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1|00:00:02|000|00:00:06|080Okay, friends. Hi. Here we are continuing 2|00:00:06|480|00:00:09|920in Esoteric Psychology, Volume 2. 3|00:00:11|440|00:00:14|640We have just finished the 4|00:00:14|880|00:00:19|440Laws of the Soul Commentary webinar commentary number 5|00:00:19|940|00:00:24|28011. And we finished with the Law of Magnetic 6|00:00:24|780|00:00:28|260Impulse. I made some commentary on that. 7|00:00:29|380|00:00:33|020In relation to the last pages of A Treatise on Cosmic 8|00:00:33|520|00:00:37|580Fire. And also now in this 9|00:00:38|080|00:00:41|819more specific psychology book. The two fiery balls 10|00:00:42|319|00:00:46|020in the triangle. It seems to relate 11|00:00:46|520|00:00:49|940specifically to the head center. And the 12|00:00:50|440|00:00:53|350Ajna center, the triangle. 13|00:00:54|470|00:00:57|830To the connection of those two centers with the Alta Major center. 14|00:00:58|150|00:01:01|670Eventually, also, there's a sense 15|00:01:02|170|00:01:05|590in which those two fiery balls can also be related 16|00:01:06|150|00:01:09|470to the sign Libra, where we have 17|00:01:09|970|00:01:13|830the two parts of the scale, the two lobes 18|00:01:14|330|00:01:18|330of the Ajna center, and a reconciling 19|00:01:18|410|00:01:21|690point between them where they cross. 20|00:01:22|810|00:01:25|850Now we will be moving into number 12, 21|00:01:27|050|00:01:30|410beginning with page 118. And this 22|00:01:30|910|00:01:34|170is the Law of Service. It's kind of interesting. 23|00:01:34|490|00:01:37|530The first law, the Law of Sacrifice, 24|00:01:38|330|00:01:40|730had a relationship not only to the fourth ray, 25|00:01:41|370|00:01:45|380but to the first ray. The second law, 26|00:01:45|460|00:01:48|860in numerical order, has a relationship to the second 27|00:01:49|360|00:01:54|580ray. And the third law will 28|00:01:55|080|00:01:58|460be seen as related primarily to the sixth ray and 29|00:01:58|960|00:02:02|620to Pisces. But also, interestingly enough, to the third ray, 30|00:02:03|120|00:02:06|940which is closely related to the sixth. 31|00:02:07|440|00:02:10|820Two threes making six. And service so often 32|00:02:11|920|00:02:16|320relating to outer action. Love, the second aspect in 33|00:02:16|820|00:02:20|720action, service. It's sometimes said that goodwill is 34|00:02:21|120|00:02:25|080love in action. And those who are animated by goodwill are 35|00:02:25|580|00:02:29|600those who serve. So service is carrying out the realization 36|00:02:30|080|00:02:34|120of the inner planes with beneficent 37|00:02:34|620|00:02:37|680effect onto the outer planes. 38|00:02:38|640|00:02:42|280The Law of Service. And this actually goes 39|00:02:42|780|00:02:45|360on for quite a while, almost 30 pages. 40|00:02:47|040|00:02:52|000Its exoteric name is the Law of Service, and esoterically, 41|00:02:52|500|00:02:57|120the Law of Water and the Fishes. The fishes are the souls 42|00:02:57|620|00:03:01|000immersed in form, in matter. And water 43|00:03:01|500|00:03:05|210is matter. And how shall they be redeemed 44|00:03:05|290|00:03:08|770from their imprisonment within the 45|00:03:09|270|00:03:12|610waters of life? Especially here, within the 46|00:03:13|110|00:03:15|610lower 18 subplanes. Interestingly enough, 47|00:03:16|970|00:03:20|329a number summing to nine. So we have the third law 48|00:03:20|810|00:03:22|970related to the sixth ray. 49|00:03:24|410|00:03:28|010And its particular arena of application is 50|00:03:28|170|00:03:31|010in the sphere related to the third ray, 51|00:03:31|510|00:03:34|290whose number is nine (one and eight are nine). 52|00:03:36|050|00:03:39|210The symbol: the man with the pot of water. And the pot of water 53|00:03:39|710|00:03:42|530is balanced on his head. And this is— 54|00:03:43|410|00:03:46|810I think this is discussed in Cosmic 55|00:03:47|310|00:03:51|090Fire, and maybe also a little bit later—it is outpouring energy from 56|00:03:51|590|00:03:55|290the… Of the waters of life are pouring out from the great abundance of 57|00:03:55|790|00:03:59|850the developed head center. The sixth ray is related to this outpouring, 58|00:04:00|350|00:04:04|050and it animates, it vivifies, it stimulates. It's 59|00:04:04|550|00:04:06|910a bit like the energy of the Holy Spirit. 60|00:04:08|110|00:04:11|430There are some quotations here from the Treatise on Cosmic 61|00:04:11|930|00:04:15|870Fire. And we see the symbol here: “a pitcher on the head of 62|00:04:16|370|00:04:19|910a man.” So that is a slightly different view 63|00:04:20|410|00:04:24|550of the symbol. And here is another one: “A pitcher of water balanced 64|00:04:25|050|00:04:27|910on the head of a man standing in the form of a cross.” The man 65|00:04:28|410|00:04:31|990is standing in the form of a cross. It is this law which brings in 66|00:04:32|490|00:04:35|480the energy symbolized by the sign Aquarius. 67|00:04:36|280|00:04:39|640And this law is the governing 68|00:04:39|800|00:04:43|000factor of the Aquarian Age. So the 69|00:04:43|500|00:04:46|440Law of Service and the water bearer—the symbols are very similar, 70|00:04:46|520|00:04:49|880but the additional poise is there. 71|00:04:49|960|00:04:53|320It might be added that the symbol for law two was 72|00:04:53|820|00:04:57|280the origin of the balance, or the scales, of the sign 73|00:04:57|780|00:05:01|220Libra. That's the two fiery balls in the triangle. But in the course of the 74|00:05:01|720|00:05:05|620ages, its true form was distorted. So not all the 75|00:05:06|120|00:05:09|780astrological signs can be traced to the symbols, and only a few can 76|00:05:10|280|00:05:13|540be traced back as far as the Master's ashram. 77|00:05:14|040|00:05:19|580All right, so these are additional statements, and 78|00:05:19|900|00:05:22|860I believe… Let's see, I want to… 79|00:05:24|620|00:05:27|980I wonder if an astrological sign is associated here. 80|00:05:28|670|00:05:32|510Let's go into Esoteric Psychology 2 81|00:05:34|030|00:05:37|790and the place where the law 82|00:05:38|290|00:05:41|470of service would be discussed—probably Esoteric Psychology 83|00:05:41|970|00:05:44|1902, page 118 or so. 84|00:05:46|030|00:05:49|110We do not see the sign Pisces here, 85|00:05:49|610|00:05:52|270but since water and the fishes are involved, 86|00:05:53|070|00:05:56|950it will be involved as well as Aquarius. And we do realize that 87|00:05:57|450|00:06:01|150there is an overlap between the two constellations 88|00:06:01|650|00:06:04|950Aquarius and Pisces, through that 89|00:06:05|450|00:06:08|950area of the constellation which is called the band—the band in 90|00:06:09|450|00:06:13|430the sign, in the constellation 91|00:06:13|930|00:06:17|310Pisces. So there is some sort of synthetic union between 92|00:06:17|390|00:06:21|230these two signs and this particular 93|00:06:21|310|00:06:25|130law, which is going to be the important law of 94|00:06:25|630|00:06:28|930the Aquarian age, where we have this outpouring energy. 95|00:06:30|370|00:06:35|090It will also have some sort of connection 96|00:06:35|170|00:06:38|890with the sign Pisces, which is ruled incidentally by the 97|00:06:39|390|00:06:43|250sixth ray. And we also have to think of the idea that 98|00:06:43|410|00:06:47|250many Aquarian people are animated by a strong idealism 99|00:06:48|050|00:06:52|050which connects to the sixth ray. So we have a kind of fusion 100|00:06:52|550|00:06:56|700here—the sign Pisces with the fishes and a symbol 101|00:06:57|200|00:06:59|820similar to that of the water carrier. 102|00:07:00|860|00:07:05|260All right. Vivifying energy. And we know the electric vitality 103|00:07:06|300|00:07:09|580of the etheric body associated with Pisces— 104|00:07:09|820|00:07:13|500excuse me, with Aquarius. And we know 105|00:07:14|000|00:07:17|900that the vivification of the etheric body 106|00:07:18|400|00:07:22|320is one of the objectives of progress being during the 107|00:07:23|120|00:07:26|600Aquarian age. So there is a kind 108|00:07:27|100|00:07:30|720of electrification here. The energy of the Holy Spirit— 109|00:07:31|200|00:07:34|640the third aspect of divinity is related in a way to the 110|00:07:35|200|00:07:38|400third vehicle: beginning with the mind, first vehicle; 111|00:07:38|800|00:07:42|400astral, second vehicle; and then the etheric body, the third vehicle. 112|00:07:42|880|00:07:46|840Hence the third law, the vivifying energy, and 113|00:07:47|340|00:07:52|590the association of the Holy Spirit with the etheric 114|00:07:52|990|00:07:56|870vehicle. And of course, Aquarius, associated 115|00:07:57|370|00:08:01|470with this law as well, is an outpouring energy. It's not a centralizing 116|00:08:01|970|00:08:05|670energy; it's a decentralizing energy. And the energy goes forth to 117|00:08:06|170|00:08:10|350all, making possible the circulation 118|00:08:10|590|00:08:13|710of life and vitality to all. 119|00:08:14|940|00:08:18|780All right, let's see what we have. Oops, that's not 120|00:08:19|280|00:08:23|020what I want. I'm going to make the 121|00:08:23|660|00:08:28|540red symbol. All right, and 122|00:08:30|860|00:08:34|540ready to go. We come now 123|00:08:34|620|00:08:38|740to the consideration of the third law 124|00:08:39|240|00:08:41|820of the soul. You know, whenever we have the number three, 125|00:08:42|980|00:08:46|500something involving manifestation, the lowest 126|00:08:47|000|00:08:51|220of the three aspects will be needed. We have the 127|00:08:51|460|00:08:54|660will, we have love, and then we have intelligence. 128|00:08:55|860|00:08:59|140And intelligence is connected with the arrangement 129|00:08:59|640|00:09:03|260to manifest. We come now to consideration of the 130|00:09:03|760|00:09:08|180third law of the soul, which is intended to govern all soul 131|00:09:08|680|00:09:12|250activity. Notice the word “activity” there as well, because it's 132|00:09:12|750|00:09:15|970the third aspect connected with activity. It is the law of service. 1|00:00:02|000|00:00:06|080However, before we elaborate this theme, 134|00:09:20|050|00:09:24|210there are three things which merit 135|00:09:24|710|00:09:27|410our careful attention, okay? 136|00:09:28|850|00:09:32|570First is the fact that the 137|00:09:33|070|00:09:37|200result of all contacts achieved in meditation 138|00:09:37|700|00:09:40|960and the measure of our success will 139|00:09:41|460|00:09:46|720be determined by the ensuing service to 140|00:09:47|220|00:09:51|120the race. In other words, it's not for the accumulation of knowledge; it's not 141|00:09:51|620|00:09:55|960for special experiences of a transcendental kind 142|00:09:56|460|00:10:00|360that we meditate. All of these have to be turned 143|00:10:00|860|00:10:04|310towards the improvement of our conditions 144|00:10:04|550|00:10:08|150in the lower worlds. Otherwise, they 145|00:10:08|650|00:10:12|070are merely a form of self-indulgence. 146|00:10:12|950|00:10:17|670If there is right understanding, there will necessarily be 147|00:10:17|830|00:10:21|470right action. The necessity of 148|00:10:21|970|00:10:25|310service will be seen. I think maybe this 149|00:10:25|810|00:10:27|910is a little too big. 150|00:10:29|200|00:10:32|200Okay, we'll bring this back here 151|00:10:32|700|00:10:34|400to maybe 16. 152|00:10:37|120|00:10:40|640Yes. The right under the necessity 153|00:10:42|880|00:10:46|960to serve will 154|00:10:47|460|00:10:51|200be seen. Okay, this is… Aha. 155|00:10:52|160|00:10:56|120This is not what I'm looking for. I'm looking for 156|00:10:57|880|00:10:58|600a hole, 157|00:11:02|360|00:11:07|080right? The necessity for service will 158|00:11:07|580|00:11:08|840be seen and understood, 159|00:11:11|480|00:11:15|320okay? Because it will be seen that there is a connection 160|00:11:15|820|00:11:18|800between the higher planes and the lower, and that the higher must work out upon 161|00:11:19|300|00:11:23|770the lower. And that service is the means by which these higher energies take 162|00:11:24|270|00:11:27|930form within the configuration of the lower world. 163|00:11:30|810|00:11:34|810So if there is no action, no serviceable 164|00:11:35|310|00:11:38|690action resulting from one's studies, from one's meditation, from one's so-called 165|00:11:39|190|00:11:42|730spiritual life, then there is not right 166|00:11:42|970|00:11:46|410understanding of that which has been contacted, that which 167|00:11:46|910|00:11:49|040has been meditated upon, that which has been studied. 168|00:11:50|400|00:11:54|040It has previously been pointed out that the three great sciences 1|00:00:02|000|00:00:06|080which will come to the fore in the new age and obviously 170|00:11:59|220|00:12:02|560here, the Age of Aquarius. Okay, 171|00:12:04|479|00:12:07|760okay, right. 172|00:12:10|800|00:12:14|490So the three great sciences which 173|00:12:14|990|00:12:19|370will lead humanity from the unreal to the real and from aspiration 174|00:12:19|870|00:12:23|850to realization, both interestingly related to Sagittarius, 175|00:12:24|350|00:12:27|690which begins with aspiration and ends with intuitive 176|00:12:28|650|00:12:31|850realization. The three great sciences of the scientific 177|00:12:31|930|00:12:35|330Fifth Ray, Aquarian Age Fifth Ray, as well as of 178|00:12:35|830|00:12:38|010the Seventh Ray, are the science of meditation, 179|00:12:39|130|00:12:42|330the coming science of the mind, and how the mind may be 180|00:12:42|830|00:12:46|880illumined by the higher energies, 181|00:12:47|200|00:12:50|840that of the soul and beyond. The science of the Antaskarana, 182|00:12:51|340|00:12:55|160or the science of the bridging, which must take place between higher and 183|00:12:55|660|00:12:58|800lower mind. And that's just the beginning of the Antaskarana. 184|00:13:00|640|00:13:04|080Lower mind, of course, occurs on the 185|00:13:05|040|00:13:08|440fourth level. The height of lower 186|00:13:08|940|00:13:11|680mind is on the fourth level of the mental plane. And the beginning of the… 187|00:13:12|920|00:13:16|680The beginning of the anchoring of the Antaskarana in the 188|00:13:17|240|00:13:21|160spiritual triad is the manas permanent 189|00:13:21|660|00:13:25|120atom, or that of the higher mind. So the science of the Antaskarana and the 190|00:13:25|620|00:13:29|160science of service, meditation, the Antaskarana 191|00:13:30|040|00:13:34|120or Antakarana, depending on how one wants to 192|00:13:36|040|00:13:39|710pronounce it. And service, which is 193|00:13:40|210|00:13:43|750a definite technique of attunement. At one point, D.K. says, 194|00:13:44|070|00:13:48|030in effect, it's better to serve than to meditate. Service calls 195|00:13:48|530|00:13:52|270upon all the resources of the higher self in 196|00:13:52|770|00:13:55|910a way that nothing else does, no other method does. 197|00:13:56|790|00:14:02|150So in the extremity of service, our internal resources 198|00:14:02|650|00:14:05|990are called forth and made available to us in a way that 199|00:14:06|070|00:14:10|110really brings the plan into manifestation. Really, the science 200|00:14:10|610|00:14:13|470of the Antaskarana is kind of an extension of the science of meditation, or at 201|00:14:13|970|00:14:17|390least a certain subcategory within it. Meditation is 202|00:14:17|890|00:14:21|870a very large area of… The science of the Antaskarana is about 203|00:14:22|370|00:14:24|870bridging in several phases, the first of which is between… 204|00:14:25|510|00:14:29|030Between the personality and the soul itself. The second of which is between 205|00:14:29|530|00:14:32|970the personality and… And the triadic self and eventually 206|00:14:33|470|00:14:36|810the monad. Right. We have to make these 207|00:14:37|310|00:14:41|170things real to ourselves. So let's put them down, you know, just so that we 208|00:14:41|670|00:14:45|130can see. It is whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop. 209|00:14:45|530|00:14:48|330Okay, okay. 210|00:14:49|290|00:14:51|930So it is meditation. 