620signs of balance or of equilibrium— 939|01:06:25|020|01:06:28|500 Sagittarius and Libra. (EA, p.189) Well, we certainly 940|01:06:29|000|01:06:33|120understand Libra to be a sign of equilibrium, but Sagittarius, 941|01:06:33|620|01:06:37|200well, that's another matter. However, in the tarot deck, 942|01:06:37|520|01:06:41|680although Libra stands for justice and therefore equilibrium, 943|01:06:42|480|01:06:46|000Sagittarius stands for temperance, 944|01:06:46|640|01:06:49|680which is another form of equilibrium. 945|01:06:50|160|01:06:54|120It's bringing all of the different energies 946|01:06:54|620|01:06:58|190of the system into a kind of correct balance, 947|01:06:58|350|01:07:01|670so that they are restrained and contained from 948|01:07:02|170|01:07:05|510too much expression. They are tempered, as it 949|01:07:06|010|01:07:08|670were, and when we lose our temper, 950|01:07:09|070|01:07:11|470we display what is called temperament, 951|01:07:12|270|01:07:16|430and this is the releasing of certain energies beyond their 952|01:07:16|990|01:07:20|230due bounds. So Sagittarius, 953|01:07:20|730|01:07:24|500Scorpio stands midway between two signs of balance or 954|01:07:24|570|01:07:27|530equilibrium, Sagittarius and Libra. 955|01:07:28|570|01:07:32|410Libra marks an interlude or a 956|01:07:32|730|01:07:36|650notable point of balance before the strenuous 957|01:07:37|150|01:07:41|130testing and trial of Scorpio. (EA, p.189) Notable, I suppose the individual 958|01:07:41|530|01:07:45|770who is a disciple and who is in that Libran phase 959|01:07:46|270|01:07:49|850is well aware that this is a temporary 960|01:07:50|330|01:07:54|750stage of the balancing 961|01:07:55|250|01:07:59|110of forces and preparing for their use 962|01:07:59|670|01:08:02|790in the trials and tests of Scorpio. 963|01:08:03|350|01:08:07|110Sagittarius marks another point of balance which 964|01:08:07|190|01:08:09|670follows after that testing, 965|01:08:10|950|01:08:14|230for the Archer has to acquire and 966|01:08:14|730|01:08:18|680hold a steady eye, hand and 967|01:08:19|180|01:08:23|000stance prior to firing the arrow which, 968|01:08:23|500|01:08:26|840when rightly directed and correctly followed, 969|01:08:27|000|01:08:29|800will carry him through the portal of initiation. (EA, p.190) 970|01:08:30|600|01:08:34|560So this is not a hasty running 971|01:08:35|060|01:08:38|640forward, although perhaps in the early days of Sagittarius, much like 972|01:08:39|140|01:08:42|440the early days of Aries, we do find that hasty running forward. 973|01:08:42|940|01:08:47|569But it is a forethought, a keen appraisal 974|01:08:47|809|01:08:51|609of the objective and holding in 975|01:08:52|109|01:08:55|569a balance. You know, you don't see many archers shooting their arrow on one foot. 976|01:08:56|209|01:08:59|768And in an unstable situation, they have to have a 977|01:09:00|268|01:09:04|289firm stance, their hand has to be steady, and their 978|01:09:04|789|01:09:09|729eye has to be focused upon the goal. And all of this follows 979|01:09:10|229|01:09:13|610a just appraisal of what is to be fired, 980|01:09:13|770|01:09:17|090where it is to be fired, what is the trajectory of 981|01:09:17|590|01:09:21|130the firing, and so forth. So this requires 982|01:09:23|130|01:09:27|290a very stable situation before 983|01:09:27|790|01:09:31|490the release of the arrow. And when the arrows are released by 984|01:09:31|990|01:09:36|050an unstable archer, they will not 985|01:09:36|550|01:09:40|480have the desired effect. They will miss the mark. So there is 986|01:09:40|980|01:09:43|920this tremendous appraisal, 987|01:09:44|720|01:09:48|680forethought, forward thinking towards 988|01:09:49|180|01:09:53|240the goal before the arrow of 989|01:09:53|740|01:09:57|280thought and aspiration is released. 990|01:09:58|000|01:10:01|400So I think we see points 991|01:10:01|900|01:10:05|740of recollectedness, points of balance achieved 992|01:10:06|240|01:10:09|580in both of these signs. Both of these signs. 993|01:10:10|140|01:10:10|780Okay, 994|01:10:14|380|01:10:18|420I'll repeat it. Libra marks an interlude or a notable point 995|01:10:18|920|01:10:23|260of balance, sort of making sure that the frictions within 996|01:10:23|500|01:10:26|220the energy system are removed, 997|01:10:26|620|01:10:30|540or if they are not, when the strenuous testing 998|01:10:31|040|01:10:34|460and trial of Scorpio occurs, those inner frictions 999|01:10:34|960|01:10:38|920may lead to defeat. A certain degree of harmony 1000|01:10:39|420|01:10:42|640is required between the vehicles which are to be used 1001|01:10:43|140|01:10:46|720together in an integrated manner before 1002|01:10:46|800|01:10:50|160there can be success in the battle. 1003|01:10:50|720|01:10:53|920Because the conflict must be removed from within 1004|01:10:54|420|01:10:56|240the individual, which it can be in Libra, 1005|01:10:57|520|01:11:01|520to the facing of an outer 1006|01:11:02|330|01:11:05|290enemy, or perhaps an intrusive inner enemy, 1007|01:11:05|790|01:11:09|890at least the energy system has to be integrated and well coordinated, 1008|01:11:10|390|01:11:13|690functioning smoothly. This is possible in Libra, 1009|01:11:14|190|01:11:18|370where so many arts of 1010|01:11:18|870|01:11:21|370right kind of expression are achieved. 1011|01:11:22|010|01:11:26|010In other words, where ease. Ease of expression is 1012|01:11:26|510|01:11:30|040achieved. And we often see 1013|01:11:30|540|01:11:34|320people within the martial arts, let us say, having a wonderful 1014|01:11:34|400|01:11:38|040gracefulness in the handling of their equipment, 1015|01:11:38|540|01:11:42|240even if this equipment is brought into various marks. Another point of balance which 1016|01:11:42|740|01:11:45|920follows after that testing: the archer has to acquire and hold 1017|01:11:46|420|01:11:49|680a steady eye, hand and stance. 1018|01:11:50|180|01:11:53|640And if you are a Sagittarian or in a Sagittarian period, you can even take 1019|01:11:54|140|01:11:58|280this kind of physical… This kind of physical 1020|01:11:58|680|01:12:00|840representation and think about your life. 1021|01:12:01|960|01:12:05|240And of course, these are symbols, but think about your life 1022|01:12:05|740|01:12:08|920and whether you have the steady inner eye, 1023|01:12:10|120|01:12:14|680whether you have a grip on your instrument so 1024|01:12:15|180|01:12:19|080that you can release energy in a directed manner, 1025|01:12:19|400|01:12:24|390and whether, in fact, you are stable enough in your life not 1026|01:12:24|890|01:12:29|430to be thrown off balance by outer things, but can maintain 1027|01:12:29|590|01:12:33|510your stance and thereby direct your arrow towards 1028|01:12:34|010|01:12:39|030the envisioned objective. We can use this 1029|01:12:39|530|01:12:44|230very physical description to understand the extent to 1030|01:12:44|730|01:12:49|310which we have achieved the proper disciplic orientation, 1031|01:12:49|810|01:12:53|970a more inner orientation, of course. And this 1032|01:12:54|470|01:12:57|770is prior to firing the arrow, which, when rightly 1033|01:12:58|270|01:13:01|490directed and correctly followed, because we must follow 1034|01:13:01|990|01:13:05|050after the arrow. We fire if we have an 1035|01:13:05|550|01:13:08|530intuition that comes to us, 1036|01:13:09|250|01:13:12|890or if we can follow our aspiration towards the revelation of 1037|01:13:13|390|01:13:16|890intuition. We have to work with the descending intuition. 