The Rays and the Initiations
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basis, 17
definition, 36
fact, obviousness, 341-342
first steps toward, 17
four qualities needed, 209-215
Fourteen Rule, 19-319
inauguration in New Age, 111
key, 32
injunction to widen all rents within veils, 191
invocative cry, response to, 77
leader and two assistants, 271
life–
aid to realisation, 103
evocation of response of Chohans, 136-147
expression on physical plane in group formation, 218
fire at heart, spiritually destructive, 218
shift into Ashram on buddhic levels, requirements, 219-220
love–
basis, 32
evocation 31-32
mind, organised and functioning rhythmically, 218
need for patient endurance, 219
one’s own, recognition, importance, 342, 343
onward moves in life, 124-132
personality, 97, 218, 219
point of united tension, suitable, 212
preparing for initiation, qualities needed, 215
preparation superseding old methods, 239
purpose, 107-108, 599
qualities to be rooted out and destroyed, 210-212
recognition enabling passing into Ashram, 119
relation, illumined, establishment, 225
rhythm, forward-moving establishment, 226
service, 91, 227-247
silence, cultivation, 214-215
soul, 218, 219, 221
sound, emitting, 226
sustenance and vitality, 129
synthesis, work, 276
tension needed, production, 226
terms, thinking in, automatic, 259
united action with full interior unity, 217-218
vortex of force and field of service, simultaneous, 346
will. See Will, group.
Word, 219, 220-221, 222
work, 66-67, 68, 191
Groups–
affected by progressing initiatory processes, 585-589
recognition by initiate, 57-58
seven greater, lesser, and planetary, 148-167
tested and failed, 208-209
under self-seeking leaders, 112
Guarantee of ultimate attainment, 312
H
Habits–
of thinking, eradication by substitution, 214
spiritual, offsetting all lower physical tendencies, 126-127
Harmony through conflict, energy, 602-641
Head–
centre of initiates, 165, 257
heart and throat, entrance into being, 148
light in. See Light in head.
of initiate, three points of sensitivity 257
mechanism of disciple, dealing with, undesirability, 432
Healing, permissible or not, 164
Heart–
as aspect of pure reason, 27-28
doctrine, 457-458
of the Sun, 536
Hell, descent into, 701-702
Hercules, work, 527
Hermaphrodite, Divine, 106
Hierarchical–
consciousness, 466
endeavour, result, 473
intent, impression on mind of disciple, 549-555
life, precipitation, premature, prevention, 112
work in conjunction with Great Council, 146
work, objectives, publicising, need for, 133-134
workers, great need today, 281
Hierarchies, many, 440
Hierarchy–
absorbed into Shamballa, 162
activity, 307, 472
approach to mankind, 89, 91, 119
as heart of God, manifestation, 134
attainment, 91
awareness, 481
changes due to development of man, 424
characteristics, outstanding, 561
conditioned by Aquarius, Taurus, and Pisces, 228-229
consciousness, type, 127-128
constitution, information regarding, given by D.K., 252
crises of decision, 639
differentiation of basic unity into 49 Ashrams, 370
energy, direction into world, 690, 691
entrance point, 117
evocation, 135-136
experiment of externalisation, 111-112
expression of second aspect of first Ray, 647
externalisation. See Externalisation.
fact of existence to be emphasised, 300
impact of energies from cosmic astral, 357
implementation of Shamballa and Aquarian energy, 235
inspiration and stimulation of initiates, 585
interplay with Shamballa, 271
intuitive interpreter of Shamballa, 37
knowledge of, spread, 133
members–
consciousness, 17, 363
goal, 115
increase in understanding, 238
life, 363
passing into higher work, 15-16
membership in, admission, 341
modern, creation, 381
moving nearer to fusion with humanity, 542
need to change technique cyclically, 235
new techniques and methods, 245
personnel, 300, 367
planes, 119
problem in right timing, 717
rapport with, 543
reaching, rules, publicising, 133-134
readjustments, 15
relation to Shamballa, change, 240
relationships, new, 18-19
reorganisation, interior, 383
return, result of first initiation of humanity, 333
retreating towards Shamballa, 119
ring-pass-not, 370
seven groups of Ashrams, 373
spiritual crisis, 334, 335
spiritual unfoldment, 333
task, 185, 307
teaching planned to precede and condition New Age, 255
technique, conveyance of inspiration, 230
three major Executives, 369
united, assistance to Christ, 647
work, 13, 230, 238-319
workers, two groups, 128
Hierophants at first three initiations, 56
Higher Evolution–
door, 283, 328, 334, 524
leading off cosmic physical plane, 328, 398-399
Path (or Way)–
after mastering illusion, 181
Christ upon, 291
factor of Antahkarana, 131, 279
initiations guarding, 352
leading to cosmic astral plane, 202
light upon, 138
monadic and logoic planes, 360
necessity for potency of Will, 718
preparation for, 177, 207, 225, 266, 390-391
requirement of abstract thought, 243
revelation of to initiate, 523, 644
seven ways into, 284
treading, benefit to Master, 363-364
See also Paths, Seven.