211|00:14:54|410|00:14:57|210This is amazing. It keeps on relapsing to… 212|00:14:58|470|00:15:01|350And I don't know why. 213|00:15:01|590|00:15:04|310Aha. But I have an idea of what to do, 214|00:15:05|750|00:15:09|030so perhaps I'll do it 215|00:15:09|530|00:15:13|030this way. Aha. That was the problem. Now. 216|00:15:15|590|00:15:19|110English US okay, 217|00:15:21|030|00:15:23|270The intricacies of these things. 218|00:15:24|750|00:15:28|750Okay, let's see if I can. And then from English US 219|00:15:29|950|00:15:34|110we will go to English UK set as default 220|00:15:34|990|00:15:39|070and English us And 221|00:15:39|629|00:15:43|670Let's make this English UK. Sorry for this little delay, 222|00:15:44|170|00:15:48|350but my computer has me wondering about my own sanity here, 223|00:15:49|070|00:15:53|150certainly about my ability to negotiate all of these methods 224|00:15:53|650|00:15:56|470involved with MS Word. All right, hopefully this works. 225|00:15:57|190|00:16:00|710So what I want to put down here is the idea 226|00:16:01|430|00:16:03|030of meditation, 227|00:16:05|510|00:16:09|270the antahkarana and service. 228|00:16:09|510|00:16:14|950Three aspects of the three 229|00:16:15|450|00:16:18|230great sciences to emerge. Maybe we can even look at these in sort of a 230|00:16:18|730|00:16:21|980first ray, second ray, and third ray manner. Meditation in general, 231|00:16:22|780|00:16:26|700when linked with meditation, study and service, takes up the position of the first ray. 232|00:16:27|820|00:16:30|140The antahkarana is a bridging activity. 233|00:16:31|420|00:16:35|579So it's a relational activity, and it relates to 234|00:16:36|079|00:16:39|220poles. Hence the second ray and service, the activity on 235|00:16:39|720|00:16:43|100the outer plane whereby the higher energies are expressed. 236|00:16:43|420|00:16:47|120We shall now consider the broad outlines of this science 237|00:16:47|620|00:16:50|680of service, for it is the 238|00:16:51|180|00:16:54|920major releasing factor in the disciple's life. 239|00:16:55|420|00:16:58|320I think we really have to take this to heart. 240|00:16:58|400|00:16:59|360Service is this. 241|00:17:02|160|00:17:05|640So if we find, you know, I'm sure we've all experienced 242|00:17:06|140|00:17:10|200that. Suppose we get involved within ourselves and somehow 243|00:17:10|700|00:17:14|330feel less than expansive, and our 244|00:17:14|490|00:17:18|170contact is not as high as it should be, we find that 245|00:17:18|810|00:17:22|730engaging in service is immediately uplifting. 246|00:17:23|370|00:17:27|010This is something that anybody can try for himself and 247|00:17:27|510|00:17:30|770will discover it to be the case. So the major 248|00:17:31|270|00:17:34|650releasing factor in the disciple's life. Secondly, this law of 249|00:17:35|150|00:17:38|220service is something that may not be escaped. Well, we have 250|00:17:38|720|00:17:42|100these petals of the egoic lotus and the third, interestingly enough, 251|00:17:42|420|00:17:45|780the third of every tier of petals is the petal of sacrifice. You see 252|00:17:46|280|00:17:50|500the connection. Third of every petal 253|00:17:51|000|00:17:55|540of the egoic lotus is a petal of sacrifice. 254|00:17:57|460|00:18:00|740Okay, that's not… Perhaps 255|00:18:00|820|00:18:04|260petal of sacrifice. So in this 256|00:18:04|760|00:18:07|980petal of sacrifice and in the various activities which are 257|00:18:08|220|00:18:12|020compelled by it or demanded within 258|00:18:12|520|00:18:16|620it, the process of service is encountered 259|00:18:16|780|00:18:20|060and will lead to sacrifice. First may become 260|00:18:20|560|00:18:23|660servitude and then service, and then 261|00:18:24|700|00:18:28|620servitude or unwilling sacrifice. Then voluntary service 262|00:18:28|700|00:18:32|670leading to… complete sacrifice. Eventually the 263|00:18:33|170|00:18:36|910sacrifice of all forever, as it is said in relation to the 264|00:18:37|410|00:18:40|830ninth petal of the egoic lotus. So secondly, this law of service 265|00:18:41|330|00:18:44|670is something which may not be escaped. Evasion brings 266|00:18:45|170|00:18:49|110its penalties if that evasion is 267|00:18:49|610|00:18:52|790conscious. It's a question of Saturn consciousness, 268|00:18:53|290|00:18:56|870the third ray. We are not 269|00:18:57|370|00:19:00|750karmically responsible for that which we do when we are 270|00:19:01|250|00:19:04|470not conscious, at least not in the fullest sense of the word. 271|00:19:04|950|00:19:09|070There may be consequences to that which we do, which is against the 272|00:19:09|570|00:19:12|950law, and of which we are not conscious. But the penalties as 273|00:19:13|450|00:19:16|630here described are not applied except to a conscious being. 274|00:19:17|110|00:19:20|570So evasion brings its penalties, if that evasion 275|00:19:20|720|00:19:24|440is conscious. Ability to serve marks a 276|00:19:24|940|00:19:26|720definite stage of advance upon the path. 277|00:19:28|320|00:19:32|800Let's just note that. And until 1|00:00:02|000|00:00:06|080that stage is reached, spontaneous service… 279|00:19:36|320|00:19:40|480Notice the word spontaneous. It's without calculation 280|00:19:40|980|00:19:45|720and deliberation. And this is the difference between the will to love and simply 281|00:19:46|220|00:19:49|730loving. DK makes much of this in the discipleship book. At first he 282|00:19:50|230|00:19:53|850wants to burn all of us up in the will to love. 283|00:19:54|350|00:19:58|970But then, beyond the will to love is the spontaneous 284|00:19:59|210|00:20:02|810loving. So many 285|00:20:02|890|00:20:06|690good habits have gone into creating that spontaneity. And it occurs 286|00:20:07|190|00:20:11|050without fault, without deliberation, without hesitation. 287|00:20:12|270|00:20:16|790So until this stage is reached, this ability 288|00:20:17|290|00:20:21|030to serve, spontaneous service rendered in love and 289|00:20:21|530|00:20:25|550guided by wisdom… Notice how both are necessary… cannot be given. 290|00:20:26|670|00:20:29|710I want to somehow emphasise both of those. 291|00:20:31|310|00:20:34|910Because, you know, we'll know when we have arrived, and we do not have to 292|00:20:35|410|00:20:39|190deliberate upon whether we will serve or 293|00:20:39|690|00:20:43|390not, but when it is a spontaneous reaction or response. 294|00:20:43|870|00:20:47|270And we know that, in fact, service is really a kind 295|00:20:47|770|00:20:51|550of radiation. What is found up to that time is good intention, 1|00:00:02|000|00:00:06|080mixed motives, because the personality is pulling in one way and the soul in 297|00:20:56|330|00:21:00|110another. And oft fanaticism, a kind of determination 298|00:21:00|610|00:21:05|330to go one way, which one thinks is right, forcing one's way forward regardless 299|00:21:05|410|00:21:09|330of the protests of the vehicles which 300|00:21:09|830|00:21:13|090are being forced. And this we will later 301|00:21:13|170|00:21:16|610elucidate. Well, there's nothing wrong with good intentions if it doesn't pave— 302|00:21:17|330|00:21:20|130if they do not pave the road to hell, as it is said. 303|00:21:21|250|00:21:24|730But we must begin with good intentions. But we 304|00:21:25|230|00:21:28|970have not yet reached the point where there 305|00:21:29|470|00:21:33|500is a marked ability to 306|00:21:33|580|00:21:37|340serve. It takes much practice, I suspect. 307|00:21:38|460|00:21:41|820And the soul must be radiating, because service is essentially 308|00:21:42|060|00:21:46|060a soul radiation. I remember when I was reading these words at first, 309|00:21:48|060|00:21:53|020maybe some more than 40 years ago, maybe 43 years 310|00:21:53|520|00:21:57|100ago. And they were certainly new ideas to me 311|00:21:57|180|00:22:01|530at the time. I had been trained in Theosophy and a 312|00:22:02|030|00:22:05|850more academic approach. And here comes this very practical psychological 313|00:22:06|350|00:22:09|890approach from a great sage. Well, I'm thinking back upon 314|00:22:10|390|00:22:14|930those days and hopefully have incorporated some of what 315|00:22:15|430|00:22:19|730then seemed so remarkable. This law is the imposition 316|00:22:20|130|00:22:23|690upon the planetary rhythm 317|00:22:24|190|00:22:28|040of certain energies and impulses, which emanates from that sign of the zodiac 318|00:22:28|540|00:22:30|480into which we are steadily moving. 319|00:22:31|760|00:22:35|600So we might say that Aquarius 320|00:22:36|160|00:22:40|480is at the root of this 321|00:22:40|560|00:22:44|000law. We are steadily moving into 322|00:22:44|880|00:22:48|280the sign Aquarius, and gradually form is adapting 323|00:22:48|780|00:22:52|640accordingly. There is already an established planetary 324|00:22:53|140|00:22:57|490rhythm, but it changes every time we move. The whole entire planet moves 325|00:22:57|990|00:23:01|490constellationally into a new—well, 326|00:23:01|990|00:23:06|010it says “sign of the zodiac.” It's really in relation to our constellation of the 327|00:23:06|730|00:23:11|129zodiac with which the vernal equinox is aligning. 328|00:23:11|930|00:23:15|210Interesting thing is that when the vernal equinox is aligning with, 329|00:23:15|710|00:23:19|290let us say, the end of constellation 330|00:23:19|790|00:23:23|390Aquarius at springtime. However, we may want to measure those 331|00:23:23|890|00:23:27|190constellations—they're not equally 30 degrees, but let us imagine they are. 332|00:23:28|390|00:23:32|310Then that same vernal equinox will be in the sign Aries. 333|00:23:32|790|00:23:36|630It will align constellationally with Aquarius 334|00:23:36|870|00:23:41|470and yet be in the sign Aries tropically considered. 335|00:23:41|970|00:23:45|230That's sometimes difficult to understand, but diagrams, I think, help 336|00:23:45|730|00:23:49|190us. The signs are related particularly to the ecliptic, 337|00:23:49|820|00:23:52|940to the so-called Sun's path around the Earth—with the Earth's path around the 338|00:23:53|440|00:23:58|740Sun. And the actual coming in of the precessional 339|00:23:59|240|00:24:02|980energy—in this case the growing energy of Aquarius—relates 340|00:24:03|480|00:24:06|780to the stars and not to the signs. 341|00:24:07|820|00:24:10|660So because we are all going to be conditioned by Aquarius 342|00:24:11|160|00:24:14|700during the next 2,000 years or so, there will be no escape. 343|00:24:14|930|00:24:18|530That imposition, if it's occurring in a planetary sense, will certainly occur 344|00:24:19|030|00:24:23|410upon—in relation to—all of us as tiny little cells 345|00:24:23|910|00:24:27|010within the being of the planetary Logos. 346|00:24:27|810|00:24:31|089So, you know, the imposition of the will of God comes, and it's a noble 347|00:24:31|589|00:24:35|130thing we're told when studying the political workers 348|00:24:35|630|00:24:39|610to be an agent of the imposition of the will of God. And it 349|00:24:40|110|00:24:43|990seems the planetary Logos has no choice here but to acquiesce. Of course, 350|00:24:44|490|00:24:48|390at his stage, naturally he wants to—to acquiesce to 351|00:24:48|890|00:24:52|830the incoming imposition of energies 352|00:24:52|910|00:24:56|270from the constellation, from the great 353|00:24:56|770|00:25:00|270lord of the constellation Aquarius. It is the effect 354|00:25:00|770|00:25:05|550of this force which in some countries is regimenting 355|00:25:05|870|00:25:09|070the masses. Now, you know, it's not only the 356|00:25:09|940|00:25:13|420seventh ray energy which is regimentation. There is that, 357|00:25:13|920|00:25:17|380and as we see in its relation to Aries, a very regimenting sign. 358|00:25:17|860|00:25:21|940But Aquarius is a leveler as well. You know, it's an equalizer. 359|00:25:22|420|00:25:26|060It puts all upon the same playing field. And then perhaps some 360|00:25:26|560|00:25:30|180meritocracy, a true meritocracy, can emerge. 361|00:25:31|220|00:25:35|620But let's just remember this, that Aquarius is a regimenting 362|00:25:36|240|00:25:40|240sign, a leveler, an equalizer. 363|00:25:42|720|00:25:46|640And that is not always good. Because then individual 364|00:25:47|040|00:25:50|480distinction and accomplishment is sometimes 365|00:25:50|640|00:25:54|080flattened. And all are seen at the same level, 366|00:25:54|800|00:25:58|440which of course is a fallacy due to reincarnation. 367|00:25:58|940|00:26:02|410People, though equal in spirit, are manifesting 368|00:26:02|910|00:26:06|370in their causal nature and their personalities very differently 369|00:26:06|870|00:26:08|010on a hierarchical level. 370|00:26:09|610|00:26:13|930So, you know, in Russia, which is ruled in 371|00:26:14|430|00:26:17|210its soul by Aquarius, there was a great regimentation of the masses. 372|00:26:17|930|00:26:21|290And although Germany was not an Aquarian country, 373|00:26:21|690|00:26:26|530the Nazi party was an Aquarian organization and 374|00:26:27|030|00:26:31|390led to regimentation, the subservience 375|00:26:31|890|00:26:35|270of the individual to the state. And even 376|00:26:35|430|00:26:39|190in the marches, the marching manner of 377|00:26:39|690|00:26:43|829the German soldiers, we saw this regimentation powerfully 378|00:26:44|310|00:26:50|310exhibited. So the effect of this sign 379|00:26:50|810|00:26:54|350of the zodiac impressing itself, its rhythm impressing 380|00:26:54|850|00:26:59|020itself upon the planetary rhythm resulted 381|00:26:59|520|00:27:04|100in regimentation. In some cases, that's the first and lower 382|00:27:04|600|00:27:08|300response to the energy in such a way that the individual serves the 383|00:27:08|800|00:27:12|339group by a forced negation of his personal self. 384|00:27:12|839|00:27:16|420Well, to a degree. You can see that in every third 385|00:27:16|580|00:27:20|660petal of the egoic lotus, because although it's unconscious in 386|00:27:21|160|00:27:24|940the first tier of petals and increasingly conscious in petal 387|00:27:25|440|00:27:29|0206 and petal 9, there is something being imposed there that 388|00:27:29|580|00:27:33|100forces the negation of the personal self. But eventually the personal 389|00:27:33|600|00:27:37|579self acquiesces to that forcing instead of fighting 390|00:27:38|079|00:27:41|500against it. So the 391|00:27:42|000|00:27:45|260state is everything in the fascistic and communistic 392|00:27:45|760|00:27:49|420systems. And the individual was seen, seen as a minor 393|00:27:49|920|00:27:53|180unit and forced to conform. I think we see this a lot in North Korea 394|00:27:53|680|00:27:58|420at the present time. There's such a regimentation 395|00:27:58|500|00:28:02|580of the people and they're all forced to conform 396|00:28:03|779|00:28:07|940not only to the state, but to the idolized rulers of the 397|00:28:08|440|00:28:12|820state. It's a fairly primitive way of organizing society. 398|00:28:14|190|00:28:18|350And why that particular country should be the focus of that 399|00:28:18|510|00:28:22|390particular form of intense regimentation. Well, maybe time 400|00:28:22|890|00:28:26|630will reveal. China is no longer – it used to be 401|00:28:27|130|00:28:30|110more so – it seems no longer to be the case. 402|00:28:31|790|00:28:35|150So the individual serves the group by a forced negation of his 403|00:28:36|030|00:28:39|560personal self. His own ideas, his own 404|00:28:39|800|00:28:42|200personal… Well, think about the Little Red Book, 405|00:28:42|920|00:28:46|440the Red Book of Mao. One's own ideas did not count. You know, 406|00:28:46|680|00:28:48|600one could be accused of revisionism, 407|00:28:49|800|00:28:54|440going against the party line, going against the ideas 408|00:28:54|940|00:28:58|600and ideals of the Great Helmsman. You know, so this is really 409|00:28:59|100|00:29:02|400totalitarian, this is impositional. But anyway, his own ideas, 410|00:29:02|900|00:29:06|490his own personal well-being and his own individuality are subordinated 411|00:29:06|990|00:29:10|730to the whole. I guess eventually it should be 412|00:29:11|230|00:29:14|170this way, but it should be through an act of will, it should be acquiescence 413|00:29:14|570|00:29:18|010and intelligently accomplished. And he is rendered 414|00:29:18|810|00:29:22|730relatively futile from the angle of his soul unfoldment. 