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ALICE A BAILEY02 INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR

by the devout mohammedan, under the name of the iman madhi. he it is who has presided over the destinies of life since about 600 b.c. and he it is who has come out among men before, and who is again looked for. he is the great lord of love and of compassion, just as his predecessor, the buddha, was the lord of wisdom. through him flows the energy of the second aspect, reaching him direct from the heart centre of the planetary logos via the heart of sanat kumara. he works by means of a meditation centred within the heart. he is the world teacher, the master of the masters, and the instructor of the angels, and to him is committed the guidance of the spiritual destinies of men, and the development of the realisation within each human being that he is a child of god and a son of the most high

aught with difficulty for all who stand on the verge of self-discovery, and of becoming the path itself. some practical advice might be of value here: study with care the first three books of the bhagavad gita. the problem of arjuna is the problem of all disciples, and the solution is eternally the same. stand ready and watch the heart. in the transferring of the fire from the solar plexus to the heart centre comes much pain. it is not easy to love as do the great ones, with a pure love which requires nothing back; with an impersonal love that rejoices where there is response, but looks not for it, and loves steadily, quietly, and deeply through all apparent divergences, knowing that when each has found his own way home, he will find that home to be the place of at-one-ment. be prepared fo

tiation, or as to just what centres are to be vivified, or what vision is to he accorded. so much depends upon the ray of the disciple, or his development in any particular direction (people do not usually develop evenly, upon his individual karma, and also upon the exigencies of any special period. this much can be suggested, however: at the first initiation, that of the birth of the christ, the heart centre is the one usually vivified, with the aim in view of the more effective controlling of the astral vehicle, and the rendering of greater service to humanity. after this initiation the initiate is taught principally the facts of the astral plane; he has to stabilise his emotional vehicle and learn to work on the astral plane with the same facility and ease as he does on the physical pla

n expansion and an apprehension of the truth as it is, and is lasting in its effects. it is felt primarily in the throat centre, the great organ of creation through sound. another type of energy reaches man from the pleiades, passing through the venusian scheme to us, just as the sirian energy passes through the saturnian. it has a definite effect upon the causal body, and serves to stimulate the heart centre- 57- initiation, human and solar copyright 1998 lucis trust a third type of energy is applied to the initiate, and affects his head centre. it emanates from that one of the seven stars of the great bear whose ensouling life holds the same relationship to our planetary logos as the ego does to a human being. this energy, therefore, is seven-fold, and differs according to a man's ray or

as mankind completes one unification after another, the "heavenly men" on intuitional levels and on spiritual levels are completed, and in their turn go to the formation of the centres in the great "heavenly men" of the solar system. these seven heavenly men, in whose bodies each human monad and each deva finds his place, form the seven centres in the body of the logos. he, in his turn, forms the heart centre (for god is love) of a still greater entity. the consummation of all for this solar system will be when the logos takes his fifth initiation. when all the sons of men attain the fifth initiation, he achieves. this is a great mystery and incomprehensible to us. chapter xi the participants in the mysteries the participants in the mysteries are generally known, and no secret has been mad

that man might be. as a sphere of radiant fire, linked with the initiate standing before it by that magnetic thread of fire which passes through all his bodies and terminates within the centre of the physical brain. this "silver thread (as it is rather inaccurately called in the bible, where the description of its loosing of the physical body and subsequent withdrawal is found) emanates from the heart centre of the solar angel, linking thus heart and brain, that great duality manifesting in this solar system, love and intelligence. this fiery sphere is linked likewise with many others belonging to the same group and ray, and thus it is a literal fact in demonstration that on the higher planes we are all one. one life pulsates and circulates through all, via the fiery strands. this is part

re of an experiment. the method whereby a man assumes conscious place in the body of a heavenly man differs in different planetary schemes; the heavenly man, who uses our planetary scheme as his body of manifestation, chooses to work in this particular way during this particular period for his own specific purposes; it is part of the process of vitalising one of his centres, and of linking up his heart centre with its connection in the head. as other of his centres are vitalised, and come into full activity, other methods of stimulating the cells in his body (the deva and human monads) may be followed, but for the present the cosmic rod of initiation, which is applied to a heavenly man, in much the same manner as the lesser rods are applied to man, is being utilised in such a way that it p

midway point. this means, literally, the control by the initiate of the sex impulse, as usually understood, and the transference of the fire which now normally vitalises the generative organs to the throat centre, thus leading to creation upon the mental plane through the agency of mind. that which is to be created must then be nourished and sustained by the love energy of nature issuing from the heart centre. the lower triangle referred to is: 1. the solar plexus. 2. the base of the spine. 3. the generative organs. whilst the higher one is, as pointed out: 1. the head. 2. the throat. 3. the heart. this might be interpreted by the superficial reader as an injunction to the celibate life, and the pledging of the applicant to abstain from all physical manifestation of the sex impulse. this i

ALICE A BAILEY04 A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE

inging together of the two poles and demonstrates at the moment of complete at-one-ment, the occult truth of the words "our god is a consuming fire."73(63) three of these centres are called major centres, as they embody the three aspects of the threefold monad will, love and intelligence- 95- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. the head centre..the monad. will or power. 2. the heart centre..the ego. love and wisdom. 3. the throat centre..the personality. activity or intelligence. the other two centres have to do primarily with the etheric body and with the astral plane. the throat centre synthesises the entire personality life, and is definitely connected with the mental plane, the three planes, and the two higher planes, and the three centres with the two other centres

res in greater detail, dealing with them as seen in etheric matter, and basing what i say upon a similar statement by mr. c. w. leadbeater in "inner life" vol. 1, page 447-460. we will note the colours and petals: 1. the base of the spine, four petals. these petals are in the shape of a cross, and radiate with orange fire. 2. the solar plexus, ten petals rosy color with admixture of green. 3. the heart centre, twelve petals glowing golden. 4. the throat centre, sixteen petals of a silvery blue, with blue predominating. 5. the head centre in its twofold divisions: a. between the eyebrows, consisting of ninety-six petals, one-half of the lotus being rose and yellow, and the other half blue and purple. b. the very top of the head. a centre consisting of twelve major petals of white and gold

them all. there are also three physical centres, called a. the alta major centre, b. the pineal gland, c. the pituitary body, with four lesser centres. these four lesser centres are blended in that centre which we call the alta major centre and need not concern us. i would here also point out that there is a close connection: a. between the alta major centre and the throat centre. b. between the heart centre and the pituitary body. c. between the head centre and the pineal gland. it would repay the student to contemplate the interesting succession of triangles that are to be found and the way in which they must be linked by the progression of the fire before that fire can perfectly vivify them, and thence pass on to other transmutations. we might enumerate some of these triangles, bearing

one triangle of great interest. it is a triangle that is at this time undergoing vivification through the action of kundalini; it is consequently increasing the vibratory capacity of the centres, which are becoming slowly fourth-dimensional. it is not yet permissible to point out others of the great triangles, but as regards the centres, we may here give two hints: first. venus corresponds to the heart centre in the body logoic, and has an inter-relationship therefore with all the other centres in the solar system wherein the heart aspect is the one of greater prominence. second. saturn corresponds to the throat centre, or to the creative activity of the third aspect. as evolution proceeds, the other centres attain a more pronounced vibration and the fire (circulating triangularly) will br

. man has a body made up of matter which is applied to different uses, yet which forms a unit. in this unit there are certain areas of more vital importance than other areas from the standpoint of energising force. such an area as the heart may, in this connection, be considered and compared (as regards force value) with such an area as the calf of the leg. the entity, man, utilises both, but the heart centre is of paramount importance. thus is it also with a heavenly man. the two great hierarchies deva and human are force centres in the body of a planetary logos; the other evolutions of an involutionary nature extant within the scheme, and the remainder of the active substance of the globes, and all contained therein, go to the content of the remainder of his body. a. man and the planetar

on. it is by knowledge of the nature and quality of the electrical force of our centre, and by realisation of the place our centre holds in the body logoic, that the hierarchy achieves the aims of evolution. it will be obvious that the heavenly man who stands for the kundalini centre, for instance, will work differently, and have a different purpose and method, from his brother who stands for the heart centre in the body logoic, or to the heavenly man who embodies the logoic solar plexus. from this it is apparent that: a. the type of electrical force b. the vibratory action c. the purpose d. the evolutionary development e. the dual and triangular interaction of all the heavenly men will differ, and so will the evolutions that form the cells in their bodies differ likewise. little has as ye

e three buddhas of activity have a correspondence to the three persons of the trinity. these entities are divided into three groups of thirty-five each, and in themselves embody the three major centres of the planetary logos, those three groups which we know as the "three departments" for it should be emphasised that each department forms a centre: a. the head centre..the ruling department b. the heart centre..the teaching department c. the throat centre..the mahachohan's department. this centre synthesises the lesser four, just as the third ray synthesises the minor four. these kumaras (or their present substitutes) can also be divided into the seven groups which correspond to the seven rays, and are in themselves the life of the centre for which they stand. fifteen, therefore, of these e

the basis of the endeavour being made by the brotherhood by the aid of man to fan the emotional instinct (or the embryo love aspect) through the segregating of the domestic animals, and the consequent play made upon the third spirilla in the animal atoms by human magnetism or radiatory energy. the sumtotal of the domestic animals the animal units brought into closest connection with man form the heart centre in the body of that great entity who is the life of the animal kingdom. from the heart flow all the influences which will eventually permeate the entire body. these units are those which will be finally separated from the group soul at the reopening of the door into the human kingdom in the next round. let us now consider the immediate present, and the advent of this seventh ray of ce

ory. 2. their place in the egoic body. a. the astral permanent atom. b. the atomic triangle- 298- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. the spirillae and the egoic ray. a. the composition of the permanent atoms. b. the planes and fiery energy. c. the three fires. 4. summary. iii. the egoic lotus 1. wheels or centres of energy. a. centres of force. b. the causal body, the monadic heart centre. 2. the twelve-petalled lotus. a. the knowledge petals. b. the love petals. c. the sacrifice petals. 3. summary. i. the nature of the egoic or causal body the subject of the egoic ray and its relation to the second fire is one of vital import to three types of people: those who are interested in the true psychology, or in the evolution of the psyche; those who are on or nearing the pa

ch this ray of cosmic love (shown in the inter-relation between the self and the not-self, or through duality) is expressing itself d. governed by the cosmic law of attraction. the monads of love are the dominating quality (i choose this word 'quality' specifically) fourth. the centre in the cosmic body of the one about whom nought may be said of which our solar logos is the embodied force is the heart centre. here we have one of the clues to the mystery of electricity. the sacred planets, with certain allied etheric spheres within the ring-pass-not, are parts of that heart centre, and are 'petals in the lotus' or in the heart centre of that great unknown existence who stands to the solar logos as he in his turn stands to the heavenly men who are his centres, and specially as he stands to

icity. the sacred planets, with certain allied etheric spheres within the ring-pass-not, are parts of that heart centre, and are 'petals in the lotus' or in the heart centre of that great unknown existence who stands to the solar logos as he in his turn stands to the heavenly men who are his centres, and specially as he stands to the particular heavenly man who is the embodied force of the logoic heart centre. therefore, it will be apparent to the careful student that the entire force and energy of the system and its life quality will be that which we call (having perforce to use handicapping, misleading words) love. this will account for the fact that the force that plays through that cosmic heart centre will be the paramount force- 303- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trus

are others, but we are not here concerned with them. these latter have achieved a certain specific goal, and are the embodiment of centres which are now quiescent or out of manifestation, the logoic kundalini having turned its attention elsewhere. under another enumeration they make the ten of the esoteric life, and can also be enumerated as twelve, thus forming the twelve-petalled lotus, or the heart centre in the body of the one about whom nought may be said. on the fourth cosmic ether the buddhic plane, are found the etheric centres of the logos. there are to be found the esoteric planets and the sun, viewed as the centre of the buddhic principles, and from thence the logos animates his dense physical manifestation. finally, on the three lower planes we have his gaseous, liquid, and de

manifestation; they occultly 'die' this is paralleled in the logoic centres, the planetary schemes, which also in due course of time pass into obscuration, and transmit their energy to the major three schemes. the three main centres in the microcosm are the head, the heart and the throat- 318- a treatise on cosmic fire copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. the head centre..the monad..will..spirit. 2. the heart centre..the ego..l. ove. consciousness. 3. the throat centre..the personality..activity..matter. it will, therefore, be apparent that just as in man these centres are related to the threefold spiritual man in his total development, so the three types of centres microcosmic or macrocosmic come gradually more and more under the vitalising power of one of the three aspects of the logos. these c

the threefold spiritual man in his total development, so the three types of centres microcosmic or macrocosmic come gradually more and more under the vitalising power of one of the three aspects of the logos. these centres are recognised also as focal points of active force, manifesting to the vision of the clairvoyant as fiery wheels or the flaming petals of a lotus. b. the causal body. monadic heart centre. in studying the egoic body it should be remembered that the causal body is the correspondence in the monadic manifestation to the heart centre. it is a flaming wheel of fire within the monadic auric egg, which embraces the five planes of monadic manifestation; it is also seen as the twelve-petalled lotus. of these twelve petals, the innermost three are unrevealed, or are embryonic, a

t 1998 lucis trust the lords of sacrifice. each of them is a nine-petalled lotus in the logoic body. they are the flaming wheels, and in their various names, as found in the secret doctrine, may be discovered the clue to the mystery. let us realise this clearly, nevertheless, as regards the microcosm, and later extend the idea to the heavenly men. let us picture the nine-petalled egoic lotus, the heart centre in the monadic consciousness, unfolding each of its petals in groups of three upon the three subplanes of the higher mental. their unfoldment is worked out through the evolutionary process, undergone on the three planes in the three worlds, or within the three halls of ignorance, of learning, and of wisdom. a. first group of petals knowledge petals: 1. the petal of knowledge for the p

as is the case in the earlier unfoldment. as this threefold enlightenment or unfoldment proceeds, again a dual result is seen: the astral permanent atom comes into full activity and radiance, as regards five of its spirillae, and the two atoms of the physical and the astral planes are equally vibrant. the three petals of the central ring of the egoic lotus come also into full unfoldment, and the heart centre of the monad is seen as a wheel of fire with six of its spokes in full display of energy and rapidly rotating. c. third group of petals sacrifice petals: 1. the petal of knowledge for the mental plane; its unfoldment marks the period wherein the man consciously utilizes all that he has gained or is gaining under the law for the definite benefit of humanity. each of the groups of petal

ouch the devas of activity working on concrete faculty. the perfection of the two evolutions marks the point of attainment of the divine heavenly man; it is the perfecting of the two major centres, creative activity and love, of the logos. in their lower aspect these centres are known as the centres of generation and the solar plexus, but are transmuted, as evolution proceeds, into the throat and heart centres. then, in a dual synthesis, they will pass on into the third system, that in which the power aspect is developed, and the head centres will be complete. this achieved, our logos has triumphed, and measured up to the sixth cosmic initiation, just as he should measure up in this system to the fourth. the ray of concrete science has a peculiar relationship to the animal kingdom, in that

n the physical plane in activity of some kind. the positive vibration set up on the astral plane produces results on the physical and that is why the white brother, if he works with the devas at all, works only on the astral plane and with the positive aspect. these devas of the sixth order, as might be expected, are closely linked with those of the second order on the monadic plane, and with the heart centre of the particular heavenly man on whose ray they may be found. they are allied too to the deva forces on the buddhic plane and in these three great orders of devas we have a powerful triangle of electrical force, the three types of electricity which are met with in occult books. it should be borne in mind that the equilibrising type of force (at present an unknown type) flows in from

lf-conscious identity is in essence and in truth love-wisdom, but manifests primarily as intelligent consciousness. we should endeavor to study carefully the following statement which is concerned with kama-manas, and which deals with the conditions which produce individualisation, or which call forth into self-conscious being the monads seeking full self-expression. it is as follows: only as the heart centre of a heavenly man (each in his cycle and each differing cyclically) becomes vitalised and attains a certain vibratory capacity does the individualisation of the monads become possible under the law. again, it is only as the threefold dense physical body of a planetary logos (as expressed by our three worlds, the mental, astral and dense physical planes) has reached a corresponding vib

c head centre, whether solar or planetary. they work with the manasic permanent atoms and embody the will-to-be in dense physical incarnation. their power is felt on the atomic subplane and on the second; they are the substance and the life of those planes. another group is connected definitely with the causal bodies of all egos and are of prime importance in this solar system. they come from the heart centre, and express that force. the third group, corresponding to the throat centre, show forth their power on the fourth subplane through the mental units. they are the sumtotal of the power of the ego to see, to hear and to speak (or sound) in the strictly occult sense. a hint may here be given to those who have power to see. three constellations are connected with the fifth logoic princip