“The highest light controls”, 518
Hilarion, Master, work, 586
History–
from angle of occultism, 559
totality, Aryan, 560
Hitler, use of Shamballa force, 35-36
Human–
affair, turning-point, 621
being, electrical unit of power and light, 351
triple mechanism, aspects of electricity, 351
consciousness, 466
development along astral lines, 187
evolution, impetus, 548
thought, potency, results, 188-189
unfoldment, culminating point, 598
Humanity–
appeal, response to, 470
creative crisis, causes, 550-551
creativity, future, 552
early history, 380-381
effect of first Ray today, 646-653
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p; emotional and psychic life, reorganisation, 578
entrance point, 117
facing second initiation, 674
free to settle its own destiny, 430
growth through presentation of moments of crisis, 393
heart centre, creation, 619
importance, 160
invocative cry, 76
masses, attainment of initiation, 648
One, world-wide recognition, 659
personnel of Hierarchy, 369
today–
concern with right human relations, 394, 499-500, 612-613, 614
condition of churches, 614
at entrance to Path of Discipleship, 498-499
effects of alignment, 472
fifth-Ray energy, 593-596
generating point of tension, 589
influence of Shamballa, 411, 471, 580
linking of personality with soul, 451, 499
need to link Triad, soul, and personality, 466
new truths and emergence of new actors, 77-78, 389-390
opportunity unparalleled, 473
unfoldment of consciousness, 119, 409, 412, 413, 448
undeveloped, symbol, 470
world disciple on verge of major awakening, 365
world disciple, recovery from test, 383
I
”I AM movement”, indictment, 16
“I am that I am”, 104
“I am the light of the world”, 539
“I and my Father are one”, 455, 476
“I assert the fact”, 515-516
“I, if I be lifted up”, 165, 375, 697
“I see the Greatest Light”, 516-517
Ideas–
definition, 50
divine, as intuitions, 717
divine, transformation into ideals, 592
impulsive energy, contact with illumined lower mind, 711
recognition and receptivity to, need for, 446
world of, work, 63
Identification–
act, responsibility of Buddha of Activity, 269
attainment, 44, 45
definition, 61
due to alignment, 62
evolutionary, 372
nature of, 282, 283
superseding consciousness, 82
transformation of consciousness into, 283
with life aspect, 226
with soul and Hierarchy, requirement, 45
Identity–
preserved after mergence in whole, 455
with others complete, 168
Ideologies–
destruction, 306-307
great conditioning, 596, 602, 637
new and better, emergence, 580
world, creation, 579-580
Illumination–
due to first contact with Shamballa, 175-176
of humanity, effect of fifth Ray energy, 595
of mind, 592
Illusion–
appearance, 188
battle with, 600
definition, 600
Great, production, 183
mastered under Law of Synthesis, 264
to be mastered via mental plane, 180-181
Imagination–
creative–
of man, achievements, 244-245
relation to astral life, 442-443
use, 252, 443, 482, 487, 489, 491, 511, 512, 712
value, uses, and purpose, discovery, 442
relation to intuition, 54, 488
Immortality–
basis, 449
definitions, 730, 731
Impartation, climaxing point in attainment of point of tension, 263
Impersonality, pure, 44, 209
Impression on mind of disciple of hierarchical intent, 549-555
Impressions–
received by mind, sources, 591
three vibratory, awareness of, 543
Incarnation–
definition, 337
of very advanced souls since 1925, 122-123
story, 201
Incarnations, long series, principle of intelligent synthesis, 216
Inclusiveness–
key to understanding of consciousness, 537
of moment that IS, 437
India, characteristics, 623-624
Indifference, divine, 210, 218, 219, 718
Individual disciple–
duty, 638, 640
results of 4th Ray activity, 637-638
Individualisation–
act, work of Buddha of Activity, 268
Initiation, Identification, 372
Ineffable Name, 53, 54, 55
Inflow and activity of new and higher energies, 14-18
Initiate–
activity, conscious, controlling, rules for, 225-227
awareness, 471
beginning to form his own Ashram, 262, 586
cause of evolutionary process, 61
control, final, of substance, 469
cooperation with Will of Shamballa, 319
creation and destruction, 308
definitions, 72, 366
development, functioning on higher planes of solar system, 178
fifth-degree. See Fifth-degree initiate.