1038|01:13:17|390|01:13:20|870We have to work with that which we find that the arrow has reached. 1039|01:13:21|430|01:13:25|030And this will carry him through the portal of initiation. 1040|01:13:25|830|01:13:29|590Part of us, in a way, goes ahead, and part 1041|01:13:30|090|01:13:33|750of us is already in the land beyond initiation. And we have 1042|01:13:34|250|01:13:38|430to sometimes drag the rest of our nature along and whip 1043|01:13:38|930|01:13:42|230it into shape, or bring it into a proper fitness, 1044|01:13:42|790|01:13:46|630so that it, too, and not just our mind, not just 1045|01:13:46|710|01:13:50|310our consciousness, can pass into the land 1046|01:13:50|710|01:13:54|190of the next initiation. This is so 1047|01:13:54|690|01:13:57|590often the issue between Capricorn and Sagittarius. 1048|01:13:57|990|01:14:01|070Sagittarius can envision many things and 1049|01:14:01|570|01:14:04|790can get the conscious feeling of what they are like. 1050|01:14:05|290|01:14:09|390But can the rest of the instrument, in a way ruled 1051|01:14:09|890|01:14:13|800by the Earth, follow the high ideals 1052|01:14:13|960|01:14:17|640and ideas that are generated by Sagittarius? And that's 1053|01:14:18|140|01:14:22|280where Capricorn comes in, because Capricorn can apply the necessary 1054|01:14:22|760|01:14:26|080Saturnian discipline to the rest of 1055|01:14:26|580|01:14:30|840the mechanism, so that it, too, becomes fit to stand 1056|01:14:31|320|01:14:34|840in the presence of the initiatory energies. 1057|01:14:36|440|01:14:38|120In studying Sagittarius, 1058|01:14:39|800|01:14:44|040it becomes obvious that one of the major underlying themes 1059|01:14:44|520|01:14:48|200is that of Direction. (EA, p.190) Now, I may have 1060|01:14:48|360|01:14:54|719talked about this before, but if we go into the 1061|01:14:55|219|01:15:00|920“Rays and the Initiations,” approximately page 340, 1062|01:15:02|040|01:15:06|210we will see that in the third initiation, 1063|01:15:07|250|01:15:11|170the theme of direction is also 1064|01:15:11|970|01:15:14|370prominent. Okay? 1065|01:15:15|570|01:15:19|730Yes. And so this tells us something 1066|01:15:19|970|01:15:23|330about the manner in which Sagittarius 1067|01:15:23|890|01:15:27|090helps to prepare for the third 1068|01:15:27|250|01:15:31|160initiation. I am reminded of one of 1069|01:15:31|660|01:15:34|760the disciples of the Tibetan. 1070|01:15:35|080|01:15:39|080This was the only disciple where D.K. 1071|01:15:39|880|01:15:43|840mentioned to him directly that the 1072|01:15:44|340|01:15:48|560man reminded him of himself when he was preparing 1073|01:15:49|060|01:15:53|600for the third initiation. So usually Sagittarius is connected with 1074|01:15:54|100|01:15:57|730the first and second initiation, but Sagittarius 1075|01:15:58|230|01:16:02|770certainly envisions the third degree and through direction 1076|01:16:03|330|01:16:06|690is part of the process which leads to the taking 1077|01:16:07|090|01:16:10|410of the third degree. As a matter of fact, when you think that sometimes more 1078|01:16:10|910|01:16:14|210than one initiation can be taken in the same life. 1079|01:16:15|010|01:16:19|410If you have kind of a Sagittarius-Capricorn setup, 1080|01:16:19|970|01:16:23|280it's perfect in a way for taking both the second 1081|01:16:23|780|01:16:27|280and third degree, about which D.K. tells us 1082|01:16:27|520|01:16:31|120in “Initiation, Human and Solar,” pages 1083|01:16:31|200|01:16:35|12084 and 85. So here we 1084|01:16:35|620|01:16:39|280have integration, direction, and 1085|01:16:39|440|01:16:42|720science. Science bringing in the necessity for the fifth 1086|01:16:43|280|01:16:46|760ray, which rules the third initiation and involves 1087|01:16:47|260|01:16:51|480the Ajna center. And the third degree 1088|01:16:51|980|01:16:56|440being initiation of the integrated personality 1089|01:16:57|320|01:17:00|840and the steady directedness towards illumination, 1090|01:17:01|480|01:17:04|840this being provided by Sagittarius. So that's just a 1091|01:17:05|340|01:17:08|760cross-link, which I thought would be of importance, 1092|01:17:09|240|01:17:12|520linking Sagittarius to the envisioning 1093|01:17:12|680|01:17:16|650of the third degree and to the experience in 1094|01:17:17|210|01:17:20|410higher consciousness of some of what the third degree may 1095|01:17:20|910|01:17:24|330actually mean. So it becomes obvious that one 1096|01:17:24|830|01:17:28|010of the major underlying themes is that of direction. 1097|01:17:28|490|01:17:32|570The Archer is guiding his horse towards 1098|01:17:32|810|01:17:35|650some one specific objective; (EA, p.190) Now, 1099|01:17:36|150|01:17:40|410as a person advances along the path of discipleship, the distractions 1100|01:17:41|200|01:17:45|280become fewer, or at least the way of handling distractions 1101|01:17:45|360|01:17:48|000becomes more skillful. 1102|01:17:49|200|01:17:52|640You know how in the beginning we can be torn in every type of direction, 1103|01:17:53|140|01:17:56|799and even the Sagittarian, not just the Gemini, can go 1104|01:17:57|299|01:18:01|240off on many errant adventures which 1105|01:18:01|740|01:18:05|520really lead nowhere. So one-pointedness is 1106|01:18:06|320|01:18:10|610achieved the hard way by the Sagittarian. After many bitter 1107|01:18:11|110|01:18:14|370experiences of following non-productive 1108|01:18:14|870|01:18:15|090paths, 1109|01:18:18|530|01:18:23|090the archer is guiding his horse towards some one specific 1110|01:18:23|330|01:18:24|210objective. 1111|01:18:26|770|01:18:30|570he is sending or directing his arrow towards a 1112|01:18:31|070|01:18:35|490desired point; he is aiming at some specific 1113|01:18:35|990|01:18:39|210goal. (EA, p.190) Now, there is the desired point, of course, and there is also 1114|01:18:39|690|01:18:43|210the intended point, the willfully intended 1115|01:18:43|770|01:18:47|450point. He seeks to penetrate 1116|01:18:47|950|01:18:51|530with that arrow that particular objective, or at least anchor 1117|01:18:52|030|01:18:56|010himself within that objective, or in the realm of that objective, 1118|01:18:56|170|01:19:00|530or in the field of that objective. He's seeking to enter a 1119|01:19:01|030|01:19:04|980new field of experience. This is uniquely Sagittarian, 1120|01:19:05|140|01:19:08|820this penetration into that which is 1121|01:19:09|320|01:19:13|060expansive and new, or expansive because it is 1122|01:19:13|560|01:19:17|580new. He is aiming at some specific goal. 1123|01:19:18|080|01:19:21|500He is hard to deflect. I'm remembering how D.K. 1124|01:19:22|000|01:19:25|460talks about Washington, D.C., as the capital of the United States, being ruled 1125|01:19:25|960|01:19:30|310by Sagittarius and talking about a certain undeflectability, 1126|01:19:30|630|01:19:34|710or rigidity, or firm holding 1127|01:19:35|190|01:19:39|270of policy. Policy objectives, 1128|01:19:39|510|01:19:42|390difficult to deter and to change. 