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1|00:00:02|960|00:00:06|640Hi, everybody. Today is the 6th 2|00:00:07|140|00:00:10|320of January, 2014. We are working 3|00:00:10|820|00:00:15|040on Esoteric Psychology, Volume Two. We're on page 124. 4|00:00:15|520|00:00:19|040This is the Laws 5|00:00:19|540|00:00:23|920of the Soul, webinar commentaries number 13. And D.K. 6|00:00:24|080|00:00:27|930is taking up some questions 7|00:00:28|430|00:00:33|130on service which he intends to answer 8|00:00:33|530|00:00:36|970one by one. We already reviewed these 9|00:00:38|650|00:00:39|450questions. 10|00:00:42|570|00:00:45|730How do we define the word service? Why is it called a science? 11|00:00:46|230|00:00:49|810What are the characteristics of the true server? What effect does service have 12|00:00:50|310|00:00:53|470on the mind, emotions and etheric body? And does the 13|00:00:53|970|00:00:57|390science prove that the seven key or 14|00:00:57|890|00:01:01|430ray types—that's an interesting phrase—seven key types connected with 15|00:01:01|930|00:01:05|910the seven rays employ distinctive 16|00:01:06|410|00:01:09|990methods in their service? So now we're ready 17|00:01:10|490|00:01:14|670to deal with the very first question: 18|00:01:15|170|00:01:17|630How do we define the word service? 19|00:01:19|300|00:01:22|580And, you know, everything seems so obvious in a certain sense. 20|00:01:22|820|00:01:26|980You know, service is helping others. 21|00:01:30|580|00:01:32|820You know, from a superficial point of view, 22|00:01:33|860|00:01:38|980it is giving someone something 23|00:01:40|020|00:01:43|460which they need and perhaps which they could not provide for 24|00:01:43|960|00:01:48|180themselves. And the motive is not 25|00:01:48|680|00:01:52|860self aggrandizement in any way. The eyes are not on the personal self. 26|00:01:53|500|00:01:57|500But, you know, he has been revealing to us that an 27|00:01:58|000|00:02:01|340understanding of the entire concept of service is 28|00:02:01|660|00:02:05|340not straightforward, not easy as we may have 29|00:02:05|840|00:02:09|740thought. So let's see what it says here. It's not 30|00:02:10|240|00:02:13|500easy. There has been too much attempt to define it 31|00:02:14|670|00:02:18|990from the angle of personality knowledge. And this entire treatise is 32|00:02:19|490|00:02:23|510written about the development of that part 33|00:02:24|010|00:02:27|350of ourselves we call the soul. And from the 34|00:02:27|850|00:02:29|390angle of the soul. 35|00:02:34|270|00:02:38|030So service can be briefly defined 36|00:02:38|350|00:02:42|120then. And this is such an important sentence. 37|00:02:43|000|00:02:46|760Note the words carefully as the spontaneous effect 38|00:02:46|920|00:02:51|120of soul contact. Note the word “spontaneous.” 39|00:02:51|620|00:02:55|639Because when one is debating with oneself 40|00:02:56|040|00:02:59|720whether one should render 41|00:03:00|220|00:03:02|680help, should serve, 42|00:03:03|960|00:03:07|570the spontaneity is gone. And once 43|00:03:08|070|00:03:10|850the soul really is contacted, 44|00:03:11|970|00:03:15|250and increasingly so, the tendency 45|00:03:15|330|00:03:18|690to apply love in action, to work 46|00:03:19|190|00:03:23|170through goodwill, to serve in definite 47|00:03:23|670|00:03:27|130and needed ways, is a 48|00:03:27|630|00:03:31|330natural response, natural, spontaneous response 49|00:03:32|430|00:03:36|150to that contact. This contact is so definite 50|00:03:36|650|00:03:40|030and fixed that the life of the soul can pour 51|00:03:40|530|00:03:45|790through into the instrument which the soul must perforce use upon 52|00:03:46|110|00:03:50|230the physical plane. And so we're not talking about, not 53|00:03:50|730|00:03:54|670just fleeting or occasional contact, 54|00:03:55|790|00:03:59|160but steady and definite. 55|00:04:02|280|00:04:03|160Definite contact. 56|00:04:07|480|00:04:08|120Okay. 57|00:04:11|000|00:04:13|080Steady and definite contact. 58|00:04:14|840|00:04:18|520It is the manner whereby the nature of that soul can 59|00:04:19|020|00:04:23|050demonstrate in the world of human affairs. And the 60|00:04:23|550|00:04:27|610higher and the lower must meet, and the higher dimensions must demonstrate. 61|00:04:28|110|00:04:32|170If the will of God, the planetary Logos, 62|00:04:32|670|00:04:37|490is to be accomplished, if his nature and quality are to pervade 63|00:04:37|730|00:04:40|810entirely those extensions of 64|00:04:41|310|00:04:43|970himself which we call the lower planes. 65|00:04:45|250|00:04:47|170So the higher must demonstrate. 66|00:04:53|020|00:04:56|380And service is the means of that demonstration. 67|00:04:57|260|00:05:01|900And so we see that there is the 68|00:05:02|400|00:05:06|660quality of manifestation involved 69|00:05:07|160|00:05:10|300in service. And thus its connection, 70|00:05:13|340|00:05:18|160its appearance as the third law 71|00:05:18|660|00:05:22|040of the soul. Service is not 72|00:05:22|200|00:05:25|920a quality—because it 73|00:05:26|420|00:05:29|640involves the expression of many qualities—or a 74|00:05:29|960|00:05:30|360performance. 75|00:05:33|800|00:05:37|440And when we say a performance, the eyes of 76|00:05:37|940|00:05:41|830the performer are often upon how he's doing in that performance. 77|00:05:41|910|00:05:43|750The eyes are off the personal self, 78|00:05:44|390|00:05:47|990except considered as an instrument. It is not 79|00:05:48|490|00:05:52|630an activity towards which people must strenuously strive. 80|00:05:54|070|00:05:57|670Nor is it a method of world salvage, though it will result in such. 81|00:06:02|310|00:06:06|310There are so many ways that the world must be 82|00:06:07|000|00:06:09|160salvaged and saved. 83|00:06:10|200|00:06:13|800D.K. is looking at the essence here of 84|00:06:14|300|00:06:17|760service. This distinction must be clearly grasped. 85|00:06:18|260|00:06:21|960Or else our whole attitude towards this momentous 86|00:06:22|460|00:06:26|400demonstration of the success of the evolutionary process in humanity 87|00:06:26|900|00:06:29|640will be at fault. I mean, we see so many difficulties. 88|00:06:30|680|00:06:35|100Our mind must not be overwhelmed by 89|00:06:35|600|00:06:40|300the difficulties we see. There has been success. 90|00:06:41|500|00:06:45|180And so many things are coming to light now under Pluto in preparation 91|00:06:45|680|00:06:48|300for the first initiation of humanity. 92|00:06:49|580|00:06:53|100They are in our face in a very strong way. 93|00:06:53|740|00:06:57|100But we must not think that these negativities which have been raised 94|00:06:57|600|00:07:01|470from their quiescence and the lower 95|00:07:01|970|00:07:05|390part of the aura are forever to be with us. And we 96|00:07:05|890|00:07:09|910must not have our mind captivated by those negative things, 97|00:07:10|070|00:07:13|670forgetting that they are in process of being 98|00:07:14|550|00:07:19|070cast out and cleared away and in 99|00:07:19|570|00:07:23|190fact solved. Service is a life 100|00:07:23|430|00:07:26|560demonstration. See, 101|00:07:28|000|00:07:29|760it may result, of course, 102|00:07:31|520|00:07:35|040in world salvage. It may be well performed. 103|00:07:35|540|00:07:38|880And the many qualities of the soul may be demonstrated in service. 104|00:07:39|840|00:07:43|880But something more essential may 105|00:07:44|380|00:07:49|520be said of service: that it is a life demonstration. 106|00:07:50|410|00:07:52|490And you know, the word life, of course, 107|00:07:53|690|00:07:57|610takes us to the livingness within us. 108|00:07:58|890|00:08:02|970Demonstration of the true livingness 109|00:08:03|470|00:08:08|410within us. What was the motive 110|00:08:08|910|00:08:12|490of the monad when it began its pilgrimage? 111|00:08:16|740|00:08:19|900It was a redemption of those lives 112|00:08:20|400|00:08:21|620that were trapped in the lower worlds. 113|00:08:23|140|00:08:26|820The urge of the monad, even at that time, and the monad 114|00:08:27|320|00:08:32|420is the life within us, was salvation 115|00:08:33|460|00:08:36|980service. And in a 116|00:08:37|480|00:08:42|150more immediate sense, because so many of us are not yet fully 117|00:08:42|650|00:08:46|510in touch with that part of ourselves that we call the spirit or monad. 118|00:08:46|670|00:08:50|510Service is a soul urge. And is 1|00:00:02|960|00:00:06|640as much an evolutionary impetus of the soul as 120|00:08:57|649|00:09:01|110the urge to self-preservation or the 121|00:09:01|610|00:09:05|390reproduction of the species, is a demonstration of the animal's 122|00:09:05|890|00:09:10|570soul. When we are being the soul, when our identification 123|00:09:11|070|00:09:14|370is that of the soul, the urge to serve, 124|00:09:15|650|00:09:20|130to assist, to lift, to redeem is 125|00:09:20|610|00:09:25|650immediately spontaneous and natural. 126|00:09:27|330|00:09:31|490So let's call it service is 127|00:09:31|990|00:09:37|510a… We'll call it a… a natural soul 128|00:09:37|670|00:09:38|230urge. 129|00:09:40|550|00:09:43|750Something within the soul prompts it 130|00:09:44|950|00:09:48|470towards this type of action which brings 131|00:09:49|350|00:09:53|670together the many apparently separated 132|00:09:55|590|00:09:59|190inharmonious parts of creation into 133|00:09:59|690|00:10:03|830a natural and mutually assistive 134|00:10:04|710|00:10:08|830unity. So it's a soul urge and 135|00:10:09|330|00:10:13|190is as much an evolutionary impetus 136|00:10:13|350|00:10:17|350of the soul as the urge 137|00:10:18|790|00:10:23|430to self-preservation or 138|00:10:23|930|00:10:28|550to reproduction of the species is a demonstration of 139|00:10:29|050|00:10:32|630that type of consciousness which is under the sway of the animal 140|00:10:33|130|00:10:36|390body. So consciousness under the sway of 141|00:10:36|890|00:10:39|590the animal body, animal soul. 142|00:10:40|790|00:10:45|190This is a statement of importance. It is a soul instinct, 143|00:10:45|750|00:10:49|830innate, innate within 144|00:10:49|910|00:10:53|670that aspect of ourselves we 145|00:10:54|170|00:10:57|400call the soul. When we are identified 146|00:10:57|900|00:11:01|320as the soul, being the soul focused on the higher mental plane, 147|00:11:03|400|00:11:07|280service is immediately… The urge towards it is immediately 148|00:11:07|780|00:11:11|160forthcoming. It is a soul instinct. 149|00:11:13|320|00:11:16|280He certainly is readjusting our ideas, is he not? 150|00:11:16|680|00:11:20|600A soul instinct, if we may use such an inadequate expression, 151|00:11:21|100|00:11:24|810and is therefore innate and peculiar to 152|00:11:25|310|00:11:28|970soul unfoldment. Of course, that's why the solar angels are with us now. 153|00:11:31|530|00:11:35|370They are souls fully, 154|00:11:36|410|00:11:38|650in fact, even more, they are spirits. 155|00:11:40|410|00:11:43|770But their normal way of living is everything that we call 156|00:11:44|270|00:11:46|650soul life. And towards it we strive. 157|00:11:47|690|00:11:49|210And they are assisting us, 158|00:11:51|670|00:11:55|110the human beings who came after them. They were human beings once, 159|00:11:55|610|00:11:59|030long ago, in another system. They are assisting 160|00:11:59|530|00:12:02|150us to rise unto their feet, unto their status. 161|00:12:04|150|00:12:08|230And spontaneously and naturally they have this great love 162|00:12:08|730|00:12:13|510wisdom which pours from them and seeks to unify the 163|00:12:15|030|00:12:17|350discordantly related lesser lives. 164|00:12:18|990|00:12:21|390It is the outstanding characteristic of the soul, 165|00:12:22|350|00:12:26|390just as desire is the outstanding characteristic 166|00:12:26|890|00:12:30|030of the lower nature. It's almost like we're contrasting love and 167|00:12:30|110|00:12:30|750desire. 168|00:12:33|790|00:12:37|550Service is the outstanding characteristic of the soul. 169|00:12:37|630|00:12:42|830And so we can always tell when somebody is living as a soul, because the 170|00:12:42|910|00:12:47|070tendency towards service will be a… a fiery 171|00:12:47|570|00:12:48|590impetus in their lives, 172|00:12:51|710|00:12:57|230just the way desire… So we are contrasting, should we say, contrasting 173|00:12:58|110|00:13:01|790desire and love. It is group desire, 174|00:13:03|310|00:13:05|550just as the lower nature. 175|00:13:08|750|00:13:12|190In the lower nature it is personality desire. This is very interesting. 176|00:13:12|970|00:13:16|970Group desire. So always, 177|00:13:17|130|00:13:21|970let us say, the welfare of 178|00:13:22|470|00:13:26|090the group is the objective of service 179|00:13:27|130|00:13:31|130and not just the welfare 180|00:13:31|930|00:13:35|290of oneself as a part of the 181|00:13:35|790|00:13:39|050group. It is the urge to group 182|00:13:39|550|00:13:43|700good. These are just golden statements about 183|00:13:43|780|00:13:48|020service. Here we can come 184|00:13:48|520|00:13:51|900together—D.K.'s fullest thought 185|00:13:52|400|00:13:55|940about the nature of service. It is the urge to group good. 186|00:13:56|420|00:14:00|100The heart is a group organ, we are told. 187|00:14:00|660|00:14:05|900The heart of love is a group organ and 188|00:14:06|400|00:14:10|080is group conscious. 189|00:14:10|400|00:14:13|920It cannot therefore be taught or imposed 190|00:14:14|240|00:14:17|800upon a person as a desirable evidence of 191|00:14:18|300|00:14:21|760aspiration, because then it wouldn't really be the real 192|00:14:22|260|00:14:25|720thing. The very substance of service, which 193|00:14:26|220|00:14:27|040is love, would be missing, 194|00:14:31|600|00:14:33|120would be absent. 195|00:14:35|390|00:14:38|870It cannot be taught, therefore, or imposed upon a person as 196|00:14:39|370|00:14:41|150a desirable evidence of aspiration, 197|00:14:42|110|00:14:45|710functioning from without and based upon a theory. In other words, 198|00:14:46|190|00:14:49|909many have the theory of service and have concluded 199|00:14:50|409|00:14:53|630in their minds that service is requisite, necessary. 200|00:14:54|190|00:14:58|190But that's still a mental activity, not 201|00:14:58|510|00:15:00|500involving the heart at first. 202|00:15:04|420|00:15:07|700Of course, for true service to be rendered, the mind must be involved. 203|00:15:08|340|00:15:11|540The heart and mind must be fused under Jupiter, under Venus, 204|00:15:12|100|00:15:15|540these great sacred fusing planets. 205|00:15:17|300|00:15:21|100It is simply the first real effect evidenced 206|00:15:21|600|00:15:25|100upon the physical plane. Again, you know, in a way, 207|00:15:25|600|00:15:28|580plane number three of the personality, physically etheric plane, 208|00:15:29|360|00:15:32|440of the fact that the soul is beginning to express itself in 209|00:15:32|940|00:15:36|880outer manifestation. How very clear 210|00:15:36|960|00:15:43|200and wonderful this material is, showing 211|00:15:43|700|00:15:47|920us that when service is 212|00:15:48|160|00:15:52|480expressing widely upon the physical plane, it will be the evidence that the 213|00:15:52|980|00:15:56|770soul in many people has been contacted by 214|00:15:57|270|00:16:01|930the personality. And of course, the coming of Christ will facilitate 215|00:16:03|050|00:16:06|530this. The externalization of the hierarchy, 216|00:16:07|030|00:16:10|410which is, in a way, the soul of humanity drawing closer to humanity, will 217|00:16:10|970|00:16:16|330naturally facilitate service. And it will be truly 218|00:16:16|830|00:16:20|170said that the world will be redeemed, as it is said in Agni Yoga, 219|00:16:20|700|00:16:24|380by human hands and human feet. Neither theory, 220|00:16:25|260|00:16:28|700that's the mentality, nor aspiration from the solar 221|00:16:29|200|00:16:32|620plexus will or can make a man a real server. 