415|00:29:23|530|00:29:27|610And this is probably the case in certain of those countries where soul 416|00:29:28|110|00:29:31|530progress is more difficult to make. There was a time the Tibetan was saying in 417|00:29:31|620|00:29:35|340Germany, and I guess particularly in Germany, 418|00:29:35|840|00:29:39|620but maybe, I think particularly there that it was not possible for 419|00:29:39|940|00:29:43|860disciples to take birth. They would have been completely 420|00:29:44|740|00:29:49|060negated by the imposed fascistic Nazi forces, 421|00:29:50|660|00:29:54|100the forces of evil expressed through that country. 422|00:29:55|220|00:29:58|430So there would have been no soul expression. It would have been 423|00:29:58|930|00:30:02|430entirely stifled. Although there were good people, of course, within that country, 424|00:30:02|930|00:30:06|990and as they emerged, they suffered for it. He is forced to 425|00:30:07|490|00:30:11|510conform. Interestingly, Saturn does rule Aquarius 426|00:30:12|010|00:30:15|590as well as Uranus. Interesting there. Just because it's the old 427|00:30:16|090|00:30:20|110ruler doesn't mean we can dispose of it. He is forced to conform willingly 428|00:30:20|610|00:30:24|240or unwillingly, to group conditions. 429|00:30:24|640|00:30:28|240The group can be tyrannical, we have seen in certain 430|00:30:28|740|00:30:32|000countries, because it has no respect for real distinction. 431|00:30:32|640|00:30:36|160The group becomes tyrannical 432|00:30:37|360|00:30:41|040under Leo. Real distinctions emerge, of course. Eventually those two signs 433|00:30:41|540|00:30:45|000interplay. And what is true of one becomes true of the other. They become almost 434|00:30:45|500|00:30:49|080like one sign: Leo, Aquarius. But the 435|00:30:49|580|00:30:53|030dead level of the group can pretty well stop excellence. 436|00:30:54|310|00:30:57|750You know, it's called in some countries the Tall Poppy 437|00:30:57|990|00:31:01|950Syndrome. If you as a poppy are emerging in 438|00:31:02|450|00:31:05|910full glory, along comes the scythe and cuts you off—the scythe 439|00:31:06|410|00:31:10|150of group compulsion, group conformity. 440|00:31:11|270|00:31:14|790So he is forced to conform willingly or unwillingly to group conditions. 441|00:31:15|190|00:31:19|110This is one of the lowest manifestations of 442|00:31:19|610|00:31:22|550the impact of this law upon human consciousness. 443|00:31:23|050|00:31:27|430And you know, D.K. seems to be saying, and there are other low 444|00:31:28|150|00:31:31|830manifestations, so it's one of 445|00:31:32|330|00:31:37|910the lowest. It really stifles 446|00:31:38|070|00:31:40|310all that is distinct, unique, 447|00:31:41|190|00:31:44|930individual, hard-won over many lives, 448|00:31:45|010|00:31:48|290longing for expression, because its expression will really be the expression 449|00:31:48|450|00:31:52|450of the will of God in some aspect. So it does stifle this. Totalitarian 450|00:31:52|950|00:31:57|410approach can be found in Aquarius, interestingly. And it can stifle 451|00:31:58|210|00:32:01|570the will of God emerging through the individual. 452|00:32:01|650|00:32:05|490So we do have to be careful in the Aquarian Age about 453|00:32:06|610|00:32:10|710totalitarian presentations of governmental forms and 454|00:32:11|210|00:32:15|110also of religious forms, where we trust that the 455|00:32:15|610|00:32:20|030incoming science will demonstrate to 456|00:32:20|530|00:32:24|110the religious fanatics that they are missing something and 457|00:32:24|610|00:32:27|910that there's a deeper way to understand the religious experience. 458|00:32:28|150|00:32:33|110It's already happening, of course, but some regressive, 459|00:32:33|270|00:32:36|740retrogressive groups are not catching the idea. 460|00:32:38|260|00:32:39|860In its highest expression, 461|00:32:41|380|00:32:45|140the imposition of this Aquarian energy, we have the service rendered 462|00:32:45|460|00:32:49|300upon the planet in all the kingdoms of nature by 463|00:32:49|800|00:32:53|260the hierarchy of masters. So they too… I mean, 464|00:32:53|760|00:32:59|060you know, we do realize that the number of the initiate 465|00:32:59|560|00:33:05|070is eleven, and Aquarius… 466|00:33:06|430|00:33:08|670the eleventh… Whoops. 467|00:33:10|510|00:33:14|110The eleventh sign is the sign of hierarchy, 468|00:33:14|430|00:33:17|910just as the New Group of World Servers is ruled by Taurus 469|00:33:18|410|00:33:22|230and—well, you know, we can find all twelve signs in Shambhala, 470|00:33:22|730|00:33:25|710but it has those first-ray signs quite strongly. 471|00:33:26|270|00:33:29|870It has Aries, it has Leo, it has Capricorn, 472|00:33:30|370|00:33:33|990it has, of course, Taurus as well, demonstrating through first-ray 473|00:33:34|490|00:33:38|910Vulcan. Between these two extreme expressions, 1|00:00:02|000|00:00:06|080there is a vast distinction. So just imagine coming along 475|00:33:42|670|00:33:46|110thinking that Aquarius is such a lovely sign, so interpreting 476|00:33:46|610|00:33:49|950all things Aquarian in terms of its 477|00:33:50|450|00:33:54|030best expression and ignoring the fact that there may be 478|00:33:55|050|00:33:59|210compulsion, conformity and regimentation involved in the Aquarian 479|00:33:59|710|00:34:03|730experience. And when the law of service is first imposed, could 480|00:34:04|230|00:34:07|410be called, in a way, the law of servitude, couldn't it? Between these 481|00:34:07|910|00:34:11|290two extreme expressions, there is a vast distinction, 482|00:34:11|850|00:34:14|970but both are equally brought about by response— 483|00:34:15|370|00:34:20|600the one consciously rendered and the other unconsciously directed. 484|00:34:22|510|00:34:26|270Okay, the unconscious forces are directed here to 485|00:34:27|470|00:34:30|190response to the law of service, 486|00:34:31|870|00:34:33|550and in general, we would say, 487|00:34:35|390|00:34:38|830to the Aquarian energy. 488|00:34:40|510|00:34:44|270These things are all tied together. Aquarius, the water-bearer, 489|00:34:44|910|00:34:50|109the man carrying the pitcher of water on his shoulders or 490|00:34:50|609|00:34:55|029in his hands, compared to the man poised, carrying it on 491|00:34:55|529|00:34:59|949his head, through which the waters of life can be willfully 492|00:35:00|109|00:35:06|189and deliberately and without interference 493|00:35:06|509|00:35:10|109distributed from the head center. Okay. 494|00:35:10|589|00:35:14|360Now we come to the third. After talking so much, one wonders what 495|00:35:14|860|00:35:18|040the second and the first were. 496|00:35:18|360|00:35:21|800So let's go back. Secondly, it cannot be escaped, 497|00:35:22|300|00:35:27|160okay, because of the imposition, and first, 498|00:35:30|040|00:35:33|840that everything that happens in meditation, our success in meditation will 499|00:35:34|340|00:35:38|330be determined by the ensuing degree of service to 500|00:35:38|830|00:35:41|970the race. And thirdly, 501|00:35:44|370|00:35:49|010this law of service was expressed 502|00:35:49|490|00:35:53|410for the first time fully by the 503|00:35:54|770|00:35:58|130Christ 2,000 years ago. I mean, he's saying in a way that 504|00:35:58|630|00:36:02|090the Buddha's great presentation was not a full 505|00:36:02|590|00:36:05|570expression of the law of service. Well, when you… 506|00:36:07|030|00:36:11|510Hmm, yeah. Why should that be? Well, perhaps the Buddha's 507|00:36:12|550|00:36:16|950contact with the people per se was 508|00:36:17|450|00:36:20|150not as full as the Christ's. Through Jesus, 509|00:36:21|190|00:36:25|550the Buddha worked with his disciples, his Arhats, 510|00:36:26|050|00:36:29|630and of course, with some of the more average human beings, 511|00:36:30|130|00:36:33|100but mostly with those who were already on the path. 512|00:36:34|300|00:36:37|980So the law of service, expressed for the first time by the 513|00:36:38|480|00:36:41|980Christ, and he is one who manages 514|00:36:42|480|00:36:45|660to unite the Aquarian and Piscean energies. The Pisces 515|00:36:45|740|00:36:50|460energy may be, in a way, the greatest of the second ray energies, 516|00:36:50|960|00:36:55|380and it is most associated with the Christ, just as Scorpio 517|00:36:55|880|00:36:59|350with Hercules and Taurus 518|00:36:59|850|00:37:04|310with the Buddha. So he, 519|00:37:04|630|00:37:08|790the Christ, with his chosen 520|00:37:08|950|00:37:12|1905,000 year Bodhisattva 521|00:37:12|690|00:37:15|990ship, whereas the usual term of office is only 2,500. He was the forerunner 522|00:37:16|390|00:37:18|950of the Aquarian age. 523|00:37:20|950|00:37:24|200So he entered with certain, I think, 524|00:37:24|700|00:37:28|160Aquarian tendencies during the age of Pisces. Again, 525|00:37:28|660|00:37:32|160that overlap between the two ages. He was the forerunner of the Aquarian age, 526|00:37:32|660|00:37:36|560and hence his constant emphasis upon the fact that 527|00:37:37|060|00:37:38|400he was the water of life, 528|00:37:40|880|00:37:42|560a great agent of distribution, 529|00:37:43|840|00:37:47|760and the living water which men needed. 530|00:37:47|920|00:37:50|790When you look at water, it's Piscean. When you look at that which lives, 531|00:37:51|290|00:37:55|070it's Aquarian. Living water is like the link between Aquarius and Pisces. 532|00:37:55|950|00:38:00|230Okay, so like a link between Aquarius 533|00:38:00|730|00:38:02|510and Pisces. 534|00:38:03|950|00:38:07|870Water of life coming from the cosmic ethers. And of course, the Christ 535|00:38:08|370|00:38:12|270consciousness was focused on those high 536|00:38:12|770|00:38:16|710triadal levels, even though he was able to manage expression 537|00:38:17|210|00:38:20|960in the most mundane spheres and in the most spiritual 538|00:38:21|460|00:38:25|240way. So emphasis upon water and 539|00:38:25|640|00:38:29|720life. Of course, water is the symbol for matter, but in 540|00:38:30|220|00:38:33|160another way it's the symbol for outpouring energy. 541|00:38:34|840|00:38:38|840Matter is found on the cosmic etheric planes and on the cosmic 542|00:38:39|340|00:38:43|160dense planes. And if it's matter, it's water. So there's 543|00:38:43|500|00:38:46|700living water coming from the higher four planes, 544|00:38:47|980|00:38:51|260the higher four of them, and then the less 545|00:38:51|760|00:38:54|980animated water of the dense physical body of the solar 546|00:38:55|480|00:38:59|299Logos and planetary Logos. So hence the 547|00:38:59|799|00:39:03|660esoteric name of this law is that 548|00:39:04|160|00:39:08|300of the water and the fishes. Now, the water 549|00:39:08|800|00:39:12|160in one way is the water in which they swim, the waters of 550|00:39:12|660|00:39:17|320the cosmic, lower, cosmic physical plane. So they are the waters 551|00:39:17|820|00:39:21|640of imprisonment in a way. But here 552|00:39:22|140|00:39:26|920we deal with higher waters and 553|00:39:27|400|00:39:31|800the waters of the cosmic etheric 554|00:39:32|040|00:39:36|120planes, and the manner 555|00:39:36|620|00:39:40|450in which these higher or living 556|00:39:40|930|00:39:44|690waters vitalize 557|00:39:45|970|00:39:49|570those who are still swimming 558|00:39:50|070|00:39:51|730in the lower waters, 559|00:39:54|210|00:39:58|330those who are still swimming in the lower waters, the waters 560|00:39:58|830|00:40:03|030of the dense physical body of the Solar Logos and the 561|00:40:03|530|00:40:06|270Planetary Logos. You know, as I've tried to suggest, 562|00:40:07|150|00:40:10|750certainly the dense physical body of the Solar Logos comprises 563|00:40:11|250|00:40:15|07021 subplanes, and the egoic lotus is 564|00:40:15|390|00:40:18|990still within those lower subplanes, 565|00:40:20|110|00:40:24|030the lower dense physical vehicle. Maybe from the planetary 566|00:40:24|350|00:40:27|670perspective, its dense physical body may well not include 567|00:40:28|170|00:40:32|160the causal planes of the mental plane, but just the lower 18 subplanes. 568|00:40:32|660|00:40:36|320That has yet to be established, and it's 569|00:40:36|820|00:40:40|760hinted, I think, in the books, but I don't think any completely definite statement 570|00:40:41|880|00:40:45|560is made. So this is the law of water and the fishes, 571|00:40:47|400|00:40:50|040the fishes nourished by the living water. 572|00:40:51|320|00:40:55|320Fishes nourished spiritually by 573|00:40:55|820|00:40:59|410the living water. The Pisces 574|00:40:59|570|00:41:02|050Piscean Age slowly, very slowly, 1|00:00:02|000|00:00:06|080prepared the way for the divine expression of service. Meaning that perhaps in 576|00:41:07|570|00:41:08|610the beginning days, 577|00:41:11|170|00:41:14|930that which is now recognised as service was not so easy to render, especially among 578|00:41:15|430|00:41:18|690the vaster groups of human beings. 579|00:41:19|190|00:41:21|730Here and there, of course, there were individual disciples, 580|00:41:22|050|00:41:25|850initiates who could do so. So Pisces is 581|00:41:26|350|00:41:31|410a sign of sacrifice, and sacrifice is involved in the difficult 582|00:41:31|910|00:41:35|410task of service. T.K. tells us how difficult it is 583|00:41:35|910|00:41:39|730and that it's not easy at all. Excuse me. 584|00:41:40|770|00:41:44|850So slowly the way was prepared for the divine 585|00:41:45|350|00:41:48|820expression of service. And that divine expression which will be the glory of 586|00:41:49|320|00:41:53|380the coming centuries. And we want to say in the Aquarian 587|00:41:53|880|00:41:57|580Age. In the Aquarian Age, 588|00:41:58|620|00:42:03|020the glory of service will 589|00:42:03|520|00:42:06|700emerge. Something for which the Age of Pisces 590|00:42:07|200|00:42:10|500prepared. Just as the Christ during the Age of 591|00:42:11|000|00:42:15|270Pisces was preparing for his great externalised work role in 592|00:42:15|990|00:42:20|550the processional Age of Aquarius. He was with 593|00:42:20|790|00:42:24|150humanity perhaps only for three years 594|00:42:24|650|00:42:28|390through the Master Jesus, although he may have been educating the Master Jesus before 595|00:42:28|890|00:42:34|070that, but three years in terms of his emerged 596|00:42:34|570|00:42:38|470mission. And when he returns, it will be for 597|00:42:38|970|00:42:41|660centuries in the Aquarian Age. We don't know exactly when he'll return. 598|00:42:42|140|00:42:45|620So much of this depends upon our own work. Some people have 599|00:42:46|120|00:42:49|180said, “Well, it'll be 20, 25.” Some people have said it's already happened. 600|00:42:49|260|00:42:53|060That, of course, I think, is nonsense because the requirements have not 601|00:42:53|560|00:42:57|100been fulfilled. And will it be in 602|00:42:57|600|00:43:02|700the 21st century? Well, it could be. We don't know. “At such a time as 603|00:43:03|200|00:43:05|380we know not, in such a place as we know not.” It will come. 604|00:43:05|880|00:43:10|040It will happen. Many things have to be accomplished first. And the hierarchy 605|00:43:10|540|00:43:13|720itself and the disciples have to be recognised before it's possible 606|00:43:14|220|00:43:16|600for the Christ truly to return. 607|00:43:17|480|00:43:21|240Anyway, his time with humanity 608|00:43:21|880|00:43:25|160will be vast. Compared to the earlier appearance, 609|00:43:26|840|00:43:30|360it could be 2,000 years. It will probably be to the end of the 610|00:43:30|860|00:43:34|930Age of Aquarius. And if it occurs in the next few centuries, 611|00:43:35|010|00:43:38|850well, you know, we're dealing with 2,000 years or almost 2,000 612|00:43:39|350|00:43:43|090years. So really it's been a time of preparation for him 613|00:43:43|590|00:43:46|930in ways we cannot fathom. But he will intend 614|00:43:47|430|00:43:50|690to externalise the hierarchy and create an entirely 615|00:43:51|250|00:43:52|530new civilisation. 616|00:43:56|940|00:44:00|220Well, so the Piscean Age slowly, 617|00:44:00|720|00:44:04|060very slowly, prepared the way for the divine expression of service. 