1129|01:19:43|590|01:19:47|270Okay, the sense of direction or guidance— 1130|01:19:47|770|01:19:51|630I suppose intuitive guidance, because Sagittarius is 1131|01:19:52|130|01:19:55|590one of the intuitive signs. As D.K. tells us, the sense of direction, of guidance, 1132|01:19:56|060|01:19:59|180is characteristic of the 1133|01:19:59|680|01:20:02|980enlightened man, the one 1134|01:20:03|480|01:20:08|700in this case who is pursuing illumination and whom 1135|01:20:09|200|01:20:13|540the light guides. Because the light of the soul is thrown upon 1136|01:20:14|040|01:20:17|500the path of the Sagittarian individual as he 1137|01:20:17|660|01:20:21|100treads that path. How does he know what is the next step ahead? 1138|01:20:21|340|01:20:25|260Well, the light within him, the soul light, shows what is the next 1139|01:20:25|760|01:20:29|370step ahead. He does not have to gather it from 1140|01:20:29|870|01:20:34|290others, although the teacher may indicate as well what is the next step ahead. 1141|01:20:35|010|01:20:37|010This sense of direction or guidance, 1142|01:20:38|210|01:20:41|889sometimes, you know, rather childishly 1143|01:20:42|389|01:20:46|290applied in the early days, where as if everything is 1144|01:20:46|690|01:20:50|610guiding you, every step you take is being guided and you're being 1145|01:20:51|110|01:20:54|290directed always by some higher power and not 1146|01:20:54|790|01:20:57|710relying upon your own reason. That's an earlier stage. 1147|01:20:58|270|01:21:01|870But later it becomes the real intuitive thing. This sense 1148|01:21:02|370|01:21:06|030of direction or guidance is characteristic of the enlightened man, 1149|01:21:06|510|01:21:09|670of the aspirant and disciple, (EA, p.190) I guess he's speaking 1150|01:21:10|170|01:21:14|110here of the aspirant and disciple as somewhat enlightened. and this is 1151|01:21:14|610|01:21:17|830a growing recognition (EA, p.190) that there will 1152|01:21:18|330|01:21:21|470be light upon the path. There will be 1153|01:21:21|550|01:21:25|730light upon the path. And that intuitively we will 1154|01:21:25|810|01:21:30|050somehow know from our own inner illumined 1155|01:21:30|130|01:21:34|850guidance what 1156|01:21:35|350|01:21:39|570that light is indicating. when this faculty of sensitive 1157|01:21:39|730|01:21:43|170direction is rightly 1158|01:21:43|670|01:21:47|170developed it becomes in the early stages, an effort to 1159|01:21:47|670|01:21:51|900identify all soul and personality 1160|01:21:52|400|01:21:55|740activity with God's Plan,(EA, p.190) Because, you know, we need 1161|01:21:55|820|01:21:58|460to have a vision of the plan. 1162|01:21:59|900|01:22:03|380A vision of 1163|01:22:03|880|01:22:07|620the plan. D.K. tells, this is important for all disciples. 1164|01:22:08|120|01:22:11|860And in Sagittarius, the gathering or the formulation of a vision 1165|01:22:12|360|01:22:16|880of the plan is something that can be fairly 1166|01:22:17|380|01:22:19|720easily achieved given the qualities of that sign. 1167|01:22:20|760|01:22:24|240So we are sensitive 1168|01:22:24|740|01:22:25|080to direction. 1169|01:22:27|640|01:22:30|760And this direction is becoming, 1170|01:22:31|080|01:22:35|400when we are in the probationary stages of probationary 1171|01:22:35|900|01:22:39|480initiation, an effort to identify all soul and 1172|01:22:39|980|01:22:43|340personality activity with God's plan. Meaning we do not 1173|01:22:43|840|01:22:48|340want to stray from sighting the 1174|01:22:48|840|01:22:52|340vision and following the vision of God's plan. and this 1175|01:22:52|840|01:22:56|100is, in the last analysis, the ordered direction of 1176|01:22:56|600|01:23:00|460God's thought. (EA, p.190) I think that's a wonderful definition of the 1177|01:23:00|960|01:23:04|220plan. Let's put that down here as 1178|01:23:04|720|01:23:08|710a definition — definition 1179|01:23:09|350|01:23:13|510of the plan: the ordered direction of 1180|01:23:14|010|01:23:18|470God's thought. When we use the word “ordered,” we think about the sequential 1181|01:23:19|030|01:23:22|950expression of God's thought as 1182|01:23:23|450|01:23:26|590it is intended to emerge in an 1183|01:23:27|090|01:23:31|110ordered manner. The purpose is — it already exists. 1184|01:23:31|750|01:23:35|110It is in a way the same in the beginning as it is in the 1185|01:23:35|610|01:23:38|860end. It is an archetype which is in 1186|01:23:39|360|01:23:42|580a way independent of time. But the plan, 1187|01:23:43|860|01:23:46|820in a way from the atmic plane and ruled by Saturn, 1188|01:23:47|060|01:23:50|100is not independent of time. 1189|01:23:50|980|01:23:55|100So there is an orderly unfoldment of 1190|01:23:55|600|01:23:59|620the purpose through the plan, which is intended by God, 1191|01:24:00|180|01:24:04|360for God, our planetary Logos. And to 1192|01:24:04|440|01:24:09|080this the Sagittarian can become sensitive. 1193|01:24:12|600|01:24:17|160So here we have the attempt to identify all soul and 1194|01:24:17|660|01:24:20|520personal activity with God's plan. We can ask ourselves, 1195|01:24:21|800|01:24:25|400are we one-pointed disciples? And are we in that stage 1196|01:24:25|960|01:24:29|320where we are attempting to identify all aspects 1197|01:24:29|820|01:24:33|590of our consciousness, all activities of our personality, 1198|01:24:33|670|01:24:37|550with what we sense of God's plan as 1199|01:24:38|050|01:24:41|390the ordered direction of his thought? That's a very 1200|01:24:41|890|01:24:45|950exacting discipline, really. There's so many ways in which we can 1201|01:24:46|450|01:24:50|310go astray and do many things which are not particularly 1202|01:24:51|190|01:24:54|550involved with the expression of the plan. 1203|01:24:54|710|01:24:58|280Maybe in a general way, of course, we are all committed 1204|01:24:58|780|01:25:03|120to the plan. But from moment to moment, are we so aware 1205|01:25:03|280|01:25:07|120what that plan is? That we are really on 1206|01:25:07|620|01:25:10|400the beam with respect to its expression? 1207|01:25:11|840|01:25:15|320Okay, so the ordered expression of God's thought. I'd almost like 1208|01:25:15|820|01:25:19|120to enlarge that a little bit if I can. 1209|01:25:22|250|01:25:24|250Let's see if I can make this a bit bigger. 1210|01:25:25|690|01:25:29|610It's so… Yeah, the ordered expression of God's thought. It's so powerful. 1211|01:25:30|970|01:25:36|090Ordered expression is thought. Okay? There is no true direction 1212|01:25:37|050|01:25:41|130apart from thought, and I would have you remember that 1213|01:25:41|630|01:25:44|330thought is power. (EA, p.190) These are powerful statements. 