222|00:16:33|420|00:16:37|260So this is theory—the mind alone, 223|00:16:38|060|00:16:42|460nor the aspiration of the solar plexus 224|00:16:43|500|00:16:47|890will or can make 225|00:16:48|390|00:16:52|290a man a real server. They may go through the motions; 226|00:16:53|730|00:16:57|570certain actions may be taken of 227|00:16:57|650|00:17:01|090a beneficial kind, but the very 228|00:17:01|490|00:17:05|730substance, the essence, the energy, the quality inherent 229|00:17:06|050|00:17:09|650in true service will be missing. How then is it today that 230|00:17:09|890|00:17:13|150there is so much activity and service demonstrating 231|00:17:13|650|00:17:15|670in the world today? Notice, there is activity. 232|00:17:17|670|00:17:21|030Is the substance there? Is the real substance of service 233|00:17:21|270|00:17:23|910there? Well, in some cases, yes, 234|00:17:27|830|00:17:31|350not in all cases. But the activity which 235|00:17:32|870|00:17:36|190reflects true service and 236|00:17:36|690|00:17:42|080is helpful nonetheless is 237|00:17:43|520|00:17:46|720present. Okay. 238|00:17:50|480|00:17:51|360Nonetheless. 239|00:17:56|320|00:18:00|680So how is it that there is so much service demonstrating in the 240|00:18:01|180|00:18:04|570world today? Simply because the life, 1|00:00:02|960|00:00:06|640words and deeds of the world's first 242|00:18:10|250|00:18:11|290great server, 243|00:18:13|850|00:18:17|970because really the service had not impacted 244|00:18:18|470|00:18:21|970the physical plane to such an extent before the 245|00:18:22|470|00:18:26|970Lord Maitreya, his last demonstration 246|00:18:28|410|00:18:31|4502000 years ago. Simply because the life, 247|00:18:31|950|00:18:35|970words and deeds of the world's first great server, of the one who came to 248|00:18:36|470|00:18:39|170make clear to us what service essentially is. 249|00:18:40|290|00:18:43|650This is one of the reasons for his appearance 250|00:18:44|450|00:18:48|610so needed, because of the dangers which were 251|00:18:48|770|00:18:52|290foreseen in the situation as it existed at that time, 252|00:18:53|250|00:18:56|980has necessarily had an effect. And men today are 253|00:18:57|480|00:19:00|500earnestly attempting to imitate his example, 254|00:19:01|000|00:19:04|660little realizing that imitation does not net them the true 255|00:19:05|160|00:19:08|380results, but only indicates to them a growing possibility. 256|00:19:09|740|00:19:12|620So true service, 257|00:19:14|140|00:19:16|380as he rendered it, 258|00:19:17|420|00:19:20|620is rare. But the imitation 259|00:19:21|580|00:19:25|340of service is present and is of 260|00:19:25|500|00:19:29|740value, indicating future possibilities. 261|00:19:32|540|00:19:36|060As Master Morya enjoined us to study 262|00:19:36|859|00:19:40|500Thomas à Kempis' Imitation 263|00:19:41|000|00:19:45|180of Christ, and to attempt to imitate the Christ rather than to worship the 264|00:19:45|680|00:19:46|600Christ, 265|00:19:50|350|00:19:54|750that imitation is occurring and has some value. 266|00:19:55|870|00:19:59|230Probably in the Age of Aquarius, a great age of service 267|00:20:00|270|00:20:03|390under the impulse of that sign which impels service, 268|00:20:03|550|00:20:06|430Aquarius, that constellation and sign, 269|00:20:08|030|00:20:11|550a truer form of service will emerge, 270|00:20:11|790|00:20:15|390rightly motivated, and there will be 271|00:20:16|270|00:20:21|390group service, which even now can be seen emerging, 272|00:20:22|430|00:20:26|830not just the individual animated by the soul and 273|00:20:27|330|00:20:30|990serving through a spontaneous, as a 274|00:20:31|490|00:20:35|590spontaneous result of soul contact, but groups animated by soul and 275|00:20:36|090|00:20:38|830serving also as a result. 276|00:20:40|350|00:20:45|590So we have much to anticipate in 277|00:20:46|090|00:20:51|150the Aquarian Age concerning the coming 278|00:20:51|650|00:20:55|349and manifestation of true service. When the Great Lord 279|00:20:55|849|00:20:59|910is again walking among us, one can only imagine the tremendous stimulation 280|00:21:00|410|00:21:04|350to serve which will occur. It's really 281|00:21:04|850|00:21:08|040miraculous what is intended, even though we do not 282|00:21:08|540|00:21:11|920know all the, well, even a few of the details of what is intended. 283|00:21:12|420|00:21:16|920I mean, D.K. has given us a few of the teachings 284|00:21:17|080|00:21:20|360that the coming Lord, Maitreya, will impart. 285|00:21:21|560|00:21:25|240But there are so many details which over the centuries will unfold, 286|00:21:25|740|00:21:29|000and humanity will be really 287|00:21:30|680|00:21:35|260entirely different by the end of the Aquarian Age. This doesn't mean that every last 288|00:21:35|760|00:21:39|260human being will already be on the path. That will not occur until 289|00:21:40|380|00:21:43|420the Judgment Day, which is millions of years ahead, 290|00:21:43|500|00:21:46|300and in the fifth round, or whatever round it may be, 291|00:21:47|100|00:21:50|300whether chain round or scheme round, that has 292|00:21:50|800|00:21:52|860yet to be determined. 293|00:21:55|740|00:21:59|260But a great number of human beings 294|00:22:00|310|00:22:03|350will have taken the first and even the second initiation, 295|00:22:03|430|00:22:07|150and the idea of what 296|00:22:07|650|00:22:11|430service essentially is will be flowing within humanity so that during 297|00:22:11|930|00:22:13|670the subsequent Age of Capricorn, 298|00:22:16|229|00:22:19|670a real initiatory progress for many human beings, 299|00:22:20|470|00:22:23|110even the higher initiations, like the third and the fourth, 300|00:22:23|830|00:22:25|110will become possible. 301|00:22:28|080|00:22:31|520Well, imitation does not net the true results, but it's better than nothing, 302|00:22:32|020|00:22:35|760isn't it? We begin by imitating, 303|00:22:37|360|00:22:41|200and then the quality 304|00:22:42|000|00:22:45|440of the reality that we are imitating 305|00:22:46|480|00:22:50|560begins to find its way into our consciousness 306|00:22:50|640|00:22:54|440and our actions. 307|00:22:54|940|00:22:58|080hitherto relatively empty of that quality, are filled with that quality. 308|00:23:00|320|00:23:03|560All these laws of the soul and the law of the service. Law of service 309|00:23:04|060|00:23:08|480is no exception, manifest inevitably in 310|00:23:08|980|00:23:13|840two ways. So first, 311|00:23:13|920|00:23:17|680their effect upon the individual. There is their effect 312|00:23:18|180|00:23:21|990upon the individual. This occurs when the soul has been 313|00:23:22|490|00:23:25|950definitely contacted and the mechanism of the soul begins 314|00:23:26|450|00:23:29|950to respond. Under Gemini, we seek that interplay between 315|00:23:30|450|00:23:33|550soul and personality. It is an air sign age into which we 316|00:23:34|050|00:23:38|430are entering. And Aquarius is 317|00:23:38|930|00:23:42|750an air sign. And so is Gemini, 318|00:23:43|250|00:23:47|720the sign of soul personality interplay. 319|00:23:49|000|00:23:52|520The soul begins to respond. Evidence of this 320|00:23:53|020|00:23:56|720should work out now among the esoteric students scattered all 321|00:23:57|220|00:24:01|080over the world, for they have reached the point where the true server can emerge 322|00:24:01|240|00:24:04|480from their ranks. And I guess we 323|00:24:04|980|00:24:08|240all have to ask ourselves, we students of the Ageless Wisdom, 324|00:24:08|740|00:24:12|410we who are meditating deeply on the themes of 325|00:24:12|910|00:24:14|370the Ageless Wisdom, 326|00:24:16|130|00:24:20|210are we as well the true emerging 327|00:24:20|450|00:24:23|570server? Because, 328|00:24:23|970|00:24:28|050as we read just a little while ago, the fruits 329|00:24:28|550|00:24:31|810of meditation must be demonstrated in 330|00:24:32|530|00:24:35|950service and therefore 331|00:24:36|450|00:24:40|670give evidence again, the third aspect. Give evidence of the 332|00:24:41|170|00:24:44|790third aspect of divinity, of the established soul 333|00:24:45|290|00:24:48|710contact. Otherwise all of this remains somewhat in the 334|00:24:49|210|00:24:52|870realm of selfish spiritual experience 335|00:24:53|030|00:24:56|910or pleasure. We may seek to escape from the world 336|00:24:57|410|00:25:01|270and have a higher form of consciousness 337|00:25:01|510|00:25:05|700and be released. Liberated. D.K. warned us that so many of us were attracted 338|00:25:06|200|00:25:10|420to spiritual groups because we sought—we sought 339|00:25:10|920|00:25:14|380our own personal freedom, the freedom 340|00:25:14|880|00:25:18|500of our incarnated soul from the conditions 341|00:25:19|000|00:25:22|660into which that soul is immersed. That is still a form of spiritual 342|00:25:23|160|00:25:27|140selfishness. So we have to give evidence. Ray seven 343|00:25:27|860|00:25:31|750accompanying Aquarius. Ray three associated 344|00:25:32|250|00:25:35|350with the law of service, it being the third law, and Ray three 345|00:25:35|850|00:25:37|790being the ray of manifestation. 346|00:25:39|710|00:25:40|430Secondly, 347|00:25:42|990|00:25:47|070these soul laws are beginning to have a group effect in humanity itself 348|00:25:48|270|00:25:52|590and to induce—to influence the 349|00:25:53|090|00:25:57|400race of men as a whole. So often today we do find group 350|00:25:57|640|00:26:01|640service now working. You know, we see response to natural 351|00:26:02|520|00:26:07|040disasters, the outpouring—this tremendously 352|00:26:07|540|00:26:11|160destructive tsunami a decade ago, 353|00:26:13|080|00:26:17|000the hurricanes Katrina and 354|00:26:17|500|00:26:21|280Haiyan, devastating the 355|00:26:21|780|00:26:25|140lives of thousands of people. And there has been also 356|00:26:25|220|00:26:27|780a group response. 357|00:26:29|460|00:26:32|420Without a group response, the response would have been ineffective. 358|00:26:33|140|00:26:36|940We have a world today in which telecommunications brings everybody 359|00:26:37|440|00:26:41|420together and makes everybody aware of what is happening 360|00:26:41|920|00:26:44|900across the globe, far more so than ever before. 361|00:26:45|060|00:26:49|060And people can mobilize themselves together to be of 362|00:26:49|560|00:26:53|900real service, just as there are those who are mobilizing together to 363|00:26:54|140|00:26:57|740bring destruction and division and the 364|00:26:58|240|00:26:59|340imposition of their own supremacy. 365|00:27:02|060|00:27:04|860This effect is somewhat in the nature of reflection, 366|00:27:05|819|00:27:09|580in the lower nature, of a higher consciousness. 367|00:27:10|080|00:27:13|420And therefore today we have much running—there's the third aspect again— 368|00:27:14|460|00:27:18|120running after service and much philanthropic effort. It's kind of 369|00:27:18|620|00:27:23|360a combination of the second 370|00:27:23|860|00:27:26|760aspect of divinity and the third aspect of divinity: 371|00:27:30|200|00:27:33|640much running after service. It shows the activity aspect is 372|00:27:34|140|00:27:39|280almost over-emphasized. But there is such 373|00:27:39|780|00:27:43|680an important expression of those upon the third ray, as it combines 374|00:27:44|180|00:27:47|320with the second, toward philanthropy: 375|00:27:47|800|00:27:51|320the supplying of the material 376|00:27:51|820|00:27:55|040needs of human beings. Mostly philanthropy is 377|00:27:55|540|00:27:59|080working out in that manner and has the financial 378|00:27:59|320|00:28:02|560connotation. So these laws are beginning to have a group 379|00:28:03|060|00:28:05|480effect in humanity itself. They are. 380|00:28:06|440|00:28:10|280Well, they are the laws of group life, aren't they? The laws 381|00:28:10|360|00:28:14|120of… remember, and we must remember this. 382|00:28:15|640|00:28:18|720These laws of the 383|00:28:19|220|00:28:22|920soul are the laws 384|00:28:23|420|00:28:24|840of group life. 385|00:28:27|480|00:28:30|120So it's a reflection so far. 386|00:28:31|480|00:28:35|840And eventually that higher consciousness will be occurring right down 387|00:28:36|340|00:28:40|070here in the area where today it is simply reflected. 388|00:28:40|570|00:28:44|070A fuller expression of the higher consciousness will occur right here 389|00:28:44|950|00:28:46|790in the more material realms. 390|00:28:48|390|00:28:51|630But D.K. is being realistic here. He says all of it, however, is deeply 391|00:28:52|130|00:28:53|030colored by personality. 392|00:28:55|510|00:28:59|030You know, it's like many people want recognition for their 393|00:28:59|270|00:29:02|710service. The unseen sacrifice is 394|00:29:03|510|00:29:07|320rare. And, you know, they are honored and 395|00:29:07|820|00:29:11|200fettered because they have given. Whenever they give something, 396|00:29:11|700|00:29:14|880their name is attached to it. 397|00:29:15|920|00:29:19|400And there is some reinforcement of 398|00:29:19|900|00:29:23|520the personality. I mean, you know, one really has nothing against it. You sit down 399|00:29:24|020|00:29:27|840on a park bench which has been dedicated by specific 400|00:29:28|340|00:29:32|890people who are… humbly, whose names are on the bench in memory 401|00:29:33|390|00:29:36|250of someone, and maybe a beautiful gesture. 402|00:29:37|210|00:29:40|250But the personality is there. 403|00:29:42|250|00:29:45|530And of course, in the much bigger projects, it's really there. 404|00:29:47|050|00:29:50|970All of it is, however, deeply colored by personality, and it often produces much harm. 405|00:29:52|010|00:29:55|290For people seek to impose their 406|00:29:55|370|00:29:59|020ideas of service and their personal 407|00:29:59|520|00:30:03|260techniques upon other aspirants. And we are so differently constituted. 408|00:30:05|500|00:30:09|580We have such different energy systems that while the objective 409|00:30:10|080|00:30:15|100may be shared, it would be some sort of totalitarian 410|00:30:15|600|00:30:18|460restraint upon the expression of our true energies 411|00:30:19|740|00:30:23|500to have the techniques of others imposed upon us. 412|00:30:24|390|00:30:28|150Perhaps… well, almost definitely then hindering 413|00:30:28|630|00:30:31|950our expression in service by making 414|00:30:32|450|00:30:36|030us perform in a way that is not natural to us and in 415|00:30:36|530|00:30:40|150which our best abilities cannot be expressed. 