ALICE A BAILEY05 THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL

. this is the line followed by the raja-yogins and it brings them to a realisation of the spirit and to adeptship. there is yet another line: 1. monad- 28- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. the son or christ aspect, 3. the love aspect, or wisdom aspect, 4. buddhi or spiritual love, the second aspect of the soul, 5. the emotional body, the second aspect of the personality, 6. the heart centre. this is the line followed by the bhakti, the devotee and the saint and brings him to a knowledge of the soul and of sainthood. the former line is that to be followed by our aryan race. this second line was the path of attainment for the atlanteans. if students would follow these tabulations with care much light would come. the necessity for a strong energetic will becomes apparent if

ached and thus peace can be achieved. method v. sutra 37. sacral centre. the chitta is stabilized and rendered free from illusion as the lower nature is purified and no longer indulged- 50- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust method vi. sutra 38. throat centre. peace (steadiness of the chitta) can be reached through meditation on the knowledge which dreams give. method vii. sutra 39. heart centre. peace can also be reached through concentration upon that which is dearest to the heart. these should be carefully considered, even if no details of procedure can here be given. only the principle and the law involved can be considered by the student. it should be remembered also that all these centres have their correspondences in the etheric matter found in the region of the head a

e the qualities of the centres- 51- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust a. quality of the solar plexus. warmth. b. quality of centre at base of spine. kundalini fire. c. quality of the ajna centre between the eyebrows. illuminating light. d. quality of the head centre. cold light. e. quality of the sacral centre. moisture. f. quality of the throat centre. red light. g. quality of the heart centre .r adiant or magnetic light. in this sutra meditation upon light and radiance is enjoined and we learn that through this light and the ability to use it, knowledge of the spirit can be arrived at. at the centre of the "heart chakra" dwells brahma, says the old scripture and he reveals himself in the light. the aspirant has therefore to become aware of the "point of light within become

th of the physical body. b. from the astral world via the astral body. this will be purely kamic or desire force and will- 122- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust affect primarily the centres below the diaphragm. c. from the universal mind or manasic force. this will be largely thought force and will go to the throat centre. d. from the ego itself, stimulating primarily the head and heart centres. most people receive force only from the physical and astral planes, but disciples receive force also from the mental and egoic levels. 50. right control of prana (or the life currents) is external, internal or motionless; it is subject to place, time and number and is also protracted or brief. this is a most difficult sutra to understand and its meaning has been made purposely abstr

g the attention upon the tube or nerve below the throat centre, equilibrium is achieved. 32. those who have attained self-mastery can be seen and contacted through focussing the light in the head. this power is developed in one-pointed meditation. 33. all things can be known in the vivid light of the intuition. 34. understanding of the mind-consciousness comes from one-pointed meditation upon the heart centre- 131- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 35. experience (of the pairs of opposites) comes from the inability of the soul to distinguish between the personal self and the purusa (or spirit. the objective forms exist for the use (and experience) of the spiritual man. by meditation upon this, arises the intuitive perception of the spiritual nature (the purusa. 36. as the re

art, and the distinction is one of time primarily. the heart in the earlier stages of unfoldment upon the path is the central organ; later it is the organ in the head where the true light has its abiding place. in the process of unfoldment, heart development precedes head development. the emotional nature and the senses unfold prior to the mind, as can be seen if we study humanity as a whole. the heart centre opens before the head centre. love must ever be developed before power can be safely used. therefore the light of love must be functioning before the light of life can be consciously employed. as the lotus centre of the heart opens and reveals the love of god, through meditation a synchronous unfoldment takes place within the head. the twelve petalled lotus in the head (which is the h

e head centre. love must ever be developed before power can be safely used. therefore the light of love must be functioning before the light of life can be consciously employed. as the lotus centre of the heart opens and reveals the love of god, through meditation a synchronous unfoldment takes place within the head. the twelve petalled lotus in the head (which is the higher correspondence of the heart centre, and the intermediary between the twelve petalled egoic lotus on its own plane and the head centre) awakens. the pineal gland is gradually brought from a state of atrophy to full functioning activity and the centre of consciousness is transferred out of the emotional nature into the illuminated mind consciousness. this marks the transition which the mystic has to make onto the path of

ous power of the trained occultist and yogi. from the point of power in the head the yogi directs all his affairs and undertakings, throwing upon all events, circumstances and problems the "awakened inner light" in this he is guided by the love, insight and wisdom which is his through the transmutation of his love nature, the- 161- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust awakening of his heart centre and the transference of the fires of the solar plexus to the heart. it might be asked very pertinently here how this junction between head and heart, producing the luminosity of the central organ and the emission of the inner radiance can be brought about. briefly stated, it is produced as follows: 1. through the subjugation of the lower nature which transfers the activity of all the

ch transfers the activity of all the life below the solar plexus and including the solar plexus, into the three centres above the diaphragm, the head, heart and throat. this is done through life, love and service, not through breathing exercise and sitting for development. 2. through the practice of love, the focussing of the attention upon the heart life and service, and the realization that the heart centre is the reflection in man of the soul, and that this soul should guide the heart issues from the throne or the seat between the eyebrows. 3. through a knowledge of meditation. through meditation, which is the exemplification of the basic yoga aphorism "energy follows thought" all the unfoldments and developments which the aspirant desires are brought about. through meditation, the hear

fe, to the fullest liberation from experience in the flesh and in the three worlds. it is all one path, but the path of initiation has to be trodden consciously by the thinker functioning through the central organ in the head, and from there intelligently traversing the path which leads through the three worlds to the realm or kingdom of the soul. it might be stated here that the awakening of the heart centre leads a man to consciousness of the source of the heart centre within the head. this in turn leads a man to the twelve-petalled lotus, the egoic centre on the higher levels of the mental plane. the path from the heart centre to the head, when followed, is the reflection in the body of the building of the antaskarana on the mental plane "as above, so below" 4. through perfectly concent

s centres were enumerated and their qualities given. in this section of the book, five of these centres are mentioned and they are the five which most closely concern the aspirant, and which are the most dominant in the fifth or aryan race, being awakened but not unfolded in the fourth race. these are: 1. the centre at the base of the spine. 4 petals, 2. the solar plexus centre. 10 petals, 3. the heart centre .1 2 petals, 4. the throat centre. 16 petals, 5. the head centre. 1000 petals. with these five, the aspirant is primarily concerned. the centre called the spleen was dominant in lemurian days but is now relegated to the domain of the fully functioning and therefore automatic centres, and has sunk below the threshold of consciousness. the centre between the eyebrows is the one through

tly produce a form. in the disciple or initiate these three centres not only sound but form words; they therefore command the building of vital forces and take the entire man under control. the glands corresponding to the three centres are: 1. the pineal gland and pituitary body. head centre- 168- the light of the soul copyright 1998 lucis trust 2. the thyroid gland. throat centre, 3. the spleen. heart centre "out of the heart are the issues of life; from it the current of the life blood circulates; from its development in the atlantean race and the consequent coordination and growth of the astral or emotional body, the heart centre has become the most important in the body. its activity and development has been paralleled by the spleen, which is the organ of vitality, of prana or physical

ough which the rational mind brings questions to the intuition for solution, that the truths of science are reached, the flashes of discovery and genius. but this higher power need not work in subordination to the so-called rational mind, it may act directly, as full illumination 'the vision and the faculty divine" 34. understanding of the mind-conscious comes from one-pointed meditation upon the heart centre. the sons of men are distinguished from the animal kingdom by the possession of intelligence, of the rational reasoning mind. hence in the ageless wisdom, the secret doctrine of the world, human beings are frequently called "sons of mind" it is this which gives them their sense of individuality, of their separate identity; it is this which makes them egos. in the centre of the brain

energy. another, the second, is responsible for the consciousness or intelligence aspect, for the power of spirit to respond to contact and to evolve response. the third concerns the life of the matter or body aspect. the first aspect via the monad reaches to the pineal gland the point where spirit resides in man. the second or consciousness aspect, via the ego, makes a point of contact with the heart centre, whilst the third aspect or third part of the sutratma links up with the centre at the base of the spine, which is the main source of the personality or bodily activity. through concentration, therefore, on the light in the head, knowledge of the spiritual worlds and of those pure spirits who work and walk in them is achieved, for atma or spirit shines there. similarly through concent

y through concentrated meditation upon the heart, knowledge of the second aspect, of the conscious intelligent principle which makes a man a son of god, is gained. through the development of the head and the use of the head centre, the will is brought into [page 320 functioning activity. it is the characteristic of spirit, and demonstrates purpose and control. through the unfolding and use of the heart centre the love-wisdom aspect is similarly brought into use and the love of god is seen working out in a man's life and work. for the mind of god is love, and the love of god is intelligence, and these two aspects of one great quality are brought into play for the working out of his will and purpose. of this the christ was the outstanding example to the occident, as krishna was to india, and

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e magic copyright 1998 lucis trust demonstrated through the medium of the form. thus the power of the three rays of divine manifestation may be seen. first ray. spiritual energy second ray. magnetic force third ray. radiant glory these rays likewise find their microcosmic reflections in the aura of perfected man. first ray. monadic. spiritual energy. head centre second ray. egoic. magnetic force. heart centre third ray. personality. radiant glory .s olar plexus you inquire, why do i not say the throat centre? because the centres below the diaphragm symbolize primarily the personal lower self, and in their synthesising centre, the solar plexus, express the magnetic force of the matter aspect in man. the throat centre is swept into increasing creative activity as the personality vibrates to

se of the spine are connected in a peculiar fashion, which is one of the secrets of the first initiation. when these four are in close cooperation the "floor of the triangle" as it is symbolically called, is prepared for the magical work. in other words these can be enumerated as follows: a. the physical material form with its centre at the base of the spine. b. the vital body working through the heart centre where the life principle has its seat. the activities of the body which are due to this stimulation are carried through the circulation of the blood. c. the emotional body, working through the solar plexus centre. d. the head centre, the direct agent of the soul and its interpreter, the mind. these four are in complete accord and alignment. when this is the case, the work of initiatio

into his own group of co-workers, and can stand in the presence of his master. heart, throat and eye later, when the knowledge here conveyed is assimilated, the aspirant will come to an understanding of the true meaning of the heart, the throat, and the eye which it is the effect of the guides of the race to stimulate into functioning activity at this time. we will therefore consider now: 1. the heart centre, the throat centre, and the centre between the eyes. 2. their awakening and co-ordination. 3. to what uses they will be put in the coming world cycle. this subject is of vital importance to the modern aspirant, for the mechanism of the heart, the throat, and the eye constituting part of the inner structure which he must learn to use has to be mastered and consciously employed by him b

ses with their petal numbers, and their location. their colours are immaterial at present from the standpoint of the student, for much that has been given out is erroneous or in the nature of a blind, and in any case, the esoteric colours are widely different from the exoteric. 1. the base of the spine .4 petals. 2. the sacral centre. 6 petals. 3. the solar plexus centre. 10 petals. diaphragm. 4. heart centre. 12 petals. 5. throat centre. 16 petals- 112- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust 6. centre between the eyebrows. 2 petals. 7. head centre. 1000 petals. next, let the student remember two important facts, which may be regarded as elementary and preliminary but which nevertheless have to be worked out into conscious realisation and become part of the purposed intent of

talise the centres. the two facts of importance are: 1. the three centres below the diaphragm, a. base of spine, b. sacral centre, c. solar plexus centre, which are, at present, the most potent in average humanity and the most 'alive, require to be re-organised, re-oriented, and to be brought from a state of positivity into that of negativity. equally, the four centres above the diaphragm, a. the heart centre, b. the throat centre, c. the centre between the eyebrows, d. the head centre, must be awakened and brought from a state of negativity into that of positivity. this has to be brought about in two ways. first, by the transference of the positive energy of the lower centres into that of the higher, and secondly by the awakening of the head centre by the demonstration of the activity of

becomes a conscious creative force in the higher worlds; he enters within the veil, and begins to create the pattern of things which will bring about eventually the new heavens and the new earth. when the energies of the solar plexus expressions hitherto of the potent desire nature, feeding the emotional life of the personality are equally transmuted and re-oriented, then they are carried to the heart centre and there is brought about as a result a realisation of group consciousness, of group love, and group purpose which makes the aspirant a server of humanity and a fit associate of the elder brethren of the race. when these three transfers have been consummated then an activity transpires in the head centre, the ultimate governing factor, and by an act of the will of the indwelling ruli

control the personality, via the mental body to the head centre. when this is the case the thousand-petalled lotus begins to function. the line of this stream of force is: monad. atma. spiritual will. the inner circle of petals in the egoic lotus, the will petals. the mental body. the head centre in the etheric body. the nervous system and brain. 2. that of love-wisdom, through the medium of the heart centre. this centre, when awakened, leads to that expansion of consciousness which initiates a man into his group life. he loses the- 115- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust sense of separateness, and finally emerges into the full light of realisation a realisation of unity with his own indwelling god, with all humanity, with all souls in all forms of nature, and so with th

erges into the full light of realisation a realisation of unity with his own indwelling god, with all humanity, with all souls in all forms of nature, and so with the oversoul. this force stream comes likewise from the monad, via the soul, and its line is as follows: monad. buddhi. spiritual love. the intuition. the second circle of petals in the egoic lotus, the love petals. the astral body. the heart centre. the blood stream. in the little evolved man, this force stream simply passes through the heart centre direct to the solar plexus and expends its two aspects of vital life and of soul quality, one energising the blood stream and the other awakening the solar plexus centre. this then becomes the dominant factor in the energy life of the man, and the force through which his desire natur

works his way back on the path of return to one of the three major rays. all have eventually to express intelligent creative faculty, to be animated by divine love, and to bring into functioning activity the will, as it works out divine purpose and plan. the first centre which the aspirant seeks consciously to energise and on which he concentrates during the early stages of his novitiate, is the heart centre. he has to learn to be group conscious, to be sensitive to group ideals, and to be inclusive in his plans and concepts; he has to learn to love collectively and purely, and not be actuated by personality attraction, and the motive of reward. until there is this awakening in the heart, he cannot be trusted to wield the creative powers of the throat centre, for they would be subordinate

w undertaking. we are in process of evolution. certain aspects of our force centres are already awakened, and functioning in relation to the form aspect, but are not yet expressing soul qualities. we have behind us a long and fruitful past. we are none of us purely selfish or separative. human society is now cohesive and inter-dependent. humanity, as a whole, has already done much in bringing the heart centre into partial activity, and in awakening some of the more important aspects of the throat centre. the problem with many aspirants today is that of the solar plexus, for it is wide open, actively functioning and almost fully awakened. the work of transmutation is however going on simultaneously, leading as one might naturally suppose to a good deal of difficulty and to chaotic condition

entre into partial activity, and in awakening some of the more important aspects of the throat centre. the problem with many aspirants today is that of the solar plexus, for it is wide open, actively functioning and almost fully awakened. the work of transmutation is however going on simultaneously, leading as one might naturally suppose to a good deal of difficulty and to chaotic conditions. the heart centre is also beginning to vibrate, but is not yet awakened; the throat centre is frequently prematurely awakened, through the transfer of energy from the sacral centre. this is due to several causes sometimes to spiritual purpose and intent, but more frequently to a negation of the normal sex life, owing to economic conditions, or to a lack of physical vitality, which predisposes to celiba

sult of a long evolutionary process and to which he has not the key. especially in the early stages and prior to the first initiation is this the case, for he has no knowledge of the history of the past, nor any prevision as to the future. he has simply to take his equipment and his opportunity and do the best he can, guided by the age-old rules of raja yoga, and the light of his own soul. as the heart centre is awakened and the throat centre swings into creative work, a definite relation is set up and there is an interplay of energy between the two. this activity in its turn brings about a response from that aspect of the thousand petalled lotus (a synthetic lotus) through which the energy always animating the heart and throat centres normally passes. this responsive activity and inter-ac

e at base of spine..adrenals. 2. self-expression (creative work..lower brain..throat centre..thyroid. 3. self-conscious life (personality..upper brain..head centre..pineal gland. 4. self-perpetuation..sex organs..sacral centre..sex glands. 5. mental life..cerebro-spinal system..ajna centre..pituitary. 6. sensory life..sympathetic nervous system..solar plexus..pancreas. 7. cell life..blood stream..heart centre..heart. the eighth point, the vital life, functioning through the seven centres and a whole system of lesser chakras and the nadis (which underlie the nerves and are the cause of their existence as the centres are of the glands) is the medium of many forces and energies some purely physical, others related to the anima mundi, the world soul, and others unknown as yet, because they wil

propriated for our own use a portion of that universal energy, through the medium of which we are en rapport with the whole. one of the types of astral energy upon which we did not touch emanates, we are told, from the "heart of the sun. i cannot, however, touch upon it at length owing to the inability of the human brain to understand it or the human heart to appropriate it until such time as the heart centre is opened and functioning. this stream of living energy can nevertheless be sensed in a large way, though not as yet appropriated in its pure essence. we call it the "love of god. it is indeed that free flowing, outgoing, magnetically attractive force which leads each pilgrim home to the father's house. it is that force which stirs in the heart of humanity and finds expression through

intellect so as to bring it into control, to subordinate other forms to the mind and through the mind to reveal to man the vision of what is and what will be. man is therefore brought into line with the esoteric head centre of the one life. in the animal kingdom, through the development of sentiency and its allied unfoldment through pain, they are bringing those types of forms into line with the heart centre in nature. this is a phrase conveying a truth which cannot be more clearly expressed until man has become more inclusive in his consciousness. through colour in the vegetable kingdom those forms of divine manifestation are also brought into vibratory contact with that centre of force in nature which is analogous to the throat centre in man. in using these words i refer primarily to th