1214|01:25:45|130|01:25:48|610If we do not think reasonably and think 1215|01:25:49|110|01:25:52|700ahead, also think in an intuitive manner, 1216|01:25:53|900|01:25:57|740we will not have what D.K. is calling direction. 1217|01:25:57|980|01:26:01|260We may be impulsed in a certain direction, 1218|01:26:01|760|01:26:05|180but it's not a true direction. It's the direction 1219|01:26:05|500|01:26:09|420in which our impulses lead us. And usually those 1220|01:26:09|920|01:26:13|380are directions which will fulfill some aspect of the lower 1221|01:26:13|880|01:26:18|960nature. But true direction relates 1222|01:26:20|880|01:26:24|960to God's plan. True direction 1223|01:26:25|120|01:26:28|160apart from thought. And I would 1224|01:26:28|660|01:26:32|319have you remember that thought is power. Now this is very much an idea that 1225|01:26:32|819|01:26:37|360Master Morya also expresses. And that's why we as disciples 1226|01:26:37|440|01:26:41|360and disciples in training have to be so careful about 1227|01:26:41|860|01:26:45|130how we wield our thought, because it 1228|01:26:45|630|01:26:49|970is an impressive agency and can be constructive or destructive. 1229|01:26:51|010|01:26:54|770Thought is power. The God 1230|01:26:55|270|01:26:58|850of our planet arranges all things according to 1231|01:26:59|350|01:27:03|090His thought, that is, according to His plan. And we, on a much lower 1232|01:27:03|410|01:27:06|970scale, are creating our lives according to 1233|01:27:07|470|01:27:10|610the nature of clarity, alignment, 1234|01:27:11|110|01:27:14|850etc., of our thought. This is a statement upon 1235|01:27:15|350|01:27:18|450which all disciples should ponder, (EA, p.190) 1236|01:27:18|610|01:27:22|050that is that thought is power. 1237|01:27:22|770|01:27:25|090Let me make that big again. You know, 1238|01:27:26|850|01:27:28|450thought is power. 1239|01:27:31|010|01:27:34|210This is the statement upon which all disciples should ponder, 1240|01:27:34|530|01:27:38|460for they can achieve no real comprehension 1241|01:27:38|960|01:27:42|940of the direction of God's Plan unless they 1242|01:27:43|440|01:27:47|260work with a phase in their own lives 1243|01:27:47|980|01:27:53|100which is subject to their own mental direction. (EA, p.190) So some tiny 1244|01:27:53|600|01:27:57|540aspect of the plan, some phase of 1245|01:27:58|040|01:28:01|300the plan—you know, for instance, many of us are involved now in 1246|01:28:01|800|01:28:05|420this so-called second ray 1247|01:28:05|820|01:28:10|060spiritual propaganda effort, spiritual education 1248|01:28:10|780|01:28:14|220to be spread as much around the world as possible. 1249|01:28:15|420|01:28:17|740That is a phase of God's plan. 1250|01:28:18|860|01:28:22|620God's immediate plan for our planet has much 1251|01:28:23|120|01:28:26|140to do with the externalization of the Hierarchy and the reappearance of the Christ. 1252|01:28:26|460|01:28:30|890But that cannot be effectively 1253|01:28:31|390|01:28:35|210achieved or harmoniously achieved, let us say, unless many 1254|01:28:35|690|01:28:39|770more human beings are educated in 1255|01:28:40|270|01:28:43|890that particular intention of our planetary Logos, 1256|01:28:44|390|01:28:47|890namely the Hierarchy, a certain portion of 1257|01:28:48|390|01:28:52|210it externalized, and that the great Lord, the head 1258|01:28:52|710|01:28:55|620of the Hierarchy, the Christ, the Lord Maitreya, 1259|01:28:55|940|01:28:59|540actually appear visibly among 1260|01:29:00|040|01:29:04|340us and work among us. So we have to prepare the consciousness 1261|01:29:04|840|01:29:08|660of humanity to achieve this. We have 1262|01:29:09|160|01:29:11|740to work with a phase in our own life of this plan. And so we 1263|01:29:12|240|01:29:15|420have to ask ourselves, “What are we doing now?” Many of us are 1264|01:29:15|920|01:29:18|660involved in the field of education. 1265|01:29:20|700|01:29:24|540Some of us are using various means to promote that education, 1266|01:29:24|700|01:29:28|380whether it might be science or art or 1267|01:29:29|100|01:29:32|660economics or religion or healing, 1268|01:29:33|160|01:29:36|940whatever it may be. We are attempting to open 1269|01:29:37|020|01:29:40|340the consciousness of our fellow human beings to 1270|01:29:40|840|01:29:44|020a wider possibility. And that's 1271|01:29:44|520|01:29:47|670a phase of the Divine Plan. So let us try to make sure 1272|01:29:48|470|01:29:52|430that we can actually identify the phase 1273|01:29:52|930|01:29:57|790of the plan with which we are working so 1274|01:29:58|290|01:30:01|830that we can begin to fathom the larger 1275|01:30:02|230|01:30:06|230intention of the plan. I suppose the immediate 1276|01:30:06|730|01:30:10|190objective within the next number of decades is that with which we 1277|01:30:10|690|01:30:14|680have to be concerned, especially as we move towards 2025. 1278|01:30:15|240|01:30:18|320We are definitely in a phase of the plan. We're in a phase of the 1279|01:30:18|820|01:30:22|120plan called the Era of the Forerunner, 1280|01:30:22|760|01:30:27|160where in a way, we are presenting the vision. For some 1281|01:30:27|240|01:30:31|32060 years, from 1965 to 2025, we are presenting 1282|01:30:31|820|01:30:35|160the vision of planetary possibilities, 1283|01:30:36|680|01:30:40|130of hierarchical possibilities, of higher and wider 1284|01:30:40|630|01:30:43|850life for humanity. We are using Sagittarius in a way 1285|01:30:44|330|01:30:47|930to inspire other 1286|01:30:48|430|01:30:52|090human beings with the same kind of vision that has inspired 1287|01:30:52|590|01:30:56|650us. Then and only then, can they understand. (EA, p.190) 1288|01:30:57|290|01:31:01|090And when we are working out that phase of the plan, that working out 1289|01:31:01|590|01:31:06|000must be subject to our own mental direction. 1290|01:31:06|560|01:31:09|920In other words, we have to think carefully 1291|01:31:10|160|01:31:13|360how we are to work with this particular 1292|01:31:13|520|01:31:17|360phase of the plan in which we find ourselves involved. So we 1293|01:31:17|860|01:31:21|360work out a plan, a lesser plan, a program, 1294|01:31:21|600|01:31:24|880a means of delivery. We have our own 1295|01:31:25|200|01:31:28|880particular objectives, and we guide it all by careful 1296|01:31:29|380|01:31:33|240thought, which, if possible, is fertilized by 1297|01:31:33|480|01:31:35|880soul vision and by the intuition. 1298|01:31:36|680|01:31:39|880So then, and only then, can they understand. 1299|01:31:42|360|01:31:46|839Which takes us back to Pisces, the sign of understanding. A very strong connection 1300|01:31:47|339|01:31:51|680between two Jupiterian signs, Sagittarius and Pisces Upon 1301|01:31:52|180|01:31:55|240the ordinary wheel of life, the man who is born 1302|01:31:55|320|01:31:59|140in this sign or with this sign in 1303|01:31:59|640|01:32:03|700the ascendant will be influenced by what the 1304|01:32:04|200|01:32:07|100ancient Hindu Scriptures call kama-manas, 1305|01:32:07|740|01:32:11|780which is inadequately translated by 1306|01:32:12|280|01:32:16|060the words desire-mind.