416|00:30:41|910|00:30:45|510So a great many people have become sensitive to impression, 417|00:30:47|350|00:30:51|140and this is good. We remember that the great Lord of the constellation 418|00:30:51|640|00:30:55|500Aquarius is impressing our whole solar system and very much our planet at 419|00:30:56|000|00:30:59|700this time because of the alignment of our vernal equinox with 420|00:31:00|500|00:31:04|100that constellation. They may have become sensitive to impression, 421|00:31:04|600|00:31:09|460but they oftentimes misinterpret the truth and are biased 422|00:31:10|580|00:31:12|420by personality ends. 423|00:31:15|140|00:31:19|500So it's a partial demonstration of a very worthy 424|00:31:20|000|00:31:23|780and necessary impulse, only a partial and 425|00:31:24|280|00:31:28|300incomplete demonstration. Now they 426|00:31:28|800|00:31:33|700must learn to lay the emphasis upon soul contact and upon 427|00:31:34|020|00:31:37|220an active familiarity with egoic life. 428|00:31:39|540|00:31:43|460Which is the reason for our constant meditation and eventually sustaining 429|00:31:43|960|00:31:47|640the attitude of meditation throughout the 430|00:31:48|140|00:31:50|040day, as some of the more advanced meditators can. 431|00:31:52|360|00:31:55|560They must learn to lay the emphasis upon soul contact and upon 432|00:31:56|060|00:31:59|400an active familiarity with egoic life—not just 433|00:31:59|900|00:32:02|760a remote touch now and then, 434|00:32:03|880|00:32:07|880coming at unpredictable times, but a steady and sustained interplay 435|00:32:08|920|00:32:13|170between the life of the ego and 436|00:32:13|670|00:32:18|250the life of the personality. And the 437|00:32:18|750|00:32:21|970greatest service is, in a way, to serve the soul life 438|00:32:22|130|00:32:25|330of another. But of course, our Heavenly Father, 439|00:32:25|830|00:32:29|410as it is said, knows that we have need of these things. 440|00:32:29|910|00:32:33|210As it is said in the Bible, the Heavenly Father knows that 441|00:32:33|710|00:32:36|290we need to be fed, clothed, housed, 442|00:32:37|740|00:32:41|700sheltered, and we 443|00:32:42|200|00:32:45|500are not to worry about it because the Heavenly Father knows of these things 444|00:32:47|100|00:32:50|420also. “Don't worry about what you're going to say,” we're told 445|00:32:50|920|00:32:54|740in the Bible, “because the words and the ideas 446|00:32:55|240|00:32:58|580will come to you because you are aligned with that current of 447|00:32:59|080|00:33:06|040energy.” So the usual worries have to be set aside anyway. 448|00:33:06|540|00:33:09|760In our training in the ageless wisdom, we are given the means by which we 449|00:33:10|260|00:33:12|840can achieve an active familiarity with egoic life. 450|00:33:13|960|00:33:17|400And we have not to lay the emphasis so much upon 451|00:33:18|360|00:33:21|680the form side of service. Some aspect 452|00:33:22|180|00:33:24|680of that is needed, of course, 453|00:33:26|360|00:33:29|890but we have to teach the soul 454|00:33:30|690|00:33:34|450culture so that it can appear in the lives of many and so that the 455|00:33:35|570|00:33:39|570spontaneous outgoing of soul 456|00:33:40|070|00:33:43|690impulse will be natural to many more, and the outer needs will 457|00:33:44|190|00:33:47|810be taken care of in the process. May I beg those of you, 458|00:33:48|310|00:33:50|450when he begins to speak like that, you know, 459|00:33:51|810|00:33:56|420we must really pay attention because 460|00:33:56|900|00:34:00|580the matter is extremely important. 461|00:34:01|860|00:34:05|140May I beg those of you who respond to these ideas and are sensitive 462|00:34:05|540|00:34:08|940to soul impression, oftimes 463|00:34:09|440|00:34:12|780misinterpreting the truth, being biased by personality 464|00:34:13|280|00:34:15|540ends and objectives, 465|00:34:16|420|00:34:20|869to lay the emphasis upon soul contact and 466|00:34:21|369|00:34:25|389not upon the form side of service. Because when 467|00:34:25|889|00:34:29|149there is true and active, 468|00:34:30|989|00:34:32|429constant soul contact, 469|00:34:34|029|00:34:37|309the flow of service will 470|00:34:37|809|00:34:41|389be uninterrupted, and the various means, 471|00:34:42|349|00:34:45|629the most skillful means, skill in action, will appear. 472|00:34:45|949|00:34:49|560So may I beg those of you 473|00:34:50|060|00:34:56|120who respond to these ideas and are sensitive to impression 474|00:34:58|360|00:35:02|200to lay the emphasis upon soul contact and 475|00:35:02|700|00:35:07|120not upon the form side of 476|00:35:07|620|00:35:11|000service. We can take that into deep 477|00:35:12|930|00:35:13|650consideration. 478|00:35:17|410|00:35:22|530Our acts of service have to be filled with the substance 479|00:35:22|850|00:35:26|410of soul, the essence of solar 480|00:35:26|910|00:35:30|130fire, the love 481|00:35:30|370|00:35:33|770wisdom energy. Regardless of what may be our ray, because that is 482|00:35:34|270|00:35:35|490the major ray for us. 483|00:35:37|740|00:35:41|500Our acts have to be filled with love. Goodwill is love in action, 484|00:35:41|580|00:35:44|460and goodwill works out as service. 485|00:35:45|820|00:35:51|420Activity of the form side lays stress upon personality 486|00:35:51|920|00:35:55|260ambition, veiling them 487|00:35:55|760|00:35:59|020with the glamour of service. You know, we might say, 488|00:36:01|820|00:36:05|570getting more from the apparent 489|00:36:06|070|00:36:11|370service than the one served, and 490|00:36:11|870|00:36:14|370our eyes are upon the little self. 491|00:36:19|570|00:36:22|290If care over the essential of service, 492|00:36:23|890|00:36:27|770soul contact, is taken, then— 493|00:36:28|270|00:36:31|830this is a very important sentence—then the service rendered 494|00:36:32|330|00:36:36|830will flow with spontaneity along the right lines and 495|00:36:37|330|00:36:40|630bear much fruit. These are 496|00:36:41|990|00:36:48|470apparently simple things, but not easily 497|00:36:49|030|00:36:52|910understood or expressed. If care over 498|00:36:53|410|00:36:55|670the essential of service, soul contact, is taken, 499|00:36:57|730|00:37:02|330then the service will flow with spontaneity along the right lines and 500|00:37:02|830|00:37:05|090bear much fruit. 501|00:37:06|690|00:37:10|490So many of us who are students of this great teaching are involved 502|00:37:10|990|00:37:14|890in some sort of active 503|00:37:15|390|00:37:19|970service upon the physical plane. But we can never forget 504|00:37:20|850|00:37:22|370the need to question ourselves. 505|00:37:23|730|00:37:27|410Is this service the spontaneous effect of 506|00:37:27|910|00:37:31|490soul contact? And is the very essence and quality of 507|00:37:31|990|00:37:36|130service filling the outer actions? Of 508|00:37:36|630|00:37:39|970this selfless service and the deep flow of spiritual life, 1|00:00:02|960|00:00:06|640which have been demonstrated in the world of late, is a hopeful 510|00:37:46|050|00:37:49|580indication. So there was 511|00:37:50|080|00:37:52|620the Tibetan's response to this question. 512|00:37:55|580|00:37:59|340What really is service? 513|00:37:59|420|00:38:03|260How do we define the word service? 514|00:38:05|980|00:38:09|340And it bears much repetition in 515|00:38:09|840|00:38:10|060our studies 516|00:38:12|860|00:38:16|630so that we become examples 517|00:38:16|710|00:38:20|710of the real flow of service and 518|00:38:21|210|00:38:24|310are not simply going through the motions, 519|00:38:26|630|00:38:30|950the motions relating to the activity aspect and 520|00:38:31|450|00:38:34|670not the second aspect of divinity, which is the 521|00:38:35|170|00:38:37|590love wisdom aspect, which is the very essence of service. 522|00:38:38|870|00:38:42|630Then he comes to the second 523|00:38:43|190|00:38:47|150question. The next point to consider is 524|00:38:47|650|00:38:51|270the field of the service and its nature as a science. 525|00:38:53|430|00:38:56|470This perhaps is 526|00:38:56|629|00:39:00|550surprising because we have interpreted service so much 527|00:39:01|050|00:39:04|950along the soft line, the 2, 4, 6 line, 528|00:39:06|880|00:39:11|240and not as if it is a scientific discipline. 529|00:39:11|740|00:39:14|960We'll have to see what he means by the word “science.” 530|00:39:16|400|00:39:20|080The field of service first of all demonstrates the life of the 531|00:39:20|580|00:39:24|000spirit, working within the region 532|00:39:24|160|00:39:25|840of a man's own nature. 533|00:39:27|920|00:39:32|160The spirit is serving within a particular ring, 534|00:39:32|660|00:39:36|780pass—not a particular field of accumulated energies which we call 535|00:39:37|260|00:39:40|740the man's own nature. The first 536|00:39:41|240|00:39:45|140thing the soul has to do when contact has been made and 537|00:39:45|640|00:39:49|939the man knows it in his brain consciousness and, owing to the active impression of 538|00:39:50|439|00:39:53|980the mind, is to make the man aware 539|00:39:54|480|00:39:57|020that he is a living principle of divinity. 540|00:39:57|820|00:40:01|750And to prepare—then to prepare the lower threefold nature 541|00:40:02|250|00:40:06|230so that it can automatically submit to the law 542|00:40:06|730|00:40:12|710of sacrifice. We have to know who we are. We have to know 543|00:40:15|510|00:40:19|750that we are divinity 544|00:40:19|910|00:40:22|630in expression, 545|00:40:23|910|00:40:25|830that our essence is divine. 546|00:40:28|150|00:40:32|310We have to know that contact. The emphasis is upon knowing: 547|00:40:32|550|00:40:37|390the soul, on its own plane, is the knower. And we, as the soul 548|00:40:37|890|00:40:41|150in incarnation, have not to just be the 549|00:40:41|650|00:40:43|990actor or the one who feels, but we have to be the knower. 550|00:40:45|110|00:40:48|230We have to register the true presence 551|00:40:49|430|00:40:53|260of this inner energy source within 552|00:40:53|760|00:40:57|700our mind and brain. And we have 553|00:40:58|200|00:41:00|220to be trained. This requires some training. 554|00:41:01|180|00:41:04|700Prepare the lower threefold nature. So we might 555|00:41:05|200|00:41:09|660say even, “Train the lower threefold nature so that it can automatically 556|00:41:09|900|00:41:12|460submit to the law of sacrifice.” 557|00:41:13|740|00:41:18|750The soul, on its own plane, does undertake the 558|00:41:19|250|00:41:23|350training of the lower vehicle. And we are not to look to others 559|00:41:24|790|00:41:27|350to train us, although some of that training comes along. 560|00:41:29|030|00:41:33|030We are to be trained from within. There is an intuition. 561|00:41:33|530|00:41:35|910We are taught from within. “Tuition” means “to be taught.” 562|00:41:39|190|00:41:42|390So this is the very first act of the 563|00:41:44|400|00:41:49|320soul with its own high consciousness. And here we are talking 564|00:41:49|820|00:41:52|920about the presence of the Solar Angel in the 565|00:41:53|420|00:41:56|560egoic vehicle and our own 566|00:41:56|720|00:41:59|960simultaneous higher consciousness 567|00:42:00|460|00:42:04|120as we are multiply conscious on different levels. 568|00:42:04|620|00:42:09|780A hard thing to grasp, perhaps. But when we reach the 569|00:42:10|280|00:42:14|060higher consciousness that even now is operative—our own higher consciousness— 570|00:42:14|560|00:42:19|380we will realize that it has always been there and we have always been conscious 571|00:42:19|880|00:42:23|300above as well as conscious below. Then we will know 572|00:42:23|800|00:42:27|180the meaning of simultaneous 573|00:42:27|680|00:42:30|140multidimensional consciousness. 574|00:42:31|820|00:42:37|410I think I'll write that down: “Simultaneous multi- 575|00:42:37|810|00:42:41|090dimensional consciousness.” This is what we all have, 576|00:42:42|450|00:42:44|130but don't really know it. 577|00:42:47|170|00:42:51|250So the lower threefold nature 578|00:42:53|010|00:42:56|210is trained, prepared, and then it 579|00:42:56|710|00:43:00|610will offer no impediment to the life which must and will 580|00:43:01|220|00:43:04|940pour through it. Because so often there can be overstimulation and the activation 581|00:43:05|440|00:43:08|660of lower tendencies when the training does not occur. 582|00:43:09|300|00:43:11|940If the training does not occur, 583|00:43:12|740|00:43:16|900the influx of soul 584|00:43:17|400|00:43:21|860energy can be destructive and 585|00:43:22|340|00:43:26|180can energize opposing 586|00:43:26|780|00:43:30|380forces. So this is the first and hardest task. 587|00:43:30|880|00:43:34|420And with this task, the aspirants of the world are 588|00:43:34|920|00:43:40|420at this time engaged—should we say struggling within 589|00:43:40|920|00:43:41|020themselves— 590|00:43:44|540|00:43:48|620so that the soul may 591|00:43:49|120|00:43:50|940be in the majority, 592|00:43:53|790|00:43:57|790may be the dominant force. This indicates 593|00:43:58|290|00:44:02|070that—not the point of evolution reached 594|00:44:02|570|00:44:06|310by the majority—the elemental nature and the soul nature are struggling. 595|00:44:06|810|00:44:11|230The forces of the personality and the energies of the soul are contending 596|00:44:12|590|00:44:16|630with each other. Even a Venus-Jupiter contention. 597|00:44:17|130|00:44:20|560When Jupiter rules the lower nature, 598|00:44:21|200|00:44:24|960the ancestral gods—when the rhythm 599|00:44:25|460|00:44:28|720of this law has been imposed and the natural 600|00:44:29|220|00:44:34|760impetus of the man in incarnation is 601|00:44:35|260|00:44:39|080to be an expression of the soul. And when this rhythm can 602|00:44:39|580|00:44:44|560be established as a natural daily expression towards 603|00:44:45|060|00:44:49|130which daily meditation greatly 604|00:44:49|630|00:44:53|730assists, then the man begins to stand in 605|00:44:54|230|00:44:57|970spiritual being, soul being at least. And the life which pours 606|00:44:58|470|00:45:02|650through him gently and naturally will 607|00:45:03|150|00:45:06|610then have an effect upon his environment and his associates. 608|00:45:07|730|00:45:11|330So we do have an 609|00:45:11|830|00:45:15|740imposition of a new rhythm. And we can 610|00:45:16|240|00:45:20|100see how important will 611|00:45:20|500|00:45:28|780be the strengthening of 612|00:45:29|280|00:45:33|060the seventh ray, the ray of rhythm, 613|00:45:34|900|00:45:37|620in bringing this about in many. 614|00:45:38|750|00:45:44|590Because during this seventh ray age, we will tend to impose 615|00:45:45|090|00:45:48|830upon our life, compel our living processes to 616|00:45:49|330|00:45:53|190be performed in a certain rhythmic manner, which, when it 617|00:45:53|690|00:45:58|030correlates with the rhythm of the soul, will make it far easier for 618|00:45:58|530|00:46:03|070the life of the higher mental plane and beyond to flow through our 619|00:46:03|570|00:46:06|370personality in a gentle and natural manner. 620|00:46:07|090|00:46:10|050Through right rhythm the opposition will be reduced. 621|00:46:11|730|00:46:16|370So through 622|00:46:17|090|00:46:19|890right rhythm in the personality, 623|00:46:20|610|00:46:24|970the opposing forces will 624|00:46:25|470|00:46:28|050be reduced in strength. 