618|00:44:04|940|00:44:09|100So far we don't have this on any massed scale. But which 619|00:44:09|600|00:44:12|460teacher was it? Was it Morya? Or was it… Maybe it was Morya, 620|00:44:13|580|00:44:16|900I think, who said, “The time will come when men will compete with 621|00:44:17|400|00:44:20|700each other to see who can offer greater 622|00:44:21|260|00:44:21|660service.” 623|00:44:24|950|00:44:28|710I think that's very interesting. It will be the glory 624|00:44:28|790|00:44:32|350of the coming centuries. And perhaps we mean 625|00:44:32|850|00:44:36|190all the way through the Age of Aquarius. We certainly cannot conceive of 626|00:44:36|690|00:44:42|030the glory receding when Venus becomes 627|00:44:42|530|00:44:46|070the ruler of the last decanate of Aquarius. It is a glorious 628|00:44:46|570|00:44:49|810planet, the brightest planet from our earthly perspective, and its 629|00:44:50|310|00:44:54|010ascendancy will indicate a great glory for 630|00:44:54|510|00:44:58|170humanity. Which will increasingly be ruled by the solar angel and by Venus, 631|00:44:58|670|00:45:02|730which sponsors the solar angel. Today we 632|00:45:03|230|00:45:07|050have a world which is steadily coming to the realisation that 633|00:45:07|550|00:45:10|010no man liveth unto himself. 634|00:45:10|970|00:45:14|730It's easy to remain in a convinced 635|00:45:15|230|00:45:19|390state of isolation when you do not have the modern 636|00:45:19|890|00:45:24|150communication system. Just think of how the Fifth Ray has united people. 637|00:45:24|230|00:45:27|190Bringing in the telegraph, 638|00:45:27|690|00:45:29|510the telephone, the camera, 639|00:45:31|270|00:45:34|790the modern camera anyway, and the 640|00:45:35|290|00:45:38|470computer, the telecommunications system, 641|00:45:38|970|00:45:42|550television, so forth. We really realise directly 642|00:45:43|200|00:45:47|120that we can have an immediate effect upon anyone anywhere in the world. 643|00:45:48|480|00:45:53|080More indirectly, if we're not directly connected to them by one of these telecommunication 644|00:45:53|580|00:45:57|440devices. And directly, were we to just simply speak to them or write 645|00:45:57|940|00:45:59|520something to them. An immediate effect. 646|00:46:01|440|00:46:04|840So maybe it's hard to imagine, but at all times and all 647|00:46:05|340|00:46:08|560places we are affecting each other. And even though 648|00:46:09|060|00:46:11|180we think we're affecting only the people in our nearest environment. 649|00:46:12|460|00:46:16|860The waves of our energy expressed are going 650|00:46:17|360|00:46:21|020out and affecting far more than those in the immediate circumstance. 651|00:46:24|540|00:46:27|980So no man liveth unto himself. And that only as the 652|00:46:28|480|00:46:31|340love about which so much has been written and spoken, 653|00:46:32|460|00:46:35|740perhaps not done. I would say 654|00:46:35|820|00:46:39|040not so much, not so much expressed. 655|00:46:39|280|00:46:42|760Finds its outlet in service. Can man begin to 656|00:46:43|260|00:46:46|960measure up to his innate capacity. So we want to 657|00:46:47|460|00:46:51|200know the real mode of progress for us individually and for all of us collectively. 658|00:46:51|760|00:46:55|200Love and serve seems so, 659|00:46:55|700|00:46:59|640you know, platitudinous. But then what is a platitude but a great truth which 660|00:47:00|140|00:47:03|140has not been realised or has been incompletely 661|00:47:03|210|00:47:05|370realised? 662|00:47:06|890|00:47:10|610I think real advancement on the path of spirituality for the individual and 663|00:47:11|110|00:47:15|090humanity is a simple thing. Not an easy thing, 664|00:47:15|590|00:47:19|610but a simple thing. It occurs when we adhere 665|00:47:20|110|00:47:24|650to the fundamental principles about which so much has been spoken and so 666|00:47:25|150|00:47:29|100little performed. Sometimes we as disciples, especially of 667|00:47:29|600|00:47:33|540the more mental 668|00:47:34|040|00:47:36|740type, have a problem with that. 669|00:47:38|180|00:47:41|380Okay, we had one of those little spontaneous droppings 670|00:47:42|420|00:47:46|180of the connection. Cause unknown. 671|00:47:48|180|00:47:50|580Yeah, but now it's working again. 672|00:47:53|140|00:47:56|850So love and serve. So simple 673|00:47:57|570|00:48:01|250and yet so difficult at times. I think 674|00:48:01|330|00:48:05|130Master Morya speaks of which do you prefer, simplicity or 675|00:48:05|630|00:48:10|530complexity? And he says, always choose simplicity. 676|00:48:10|689|00:48:14|410I guess we have to be able to master both or to have 677|00:48:14|910|00:48:18|250so much simplicity in our understanding that we can negotiate, we can 678|00:48:18|750|00:48:23|420navigate through the complexity expeditiously, 679|00:48:24|060|00:48:27|860instead of being caught in it, caught in 680|00:48:28|360|00:48:32|540our own web of complexity. As the spider is not. 681|00:48:33|040|00:48:36|580The sign for the Aquarian age is that of a man carrying 682|00:48:37|080|00:48:40|220on his shoulders. Talk about shouldering responsibility, 683|00:48:40|300|00:48:43|820standing shoulder to shoulder. The principle of heavy work 684|00:48:44|320|00:48:49|010is involved here. Shouldering a jar of water so full that 685|00:48:49|510|00:48:52|730it pours over to all and sundry and yet is diminished 686|00:48:53|050|00:48:57|210not if it is well directed. 687|00:48:57|850|00:49:02|170Sometimes you see the water carrier, 688|00:49:02|570|00:49:06|730water bearer directing the 689|00:49:07|230|00:49:10|410water where needed. The image the deity gives 690|00:49:10|910|00:49:14|710us, it seems to be pouring over. And just by 691|00:49:15|210|00:49:18|630the very fact that the man is who he is, I suppose the 692|00:49:19|130|00:49:22|990waters of life will pour forth from him. But it doesn't seem 693|00:49:23|070|00:49:26|030as well directed as it might be. 694|00:49:26|750|00:49:30|870There are also images of the water bearer who is holding the 695|00:49:31|370|00:49:34|390pot of water and he is pouring it forth in a deliberate manner where 696|00:49:34|890|00:49:38|070it is needed. And I suppose once we get into the Law of Service, 697|00:49:38|570|00:49:42|690where the urn is upon the head, there is a very conscious 698|00:49:43|190|00:49:46|450and willful direction of the water where it is needed. But it seems 699|00:49:46|950|00:49:48|210to go in all directions and serve everyone. 700|00:49:49|970|00:49:52|770The sign for this Law of Service is very similar. 701|00:49:53|890|00:49:57|850How would we know this except from the archives which the Tibetan has 702|00:49:58|350|00:50:01|890given us? The sign for this Law of Service is very similar, but the difference 703|00:50:02|390|00:50:05|610lies in this, that the man stands 1|00:00:02|000|00:00:06|080perfectly balanced in the form of a cross which he has learnt 705|00:50:10|220|00:50:13|640to exemplify through service and sacrifice. 706|00:50:14|840|00:50:18|520He can be the cross, and 707|00:50:19|020|00:50:22|840he is disengaged from the cross of matter and yet stands 708|00:50:23|340|00:50:27|080in the form of a cross which is sacrificial and outpouring. 709|00:50:27|240|00:50:30|480With the two hands pouring out, the head pours out as well, and 710|00:50:30|980|00:50:34|360the feet ground him. The man stands 711|00:50:34|860|00:50:39|030perfectly balanced in the form of a cross, with arms stretched out and 712|00:50:39|530|00:50:43|030with the water pot upon his head. In this difference there lies much of real 713|00:50:43|530|00:50:47|150significance. It's a much more poised position that 714|00:50:47|650|00:50:51|550seems more natural in a way, although hardly won, I suppose. 715|00:50:52|030|00:50:55|870There's much more effort. And of the third aspect in the water carrier 716|00:50:56|370|00:51:00|430image, in the Law of Service we have one of those archetypal 717|00:51:00|670|00:51:05|070figures: the cross and the well. 718|00:51:05|570|00:51:09|150It's interesting what is placed upon the head. Sometimes in 719|00:51:09|650|00:51:13|150the old hieroglyphics, a throne will be placed 720|00:51:13|650|00:51:17|510upon the head, indicating the true master, the true initiate. 721|00:51:18|470|00:51:21|590Different jars are placed upon the head. 722|00:51:23|030|00:51:26|350It indicates what consummation has occurred, 723|00:51:26|850|00:51:30|070what the man has achieved. So the idea of 724|00:51:30|570|00:51:33|630perfect balance is here, interestingly, the third ray. 725|00:51:34|830|00:51:38|430Third law related to Libra, 726|00:51:38|990|00:51:42|750the sign of balance, a great distributor of the third 727|00:51:43|250|00:51:46|910ray and whose constellation configuration 728|00:51:47|410|00:51:51|510is that of a triangle in the sky, the triangle being particularly 729|00:51:52|010|00:51:55|670the figure of balance. In this difference, there lies much of real 730|00:51:56|170|00:52:00|040significance. The jar of water poised upon the shoulders is 731|00:52:00|540|00:52:03|400the sign of the burden of service. 732|00:52:03|480|00:52:05|080Well, if you're going to carry burdens, 733|00:52:06|600|00:52:10|280lift things, you know, through the shoulders, 734|00:52:10|780|00:52:14|600great lifting can occur. It's the symbol 735|00:52:15|100|00:52:18|360of being able to do heavy work, to shoulder 736|00:52:18|600|00:52:20|760responsibility, to carry upon the shoulders. 737|00:52:22|130|00:52:24|050It is not easy to serve. 738|00:52:25|650|00:52:29|650And D.K. keeps emphasizing this because people 739|00:52:30|150|00:52:33|450have maybe a different idea, that serving is constantly 740|00:52:33|950|00:52:38|009a great joy with no heavy labor 741|00:52:38|509|00:52:40|530or sacrifice of time and interest involved. 742|00:52:41|250|00:52:44|450But he corrects our opinion on this. 743|00:52:45|410|00:52:48|330It's a sign of the burden of service. It's not easy to serve. Man is 744|00:52:48|830|00:52:52|960only beginning to learn how to serve. Remember that Saturn 745|00:52:53|460|00:52:57|680is one of the rulers of Aquarius, the sign of service. Saturn, the planet 746|00:52:58|180|00:53:01|640of work and responsibility. The jar of water upon the head 747|00:53:02|140|00:53:05|520of the man who has been upon the cross of sacrifice 748|00:53:05|600|00:53:09|680so long that the position has become to him perfectly natural. 749|00:53:10|960|00:53:15|190Maybe the fixed cross, really considering it as the cross of first— 750|00:53:15|690|00:53:20|030cross of sacrifice indicates that the cross which has upheld 751|00:53:20|530|00:53:22|390him for so long has now disappeared, 752|00:53:23|910|00:53:27|430that he is the cross. He is the cross 753|00:53:27|750|00:53:31|270and can serve within 754|00:53:31|990|00:53:33|590the cross of matter. 755|00:53:36|470|00:53:39|870It's interesting how standing you can be nailed to the cross, 756|00:53:40|370|00:53:42|160but at the same time, standing in the form of a cross, 757|00:53:42|660|00:53:45|760you can see how receptive of the will 758|00:53:46|260|00:53:50|440it is, and how greatly it allows one to pour forth 759|00:53:50|940|00:53:54|360all that one is through the hands, maybe through the 760|00:53:54|860|00:53:58|160feet to the earth, and certainly from the head, which is 761|00:53:58|660|00:54:00|800the synthesis of all that has been achieved. 762|00:54:02|320|00:54:05|200So only one can really perform this, 763|00:54:07|130|00:54:10|570perform in connection with the law 764|00:54:11|070|00:54:15|210of service. Perform in accordance with the law of service, who has 765|00:54:15|690|00:54:19|210for a long time been on the cross of sacrifice. 766|00:54:19|710|00:54:23|090The man with the water jar upon his head indicates to us poise, 767|00:54:23|590|00:54:27|210equilibrium and balance—almost seems to, in a way, connect with Libra. 768|00:54:27|710|00:54:30|970But then so does the previous law 769|00:54:33|700|00:54:38|140for this balance. The understanding of the law of magnetic impulse has 770|00:54:38|640|00:54:41|820prepared him. And let us say the law 771|00:54:42|320|00:54:45|380of magnetic impulse is a Libran law, 772|00:54:46|340|00:54:50|180maybe also a Capricornian law in a certain interesting 773|00:54:50|680|00:54:54|340way, because of the idea of the triangle 774|00:54:55|940|00:54:59|010and the three centers in the head. 775|00:55:00|290|00:55:02|970Anyway, Saturnian, the third ray, Capricorn, 776|00:55:03|470|00:55:07|450Libra, all of them are involved with those three centers 777|00:55:07|950|00:55:12|570in the head which make of a man an initiate. But now he 778|00:55:13|070|00:55:16|530has served because he has been magnetically 779|00:55:16|610|00:55:20|090impulsed by the soul in individual 780|00:55:20|590|00:55:24|370and in group formation. And under such an impulse he definitely 781|00:55:24|950|00:55:28|350adopts that cross-like position and serves within 782|00:55:28|850|00:55:32|390the cross of matter. He no longer has to be upheld 783|00:55:32|790|00:55:36|710by the scaffolding. He now assumes that position 784|00:55:37|510|00:55:40|630of upright, balanced, poised service. 785|00:55:40|870|00:55:44|470Naturally that is the law of polar union. 786|00:55:44|630|00:55:48|830And its symbol is the originator of the zodiacal sign for 787|00:55:49|330|00:55:52|600the constellation Libra, balance and service. So, 788|00:55:53|560|00:55:57|000and there is so much of loving 789|00:55:57|500|00:56:01|560understanding also expressed through Libra. We learn when 790|00:56:02|060|00:56:07|960we notice here interestingly page 333 791|00:56:09|000|00:56:13|080oops, that's not going to do so. 333. 792|00:56:13|560|00:56:17|560And there is Libra balance, attain divine 793|00:56:18|060|00:56:22|390love and understanding, the second ray aspect 794|00:56:22|550|00:56:25|910of Libra, not just the third ray. 795|00:56:27|350|00:56:31|110So here he does talk about the symbol 796|00:56:31|670|00:56:35|070connecting, the symbol of the law of 797|00:56:35|570|00:56:39|350magnetic impulse connecting with Libra. And so you know those 798|00:56:39|750|00:56:43|190two fiery balls, well they 799|00:56:43|690|00:56:46|470do represent the head center and the ajna center. But from another perspective, you know, 800|00:56:46|970|00:56:50|790the ajna center is like Libra and the two lobes, 801|00:56:51|670|00:56:54|870the two petals of that 96-petaled 802|00:56:55|370|00:56:58|990lotus can stand for the fiery balls 803|00:56:59|490|00:57:03|269as well. So the law of polar union 804|00:57:03|590|00:57:07|030and its symbol is the originator of the zodiacal sign for the constellation 805|00:57:07|530|00:57:11|150Libra, balance and service. There is 806|00:57:11|650|00:57:14|310so much of Venus in Libra that we would expect the service as well. 807|00:57:16|580|00:57:19|860These are the two expressions of divinity 808|00:57:20|360|00:57:24|180which are today man's next great 809|00:57:24|340|00:57:28|660objective. Well, by that do we mean balance 810|00:57:29|160|00:57:32|100and service perhaps? 811|00:57:32|740|00:57:36|500Or do we mean these two laws being 812|00:57:37|000|00:57:40|740the two expressions of divinity which are today man's next great 813|00:57:41|240|00:57:44|980objective? Being able to connect in soul and being able 814|00:57:45|480|00:57:48|340to stand in a balanced manner and to serve. 815|00:57:50|980|00:57:53|380Okay, we're going to… 816|00:57:54|180|00:57:57|940Yeah, it's almost one hour, but we're going to go on and make 817|00:57:58|440|00:58:01|700this closer, I think, to a two-hour program. 818|00:58:04|500|00:58:08|290Well, we have to ponder on the distinction here. I think 819|00:58:08|790|00:58:12|610many of us are in the position where we have not yet stood long 820|00:58:12|690|00:58:16|130enough on the cross so that the cross may drop away and we have 821|00:58:16|630|00:58:19|330a perfectly poised expression of the law of service. 