(EA, p.190) There's kind of an inseparable working 1307|01:32:16|220|01:32:19|500together of desire and mind. 1308|01:32:19|820|01:32:24|780In Kamamanas, it's sometimes not possible to 1309|01:32:25|280|01:32:28|980separate them. The purpose of the Fifth 1310|01:32:29|480|01:32:33|180Ray in human nature and working within 1311|01:32:33|680|01:32:37|820human nature is to help the man separate his thinking 1312|01:32:38|320|01:32:41|660process from his desires. Now, he will always 1313|01:32:42|160|01:32:45|780have desires, but at least while he is thinking, he does not allow 1314|01:32:46|420|01:32:50|260the desire nature to interfere with the thought 1315|01:32:51|080|01:32:55|000process. However, of course, desire aspiration 1316|01:32:55|080|01:32:58|200does have a kind of connection with intuition. So in 1317|01:32:58|700|01:33:01|560a way, there is a phase in which desire, 1318|01:33:02|360|01:33:06|920thought and intuition can form a triangle with good 1319|01:33:07|000|01:33:10|280results. Actually, what we want is buddhi manas, 1320|01:33:11|240|01:33:14|680intuition and mind. Rather than kama 1321|01:33:15|180|01:33:19|190manas. We want our kama manas to evolve or 1322|01:33:19|690|01:33:22|870become transformed into what we would call buddhi 1323|01:33:22|950|01:33:26|950manas, or the thought process as fertilized by 1324|01:33:27|450|01:33:31|390the illuminating intuition. So anyway, kamamanas is 1325|01:33:31|890|01:33:35|510involved here, and he says 1326|01:33:36|010|01:33:39|990it's not really an adequate translation 1327|01:33:40|550|01:33:43|830when we call it desire mind. 1328|01:33:45|430|01:33:47|670But so many human beings are in the, 1329|01:33:48|070|01:33:50|950strictly speaking, the kamamanasic phase, 1330|01:33:51|670|01:33:54|630where they have what is called, I think, by Carl Jung, 1331|01:33:55|350|01:33:58|070feeling-toned thoughts. 1332|01:33:58|630|01:34:04|630In other words, all of the thoughts have a tone of 1333|01:34:05|130|01:34:09|200the desire body. They are carrying some influence of the 1334|01:34:09|700|01:34:13|080astral body. And so they are not pure thought in 1335|01:34:13|580|01:34:17|160that respect. This dual force controls 1336|01:34:17|660|01:34:21|720and influences the life; in 1337|01:34:22|220|01:34:26|240the early stages of unfoldment its focus is upon desire 1338|01:34:27|040|01:34:30|960and the satisfaction of that desire and, (EA, p.190) I suppose using 1339|01:34:31|680|01:34:35|160the mind, which is associated to help bring 1340|01:34:35|660|01:34:38|300about the satisfaction of desire. 1341|01:34:39|660|01:34:43|540And in the later stages of purely personality 1342|01:34:44|040|01:34:48|380development, the focus is upon the control of 1343|01:34:48|860|01:34:51|940desire by the mind; (EA, p.190) So in 1344|01:34:52|440|01:34:56|060the beginning, we might say we use what mind we have to see to 1345|01:34:56|700|01:35:00|700the satisfaction of our desires, to make sure that 1346|01:35:01|200|01:35:04|660mind helps us satisfy our desires. And later, in the later stages of 1347|01:35:05|160|01:35:08|940personality development, we understand that 1348|01:35:09|440|01:35:12|740our desires can get the best of us. We like to choose 1349|01:35:13|140|01:35:16|500them and make them, in the words of Agni Yoga, 1350|01:35:17|000|01:35:20|580goal fit. And so therefore we start 1351|01:35:21|080|01:35:24|340to control our desires by the mind. Now we remember 1352|01:35:24|820|01:35:28|580in discussing Mercury and the mind in relation to Scorpio, 1353|01:35:28|900|01:35:32|690that that was one of the chief ways in 1354|01:35:33|190|01:35:37|010which the mind was utilized in Scorpio, the control of 1355|01:35:37|510|01:35:41|290the desire body. The other was for illumination, the major objective. 1356|01:35:41|790|01:35:45|210However, the major objective is, at this time, the 1357|01:35:45|710|01:35:49|250intelligent use of all powers to 1358|01:35:49|750|01:35:52|970bring about adequate satisfaction of desire, 1359|01:35:53|850|01:35:56|890which is, in this case, very frequently 1360|01:35:58|100|01:36:02|660simply ambition to achieve some goal or attain some objective. (EA, p.191) 1361|01:36:03|300|01:36:07|180Well, this is the way it is, I think, for the majority of 1362|01:36:07|680|01:36:11|220human beings. This is not yet the reversed 1363|01:36:11|720|01:36:14|820wheel. We're not talking about kama manas or 1364|01:36:15|320|01:36:18|740the relationship between manas and kama. In the Sagittarius subject 1365|01:36:18|820|01:36:21|460who is on the reversed wheel. 1366|01:36:22|100|01:36:27|430So usually intelligence is used so 1367|01:36:27|930|01:36:31|430that all powers can bring about the satisfaction of desire, 1368|01:36:31|590|01:36:34|950the fulfillment of ambition to attain 1369|01:36:35|030|01:36:38|710some objective. The Sagittarian is very keen 1370|01:36:39|510|01:36:43|030on fulfilling the objective which 1371|01:36:43|270|01:36:46|870he or she envisions. And the mind can assist in this 1372|01:36:47|370|01:36:51|160manner, so let us look for the quality 1373|01:36:51|660|01:36:55|280of ambition in the Sagittarian upon the ordinary 1374|01:36:55|780|01:36:59|760wheel. Just as we find an even more intense 1375|01:37:00|260|01:37:03|640and perhaps willful type of ambition in the Capricorn, 1376|01:37:04|140|01:37:06|720who is not yet upon the reverse wheel. 1377|01:37:07|280|01:37:10|000This process of personality satisfaction 1378|01:37:10|500|01:37:13|920takes place upon the ordinary 1379|01:37:14|570|01:37:18|810wheel. (EA, p.191) Now, how is it for us otherwise, 1380|01:37:19|370|01:37:23|210when the wheel reverses Upon the reversed wheel, 1381|01:37:23|610|01:37:27|130the goal is the expression of love-wisdom (EA, p.191) 1382|01:37:27|610|01:37:30|809Now that's a very strong Jupiterian second ray expression. 1383|01:37:31|290|01:37:35|170and this is ever selflessly developed 1384|01:37:35|670|01:37:39|330and always consecrated to the good of the whole, which the 1385|01:37:39|830|01:37:44|110Sagittarius now sees, having under Jupiter widened his vision and 1386|01:37:44|610|01:37:48|390not to the satisfaction of the individual. So a 1387|01:37:48|890|01:37:50|910wider picture is seen, 1388|01:37:52|270|01:37:54|350and love-wisdom… 1389|01:37:55|390|01:37:59|870Whoops, that's lower worlds… love-wisdom 1390|01:38:00|350|01:38:04|350supports this wider 1391|01:38:04|910|01:38:07|790picture, or supports, let's say, 1392|01:38:09|020|01:38:13|220service to what the 1393|01:38:13|720|01:38:17|700wider picture reveals. And that is the 1394|01:38:18|200|01:38:21|580manner in which Sagittarius is related to what Dane Rudhyar 1395|01:38:22|080|01:38:25|740has called the planetarization of consciousness. 