625|00:46:31|260|00:46:35|100And the higher energies will be effectively 626|00:46:37|900|00:46:41|500expressed. So this effect 627|00:46:41|980|00:46:45|900then will be called a life of 628|00:46:47|020|00:46:47|419service. 629|00:46:52|700|00:46:55|180When this rhythm can be established as a daily, 630|00:46:56|300|00:46:58|300natural, daily expression, 631|00:46:59|750|00:47:02|870the man begins to stand in spiritual being, soul being 632|00:47:03|370|00:47:06|950really at first. And the life which pours 633|00:47:07|450|00:47:10|870through him gently and naturally, which is the life 634|00:47:11|370|00:47:15|510of the soul, will then have an effect upon his environment and 635|00:47:16|010|00:47:20|990his associates. And the effect can then be called… This 636|00:47:21|490|00:47:24|950effect - a positive effect, a unifying, 637|00:47:25|430|00:47:28|760attractive, magnetic, harmonizing effect - 638|00:47:29|480|00:47:34|280will then be called the life of service. 639|00:47:37|640|00:47:41|040So indeed, there is a 640|00:47:41|540|00:47:43|880system, a practice involved here. 641|00:47:45|720|00:47:49|280And there is a specific result which predictably will 642|00:47:49|780|00:47:53|050occur when certain lines of 643|00:47:53|550|00:47:56|930activity are undertaken and sustained. 644|00:47:57|730|00:48:00|530And thus we call it a science. 645|00:48:02|130|00:48:05|330Because certain acts will lead 646|00:48:05|410|00:48:09|730definitely under the law to certain results. 647|00:48:17|900|00:48:21|100Right. Too much 648|00:48:21|180|00:48:25|060emphasis has been laid upon the process whereby the 649|00:48:25|560|00:48:28|780lower nature is to be subjugated to the higher law of 650|00:48:29|280|00:48:33|180service. And the idea of sacrifice, in its worst implications, 651|00:48:33|680|00:48:35|660has been developed. 652|00:48:36|860|00:48:40|780So this is the 653|00:48:42|860|00:48:46|290reduction in value of the instrument. 654|00:48:48|530|00:48:51|730So, the negating of the value of the instrument, 655|00:48:54|610|00:48:58|290this idea of subjugation. There do 656|00:48:58|790|00:49:02|930come those wrestling matches between the two energies and fierce 657|00:49:03|430|00:49:07|010battles. But there are perhaps more skillful ways to deal 658|00:49:07|170|00:49:10|700with the descent of the needed 659|00:49:10|780|00:49:14|660rhythms. So there has been, perhaps under 660|00:49:15|160|00:49:18|220Pisces and the sixth ray, and also under 661|00:49:18|620|00:49:20|940Pluto and Neptune, associated with Pisces, 662|00:49:22|060|00:49:24|060a kind of fanaticism, 663|00:49:25|900|00:49:29|380as we find in the Virgoan labor of 664|00:49:29|880|00:49:33|340Hercules, where the instrument is destroyed - 665|00:49:33|660|00:49:37|030the Amazon queen, the symbol of that instrument - 666|00:49:37|910|00:49:42|630instead of rendered cooperative and utilized 667|00:49:43|830|00:49:47|270for the energies or forces which it embodies. 668|00:49:49|990|00:49:54|070This idea emphasizes the necessity of the inevitable clashing 669|00:49:55|510|00:49:59|350between the lower nature working under its own laws - the natural laws - 670|00:50:00|070|00:50:03|270and the higher aspects as they work under the spiritual laws, 671|00:50:03|850|00:50:07|010in this case, the law of the soul. So we might 672|00:50:07|510|00:50:11|410say here that the laws of the 673|00:50:11|910|00:50:17|090soul clash with the 674|00:50:17|590|00:50:21|690natural laws. But then, too much emphasis. 675|00:50:21|770|00:50:24|250Yes, there is a clashing; there will be a clashing. 676|00:50:26|250|00:50:28|090But there are other ways to go about this, 677|00:50:29|540|00:50:31|540other ways to understand this relationship. 678|00:50:32|740|00:50:36|820Then the sacrifice of the lower to the higher assumes great proportion. 679|00:50:37|540|00:50:41|460And the word “sacrifice” becomes 680|00:50:41|540|00:50:48|980suitable. So it becomes a dire, dreadful process 681|00:50:50|420|00:50:52|260with no joy in it. 682|00:50:54|590|00:50:58|030I guess in the West this has been tremendously 683|00:50:58|530|00:51:01|870emphasized, rather than the joy of 684|00:51:02|370|00:51:06|190successfully relinquishing the lower, so that the higher can in fact flow 685|00:51:06|690|00:51:09|790in, so that we can participate in the life of the 686|00:51:10|290|00:51:13|990higher energies. So the sixth 687|00:51:14|490|00:51:17|790ray of the last 2,000 years—the sixth ray is interestingly 688|00:51:18|290|00:51:19|790called the ray of undue emphasis. 689|00:51:22|550|00:51:25|790And here he's pointing out a distortion which has occurred, 690|00:51:26|290|00:51:29|030which has given, in a way, sacrifice a bad name. 691|00:51:31|030|00:51:34|110It's very interesting to see how people react to a discussion of 692|00:51:34|610|00:51:38|830sacrifice. They really… they are very eager to 693|00:51:39|330|00:51:43|590define it as something that 694|00:51:44|090|00:51:48|020does not involve pain. And well, part of 695|00:51:48|520|00:51:52|460that is very true. The true attitude to sacrifice lessens the pain 696|00:51:52|960|00:51:56|820of suffering. But it's also because there is a great aversion 697|00:51:58|100|00:52:02|259to pain and suffering, and even in 698|00:52:02|759|00:52:06|420many an unwillingness to pass through it. This is a planet 699|00:52:06|920|00:52:08|580of purifying pain and releasing sorrow. 700|00:52:10|660|00:52:14|340Or is it the other way around? Purifying sorrow and releasing… No, it's purifying 701|00:52:17|110|00:52:20|870sorrow and releasing sorrow. 702|00:52:21|370|00:52:23|350Purifying sorrow and releasing… 703|00:52:24|950|00:52:28|790Well, that's confusion. Let's see 704|00:52:29|290|00:52:32|870if I can get this correct. I've spoken 705|00:52:33|370|00:52:36|630it correctly so many times, but at times… 706|00:52:38|950|00:52:41|810So it's purifying sorrow, 707|00:52:44|770|00:52:48|810releasing sorrow and purifying pain. The two P's 708|00:52:49|310|00:52:51|090go together. I'll have to remember it that way. 709|00:52:53|730|00:52:56|530And that is the planet on which we do live, 710|00:52:57|810|00:53:01|810and some of this is unavoidable. 711|00:53:03|250|00:53:07|260Release occurs through sorrow and purification 712|00:53:07|760|00:53:11|980occurs through pain. But one can overdo it and 713|00:53:12|480|00:53:16|140become morbid about it, so that the joy life of the soul 714|00:53:16|860|00:53:19|420is never experienced. 715|00:53:20|780|00:53:24|260So then the word does become suitable. There is sacrifice, there is suffering, 1|00:00:02|960|00:00:06|640there is a painful process of detachment. 1|00:00:02|960|00:00:06|640There is a long effort to let the life flow through, 718|00:53:33|880|00:53:37|480whilst steadily the personality throws 719|00:53:37|980|00:53:40|520up one barrier and obstruction after another. 720|00:53:42|120|00:53:45|720We have to remember that when we watch our own behavior and those who 721|00:53:46|220|00:53:50|440have us in tow— 722|00:53:51|800|00:53:56|440those who are teaching us and supervising us—may 723|00:53:56|600|00:53:58|840watch as this inevitably occurs, 724|00:53:59|780|00:54:03|140that we, functioning as a personality, throw up 725|00:54:03|640|00:54:08|660one barrier after another against their good 726|00:54:09|060|00:54:12|260suggestions and wise spiritual counsel. 727|00:54:14|260|00:54:18|100This stage and attitude we can view with sympathy and understanding, 728|00:54:19|060|00:54:22|580for there are those who have so much theory about service and 729|00:54:23|080|00:54:26|420its expression that they fail to serve 730|00:54:26|860|00:54:30|380and fail to comprehend with understanding the 731|00:54:30|880|00:54:35|420period of pain which ever precedes enlarged service. 732|00:54:38|940|00:54:43|020We're not going to really avoid purifying pain and releasing sorrow. 733|00:54:45|340|00:54:49|020And when the pain seems to intensify, 734|00:54:49|520|00:54:53|750perhaps it is the harbinger of the possibility 735|00:54:53|910|00:54:56|310for enlarged service. 736|00:54:58|070|00:55:01|350We have to understand what people 737|00:55:01|850|00:55:05|030pass through as the soul 738|00:55:07|750|00:55:11|590increases its flow into the personality and meets with 739|00:55:12|390|00:55:16|070resistance. But still there is an 740|00:55:16|550|00:55:20|490overemphasis, a kind of morbid emphasis upon 741|00:55:20|990|00:55:24|530the suffering without understanding the joy of the soul and the 742|00:55:25|030|00:55:28|570joy of service. The joy of the fiery heart of love, 743|00:55:29|070|00:55:32|570when it is the true motivator, is burning constantly and 744|00:55:33|930|00:55:37|490seems to burn through—the seems to overwhelm 745|00:55:37|990|00:55:42|730and burn through the pain implicit 746|00:55:43|230|00:55:44|810in any circumstance. 747|00:55:46|900|00:55:50|500So we do have to have this as psychologists, an understanding of what 748|00:55:51|000|00:55:54|500people are passing through. The theories of these people who 749|00:55:56|980|00:56:00|740have so much theory about service—their theories block the way 750|00:56:01|460|00:56:05|020to true expression and shut the door on real comprehension, 751|00:56:05|520|00:56:08|820which comes from immediate contact with the energies. 752|00:56:09|320|00:56:12|650of service. Immediate contact with the loving 753|00:56:12|730|00:56:16|050energies of service. The mind 754|00:56:16|550|00:56:18|810element is too active. So in this whole paragraph, 755|00:56:20|010|00:56:24|410D.K. is speaking of wrong emphasis and 756|00:56:24|910|00:56:26|730the need for proportion. 757|00:56:28|570|00:56:33|330Because there's all kinds of ways that we can prevent 758|00:56:33|830|00:56:38|200the natural flow. There are many ways in 759|00:56:38|700|00:56:42|680which an unbalanced personality can prevent 760|00:56:43|560|00:56:47|480the natural spontaneous flow 761|00:56:47|980|00:56:51|240of soul energy which results in service. 762|00:56:54|040|00:56:57|720When the personal lower self is subordinated to the higher 763|00:56:58|220|00:57:01|960rhythms and obedient to the new law of 764|00:57:02|460|00:57:04|760service. And we might say, after much training, 765|00:57:06|070|00:57:09|830then the life of the soul will begin to flow through the 766|00:57:10|330|00:57:13|550man to others. And the 767|00:57:14|050|00:57:18|550effect in a man's immediate family and group will be to demonstrate 768|00:57:18|630|00:57:22|310a real understanding and 769|00:57:22|810|00:57:26|270a true helpfulness. The effect in a 770|00:57:26|770|00:57:30|950man's immediate family and group will be to demonstrate a real understanding 771|00:57:31|450|00:57:35|010and true helpfulness. Well, certainly the server will demonstrate that. 772|00:57:35|510|00:57:39|330And perhaps the members of the near ones, 773|00:57:39|830|00:57:44|410as they are called, will not resist so 774|00:57:44|910|00:57:48|250much the presence of the esoteric 775|00:57:48|750|00:57:53|010direction, the spiritual direction in their 776|00:57:53|730|00:57:56|970serving family member. We do know there is a 777|00:57:57|470|00:58:01|540resistance of people who are treading the normal 778|00:58:01|700|00:58:04|980personality ways to those who are attempting to 779|00:58:05|480|00:58:08|580tread the path of service. 780|00:58:09|620|00:58:13|540But maybe when the real life of the soul is flowing 781|00:58:14|040|00:58:18|740through the man to others, this rebellion 782|00:58:19|700|00:58:23|540will be somewhat neutralized. Of course, you look at the life of the Christ. 783|00:58:24|040|00:58:28|960And certainly among the people among 784|00:58:29|460|00:58:33|040which he found himself, there was a great 785|00:58:33|540|00:58:37|280rebellion against what he had to impart. But he was, in a way, laying down 786|00:58:37|780|00:58:41|320the law with his first very mind. He was enunciating these great 787|00:58:41|820|00:58:45|000principles. And they came squarely against 788|00:58:46|360|00:58:49|880the habitual methods of 789|00:58:50|380|00:58:53|460those who were functioning in an entirely different manner. 790|00:58:55|540|00:58:59|300So anyway, there must be this preparation, this trained subordination 791|00:59:00|020|00:59:03|780to the higher rhythms. We need 792|00:59:04|280|00:59:10|500a rhythmic spiritual life. We need a rhythmically 793|00:59:10|580|00:59:13|900spiritual life. Now you kind of wonder in a great server like 794|00:59:14|400|00:59:17|870Madame Blavatsky, who had such a huge load upon 795|00:59:18|370|00:59:22|030her, whether she was able to achieve 796|00:59:22|530|00:59:26|230such a rhythm or whether she had really transcended that and was in a completely 797|00:59:26|730|00:59:29|750self-sacrificial mode and was driving herself 798|00:59:30|250|00:59:34|150forward by any means possible to bring 799|00:59:34|650|00:59:38|550through what had to be brought through. Even with her tremendous 800|00:59:39|050|00:59:42|700labors, yet another book had been planned, I understand, 801|00:59:43|980|00:59:47|340and could not be 802|00:59:47|420|00:59:51|860manifested because, as D.K. said, karma entered 803|00:59:52|360|00:59:55|820in. And I suppose this would be the karma of health. 804|00:59:57|100|01:00:00|700You do see. Let's just say that for the average 805|01:00:01|200|01:00:05|540person approaching the spiritual path, the necessity of this rhythmic 806|01:00:06|040|01:00:09|160living is very important. There are some very strong 807|01:00:10|120|01:00:15|560sacrificial souls who may sustain 808|01:00:16|680|01:00:19|960what appears to be a rhythmic life. And then some who don't. 809|01:00:20|360|01:00:24|679They're just full on in 810|01:00:25|000|01:00:29|200the fire of having to manifest for 811|01:00:29|700|01:00:34|570the hierarchy that which must be brought 812|01:00:35|070|01:00:38|210forth. And they make themselves a sacrifice really in 813|01:00:38|710|01:00:42|170doing so. They certainly sacrifice the health of the body in 814|01:00:42|670|01:00:45|970doing so. I think you can see 815|01:00:46|470|01:00:49|490that especially in H.P.B.'s life. She was of 816|01:00:49|990|01:00:54|090course, this Cagliostro. We understand that she had damaged the Master Morya's ashram. 817|01:00:54|250|01:00:58|450We don't know exactly the manner in which that had occurred. But not 818|01:00:58|950|01:01:02|890only was she under the pressure of bringing forth 819|01:01:03|450|01:01:06|810from the masters whom she greatly loved, what had to be 820|01:01:07|290|01:01:10|970manifested, but she was making up for lost time as well. 821|01:01:11|770|01:01:15|250Trying to undo, I suppose, some of the things that had 822|01:01:15|750|01:01:18|810been done and had such a long lasting effect. 