ectness of which i leave the future to demonstrate. i simply ask that you make record and in the coming years much that may now seem peculiar or mayhap even contradictory will be elucidated, slowly unravelled, and more easily comprehended. a little knowledge leads to much confusion unless laid aside for future use when the years of instruction have increased the store. to return to our theme: the heart centre in man opens the door into what is called "the heart of the sun" the throat centre opens the way into full understanding of the path of the physical sun and all true astrologers must eventually have that centre functioning. the head centre opens the way to the central spiritual sun, each passing, via the planetary correspondence, to one of the cosmic planes- 210- a treatise on white m

human kingdom be transcended and man pass into the spiritual kingdom, there to have further lessons just as infant humanity when passing out of the animal kingdom was trained and taught its functions and work by the ibezhan teachers. in atlantean days, the goal that the hierarchy of teachers set before themselves was the awakening in man of the love nature, as a step towards the awakening of the heart centre. to do this, the teachers at that time were themselves focussed (deliberately and of intent) in the heart- 221- a treatise on white magic copyright 1998 lucis trust centre, and chose to work entirely through that centre, subordinating their mental equipment and the mental energy they could use to the need of the time, they kept their mental force in abeyance when training the initiate

that centre, subordinating their mental equipment and the mental energy they could use to the need of the time, they kept their mental force in abeyance when training the initiates until the time the third initiation was reached. in our race, the condition is reversed. the hierarchy is working now entirely on mental levels, though basing all endeavour upon past achievements in connection with the heart centre. up to the third initiation therefore, disciples have to endeavour to work entirely with mental energy in an effort to control, master and use it. their attempt is concentrated then upon transmitting (from egoic levels) the will aspect of the soul. that will has to be imposed upon the personality until it has become the automaton of the soul. then the intuition takes control, and ener

so a dual effect. first, there is what we might call the pranic effect, which is the result of the impact of solar force, emanating from the physical sun. this produces definite results upon the objective forms, and these are termed physical or vital. these enter the human body via the spleen and also via a centre found between the shoulder blades; this centre is between the throat centre and the heart centre in the spinal column, but nearer the heart than the throat. secondly, there are energies which emanate from what is esoterically called "the heart of the sun; these sweep through one or other of the planets in seven great streams and power into the soul of man and produce that sensitivity which we call awareness. these seven types of energy produce the seven types of souls or rays, an

man who lives below the diaphragm, and who utilises the lower four centres: the centre at the base of the spine, the sacral centre, the solar plexus and the spleen. the inner group of seven major or systemic energies produce their effect upon the man who is living above the diaphragm, and work through the seven representative centres in the head. four of them focus through the throat centre, the heart centre, the ajna and head centres. three are held latent in the region of the head centres (the thousand petalled lotus) and only enter into functioning activity after the third initiation. it will be evident therefore how complicated from the standpoint of the horoscope (as well as of the individual problem) is this meeting of the energies of two types of constellations in the case of the m

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errelation of these four divine organisms does the world of form live and move and have its being. there are certain parallels in the human organism and certain correspondences which are of interest, and they may be presented in the following manner: the human kingdom. brain. the two head centres. vocal organs the animal kingdom. stomach. the solar plexus. liver. the vegetable kingdom. heart. the heart centre. lungs. the throat centre. the mineral kingdom. generative organs..the sacral centre. the base of spine. the relation of the seven centres to the various kingdoms in nature can be here seen, and the symbolism of the human form can be noted. the seven kingdoms as a whole can also be seen as having the following relations: 1. mineral kingdom .b ase of spine. adrenals. 2. vegetable kingd

t centre. lungs. the throat centre. the mineral kingdom. generative organs..the sacral centre. the base of spine. the relation of the seven centres to the various kingdoms in nature can be here seen, and the symbolism of the human form can be noted. the seven kingdoms as a whole can also be seen as having the following relations: 1. mineral kingdom .b ase of spine. adrenals. 2. vegetable kingdom. heart centre. thymus- 138- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. animal kingdom. solar plexus. pancreas. 4. human kingdom. sacral centre. gonads. 5. egoic kingdom. throat centre. thyroid. 6. planetary kingdom. ajna centre. pituitary. 7. solar kingdom .h ead centre. pineal. a study of these correspondences will be of value if the student will re

ewise the group of forms and of lives with which he is linked, to which he must render service, and by which he can be served. the relation of the rays to the centres in the average aspirant might be classified as follows: 1. head centre. ray of will or power. first ray. 2. the ajna centre .r ay of concrete knowledge .f ifth ray. 3. the throat centre. ray of active intelligence. third ray. 4. the heart centre. ray of love-wisdom. second ray. 5. the solar plexus. ray of devotion. sixth ray. 6. the sacral centre .r ay of ceremonial magic .s eventh ray. 7. base of spine. ray of harmony. fourth ray. these rays and their corresponding centres warrant most careful study. they are comprehensive and revealing. note, for instance, that at this time the seventh ray governs and expresses itself throu

through the medium of certain force centres in the etheric body. these, for our immediate purposes, can be divided into three centres below the diaphragm and four above. these are- 181- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust i. below the diaphragm: 1. the base of the spine. 2. the sacral centre. 3. the solar plexus. ii. above the diaphragm: 1. the heart centre. 2. the throat centre. 3. the centre between the eyebrows. 4. the head centre. we know that two fusions have to take place and, in these two we have two enactments of the symbolic sex process, and two symbolic events that externalise a spiritual happening and picture forth to man his spiritual goal and god's great objective in the evolutionary process. first, the energies below the di

e mystical union between god and man, and between the soul and the personality is there enacted. according to the eastern philosophy, there are in the head of man two great energy centres. one of them, the centre between the eyebrows, blends and fuses the five types of energy which are transmitted to it and blended with it, the energy of the three centres below the diaphragm and of the throat and heart centres. the other, the head centre, is awakened through meditation, service and aspiration, and it is through this centre that the soul makes its contact with the personality. this head centre is the symbol of the spirit or positive masculine aspect, just as the centre between the eyebrows is the symbol of matter, of the negative feminine aspect. connected with these force vortices are two

1..universal mind will. ray 7..synthetic ritual. some sets of correspondences i. mineral. gonads. sacral centre. base of spine. vegetable. heart. heart. lungs .t hroat. animal. stomach. solar plexus- 256- a treatise on the seven rays- volume i: esoteric psychology i copyright 1998 lucis trust. liver human .b rain. the two head centres. vocal organs ii mineral. base of spine. adrenals. vegetable. heart centre. thymus. animal. solar plexus. pancreas. human .s acral centre .g onads. egoic. throat centre. thyroid. planetary. ajna centre. pituitary. solar. head centre. pineal. iii. process secret purpose mineral. condensation. transmutation. radiation. vegetable. conformation. transformation. magnetisation. animal. concretisation. transfusion. experimentation. human .a daptation .t ranslation

ay and the animal kingdom 1. the animal kingdom is to the human body what the dense physical body is to the seven principles. 2. the animal kingdom is the mother aspect, prior to the overshadowing of the holy ghost. 3. the animal kingdom is the field of individualisation. 4. since atlantean days the animal kingdom has been occupied with the development of karma. 5. domestic animals constitute the heart centre in the life of the entity who ensouls the animal kingdom. 6. the animal kingdom does not react strongly to the 7th ray. 7. the human kingdom does, but the 7th ray will have three effects in relation to the two kingdoms and their interplay: a. it will refine the animal bodies. b. it will bring about a closer relation between men and animals. c. it will cause a great destruction of the

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and its mechanism as being: a. the centre at the base of the spine. b. the centre at the top of the head, where the most important centre in the body is situated, from the standpoint of the soul. there is its point of entry and exit; there is the great radio station of reception, and the distributing centre for direction. c. the spleen. this is a subsidiary centre and organ in connection with the heart centre. it is through the spleen that a linking up takes place between the life principle (seated in the heart) and the consciousness system, interlinking all the material organs and the atomic substance of the physical body. this statement indicates that, in the location in the human body where the spleen is found, along with its corresponding subjective force centre, two great currents of

rvice is, at this time, the major idea to be grasped for (in grasping it) we open ourselves wide to the new incoming influences. the law of service is the expression of the energy of a great life, who, in cooperation with him "in whom we live and move and have our being, is subjecting the human family to certain influences and streams of energy which will eventually do three things: 1. awaken the heart centre in all aspirants and disciples. 2. enable emotionally polarised humanity to focus intelligently in the mind. 3. transfer the energy of the solar plexus into the heart. this unfolding of what we might call "the consciousness of the heart" or the development of true feeling is the first step towards group awareness. this group awareness and this identification with the feeling aspect of

or the generally unsatisfactory nature of much of that which is now being done to relieve conditions. it is unsatisfactory from the higher angle of the soul. when, however, the service rendered is based upon a mental response to humanity's need, then the whole problem is lifted out of the veil of illusion and out of the valley of the world glamour. then the impulses to serve are registered in the heart centre and not in the solar plexus, and when this is more generally the case, then we shall have a happier and more successful demonstration of service. in this treatise i seek to be intensely practical, for this new science of service must be based on right foundations and on sound understanding. perhaps the simplest way in which i can handle a theme so new and yet so hackneyed is by formul

rmula of breathing, and regular concentration upon a specific centre would release us from the wheel of life and identify us with the spiritual self and its world of being, gladly and willingly and joyously would we follow out instructions. but when, in the terms of the occult science, we are told to serve and obey, we are not interested. yet service is the mode, par excellence, for awakening the heart centre, and obedience is equally potent in evoking the response of the two head centres to the impact of soul force, and unifying them into one field of soul recognition. so little do men understand the potency of their urges! if the urge to satisfy desire is the basic urge of the form life of man, the urge to serve is an equally basic urge of the soul in man. this is one of the most importa

on the mental plane the major linking takes place, from the angle of the three worlds as a whole. it will be apparent, therefore, that certain developments must have taken place in the individual before he can consciously become a functioning member of the new group of world servers, which is the principal group at this time definitely working under the law of group progress. 1. he must have the heart centre awakened, and be so outgoing in his "behaviour" that the heart is rapidly linked up with the heart centres of at least eight other people. groups of nine awakened aspirants can then be occultly absorbed in the heart centre of the planetary logos. through it, his life can flow and the group members can contribute their quota of energy to the life influences circulating throughout his b

tres. 2. intellect, which is intelligent self-consciousness, guiding and directing the activity of the integrated personality, via the mind and brain, and working through the throat and ajna centres. 3. intuition. this is predominantly concerned with group consciousness and will eventually control all our relations with each other, as we function in group units. it works through the heart and the heart centre, and is that higher instinct which enables a man to recognise and submit to his soul and to its control and life impression. 4. illumination. this is a word which should really be applied to the designation of the super-human consciousness. this divine instinct enables a man to recognize the whole of which- 143- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright

lso be apparent that, as the relationships of the different aspects of a man's manifested life- 183- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust appear, his seven centres are related to the seven aspects or qualities which embody a man's essential divinity. the following is therefore of interest: 1. the head centre .m onad. life. first aspect. 2. the heart centre. soul. consciousness. second aspect. 3. the ajna centre. personality. substance. third aspect. these are the three major centres for the advanced man. 4. the throat centre .m ind. the mental aspect and energy. 5. the solar plexus centre .e motion. the astral aspect and energy centre. 6. the sacral centre .p hysical. 7. the centre at base of the spine. life itself. monadic centre. the

which will be found existing between the rays governing the elementals of the three lower bodies and that of the personality. the life of these three elementals is founded primarily in the three lowest centres in the etheric body: 1. the sacral centre. the mental elemental life transferred later to the throat centre. 2. the solar plexus centre. the astral elemental life. transferred later to the heart centre. 3. the centre at the base of the spine. the physical elemental life. transferred later to the head centre. the life of the indwelling soul is focussed in the three higher centres. 1. the head centre. the mental consciousness. 2. the throat centre. the creative consciousness. 3. the heart centre .t he feeling consciousness. two important stages in the life of the man take place during

s the period of the shift into a higher body, the astral body. this was characteristic of atlantean racial development. 3. the awakening of the throat centre and the shift of much of the lower energy into the throat activity. the ajna centre also begins to become active, producing integrated and creative personalities. this stage is characteristic of the present aryan race. 4 the awakening of the heart centre and the shift of the solar plexus energy into that centre, thus producing groups and the entrance of a new and fuller sense of spiritual energy. the shift of emphasis is then into those states of awareness which reveal the kingdom of god. the fifth kingdom in nature becomes creatively active on earth. this will be characteristic of the consciousness of the next great race. 5. the awak

n with the centre at the base of the spine. it is awakened by an act of the will, which really means by the mind, functioning forcefully, under the influence of the spiritual man, through the medium of the brain. it infers also that this technique will so stimulate the faculty of the imagination that an ever expanding or an all inclusive love will increasingly be expressed, and therefore that the heart centre will be forcefully affected and awakened into full activity. it infers also that the spiritual plane life of the disciple, as it expresses itself in his environment will become inspired and creative through the full and conscious use of the intelligence. this, in its turn, brings about the rounded out activity of the throat centre, and thus the three major centres, which are aroused i

e. 4. the channel through which this synthesising and creative energy pours down is as follows: a. from the monad to the love petals of the egoic lotus. b. from these love petals to the astral vehicle, energising all astral matter found in the equipment of the phenomenal man "the spirit of god moves upon the face of the waters" c. from thence to the solar plexus centre. d. from that centre to the heart centre. the needed duality connected with the astral body thus appears. we have here also a correspondence to the descent of the fire of the will to the base of the spine with its subsequent raising, along the spinal column, to the head. the third ray disciple, employing the technique of fusion, finds that: 1. it evokes a full functioning of the divine creative faculty. it will be apparent a

relation to, the seven sets of major glands: 1. the pineal gland. 2. the pituitary body. 3. the thyroid and para-thyroid glands- 251- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust 4. the thymus gland. 5. the pancreas. 6. the adrenals. 7. the gonads. these centres are: 1. the head centre. 2. the centre between the eyebrows. 3. the throat centre. 4. the heart centre. 5. the solar plexus centre. 6. the centre at the base of the spine. 7. the sacral centre. these centres are closely concerned with the endocrine system, which they determine and condition according to the quality and source of the energy which flows through them. with this i have dealt at length in my other books, and so shall not here enlarge upon it beyond calling your attention to

e. it works through the solar plexus and the organs of reproduction. 2. intelligence distinguishes the mind aspect or mental vehicle, and works through the clearing house of the brain, and through the ajna and throat centres- 254- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. intuition distinguishes the soul nature and it works through the mind, the heart centre and the head centre. from these three major points the soul governs eventually the personality. i commend these ideas to your careful consideration and assure you that rightly understood they will aid in the solution of the problems connected with the various cleavages in human nature. there is no cleavage to be found today between the vital body and the physical body. there is only a

dy and the centres which they form at certain points of intersection or juncture are the background or motivating agency of every ganglion or plexus found in the human body. certain of these centres, major and minor, are of unique evolutionary importance. these are as follows: a. the head centre is the seat of soul energy, or the centre through which the conscious, spiritual man functions. b. the heart centre is the seat of life, of the highest principle which expresses itself through man. c. the solar plexus centre is the seat of the instinctual life, of the animal soul, and of the highly developed emotional nature. d. the centre at the base of the spine is the major integrating centre and comes into functioning activity when two major fusions have been effected: that of the fusions of th

e who are interested to do so. they can thus- 315- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust clarify their knowledge anent the various centres. one thing i would like here to point out and will later elucidate and that is the relation of the various centres to the rays. this is as follows: ray one .p ower or wil .h ead centre. ray two. love-wisdom. heart centre. ray three. active intelligence. throat centre. ray four .h armony through conflict. ajna centre. ray five .c oncrete knowledge .s acral centre. ray six. devotion. solar plexus. ray seven. ceremonial order. base of spine. much could be learned if one would gather all the data given on this subject into one book, thus relating what is known about the specific energy points to be found

ried from below the diaphragm to above the diaphragm. 3. that the world aspirants are slowly being energised and controlled by the forces which are being transferred from the centres below the diaphragm to the throat centre and from the soul to the throat centre. this leads to creative activity of some kind. 4. that the world disciples are beginning to be governed and controlled by the throat and heart centres and are also beginning to transfer the forces which have been raised to the heart and throat, to the ajna centre between the eyebrows, in the middle of the forehead. when this has been done, the man is then an integrated personality. the soul also stimulates the ajna centre. 5. that the more advanced disciples and world initiates are also energised from two sources: by means of the e

ctioning, but the centres below the diaphragm will be subordinated to and controlled by those found above. they are subject then to the conditioning will of the man who is governed at this time by ambition, intellectual expediency and that form of group work which tends to the expression of his personality potency. the ajna centre is vivid and potent; the throat centre is intensely active and the heart centre is rapidly awakening. g. a period wherein the highest head centre is brought into radiant activity. this occurs as the result of the uprising (in a fresh and more potent manner) of the mystical instinct, plus, this time, an intelligent approach to reality. the result is twofold: 1. the soul begins to pour its energy into all the etheric or vital centres, via the head centre. 2. the po

s "midway between the pairs of opposites" and this means (as far as our particular interest at this time is concerned) that we shall find three stages in the mystical work, each of which will mark a definite point of crisis, with its attendant tests and trials: 1. the stage wherein transference is made of all the lower energies into the solar plexus, preparatory to carrying them to the throat and heart centres above the diaphragm. this stage covers not only the process of transference but also that of focussing the forces in the higher centres- 319- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust period. the later stages of the path of probation and the early stages of the path of discipleship. keynote. discipline. objective. idealism, plus person

cal pull of sex and the urge to physical creation is not so dominant and the forces begin to be gathered up into the solar plexus. there they will be controlled largely by the astral imaginative life far more than by the unconscious animal or the conscious desire life. they blend there with the forces of the solar plexus itself and gradually are carried up to the throat centre, but always via the heart centre. here we find a major point of difficulty for the mystic who is rapidly coming into being and functioning activity. he becomes painfully conscious of duality, of the pull of the world and of the mystical vision, of divine possibilities- 321- a treatise on the seven rays- volume ii: esoteric psychology ii copyright 1998 lucis trust and personality potencies, of love in place of desire

l this lies in the stage of transference. the lower energies are subject, as you can see, to two stages of transference: first, into the solar plexus and from thence to the throat centre. the throat centre is not, at this period, active enough or sufficiently awakened to absorb and utilise the sacral energies. they are arrested in some cases in their upward passage and retained temporarily in the heart centre, producing the phenomena of sex urges (accompanied at times with definitely physical sexual reactions, of religious eroticism and a generally unwholesome attitude, ranging all the way from real sexuality to fanatical celibacy. this latter is as much an undesirable extreme as the other and produces most undesirable results. frequently in the case of a male mystic there will be over dev