1396|01:38:26|620|01:38:30|700So when we have a vision of the 1397|01:38:31|200|01:38:35|160globe and of our planetary chain 1398|01:38:35|660|01:38:39|040and scheme and so forth, we seek to contribute to the development of 1399|01:38:39|540|01:38:42|880that whole. And one of the ways of contributing to that is to bring out 1400|01:38:43|440|01:38:47|120the soul nature of love of our planetary 1401|01:38:47|280|01:38:50|680Logos. And that is akin to 1402|01:38:51|180|01:38:54|960the Jupiterian second ray found in 1403|01:38:55|460|01:38:59|890relation to Sagittarius. So we see how the 1404|01:39:00|390|01:39:04|490different methods are used. I would say that a much higher vision 1405|01:39:04|970|01:39:08|490appears for the Sagittarian individual 1406|01:39:08|730|01:39:12|410once he is the true disciple and the link 1407|01:39:12|910|01:39:16|250between karma and intuition is forged. 1408|01:39:16|650|01:39:19|130So with sufficient aspiration, 1409|01:39:20|090|01:39:23|050intuition comes into focus, 1410|01:39:23|530|01:39:26|520and intuition can then begin to guide the mind, 1411|01:39:26|920|01:39:29|480instead of desire guiding the mind. 1412|01:39:30|440|01:39:33|160Okay, let's see what's next. Yes. 1413|01:39:34|600|01:39:40|320Okay. We are told that 1414|01:39:40|820|01:39:45|200Sagittarius governs the thighs, which are the main center 1415|01:39:45|700|01:39:49|640of physical power and protective strength. You know, either for approach 1416|01:39:49|880|01:39:52|450or flight. The thighs, 1417|01:39:53|410|01:39:55|490so related in a way to horsepower, 1418|01:39:56|690|01:40:00|770is what moves us rapidly on 1419|01:40:01|250|01:40:04|930foot. Think of the relationship between Pisces, the feet, and the thighs. 1420|01:40:05|090|01:40:08|930Sagittarius… we can, when those two signs are strong, we can go 1421|01:40:09|250|01:40:11|810rapidly on foot, 1422|01:40:13|330|01:40:17|370we can race forward. It would be interesting to see the 1423|01:40:17|870|01:40:22|290combination of those two signs in those who are involved 1424|01:40:22|790|01:40:24|690in track and field events. 1425|01:40:26|690|01:40:30|690We are told that Sagittarius governs the thighs, which are the 1426|01:40:31|190|01:40:34|290main centre of physical power and protective strength, 1427|01:40:35|010|01:40:39|210and also the sacral centre which provides 1428|01:40:39|710|01:40:43|810the energy for the use of the creative powers of the physical life. (EA, p.191) 1429|01:40:44|860|01:40:48|700So Sagittarius is associated with the sacral center. 1430|01:40:49|100|01:40:53|180Also Scorpio is, also Libra is. All of those three 1431|01:40:53|340|01:40:57|780signs together in the third quadrant 1432|01:40:58|280|01:41:01|260are associated with the sacral center. 1433|01:41:03|100|01:41:06|540And here we have the third ray coming in, 1434|01:41:07|040|01:41:11|760ruled by the Earth. Usually Uranus is connected with 1435|01:41:12|260|01:41:15|880the sacral center. Uranus, and we can 1436|01:41:16|380|01:41:19|640also connect the Moon for generation. And we can 1437|01:41:20|140|01:41:23|640connect Mars as well with the sacral center. But this is 1438|01:41:24|140|01:41:27|760interesting that Sagittarius is so closely connected 1439|01:41:28|260|01:41:30|920with this procreative center. 1440|01:41:36|520|01:41:40|590This is also symbolically true. In Sagittarius, 1441|01:41:40|990|01:41:45|790the disciple has two things to discover within himself; 1442|01:41:47|550|01:41:50|950these are the power to make progress upon the path (EA, p.191) 1443|01:41:51|450|01:41:55|510That's symbolically connected with the thighs, because they give 1444|01:41:56|010|01:42:00|110us the power to move our feet forward and 1445|01:42:00|610|01:42:04|870to walk the Way, That's the Pisces imagery. Well, both Pisces 1446|01:42:05|370|01:42:09|030and Sagittarius, as well as Libra, have a particular connection with 1447|01:42:09|530|01:42:13|010the path. Libra with a straight and narrow path, 1448|01:42:13|170|01:42:17|010Sagittarius with a propulsion along the path 1449|01:42:17|510|01:42:21|490through the use of the thighs, symbolically, and Pisces, 1450|01:42:21|990|01:42:25|490the feet which tread the path. In Sagittarius, 1451|01:42:25|990|01:42:29|570the disciple has two things to discover within himself. These are the power 1452|01:42:30|070|01:42:34|130to make progress upon the path, because it is a sign which 1453|01:42:34|630|01:42:38|620wants to, in a way, race ahead. It does not want to be held back. 1454|01:42:39|120|01:42:42|580It wants to make rapid progress upon the path and to walk the 1455|01:42:43|080|01:42:47|180way. and also the ability to create in the higher 1456|01:42:47|260|01:42:50|980and spiritual sense. (EA, p.191) So making progress 1457|01:42:51|480|01:42:54|860upon the path and creating in the higher and spiritual sense, 1458|01:42:55|180|01:42:59|060these are two factors or things to 1459|01:42:59|560|01:43:01|790be discovered within the disciple. 1460|01:43:02|260|01:43:06|540Okay. Two factors to 1461|01:43:07|040|01:43:11|700be discovered in the disciple in 1462|01:43:11|860|01:43:12|820Sagittarius. 1463|01:43:15|380|01:43:18|860Okay, so this 1464|01:43:19|360|01:43:23|060concerns the relationship between the sacral and the throat centres. (EA, p.191) 1465|01:43:24|020|01:43:26|740Now, of course, both of them are creative centres, 1466|01:43:27|550|01:43:30|910but we're dealing with two types of creativity here, are we 1467|01:43:31|410|01:43:37|070not? Lower and higher creativity? 1468|01:43:37|390|01:43:40|590So I suppose that in Sagittarius, we oftentimes 1469|01:43:40|990|01:43:44|710conceive or envision that which we wish 1470|01:43:45|210|01:43:48|990to create. This may be true in the case of creating a child. 1471|01:43:49|490|01:43:53|400It may be true in the case of creating something higher 1472|01:43:53|800|01:43:57|320in the more spiritual sense, because creativity 1473|01:43:57|820|01:44:01|280and envisioning work together. Here we have maybe 1474|01:44:01|780|01:44:04|200the sacral, throat and Ajna centre involved. 1475|01:44:05|080|01:44:09|560Even actually, the solar plexus can be involved in envisioning 1476|01:44:10|060|01:44:12|920or desiring that which is to be created. 1477|01:44:13|080|01:44:16|800Maybe if we look at the two forms of creativity, we find sacral 1478|01:44:17|300|01:44:20|610and solar plexus involved in the lower, and the throat centre, 1479|01:44:21|110|01:44:24|090and the Ajna centre involved in the higher sense. 1480|01:44:24|890|01:44:28|170These powers, okay, the relationship between 1481|01:44:28|670|01:44:31|770the sacral and throat. And as we know, at the time of the first initiation 1482|01:44:32|090|01:44:35|050with which Sagittarius has something to do, 1483|01:44:35|290|01:44:39|530we're told initiates of the first two degrees, or probationary 1484|01:44:40|030|01:44:43|890initiates in relation to Sagittarius. At that 1485|01:44:44|390|01:44:47|870time of the first initiation, there is an elevation 1486|01:44:48|110|01:44:51|150of the sacral energies towards the throat. 