823|01:01:20|810|01:01:24|290As the flow of life becomes stronger through use, the effect 824|01:01:24|790|01:01:28|540will be spread out from the small surrounding family 825|01:01:29|040|01:01:32|860group to the neighborhood. This is a completely natural 826|01:01:33|360|01:01:37|340process. You see this? I saw this very touching thing 827|01:01:37|840|01:01:40|980of a man. 828|01:01:41|480|01:01:45|140He didn't really have much at all, but he and his family 829|01:01:45|380|01:01:49|860intended to set up a soup kitchen, 830|01:01:50|900|01:01:54|130a way of feeding the 831|01:01:54|630|01:01:59|050homeless people. He had so little. He lived under very poor 832|01:01:59|130|01:02:02|330circumstances. But his entire life and that of his wife, I think, 833|01:02:03|210|01:02:07|770was dedicated to 834|01:02:08|089|01:02:11|250finding the food and bringing 835|01:02:11|750|01:02:15|530it every day to the people who needed it. And that just 836|01:02:16|030|01:02:20|730started small. But before you know it, word about what he was doing spread. 837|01:02:22|250|01:02:24|890And before long people were bringing to him. 838|01:02:26|330|01:02:29|930He used to have to search and scrounge to 839|01:02:30|430|01:02:33|850find the necessary food. So much of what people threw away 840|01:02:34|350|01:02:37|930I think was part of it. Maybe restaurants and things of that nature. 841|01:02:39|130|01:02:42|610But eventually they began to support him because the effect of 842|01:02:43|110|01:02:46|780his service spread from the family group to 843|01:02:47|280|01:02:51|940the neighborhood and beyond and eventually publicized all 844|01:02:52|440|01:02:55|700over the world. And eventually he was really supported 845|01:02:56|200|01:02:59|819in doing this. And instead of living in this tiny room, as he 846|01:03:00|319|01:03:04|180did with his wife, he was given ample quarters. 847|01:03:04|260|01:03:06|020That's how service works. 848|01:03:07|540|01:03:12|950And it has a natural magnetic attraction to 849|01:03:13|350|01:03:17|430sources of support so that more service may 850|01:03:17|930|01:03:21|110be done. I think we're about an hour into our work, 851|01:03:21|610|01:03:23|870but we're going to make this a two hour program. Yeah, we're an hour and 852|01:03:24|370|01:03:28|150three minutes into it, but we'll make it a two hour program. It cuts down 853|01:03:29|270|01:03:32|870all of the little time wasting technicalities. 854|01:03:35|190|01:03:38|540So as the flow of life becomes stronger through use, 855|01:03:39|740|01:03:41|900in other words, practice, 856|01:03:43|660|01:03:48|020the effect will spread out from the small surrounding family group to 857|01:03:48|520|01:03:51|740the neighborhood. A wider range of contacts becomes possible until eventually, 858|01:03:52|540|01:03:57|500if several lives have thus been spent under 859|01:03:58|000|01:04:01|380the influence of law of service, the effect of the 860|01:04:01|880|01:04:05|190outpouring life may become nationwide and 861|01:04:05|690|01:04:09|230worldwide. And we 862|01:04:09|730|01:04:13|510will find here then we might 863|01:04:14|010|01:04:14|870say the world disciple. 864|01:04:21|270|01:04:25|190Okay, the world disciple. 865|01:04:26|390|01:04:29|910You kind of think of someone whose influence has been 866|01:04:30|410|01:04:33|670profound in the world recently. Nelson Mandela 867|01:04:34|950|01:04:37|482died in his 90s. 868|01:04:37|618|01:04:41|03094, was it? 94 years old, something like that. 869|01:04:42|710|01:04:45|990And this had a worldwide effect. 870|01:04:46|070|01:04:50|070I mean there was a real world disciple. 871|01:04:50|570|01:04:54|110And perhaps several lives had been spent 872|01:04:54|610|01:04:57|710under the influence of the law of service. 873|01:05:00|350|01:05:03|950This we can pretty well find with the great 874|01:05:04|030|01:05:07|950figures that emerge beneficently 875|01:05:08|450|01:05:11|990in relationship to all of humanity. We look at 876|01:05:12|490|01:05:16|150the current Pope who seems to be really 877|01:05:16|650|01:05:20|350on that line where humanity 878|01:05:20|850|01:05:24|210is the main objective and the wholeness is seen 879|01:05:24|710|01:05:28|330as one under his care. We see the Dalai 880|01:05:28|830|01:05:32|450Lama really proven in this 881|01:05:34|050|01:05:36|690worldwide influence under the law of service. 882|01:05:38|210|01:05:43|090We cannot trace these lives yet, but eventually it will be psychologically 883|01:05:43|590|01:05:46|960amazing to do so, to see how these capacities have grown. 884|01:05:47|190|01:05:50|910But it will not be planned nor will it be fought for 885|01:05:51|410|01:05:55|230as an end in itself. In other words, worldwide recognition will 886|01:05:55|730|01:05:56|230not be fought for. 887|01:06:04|230|01:06:07|950It will be a natural expression of the 888|01:06:08|450|01:06:11|990soul's life taking form and direction 889|01:06:13|760|01:06:17|440according to a man's ray and past life experience. 890|01:06:17|600|01:06:20|840Otherwise the personality would simply be forcing the 891|01:06:21|340|01:06:25|720effect. The motive would be wrong. The personality forces an 892|01:06:26|220|01:06:28|640effect. The motive is incorrect. 893|01:06:30|160|01:06:34|240This natural radiation, this natural magnetism, a natural outpouring, 894|01:06:35|040|01:06:39|050a great second ray, 895|01:06:39|130|01:06:45|050essentially second ray outpouring will eventually overflow 896|01:06:45|550|01:06:49|370the cup and pour forth for the benefit of 897|01:06:49|870|01:06:53|290everyone. And this reminds us, of course, of the cup of Aquarius. 898|01:06:55|130|01:06:58|330The cup or the urn on the head in the 899|01:06:58|570|01:07:02|050law of service, naturally overflowing so 900|01:07:02|550|01:07:06|370that all can benefit from that which has 901|01:07:06|870|01:07:10|650been accumulated over many lives of preparation. 902|01:07:11|150|01:07:14|890We are all in process, and I suppose it is denied to us to 903|01:07:15|390|01:07:19|570have a specific recollection 904|01:07:20|070|01:07:22|850of all these many lives right now. 905|01:07:24|130|01:07:27|570As it would be an interference in 906|01:07:28|070|01:07:31|850the process of doing well in the moment. I've often used the 907|01:07:32|350|01:07:36|110analogy that if I'm playing the role of Macbeth, I don't want 908|01:07:36|190|01:07:39|550suddenly to be remembering Hamlet's 909|01:07:39|710|01:07:43|670lines, because it's 910|01:07:44|170|01:07:47|950enough to act out Macbeth. And later one 911|01:07:48|450|01:07:51|870can stand back and review the roles that one has played. 912|01:07:52|750|01:07:56|310An actor, after a successful career, perhaps looks at the 913|01:07:56|810|01:08:00|640many roles he has played, and how one led to another, and their relationship 914|01:08:01|140|01:08:05|040to each other. And we, the actor, the soul in incarnation, stand back and 915|01:08:05|540|01:08:09|600we look at the many roles we have played in our different lives. 916|01:08:10|100|01:08:13|000And we see how they have related to each other. But these roles, 917|01:08:13|160|01:08:16|200although they influence each other in an unconscious way, 918|01:08:16|760|01:08:20|600do not intrude in terms of specific recollection, 919|01:08:21|100|01:08:23|400except where it may be needed. 920|01:08:24|450|01:08:28|090So this is the role we're playing now, and we 921|01:08:28|590|01:08:32|530have to concentrate on doing well in this particular performance. 922|01:08:35|410|01:08:39|010So this outflow will be a natural expression of 923|01:08:39|510|01:08:43|130the soul's life, taking form and direction 924|01:08:43|630|01:08:47|450according to the man's ray and past life expression. We certainly 925|01:08:47|950|01:08:51|240are conditioned by what we have done in the past. And all of that is 926|01:08:51|640|01:08:55|040stored within the atomic triangle, within the causal 927|01:08:55|540|01:08:59|600body. And it will be colored and ordered by environing conditions, 928|01:09:00|100|01:09:03|640by time, by period, by race and by age. So many 929|01:09:04|140|01:09:06|920conditioning factors, but still natural. 930|01:09:08|360|01:09:12|440And let's see, many conditioning factors, 931|01:09:13|000|01:09:17|540but still natural. It will be a living flow 1|00:00:02|960|00:00:06|640and a spontaneous giving forth, and the life 1|00:00:02|960|00:00:06|640power and love demonstrated, being sent forth from soul levels. 934|01:09:27|300|01:09:30|900And we must remember that because the personality is ever the imitator. 935|01:09:31|380|01:09:35|620You know, as my friend William Meader says, ever the imposter. 936|01:09:36|100|01:09:39|900The personality will be the imposter of the soul, pretending that it is the soul 937|01:09:40|400|01:09:41|060when it's not at all. 938|01:09:43|369|01:09:46|489So that is imitation without qualitative content, 939|01:09:48|009|01:09:51|369being sent forth from soul levels. We have a potent attractive force 940|01:09:51|869|01:09:55|609upon the group units with which the disciple 941|01:09:56|109|01:09:58|889may come in contact in the three worlds of soul expression. 942|01:09:59|849|01:10:03|129A potent attractive force. 943|01:10:04|969|01:10:10|410And they will be brought together in harmony for 944|01:10:10|910|01:10:14|290the benefit of all, and time 945|01:10:14|790|01:10:18|930will not be wasted in fractiousness, in fighting and friction. 946|01:10:23|330|01:10:27|410So a beneficent effect will occur 947|01:10:27|570|01:10:30|490due to this spontaneous outflow. And gradually, 948|01:10:30|990|01:10:34|570gradually the circle of influence will expand, and many will be 949|01:10:34|720|01:10:39|440drawn, until we have such an expression as 950|01:10:39|940|01:10:41|680from the Christ: “If I be lifted up, 951|01:10:43|120|01:10:47|280I will draw all men unto me.” He has 952|01:10:47|780|01:10:50|960ascended, and he sits at the right hand of the Father, 953|01:10:51|460|01:10:55|640which means the Logoic plane, and is 954|01:10:56|140|01:10:59|960a member of Shambhala and is 955|01:11:00|460|01:11:04|980an example of a great magnet towards which so 956|01:11:05|480|01:11:08|180many aspiring souls are attracted, 957|01:11:08|820|01:11:12|620towards which they gravitate. There are no other 958|01:11:13|120|01:11:17|460worlds wherein the soul may at 959|01:11:17|960|01:11:20|180this time thus express itself. 960|01:11:23|380|01:11:27|540So whatever we do in our inner life has to express 961|01:11:28|040|01:11:31|620right here in the dense physical vehicle of the planetary Logos and 962|01:11:32|120|01:11:35|580of the solar Logos. Well, especially the planetary Logos, the lower 18 subplanes. 963|01:11:35|740|01:11:39|580Nothing can stop or arrest the potency of this life of 964|01:11:40|080|01:11:44|620natural loving service, except in those cases when 965|01:11:45|120|01:11:46|460the personality gets in the way. 966|01:11:48|300|01:11:53|940This we can ponder upon. D.K.'s 967|01:11:54|440|01:11:57|980saying we have it within ourselves. It's natural to us. 968|01:11:59|180|01:12:02|980He tells us that about telepathy. We are naturally telepathic, 969|01:12:03|480|01:12:06|860and we do naturally have the healing 970|01:12:07|100|01:12:10|500vibration, but something often gets in 971|01:12:11|000|01:12:14|580the way, including the thought that we do not have these things and that we 972|01:12:15|080|01:12:18|340are not naturally equipped to radiate in 973|01:12:18|840|01:12:22|220this way. So let us try 974|01:12:22|720|01:12:26|080to know those instances when the personality does get in the way 975|01:12:26|580|01:12:30|280and the manner in which it does, because we are stopping a spontaneous 976|01:12:30|780|01:12:34|240outflow which is of our very inner 977|01:12:34|740|01:12:37|960nature. Nothing can stop or arrest the potency 978|01:12:38|840|01:12:42|440of this life of natural loving 979|01:12:42|840|01:12:46|960service, except in those cases where the 980|01:12:47|460|01:12:50|440personality gets in the way. We've all experienced it, 981|01:12:50|600|01:12:54|610of course, and the aspirant is constantly experiencing it. 982|01:12:54|930|01:12:57|970In the great struggle between the two types of energies, 983|01:12:58|770|01:13:02|850one of which is acquisitive and the other contributive. 984|01:13:03|730|01:13:07|170Then service, as the teachers on the inner side of life understand 985|01:13:07|670|01:13:11|370it… And that's an important qualifier because it's the real 986|01:13:11|870|01:13:15|250service gets distorted and 987|01:13:15|750|01:13:17|410altered into busyness. 988|01:13:19|870|01:13:23|150When he used the word earlier, much… What did he say? 989|01:13:23|650|01:13:26|350Running after service. Much running after service. 990|01:13:28|430|01:13:31|750It becomes changed into ambition, into an effort to make 991|01:13:32|250|01:13:35|950others, make others serve as we think service 992|01:13:36|450|01:13:39|630should be rendered, and into a love of power which 993|01:13:40|190|01:13:44|280hinders true service, instead of into love 994|01:13:45|080|01:13:48|520of our fellow men, our fellow human beings. 995|01:13:48|840|01:13:52|880Well, DK is experienced here and he's warning us. He's telling us about 996|01:13:53|380|01:13:56|840all the ways that our attempts to serve 997|01:13:57|340|01:14:01|760can degenerate into something which is not really service, as the 998|01:14:02|260|01:14:04|280teachers on the inner side understand it. 999|01:14:06|440|01:14:09|910It's so difficult to take the eyes off the little self and to really 1000|01:14:10|410|01:14:12|870care about the other person more than we care about ourself. But right there in 1001|01:14:13|370|01:14:16|590the very first rule for applicants: if he cares not 1002|01:14:17|090|01:14:20|590for the suffering and pain of the lower self, if it is immaterial 1003|01:14:21|090|01:14:24|470to him whether happiness comes to him or not, 1004|01:14:25|430|01:14:28|390if his brother's need is of greater moment than his own, 1005|01:14:29|910|01:14:33|590then the 1006|01:14:34|090|01:14:36|720Law of Love is functioning. 1007|01:14:40|320|01:14:44|000There's one I left out I want to look at that… 1008|01:14:47|600|01:14:51|560Cares not for the suffering and pain 1009|01:14:52|060|01:14:52|560of the lower self. 1010|01:14:58|000|01:15:00|570This will be an initiation, human solar. 1011|01:15:02|250|01:15:05|730So if his brother's 1012|01:15:06|230|01:15:08|810need is for him of greater moment than his own. 1013|01:15:11|050|01:15:14|490So this I often refer to: if he cares not for 1014|01:15:14|990|01:15:18|410the suffering and pain of the lower self, it is immaterial 1015|01:15:19|130|01:15:22|610to him whether happiness comes his way or not. And here's the one I left 1016|01:15:23|110|01:15:26|600out: “The sole purpose of his life is to serve and save the world.” 1017|01:15:28|120|01:15:31|160And if his brother's need is for him of greater moment than his own, 1018|01:15:31|960|01:15:35|200then the fire of love is irradiating his being and the 1019|01:15:35|700|01:15:38|840world can warm itself at his feet. 1020|01:15:41|080|01:15:48|840So this is the truly motivated server who 1021|01:15:49|340|01:15:52|730has love of his 1022|01:15:53|230|01:15:55|970fellow human beings foremost in his consciousness. 