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hich is the subjective cause of the outer groups. c. the expression of the particular technique which his group should eventually embody. the groups will use the following centres in their work: group 1. the head, heart and throat centres. group 2. the head, heart and solar plexus centres. group 3. the head, heart and ajna centres. group 4. the head, ajna and throat centres. group 5. the head and heart centres and the centre at the base of the spine. group 6. the head, heart and solar plexus centres. this is necessarily the same as in group 2. group 7. the head, throat and sacral centres. group 8. the head, heart, solar plexus and throat centres. this group of disciples will be the first to use four centres in their work as they are in a curious sense, the mediators of thought between the

bout a most productive telepathic interplay between the disciples in a group and between the individual disciple, the master and the larger ashram. it will also make the disciple sensitive to the higher "gift waves" the entire meditation (in its two parts) involves, therefore, the linking up of heart and head, of the mystic and the occult approach, and also of feeling and knowledge. only from the heart centre can stream, in reality, those lines of energy which link and bind together. it was for this reason that i have assigned certain meditations which stimulated the heart- 67- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust into action, linking the heart centre (between the shoulder blades) to the head centre, through the medium of the higher correspondence to the heart c

nd bind together. it was for this reason that i have assigned certain meditations which stimulated the heart- 67- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust into action, linking the heart centre (between the shoulder blades) to the head centre, through the medium of the higher correspondence to the heart centre, found within the head centre (the thousand petalled lotus. this heart centre, when adequately radiatory and magnetic, relates disciples to each other and to all the world. it will also produce that telepathic interplay which is so much to be desired and which is so constructively useful to the spiritual hierarchy provided it is established within a group of pledged disciples, dedicated to the service of humanity. they can then be trusted. one of the tasks of a

in the disciple's consciousness, they are then of real value. those three words reality, synthesis, relation indicate the goal and the problem of the disciple, plus the resultant effect of conscious, intelligent, spiritual work, motivated by love. in the new age, as i have earlier pointed out, the keynote of the aspirant's progress will be love of humanity; this will indicate the awakening of the heart centre. in the past and up until the last few years, the keynote has been service because (if selflessly rendered) it embodied a technique which automatically brought the heart centre into activity. it is love of humanity which is the major lack in the character of many disciples today. they love those with whom they may be associated, or they love the work connected with the group endeavour

edge full i pledge myself" your gift to this group of co-disciples is that fiery, dynamic, zealous aspiration which is the spiritual quality of the sixth ray, which governs your personality. june 1934 brother of mine: it is a year since i gave you any definite instructions and the time has now come when certain changes can be made. the progress towards heart development has proceeded well and the heart centre is more alive than heretofore. you are awakening to the consciousness of your brothers' reactions and can more readily identify yourself with them. do you not see, my brother, how earlier you lived so much in the consciousness which is focussed in the mind that your brother's problems were to you more important than he himself? do you not now realise that your mental ability to grasp

wly. the pituitary body is, therefore, somewhat subnormal. the solar plexus centre is awakened but you have paid little attention to it as a means of contact and only during the past two years have you begun to bring it into submission to the head centre and this through the cultivation of compassion. the throat centre is lethargic in its movement but could be easily aroused into activity and the heart centre is rapidly awakening. therefore, brother of old, we have the following situation to consider; this i will try to picture to you in a tabulation: the head centre. 40% awakened the ajna centre. 15% awakened the throat centre. 60% awakened the heart centre. 50% awakened the solar plexus centre. 75% awakened- 83- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust you see, th

the way in peace and light and that power in service may be yours is the desire of my heart for you. january 1936 i do not seek to change your work for the next six months, my fellow disciple. i outlined to you in june 1935 a full quota of meditation work. your growth in understanding has been real, though the ajna centre has yet resisted effort. the main result has been an intensification of the heart centre's activity, but this will eventually have a reflex action upon the ajna centre. any of the centres which have allied closely with them certain of the major ductless glands and at the same time have no large organ (such as the heart or stomach) connected with them develop more slowly and are more carefully protected in the process than are the centres with a major physiological organ c

jna centre. any of the centres which have allied closely with them certain of the major ductless glands and at the same time have no large organ (such as the heart or stomach) connected with them develop more slowly and are more carefully protected in the process than are the centres with a major physiological organ closely connected with them. for instance, the thymus gland is connected with the heart centre and the pancreas with the solar plexus centre. at the same time, the energy pouring through those centres can be deflected into certain large physical organisms such as the heart and the stomach. these centres, therefore, when being developed or stimulated, carry far less physiological danger than those which are not so related. the ajna centre is related to the pituitary body but the

you know, to effect this readjustment without producing the material suffering of those dependent upon you. secondly, you have oriented the astral body to the higher values and impressions and have done it so successfully that your emotional sensitivity to others is now definitely a working asset. this sensitivity i would have you develop into still greater usefulness through the awakening of the heart centre and a renewed interest in the way of the heart. to this end, i will give you a meditation in this personal instruction which i would have you follow until further notice. thirdly, you have in this life stepped off the probationary path on to the path of accepted discipleship and have made good progress upon it. the accentuation of the times and your own intensity have together suffice

t your relation is with souls and not with temporary forms and so you must live detached from personalities, serving them but living ever in the consciousness of the soul the true sannyasin. carry your meditations forward exclusively in the head, therefore, except for some incidental practice in connection with the spleen (which i will give you to follow) with a view to etheric vitalisation. your heart centre is sufficiently awakened for this life and greater sensitivity would be a handicap. the perfect fulfilment of your duty and your freedom inwardly from ties will spell for you that measure of liberation which will release you to fuller service. if you have questions which you seek to ask me, brother of old, i will with gladness reply. june 1933 my brother: your period of difficulty and

ws no distinctions or differences and on soul levels no problem of any kind exists except the problem of understanding love. of this you know much. your soul ray focusses itself in and through your astral body and your personality ray does the same. hence your problem and hence the facility with which you can relate the soul and personality rays and can carry through their blended energies to the heart centre. the increasing use of this line of force is one of your practical demonstrations of the future. the second thing which you need to do is to take these energies of the soul and of the personality, add to them the energy of the heart centre and then learn how to carry all three to the head centre and there blend them with the power of your first ray mind. this first ray mental power, y

les which have a more mental basis. others (and you amongst them) can aid in stabilising the emotional or astral bodies of those distraught. this i can teach you to do. but first of all, we must get you into a better organised condition so that you can present to your soul an aligned and clear channel through which spiritual force may flow. for a while the focus of your attention must be upon the heart centre. to this end, a meditation which you will find in this instruction will be of service to you if you will work at it for the space of six months. your main difficulty and the main hindrance to your usefulness lies in the over-activity of your mind; this does not make you especially critical of other people but it does keep you yourself in a constant state of questioning and of bewilder

l disciples in training) your physical condition will be alleviated. one of the first things, therefore, which you will have to do is to close the solar plexus centre to the entrance of forces from the astral plane, and open it to the entrance of forces from soul levels, via the head centre. you must learn to function also more powerfully from the centre between the eyebrows, the ajna centre. the heart centre and the solar plexus centre are the two centres which are the most developed in you; next comes the throat centre. how shall we bring about the change from the solar plexus centre to the ajna centre? through right meditation, my brother, and right breathing. i will ask you, therefore, for the next few months to follow the suggested routine below for a few minutes fifteen at least each

nd imagine as you do so that you are gathering up the force of the solar plexus centre (through an act of inhalation) to the head. picture it as rising there up the spinal column. b. then, as you count eight, think of those forces from the astral plane as being lost and merged in an ocean of intelligent love. on their way up the spine, they have been blended with the active force of the awakening heart centre. c. then exhale for six counts and as you do so realise that these forces are pouring out through the centre between the eyebrows on to the world of men. the centre between the eyebrows is that of the integrated, dedicated, threefold personality. therefore, you have: inhalation. 6 counts gather the forces up to the head. interlude. 8 counts forces blended and fused. exhalation. 6 coun

k and the worst part of the process is over. it had primarily a physiological effect upon you which showed itself in the difficulty you had a couple of years ago. at that time, as you know, i endeavoured to help you. that condition is now definitely ameliorated. the psychological implications are to be found in the transference of the psychical energy you wield from the solar plexus centre to the heart centre. in terms of living expression, this means that you can transmute devotion into love, and idealism into proven wisdom. is not this your immediate aim, my brother? as you know, your soul ray is the second ray, for your basic nature is essentially love-wisdom. your personality ray is the first, the ray of will or power. that has been for a long time subordinated to the past ray of your

glamours are not many or potent, for you are more subject to illusions than to glamours, being so predominantly a mental type of disciple. the question in my mind which i bring to you today for answering is whether the mental emphasis which you impose upon all your daily living, both inner and outer, may not within itself constitute a hindering glamour, thus handicapping the full awakening of the heart centre. much have you done in the past five years anent the increased sensitivity of the heart. yet the rationalising intellect can still impede the receptivity of the heart to life and circumstance and, above all, to the dominant appealing note of humanity itself and as a whole. are you strong enough to participate, with no barriers up, in the present world sorrow, world distress and world

hen there is no understanding of the reasons for which it is done. as to your meditation work, i seek at this time to change it. you have followed for a long time that which i gave you earlier. i now suggest meditation work to be most carefully followed and attempted with due watching of the effects. this entire meditation is to be carried forward in the heart not in the physical heart but in the heart centre between the shoulder blades and in the etheric body. thought must be kept off this location, however, after the first definite focussing of the consciousness in the etheric body. here is the meditation: 1. alignment with the soul, to be carried forward as rapidly as possible until it becomes eventually almost instantaneous. then say with deliberation: i am the soul. the soul am i. 2

ion, however, after the first definite focussing of the consciousness in the etheric body. here is the meditation: 1. alignment with the soul, to be carried forward as rapidly as possible until it becomes eventually almost instantaneous. then say with deliberation: i am the soul. the soul am i. 2. then centre your consciousness in the love aspect of your nature, the energy which flows through the heart centre and endeavour to keep it steadily there. however, forget about the fact of the heart centre and keep the mind predominantly upon the love aspect of the soul. say then: i pour out love upon the sons of men. 3. then for fifteen minutes ponder upon the nature and significance of love. 4. after pondering the subject of love for three weeks each month, you can (during the fourth week) stud

this stimulation is not desirable and must be avoided by you at all costs. if, therefore, you find that the use of this meditation produces an increased expression of sixth ray force and that you are becoming increasingly potent astrally, increasingly "devoted" to what you are doing, increasingly critical and irritable and increasingly fanatical then promptly discontinue its use. work only in the heart centre when using this suggested form and be sure no thought shifts down to the solar plexus that open door to the astral plane. make a short, quick alignment with the soul. know yourself to be, in truth, the one whose nature is spiritual detachment and isolation (not separativeness or division, then pause and stabilise yourself in that consciousness. in the secret place within the heart, le

- 224- discipleship in the new age- volume i copyright 1998 lucis trust serve, for it will be that which will evoke the least resistance from those you serve, and you will not have to undo or rebuild; you will also take the first steps in becoming proficient in the science of force. now let me give you a simple breathing exercise which has for its main objective the increase of the potency of the heart centre. remember that the evocation of the rhythm of the heart centre is demonstrated in the early stages by an increasing understanding of individuals and a growing awareness of group problems. later it produces definite group consciousness and awareness of the plan. should you like to keep up the visualisation exercise which you have been doing, you are quite at liberty to do so but do it

ALICE A BAILEY15 THE DESTINY OF THE NATIONS

and your difficulty. if we consider these three great planetary centres and their relationships in tabular form we can get the general idea more clearly in mind: i. shamballa. will or power. planetary head centre, the holy city. purpose. plan spiritual pineal gland. life aspect. ruler- sanat kumara, the lord of the world. the ancient of days. melchizedek. ii. the hierarchy. love-wisdom. planetary heart centre. the new jerusalem. consciousness. group unity. ruler- the christ. the world saviour- 12- the destiny of the nations copyright 1998 lucis trust iii. humanity .a ctive intelligence. planetary throat centre. the city, standing foursquare. self-consciousness. creativity. ruler- lucifer. son of the morning. the prodigal son. these three centres are closely interrelated and must be thought

ngle, gemini does not entirely control, for the soul of britain is only now struggling for expression. for long ages taurus has led the way with his material aims, his acquisitive desires, his arrogant will and his blind moving forward towards the possession of that which has been desired. pervasiveness and movement are two qualities with which gemini and taurus have dowered the race. london, the heart centre of the empire is ruled spiritually by leo and materially by libra and it is, therefore, the soul factor which links great britain to france and which should assist spiritually the leo nature of the french personality. it is not, however, the spiritual quality of this sign which dominates british policy, but primarily the libra aspect. great britain regards herself as the preserver of

ing into manifestation. mercury, the messenger of the gods (that is, of the hierarchy of souls, carries always the message of love and sets up an unbreakable inter-relation between the two great planetary centres, that of the hierarchy and that of humanity. you have again in this connection certain fundamental numerical correspondences, which are based upon the coming into activity of an awakened heart centre in the race. this is the second major centre in the individual and is situated above the diaphragm, and through it the hierarchy can reach the whole of humanity and the subhuman kingdoms likewise. 1. the second planetary centre the hierarchy. 2. the activity of the second ray love-wisdom. 3. the second initiation, which relates the solar plexus to the heart, humanity to the hierarchy

it the hierarchy can reach the whole of humanity and the subhuman kingdoms likewise. 1. the second planetary centre the hierarchy. 2. the activity of the second ray love-wisdom. 3. the second initiation, which relates the solar plexus to the heart, humanity to the hierarchy and the personality and the egoic rays to the second, which is ever basically in manifestation. 4. the second ray centre the heart centre. 5. the second race (the atlantean) as it climaxes in the fourth, the next race. 6. the second plane the astral plane. this is the reflection of the second highest plane. 7. the second periodical vehicle the soul. 8. the second divine aspect love-wisdom. 9. the second type or grade of messenger christ. buddha. 10. the sustaining life, the second or subjective sun heart of sun. to all

ALICE A BAILEY16 GLAMOUR A WORLD PROBLEM

cus it there in the solar plexus centre, and from that point of achievement proceed to work upon the astral plane at the arduous task of dispelling glamour. 4. when this line of contact has been made and the soul, the astral body and the astral plane have thus been intimately related, the disciple must carry the focussed light from the solar plexus (where it has been temporarily localised) to the heart centre. there he must steadily hold it and work consistently and perseveringly from that higher centre. i might here paraphrase an ancient instruction for disciples, which can be found in the archives of the hierarchy and which refers to this particular process. i am giving you a brief and somewhat inadequate paraphrase of this ancient symbolic wording "the disciple stands and, with his back

this work. unless the members of the group are exceedingly watchful and unless they cultivate the habit of careful observation, they may suffer from over-stimulation of the solar plexus until such time as they have mastered the process of rapidly transferring the light of the soul, focussed in the solar plexus, and the innate light of the astral body, also found localised in that centre, into the heart centre between the shoulder blades. i would, therefore, warn each and all of you to proceed with the utmost care and i would caution you that if you suffer any solar plexus disturbance or encounter in yourselves any increased emotional instability, to be not unduly disturbed. i would ask you to regard the phenomenon of disturbance as simply a temporary difficulty, incident upon the service w

ed for you above. a. link up consciously with your soul and realise this linking as a fact. b. then carry the light of the soul, through the power of the creative imagination, direct to your astral body and from thence to the solar plexus centre which is the line of least resistance. c. then transfer the light of the soul and the innate light of the astral body from the solar plexus centre to the heart centre, by a definite act of the will. 2. then, imaginatively, stand with your back to the world of glamour and with the eye of your mind focussed on the soul, whose nature is love. 3. let a few minutes' interlude then take place wherein you stabilise yourself for the work, and definitely and consciously focus the light available, from all sources, within the heart centre. imagine that centr

i might here point out that this is, in the individual, the microcosmic correspondence to the "heart of the sun" which is always directed by the "central spiritual sun" localised in the head. get this picture clearly into your consciousness, for it involves the dual, yet synthetic, activity of the head and the heart. 4. then see a shaft of pure white light, broad and brilliant, pouring out of the heart centre between the shoulder blades, on to that localised glamour with which you, as a group, are dealing. what this localised area is, i will presently disclose. 5. when this is clearly defined in your mind and inspired by your desire and force, and when you have the entire symbolic picture clearly visualised, then see your particular shaft of light blended with the shafts of light which you

mach and of the solar plexus. irritation is a disease, if i might use that word, of the solar plexus centre and it is definitely contagious to an almost alarming extent. so, my brothers, watch yourselves with care and remember that just in so far as you can live in the head and in the heart, you will end the disease of imperil and aid in the transference of the forces of the solar plexus into the heart centre. d. the contrast between the dweller and its opposite, the angel of the presence. the entire subject of the dweller and its relation to the angel (a symbolic way of dealing with a great relationship and possibility, and a great fact in manifestation) is only now possible of consideration. only when man is an integrated personality does the problem of the dweller truly arise, and only