1487|01:44:51|710|01:44:54|910And the individual, instead of being what 1488|01:44:55|410|01:44:58|510we can call procreative, becomes creative 1489|01:44:59|010|01:45:02|189in the higher sense. We're moving from… 1490|01:45:02|910|01:45:04|110What are we moving from? 1491|01:45:06|510|01:45:10|270How many petals here in the sacral centre? Yes, 1492|01:45:10|770|01:45:14|550I think six petals. We're moving from the six to the 1493|01:45:15|050|01:45:19|70016. Interesting how the number 22 does enter 1494|01:45:20|180|01:45:23|820into the creative process. When we consider the 6 1495|01:45:24|320|01:45:28|180of the sacral and the 16 of the throat, we get 22. 1496|01:45:28|580|01:45:32|380When we consider the 10 of the solar plexus and the 12 of 1497|01:45:32|880|01:45:36|980the heart, these are energy transfer routes, 1498|01:45:37|300|01:45:39|860we also get 22. 1499|01:45:41|860|01:45:45|430All right, so the disciple has 1500|01:45:45|930|01:45:49|470two things to discover. And these are the power to make progress upon the 1501|01:45:49|970|01:45:54|270path. You know, to really advance and not to be held back by deflections, 1502|01:45:54|830|01:45:58|790obstacles. By achieving a certain positivity over 1503|01:45:59|290|01:46:03|430any obstacle that might present itself. The Sagittarian individual is 1504|01:46:03|930|01:46:07|350able to progress powerfully upon the path through what 1505|01:46:07|850|01:46:12|010we call psi power. You know, there's much racing that's done 1506|01:46:12|090|01:46:15|770in Sagittarius and much willful insistence 1507|01:46:15|930|01:46:19|930on forging ahead. And also the ability to create in the 1508|01:46:20|430|01:46:24|730higher and spiritual sense. And these can be high thought 1509|01:46:25|230|01:46:29|410forms and patterns which are created theories, 1510|01:46:29|910|01:46:33|770you might say, because Sagittarius has much to do with 1511|01:46:34|270|01:46:37|540the higher mind, especially the higher, when the third ray is prominent. 1512|01:46:38|260|01:46:41|460So this concerns the relationship between the sacral and the ajna centers. 1513|01:46:41|780|01:46:43|140These powers, 1514|01:46:44|980|01:46:48|700which I think oftentimes have much to do with vision, and so does Sagittarius, 1515|01:46:49|200|01:46:52|660have much to do with the higher powers. Much depends on what we 1516|01:46:52|820|01:46:57|460see. These powers (the higher powers) are as yet embryonic 1517|01:46:58|020|01:47:01|260in the earlier Sagittarian experience of the 1518|01:47:01|760|01:47:05|700 disciple, (EA, p.191) even of the disciple. We're not just talking about the Sagittarian experience 1519|01:47:06|360|01:47:09|720of the undeveloped man, but of the disciple himself. 1520|01:47:10|040|01:47:13|320but they become more developed and potent as he 1521|01:47:13|820|01:47:17|720cyclically returns to life experience in this sign. (EA, p.191) 1522|01:47:18|220|01:47:20|360And, you know, it takes a long time. 1523|01:47:22|040|01:47:25|960I think what D.K. is describing is that there is return 1524|01:47:26|280|01:47:29|960to a sign many times, 1525|01:47:31|080|01:47:34|760either with that sign as the sun sign or the rising sign, or perhaps 1526|01:47:34|920|01:47:38|550in some stellium, giving the necessary influence. 1527|01:47:39|190|01:47:42|550And each time we find 1528|01:47:43|050|01:47:47|350ourselves in or under a particular sign, we can take 1529|01:47:47|850|01:47:51|830up the threads of what was developed during our 1530|01:47:52|330|01:47:55|830experience, our earlier experience in that sign, 1531|01:47:56|870|01:48:00|990and we can refine it and empower it and elevate 1532|01:48:01|490|01:48:05|710it so that we can get a more spiritually 1533|01:48:05|870|01:48:09|070fitting expression of that particular energy. 1534|01:48:09|230|01:48:13|150So, you know, you might ask yourself, given the particular signs 1535|01:48:13|650|01:48:16|990that are important for you at this particular time, 1536|01:48:18|190|01:48:21|950what do you think you did with them the last time you 1537|01:48:22|450|01:48:27|790were subject to them? You might enter a little meditation 1538|01:48:28|290|01:48:31|980with active imagination and see if there's any 1539|01:48:32|480|01:48:35|820hint of how you dealt with these energies in an 1540|01:48:36|320|01:48:39|820earlier time compared with how you are dealing with them at 1541|01:48:40|320|01:48:42|700this time. Okay, we can do a little more here. 1542|01:48:43|980|01:48:47|940It is interesting to note that no planet is exalted 1543|01:48:48|440|01:48:52|100in Sagittarius and that no planet falls in this 1544|01:48:52|600|01:48:59|530sign. (EA, p.191) I suppose this is telling us something about the balanced 1545|01:49:00|030|01:49:03|210nature of this sign. Let's see if 1546|01:49:03|710|01:49:06|330we can think of any. No, we can't think of a fall and we cannot 1547|01:49:06|830|01:49:11|250think of an exaltation. Only one thing happens other 1548|01:49:11|750|01:49:15|730than the rulership, I suppose, and that is that the power of Mercury 1549|01:49:16|230|01:49:20|130is greatly lessened. Well, it's one form of 1550|01:49:20|630|01:49:24|560mercurial expression that is in which Mercury 1551|01:49:24|880|01:49:28|640is greatly lessened. Another form 1552|01:49:28|800|01:49:33|280of expression of Mercury, the intuitive aspect 1553|01:49:33|780|01:49:36|880of it, and perhaps what we might call that aspect 1554|01:49:37|380|01:49:40|160of Mercury which relates to the abstract mind, 1555|01:49:41|040|01:49:44|880that power is in fact enhanced. 1556|01:49:45|760|01:49:49|730So you get a number of people with an 1557|01:49:50|230|01:49:54|410excellent abstract mind having 1558|01:49:54|490|01:49:58|330Mercury in Sagittarius. You also perhaps 1559|01:49:58|970|01:50:03|250get illogical people at an earlier stage who cannot 1560|01:50:03|750|01:50:07|690tie their thoughts together with logic, but rather 1561|01:50:07|850|01:50:11|530leap from point to point as their desire 1562|01:50:11|610|01:50:13|370indicates that they should. 1563|01:50:15|010|01:50:18|930So Only one thing happens and that is that the power of Mercury is greatly lessened. (EA, p.191) 1564|01:50:19|430|01:50:22|210especially for the less developed individual. 