1023|01:15:57|570|01:16:01|370And that is the transition from the mind to 1024|01:16:01|870|01:16:06|210the heart - while not relinquishing the mind but 1025|01:16:06|710|01:16:11|450keeping it as an effective instrument. True heart motivation rather 1026|01:16:11|950|01:16:15|530than the eyes upon oneself and seeking to 1027|01:16:16|030|01:16:20|380compel the eyes of others to turn towards one's lower self. 1028|01:16:20|880|01:16:24|420“Look at me. Look at how I have served.” I've called it in the PIP 1029|01:16:24|920|01:16:28|940test… The so-called, or the Tapestry of the Gods book, the so-called “See 1030|01:16:29|020|01:16:34|300Me” game, where you divert 1031|01:16:34|540|01:16:37|820your own consciousness towards your lower self 1032|01:16:38|320|01:16:41|940and seek to channel the consciousness of 1033|01:16:42|440|01:16:45|560others towards your lower self as well. 1034|01:16:47|160|01:16:52|440There is a point of danger in every life where 1035|01:16:52|940|01:16:56|360the theory of service is grasped and the higher law is recognized. 1036|01:16:57|560|01:17:01|160Then the imitative quality of the personality, its monkey nature, 1037|01:17:02|120|01:17:06|080its impostorship, if you will. Its monkey nature and 1038|01:17:06|580|01:17:10|250the eagerness of a high grade aspiration can easily mistake the theory for 1039|01:17:10|750|01:17:14|050the reality and the outer gestures of a life of service 1040|01:17:16|850|01:17:20|730for the natural spontaneous flow of soul life through 1041|01:17:21|230|01:17:24|770its mechanism of expression. A point of 1042|01:17:25|270|01:17:28|610danger when we go through the motions, 1043|01:17:30|690|01:17:35|830but the very substance, the loving substance of service is 1044|01:17:36|330|01:17:39|990missing. Maybe people have 1045|01:17:40|490|01:17:44|590to pass through this and recognise the 1046|01:17:45|470|01:17:48|910hollowness of such motions. 1047|01:17:49|150|01:17:52|990They may do some good, but not 1048|01:17:53|390|01:17:57|550anywhere near the good that could be done if the real energy 1049|01:17:58|050|01:18:01|350is flowing through the acts. And then the acts 1050|01:18:01|850|01:18:04|880will become more creative as well. Not simply imitated, but they will 1051|01:18:05|380|01:18:09|120become wisely suitable to 1052|01:18:09|620|01:18:14|920the need. I guess it's a long path for 1053|01:18:15|420|01:18:18|480many of us. I think it's a long path for all of us. 1054|01:18:20|000|01:18:24|000But some learn more quickly and travel 1055|01:18:24|560|01:18:28|680faster. Maybe the rest of us are sadder but wiser along 1056|01:18:29|180|01:18:32|380the way. The need for 1057|01:18:32|880|01:18:35|460an increasing subtlety of discrimination is constant. 1058|01:18:37|540|01:18:42|580And all dedicated students are asked or urged to 1059|01:18:43|080|01:18:46|580take stock of themselves at this time. We always have to. When studying 1060|01:18:47|080|01:18:52|860esoteric psychology, we have to ask ourselves how 1061|01:18:53|360|01:18:55|700what is being said actually applies to us. 1062|01:18:57|250|01:18:59|810They, the dedicated students such as ourselves, 1063|01:19:00|290|01:19:03|610face a new cycle of service, certainly in the Aquarian age, 1064|01:19:04|110|01:19:08|490the cycle of service, and must avail themselves of 1065|01:19:08|990|01:19:11|650a new day of opportunity. 1066|01:19:13|970|01:19:17|890There is a great need to stand in spiritual being 1067|01:19:19|730|01:19:24|460in alignment with the soul first and 1068|01:19:24|960|01:19:28|740with this energy which will produce the real substance of service, 1069|01:19:30|020|01:19:33|460which is, in a way, it is the real substance of service. 1070|01:19:34|500|01:19:38|700And where there is this poise standing, there will be no need for 1071|01:19:39|200|01:19:41|860others to incite one for service. 1072|01:19:42|360|01:19:45|700I'm remembering having a little flashback right now of reading this 1073|01:19:46|420|01:19:50|030just about four, 40 years 1074|01:19:50|530|01:19:54|470ago and pondering over it and wondering as I 1075|01:19:54|970|01:19:58|390take stock whether there is a greater understanding 1076|01:19:58|890|01:20:02|910now than there was before. Let the forces of light 1077|01:20:03|410|01:20:07|350flow through and the ranks of the servers will 1078|01:20:07|850|01:20:11|790be rapidly filled. So at least do not be an impediment 1079|01:20:13|000|01:20:16|920to ourselves. That's the idea. The personalities 1080|01:20:17|420|01:20:20|360in the way stand out of the way, get out of our own way, 1081|01:20:20|860|01:20:25|960minimise our view 1082|01:20:26|600|01:20:29|720of ourselves as the centre of the field of consciousness, 1083|01:20:30|520|01:20:33|920minimise that sphere, bring it down just to a tiny little 1084|01:20:34|420|01:20:37|960point, and let the larger life flow 1085|01:20:38|460|01:20:42|070through. We loom too large in our own 1086|01:20:42|150|01:20:47|270eyes, and that gives us a myopic perspective. 1087|01:20:48|230|01:20:49|590Let the spirit of Peace, 1088|01:20:51|830|01:20:55|350a great super-Shambolic being who works on the Logoic 1089|01:20:55|850|01:20:58|310plane, connected with the Logoic plane. 1090|01:20:58|810|01:21:02|430Amazingly. Let the spirit of peace use the lower nature as an 1091|01:21:02|930|01:21:06|240instrument and there will be peace and harmony 1092|01:21:07|360|01:21:10|320within the personal field of service. 1093|01:21:13|920|01:21:18|000The Christ is going to be using the spirit of Peace in 1094|01:21:18|500|01:21:21|640an effective global manner. He will be overshadowed by the spirit of 1095|01:21:22|140|01:21:25|280Peace, as also by the Avatar 1096|01:21:25|780|01:21:29|480of Synthesis and the Buddha. Imagine the training 1097|01:21:29|980|01:21:33|880it took or will take, or is taking to be 1098|01:21:34|380|01:21:39|360able to withstand those kinds of pressures. 1099|01:21:41|280|01:21:45|240Let the spirit of goodwill dominate our minds. And you 1100|01:21:45|740|01:21:48|640know, the spirit of peace is a being, is the spirit of goodwill a being? 1101|01:21:49|120|01:21:52|480He sometimes said that Truth and 1102|01:21:52|800|01:21:56|750Beauty and the Good, they are great beings. 1103|01:21:58|590|01:22:01|750This is a mystery. Let the spirit 1104|01:22:02|250|01:22:04|950of goodwill dominate our minds and there will be no room for the spirit 1105|01:22:05|450|01:22:08|910of criticism and the spreading of 1106|01:22:09|410|01:22:13|590destructive discussion, which will have its effect whether 1107|01:22:14|090|01:22:15|790heard by the one criticised or not. 1108|01:22:17|630|01:22:21|920It is for this reason and in order to 1109|01:22:22|420|01:22:25|720develop a group of servers who can work along true and spiritual lines, 1110|01:22:26|680|01:22:30|040that there must be an 1111|01:22:30|540|01:22:34|360increasing emphasis upon the need 1112|01:22:35|480|01:22:39|400for harmlessness. Here he elaborates 1113|01:22:40|840|01:22:44|920this and there 1114|01:22:45|420|01:22:50|210is a place harmlessness. 1115|01:23:00|610|01:23:04|250And this is so important that I'm going to 1116|01:23:04|750|01:23:08|450underline this and relate it 1117|01:23:08|950|01:23:12|770to what we're going to read about harmlessness here. 1118|01:23:16|210|01:23:21|050Harmlessness is the expression of the life of the man who 1119|01:23:21|550|01:23:25|050realizes himself to be everywhere and who lives 1120|01:23:25|550|01:23:29|170consciously as a soul, whose nature 1121|01:23:29|670|01:23:29|890is love, 1122|01:23:33|730|01:23:35|810whose method is inclusiveness, 1123|01:23:37|330|01:23:40|520and to whom all forms are alike in 1124|01:23:41|020|01:23:44|760that they veil and hide the light, and are but 1125|01:23:45|260|01:23:48|040externalizations of the one infinite being. 1126|01:23:52|040|01:23:53|720And there's more that is said here. 1127|01:23:59|000|01:24:02|520This realization, let me remind you, will demonstrate in a true 1128|01:24:03|020|01:24:06|770comprehension of a brother's need, divorced from sentiment 1129|01:24:07|270|01:24:11|450and expediency. It will lead to that silence of the tongue which 1130|01:24:11|950|01:24:14|690grows out of non-reference to the separate self. 1131|01:24:15|170|01:24:19|090It will produce that instantaneous response to true 1132|01:24:19|590|01:24:22|650need which characterizes the great ones who, 1133|01:24:23|150|01:24:27|010passing beneath the outer appearance, see the inner cause 1134|01:24:27|730|01:24:31|400which produces the conditions noted in the outer life. And so, 1135|01:24:31|960|01:24:35|960from that point of wisdom, true help and guidance can be given. 1136|01:24:37|160|01:24:41|040Harmlessness brings about in the life caution in 1137|01:24:41|540|01:24:45|120judgment, reticence in speech, ability to refrain 1138|01:24:45|620|01:24:50|120from impulsive action, and the demonstration of a non-critical 1139|01:24:50|620|01:24:55|080spirit. And so here, relating to our subject particularly so, 1140|01:24:55|640|01:24:59|650free passage can be given to the forces of true love and 1141|01:25:00|150|01:25:03|610to those spiritual energies which seem to vitalize the 1142|01:25:04|110|01:25:08|410personality, leading consequently to 1143|01:25:08|910|01:25:12|410right action. This is a golden paragraph 1144|01:25:14|890|01:25:18|250and should be memorized. I've memorized part of it, 1145|01:25:19|050|01:25:22|810but now I see that the entirety of it should be 1146|01:25:23|930|01:25:27|580memorized. And here's the review on 1147|01:25:28|080|01:25:31|340harmlessness which follows. 1148|01:25:31|500|01:25:35|220Well, there is a review on harmlessness, and this 1149|01:25:35|720|01:25:39|380sets up that review. So then, 1150|01:25:39|880|01:25:42|940going back. Well, you know, 1151|01:25:43|440|01:25:47|820actually I want to interpolate this. Why not page 102 1152|01:25:48|320|01:25:55|450and 103? Interpolating this and 1153|01:25:55|950|01:25:59|410making it smaller, you know, because otherwise we 1154|01:25:59|910|01:26:01|770won't realize that it is an interpolation. 1155|01:26:04|010|01:26:07|050Make it this big, okay? 1156|01:26:07|130|01:26:12|010And we'll give 1157|01:26:12|510|01:26:13|610a different color to it. 1158|01:26:15|690|01:26:18|260Maybe green in this case. 1159|01:26:19|940|01:26:23|500So he's going to talk now about harmlessness of the 1160|01:26:24|000|01:26:25|620true server. Right. 1161|01:26:27|220|01:26:31|260So let's 1162|01:26:31|760|01:26:38|100come back here to… It's been a while since I've copied 1163|01:26:38|600|01:26:42|540a bracket, but we 1164|01:26:43|040|01:26:45|670are now going to develop the harmlessness of the true server. 1165|01:26:53|740|01:26:58|460Okay? Harmlessness prepares 1166|01:26:58|960|01:27:02|460the way for the inflow of life. 1167|01:27:04|140|01:27:08|660Every sentence most ponderable, that 1168|01:27:09|160|01:27:13|670when we are harmful, the higher energies which 1169|01:27:14|170|01:27:17|350are of a soul nature and which must flow through if there is to be 1170|01:27:17|850|01:27:19|830true service, are impeded. 1171|01:27:21|030|01:27:24|390So harmlessness prepares the way for the inflow of life. 1172|01:27:24|890|01:27:29|190Harmlessness dissipates the 1173|01:27:29|690|01:27:33|310obstructions to the free outpouring 1174|01:27:33|810|01:27:38|100of love. Harmlessness is the key to 1175|01:27:38|600|01:27:42|500the release of the lower nature from the grip of the world illusion, and from 1176|01:27:43|000|01:27:45|740the power of phenomenal existence. 1177|01:27:47|740|01:27:51|100One really wants to bring these ideas home. 1178|01:27:52|220|01:27:53|100They are crucial. 1179|01:27:55|740|01:27:59|060It's not just being nice, as we know. It's a 1180|01:27:59|560|01:28:03|270scientific occult method of 1181|01:28:03|770|01:28:07|390linking the higher dimensions with the lower and the 1182|01:28:07|890|01:28:10|710great energies of service from the constellation Aquarius 1183|01:28:11|430|01:28:13|670with the field of service. 1184|01:28:14|950|01:28:18|150Harmlessness prepares the way for the inflow of life. 1185|01:28:19|750|01:28:22|990The energies of the cosmic ethers and 1186|01:28:23|490|01:28:26|470of the monad which is placed within the cosmic ethers. 1187|01:28:26|870|01:28:30|560Harmlessness dissipates. There's a dissolving effect, 1188|01:28:31|200|01:28:35|120the obstructions. It's very Neptunian in that respect. 1189|01:28:36|160|01:28:39|120Dissipates the obstructions to the free outpouring of love. 1190|01:28:40|400|01:28:43|760Harmlessness is the key to the release of the lower 1191|01:28:44|260|01:28:48|160nature from the grip of the world 1192|01:28:48|660|01:28:52|400illusion and from the power of phenomenal existence. 1193|01:28:52|900|01:28:57|500Here is a well-experienced master of the wisdom sharing 1194|01:28:58|000|01:28:59|260his perspective with us. 1195|01:29:04|140|01:29:08|220These are things that perhaps only spiritual 1196|01:29:08|720|01:29:13|020experience can render meaningful 1197|01:29:13|520|01:29:16|940to us. Otherwise we learn the theory and we 1198|01:29:17|340|01:29:20|620attempt to reproduce the results. But only when we've had the 1199|01:29:21|350|01:29:24|830true experience of the effect of the 1200|01:29:25|330|01:29:28|590causes we've set in motion will we know these things the 1201|01:29:29|090|01:29:32|790way Master D.K. knows them. For right now we have to take them on faith. 1202|01:29:33|590|01:29:37|990But I think even the few experiences we may have had with complete harmlessness 1203|01:29:38|470|01:29:42|270demonstrate this to be the case. We have expressed 1204|01:29:42|770|01:29:46|920our belief that one of the major sciences of the coming age will 1205|01:29:47|420|01:29:51|400be built up around the active rendering of service. The science 1206|01:29:51|900|01:29:55|160of service. Remember the science of meditation, the science of the Antahkarana and the science 1207|01:29:55|660|01:29:59|680of service all coming in via the lord of the 1208|01:30:00|240|01:30:02|880constellation Aquarius. 1209|01:30:05|200|01:30:09|200We have used the word science because service as a spiritual quality 1|00:00:02|960|00:00:06|640will rapidly be recognised as the phenomenal 1211|01:30:13|910|01:30:16|550expression of an inner reality. 1212|01:30:19|430|01:30:23|110A phenomenal expression in the lower three worlds 1213|01:30:23|590|01:30:27|630of an inner reality, the soul. And along the line of a right 1214|01:30:28|130|01:30:31|870understanding of service will come much revelation of 1215|01:30:32|370|01:30:36|110the nature of the soul. If France is to reveal the 1216|01:30:36|610|01:30:40|420true nature of the soul, probably in a fifth race scientific manner, 1217|01:30:41|540|01:30:45|220then the study of service will also be necessary. The study 1218|01:30:45|720|01:30:49|300of service will assist the scientific 1219|01:30:51|860|01:30:53|700revelation of the soul. 1220|01:30:59|540|01:31:03|700Service is a method of producing phenomenal, outer tangible results 1221|01:31:04|420|01:31:07|750upon the physical plane. Again, you know, the connection 1222|01:31:08|250|01:31:11|430with the third ray is this is the 1223|01:31:11|930|01:31:16|110third ray, the third ray producing the phenomenal outer tangible 1224|01:31:16|350|01:31:20|430results. It's the action part of the Trinity. 