822|00:58:20|450|00:58:24|090We are serving, but we serve through great 823|00:58:24|590|00:58:28|650effort and so maybe are more akin in that 824|00:58:29|150|00:58:32|540type of service to the earlier stages of the love of service, but which are 825|00:58:33|040|00:58:36|740expressed by the usual image 826|00:58:37|240|00:58:40|980of the Aquarian server with the pot 827|00:58:41|480|00:58:44|460of water upon his shoulder. I suppose maybe his… 828|00:58:45|180|00:58:48|540Well, maybe it's his right shoulder, as perhaps it's an act 829|00:58:49|040|00:58:52|140of will to serve or holding it 830|00:58:52|640|00:58:55|860in his hands. But eventually we will 831|00:58:56|360|00:58:59|310achieve this position, 832|00:58:59|810|00:59:03|790which is really that of a true master who has - for 833|00:59:04|290|00:59:07|790whom the cross has dropped away. He has truly 834|00:59:08|290|00:59:10|670been crucified upon the cross. 835|00:59:11|630|00:59:15|230And the empty, nail-marked hands 836|00:59:15|730|00:59:20|310are no longer holding anything for 837|00:59:20|810|00:59:24|220himself. Rather they 838|00:59:24|720|00:59:28|300are agents of sharing, of distribution, 839|00:59:28|380|00:59:32|060of blessing. And his head 840|00:59:32|560|00:59:37|820is not cogitating about what he can do next as a personality. But it indicates 841|00:59:37|980|00:59:42|020a synthesis of up-gathered energies which can be 842|00:59:42|520|00:59:46|140poured out in a perfect archetypal configuration for the 843|00:59:46|700|00:59:50|310benefit of all those that it touches. There is a very 844|00:59:50|810|00:59:53|510strong distributive idea here in this law of service. 845|00:59:53|750|00:59:57|510Aquarius is a great sign of distribution. You know how Aquarian people tend 846|00:59:58|010|01:00:02|390to broadcast what they are to all areas indiscriminately, 847|01:00:02|470|01:00:05|630almost the sun shining upon the just and the… 848|01:00:06|130|01:00:09|630unjust as well. So the idea of distribution for 849|01:00:10|130|01:00:13|350all, but perhaps in a wise and loving way, 850|01:00:14|470|01:00:17|330is indicated here in the law of Service. 851|01:00:19|250|01:00:22|330One responds to Aquarius at a very early stage, you know, 852|01:00:22|830|01:00:26|290in a negative manner. One does not respond to the law of service until 853|01:00:27|570|01:00:30|850one really can respond. It is not 854|01:00:31|010|01:00:35|930natural at first to distribute 855|01:00:36|430|01:00:39|970and to share. It is natural to ingather 856|01:00:40|470|01:00:42|230and to possess and to acquire. 857|01:00:43|660|01:00:47|140You can do that under Aquarius, but you can't really do that under the law 858|01:00:47|640|01:00:51|260of Service. So the man 859|01:00:51|740|01:00:55|900poised in equilibrium, etc., etc. These are the two expressions 860|01:00:56|400|01:00:59|660of divinity which are today man's great objective. We're told that Libra 861|01:01:00|060|01:01:03|740is becoming strong in the planetary horoscope. If balance and service 862|01:01:04|240|01:01:07|420are the next laws to be 863|01:01:07|920|01:01:11|520achieved, the next objectives to be achieved, we are in 864|01:01:12|020|01:01:15|760good astrological condition for those objectives to be fulfilled. 865|01:01:16|260|01:01:21|160Because Libra is becoming stronger in the planetary horoscope independently 866|01:01:21|660|01:01:25|640of the fact that one might have to wait until the 3rd decanate of 867|01:01:26|140|01:01:30|040Aquarius before Libra is really strong. I mean, 868|01:01:30|540|01:01:34|320it is the Libra and Venus decanate. 869|01:01:34|820|01:01:38|380But even now and earlier in the planetary horoscope, the sign of balance 870|01:01:38|880|01:01:42|900is moving in and certainly the sign of service is moving into 871|01:01:43|400|01:01:46|100power. That is the sign Aquarius in general. 872|01:01:47|700|01:01:50|660Yes. And we are moving on beyond the one hour. We are. 873|01:01:52|660|01:01:56|700Service is usually interpreted as exceedingly desirable and 874|01:01:57|200|01:02:02|500it is seldom realized how very difficult service 875|01:02:02|980|01:02:06|620essentially is. This probably comes as 876|01:02:07|120|01:02:11|060a cold shower to many 877|01:02:11|560|01:02:15|180who are overly enthusiastic about the ease of service and 878|01:02:15|680|01:02:19|580how natural it may be. We do, after all, have to work against the 879|01:02:20|080|01:02:23|460tendency of the elementals, our Lunar 880|01:02:23|960|01:02:27|220Lords, if we're going to serve. It is seldom realized 881|01:02:27|720|01:02:31|890how very difficult service essentially is. It involves 882|01:02:32|390|01:02:36|490so much sacrifice of time and interest and of one's own ideas. 883|01:02:37|370|01:02:41|050Well, D.K. knows wherever he speaks, 884|01:02:41|550|01:02:44|850there's so many things that the masters could do that are of great interest to 885|01:02:45|350|01:02:47|050them. But they take their time, 886|01:02:49|130|01:02:53|130they take away from their normal interest, and they focus on 887|01:02:53|770|01:02:57|200a lesser sphere for the upliftment and the benefit of that sphere. 888|01:02:57|350|01:03:00|590Think of Sanat Kumara working under Saturn, who holds 889|01:03:01|090|01:03:04|510his post. Think of what else he might be 890|01:03:05|010|01:03:08|910doing rather than waiting or watching for the last weary pilgrim 891|01:03:09|410|01:03:12|390to find his way home. Okay, 892|01:03:14|070|01:03:18|510so, so much sacrifice of 893|01:03:19|010|01:03:23|270time and of interest and of one's ideas. It requires 894|01:03:24|180|01:03:27|940exceedingly hard work because 895|01:03:28|440|01:03:30|020it necessitates deliberate effort, 1|00:00:02|000|00:00:06|080conscious wisdom, and the ability to work without attachment. 897|01:03:36|500|01:03:40|900Well, this should be emblazoned 898|01:03:41|400|01:03:45|060on the shield of all disciples, so we really understand 899|01:03:45|300|01:03:49|700what we're involved with here and do not glamorize 900|01:03:50|330|01:03:54|970the concept. We're sometimes told that what 901|01:03:55|470|01:03:59|410usually passes for service brings far more to the one 902|01:03:59|910|01:04:02|170who serves than to the one who is served. 903|01:04:04|090|01:04:07|890So much sacrifice of time and of interest in one's own ideas requires 904|01:04:08|390|01:04:12|610exceedingly hard work because it necessitates effort, 905|01:04:13|110|01:04:16|090deliberate effort, the will, Saturn choice, 906|01:04:17|940|01:04:21|860conscious wisdom, applied wisdom, we might say, applied to specific 907|01:04:22|820|01:04:26|060concrete circumstances and 908|01:04:26|560|01:04:29|700the ability to work without attachment in spite of all 909|01:04:30|200|01:04:33|740this. And yet we will 910|01:04:34|240|01:04:38|340see service is a form of soul 911|01:04:38|820|01:04:43|260radiation. So to 912|01:04:43|760|01:04:46|860serve is to radiate. And yet there's a conscious, 913|01:04:46|940|01:04:51|260deliberate, willful aspect involved in 914|01:04:51|340|01:04:55|100directing this radiation to the best advantage 915|01:04:55|600|01:04:59|180in the world according to the plan, as one understands it. 916|01:05:01|260|01:05:04|580So we seldom realize, it is seldom 917|01:05:05|080|01:05:08|630realized, how very difficult service 918|01:05:08|790|01:05:12|350essentially is. It's one of those hard sayings, 919|01:05:12|850|01:05:16|390isn't it? You know, you run into this and you are interested in becoming 920|01:05:16|470|01:05:19|230part of the esoteric movement, 921|01:05:19|730|01:05:24|269cooperating with hierarchy and so forth. Then you see that the 922|01:05:24|769|01:05:27|990road ahead is a difficult one. And even the 923|01:05:28|490|01:05:32|470joy of service is only earned through 924|01:05:33|760|01:05:37|440willingness to undergo the necessary difficulty. 925|01:05:38|480|01:05:42|040These qualities, sacrifice of time 926|01:05:42|540|01:05:45|600and interest and of one's own ideas, 927|01:05:46|160|01:05:50|320because sometimes other ideas are 928|01:05:50|820|01:05:54|800more important in the context. We can say that other ideas 929|01:05:55|680|01:05:59|490are sometimes more important and 930|01:05:59|990|01:06:03|770more effective in the service context. 931|01:06:04|970|01:06:08|370We cannot always be talking about the 932|01:06:08|870|01:06:12|610ways we prefer. And sometimes we 933|01:06:13|110|01:06:16|690simply have to conform to the ideas of our superiors which 934|01:06:17|190|01:06:21|050have to be expressed. And they are not our own ideas. We have not 935|01:06:21|370|01:06:24|530created them, worked them up, et cetera. We have to 936|01:06:25|030|01:06:29|490simply adopt them and express them well. 937|01:06:29|990|01:06:33|450Only those who actually are involved in the process know. 938|01:06:35|930|01:06:37|370Know the reality of it. 939|01:06:39|610|01:06:42|650So these qualities are not easy of attainment by the average 940|01:06:43|150|01:06:46|250aspirant. May be easier for the trained disciple. 941|01:06:47|050|01:06:50|490Let's hope — maybe easier 942|01:06:50|890|01:06:54|020for the trained. And yet 943|01:06:54|520|01:06:57|940today the tendency to serve is an attitude which is 944|01:06:58|440|01:07:01|300true of a vast majority of people in the world. 945|01:07:02|340|01:07:04|900That's a wonderful statement. 946|01:07:06|100|01:07:09|380The tendency to help and to serve — true of 947|01:07:09|880|01:07:14|420vast majority. Such has been the success of the evolutionary process, 948|01:07:14|740|01:07:19|130so a reason for joy. 949|01:07:21|050|01:07:24|570And the vast majority 950|01:07:25|050|01:07:27|130are inclined to help. 951|01:07:28|570|01:07:32|170Maybe they have not reached that point 952|01:07:32|330|01:07:35|810discussed above, where service is possible 953|01:07:36|310|01:07:39|610because of a certain stage upon the path. But the inclination to 954|01:07:40|890|01:07:45|700render service, to help another, is deeply 955|01:07:45|860|01:07:49|220established in the vast majority. 956|01:07:50|260|01:07:54|420That's a very positive statement and I 957|01:07:54|920|01:07:58|460would say, you know, very encouraging. Service is frequently 958|01:07:58|960|01:08:02|660regarded as an endeavor to bring people around to the point of view of the 959|01:08:03|160|01:08:06|420one who serves, because what the would-be 960|01:08:06|920|01:08:10|700server has found to be good and true and useful must necessarily be good and 961|01:08:11|200|01:08:16|120true and useful for… Well, this would be imposition 962|01:08:17|080|01:08:20|680of the part upon the members of the whole. 963|01:08:22|440|01:08:24|920So in a way it's a kind of totalitarianism. 964|01:08:26|840|01:08:30|520Totalitarian — totalitarian has a particular 965|01:08:31|020|01:08:34|040point of view. The totalitarian attitude, 966|01:08:34|840|01:08:38|370totalitarian society, religion has a particular point of view which 967|01:08:38|870|01:08:42|490is to be imposed upon all and all are to conform to 968|01:08:42|990|01:08:46|570it. So this is on the way to totalitarianism. What's good 969|01:08:47|070|01:08:49|970for me is good for you. There's a lack of psychology there because I have 970|01:08:50|470|01:08:54|090not studied you and I don't know whether what's 971|01:08:54|590|01:08:58|370good for me is good for you. One can report 972|01:08:58|690|01:09:02|130one's own success or failure in such things and let the other 973|01:09:02|530|01:09:06|270individual decide. But to impose… Well, we know that there 974|01:09:06|770|01:09:10|350are many idealists in the field of politics and 975|01:09:10|850|01:09:14|510religion and so forth, who seek to impose upon others that which 976|01:09:15|010|01:09:18|590they have found to be good and true and useful. Service is viewed 1|00:00:02|000|00:00:06|080as something we render to the poor, the afflicted, the diseased 978|01:09:23|130|01:09:26|710and the unhappy because we think we 979|01:09:27|210|01:09:27|590want to help them, 980|01:09:30|559|01:09:35|519little realizing that 981|01:09:36|019|01:09:39|599primarily this help is offered because we ourselves are made uncomfortable 982|01:09:40|959|01:09:43|279by the distressing conditions. 983|01:09:44|799|01:09:48|959Well, he's certainly not giving us a glamorous 984|01:09:50|239|01:09:53|119picture of service, shall we agree? 985|01:09:53|839|01:09:57|359No glamorous picture of service here. 986|01:09:59|580|01:10:03|820So we are made uncomfortable by the distressing conditions and must 987|01:10:04|320|01:10:07|900therefore endeavor to ameliorate those conditions in order for 988|01:10:08|400|01:10:14|060ourselves to be comfortable. Again, so wrongly 989|01:10:14|860|01:10:17|980pursuing what we call service 990|01:10:18|460|01:10:20|700to sustain our own comfort. 991|01:10:22|220|01:10:23|900Well, maybe we hadn't thought about that. 992|01:10:26|880|01:10:30|240So the imposition and 993|01:10:31|040|01:10:35|040self-comfort, and thus the act of thus helping 994|01:10:35|540|01:10:38|800releases us from our misery, even if we 995|01:10:38|960|01:10:43|040fail to release or relieve 996|01:10:43|840|01:10:48|040the sufferers. So these indeed are 997|01:10:48|540|01:10:51|850hard sayings. But since service 998|01:10:52|350|01:10:56|090is so important, and since the Aquarian Age will be 999|01:10:56|590|01:11:00|890so much the age of service, it's very important that we have a deglamorized 1000|01:11:01|770|01:11:04|810conception of what service really is. 1001|01:11:05|310|01:11:09|690Otherwise we simply perpetuate the old 1002|01:11:09|930|01:11:13|530mistakes and think we are somehow really helping. 1003|01:11:14|650|01:11:18|410The deep questioning of our own motives then will be required 1004|01:11:18|910|01:11:23|090here. Why do I serve? Why do I help 1005|01:11:23|590|01:11:26|010when I think I am helping? 1006|01:11:27|930|01:11:29|290Why do I really do this? 1007|01:11:30|890|01:11:34|970Anything we may consider to be service. And D.K. 1008|01:11:35|470|01:11:40|330warns his disciples right at the outset: “Look, you're gathered here together largely 1009|01:11:40|490|01:11:44|780because you desire self-advancement, or 1010|01:11:45|280|01:11:50|580you're excited by such an idea as 1011|01:11:51|080|01:11:54|620contact with the Masters and so forth.” He basically is telling people that their 1012|01:11:55|660|01:11:59|180original impulses towards service are more on the selfish 1013|01:11:59|339|01:12:01|980side than on the selfless side. 1014|01:12:02|700|01:12:06|460And until we really explore 1015|01:12:06|540|01:12:12|150our motives within, maybe we will not understand that this 1016|01:12:12|650|01:12:15|510is in fact the case. All right. 1017|01:12:16|950|01:12:21|350Service is frequently an indication of a busy and overactive temperament. 1018|01:12:21|430|01:12:25|350Notice again the connection with the Third Ray. Right. Third law, Third Ray. 1019|01:12:25|750|01:12:26|870Notice the connection. 1020|01:12:30|950|01:12:33|830Or of a self-satisfied disposition. 1021|01:12:35|030|01:12:40|350I feel quite good about my life, so why should you not share 1022|01:12:40|510|01:12:43|670in that which has been so beneficial for 1023|01:12:44|170|01:12:47|470me? Which leads his possessor to a strenuous effort 1024|01:12:48|110|01:12:51|230to change situations and make them 1025|01:12:51|710|01:12:55|590what he feels they should be. Not so interested 1026|01:12:56|090|01:12:59|990in what may be the true intended expression of 1027|01:13:00|490|01:13:04|030the ones to be served, thus forcing people 1028|01:13:04|380|01:13:08|540to conform to that which the server feels 1029|01:13:09|040|01:13:12|940should be done. Kind of an astral attitude 1030|01:13:13|900|01:13:17|820is here indicated through the repeated use 1031|01:13:17|980|01:13:19|820of the word “feel.” 1032|01:13:25|100|01:13:28|020So again we have a limited point of view. All points of view are limited, 1033|01:13:28|520|01:13:32|460and we seek, out of that point of view, to correct 1034|01:13:32|960|01:13:36|740circumstances as we think they should be corrected. 1035|01:13:37|240|01:13:40|900This is not necessarily the attitude of 1036|01:13:41|400|01:13:45|020the soul, which understands things more deeply and sees 1037|01:13:45|820|01:13:49|700how they should be, so that those 1038|01:13:50|200|01:13:54|300who are the recipients of service are really benefited rather than 1039|01:13:54|380|01:13:57|980imposed upon or simply reconditioned. 