1565|01:50:23|170|01:50:27|010If you consider Mercury as related only, let us 1566|01:50:27|510|01:50:31|010say, to the concrete mind. But once you start to think of Mercury as 1567|01:50:31|510|01:50:35|090related to the son of mind or soul, 1568|01:50:35|590|01:50:38|050unitive mind, let us call it, or to the abstract mind, 1569|01:50:38|610|01:50:42|010or to the transcendental mind of intuition, or to 1570|01:50:42|510|01:50:46|190the atmic mind which embodies will and law, 1571|01:50:46|590|01:50:49|990then maybe in Sagittarius the power of 1572|01:50:50|490|01:50:54|030Mercury is not greatly lessened. Maybe there are special 1573|01:50:54|590|01:50:58|270methods of expressing Mercury 1574|01:50:58|349|01:51:01|710in relation to Sagittarius. And one of the good ways of doing this, 1575|01:51:02|210|01:51:06|070of course, would be to look up famous people who 1576|01:51:06|570|01:51:10|230have Mercury in Sagittarius and that you can do through 1577|01:51:10|730|01:51:14|690the Solar Fire program. And probably they would not be well known unless 1578|01:51:15|190|01:51:18|770they had a pretty well-developed mind. Usually that's the case, and to see the 1579|01:51:19|270|01:51:22|450manner in which the mind did work with Mercury 1580|01:51:22|950|01:51:25|450in Sagittarius, okay? For this reason, 1581|01:51:26|890|01:51:30|650Sagittarius—that is, the fact that no planet is exalted 1582|01:51:31|150|01:51:34|770or falls—which means that there's no very, 1583|01:51:35|270|01:51:38|690very high expression of a particular planet or very low expression of 1584|01:51:39|190|01:51:43|130a planet. For this reason Sagittarius is 1585|01:51:43|450|01:51:46|730esoterically regarded as a sign of balance 1586|01:51:47|290|01:51:50|930and of no extremes; (EA, p.191) And that takes us back to the idea of 1587|01:51:51|430|01:51:55|170it ruling the Temperance card in the 1588|01:51:55|670|01:52:00|210Tarot, as there is no great fall and no exaltation. (EA, p.191) 1589|01:52:00|710|01:52:03|610Well, a detriment is a kind of fall, 1590|01:52:03|930|01:52:07|850but it's not a great fall. And that's why D.K. says there's no great fall 1591|01:52:08|010|01:52:12|740and no exaltation. This fact indicates that 1592|01:52:13|240|01:52:16|700the disciple has to walk an even way between 1593|01:52:16|780|01:52:20|500the pairs of opposites, uninfluenced by either 1594|01:52:21|000|01:52:24|540the “power of exaltation or the potency of that which falls.” (EA, p.191) 1595|01:52:24|700|01:52:27|500This is coming from the old commentary, 1596|01:52:28|540|01:52:32|580and it's interesting because we're told—I spoke 1597|01:52:33|080|01:52:36|620earlier of what I called the approach to the 1598|01:52:37|120|01:52:40|870third initiation, as Sagittarius can envision that. 1599|01:52:41|830|01:52:46|110And we are told that in that approach, it 1600|01:52:46|610|01:52:50|310is not the heights of aspiration that are 1601|01:52:50|810|01:52:54|550involved, but a steady, forward movement 1602|01:52:55|050|01:52:58|470along the planes. So, of course, 1603|01:52:58|970|01:53:02|230there are heights of enthusiasm which 1604|01:53:02|730|01:53:06|470the Sagittarian can reach. But this is not the way the 1605|01:53:06|970|01:53:10|630third initiation is to be approached. So the 1606|01:53:11|130|01:53:15|630disciple has to walk an even way between his 1607|01:53:15|710|01:53:19|470personality nature and his summoning soul nature, 1608|01:53:20|030|01:53:24|110uninfluenced by that which will, through exaltation, 1609|01:53:24|510|01:53:28|030take him off the path, or through temptation, 1610|01:53:28|270|01:53:32|190take him off the path. Neither the valley nor the heights 1611|01:53:32|430|01:53:35|150produces any demonstrable effect. (EA, p.191) And that's interesting, 1612|01:53:35|470|01:53:39|520because we do remember that in Aquarius— 1613|01:53:40|320|01:53:43|760Whoops. What have I done 1614|01:53:43|840|01:53:48|240here? I hope I can go backwards here. Yes. That in Aquarius, 1615|01:53:48|400|01:53:52|320the hill and valley experience actually 1616|01:53:54|080|01:53:57|280was very prominent. So let's see here. 1617|01:53:57|920|01:54:02|480Let's just say, unlike that other Jupiterian 1618|01:54:03|360|01:54:06|720sign, Aquarius—you know, we talk about 1619|01:54:07|220|01:54:10|640the heights of exaltation and the depths of depression 1620|01:54:10|960|01:54:14|520in relation to Aquarius, you know, the sign which 1621|01:54:15|020|01:54:19|120we can associate with bipolar disorder, 1622|01:54:19|620|01:54:22|000or what's called the manic-depressive state. 1623|01:54:23|680|01:54:27|360So let us look again, I suppose, for the steadiness of 1624|01:54:27|860|01:54:31|610the Sagittarian, see if we can find this in Sagittarian 1625|01:54:32|110|01:54:35|370disciples who are, in a way, 1626|01:54:35|690|01:54:38|810avoiding the great heights 1627|01:54:38|970|01:54:42|050and the depths. Mercury, 1628|01:54:42|550|01:54:46|130which is the expression of the fourth ray and also the God of 1629|01:54:46|630|01:54:49|370the mental processes (EA, p.191) and that's many mental processes, 1630|01:54:49|870|01:54:53|570maybe five of them, as we've been discussing—has his 1631|01:54:54|070|01:54:57|760power definitely lessened in this sign and this 1632|01:54:57|920|01:55:00|240for two reasons, esoterically speaking: (EA, p.191) 1633|01:55:00|880|01:55:03|360Okay. I think what we will do, however, 1634|01:55:04|720|01:55:08|360is we will bring this portion to 1635|01:55:08|860|01:55:12|560an end. So this is Esoteric 1636|01:55:13|060|01:55:18|000Astrology Adventure number 74B. 1637|01:55:19|200|01:55:22|680And this is page 189 to 1638|01:55:23|180|01:55:26|320192. And we will let 1639|01:55:26|820|01:55:30|120this be a two-hour segment. 1640|01:55:32|120|01:55:36|440And we have just time then to close with the Great 1641|01:55:36|600|01:55:39|560Invocation, which we will do. 1642|01:55:40|280|01:55:40|840Okay. 1643|01:55:45|240|01:55:48|370All right. And then we will move 1644|01:55:48|870|01:55:52|930on into Esoteric Astrology Adventure number 75. 1645|01:55:54|770|01:55:58|010So let us together sound the Great 1646|01:55:58|510|01:55:58|770Invocation. 1647|01:56:03|010|01:56:06|610From the point of light within the mind of God, 1648|01:56:07|410|01:56:11|250let light stream forth into the minds of men. 1649|01:56:12|460|01:56:14|380Let light descend on earth. 1650|01:56:19|100|01:56:22|620From the point of love within the heart of God, 1651|01:56:23|100|01:56:27|020let love stream forth into the hearts of men. 1652|01:56:27|900|01:56:33|860May Christ return to earth from 1653|01:56:34|360|01:56:38|250the center where the will of God is known. Let purpose guide the 1654|01:56:38|750|01:56:42|210little wills of men, the purpose which the Masters know 1655|01:56:42|710|01:56:43|170and serve. 1656|01:56:46|690|01:56:49|250From the center which we call the race of men, 1657|01:56:49|890|01:56:52|850let the plan of love and light work out, 1658|01:56:53|650|01:56:57|410and may it seal the door where evil dwells. 1659|01:57:00|450|01:57:04|390Let light and love and power restore 1660|01:57:04|890|01:57:06|270the plan on Earth. 1661|01:57:48|840|01:57:52|080Okay, and so we are at page 192, 1662|01:57:52|580|01:57:56|580and we're talking about Mercury is the God of the mental processes 1663|01:57:57|080|01:58:00|260and the reason why there is no great fall. But there is 1664|01:58:00|760|01:58:03|180a detriment, and his power is lessened. 1665|01:58:03|660|01:58:07|020So we will take this up either as the beginning of number 1666|01:58:07|100|01:58:11|34075 or as perhaps a continuation of 1667|01:58:11|420|01:58:14|300number 74. 1668|01:58:17|420|01:58:18|220See you soon.