ALICE A BAILEY17 TELEPATHY AND THE ETHERIC VEHICLE

is. the sending out of a message may involve, and frequently does in connection with disciples, the throat centre, but the recipient will probably use the solar plexus centre. the throat centre is the centre, par excellence, or the medium, of all creative work. the heart and the throat, however, must eventually be used in synthesis. i stated the reason for this earlier in the words "only from the heart centre can stream, in reality, those lines of energy which link and bind together. it was for this reason that i have assigned certain meditations which stimulated the heart centre into action, linking the heart centre (between the shoulder blades) to the head centre, through the medium of the higher correspondence to the heart centre, found within the head centre (the thousand petalled lotu

ntre can stream, in reality, those lines of energy which link and bind together. it was for this reason that i have assigned certain meditations which stimulated the heart centre into action, linking the heart centre (between the shoulder blades) to the head centre, through the medium of the higher correspondence to the heart centre, found within the head centre (the thousand petalled lotus. this heart centre, when adequately radiatory and magnetic, relates disciples to each other and to all the world. it will also produce that telepathic interplay which is so much to be desired and which is so constructively- 11- telepathy and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust useful to the spiritual hierarchy provided it is established within a group of pledged disciples, dedicated to the se

r groups. these groups, on both levels, can be either good or bad, according to the quality or calibre of the group personnel and their motives. this opens up a wide range of contacts and is one of the ways in which the hierarchy of masters work, as individuals. it is, however, not possible for groups upon the outer plane to respond to this type of contact until the bulk of their members have the heart centre awakened. in this connection a most interesting point should be noted. the awakening of the heart centre indicates inclusiveness, group appreciation and contact, also group thought and group life-activity. unless, however, the head centre is also awakened and active, the soul is not able to control, and this heart activity need not necessarily be what we call good or spiritual- 14- te

from the animated astral forms to be found in the glamours created by humanity. forget not, nevertheless, that true aspiration is essentially an astral product or reaction; all aspirants in the early stages of their slow re-orientation work through the solar plexus centre, and thus only gradually focus the lower energies there, prior to their transmutation and elevation to the higher centre, the heart centre. there are certain disciples who work deliberately upon the astral plane, under instruction from the master of their ashram, in order to reach such neophytes and thus to impress them with the knowledge and the subtle information needed for their progress. no master works in this manner, and the masters have therefore to use certain of their disciples in this service. such disciples di

ennia will reveal. the contributing factor, therefore, within and upon our planet is what we might regard as the three major centres of the planetary logos: 1. the head centre, the dynamic agent of the extra-planetary purpose, the expression of the divine planetary will as focussed in shamballa. this is the energy of synthesis, the source of all planetary life; it connotes essential being. 2. the heart centre, the agent of the plan of evolution. this is the expression of divine love or pure reason, the hierarchy. it is essentially the energy of attraction, the kingdom of souls. 3. the throat centre, the agent of all the three aspects in relation to the three subhuman kingdoms in nature, the expression also of the divine intelligence, humanity. this is the energy of active mind and makes hu

energy expanded outward from its central focus (the centre called shamballa) and in this expansion became the agency which impressed the plan upon the serving hierarchy. the plan is that measure of possibility of immediate importance which the divine purpose can present at any given moment in time and space. statement three. this process of expansion set up another focal point of energy, and the heart centre of the planet, the hierarchy came into being; thus two centres were created and en rapport, which constitutes a major event upon the involutionary arc; to this, little attention has hitherto been paid. it coincided with" the advent or the arrival of the lords of flame from the alter ego of our earth, the planet venus. they created the nucleus of the hierarchy which in that far, very d

s of flame from the alter ego of our earth, the planet venus. they created the nucleus of the hierarchy which in that far, very distant time consisted of only forty-nine members; these were advanced human beings and not souls awaiting incarnation in human form on earth, as was the case with the vast majority of these visiting solar angels. statement four. alignment between the head centre and the heart centre upon the involutionary arc was thus set up; another expansion took place which resulted, as you know well, in the creation of a new kingdom in nature, the fourth or human kingdom. this kingdom was destined to become and is today the third major centre in the planetary life. then another alignment, but one which is still contained upon the involutionary arc, took place. statement five

s taking place. the planetary centre which we call humanity is active and vibrant, and it is now possible to "progress along the upward way and create the line which links the lesser with the higher, permitting thus an interplay" men are rapidly moving out of the human centre into the hierarchical centre; the mass of men are responding to spiritual impression. statement six. at the same time, the heart centre of the planetary logos, the hierarchy, whilst it is being responsive to the invocation of the throat centre, humanity, is becoming increasingly evocative and is itself attaining a much higher contact and alignment with the head centre of the planetary logos; it is, therefore, capable of receiving a constantly developing dynamic impression from shamballa. statement seven. thus a great

e of future successful alignments) constitutes most ancient history; an evolutionary alignment in which all three centres are involved is constantly producing an interplay of energies as well as a constantly successful impression of one centre upon another. humanity, as the throat centre of the planetary logos and the prime planetary creative agency (which modern science demonstrates, invokes the heart centre, the hierarchy, and then receives the needed impression which will result in the developing civilisations and cultures as well as the eventual appearance on earth of the fifth or spiritual kingdom.the hierarchy or the planetary heart centre invokes shamballa, the planetary head centre, and the plan as an expression of the purpose is impressed upon the hierarchical consciousness. if th

this the esotericists of the world must be prepared. it will also produce the advent or appearance of many avatars, bringing with them many and very different kinds of energies to those which hitherto have controlled human affairs and the events and evolution of the other, the subhuman kingdoms in nature. with the reappearance of the christ as the focal point or the supreme agent of the planetary heart centre, a new era or "divine epoch" will be instituted. the avatar of synthesis will draw very close to humanity and he will inaugurate the "reign of avatars" who will be embodied purpose and spiritual will; they will initiate both the hierarchy and humanity into phases of the divine character of which, at present, nothing is known and for which we have no terminology that could convey the e

pression upon which i have not yet touched and that is the place of the centres as focal points, as transmitters or as agencies for the seven ray energies. it is known to esotericists that each of the seven centres comes under the influence or is the recipient of some ray energy, and there is a general acceptance of the fact that the head centre is the agent of the first ray of will or power, the heart centre is the custodian of second ray energy of love-wisdom, whilst the third ray of active creative intelligence passes through and energises the throat centre. these rays of aspect do find expression through the three centres above the diaphragm, and on the larger scale through shamballa, the hierarchy and humanity. it is, however, equally true that shamballa is primarily second ray as it

second ray as it is expressed, because that is the ray of the present solar system of which shamballa is a part; and that the first ray, or its dynamic life aspect, is focused in the heart, for the heart is the centre of life. the great centre which we call humanity is predominantly governed by the third ray of active intelligence. this ray energy arrives at the throat centre via the head and the heart centres. i am pointing this out for two reasons which must form part of your thinking as you study this science: 1. all the centres come under the influence of all the rays, and this must surely be obvious in relation to average and undeveloped human beings. were this not so, such human beings would he unable to respond to first ray, second ray and third ray energy, for the centres above the

one through which they are normally expressing. this is a point oft forgotten. it is needless for me to point out that as man progresses upon the path of return he consistently comes under the impression of the centre of which he is an integral part: that is, first of all, the planetary throat centre, the human family; then, as a soul, he comes under the impression of the hierarchy, the planetary heart centre, and at that point he begins to express the combined energies of the intelligence and of love; finally, on the path of initiation, he comes under the impression of shamballa, the planetary head centre, and becomes a participant in the divine purpose and an agent of the divine plan. separateness: the great illusion it is therefore literally and eternally true that the same energetic li

is great composite vehicle is composed, there is no need for him to be in conscious touch. it is, however, possible, should he so desire it, but it would profit him not, any more than it would profit you to be in conscious touch with some atom in some organ of your physical body. he works, however, through his three major centres: shamballa, the planetary head centre; the hierarchy, the planetary heart centre; and humanity, the planetary throat centre. the play of the energies elsewhere (controlled from these three centres) is automatic. the objective of the circulating energies as it appears to us when we seek to penetrate divine purpose is to vivify all parts of his body, with the view of promoting the unfoldment of consciousness therein. this is basically true from the angle of shamball

c statement will, however, serve somewhat to clarify the subject; it is a statement which has seldom found expression elsewhere. let me phrase it as simply as possible: the centres below the diaphragm, i.e, the solar plexus centre, the sacral centre and the centre at the base of the spine, are controlled by the four ethers of the planetary physical plane; the centres above the diaphragm, i.e, the heart centre, the throat centre, the ajna centre and the head centre, are controlled by the four cosmic ethers, to which we give the names of the energies of the buddhic plane, the energies of the atmic plane, the energies of the monadic plane and the energies of the logoic plane. this statement involves a somewhat new concept; it creates a basic relation, making possible the fact that "as above s

planetary centre, shamballa, utilises the head centre, the thousand petalled lotus, when the man is adequately developed. this centre is the agent of the divine will within the life of the spiritual man, working through the spiritual triad. it is only actively useful when the antahkarana is constructed or in process of construction. 2. energy from the planetary centre, the hierarchy, utilises the heart centre. this centre is the agent of divine love (expressing basically the will-to-good) working through the soul of the individual aspirant or disciple; this becomes possible when contact with the soul has been attained in some measure and the aspirant is on the way to become a soul-infused personality. 3. energy from the third planetary centre, humanity, utilises the throat centre, working

as been to some degree subordinated to idealistic aspiration: this aspiration need not be one that is usually regarded as spiritual and religious by the orthodox and therefore imprisoned thinker. it must, however, be one of which the whole integrated man is the instrument and which will be of such a large nature that it will call all his creative faculty into expression. in this solar system, the heart centre is the first usually to be awakened and active; as soon as there is life in that centre and a measure of activity, the other two major centres can begin to awaken. the correspondence to this can be seen in the fact that the hierarchy is the mediating or middle factor between the planetary head and throat centres, between shamballa and humanity. that is why the emphasis is laid upon th

nd positively focussed in the centre at the base of the spine. the latter is related to the personality and is closely allied to desire, and therefore to the solar plexus centre; there is a direct line of hitherto unrecognised energy between the lowest centre in the spine and the solar plexus; the other is related to the divine-spiritual man and is closely allied to the soul, and therefore to the heart centre. man s integral relationship and creative function within the whole the intricacy of all these relationships is most difficult for the neophyte to grasp, and this difficulty is further increased by the many and varying stages of development, of ray distinctions, and also by the numerous emphases or principles which are laid upon vehicles, upon differing planes and planetary levels of

and the etheric vehicle copyright 1998 lucis trust 5. the agent for the purification, transmutation and transmission of the energies of all centres below the diaphragm is the solar plexus centre. it is this centre through which the majority of human beings are at this time working. it is the major controlling centre, both for the reception and the distribution of energies, until such time as the heart centre is awakening and beginning to control the personality. there is necessarily much more to be said anent this subject of the major planetary and human centres, but i have here given the student enough upon which to ponder (i had almost said upon which to puzzle. the one important thing to be borne in mind is the relationship between the centres, i.e: 1. between the centres below the dia

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ffect primarily the man who lives below the diaphragm. this is the ordinary average man. these signs thus condition four of the centres: a.the base of the spine. b. the sacral centre. c. the solar plexus centre. d. the spleen. 2. the inner group of solar systems, working in conjunction with the zodiacal signs, affect primarily those who live above the diaphragm. they, therefore, condition: a. the heart centre. b. the throat centre. c. the ajna centre. d. the head centre. 3. three of the energies work through the head centre but only after the third initiation. there are one or two other points which might be noted here also. i note them for your enlightenment. out of all the many energies which impinge upon, pass through and produce effects upon our planet, esoteric astrology emphasises th

lve-petalled lotus, and with the logoic causal lotus, equally of a twelve-petalled nature. we have, therefore, a direct stream of energy flowing through: a. the logoic twelve-petalled egoic lotus, cosmic mental plane. b. the solar twelve-petalled lotus. c. the planetary logoic heart, also a twelve-petalled lotus. d. the twelve-petalled human egoic lotus on the mental plane. e. the twelve-petalled heart centre in a human being. or, to word it otherwise, energy flows direct from: a. the solar logos, via three great cosmic centres: 1. the central spiritual sun. 2. the heart of the sun- 28- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. the physical sun. b. the heart centre of the planetary logos, situated on the fourth cosmic etheric plane (our budd

- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. the physical sun. b. the heart centre of the planetary logos, situated on the fourth cosmic etheric plane (our buddhic plane. c. the egoic lotus of a human being on the mental plane, which is literally a correspondence to the "heart of the sun" the monadic point is a reflection in the human system of the "central spiritual sun" d. the heart centre of a man on the etheric plane of the physical plane, which is in its turn a correspondence to the physical sun. thus the tiny atom is linked with the great central life of the solar system. this fifth hierarchy is equally, under the law, a distributor of energy to the fifth subplane of each plane in the system, only it must be borne in mind that, in the three worlds, it is the fifth s

eople upon one or other of the final stages of the path, with the emphasis passing rapidly away from the lower centres into the higher triad and with the highest head centre in process of awakening. these people also fall into two major groups: a. those who are using the solar plexus centre as a vast clearing house for the incoming energies and who are beginning to work through the throat and the heart centres, with the goal of completely awakening the ajna centre. b. those who are using all these centres, but in whom the heart centre is fully awakened and the triangle of force in the head (from the ajna centre to the head centre and from the head centre to the centre found in the medulla oblongata) is beginning to function. when these centres are all awakening, their simplest combinations

logical deduction as well as the centres in the human body. this you know, but the four triplicities of orthodox astrology are only the rudiments of this true science, which lies behind the orthodox interpretations. 1. base of the spine. i. 2. sacral centre- 46- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust 3. solar plexus centre. 1. throat centre. ii. 2. heart centre. 3. ajna centre. 1. ajna centre. iii. 2. head centre. 3. centre in the medulla oblongata. unfortunately the organising principle is not as simple as the above tabulation would make it appear, for the emphasis, the focus and the mode of arranging and of vitalisation, and the appearance of these esoteric triangles vary with the ray type. this science of triangles of energy underlies the

pranic emanations from the planet on which we live and concerned with the etheric and physical bodies and their physical relation- 47- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust b. a centre in the chest related to the thymus gland. this centre becomes inactive in the advanced man but has a connection with the vagus nerve, prior to the awakening of the heart centre. 2. two of the other non-sacred planets mars and pluto function in connection with the sacral centre (mars) and the solar plexus (pluto. this latter planet becomes active in the life of the man who is "becoming alive in the higher sense, his lower nature passes into the smoke and darkness of pluto, who governs the lesser burning ground, in order that the man may live in truth in the h

ne of the zodiacal constellations are involved, and these in their turn fuse and blend their energies into- 48- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust three major streams of force upon the path of initiation. these three streams of force pour through: a. leo, capricorn and pisces. to b. saturn, mercury and uranus (the moon. to c. the head, ajna and heart centres. to d. the throat, the solar plexus and the base of the spine. it should be remembered that the sacral centre and the spleen are primarily connected with the planetary emanation of the earth itself. 3.consider the three great cosmic crosses: the cardinal cross t he fixed cross t he mutable cross a. initiation. discipleship. evolution. b. the planetary logos .h umanity .k ingdoms in n

ness, as governed by gemini, that the final release can be mentally achieved. ponder upon this statement, for in gemini, the disciple can come to some intelligent grasp of what we might call the consciousness-mechanism and of the life processes which enable man finally to be what he is. gemini also rules the thymus gland which is inactive at present in the adult person, owing to the fact that the heart centre is unawakened in the majority. it will, however, become active when "the immortal brother floods the mortal brother with the light and life of god" then the heart centre, with its correlating activity of consciousness (group understanding and group love) will function freely. the mystery of the sign is in reality concerned with the secret of the response which should and eventually wi