1225|01:31:20|910|01:31:24|270The first ray, the power that impels. 1226|01:31:25|710|01:31:29|870And the second ray, the preservation of harmony, 1227|01:31:30|370|01:31:34|940the wise application of energy and the actual activity itself in 1228|01:31:35|440|01:31:38|820the phenomenal areas being ruled by the third ray. 1229|01:31:42|020|01:31:45|660Service is a method of producing phenomenal outer tangible 1230|01:31:46|160|01:31:49|260results upon the physical plane. I call your attention to 1231|01:31:49|760|01:31:53|580this as an evidence of its creative quality. Again linking with 1232|01:31:54|080|01:31:58|180the third ray. Third Ray, Ray 1233|01:31:58|680|01:32:02|2503, the Ray of Creative 1234|01:32:02|750|01:32:06|490Intelligence, as D.K. 1235|01:32:07|130|01:32:09|210prefers to call this ray. 1236|01:32:12|570|01:32:16|410So the science of service, the right method of 1237|01:32:16|910|01:32:20|450bringing through the higher energies. This will 1238|01:32:20|950|01:32:24|490be discussed shortly. By right of this creative quality 1239|01:32:24|990|01:32:28|890service will eventually be regarded as a wonderful world science. 1240|01:32:29|610|01:32:33|370The successful method, according to intelligence, 1241|01:32:34|010|01:32:37|410of bringing through the higher energies for 1242|01:32:37|910|01:32:41|530the betterment of the lower spheres which it contacts. 1243|01:32:42|730|01:32:46|250So the creativity of service is 1244|01:32:46|750|01:32:49|970very interesting here because we have to creatively represent the divine 1245|01:32:50|470|01:32:54|460plan intelligently, appropriately, with the 1246|01:32:54|960|01:32:58|340right measure of applied energy in the right place. 1247|01:32:59|940|01:33:03|220By right of this creative quality service will eventually be regarded as 1248|01:33:03|720|01:33:07|620a world science. It is a creative urge, a creative impulse, a creative 1249|01:33:08|420|01:33:12|300motivating energy. This really is a different 1250|01:33:12|800|01:33:16|620angle on service, is it not? The creative nature 1251|01:33:17|120|01:33:21|910of service aligned with the ray of creative intelligence. 1252|01:33:24|710|01:33:28|390and ingeniously seeing the need, 1253|01:33:28|630|01:33:32|230and bringing together the need and that which 1254|01:33:32|730|01:33:37|670will meet the need in an intelligent and well-measured 1255|01:33:37|830|01:33:41|110manner. It's not just enough 1256|01:33:41|610|01:33:44|990to say, you know, well, you know, to give a stupid example, ah, 1257|01:33:45|490|01:33:48|150you're thirsty, so I will throw a bucket of water in your face. You know, 1258|01:33:48|650|01:33:51|870I mean, there's all right here in the bucket is what will meet your need. 1259|01:33:52|270|01:33:56|830But what do I do? Dump the water on you? Because in my eagerness 1260|01:33:57|330|01:34:01|270to get the water to you, I do not measure the manner 1261|01:34:01|770|01:34:05|870of its application. So we cannot simply 1262|01:34:05|950|01:34:09|710flood the one to be served with 1263|01:34:10|210|01:34:12|200an inappropriate amount of energy, 1264|01:34:12|760|01:34:16|200inappropriately directed, inappropriately applied. 1265|01:34:17|080|01:34:21|360Our intelligent creativity comes in here to know exactly 1266|01:34:21|860|01:34:25|560the right means of application and what 1267|01:34:26|060|01:34:29|560forces have to be assembled and brought together. That is often a creative 1268|01:34:30|060|01:34:33|880urge to gather from many places and make a combination of the forces 1269|01:34:34|280|01:34:37|970that have to be applied in the antidote 1270|01:34:38|470|01:34:38|770to the need. 1271|01:34:41|730|01:34:45|250So, eventually, a world science. How can we solve 1272|01:34:45|810|01:34:49|090this problem? How can we serve by 1273|01:34:49|590|01:34:50|850solving this problem intelligently? 1274|01:34:52|930|01:34:56|130Can we serve by solving 1275|01:34:58|290|01:35:01|250problem X intelligently? 1276|01:35:04|060|01:35:09|100And this will demand a creative solution. 1277|01:35:11|020|01:35:15|220A creative urge, a creative impulse, a creative momentous 1278|01:35:15|720|01:35:19|900energy. Sometimes we do have to admit that Master 1279|01:35:20|400|01:35:24|260D.K. really comes up with the unexpected and causes 1280|01:35:24|760|01:35:28|380us to ponder deeply. I'm not finished pondering this one. 1281|01:35:29|900|01:35:33|220This creativity of service has already been vaguely recognized in 1282|01:35:33|720|01:35:37|020the world of human affairs under varying names, 1283|01:35:38|140|01:35:41|260such as the science of vocational training. 1284|01:35:42|940|01:35:47|260Well, you know, it's the right 1285|01:35:47|760|01:35:51|100matching of the assembled 1286|01:35:51|600|01:35:55|110energies to the task at 1287|01:35:55|610|01:35:59|670hand. In other words, it's the round 1288|01:35:59|830|01:36:03|030peg in the round hole and not the square peg in the 1289|01:36:03|530|01:36:08|630round hole. We have to understand the interlocking of energies, 1290|01:36:09|750|01:36:13|830and we have to ourselves assemble those energies 1291|01:36:13|910|01:36:18|350selectively, drawing them from various places. The third ray has 1292|01:36:18|850|01:36:22|670this quality of selectivity and then combining them. When Master Maurya 1293|01:36:24|110|01:36:28|350defines creativity, he talks about new combinations 1294|01:36:28|850|01:36:32|390of energy, combining them for correct application at 1295|01:36:32|890|01:36:36|630the right time, in the right place, in the right way. We can see how 1296|01:36:37|130|01:36:39|550the creative intelligence, the assembling, 1297|01:36:39|710|01:36:43|110combining, appropriately combining 1298|01:36:43|610|01:36:47|590intelligence is involved here in the true acts of service. We cannot blunder 1299|01:36:48|090|01:36:51|910our way in. You know, there is what we 1300|01:36:52|410|01:36:56|110call skill in action. And this involves the third ray and 1301|01:36:56|990|01:37:00|829its expressions of the seventh ray, skill in 1302|01:37:01|329|01:37:05|310action. So it appears. Okay, let's see. 1303|01:37:05|810|01:37:08|750Skill in action is needed. 1304|01:37:10|600|01:37:14|520And this calls for refinement, refined intelligence 1305|01:37:16|280|01:37:20|160for correct application. Maybe we're getting some idea of 1306|01:37:20|660|01:37:24|600how the act of service is really creative 1307|01:37:24|680|01:37:28|720and how service itself is a creative urge. Because we 1308|01:37:29|220|01:37:31|320seek to create the divine plan below, 1309|01:37:33|560|01:37:36|910we seek to align with the archetype of the plan and find the 1310|01:37:36|980|01:37:39|780intelligent ways of manifesting it. 1311|01:37:40|340|01:37:43|300This will call for creativity on our part, 1312|01:37:44|420|01:37:46|420combining the necessary energies. 1313|01:37:48|020|01:37:51|940So we seek to 1314|01:37:52|740|01:37:56|980create the manifestation of the divine plan 1315|01:37:57|620|01:38:00|820below through an act 1316|01:38:01|700|01:38:04|430of empowered, loving, 1317|01:38:05|470|01:38:08|790creative intelligence, which is 1318|01:38:09|290|01:38:13|190service. So we cannot 1319|01:38:13|690|01:38:16|990leave the intelligence out of the act of service. Otherwise, we simply 1320|01:38:17|490|01:38:21|230have the sentimental emotional service which may not do 1321|01:38:21|470|01:38:25|310any good at all. If I'm a surgeon and I want to 1322|01:38:26|110|01:38:30|020serve my patient, I better have 1323|01:38:30|520|01:38:34|260some pretty exact knowledge of exactly what the problem is and great 1324|01:38:34|340|01:38:36|820skill in action in my hand. 1325|01:38:38|500|01:38:42|140Otherwise, all of my good intentions will come to nothing, and 1326|01:38:42|640|01:38:44|980I may do more harm than good. 1327|01:38:46|180|01:38:49|460Recognition of the impetus coming from a right understanding of 1328|01:38:49|960|01:38:54|180social relations and their study is not lacking. 1329|01:38:56|010|01:38:59|530So, you know, where do people fit? How can they best find their right environment 1330|01:38:59|610|01:39:02|930to express the energies and forces that 1331|01:39:03|430|01:39:07|450they have? Recognition of the impetus coming from right understanding 1332|01:39:07|950|01:39:11|530of social relations and their study is not lacking. 1333|01:39:12|410|01:39:16|050Much is also being studied along the same line in connection with criminology 1334|01:39:16|550|01:39:20|580and the right handling of the youth of any nation and national 1335|01:39:20|740|01:39:23|140group. So, you know, 1336|01:39:23|700|01:39:27|460let's just say service is finding the 1337|01:39:27|960|01:39:30|660right place and context. 1338|01:39:34|100|01:39:40|020Right place, right context within 1339|01:39:40|520|01:39:44|700which people can express their 1340|01:39:45|200|01:39:48|470quality. And all of 1341|01:39:48|970|01:39:52|630this takes really creative thinking and understanding the 1342|01:39:53|130|01:39:56|230many strands of force and energy that are involved in 1343|01:39:56|730|01:40:00|190any particular context. So there 1344|01:40:00|690|01:40:04|590is application here in this idea 1345|01:40:05|150|01:40:09|630of service. If there is to be right manifestation of the pattern that 1346|01:40:10|130|01:40:10|510is intended, 1347|01:40:15|000|01:40:18|760we all want to be purposefully 1348|01:40:18|840|01:40:22|880happy in our lives, expressing our purpose in 1349|01:40:23|380|01:40:25|880the right way, in the right place, at the right time, 1350|01:40:26|999|01:40:31|320using the energies with which we have been endowed in 1351|01:40:31|820|01:40:36|360a way that is harmonious with 1352|01:40:36|860|01:40:40|210our environment, or if not harmonious, at least 1353|01:40:40|370|01:40:44|170representing the plan. And this 1354|01:40:44|670|01:40:48|210means that we have to study the social context. We have to study 1355|01:40:48|710|01:40:52|370the individual in terms of his qualities and abilities. 1356|01:40:53|250|01:40:56|490We have to study the malfunctions in 1357|01:40:56|990|01:41:00|290social behavior and the energies which 1358|01:41:00|790|01:41:04|540must be neutralized and those which must be cultivated. 1359|01:41:05|420|01:41:08|940Right now, in the immigration situation in many countries, maybe it 1360|01:41:09|440|01:41:13|940always has been so, but now especially, there's great 1361|01:41:14|440|01:41:19|459friction occurring between thousands 1362|01:41:19|959|01:41:23|260of immigrants and the society into which they 1363|01:41:23|760|01:41:27|260have immigrated. How shall this be solved? 1364|01:41:29|190|01:41:33|110The context has to be carefully studied. The energies 1365|01:41:33|670|01:41:37|190of the resident community and of those 1366|01:41:37|270|01:41:41|670immigrating have to be studied. The value systems, 1367|01:41:42|170|01:41:46|030the types of thought. All of this requires much creative 1368|01:41:46|530|01:41:49|630intelligence so that energy and force can 1369|01:41:50|130|01:41:53|430be applied with correct timing in the right way, 1370|01:41:53|930|01:41:58|510in the right place. It is a skill 1371|01:42:00|030|01:42:02|670requiring much creative intelligence. 1372|01:42:04|270|01:42:07|870Service par excellence. And this is, you know, 1373|01:42:08|110|01:42:13|310we see here what D.K. was doing, because we're talking about harmony 1374|01:42:13|810|01:42:17|790in the social order, right? Harmony in the social order, 1375|01:42:19|230|01:42:22|870so that there is reduced alienation 1376|01:42:23|910|01:42:26|950and all are rightly included. 1377|01:42:29|670|01:42:33|030So now the next sentence applies: 1378|01:42:33|350|01:42:36|470“Service par excellence. The technique of 1379|01:42:36|970|01:42:37|830correct group relations.” 1380|01:42:40|630|01:42:44|510That seems so important. He gives 1381|01:42:45|010|01:42:47|030us so many perspectives, different points of view, 1382|01:42:47|900|01:42:51|740and we can see how they all make a mosaic which defines 1383|01:42:52|300|01:42:56|860the true nature of service. The technique of correct 1384|01:42:57|020|01:43:00|180group relations. What is my place? 1385|01:43:00|680|01:43:04|380Where do I fit with harmony within the whole in such a way 1386|01:43:04|880|01:43:08|980that that which I contribute can advance the archetype that we 1387|01:43:09|480|01:43:12|740call the purpose and its intended mode of expression, which we call the 1388|01:43:13|240|01:43:17|060divine plan? Service par excellence. The technique of correct 1389|01:43:17|560|01:43:21|420group relations, whether it be the right guidance of an antisocial 1390|01:43:21|920|01:43:25|300child in a family, the wise assimilation of a 1391|01:43:25|800|01:43:29|300troublemaker in a group — that many dramas 1392|01:43:30|180|01:43:33|500focus on that particular one — the handling 1393|01:43:34|000|01:43:35|620of antisocial groups in our big cities, 1|00:00:02|960|00:00:06|640the correct technique to be employed in child guidance in 1395|01:43:41|040|01:43:44|940our educational centers, or the relation between religious and political parties, 1|00:00:02|960|00:00:06|640or between nation and nation. Well, right here, 1397|01:43:48|620|01:43:52|500D.K. has given us so many causes of 1398|01:43:53|000|01:43:57|220friction in our world. So, so many causes 1399|01:43:57|720|01:44:00|460of friction are here articulated. 1400|01:44:04|060|01:44:07|460We have the problems of gangs, I guess. Is this what he means by the 1401|01:44:07|960|01:44:12|460antisocial gang groups? There have been a 1402|01:44:12|960|01:44:16|060number of horrific mass murders 1403|01:44:16|780|01:44:20|620of defenseless people by those 1404|01:44:20|780|01:44:26|860who have psychological 1405|01:44:28|220|01:44:30|380disease difficulties. 1406|01:44:31|100|01:44:34|520They are alienated, antisocial. They've been mocked; 1407|01:44:35|020|01:44:37|600they've been cast out. They take their revenge. 1408|01:44:39|440|01:44:42|880They seek to strike back at those who have caused them pain. 1409|01:44:43|380|01:44:47|120Well, perhaps if there was right guidance of the antisocial child. 1410|01:44:47|600|01:44:51|280I was reading recently: this young 1411|01:44:51|780|01:44:55|280man who killed so many children and teachers at this 1412|01:44:55|780|01:44:59|440Sandy Hook Elementary School, his life was 1413|01:45:00|370|01:45:03|650consumed by war games all the time. 1414|01:45:04|690|01:45:08|650Obviously he had great internal hostility. What he needed 1415|01:45:09|150|01:45:12|410was not being given to him. A deeply antisocial 1416|01:45:12|910|01:45:16|570attitude developed. His impulse towards revenge was 1417|01:45:17|070|01:45:21|570taken. It's the same too in these two 1418|01:45:21|890|01:45:26|720students who perpetrated the Columbine massacre 1419|01:45:27|220|01:45:30|520in Colorado. If the difficulty had 1420|01:45:31|020|01:45:35|120been seen in time, and if the proper resocialization 1421|01:45:35|280|01:45:39|520of these young people had been undertaken, 1422|01:45:39|680|01:45:43|600then the tragedies that ensued could 1423|01:45:44|100|01:45:48|240have been avoided. We need so much psychoeducational 1424|01:45:49|360|01:45:52|560wisdom. We need to spot these tendencies 1425|01:45:53|430|01:45:57|350early. Because when service is rightly applied, 1426|01:45:57|850|01:46:01|030it's love in action. There will be, just like goodwill, 1427|01:46:01|990|01:46:05|550there will be a magnetic and 1428|01:46:06|050|01:46:11|270harmonious coming together of the groups. And there will be right 1429|01:46:11|910|01:46:16|550harmonious interplay which is mutually beneficial. 