first-degree. See First-degree initiate.
focus, 103-104
fourth-degree. See Fourth-degree initiate.
function in group, 137
goal, 53
head. See Head.
knowledge regarding mayavic energies, 182
major liability, 156
master of own individual situation, 577
movement, 471
normal consciousness, 167
second-degree. See Second-degree initiate.
silence, meaning of term, 214-215
stimulation from Shamballa, 651
symbol 470
synthetic activity and group consciousness, 249
task, 292, 293-294, 303
third-degree. See Third-degree initiate.
training. See Training, initiate.
true, indication, 359
use of pure will 310-311
work between initiations, keynotes, 312
work, obligatory, 182
work within veils of maya, 182-185
would-be, attitude, basic, requirements, 33
Initiate-consciousness–
process of recognition and registration, leading to, 125
unfoldment in disciples, work with, 128
Initiates–
above third degree, main field of unfoldment, 178
dynamism, result in new quality, 120
effects on humanity, 374
expression of love-wisdom, 296
higher, potency, stepping down, 373
Rules. See Rules.
work between initiations, keynotes, 312-318
work on mental levels behind scenes, 230
Initiation–
act, Buddha of Activity responsible for, 268-269
Ascension. See Ascension initiation.
ceremony, 530-532
definitions–
awareness of oneself as soul, 341
crisis, climaxing event, 662
culminating moment of achievement, 337, 662
expanding series of inclusive recognitions, 341
experiment with energy, 549
fusion of lights progressively entered, 540|
graded series of liberation, 685
growth in experience, 557
knowing, seeing, and grasping in greater light, 538
points of tension, 541, 557, 565
process of hard work becoming what he is, 685
process of light recognition and utilisation, 538
process of successive integrations, with expansions, 563
recognition in brain consciousness of divine awareness, 259
recognition of goals implemented from Shamballa, 207
sequence of directed energy impacts, 565, 724
success in experiments with energy, 337
disciples, many, due to avataric stimulation, 15
each, expression of sum total of all past achievement, 720
each, two tests, 47
effects on disciple, 539-540, 557-558
factors of major importance, 434 fifth. See Fifth initiation.
first. See First initiation,
fourth. See Fourth initiation.
group. See Group initiation.
keynote, major, 737
of Decision. See Decision initiation.
prerequisite, recognition of one’s own group, 342, 343
processes, abstraction leading to resurrection, 164
readiness for, 539
requirements, 442, 662
Resurrection. See Resurrection initiation.
seeking before door, plane, 351
stages, three, 469
success in, 337
tests. See Tests of initiation.
third. See Third initiation, Transfiguration.
three aspects, 532
Initiation, Human and Solar–
date, 389
protection of book, 250
Initiations–
earlier, no longer exist, 412
first to ninth, names, 532
five, energy impulses of Rays, 567
guarding Way to Higher Evolution, 352
higher, 124,155, 438, 439
major, possible only after transfiguration, 216
nine, characteristics, 340, 661-738
of Masters, 15
of Threshold, 41
seven and nine of our planetary life, 656-661
seven, effects on seven centres, 338-339
seven, revelation of seven Ray qualities, 338
Initiatory process–
activation, 534-535
between first and second initiations, 577-578
dual life, 431-443
effect on dual life of disciple, 535-536
energies causing, 534-535
goal, 79
meaning, 530-555
test, 433
Inspiration–
by Hierarchy, 585
by Masters through workers, 230
conveyance by Hierarchy, 230
from Spiritual Triad, 266