emanate energies which reach through space to the individual man and, therefore, cannot he ignored. they are: the great bear the pleiades sirius transmit energy via leo capricorn pisces these transmit energy via saturn mercury uranus r eaching the following centres planetary head centre p lanetary ajna centre planetary heart from thence to disciple's head centre disciple's ajna centre disciple's heart centre and eventually control the base of the spine the throat centre the solar plexus i will also take up with you some of the points and indications which are hinted at in tabulation ix, relating to the twelve signs of the zodiac, to be found on page 423. certain major streams of conditioning energies will be seen related to each other and to our earth and these fall into two groups: 1. th

rit. c onsciousness. form. 1. the great bear..sirius..the pleiades. c osmic. c osmic. c osmic. 2. leo..pisces..capricorn. z odiacal. z odiacal. zodiacal. 3. saturn..uranus..mercury- 252- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust s ystemic. systemic. s ystemic. 4. shamballa..hierarchy..humanity. e arth. earth. e arth. p lanetary head centre. p lanetary heart centre. p lanetary ajna centre. i. ii. iii. will. purpose. love-wisdom. active intelligence. spirit. c onsciousness. form. 5. head centre..heart centre..ajna centre. i nitiate d isciple a spirant. e goic purpose e goic love s piritual mind (abstract. 6. base of spine..s. olar plexus..t. hroat centre. i nitiate d isciple a spirant. p ersonal will personal desire personal creativity. a study o

he disciples of the world of all grades. through the great triangle of shamballa, the hierarchy and humanity, cosmic, zodiacal and systemic force is focussed and these three become, in their turn, a macrocosmic triangle of energies in relation to the individual human being upon the planet. you have, therefore, the following lines of transmission of force: shamballa hierarchy humanity head centre. heart centre. ajna centre. base of the spine. solar plexus. throat. one major centre is here omitted because it is primarily related to the physical body and its expression of life perpetuation. that is the sacral centre. just as the physical body is regarded by true esotericists as not a principle so the sacral centre is regarded as "a necessary evocation between that which is high and that which

e centres, or a centre. but and this is a point of major importance all disciples must at this time seek to find their dominant reaction in a planned response to the influence of the hierarchy and the energies transmitted by it. as a general rule, the impact of shamballa force (particularly in the case of a disciple on rays 1. 3. 5. 7) will be of a personality nature. it is the stimulation of the heart centre with a consequent control of the solar plexus centre which should be the planned result. the heart must dominate the solar plexus by the withdrawing of its energies to the heart. 6. the time has not yet come when it is safe for the aspirant or the disciple to relate the head centre and the base of the spine in response to a definite and conscious appropriation of shamballa force. what

ences which impinge upon the individual or upon humanity as a whole pass through or are transmitted by one or other of the planetary centres. i have said little about these centres save to refer to the major three centres which we call shamballa, hierarchy and humanity. we recognise them as: i. shamballa. power. purpose. planetary head centre. directing will ii. hierarchy. love. wisdom. planetary heart centre. directed love iii. humanity. intelligence .p lanetary ajna centre .d irected mind four other centres remain to be considered: the planetary throat centre, solar plexus, sacral centre and the centre at the base of the spine. in the planetary logoic life as is the case also with individual man, the microcosm of the macrocosm certain centres are more awakened than others and vibrate in

re, in this present world cycle, you have: humanity. planetary ajna centre. 5th ray of knowledge. 5th root-race. therefore five centres in man are rapidly awakening. these relationships prove each other but only when seen in relation to the greater cycle. humanity was at one time the correspondence to the planetary solar plexus and some day will shift the focus of its receptivity to the planetary heart centre; when this takes place, the hierarchy will shift its focus of receptivity into the sphere- 268- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iii: esoteric astrology copyright 1998 lucis trust of influence of shamballa. of this shift, the presence of the twelve-petalled lotus in the highest head centre (the relating point between the heart centre and the soul on its own plane) is the guarantee

e highest head centre (the relating point between the heart centre and the soul on its own plane) is the guarantee. the following relations must consequently be borne in mind: i. head centre. shamballa. 1st ray. 1st& 7th races. will; the goal. energy of life. synthesis. seven centres awakened and functioning. in first root-race alive and faintly vibrating. in seventh root-race fully awakened. ii. heart centre. hierarchy. 2nd ray. 6th root-race. love; the goal. energy of identification. achievement of fusion. six centres functioning. the focal point of the egoic consciousness of divinity. the fifth kingdom. the kingdom of god. iii. ajna centre. humanity. 5th ray. 5th root-race. intuition; the goal. the energy of initiation. development of inclusiveness. five centres rapidly awakening. the f

three major aspects, as they express themselves through shamballa, the hierarchy and humanity. again, therefore, we come up against the need for the approach of the integrated human being to this science because only the man who is responsive to these three focal points of energy can understand the interplay. only, in fact, can the man apprehend the underlying truth whose two head centres and his heart centre form a triangle of flowing energies. in this connection, i would remind you of what i said earlier in the treatise that the science of triangles is related to spirit and synthesis. i would remind you also that what i have written in this astrological section of the treatise on the seven rays is intended for the instruction of disciples at the close of this century and during the post

ts. another complication lies in the fact that though there are seven major centres, there are twelve planets which in time and space condition the centres. it is the centres of initiates which are ruled only by the seven sacred planets; among average men, some of the sacred planets dominate and some of the non-sacred. in undeveloped man, the five non-sacred planets control, with the head and the heart centres under the rule of two sacred planets, which planets being determined by the rays of the soul and of the personality. as the ray type does not emerge until there is some measure of advanced development, it will be obvious to you that the theme is thereby complicated still further; that dogmatic assertions are not possible until such time as the astrologer is sure of the two major rays

n centres; the sun sign in each incarnation will be different, leading necessarily to a different rising sign and therefore to a complete new set of planetary influences. thus the centres in the vital body come under varying pressures and stimulation. in one life, the stimulation applied may tend to vivify the solar plexus or to drive its energies upward into its higher point of transference, the heart centre. in another, it may be seen to be focussed in the throat centre, and by indirect activity affecting the sacral centre and under the major law of attraction producing a raising of the force to the higher creative focus. as you well know theoretically, the science of occultism is the science of energies and of the forces upon which they make their impact; this, when concerning man, the

re mutually interpreting. during the life cycle of humanity through which we are now passing, in the relation between the centres and the rays and, therefore, between the centres and the planets, it will be found that the centres are governed by the following rays: average man exoteric planets 1. head centre. first ray. pluto 2. ajna centre. fifth ray. venus 3. throat centre. third ray .e arth 4. heart centre. second ray. sun 5. solar plexus centre .s ixth ray .m ars 6. sacral centre .s eventh ray. uranus 7. base of spine. first ray. pluto disciples. initiates esoteric planets 1. head centre. first ray. vulcan 2. ajna centre. fifth ray. venus 3. throat centre. third ray .s aturn 4. heart centre. second ray. jupiter 5. solar plexus centre .s ixth ray .n eptune 6. sacral centre .s eventh ray

a large scale. thus the evil which is now being spread abroad by the opponents of the forces of light will be neutralised by the fixed intention of the men and women of goodwill to work for the good of the whole and not for any one part. it might, therefore, be said that what is truly taking place in the world today is the transference of the energy of the planetary solar plexus to the planetary heart centre. the forces of cupidity, aggression, glamour and greed will be transmuted in the present furnace of pain and fiery agony and will be raised into the heart centre. there they will be changed into the power of sacrifice, of inclusive surrender, of clear vision of the whole, and into cooperation; this is an aspect of the principle of sharing. when i say these words, i am not speaking ide

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in supreme control today for the majority are: 1. the ajna centre, the centre between the eyebrows. 2. the solar plexus. 3. the sacral centre. eventually, when man will have "become that which he is (that paradoxical esoteric phrase, the centres of control will be- 29- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. the head centre, the brahmarandra. 2. the heart centre. 3. the centre at the base of the spine. between the present and the future, the emphasis will be laid upon a constantly shifting triplicity, and each man will be different from his fellowmen as to emphasis, as to the conditions of his centres, as to their glandular correspondences in the physical body, and therefore as to the diseases and the ills, inhibitions, and difficulties to wh

realise, the correspondences of the seven centres in the etheric body. these are essentially the seven major focal points of force, and each of them is expressive of one of the seven ray energies. let me first of all make clear which centres express these seven ray types: centre r ay quality origin 1. head centre 1st the divine will. monadic 2. ajna centre 7th o rganisation. a tmic direction. 3. heart centre 2nd love-wisdom. buddhic group love. 4. throat centre 5th creativity. mental 5. solar plexus 6th emotion. desire. astral 6. sacral centre 3rd reproduction. etheric. 7. base of spine 4 th h armony. p hysical union through conflict. note: in the fourth kingdom, the human, it is the energy of the fourth ray which, cooperating with the first ray, eventually brings synthesis. there is a cl

s of consciousness and the various other groupings of five with which you meet in the esoteric philosophy. incidentally it might be of value and of interest to point out that the five-pointed star is not only the sign and symbol of initiation and finally perfected man, but it is also the basic symbol of the etheric body and of the five centres which control perfected man the two head centres, the heart centre, the throat centre and the centre at the base of the spine. when these centres are fully awakened and functioning in right rhythm with each other, the various quintuplets to which i have referred above form an integral part of the consciousness of the perfected man. though this particular piece of information is not definitely related to the science of healing, yet the entire subject

group mantram "with purity of motive, inspired by a loving heart, we offer ourselves for this work of healing. this offer we make as a group and to the one we seek to heal" as you do this, visualise the linking process going on. see it as moving lines of living light substance, linking you to your brothers on the one hand, and to the patient on the other. see these lines going out from you to the heart centre of the group and to the patient. but work ever from the ajna centre until instructed to do differently. in this way, the ajna centre and the heart centre of all the persons involved will be closely interrelated. you see here where the value of visualisation comes in. it is in reality the etheric externalisation of the creative imagination- 63- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv:

ffect upon the centres of the disciple, according to his ray and his specific polarisation in this incarnation. as each centre is related to one or other of the glands, and these in their turn condition the blood stream, and also have a specific effect upon the organic structure within the range of their vibratory influence (i.e. the stomach, close to the solar plexus, and the heart, close to the heart centre, etc, you will see how it is possible that the major diseases from which a disciple can suffer (which are unique and confined primarily to advanced humanity) will be the result of overstimulation or the inflow of energy to one particular centre, producing excessive and localised trouble. to these conditions the mystic is not so prone unless he is rapidly becoming the practical mystic

ffected make their appearance, and often persist for many lives, until the person thus influenced becomes what is called "occultly reconciled to the emanating energy" ponder on this. the adjustment has to come from the side of those influenced, and not from the disciple. let us now consider the four problems from the psychological angle, not the physical: a. the problems arising from the awakened heart centre of the disciple are perhaps the commonest and frequently some of the most difficult to handle. these problems are based on living relationships and the interplay of the energy of love with the forces of desire. in the early stages, this inflowing love-force establishes personality contacts which veer between the stages of wild devotion and utmost hate on the part of the person affecte

physical disarrangement which must arise whilst cleavages are being healed, right identification achieved and correct orientation established. whilst this basic, inescapable and necessary process is taking place, a definite work is going forward in the etheric body. the disciple is learning to lift the energies, gathered from the lower centres, into the solar plexus and from that centre into the heart centre, thus bringing about a re-focussing of the energies above the diaphragm instead of putting the emphasis below. this leads frequently to profound complications, because from the personality angle the solar plexus centre is the most potent, being the clearing house for the personality forces. it is that process of decentralisation and "elevation" of the lower consciousness to the higher

ere the seven major glands are located, and each centre of force provides, according to the esoteric teaching, the power and the life of the corresponding gland which is, in fact, its externalisation- 86- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust centres glands head centre..pineal gland centre between eyebrows..pituitary body throat centre..thyroid gland heart centre..thymus gland solar plexus centre..pancreas sacral centre..the gonads centre at base of spine..adrenal glands these three systems are very closely related to each other and constitute an interlocking directorate of energies and forces which are essentially vital, galvanic, dynamic and creative. they are basically interdependent, and upon them the entire interior health of the physical

at great planetary centre called humanity flows. the three major planetary centres are shamballa, hierarchy and humanity- 93- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust when perfection has been achieved, the shamballa energy of will, power and purpose will pour freely through the head centre, the love-wisdom energies of the hierarchy will flow through the heart centre, and the energy of humanity will focus through the throat centre, with the ajna centre acting as the agent of all three. then will take place a new activity on the part of mankind. it is the task of relating the three superhuman kingdoms to the three subhuman kingdoms, and thus establishing the new heavens and the new earth. then humanity will have reached the summit of its evolutiona

ust thus it will be apparent to you how whole areas of the physical organism can be brought into active and correct functioning, can be vitalised and kept in good and true condition by the activity in some form or another of the centre nearest to the area of the body under consideration. it will also be apparent to you that deficiency and disease can result from the inactivity of a centre. 4. the heart centre. this is located between the shoulder blades and is in this day and age the centre which is receiving the most attention from those who are responsible for the unfoldment of the human consciousness. it might be truly said, brother of mine, that the rapid unfoldment of this lotus is one of the reasons why the world war could not be avoided. in one sense, it was a necessary happening (g

sary happening (given the blind selfishness of the bulk of humanity) because it had become necessary to do away with all the old forms of government, of religion and of the crystallised social order. humanity has now reached a point of group awareness and of group interplay of a deeply spiritual kind, and new forms were required through which this new spirit could function more adequately. a. the heart centre corresponds to the "heart of the sun" and therefore to the spiritual source of light and love. b. it is brought into functioning activity after the second initiation. that initiation marks the completion of the process whereby the emotional nature (with its outstanding quality of desire) is brought under soul control, and the desire of the personal lower self has been transmuted into

d love. b. it is brought into functioning activity after the second initiation. that initiation marks the completion of the process whereby the emotional nature (with its outstanding quality of desire) is brought under soul control, and the desire of the personal lower self has been transmuted into love. it is the organ for the distribution of hierarchical energy, poured out via the soul into the heart centre of all aspirants, disciples and initiates; in this way this energy is made available and brings about two results: 1. the regeneration of humanity through love. 2. the relationship, firmly established, between a rapidly developing humanity and the hierarchy. in this way two great planetary centres the hierarchy and humanity are brought into a close contact and relationship. as the bib

oping humanity and the hierarchy. in this way two great planetary centres the hierarchy and humanity are brought into a close contact and relationship. as the bible says "the love of god is shed abroad" in the human heart, and its transforming, magnetic and radiatory power is essential for the reconstruction of the world and for the establishment of the new world order. upon the unfoldment of the heart centre, and on an intelligent relation of mankind to the hierarchy, with the consequent response of man to the energy of love, all disciples are asked at this time to ponder and reflect, for as a "man thinketh in his heart, so is he" thinking in the heart becomes truly possible only when the mental faculties have been adequately developed and have reached a fairly high stage of unfoldment. f

n his heart, so is he" thinking in the heart becomes truly possible only when the mental faculties have been adequately developed and have reached a fairly high stage of unfoldment. feeling in the heart is often confused with thinking. the ability to think in the heart is the result of the process of transmuting desire into love during the task of elevating the forces of the solar plexus into the heart centre. heart thinking is also one of the indications that the higher aspect of the heart centre, the twelve-petalled lotus found at the very centre of the thousand-petalled lotus, has- 95- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust reached a point of real activity. thinking as a result of correct feeling is then substituted for personal sensitivity

has- 95- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust reached a point of real activity. thinking as a result of correct feeling is then substituted for personal sensitivity. it gives us the first faint indications, likewise, of that state of being which is characteristic of the monad and which cannot be called consciousness as we understand the term. c. the heart centre becomes essentially related to the personality when the process of alignment with the soul is being mastered. this process is today being taught in all the newer and sounder esoteric schools, and has been emphasised in the arcane school from the start; it is that procedure (distinguished by right orientation, concentration and meditation) which relates the personality to the soul, and

n the physical body through the medium of which the hierarchy works; it is also the agent of the soul. when i here use the word "soul" i refer not only to the individual soul of man but to the soul also of the planetary logos, both of which are the result of the union of spirit and matter, of the father aspect and the mother aspect. this is a great mystery which only initiation can reveal. e. the heart centre registers the energy of love. it might here be stated that when the antahkarana has been finally constructed, the three aspects of the spiritual triad will each find a point of contact within the etheric mechanism of the initiate who is functioning upon the physical plane. the initiate is now a fusion of soul and personality through which the full life of the monad can be poured. 1. t

antahkarana has been finally constructed, the three aspects of the spiritual triad will each find a point of contact within the etheric mechanism of the initiate who is functioning upon the physical plane. the initiate is now a fusion of soul and personality through which the full life of the monad can be poured. 1. the head centre becomes the point of contact for the spiritual will, atma. 2. the heart centre becomes the agent for spiritual love, buddhi. 3. the throat centre becomes the expression of the universal mind, manas. in the work of the initiate, as he works out the divine purpose according to the plan, the ajna centre becomes the directing agent or the distributor of the blended energies of the divine man. the heart centre corresponds to "solar fire" within the solar system, and

sponds to "solar fire" within the solar system, and is magnetic in quality and radiatory in activity. it is the organ of the energy which brings about inclusiveness. f. its dense physical externalisation is the thymus gland. of this gland little is known at present, though much will be learned as investigators accept and experiment with the hypotheses which the occult sciences present, and as the heart centre develops and the thymus gland is returned to- 96- a treatise on the seven rays- volume iv: esoteric healing copyright 1998 lucis trust adult functioning activity. this is not as yet the case. the nature of its secretion is not yet established, and the effects of this gland are better known from their psychological angle than from the physical. modern psychology, when allied to medicin

an) the divine will-to-good will make itself felt and divine purpose be achieved; when the thymus gland similarly becomes active in the adult, goodwill will become apparent and the divine plan will begin to work out. this is the first step towards love, right human relations and peace. this goodwill is already making its presence felt in the world today, indicating the coming into activity of the heart centre, and proving that the heart centre in the head is beginning to unfold as a result of the growing activity of the heart centre up the spine. g. it is the organ of fusion, just as the head centre is the organ of synthesis. as the heart centre becomes active, the individual aspirant is slowly drawn into an increasingly closer relation to his soul, and then two expansions of consciousness

is. as the heart centre becomes active, the individual aspirant is slowly drawn into an increasingly closer relation to his soul, and then two expansions of consciousness take place which are interpreted by him as events or happenings: 1. he is drawn into the ashram of one of the masters, according to his soul ray, and becomes an accepted disciple in the technical sense. the master is himself the heart centre of the ashram and he can now reach his disciple, via the soul, because that disciple, through alignment and contact, has put his heart into close rapport with the soul. he then becomes responsive to the heart of all things which, as far as humanity is at present concerned, is the hierarchy. 2. he is drawn into close service relationship with humanity. his growing sense of responsibili