1040|01:13:58|360|01:14:03|080So we can say that the reconditioning of others according 1041|01:14:03|960|01:14:07|280to one's ideas is 1042|01:14:07|780|01:14:09|240not necessarily service. 1043|01:14:13|000|01:14:17|040Or again, service can grow out of a fanatical 1044|01:14:17|540|01:14:21|320desire to tread in the footsteps of the Christ, that great 1045|01:14:21|820|01:14:25|310Son of God, who went about doing good, leaving an 1046|01:14:25|810|01:14:30|510example that we should follow in His footsteps. 1047|01:14:32|670|01:14:36|030Well, we are enjoined to imitate the Christ. 1048|01:14:36|530|01:14:40|310Thomas à Kempis so roundly endorsed 1049|01:14:40|810|01:14:44|030by Master Morya, “Imitation of Christ.” 1050|01:14:45|150|01:14:48|670But there is here… There may be 1051|01:14:50|120|01:14:55|400hidden here some spiritual 1052|01:14:55|900|01:15:00|120ambition that 1053|01:15:00|600|01:15:04|760one will rise in one's spiritual status if one 1054|01:15:05|480|01:15:09|880does as the Christ does. The true heart motive is perhaps 1055|01:15:09|960|01:15:13|160missing, and it's a bit of following: 1056|01:15:13|320|01:15:15|400“Well, He said to do it, so we do it.” 1057|01:15:16|520|01:15:19|760But the reason that He said to do 1058|01:15:20|260|01:15:23|480it is not yet fully expressed in our hearts 1059|01:15:23|980|01:15:25|960or understood in our minds. 1060|01:15:27|400|01:15:32|280So people therefore serve from a sense of obedience and not from a spontaneous 1061|01:15:33|000|01:15:36|280outgoing towards the needy. It does seem that the new 1062|01:15:37|000|01:15:39|560Pope, here we are in 2014, 1063|01:15:40|440|01:15:43|930has this spontaneous outgoing towards 1064|01:15:44|430|01:15:49|090the needy. And you know, as the reports come in now, he is much 1065|01:15:49|590|01:15:54|530loved and there's been a whole rethinking 1066|01:15:55|330|01:15:58|809of one's attitude towards the papacy and what can 1067|01:15:59|309|01:16:02|890be achieved there. More like a real man of Christ. You know, 1068|01:16:03|390|01:16:06|610back in around 1980, it was supposed to be that there was an overshadowing of 1069|01:16:07|250|01:16:09|090the Pope by the Master Jesus. 1070|01:16:11|130|01:16:14|170If it did occur, it seemed to be a short-lived experiment. 1071|01:16:14|890|01:16:18|890But maybe again the experiment 1072|01:16:20|410|01:16:24|250is undertaken. A real man of 1073|01:16:24|750|01:16:28|370the people. He's a Sagittarian, actually, seems to be pretty blunt in what 1074|01:16:28|870|01:16:32|530he says and he certainly has his opinions, but Cancerian in 1075|01:16:33|030|01:16:37|360his ascendant. So he has that common touch 1076|01:16:38|240|01:16:40|000and cares for the people. 1077|01:16:42|080|01:16:45|520Maybe years after this program has been made, 1078|01:16:45|600|01:16:49|280maybe we'll see things differently, we'll know more. 1079|01:16:49|920|01:16:54|480Interestingly, in some of the lore he 1080|01:16:54|980|01:16:57|600is said to be the last Pope, 1081|01:16:58|960|01:17:02|570at least in some of the prophecies. We'll see whether that 1082|01:17:03|070|01:17:06|410is truly the case. The last Pope, the last Dalai 1083|01:17:06|910|01:17:10|610Lama. What period are we entering? 1084|01:17:13|250|01:17:16|770So it's that sense of doing as the Christ did. 1085|01:17:17|270|01:17:21|050It's a sixth ray, it's Saturnian, it's “I must conform to 1086|01:17:21|550|01:17:24|570what he did. I must do this out of a sense of duty.” But not 1087|01:17:25|070|01:17:29|100from spontaneous heart response. 1088|01:17:29|600|01:17:33|100Heart response, not necessarily just a solar plexus response. 1089|01:17:33|260|01:17:38|340The essential quality for service is therefore lacking. And that is what? 1090|01:17:38|840|01:17:42|420It is, you know, spontaneous love. And from 1091|01:17:42|920|01:17:47|420the start they fail to do more than make certain 1092|01:17:47|660|01:17:51|660gestures in 1093|01:17:51|820|01:17:55|370conformity with their understanding 1094|01:17:55|870|01:18:00|890of the gestures made by 1095|01:18:01|390|01:18:05|050the Christ. Service can likewise be rendered from 1096|01:18:05|550|01:18:09|770a deep-seated desire for spiritual perfection. 1097|01:18:10|270|01:18:13|570Well, here comes the spiritual ambition. 1098|01:18:15|730|01:18:20|820“I want to be spiritually perfect. So therefore I know service 1099|01:18:21|140|01:18:24|740is required to achieve spiritual perfection. 1100|01:18:25|240|01:18:29|820Therefore I will serve.” For what motive? In order to be spiritually 1101|01:18:30|320|01:18:34|300perfect. It is regarded as one of the necessary qualifications for 1102|01:18:34|800|01:18:37|780discipleship. And therefore if one is to be a disciple, 1103|01:18:38|660|01:18:42|020one must serve. So one really wants to be a good disciple, 1104|01:18:42|520|01:18:47|250a perfect disciple. Again, the eyes are upon the self: righteous little 1105|01:18:47|750|01:18:51|690self. Eyes are upon the little self. 1106|01:18:52|250|01:18:56|810This theory is correct. But the living substance 1107|01:18:56|970|01:18:59|290of service is lacking. 1108|01:19:00|570|01:19:05|050What is that substance? What is that substance? 1109|01:19:05|550|01:19:09|770Is energy, right. So is 1110|01:19:10|270|01:19:15|270energy. And the energy required is spontaneous, 1111|01:19:16|150|01:19:19|350outgoing love in action. 1112|01:19:20|310|01:19:24|350The ideal is right and true and 1113|01:19:24|850|01:19:28|790meritorious. Yes. But the motive behind it is entirely 1114|01:19:29|030|01:19:32|110wrong. So we really do have 1115|01:19:32|610|01:19:36|150to question our motives for service. 1116|01:19:36|870|01:19:38|630We have to serve the plan, right, 1117|01:19:40|340|01:19:43|540then serve those whom 1118|01:19:44|040|01:19:47|300the plan serves, and then only then serve 1119|01:19:47|780|01:19:51|180those who serve. The plan puts things in the proper 1120|01:19:51|680|01:19:55|020proportion. Many people 1121|01:19:55|520|01:19:59|100serve, of course, through spontaneous love. They don't really have any idea of the plan. 1122|01:19:59|600|01:20:03|780But a still higher mode of service would be to serve with spontaneous 1123|01:20:04|280|01:20:08|680love and have the knowledge of what 1124|01:20:09|180|01:20:12|920the plan is and how it must be manifested in particular. 1125|01:20:14|600|01:20:19|480So the motive behind this mode of service is entirely wrong. Notice how D.K. oftentimes, 1126|01:20:19|980|01:20:22|200before telling us what a thing is, 1127|01:20:23|480|01:20:27|160tells us what it isn't. And this 1128|01:20:27|660|01:20:31|490kind of prepares the mind and is eliminative in its approach. 1129|01:20:31|650|01:20:35|330It works very well. The ideal is 1130|01:20:37|730|01:20:40|050right and true. Let's see. 1131|01:20:41|890|01:20:46|090But the motive behind it all is entirely wrong. Service can 1132|01:20:46|590|01:20:50|090also be rendered… Yet another… Is this the sixth? Because it is 1133|01:20:50|590|01:20:53|930becoming increasingly the fashion and the custom to be 1134|01:20:54|430|01:20:57|530occupied with some form of service. The tide is on. So, 1135|01:20:58|030|01:21:01|540like social pressure to 1136|01:21:02|040|01:21:05|780serve in order to be well 1137|01:21:06|100|01:21:10|260regarded by those who are 1138|01:21:10|740|01:21:14|419under the same pressure. Well, even the 1139|01:21:14|919|01:21:18|540fact that this pressure exists is a positive thing. But again, motive is 1140|01:21:19|040|01:21:22|580the key. Everybody is actively serving in welfare movements. 1141|01:21:23|080|01:21:26|670The movements in philanthropic endeavors, in Red Cross 1142|01:21:27|170|01:21:30|590work, which Master D.K. is behind, we've been told, 1143|01:21:31|630|01:21:36|430in educational uplifts and in the task of ameliorating distressing 1144|01:21:36|930|01:21:40|310world conditions. All this is very good. I just turned on the television 1145|01:21:40|810|01:21:44|990the other day and I saw some of the very famous pop 1146|01:21:45|490|01:21:48|990stars embracing really important 1147|01:21:49|150|01:21:53|020movements. Madonna, let's say. I don't know when— 1148|01:21:53|520|01:21:56|100you know, if you hear this 20 years from now, I don't know where Madonna 1149|01:21:56|600|01:22:00|100will be. She has a certain survivability. But she's into this 1150|01:22:01|620|01:22:05|300education for girls all over the world, regardless of oppressive conditions. 1151|01:22:05|700|01:22:09|340She's throwing her whole Leo self into 1152|01:22:09|840|01:22:12|820that. It's a wonderful thing, 1153|01:22:13|780|01:22:17|060you know. Are there mixed motives? Whatever. Anyway, she's throwing 1154|01:22:18|120|01:22:22|120her power into that, you know. She's a person of 1155|01:22:22|620|01:22:26|280great self expression, and without an education it's so difficult to express 1156|01:22:26|780|01:22:30|120yourself. The tide is on and she's—I'm respecting her for it 1157|01:22:30|620|01:22:34|680right now. There are people—respect those 1158|01:22:35|180|01:22:39|160who serve and they achieve even a higher social 1159|01:22:39|480|01:22:41|240status, even a higher reputation. 1160|01:22:42|680|01:22:45|880It is fashionable to serve in some way. 1|00:00:02|000|00:00:06|080Service gives a sense of power. 1|00:00:02|000|00:00:06|080Service brings one friends, one's fellow 1163|01:22:54|040|01:22:56|920servers and the groups that one serves, 1164|01:22:58|840|01:23:01|000they love, they adore, they appreciate. 1165|01:23:01|960|01:23:04|200Service is a form of group activity. 1166|01:23:05|960|01:23:09|080And frequently, you know, of course this is done through serving groups. 1167|01:23:12|290|01:23:14|690There was just the great Philippine hurricane, 1168|01:23:16|690|01:23:20|290hugely devastating, and all many groups 1169|01:23:21|970|01:23:25|809mustered aid for the 1170|01:23:26|309|01:23:29|570Philippines, even the American military. 1171|01:23:29|730|01:23:34|130Well, whatever the motive was there, providing relief— 1172|01:23:34|290|01:23:38|070group activity—and frequently brings 1173|01:23:38|570|01:23:41|790far more to the server in a worldly sense than to 1174|01:23:42|290|01:23:45|670those served. One sometimes looks out in the world and sees men of 1175|01:23:46|170|01:23:48|630huge wealth. I think there was a man, Warren Buffett, 1176|01:23:49|830|01:23:53|390just, you know, as they say, worth billions and 1177|01:23:53|890|01:23:57|430billions of dollars. And he is—how much of his 1178|01:23:58|230|01:24:00|550legacy has he committed to charity? 1179|01:24:01|360|01:24:05|800Almost the whole of it. And encouraging other hugely 1180|01:24:06|300|01:24:10|240wealthy individuals to give—assign at least 50% of their 1181|01:24:11|040|01:24:14|800wealth to human betterment. 1182|01:24:15|760|01:24:19|040I think he left very little to his children. I don't know. That's the story 1183|01:24:19|680|01:24:23|120that I heard. People of 1184|01:24:23|620|01:24:27|090great wealth doing very 1185|01:24:27|590|01:24:30|730serviceable things and gaining— 1186|01:24:31|450|01:24:34|930maybe they have pure motive. Maybe some of them really do have pure 1187|01:24:35|430|01:24:38|930motive, but also gaining from 1188|01:24:39|430|01:24:43|450it in the social sense. You know how it is when you see somebody just 1189|01:24:43|530|01:24:47|290raking it in hand over fist and they just live selfishly 1190|01:24:47|790|01:24:51|650with what they have acquired. Well, what is your thought and 1191|01:24:52|150|01:24:55|750feeling towards such people? Then you see these same people turn around and 1192|01:24:56|250|01:24:59|750give it all back, or most of it back into worthy efforts. 1193|01:25:00|250|01:25:03|950Look at Andrew Carnegie. I mean, you know, maybe he was a rough and 1194|01:25:04|450|01:25:08|190tough robber baron in the 19th 1195|01:25:08|690|01:25:12|830century, but you know, look at all those libraries he endowed and look 1196|01:25:13|330|01:25:17|830at the educational possibilities that he rendered 1197|01:25:18|330|01:25:22|120possible. So yes, there may be mixed motive, 1198|01:25:22|620|01:25:26|080but there certainly is. Who's to judge the motive 1199|01:25:26|560|01:25:29|840of such people? We're not inside their psyche. 1200|01:25:30|340|01:25:33|520I'm sure there are some very pure streams, 1201|01:25:34|319|01:25:37|480but there are some who serve for 1202|01:25:37|980|01:25:41|200what it can bring to them. They know 1203|01:25:41|280|01:25:46|970it's good policy to serve. Some of the most 1204|01:25:48|570|01:25:52|490selfish people that you will see in 1205|01:25:52|990|01:25:56|650a political sense and in a social sense are also known 1206|01:25:57|150|01:26:00|810as philanthropists. Well, but perhaps they choose very well their charities. 1207|01:26:00|890|01:26:04|570I looked up some people the other 1208|01:26:05|070|01:26:09|010day and I thought, “Well, these people are really not doing 1209|01:26:09|510|01:26:13|060well for society because they seem to be against the 1210|01:26:13|560|01:26:17|420poor and they seem to be impoverishing the middle 1211|01:26:17|920|01:26:22|460class and enriching themselves.” And yet I see some of the very first 1212|01:26:22|960|01:26:25|740ways they are described is as philanthropists. 1213|01:26:27|420|01:26:30|860So this discernment of motive is a key thing. 1214|01:26:31|500|01:26:36|220First within ourselves, let us be sure of our own motives 1215|01:26:36|720|01:26:39|990and then, you know, go on to the motives of others. 1216|01:26:40|870|01:26:42|790And yet in spite of all this, 1217|01:26:43|990|01:26:48|790which indicates wrong motives and false aspiration towards 1218|01:26:49|290|01:26:56|070unworthy objectives, we might say service 1219|01:26:57|430|01:27:00|870of a kind is constantly and 1220|01:27:01|270|01:27:04|310readily being rendered. And D.K. puts in “other kind.” Well, 1221|01:27:04|550|01:27:07|310it may not be as good as it could be. 1222|01:27:07|810|01:27:11|270But people are being helped by others. 1223|01:27:12|230|01:27:16|470A loving relationship of some kind 1224|01:27:16|550|01:27:20|190over the long term is being established, and helping 1225|01:27:20|690|01:27:24|390is contagious. Even a person with wrong motives who begins to help 1226|01:27:24|890|01:27:29|030will find that the energy is flowing and it's 1227|01:27:30|020|01:27:35|660a joy to assist, and 1228|01:27:36|160|01:27:39|540that assistance will direct them towards a better 1229|01:27:40|260|01:27:44|060motive and they will lose their 1230|01:27:44|560|01:27:48|380selfishness in the process. Humanity is on 1231|01:27:48|880|01:27:52|420its way to a right understanding of 1232|01:27:53|620|01:27:56|180service. 1233|01:27:56|660|01:28:00|100I don't know. This could be one of those typos. It is becoming 1234|01:28:00|600|01:28:03|860responsive to this new law and is learning to 1235|01:28:04|360|01:28:08|020react to the steadily imposing will of that great life 1|00:00:02|000|00:00:06|080who informs the constellation Aquarius. 