1430|01:46:16|870|01:46:20|170There will be a kindness and a 1431|01:46:20|570|01:46:24|730mutual support and the desire to see all 1432|01:46:25|770|01:46:30|010expressing their abilities in the best possible 1433|01:46:30|170|01:46:33|290way. And the hatred and the 1434|01:46:33|790|01:46:38|890separatism and all of that will melt away. So service 1435|01:46:39|050|01:46:42|970has this quality of the loving heart involved 1436|01:46:43|470|01:46:48|750in it. Correct group relations based 1437|01:46:49|250|01:46:51|150upon love-wisdom. 1438|01:46:56|110|01:46:59|390So we see what the result in society will be 1439|01:47:00|510|01:47:04|030when Christ's purpose to demonstrate the true nature of 1440|01:47:04|530|01:47:07|950service is finally widely 1441|01:47:08|350|01:47:12|280recognized, accepted, and practiced. 1442|01:47:16|680|01:47:20|560The blending of the second and third aspect is so much involved 1443|01:47:21|060|01:47:24|920here in the true service. 1444|01:47:25|000|01:47:29|000And the outer phenomenal, tangible results will be of 1445|01:47:29|500|01:47:34|440a rightly cohesive nature in alignment with the goals 1446|01:47:34|600|01:47:37|080of the divine plan. It's obvious that, 1447|01:47:38|550|01:47:42|910well, if we remember what Master Morya said about the 1448|01:47:43|410|01:47:47|190day will come when men will vie with each other to see who 1449|01:47:47|690|01:47:51|110can do more of the good. 1450|01:47:51|670|01:47:55|350And this is not personal competition 1451|01:47:55|510|01:47:59|670based upon ego inflation. This is really to 1452|01:48:00|170|01:48:03|350do the good. New methods will be found— 1453|01:48:04|610|01:48:07|970increasingly efficient, powerful methods to do the 1454|01:48:08|470|01:48:12|770good. And maybe we can never get rid of the entirely 1455|01:48:12|850|01:48:16|370competitive nature of the human being, in as much as 1456|01:48:16|870|01:48:20|730right now it's a fourth ray kingdom. But they will vie with each 1457|01:48:21|230|01:48:22|850other to better do the good. 1458|01:48:24|370|01:48:28|370This—we can only imagine what a huge change will 1459|01:48:28|870|01:48:32|160then occur in our society. 1460|01:48:34|240|01:48:38|640So all of this is part of the new and growing 1461|01:48:39|760|01:48:43|320science of service. Exact methods of producing loving 1462|01:48:43|820|01:48:48|480cohesion. Exact, predictable methods 1463|01:48:48|800|01:48:54|640of producing loving cohesion within 1464|01:48:54|720|01:48:58|710humanity and also amongst 1465|01:48:59|270|01:49:03|150the kingdoms of nature. I would say because we conserve 1466|01:49:03|650|01:49:05|990the lower kingdoms of nature and we are right now— 1467|01:49:06|550|01:49:10|150the imposition of this soul law. Maybe it's imposed 1468|01:49:10|650|01:49:14|350at first through service. And through the sacrifice petals— 1469|01:49:14|850|01:49:18|470that demand that there be service, 1470|01:49:19|350|01:49:22|580forcing it in a way. The imposition of this 1471|01:49:23|080|01:49:26|620soul law would eventually bring light into a distracted 1472|01:49:27|120|01:49:30|580world. We've been pulled away from the true spiritual 1473|01:49:31|080|01:49:34|100values. We're off the track in what our desires seek. 1474|01:49:34|980|01:49:38|700The imposition of this soul law will eventually bring light into a distracted 1475|01:49:39|200|01:49:43|060world, and release human energies in 1476|01:49:43|140|01:49:46|980right directions. And here we have again vocational 1477|01:49:47|480|01:49:51|080guidance. There are so many people that are just, according 1478|01:49:51|580|01:49:54|920to who they are, they're in the wrong place, doing the wrong thing. And they're 1479|01:49:55|420|01:49:59|080not really expressing their innate forces and energies, 1480|01:49:59|580|01:50:03|280their innate abilities developed over 1481|01:50:03|780|01:50:07|200many lives. So the imposition of this 1482|01:50:07|700|01:50:11|400soul law will eventually bring light—the light of the soul— 1483|01:50:11|900|01:50:15|720into a disoriented, distracted world, and release human energies 1484|01:50:16|970|01:50:20|890in right directions, as right now they are 1485|01:50:21|130|01:50:25|290so much applied towards strengthening the 1486|01:50:25|790|01:50:29|450obstructions to soul life. It's not here possible to do more 1487|01:50:29|950|01:50:31|450than indicate this briefly. 1488|01:50:32|810|01:50:36|530Well, it's certainly briefly, but for us, sufficiently, wouldn't you 1489|01:50:37|030|01:50:40|410say? The theme is too large, for it includes 1490|01:50:40|910|01:50:44|830the awakening of the spiritual consciousness, consciousness with its responsibilities, 1491|01:50:46|830|01:50:50|350and the welding of the individual into an awakened group. 1492|01:50:51|310|01:50:55|110So, you know, it's almost as if we're dealing here with the science of 1493|01:50:55|610|01:50:56|990social cohesion. 1494|01:50:59|230|01:51:03|070But I don't want to just say social cohesion, because that could be regimentation. 1495|01:51:03|150|01:51:06|110I want to say loving social cohesion. 1496|01:51:07|640|01:51:11|800It involves also the imposition—the imposition 1497|01:51:12|300|01:51:16|200also of a newer and higher rhythm upon world affairs. 1498|01:51:18|440|01:51:21|800Let's just say, no longer based 1499|01:51:22|120|01:51:25|080on national selfishness. 1500|01:51:26|200|01:51:29|800And this constitutes, therefore, a definitely 1501|01:51:30|300|01:51:33|650scientific endeavor, because there is a method and a 1502|01:51:34|150|01:51:36|250system with practical results expected— 1503|01:51:37|210|01:51:40|890a method and system with predictable 1504|01:51:43|290|01:51:47|610results—and warrants the attention of the best minds. 1505|01:51:48|010|01:51:51|290So he's encouraging here the development of a 1506|01:51:51|790|01:51:55|290coming service or science, the development of 1507|01:51:55|790|01:51:59|540a coming science which will 1508|01:51:59|860|01:52:03|540rightly place and activate 1509|01:52:04|500|01:52:08|580all human beings. And it will bring 1510|01:52:08|820|01:52:12|220a true social order based more 1511|01:52:12|720|01:52:16|060upon a hierarchical model than the present social 1512|01:52:16|560|01:52:20|660order based upon competition, 1513|01:52:21|940|01:52:25|790selfishness, the will to dominate, 1514|01:52:27|150|01:52:30|830acquisition, and cleavage— 1515|01:52:31|230|01:52:34|630so many more things that the present social order is based upon. 1516|01:52:35|130|01:52:38|750There are, of course, some fine constitutions 1517|01:52:38|830|01:52:41|950and bills of rights and so forth, but can we live up to them? 1518|01:52:42|590|01:52:46|630That is our question. It should also eventually call forth the 1519|01:52:47|130|01:52:51|840consecrated effort of the world disciples. 1520|01:52:52|340|01:52:56|600Is that the disciples in the world, or those of high status 1521|01:52:57|100|01:53:00|440that we call world disciples? 1522|01:53:03|400|01:53:07|000So there are so many adjustments to be made. When you think about it, 1523|01:53:07|800|01:53:11|480the problems of humanity, as D.K. 1524|01:53:11|720|01:53:15|340gave them, can be solved through 1525|01:53:15|570|01:53:19|530through right understanding 1526|01:53:20|030|01:53:25|170of these problems and the creative service which 1527|01:53:25|670|01:53:31|370will reduce the problems 1528|01:53:31|870|01:53:35|370to a manageable level. There are so 1529|01:53:35|870|01:53:39|810many energy adjustments. You know, we might say that in solving 1530|01:53:39|890|01:53:43|500the problems of humanity, there are so 1531|01:53:44|000|01:53:47|980many energy adjustments which 1532|01:53:48|480|01:53:49|740must take place. 1533|01:53:53|340|01:53:57|259And these require great intelligence 1534|01:53:59|820|01:54:03|900and doing things a new way, which 1535|01:54:04|300|01:54:09|740brings in the idea of creative 1536|01:54:10|780|01:54:15|420intelligence. We cannot approach 1537|01:54:15|740|01:54:19|340the problems of humanity in the same old 1538|01:54:19|420|01:54:23|340ways. We have to have insights about how 1539|01:54:24|060|01:54:27|740the forces and energies—the conflicting forces and energies involved— 1540|01:54:28|220|01:54:31|580can be rightly adjusted, 1541|01:54:32|220|01:54:35|780harmoniously adjusted to reflect the divine plan. 1542|01:54:36|280|01:54:40|100Of course, all of this cannot be done overnight. As D.K. says, the fourth ray 1543|01:54:40|600|01:54:44|060is sometimes needed to connect the old ways 1544|01:54:44|560|01:54:48|260of doing things with the new ways of doing things. So there is no abrupt 1545|01:54:48|420|01:54:50|900cleavage that will occur. 1546|01:54:51|940|01:54:55|180Change will come, and a century later 1547|01:54:55|680|01:54:58|900it will be noticed that tremendous change has come. But at the moment it 1548|01:54:59|400|01:55:02|590may look like a slow process, because if one attempts 1549|01:55:03|090|01:55:06|230to force the change too suddenly, 1550|01:55:06|870|01:55:10|070there can be a rebellion of the 1551|01:55:10|570|01:55:14|750field upon which the change is forced instead of the gradual willingness 1552|01:55:15|250|01:55:19|430or cooperation of the elements in that field. 1553|01:55:21|270|01:55:24|790We know it from ourselves. You know, D.K. has told us about 1554|01:55:25|290|01:55:28|450vegetarianism. He says as well go slowly in attempting to 1555|01:55:28|950|01:55:31|730change the habits of a lifetime. 1556|01:55:32|290|01:55:36|210If suddenly you take away what the body has been 1557|01:55:36|450|01:55:40|290used to sustaining itself with, there can be an 1558|01:55:40|790|01:55:44|370adverse reaction. Of course, things are now moving fast, 1559|01:55:44|870|01:55:48|730and the first ray method of imposition is upon 1560|01:55:49|230|01:55:52|700us. And we are entering Aquarius via Saturn, 1561|01:55:53|420|01:55:57|580which carries much first ray with it and which carries the quality of 1562|01:55:58|080|01:56:01|580imposition. Because humanity is the world disciple, it is 1563|01:56:02|080|01:56:05|100entering Aquarius via Saturn. 1564|01:56:06|380|01:56:09|980Whichever way individual human beings may be 1565|01:56:11|180|01:56:14|940traveling around the zodiac, whether clockwise and into 1566|01:56:15|180|01:56:18|210Pisces first or counterclockwise into Saturn as a whole. 1567|01:56:18|850|01:56:22|530This quality of the imposition of the law is coming 1568|01:56:23|570|01:56:27|650upon us. And this will be an 1569|01:56:28|150|01:56:30|130age of regulation very much so. 1570|01:56:31|250|01:56:35|690Aquarius does not at first promise all the freedom 1571|01:56:36|190|01:56:40|050which is associated with it. There must be 1572|01:56:41|730|01:56:45|310much social regulation voluntarily 1573|01:56:46|110|01:56:50|030undertaken. I mean, it will be imposed because 1574|01:56:50|530|01:56:54|670of the need for sharing and the resources of the Earth being 1575|01:56:55|170|01:56:59|430finite and so forth. It will be imposition. But the voluntary acquiescence 1576|01:56:59|930|01:57:04|110to this imposition is what is important. And that acquiescence will come when 1577|01:57:04|610|01:57:08|590there is sufficient education to 1578|01:57:09|090|01:57:11|860make the acquiescence seem necessary and desirable. 1579|01:57:13|140|01:57:16|740Well, we are getting ready to move on to 1580|01:57:17|060|01:57:20|580the next question. What are the characteristics of the true server? Aren't these 1581|01:57:21|060|01:57:24|420practical questions and aren't the answers to them wonderful? 1582|01:57:24|660|01:57:30|100You know, I've been studying this book a long time, but I really realize, 1583|01:57:30|600|01:57:34|260you know, the depth and practicality of the Tibetan's mind in dealing with these things. 1584|01:57:35|380|01:57:40|120And may we assimilate them and express 1585|01:57:40|200|01:57:43|720them. Express them and thus have a 1586|01:57:44|220|01:57:47|640beneficent effect upon our environment. Well, what I'd like to do right 1587|01:57:48|140|01:57:52|440now is just close this two hour section with 1588|01:57:53|800|01:57:55|000The Great Invocation. 1589|01:57:56|600|01:57:57|320Okay. 1590|01:58:02|440|01:58:05|940I think it's a good way to work. And then we'll go on with the 1591|01:58:06|420|01:58:10|340number 14. Light of the Soul webinar commentaries number 14. 1592|01:58:12|660|01:58:14|020So Great Invocation. 1593|01:58:18|900|01:58:22|100From the point of light within the mind of God, 1594|01:58:23|060|01:58:26|340Let light stream forth into the minds of men. 1595|01:58:27|540|01:58:29|300Let light descend on Earth. 1596|01:58:32|380|01:58:36|060From the point of love within the heart of God, Let love 1597|01:58:36|140|01:58:38|700stream forth into the hearts of men. 1598|01:58:40|140|01:58:42|060May Christ return to Earth. 1599|01:58:44|220|01:58:47|260From the center where the will of God is known. 1600|01:58:47|500|01:58:51|140Let purpose guide the little 1601|01:58:51|640|01:58:55|220wills of men. The purpose which the masters 1602|01:58:55|720|01:58:59|210know and serve. From the center which we call the 1603|01:58:59|710|01:59:03|450race of men. Let the plan of love and light work 1604|01:59:03|950|01:59:06|850out. And may it seal the door where evil dwells. 1605|01:59:07|890|01:59:11|770Let light and love and power restore 1606|01:59:12|270|01:59:14|130the plan on Earth. 1607|01:59:28|620|01:59:37|740Om. 1608|01:59:56|230|01:59:59|630That's good. Thank you. And this is the end 1609|02:00:00|130|02:00:03|350of Light of the Soul webinar commentary number 13, 1610|02:00:05|110|02:00:09|350page no. 1611|02:00:10|870|02:00:12|070Page 131. 1612|02:00:16|320|02:00:20|112And beginning with Light of the Soul webinar 1613|02:00:20|261|02:00:21|680commentaries 14, 1614|02:00:23|680|02:00:27|160page 131. And we'll take up the next question. Okay, 1615|02:00:27|660|02:00:31|400friends, let's continue our studies. 1616|02:00:31|900|02:00:36|400I hope this mode of leisurely 1617|02:00:36|560|02:00:40|010associative discussion is useful to 1618|02:00:40|510|02:00:44|290you. I know it's more of an integrative pattern and pulls in many things 1619|02:00:44|790|02:00:48|530from far afield. Sometimes it's not exactly the outline 1620|02:00:49|030|02:00:52|890method, is it? But I hope it is of some use to you. And I 1621|02:00:53|390|02:00:57|130will continue this method. 1622|02:00:58|010|02:00:58|730Bye-bye.