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ty. the thread of continuity between the three lower aspects of the man is established and can be used. it stretches, if such a term can be used (my intent being entirely pictorial, from the centre of the head to the mind, which is in its turn a centre of energy in the world of thought. at the same time, this antahkarana is interwoven with the thread of life or the sutratma which emerges from the heart centre. the objective of evolution in form is now relatively complete. when this stage has been reached, the sensitive feeling-out into the environing universe still continues. man weaves a thread which is like the thread the spider weaves so amazingly. he reaches out still further into his possible environment and then discovers an aspect of himself of which he had little dreamt in the earl

owledge petals of the egoic lotus, being carried forward by an act of the will. many, too, are in process of linking the three lower aspects, which we call the personality, with the soul itself, through meditation, discipline, service and directed attention. when this has been accomplished, a definite relation is established between the sacrifice or will petals of the egoic lotus and the head and heart centres, thus producing a synthesis between consciousness, the soul and the life principle. the process of establishing this interlinking and interrelation, and the strengthening of the bridge thus constructed, goes on until the third initiation. the lines of force are then so interrelated that the soul and its mechanism of expression are a unity. a higher blending and fusing can then go on

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oup is my second attempt to be of hierarchical assistance in inaugurating the new age methods and technique and to train groups (for it is a group age) which can express the new age types of work. in my first attempt certain group limitations initiated difficulty and led to the closing of the several individual groups. you will have noted that i assigned the major failure to the inactivity of the heart centre in the majority of the members; this leads necessarily to inadequate integration. i mention this now because i would urge those members who have been selected to work in this new group to bear in mind that they may quite easily carry their earlier tendency into the new group. only a fresh dedication and a renewed aspiration towards inspiration can prevent the recurrence of a certain s

meditation part i in continuing the instructions on the science of meditation, i would remind you that we are building upon the same fundamental truths which have been earlier laid down (in discipleship in the new age, vol. i, and that our goals and objectives likewise remain the same. our immediate concern is the bringing about a group unity rooted in love, and this requires the awakening of the heart centre into greater potency. in this connection, let me repeat what i earlier said, for it makes a fitting preface to what i shall ask you to do "only from the heart centre can stream, in reality, those lines of energy which link and bind together. for this reason, i shall give you for your group meditation a form which will stimulate the heart into action, linking the heart centre (between

at what i earlier said, for it makes a fitting preface to what i shall ask you to do "only from the heart centre can stream, in reality, those lines of energy which link and bind together. for this reason, i shall give you for your group meditation a form which will stimulate the heart into action, linking the heart centre (between the shoulder blades) to the head centre through the medium of the heart centre which is found within the head centre (the thousand-petalled lotus. this heart centre, when adequately radiatory and magnetic will relate you afresh to each other and to all the world. this again when connected by an act of the spiritual will to the solar plexus centre will help to produce that telepathic interplay which is so much to be desired and which is so constructively useful t

all the world. this again when connected by an act of the spiritual will to the solar plexus centre will help to produce that telepathic interplay which is so much to be desired and which is so constructively useful to the spiritual hierarchy provided it is established within a group of pledged disciples, dedicated to the service of humanity. they can then be trusted (page 87) the activity of the heart centre never demonstrates in connection with individuals. this is a basic fact. what devastates most disciples is the solar plexus ability (when purified and consecrated) to- 78- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust identify itself with individuals. the heart centre cannot react, except under group impetus, group happiness or unhappiness, and other group relation

six months, and the other the second six months. this dual meditation is a group meditation and will have primarily a group effect. this fact must be most carefully recognised by each disciple. i would have you ponder most earnestly upon this imparted information. the meditation which i wish to assign will be divided into two parts: stage i. a stage wherein there is a lifting of the energy of the heart centre to the head by means of directed, controlled aspiration deliberately stimulated, mentally appreciated, and emotionally propelled. i am here choosing my words with care for their symbolic import. stage ii. next, the deliberate dispatch of spiritual energy to the solar plexus, through an act of the- 79- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust will; this will re

alignment of soul and personality, using the creative imagination in the process. this is a "feeling" or astral activity. 2. assumed relation of solar plexus, heart and head, and the focus of the assuming consciousness to be in the region of the ajna centre. this is done mentally. 3. when this has been achieved and realised, there follows next the concentration of aspiration and of thought in the heart centre, imagining it to be just between the shoulder blades. it must be recognised that the concentration of thought energy is definitely there- 80- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust 4. then follows the conscious and pictorial (or imaginative) withdrawal of the heart's aspiration, life and devotion into the centre above the head (the thousand-petalled lotus, a

the formula or mantram of unification, beginning "the sons of men are one" which you have been using each morning in your personal meditation. throw the power of your focussed thought and will into and behind the words. 3. stand then together in the light which streams ever from the east and see it pouring through the master to each of you, entering by the head centre, passing from thence to the heart centre, and then from the heart it is directed by an act of the focussed will expressed and propelled forth consciously to the quiescent point of dim light within the solar plexus. 4. then, withdrawing again to the head centre, endeavour consciously to see the three centres (head, heart and solar plexus) linked together so that the heads of all the group members are thinking as one and the h

little focal points of energy, up into the solar plexus. there they must be held steady until such time as the man is ready to deal with them occultly. 2. the unawakened or quiescent point of light in the solar plexus comes slowly to life and to a state of new vibratory activity. its magnetic field steadily increases and widens until it contacts the periphery of the magnetic field surrounding the heart centre. 3. when the two above stages are completed, then comes a lengthy process of transference. the solar plexus is the clearing house between the lower energies and the higher. this process is in itself dual: a. the two points within the solar plexus field of activity become definitely related to each other, and the lower sacral and material energies are transferred into the hitherto quie

dual: a. the two points within the solar plexus field of activity become definitely related to each other, and the lower sacral and material energies are transferred into the hitherto quiescent point of light, now awakened and intensifying in quality and potency. b. the concentrated energies in the new centre within the periphery of the solar plexus are then lifted by an act of the will into the heart centre and from thence to the head. in this triple transference of the lower energies to the solar plexus, to the heart and finally to the head, we have a pictorial and symbolic presentation within the life experience of the disciple of- 83- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust the interrelation and eventual transference of energy from the personality (symbolised

ple transference of the lower energies to the solar plexus, to the heart and finally to the head, we have a pictorial and symbolic presentation within the life experience of the disciple of- 83- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust the interrelation and eventual transference of energy from the personality (symbolised by the solar plexus) to the soul (symbolised by the heart centre) and from the soul to the monad (symbolised by the head centre. these correspondences are of value as they are an argument for the factual nature of the process and they also enable the aspirant to grasp somewhat the nature of the undertaking to which he is committed. certain aspects of relationship, therefore, emerge into the consciousness of the disciple and at this point in his tra

ything else. three other items of interest might here be mentioned. first, the throat centre is brought into real activity by the direct action of the soul, via the head centre, in conjunction with the raising of the energy of the sacral centre simultaneously. this is analogous to the fact that the solar plexus is brought into real constructive usefulness by the direct action of the soul, via the heart centre. that- 84- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust is why people who work creatively usually have first ray personalities at the time that the throat centre becomes dynamically active for the first time. secondly, the solar plexus centre is awakened by the inflow of energy of a dual nature the energies of the heart and the head, working synchronously. this is

ration. 4. then sound the om twice from the head centre, knowing yourself to be the soul which is breathing it forth. believe this sound, carried on the breath of will and love, as capable of stimulating the solar plexus in the right way and able to transmute the lower energies so that they will be pure enough to be carried first of all to the awakening point and from that point eventually to the heart centre. 5. as you vision the energies of the solar plexus being carried up the spine to the heart centre (situated, as you know, between the shoulder blades) i would ask you to breathe out the om again into the solar plexus but this time, having done so, draw the focussed energy up the spine towards the head. the vibration thus established will carry the energy to the heart, for it has to pa

cultist and disciple. that is his concern, his soul's concern and mine. many of the hints given and the sentences in which they are embodied are taken from an old book of rules for disciples. some are directly from me, your master, and are applicable to your problems or your duty. part v the meditation work assigned to you thus far falls into three parts: a. the stage of raising the energy of the heart centre into the head centre. b. the stage of sending energy from the head centre to the solar plexus centre. c. a definite and planned process of alignment. i found, as you know, that the great need of the group was to develop the relatively simple attitude of instantaneous relation to or contact with the soul, and through the soul with the master and his ashram. i therefore assigned an alig

that the type of work i am now giving you is formless in comparison with the earlier meditations outlined. i have already given you five meditations which, as a group, you have been asked to follow. i would like to summarise their objectives for you so that (again) you may intelligently go forward. the first meditation was concerned with the transfer of energy from the solar plexus centre to the heart centre, so that the great dividing barrier (of which the diaphragm is the exoteric symbol) could be bridged and the emotional personality be controlled by the heart. by this means, the selfish individuality of the average man could be transmuted into the group awareness of the dedicated disciple. i sought to help you set up a facility of transference which would be of primary importance to y

herefore it is essential that every disciple (aspiring to the service of humanity) should make its distribution as well as its daily use a major duty and obligation. this i have earlier impressed upon you and would ask you now if you are doing so? meditation i. heart control. transference you have here a technique whereby you create a line of related energy between the solar plexus centre and the heart centre. this is in reality a reflection or a symbolic activity (within the physical man, or rather, his etheric centres) of the building of the antahkarana. bear in mind here, as always, that the etheric body is a physical mechanism. it was this meditation which started the rhythm which made possible the presentation of the new invocation to the world; i refer not solely to its use by you bu

which he will later do as a master or an initiate. he will manipulate energies in line with the plan; he will then direct such energies from his own place within the ashram, using his own etheric body as the implementing factor. he has consequently to begin with the energies working through his own centres before he can proceed to direct ashramic force through them from what is referred to as the heart centre of the hierarchy. there is, symbolically speaking, a heart centre in every major and every secondary ashram, and these heart centres pour their energy through the central centre in the hierarchy; it is used as a reservoir of energy. disciples have to learn to work with this pure energy of love as it blends with the forces of the disciple's own ray: that, in turn, colours somewhat the

ave to learn to work with this pure energy of love as it blends with the forces of the disciple's own ray: that, in turn, colours somewhat the ashram with which he is affiliated. it is necessary, therefore, for you to extend your thinking about the meditation, as given above, so that it may become ashramic in nature and effect. thereby you are trained to use the heart and to work with and through heart centres wherever they are found in manifestation. i have here given you a most valuable hint and item of information. in this connection it is valuable to bear in mind- 128- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust that the first meditation has relation to the heart centre in the spine, and that this second meditation is only effective when the disciple can work with

centres wherever they are found in manifestation. i have here given you a most valuable hint and item of information. in this connection it is valuable to bear in mind- 128- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust that the first meditation has relation to the heart centre in the spine, and that this second meditation is only effective when the disciple can work with the heart centre in the head. as soon as this becomes possible, the disciple realises three things: 1. the relation of the heart centre to the twelve-petalled lotus in the head. 2. the necessity of directing the energy of love (the product of the activity of the heart centre) to the service of humanity via the ajna centre. 3. the establishing of a triangle in the etheric body, composed of a line of en

heart centre to the twelve-petalled lotus in the head. 2. the necessity of directing the energy of love (the product of the activity of the heart centre) to the service of humanity via the ajna centre. 3. the establishing of a triangle in the etheric body, composed of a line of energy between: a. the twelve-petalled lotus in the head. b. this lotus and the ajna centre. c. the ajna centre and the heart centre. this creates a peculiar triangle: this is in reality more in the nature of a funnel of reception than a triangle. this is also the first esoteric triangle of energy which the disciple creates. later comes the creation of a spiritual triangle in the head between: a. the ajna centre and the thousand-petalled lotus. this becomes effective physically through the medium of the pineal glan

eady to tread the way of the higher evolution. there is then a direct channel of contact whenever needed and desired for service with the physical brain and also an alignment or unimpeded relation between- 130- discipleship in the new age- volume ii copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. the disciple and humanity. the throat or creative centre in the planetary sense. 2. the disciple and the hierarchy. the heart centre of the planetary logos. 3. the disciple and shamballa .the head centre of the planetary logos. these are great and abstruse esoteric facts. the use of the invocation will likewise relate human beings within the ring-pass-not of humanity itself; it will bring the human centre en rapport with the hierarchy, creating a free interplay between the two of them and thus making possible the a

ALICE A BAILEY23 THE EXTERNALISATION OF THE HIERARCHY

the throat centre and the centre between the eyebrows are becoming "awake" and active. but the higher psychic powers, such as spiritual perception with its infallible knowledge, the intuition with its unerring judgment, and psychometry of the higher kind with its power to reveal the past and the future, are the prerogatives of the divine soul. these higher powers come into play when the head and heart centres, as well as the throat centre, are brought into activity as the result of meditation and- 6- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust service. let the student, however, remember two things: that the greater can always include the lesser, but the purely animal psychic does not include the higher. that between the lowest type of negative mediumship and the highes

isations and nations. nations, for instance, have seven centres, as have all forms of existence from the human and animal upwards, and it is an interesting study to discover these centres and note the type of energy which flows through them. in connection with the united states of america, chicago is the solar plexus centre, whilst new york is the throat centre and washington the head centre. the heart centre is los angeles. the heart centre of germany is munich, and its head centre is nuremberg, whilst berlin is the throat centre. london is, of course, the heart centre for great britain (and temporarily it is also the head centre, though this will not always be the case, whilst ottawa is the throat centre and sydney is the solar plexus centre of the british empire. some day i may indicate

ee major centres of the planetary logos. the first or will energy is, as you know, focussed in sanat kumara, the ancient of days (as he is called in the christian bible, the lord of shamballa, who is the embodiment of the personality of the planetary logos. the love force is focussed through the two great spiritual lords of the hierarchy, the buddha and the christ, who are both embodiments of the heart centre of the planetary logos, for the buddha represents the twelve-petalled lotus in the head, of which the christ represents the counterpart, the twelve-petalled lotus of the heart centre. this is a fact seldom grasped or even mentioned. the petals of the throat centre are represented at this time by certain of the leading world rulers, whose activity is responsible for the rapid creation

er before in the history of the world, under instruction and vital aid from shamballa. i. the shamballa energy..p.lanetary head centre..first ray..will the divine purpose. c onditioning the life of nations. d etermining. the plan. expression: sanat kumara. p olitics. esotericism. n ew. destroys- 58- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust ii. hierarchical energy..planetary heart centre..second ray..love-wisdom divine love-wisdom. c onditioning the soul. i nspiring. expressions: buddha and christ. religious. spiritual. permanent. builds. iii. humanity's energy..planetary throat centre..third ray..intellect divine intelligence. conditioning the mind. creative. expression: many people today. e ducational. iv. the jewish force..planetary solar plexus..seventh ray aspect

u will find a close connection with the forces of the five kingdoms in nature; therefore, to the tabulation which was earlier given i would add the following for your consideration: 1. 5th kingdom..i.ntuition..s.piritual soul..head centre 2. 4th kingdom..intelligence..human soul..throat centre 3. 3rd kingdom..i.nstinct..a.nimal soul..solar plexus 4. 2nd kingdom..sentiency..f.eeling consciousness..heart centre 5. 1st kingdom..response..sub-consciousness..base of spine to this you may add the following- 60- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust 1. shamballa..head lotus..kingdom of god. 1st ray..will quality of will 2. hierarchy..h. eart centre..kingdom of souls. 2 nd ray..l. ove quality of giving. love 3. humanity..t. hroat centre..kingdom of man. 4 th ray..harmony

entres and their relationships in tabular form and thus get the general idea more clearly in mind. 1. shamballa..will or power..planetary head centre the holy city..purpose..plan..spiritual pineal gland- 70- the externalisation of the hierarchy copyright 1998 lucis trust life aspect ruler: sanat kumara, the lord of the world the ancient of days melchizedek 2. the hierarchy..love-wisdom..planetary heart centre the new jerusalem..u. nity..at-one-ment group consciousness ruler: the christ the world saviour 3. humanity..a. ctive intelligence..planetary throat centre the city, standing foursquare..creativity self-consciousness ruler: lucifer son of the morning the prodigal son this shamballa energy now for the first time is making its impact upon humanity directly and is not stepped down, as ha

ntuitional plane the mental plane focal point..the head centre planetary centre..t. he hierarchy let the spirit of peace be spread abroad intermediary..shamballa. spiritual consciousness agent..t. he christ expression..t. he will of god as love and peace sentient response planes of emphasis..the logoic or first plane the buddhic, or intuitional plane the astral or emotional plane focal point..the heart centre planetary centre..s. hamballa may men of goodwill everywhere meet in a spirit of cooperation intermediary..humanity itself. self-consciousness agent..t. he lord of civilisation expression..i.ntelligent love, dedicated to the plan creativity the will-to-good planes of emphasis..the atmic or plane of spiritual will the mental plane the physical plane focal point..the throat centre plane