1237|01:28:13|300|01:28:16|860Because indeed there are lords of constellations. Some people have 1238|01:28:17|360|01:28:21|190figured the constellations are just aggregates of stars and are 1239|01:28:21|690|01:28:24|870quite material, and whereas a solar Logos may be informed 1240|01:28:25|370|01:28:29|150by a great life, a constellation is not. But D.K. gives us 1241|01:28:29|650|01:28:34|830other indications: there are constellation Logoi, so 1242|01:28:37|710|01:28:38|270oh, 1243|01:28:42|430|01:28:46|270constellational Logoi, just as our solar Logos 1244|01:28:46|770|01:28:50|210informs our solar system and our planetary Logos informs 1245|01:28:50|710|01:28:54|450our Earth planet—our Earth 1246|01:28:54|850|01:28:58|450planet, meaning there's more to the 1247|01:28:58|950|01:29:01|490demonstration of the planetary Logos than his planet, 1248|01:29:04|530|01:29:07|810at least on the outer levels. He has an 1249|01:29:08|310|01:29:12|130entirely internal manifestation as well. So, just 1250|01:29:12|630|01:29:16|520as our solar Logos, there are constellation Logoi. There are lords of the 1251|01:29:17|020|01:29:20|400constellations: Lord of the constellation Aquarius. I once went collecting 1252|01:29:20|900|01:29:24|440them and he mentions several. Is it the Lord 1253|01:29:24|940|01:29:29|920of the constellation Aries? Lord of the constellation Libra? Maybe. Here we have informing 1254|01:29:30|420|01:29:33|720the life of the constellation Aquarius, the great life. 1255|01:29:35|160|01:29:37|560Well, a galaxy is a great life. 1256|01:29:39|160|01:29:43|090There's such a mystery about life because that 1257|01:29:43|590|01:29:47|850which is a unitary being is also simultaneously 1258|01:29:48|350|01:29:51|450a complex being. It has many parts, each of which 1259|01:29:51|950|01:29:54|290thinks it's its own being. 1260|01:29:55|810|01:29:59|290So the great puzzle of the one and the many is solved by 1261|01:29:59|790|01:30:01|650us over time, 1262|01:30:02|770|01:30:03|170right? 1263|01:30:05|650|01:30:06|530Okay. 1264|01:30:10|780|01:30:14|780I hope there will not be these little droppings 1265|01:30:15|280|01:30:18|460of the audio track because things 1266|01:30:18|960|01:30:24|020fade in and out on this program, and 1267|01:30:24|520|01:30:27|500I only notice it maybe a few seconds later. 1268|01:30:28|060|01:30:32|220I once closed my eyes in meditation and realized 1269|01:30:32|720|01:30:36|470I probably had missed about five or six 1270|01:30:36|970|01:30:40|310minutes of non-connection because I had my eyes closed and I didn't 1271|01:30:40|810|01:30:43|990see the report that the audio connection 1272|01:30:44|490|01:30:46|510had been dropped. But anyway, 1273|01:30:47|790|01:30:51|390onward. The idea of service is at this 1274|01:30:51|890|01:30:55|470time the major idea to be grasped, 1275|01:30:56|110|01:30:59|680for in grasping it, we open ourselves wide open to 1276|01:31:00|180|01:31:03|560the new incoming influences. So it's almost as if 1277|01:31:04|060|01:31:08|800to say that if we serve properly, 1278|01:31:09|600|01:31:16|480we will be aligning ourselves with 1279|01:31:16|980|01:31:20|080the energy of the constellation Aquarius. 1280|01:31:21|920|01:31:25|160The law of service, the new incoming influence. I mean, 1281|01:31:25|660|01:31:29|780there are many incoming energies. I think we only really know 1282|01:31:30|020|01:31:34|100a few. Sometimes D.K. hints at how many energies 1283|01:31:34|600|01:31:37|780there are for which we have no name and for which we have no 1284|01:31:38|280|01:31:41|620real recognition. The law 1285|01:31:42|120|01:31:45|580of service is the expression of the energy of a 1286|01:31:46|080|01:31:50|660great life who, in cooperation 1287|01:31:52|510|01:31:56|150with him in whom we live and 1288|01:31:56|650|01:31:59|990move and have our being—and that could be the solar 1289|01:32:00|490|01:32:03|990Logos, or more likely, the planetary Logos—in this context, is subjecting the 1290|01:32:04|490|01:32:07|870human family. Subjecting, you know, no choice in the matter. 1291|01:32:08|590|01:32:11|950Subjecting the human family to certain influences and streams of energy 1292|01:32:12|910|01:32:16|270which will eventually do three things. Now, notice again, 1293|01:32:16|590|01:32:20|490certain influences and streams of energy. We don't know the 1294|01:32:20|990|01:32:24|970specifics of these. We just say, “Okay, the Aquarian energy.” But what is involved 1295|01:32:25|470|01:32:28|890in that? Remember, these are great composite beings. 1296|01:32:29|390|01:32:32|850They have different stars in them, different solar Logoi in 1297|01:32:33|350|01:32:37|250them. We consider an influence to be unitary 1298|01:32:37|750|01:32:41|010when in fact it is multiple. Well, one day we will 1299|01:32:41|510|01:32:44|930learn about the multiplicity of that which is given. 1300|01:32:45|430|01:32:49|430I mean, you know, we talk about the energy of the constellation Scorpio. 1301|01:32:49|930|01:32:54|270Well, how many solar Logoi are involved in this constellation? 1302|01:32:54|770|01:32:58|270They often call it Scorpios, okay? And each one of them making 1303|01:32:58|770|01:33:02|590a contribution to what we in general call the Scorpio energy. 1304|01:33:03|090|01:33:07|710And thus it is with all of these constellations. They are multipartite 1305|01:33:08|210|01:33:12|520in a way, and yet we call them sort of one thing. And we learn 1306|01:33:13|020|01:33:16|520to recognize different aspects of these, of this one thing. 1307|01:33:17|080|01:33:20|600But we don't necessarily know the source of these different aspects. 1308|01:33:21|100|01:33:24|520We say, “Well, that's just part of the Scorpio energy.” But maybe there's a 1309|01:33:24|680|01:33:27|960specific source within that constellation 1310|01:33:28|840|01:33:32|040which is the origin of that energy. That could 1311|01:33:33|080|01:33:34|040very well be. 1312|01:33:36|440|01:33:40|400So what happens when this great 1313|01:33:41|200|01:33:45|760being impresses itself upon him 1314|01:33:46|260|01:33:49|120in whom we live and move and have our being? What are the results? 1315|01:33:49|520|01:33:53|360What happens? The heart center in all aspirants 1316|01:33:53|860|01:33:56|960and disciples will awaken. Well, usually you say Leo is the heart, 1317|01:33:57|680|01:34:01|520but Aquarius is closely related 1318|01:34:01|920|01:34:05|370also. So we are entering into 1319|01:34:05|870|01:34:09|210an age of the heart, not just an age of the solar plexus, perhaps during 1320|01:34:09|710|01:34:13|890the age of Pisces. Even though the constellation brings in the secondary energy, it has 1321|01:34:14|390|01:34:17|610a lot of sixth ray associated with 1322|01:34:18|110|01:34:22|810it. And perhaps the solar plexus of aspiration was 1323|01:34:23|310|01:34:26|010more stimulated than the heart. 1324|01:34:26|890|01:34:30|550Though since the appearance of Christ through 1325|01:34:31|110|01:34:35|110the initiated Jesus, this has been growing greatly. 1326|01:34:36|790|01:34:40|950Very needed. Very needed. Who knows what the Christ saw 1327|01:34:41|450|01:34:45|110about the potential future of humanity unless 1328|01:34:45|610|01:34:48|910he agreed to anchor the will of God 1329|01:34:49|410|01:34:52|550in a way that was in accordance with the will of God and not with 1330|01:34:53|050|01:34:55|760his own plans? Talk about in a way giving up your own ideas. 1331|01:34:56|400|01:35:00|400From the high master and head of the hierarchy, he subordinates his 1332|01:35:00|900|01:35:05|800ideas to those of Sanat 1333|01:35:06|300|01:35:09|400Kumara, which are higher yet and which 1334|01:35:09|900|01:35:13|320he recognizes as of still greater value, you might say. 1335|01:35:13|820|01:35:16|240Well, if he can do that, I mean, certainly the example is set for us. 1336|01:35:18|240|01:35:22|080Well, what else happens? Enable emotionally polarized 1337|01:35:22|580|01:35:26|280humanity to focus intelligently in the mind. Because after all, Aquarius is 1338|01:35:26|780|01:35:30|240a fifth ray. Let's see, 1339|01:35:30|740|01:35:32|760how would this work? Fifth ray sign. 1340|01:35:34|600|01:35:37|640And it has much of the third ray in it as well. It is a 1341|01:35:38|140|01:35:41|720sign of mentality and the 1342|01:35:42|220|01:35:44|600relation of the opposites: 1343|01:35:45|640|01:35:49|750the two wavy lines understood 1344|01:35:50|250|01:35:53|510in relation to each other and the transfer of the energy of the solar 1345|01:35:54|010|01:35:57|710plexus into the heart. All of this will be possible under 1346|01:35:58|210|01:36:02|030the impress of the law of service and as that great… 1347|01:36:04|830|01:36:07|870The energy of this great life, which is the life, 1348|01:36:08|670|01:36:12|170I believe, of the constellation Aquarius, moves into incredible 1349|01:36:12|240|01:36:16|640increasing power. So awakening the 1350|01:36:17|140|01:36:20|920heart center in 1351|01:36:21|420|01:36:24|000all aspirants and disciples. This is going to happen. 1352|01:36:25|120|01:36:27|760Enabling humanity, 1353|01:36:29|680|01:36:33|000which is emotionally polarized, eventually to move into the mind. So we can 1354|01:36:33|500|01:36:37|600imagine an age of universal education where real mental training 1355|01:36:38|100|01:36:41|410becomes possible. It is not demonstrating in 1356|01:36:41|910|01:36:45|490the masses now, except maybe the masses in certain 1357|01:36:45|650|01:36:49|610areas of the globe. And transfer energy from the solar plexus 1358|01:36:50|110|01:36:53|090to the heart. All of this possible under Aquarius, 1359|01:36:54|050|01:36:58|250the lord of the constellation Aquarius. All of this is possible under 1360|01:36:58|750|01:37:02|930the lord of the constellation Aquarius. 1361|01:37:04|680|01:37:08|240This unfolding of what we might call the consciousness 1362|01:37:08|740|01:37:12|000of the heart, or the development of true 1363|01:37:12|500|01:37:16|120feeling. Notice how true feeling is connected with the heart. Sometimes we say feeling 1364|01:37:16|620|01:37:20|200is only of the solar plexus. Master Morya uses the term feeling 1365|01:37:20|700|01:37:24|480in the same way, and he encourages its cultivation. It's not just 1366|01:37:24|980|01:37:28|680a solar plexus thing. It has to do with the heart center. This unfolding of 1367|01:37:29|180|01:37:31|800what we might call the consciousness of the heart, or the development of true feeling, 1368|01:37:32|600|01:37:36|440is the first step towards 1369|01:37:36|940|01:37:40|120group awareness. We have to be heart sensitive to be 1370|01:37:40|520|01:37:44|280truly group aware. We have to be 1371|01:37:44|760|01:37:49|800heart sensitive to be group aware. 1372|01:37:51|160|01:37:54|360This unfolding of what we might call the consciousness of the heart, and the development 1373|01:37:54|860|01:37:59|050of true feeling, is the first step towards group awareness. 1374|01:38:00|730|01:38:03|930The group is called together under the heart. The heart is a group organ. 1375|01:38:04|430|01:38:07|850We remember that the heart is a group organ, 1376|01:38:09|610|01:38:13|610and is related to group 1377|01:38:15|130|01:38:19|170consciousness, and not to the individual consciousness. 1378|01:38:19|670|01:38:24|010This group awareness, and this identification 1379|01:38:24|510|01:38:28|540with the feeling, feeling aspect of all groups, is the quality 1380|01:38:29|040|01:38:33|620which leads to service. So many important statements made 1381|01:38:34|340|01:38:37|740here, one could ponder on them a 1382|01:38:38|240|01:38:40|420long time instead of just passing them. 1383|01:38:41|620|01:38:45|020This group awareness, and this identification with the feeling aspect 1384|01:38:45|520|01:38:49|780of all groups. The first couple of meditations in Dina 2 are meant 1385|01:38:50|020|01:38:53|870together to cultivate the feeling aspect within 1386|01:38:55|710|01:38:58|430the group. They are to sensitize, 1387|01:38:58|930|01:39:02|910harmonize the astral body of the group that 1388|01:39:03|410|01:39:05|070uses the meditation. 1389|01:39:07|150|01:39:11|150And this leads to service as 1390|01:39:11|650|01:39:14|350the masters render it. It leads to service, the service to be rendered as the 1391|01:39:14|850|01:39:18|680masters render it, and as the Christ demonstrated 1392|01:39:18|760|01:39:22|400it for us in Galilee. Interesting that he uses 1393|01:39:22|900|01:39:26|640that term. He doesn't use Israel, he doesn't use Palestine. He uses 1394|01:39:27|140|01:39:31|000the term Galilee. Sometimes he uses the term Palestine. 1395|01:39:34|120|01:39:38|560So the consciousness of the heart, and 1396|01:39:39|060|01:39:42|200the development of true feeling, not just personal, biased, 1397|01:39:43|010|01:39:47|570solar plexus feeling, but inclusive, loving feeling 1398|01:39:49|170|01:39:52|530which spreads around to all and includes all. 1399|01:39:53|030|01:39:57|130It is a true feeling. Let's say it 1400|01:39:57|630|01:40:02|410is inclusive, and 1401|01:40:02|910|01:40:07|650true group awareness involves this consciousness of the heart and true love. 1402|01:40:08|890|01:40:12|010Otherwise, there is no true group consciousness. So we see how much, you know, 1403|01:40:12|510|01:40:16|730we're told that Aquarius 1404|01:40:17|210|01:40:20|890leads to the development of universal 1405|01:40:21|390|01:40:24|730love. We're told of Pisces pervasive wisdom, 1406|01:40:24|890|01:40:28|330and yet it seems to be a sign of great love in many ways. 1407|01:40:28|810|01:40:31|610And of Aquarius, we're told universal love. 1408|01:40:32|490|01:40:35|910So this is the beginning. We've seen so many different ways in which Aquarius 1409|01:40:36|410|01:40:40|630can manifest, including this regimenting, 1410|01:40:42|390|01:40:46|070impositional standardization, all 1411|01:40:46|570|01:40:50|710the way up to the great service of the Christ, based upon 1412|01:40:51|750|01:40:54|070his universal love. 1413|01:40:56|470|01:41:01|720So now D.K. is interpolating some 1414|01:41:02|220|01:41:06|520other factors. He tends to do this when 1415|01:41:07|020|01:41:10|200there have been questions submitted on psychology. 1416|01:41:10|700|01:41:14|080He included them in the Psychology book. He included his answers in the 1417|01:41:15|120|01:41:18|360Psychology One book. And here are some questions 1418|01:41:18|860|01:41:22|240on service. Were they submitted? There were questions on 1419|01:41:22|740|01:41:26|160healing from the healing group, and his answers 1420|01:41:26|660|01:41:28|550were included. 1421|01:41:30|070|01:41:33|030So let's see what these questions may be. 1422|01:41:35|430|01:41:38|590Therefore, the service rendered today is what it 1423|01:41:39|090|01:41:42|470is because of the response to these new Aquarian 1424|01:41:43|030|01:41:46|390influences. Because the response to these 1425|01:41:46|890|01:41:50|390new Aquarian influences being registered at present in the astral body 1426|01:41:51|030|01:41:54|620and is working out through the solar plexus, we have an emotional 1427|01:41:55|120|01:41:57|780form of service today. It's certainly better than nothing. 1428|01:42:00|980|01:42:04|300This accounts for the emotional nature of most 1429|01:42:04|800|01:42:07|620of the service rendered in the world at this time. We are moved by our 1430|01:42:08|100|01:42:12|900emotions to serve. Moved by our emotions to 1431|01:42:13|400|01:42:16|900serve. It is responsible for the hatred engendered 1432|01:42:18|180|01:42:20|980by those who react sensitively to suffering. 1433|01:42:24|110|01:42:27|310It stays in the realm of the astral vehicle, doesn't it? Because of their emotional 1434|01:42:27|810|01:42:31|070identification with suffering, 1435|01:42:33|870|01:42:37|790and because of that, they lay the blame for the distressing conditions encountered 1436|01:42:38|430|01:42:43|870upon a person or group of persons whom 1437|01:42:44|370|01:42:48|210they then hate. So it does not rise 1438|01:42:48|710|01:42:53|130into the realm of an inclusive understanding mind influenced 1439|01:42:53|630|01:42:57|410by inclusive soul consciousness. 1440|01:42:58|850|01:43:02|210Well, the waters of life, you know, the astral waters 1441|01:43:02|710|01:43:06|210are also sensitive. And there is a connection between the Buddha plane, 1442|01:43:07|010|01:43:09|970where the true Aquarian energy should be at work, 1443|01:43:10|210|01:43:13|170and the astral plane. And we are, 1444|01:43:13|670|01:43:17|150as a human race, largely emotionally focused. 