ALICE A BAILEY24 A TREATISE ON THE SEVEN RAYS VOLUME V THE RAYS AND THE INITIATIONS

dicated personality of the initiated disciple, for such is the spiritual status of the planetary logos; the one of the three buddhas now coming into activity is the one who works through the spiritual will. within the body of the planetary logos humanity is slowly building that which they call the antahkarana; this is, in reality, the linking thread between the head centre of sanat kumara and his heart centre. ponder on these words. there is a mystery involved here and it is little that i can do to make it clearer. as humanity builds or creates the triangles of light and of goodwill, they are in reality invoking a response activity from two of the buddhas of activity the one who works through the medium of the will aspect, and the one who works through love in humanity, intelligently appli

dom in nature, were now for him simply the fulfilling of the law, and to that fulfillment his entire life was and had been geared. the plan, its goal, its techniques and methods, its laws and their application, its phenomenal effects, the hindrances to be met, the energy (that of love) to be employed, and the close and growing relation and interplay between the hierarchy and humanity, between the heart centre of the planetary logos and the creative centre, were known to him and fully understood. at the highest point of this consummated knowledge, and at the moment of his complete surrender to the necessary sacrifice of his life to the fulfilling of the plan, suddenly a great expansion of consciousness took place. the significance, the intention, the purpose of it all, and the extent of the

ially a cosmic centre; it is a twelve-petalled lotus, but it is a twelve-petalled lotus within the thousand-petalled lotus of an unknown cosmic entity, the one referred to in my earlier books as the one about whom naught may be said. the multiplicity of zodiacal influences have eventually a dual effect: one upon shamballa (the planetary head centre) and the other upon the hierarchy (the planetary heart centre; the effect is also felt in the head centre and the heart centre of every initiate. this final dual activity is registered by the initiate of the highest degrees when he undergoes the eighth and ninth initiations; the other seven initiations are governed by the seven rays- 219- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust you have, th

even rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust you have, therefore: initiation 1. birth sacral centre 7th ray physical plane beginnings relationship sex magic initiation 2. baptism solar plexus centre 6th ray astral plane dedication glamour devotion initiation 3. transfiguration ajna centre 5th ray mental plane integration direction science initiation 4. renunciation heart centre 4th ray buddhic plane crucifixion sacrifice harmony initiation 5. revelation base of spine 1st ray atmic plane emergence will purpose initiation 6. decision throat centre 3rd ray monadic plane fixation intelligent cooperation creativity initiation 7. resurrection head centre 2nd ray logoic plane the eternal pilgrim love-wisdom attraction initiation 8. transition hierarchy four minor r

nown god" as your personality when expressing adequately the soul and later the monad conditions your perception, knowledge, plans and purpose, and controls the quality of your life and directs the energy which you express. his vehicle of manifestation is the planet with its seven centres, of which only three are yet recognised by the occult student: shamballa, his head centre, the hierarchy, his heart centre- 237- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust and humanity, his throat centre. the other four centres are concerned with evolutions which are reached, controlled and related from one or other of these three major centres. the solar plexus is dominated by the hierarchy, the heart centre of sanat kumara, and has a close relation to

with eventual cooperation. in occult parlance, their work was the establishing of a rapport between the unrevealed second aspect (to which they were responsive) and humanity. in this they succeeded, but the matter aspect and quality that of active intelligence was so strong that the second historical phase became essential. second: the time when the hierarchy was created as we know it today; the heart centre of sanat kumara came into its own life, formed its own magnetic field, possessed its own ring-pass-not, and became a dynamic mediating centre between shamballa and humanity. it has oft been told in occult and theosophical literature that the hierarchy withdrew as a penalising measure because of the wickedness of mankind. this is only superficially true and is an instance of a man-made

rculating energies is always established. e. this triangle, through the carotid gland in the medulla oblongata, becomes related to other glands and centres. 3. the brain, as transmitter, becomes a powerful directing agency: a. as a recipient and transmitter of pure energy or life it uses the carotid gland controlled by the alta major centre, and establishes a close relation with the heart and the heart centre. b. as a recipient of mental energy or of energy from the soul, the ajna centre becomes the directing agency; this is the centre which controls the pituitary body. c. these energies are received via the head centre, which controls the pineal gland. emotional energy enters the personality system via the solar plexus centre, where it either controls or is transmuted and elevated. it is

n rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust advanced humanity is in process of linking the three lower aspects, which we call the personality, with the soul itself, through meditation, discipline, service and directed attention. when this has been accomplished, a definite relation is established between the sacrifice or will petals of the egoic lotus and the head and heart centres, thus producing a synthesis between consciousness, the soul and the life principle. the process of establishing this inter-linking and inter-relation, and the strengthening of the bridge thus constructed, goes on until the third initiation. the lines of force are then so inter-related that the soul and its mechanism of expression are a unity. a higher blending and fusing can then go

tive common sense. the highest aspect of the form nature. the reflection of atma, the spiritual will. the throat centre. knowledge. 2. the individualised mind. the soul or spiritual ego. the middle principle. buddhi-manas. the reflection in mental substance of the monad. spiritual love-wisdom- 304- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust the heart centre. love. 3. the higher abstract mind. the transmitter of buddhi. the reflection of the divine nature. intuitive love, understanding, inclusiveness. the head centre. sacrifice. there are necessarily other arrangements of these aspects in manifestation, but the above will serve to indicate the relation of monad-soul-personality as they express themselves through certain focussed stations

of the ray energies, and lessens the potency of others. direction also enters in; certain planetary centres become the recipients (in a new and vital manner) of the redirected ray potencies. among these, at this time, the human family (or the third vital centre) becomes a prime objective. the three major centres in the body of the planetary logos are: the head centre shamballa 1st ray of will the heart centre hierarchy 2nd ray of love-wisdom the throat centre humanity 3rd ray of active intelligence the impact of the new incoming energies upon humanity will result from a planned redirection. this will bring in an era of greatly enhanced creative activity; it will be an activity such as has never been seen before, and which will express itself in every department of human living. in this con

and its initiatory effect. this concerns the principle of conflict as contained in the activity of this fourth ray. 2. the effect upon humanity as a whole. the "renunciation initiation" is an expression of the result of the activity of this principle. 3. the factor of the second ray of love-wisdom as it basically controls ray iv and implements the return of the christ, because the potency of the heart centre is involved. 4. the effect of this ray iv in the modern world of nations and of fundamental organisations. 5. the result of this fourth ray activity upon the individual disciple: a. in the three aspects of his nature, physical, emotional and mental. b. upon the soul-infused personality. 6. summation of the whole theme and a forecast of future possibilities. i shall attempt to deal wit

reaming forth of the love of god into the hearts of men" we have now reached a point where the inevitability of christ's return is established, scientifically and under law; this constitutes a call which he may not deny and one which he must obey. this fourth ray of harmony through conflict works (where the initiatory process is concerned) through the heart, or through what esotericists call "the heart centre" the focal point through which the energy of love can flow. when the christ founds his focal point on earth, it- 406- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust will be in the nature of a tiny heart centre through which the love energy of the hierarchy can persistently flow. the harmony (which the principle of conflict produces) cau

eatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust will be in the nature of a tiny heart centre through which the love energy of the hierarchy can persistently flow. the harmony (which the principle of conflict produces) causes an alignment, so that the love streaming forth from the heart of god enters the hearts of men; so that the hierarchy (which is the heart centre or the place where love prevails upon our planet) is brought into relationship with humanity; so that the new group of world servers (implementing the love of god and enlightened by the mind of god) are brought also into relation with the men and women of goodwill in all lands whose task it is to make men's hearts responsive to and receptive of the love of god; this is another way of

le of conflict must "proceed again to the high place of sacrifice and walk openly with men on earth" his heart, embodying as it does the love of god, is drawn forth from the heart of the planet (the hierarchy) to the hearts of men, and the path of his return to earth service stands unchallenged and unobstructed. again, under law, a profound optimism is engendered and may be rightly developed. the heart centre of humanity is created by the sum total of the hearts (symbolically speaking) of all those men of goodwill (in or out of the churches and irrespective of their political concepts) who are serving their fellowmen, sponsoring human welfare movements, working for the establishing of right human relations, and constantly offsetting the separativeness of the human mind through the inclusiv

return of christ into public recognition, an implementing of a great alignment. this alignment, when effectively concluded, will bring about a clear channel or pathway of return or line of light or magnetic power between: 1. the centre where the will of god is known. this is shamballa where the will-to-good originates. this will-to-good is essential love. 2. the hierarchy, which is the planetary heart centre. 3. the christ, the very heart of love within the hierarchy. 4. the initiates, disciples and aspirants who form the new group of world servers, seeking to- 407- a treatise on the seven rays- volume v: the rays and the initiations copyright 1998 lucis trust embody the love and light needed in the world today. 5. the hearts of the men of goodwill in all lands who are responsive to love

gh his willingness to pass through the second initiation, struck the first blow at his innate selfishness and has demonstrated his determination to think in wider and more inclusive terms. the group begins to mean more to him than himself. what has happened, technically speaking? the energies of the solar plexus centre are being transferred from the major clearing house below the diaphragm to the heart centre one of the three major centres into which all the lower energies must transfer. at the first initiation he was granted a vision of a higher creativity and the energy of the sacral centre began its slow ascent to the throat centre. at the second initiation, he is granted a vision of a higher focus, and his place in the larger whole begins slowly to reveal itself. a new creativity and a

emotional reactions and for all glamours, and makes it temporarily a cause of disaster, of conflict, of pain and of distress. as a result of both of these, a great transforming agency is set in motion by the quality of devotion, and the solar plexus centre becomes not only a clearing house but the main factor in lifting both physical and emotional active energies from below the diaphragm into the heart centre. this constitutes a long process which the aspirant is forced to face in the interim between initiations. we are told (and it is factually true) that the longest period between initiations is that to be found between the first and the second initiations. this is a truth which must be faced, but it should also be remembered that it is by no means the hardest period. the hardest period

irection from the throat centre and to the preservation of life on the physical plane, if the initiate chooses to incarnate for service ends. the solar plexus centre, which has received and distributed the energy of the astral plane, the energy of desire and of emotion, is likewise cleansed and purified; its energy is transmuted to such an extent that it can pass under the complete control of the heart centre, which henceforth and until the seventh initiation of the resurrection is "that whereby the initiate performs his hierarchical obligations" therefore, at the great renunciation, the three lower centres reach a point of utter purification or speaking symbolically of utter emptiness. no energy of their own (related to the selfish aeonial past) is left; they are simply pure receptacles f

ynamic electricity is held as in a great reservoir of potency and is directed by these two groups which embody the will and the quality of the will of deity, called by us the will-to-good. they are the directing agents and are a correspondence to the ajna centre of mankind, only here it is the ajna centre of the planetary logos, in the same sense as shamballa is his head centre, the hierarchy his heart centre and humanity his creative throat centre. motion, planned activity and the seven great creative ray energies are directed into action by them under the influence of the seven ray lords; the ray lords are embodied livingness qualified by the seven aspects of love, but who are themselves of so high an order that they cannot function as directing creative agents but work through their tra

DAVID ICKE CHILDREN OF THE MATRIX

i. they demanded that human nations fight for them against other peoples committed to a different anunnaki "god. thus the sumer empire, although a wonder for its time, did not reach the heights of the golden age and eventually collapsed, breaking up into warring factions. many of these wars are described in the stories of the old testament when it seems everyone was fighting everyone else in that heart centre of the anunnaki, the middle and near east, from where the major religions have all emerged, including what is now hinduism. this could also be the reason for the theme in the old testament of "worship no other god than me" some researchers have even presented evidence that high-tech weaponry was used in the anunnaki conflicts, including nuclear warheads. the sumerian and indian accoun

DAVID ICKE THE BIGGEST SECRET

british isles is a really sacred place to the brotherhood because it is the centre ofthe earths energy grid. it is not without reason that there is a greater concentration ofstone circles, standing stones, ancient mounds and sites, in areas of britain than inalmost anywhere else in the world. those who understand how to manipulate energyand consciousness would seek to base their activities at the heart centre of the planetaryenergy grid and they have done this by operating so much of their agenda from thebritish isles.london is also a major site on the earths magnetic grid and it became the capitalnot only of britain or barat-land, but also of the babylonian brotherhood. to them, it istheir new troy or new babylon. the city of troy in asia minor, the place madefamous by the trojan wars and

and in 1993 uk-based banks accounted for 16% oflending worldwide, an astonishing figure for these small islands. the interlockingdirectorships between these banks and businesses are simply breathtaking. i can onlygive you a selection of them here, but they will give you a feel for what is going on:sir peter ingram walters: deputy chairman since 1992 of hsbc holdings (the hongand shanghai bank, a heart centre of global drug money laundering; bp director(1973-90; bp chemicals chairman (1976-81; lloyds register of shipping (1976-90);national westminster bank director (1981-89; midland bank director (1991-94; bluecircle industries chairman (1990; london business school governor (1981-91);379national institute of economic and social affairs governor (1981-90; smithklinebeecham director (1989;

thinkable for most people given the current level of conditioning. but theyare not unfeelable. there is such a difference. you think with your intellect and that isso vulnerable to programming through the eyes and ears by the daily diet of lies,suppression and misrepresentation in the media and by all those brotherhood clones towhich it offers a platform. but when we feel, we are tapping into our heart centre, ourintuition, that connection with the cosmos. how often has what you think and what youinstinctively feel been in conflict? what transformed my life more than anything wasthe moment i decided to follow my intuition whenever it was at odds with my intellect.every time i have done this, my intuition has turned out to be correct. it can bechallenging and painful sometimes because your

GNOSTIC STUDIES THE GNOSTIC HANDBOOK II GNOSTIC THEURGY

le levels of interpretation the churches can be understood as messages relating to historical churches of the period, messages gnostic theurgy page 75 characteristics of the seven churches and chakras church. location. meaning of name church of ephesus. base centre. desirable. church of smyrna. sacral centre. sweet-smelling. church of pergamus. solar plexus. elevation& height. church of thyatira. heart centre. sacrifice. church of sardis. throat centre. that which remains. church of philadelphia. ajna centre. agape (love. church of laodicea. sahasrara centre. judgement. church colour consciousness ephesus. red. action, sensation. smyrna. orange. social consciousness. pergamus. yellow. intellect. thyatira. green. security and devotion. sardis. blue. idealism. philadelphia. indigo. intuition

church of thyatira is the heart or anahata chakra. it is known as "sacrifice or contrition" as it involves the sacrifice of the fallen facets of the organism and the things of the world to the higher self (yechidah. the characteristic of the city is that it is a manufacturing town with a altar dedicated to apollo. these two characteristics are very important; the first represents the power of the heart centre, when properly activated it manufactures static forces that transform the organism. the second characteristic represents the importance of the mystery teachings. through modern scholarship it has been discovered that many of the greek mysteries completed and fulfilled the ancient hebrew mystery teachings, and accordingly apollo represents the need to complete our understanding of the

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the more this enhances our energy generally. because of this, the taoist teachings also promote mastery of the mind, and also our emotions, and recommend the 6 healing sounds to cleanse the organs so that the chi they store and carry can be used more beneficially for the body. nourishing the bio-system through utilizing the energies of the procreation centers, of the spiritual centers and of the heart centre means that we can promote, deliver and sustain perfect health on all levels or achieve a younger appearance despite our age. as many metaphysicians are aware, the three most powerful energies that our body generates are: 1. the procreative energy for the establishment of new life, an energy that is generated and increased through our sexual arousal and union. 2. the spiritual energy t

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