1445|01:43:17|650|01:43:21|230We have only to watch the demonstrations in the 1446|01:43:21|730|01:43:25|670streets of various countries to see how very emotionally 1447|01:43:26|170|01:43:26|630focused we are. 1448|01:43:29|990|01:43:34|470So the sensitivity can lead to 1449|01:43:34|870|01:43:39|840hatred and the desire for revenge 1450|01:43:40|320|01:43:44|000against those who cause harm 1451|01:43:44|160|01:43:47|360and distress to those with whom we 1452|01:43:47|860|01:43:51|400are identified. So because of this solar 1453|01:43:51|900|01:43:54|720plexus reception of the energy of Aquarius, 1454|01:43:56|320|01:43:59|760this reception is responsible also for the generally unsatisfactory 1455|01:44:00|260|01:44:04|720nature of much of that which is now being done to relieve conditions. 1456|01:44:05|130|01:44:08|490It's maybe, should we say, not well thought 1457|01:44:08|970|01:44:12|810through. It is unsatisfactory from the higher angle 1458|01:44:13|310|01:44:17|050of the soul. Maybe we can say that its 1459|01:44:17|290|01:44:20|970long-range benefits 1460|01:44:24|250|01:44:29|130do not occur as they might if 1461|01:44:29|630|01:44:33|490the service were based upon soul 1462|01:44:34|370|01:44:38|250understanding. So we rush forth 1463|01:44:38|750|01:44:42|290to serve because we are animated by an emotional impulse. 1464|01:44:44|050|01:44:48|090And yet our effectiveness is 1465|01:44:48|590|01:44:52|130somewhat diminished because we do not have soul 1466|01:44:52|630|01:44:55|090vision of the situation. 1467|01:44:57|580|01:44:58|060Okay? 1468|01:45:01|660|01:45:05|940When, however, the service rendered is 1469|01:45:06|440|01:45:10|540based upon mental response, 1470|01:45:11|819|01:45:15|220when the service rendered is based upon a mental response to humanity's 1471|01:45:15|720|01:45:19|980need, then the whole problem is lifted out of the veil of illusion, 1472|01:45:20|480|01:45:23|870or especially of glamour, and out of the valley of the world. 1473|01:45:24|370|01:45:29|070Glamour? Yes. Well, you know, we're talking about higher 1474|01:45:29|570|01:45:33|950mental response, I might say, or at least the 1475|01:45:34|450|01:45:40|070mind is influenced by 1476|01:45:40|570|01:45:44|190the soul. Then the impulses to serve are registered 1477|01:45:44|690|01:45:48|800in the heart center. This is so important. The impulses to serve are registered 1478|01:45:49|300|01:45:52|960in the heart center and not in the solar plexus. 1479|01:45:55|760|01:45:58|880And I suppose we can tell the difference, can't we, 1480|01:45:59|380|01:46:02|320if we've had both types of impulses, 1481|01:46:03|280|01:46:05|120and when this is more generally the case, 1|00:00:02|000|00:00:06|080then we shall have a happier and more successful demonstration 1483|01:46:11|120|01:46:15|750of service. It's, you know, so often the 1484|01:46:16|250|01:46:20|670solar plexus response is 1485|01:46:20|750|01:46:24|350for the purpose of rendering 1486|01:46:24|990|01:46:28|749the server more satisfied, or 1487|01:46:29|249|01:46:33|430more comfortable, or less distressed, 1488|01:46:33|930|01:46:37|430as D.K. has said, the solar plexus senses 1489|01:46:37|930|01:46:41|260this in harmony. And whether or not it's truly helpful and 1490|01:46:41|760|01:46:46|220intelligent response, at least it relieves this sense 1491|01:46:46|720|01:46:50|420of distress and dissonance which is occurring in the solar plexus. But when the mind 1492|01:46:50|920|01:46:54|620and the heart are combined in how the service is 1493|01:46:55|120|01:46:57|860to be rendered, directing how the service is to be rendered, 1494|01:46:58|900|01:47:02|660then, as he says, a more successful, happier and more successful 1495|01:47:03|160|01:47:06|190demonstration of service. In this 1496|01:47:06|270|01:47:10|190treatise, I seek to be intensely 1497|01:47:10|690|01:47:14|830practical. Well, maybe a little different from the cosmic fire 1498|01:47:15|330|01:47:18|950approach which laid out the grand structure, but here we're 1499|01:47:19|450|01:47:23|150into application. It is the second Ray Treatise, 1500|01:47:23|230|01:47:27|630these five books on the seven 1501|01:47:28|130|01:47:31|870rays, but it involves also 1502|01:47:32|110|01:47:35|380the action of the third ray, and what is given 1503|01:47:35|460|01:47:39|100is to be applied. So I seek to be intensely 1504|01:47:39|600|01:47:44|180practical, for this new science of service must be based on right foundations 1505|01:47:45|460|01:47:47|940and on sound understanding. 1506|01:47:49|140|01:47:52|540So easy to rush forth into service in a 1507|01:47:53|040|01:47:56|580way that is not really service and not really effective. 1508|01:47:57|780|01:48:01|530So we have to have this intellectual, academic understanding also of 1509|01:48:02|030|01:48:05|970service, so we know how to evaluate what we 1510|01:48:06|470|01:48:10|130have called service heretofore and perhaps not fall into 1511|01:48:10|630|01:48:14|050the traps of thinking we are serving, when in fact we are not really doing 1512|01:48:14|550|01:48:18|490so. Perhaps the simplest way in which I can handle a theme so new 1513|01:48:19|210|01:48:24|370and yet so hackneyed is— 1514|01:48:24|870|01:48:29|800really new in its essential meaning or 1515|01:48:30|300|01:48:33|560the appreciation of that meaning by people, but it's hackneyed in terms of its constant 1516|01:48:34|060|01:48:37|440repetition—is by formulating certain questions and then answering them 1517|01:48:37|940|01:48:42|159as fully and concisely as possible. How do we define 1518|01:48:42|659|01:48:46|360the word service? What is the field of 1519|01:48:46|860|01:48:50|200service? And what is the field of 1520|01:48:50|700|01:48:54|100the science? And why do 1521|01:48:54|600|01:48:58|300we call it a science? Remember how scientific 1522|01:48:58|800|01:49:02|540the sign Aquarian is with this very prominent fifth ray? It's the ray which is 1523|01:49:03|040|01:49:06|700given as transmitted by the Lord of the constellation at this time. 1524|01:49:08|300|01:49:11|220So why do we call it a science? What are the characteristics of the true 1525|01:49:11|720|01:49:15|380server? Well, he certainly told us what they are 1526|01:49:15|880|01:49:20|940not. What effect does service have on 1527|01:49:21|440|01:49:24|860the mind, on the emotions, on the etheric body of those served, 1528|01:49:25|360|01:49:29|380I presume, and of the server? And does this 1529|01:49:29|880|01:49:33|900science prove that the seven key or ray types— 1530|01:49:36|220|01:49:39|820seven key types, each key tone, each ray tone, 1531|01:49:41|260|01:49:45|350the seven key types, the seven major types. Maybe a 1532|01:49:45|850|01:49:50|070key is to be turned seven times here. Or ray types employ 1533|01:49:50|710|01:49:54|710distinctive methods in their service, and this is a very valuable 1534|01:49:56|630|01:49:59|870area for consideration—the seven modes of service. 1535|01:50:00|370|01:50:03|990Perhaps we will recognize these modes as we study. 1536|01:50:05|190|01:50:10|790I always like to go back to them because they are so 1537|01:50:11|290|01:50:14|750very unusual, their expression. They may not at all be what 1538|01:50:15|250|01:50:18|910we have suspected of the ray types 1539|01:50:19|410|01:50:25|150of service. So let's 1540|01:50:25|650|01:50:29|830at least begin, and then we 1541|01:50:30|330|01:50:33|790can continue afterwards. The consideration of 1542|01:50:34|290|01:50:37|470these questions will enable me to do three things. Okay, so number one: 1543|01:50:38|420|01:50:42|380show in my answers to each question that 1544|01:50:42|880|01:50:46|980service is not a sentiment or 1545|01:50:47|480|01:50:51|100an ideal. The mind can certainly be much affected by 1546|01:50:51|600|01:50:53|860the emotions, and we have a kamamanasic response. 1547|01:50:55|060|01:50:59|980An ideal oftentimes reaches out of this world and 1548|01:51:00|480|01:51:04|060fails to be applied. It's not a sentiment 1549|01:51:04|560|01:51:09|190or an ideal, but that it is an effect and 1550|01:51:09|690|01:51:12|950a scientific procedure at the same time. 1551|01:51:14|790|01:51:21|030So indeed, we are having from D.K. a very different 1552|01:51:21|110|01:51:26|150formulation, reformulation of what service 1553|01:51:26|310|01:51:30|030really is. And this will, you know, it's 80 years 1554|01:51:30|530|01:51:34|920ago that this was written. This should be reformulating 1555|01:51:35|420|01:51:39|360our conceptions. And by now we certainly 1556|01:51:39|860|01:51:42|880have been applying what we have read for so many years. 1557|01:51:44|400|01:51:47|280So it's not of the astral plane. 1558|01:51:47|920|01:51:50|640It's not related to emotional idealism. 1559|01:51:51|920|01:51:55|520That idealism may have a part in it, but that's not the real thing. 1560|01:51:56|640|01:52:01|130It is an effect of something higher. What is that effect and 1561|01:52:01|630|01:52:05|050a scientific procedure at the same time? There is 1562|01:52:05|550|01:52:09|290a method with predictable results. So what will D.K. be able to 1563|01:52:09|790|01:52:12|610do? We're talking about three things he will be able to do. 1564|01:52:15|890|01:52:20|170He'll be able to indicate the need today for the right understanding 1565|01:52:20|670|01:52:24|010of a technique which, when applied by the new 1566|01:52:24|510|01:52:28|220group of World Servers, will lead humanity into the world of 1567|01:52:28|720|01:52:31|580true meaning and real values. That is the world of the soul, 1568|01:52:32|460|01:52:35|980the world of meaning and the world of true values. The world of the soul. 1569|01:52:39|820|01:52:42|380Oh, of soul. 1570|01:52:42|940|01:52:46|260And I will seek to show how the new group of 1571|01:52:46|760|01:52:50|460World Servers will work. Well, they are certainly 1572|01:52:51|670|01:52:54|950gathering at this time. I look at the soul of China 1573|01:52:55|350|01:52:58|710under the sign Taurus and consider the soul of Canada too. 1574|01:52:59|210|01:53:02|750Really? And consider that the new 1575|01:53:03|250|01:53:06|870group of World Servers is ruled by that sign. And I wonder how these 1576|01:53:07|349|01:53:11|350countries and these cities whose soul nature is ruled by 1577|01:53:11|850|01:53:15|710Taurus, the same sign, will function in relation to 1578|01:53:16|210|01:53:20|640the new group of World Servers. Maybe they will be especially 1579|01:53:20|800|01:53:24|440able to sponsor practical work of the 1580|01:53:24|940|01:53:28|560new group of World Servers after some 1581|01:53:28|800|01:53:32|400decades have elapsed. Right now 1582|01:53:32|900|01:53:37|320we're still in a very testing, proving time, sort of running 1583|01:53:37|820|01:53:42|280the gauntlet, as it were. So he'll indicate the 1584|01:53:42|780|01:53:46|480need today for right understanding of a technique 1585|01:53:46|980|01:53:50|000which will lead humanity into the world of the soul. It will also give some 1586|01:53:50|500|01:53:54|960idea of how certain groups of the Masters of 1587|01:53:55|460|01:53:59|160the Wisdom serve upon the planet at this time. 1588|01:53:59|640|01:54:03|440We have certain ideas about how the Masters serve, but we are oftentimes 1589|01:54:03|940|01:54:07|480surprised to realize that their service is other than we thought and far more extensive. 1590|01:54:08|680|01:54:12|660The service is often far 1591|01:54:13|160|01:54:16|460more extensive and other than we 1592|01:54:16|960|01:54:20|940thought. And D.K., even in “Initiation, 1593|01:54:21|440|01:54:25|300Human and Solar,” he does talk about how some of the Masters 1594|01:54:25|800|01:54:29|260serve, and in ways which may 1595|01:54:30|540|01:54:33|740prove somewhat surprising, somewhat surprising to us. 1596|01:54:34|860|01:54:37|010In answering these questions, 1597|01:54:37|970|01:54:40|930we will proceed to take them one by one. Now, 1598|01:54:42|450|01:54:44|930I'm tempted, not here, 1599|01:54:46|210|01:54:49|410not to go on, but to start 1600|01:54:49|910|01:54:52|289this in a new program. 1601|01:54:53|650|01:54:56|210And I think I will be able to do that. 1602|01:54:57|330|01:55:00|690We can call this the end of 1603|01:55:01|270|01:55:04|860the “Laws of the Soul,” webinar commentaries number 1604|01:55:05|360|01:55:07|58012. And it was… 1605|01:55:10|300|01:55:14|620Well, we're on page 124 1606|01:55:15|980|01:55:19|980already. And we began 1607|01:55:23|500|01:55:27|910this, I believe, on page 118. 1608|01:55:28|950|01:55:33|270So I want to get those straight. 1609|01:55:33|830|01:55:38|110So the content that I provide will be a 1610|01:55:38|610|01:55:42|990good indication of what is contained in these programs. But of course, not a 1611|01:55:43|490|01:55:47|110detailed indication. That would be impossible. 1612|01:55:49|110|01:55:53|120So we 1613|01:55:53|620|01:55:56|920are here from 118 to 1614|01:55:57|420|01:56:01|280124. And we will start 1615|01:56:01|520|01:56:03|600this next one. 1616|01:56:04|960|01:56:08|192Beginning of “Laws of Soul,” 1617|01:56:08|341|01:56:11|178webinar commentaries number 13, 1618|01:56:11|328|01:56:12|560124 onward. 1619|01:56:16|960|01:56:21|890So practical. D.K. has said so, right? He wants to be intensely 1620|01:56:22|390|01:56:26|290practical in this section 1621|01:56:27|010|01:56:30|330of “Esoteric Psychology.” The laws of the soul are the laws by 1622|01:56:30|830|01:56:34|210which all of us must learn to live. And they are, he tells us elsewhere, 1623|01:56:34|710|01:56:38|730abstruse; they are not easily understood. That's why 1624|01:56:39|230|01:56:42|610he's taking such labor to redefine these things 1625|01:56:42|770|01:56:46|050in a manner to which we are perhaps not 1626|01:56:46|550|01:56:51|150accustomed. So we have to have a whole new mindset about 1627|01:56:52|430|01:56:57|190what he's attempting to bring forward and restructure 1628|01:56:57|690|01:57:02|310our conception of these foundational impulses 1629|01:57:02|810|01:57:06|190of the soul, which are really foundational laws of the soul. 1630|01:57:06|690|01:57:09|750by which we must guide our lives. What I'd like to do 1631|01:57:10|250|01:57:13|400here now is end with 1632|01:57:13|900|01:57:14|440The Great Invocation. 1633|01:57:18|440|01:57:23|320And that will take us just about to the two hours that 1634|01:57:23|820|01:57:40|210we need on this program. So, from 1635|01:57:40|710|01:57:44|610the point of light within the mind of God, let light 1636|01:57:44|850|01:57:47|650stream forth into the minds of men. 1637|01:57:49|090|01:57:53|530Let light descend on earth. From 1638|01:57:54|030|01:57:58|170the point of love within the heart of God, let love stream 1639|01:57:58|670|01:58:02|610forth into the hearts of men. May Christ return 1640|01:58:02|850|01:58:06|630to earth. From 1641|01:58:07|130|01:58:10|990the center where the will of God is known, let purpose 1642|01:58:11|490|01:58:15|350guide the little wills of men—the purpose 1643|01:58:15|850|01:58:17|870which the masters know and serve. 1644|01:58:20|430|01:58:24|150From the center which we call the race of men, let the plan of 1645|01:58:24|650|01:58:28|190love and light work out. And may it seal 1646|01:58:28|690|01:58:31|560the door where evil dwells. 1647|01:58:33|480|01:58:37|480Let light and love and power restore 1648|01:58:37|980|01:58:39|560the plan on earth. 1649|01:59:21|690|01:59:27|290Okay, friends, good. We will continue with number 13 and 1650|01:59:28|330|01:59:31|530work our way forward. Some of these stanzas 1651|01:59:32|030|01:59:35|290in the Laws of the Soul we have done. 1652|01:59:35|790|01:59:39|850We've done all the Law of Repulse stanzas. That was an earlier program, 1653|01:59:39|930|01:59:42|770so we won't do them in such detail when we get to the fourth law. 1654|01:59:43|270|01:59:47|720Or I'll recommend you to the commentary that I already made about 1655|01:59:48|220|01:59:51|760them. But for now we're going forward, step by 1656|01:59:52|260|01:59:55|600step, at least through the first five. Well, we'll go through all seven, but the 1657|01:59:56|100|01:59:59|560first five, which we can somewhat understand, and the last two Laws of the Soul, 1658|01:59:59|960|02:00:03|880which are more difficult to understand 1659|02:00:04|200|02:00:06|840and about which he wrote far less. 1660|02:00:07|400|02:00:10|600So we'll see you soon and we will continue. Okay, 1661|02:00:11|100|02:00:14|520all the best. Study hard, meditate well. Progress. Here we go.