A major preparatory period to this Approach took place in 1936 and in this preparation many of you participated; it culminated at the time of the Full Moon of May that year in a worldwide use of the first Invocation which we gave you. Now, seven years later, comes the opportunity to carry forward the work then started and to achieve results which may release spiritual tides of forces and these may turn the tide of battle. We refer not here to the battle in the physical sense. The war, from the physical angle, is already won though many months may elapse before the victory in the East and in the West is completely achieved. This you realise. But_ again paralleling this physical achievement_ must come a spiritual victory and this could be described as the gaining of a new spiritual orientation and a new attitude towards God, to express it very simply.

In reverse, we might point out that the reasons for a measure of failure in 1936 can be traced to two sources.

The work was relatively so successful that it called forth a powerful paralleling activity upon the part of the Forces of Evil; these were potent enough to overwhelm temporarily the Forces of Light and to bring on the war with all its attendant horrors.

Secondly, the New Group of World Servers, the men of goodwill and the aspirants everywhere relaxed their efforts;

they did not hold the tension gained but slipped back into negligence;

the work did not go on and this in spite of the constant effort of a few. But they were too few.

Now again comes opportunity and the possibility of a GREAT APPROACH which can be the consummation of the work started in 1936. The battle is on between the Forces of Light and the Forces of Evil. To end this warfare rapidly, and with success, leaving a wide open door to a better world, the Forces of Life must be called in. It is this which is engaging the attention of the Hierarchy at this time. For aiding in this endeavour the Buddha is preparing Himself and for this the Lord of Love stands ready, focussing in Himself the desire of Humanity for that "life more abundantly" which He promised when here before, and for liberation from evil and admission into good. One of the realisations emerging out of this war is the fact that humanity has now, as a whole, been able to see and grasp more clearly than ever before, the nature of evil. Men are recoiling in horror from this display of rampant evil and even the wicked manis shocked and arrested by the unleashed wickedness which is today stalking the Earth. That realisation is good and will help the needed reorientation of mankind towards God and good.

Putting it very simply, the Hierarchy is today getting ready for a GREAT APPROACH which will have two results:

It will bring about a closer relation between those great Lives Who embody the will of God and are the Custodians of the divine purpose, and Those Who embody the love of God and are the Custodians of the immediate Plan for humanity. This relationship can be established at the time of the May Full Moon at which time the Buddha will embody in Himself the powerful downpouring of energy_ the dynamic energy of the divine will. The Lord of Love – Wisdom, at the same time, will embody the outpouring dominant demand of the spiritual aspiration of mankind, plus the demand of the Hierarchy for the needed aid at this time of crisis.

It will also bring about a closer relation between mankind and the Hierarchy. At the time of the June Full Moon, the Christ will focus in Himself the spiritual energies of the Hierarchy, plus the energy which the Illumined One distributed at the time of the Wesak Festival; the New Group of World Servers will focus the spiritual demand for life and liberation, voicing the "massed intent" of humanity.

If both aspects of this one work can be satisfactorily carried forward, then a great release can be brought about. The Lords of Liberation could be successfully invoked; the Spirit of Peace might appear as the "Rider from the Secret Place" and the new era of goodwill (based upon the will-to-good) might be inaugurated. We say "might be" because, brothers, the success of all that could happen is dependent upon the work done

• by you and all men of goodwill,
• by the religious and spiritually minded people everywhere and
• by the world aspirants between the sacred season of May and June, 1943, and that of 1944.

Esoterically speaking, the work of the Hierarchy is to focus the divine will-to-good as it affects humanity. The work of spiritually minded men is to evoke that will-to-good on earth through as full an expression as possible of goodwill. It is the goodwill of the masses, focussed everywhere through the United Nations who are fighting for the liberation of mankind and through the New Group of World Servers, which is sufficient to invoke the will-to-good and only this is adequate. This is an important statement and one on which we would ask you to ponder.

During the past six years we have given you two Stanzas of a Great Invocation. The first one ran as follows:

Let the Forces of Light bring illumination to mankind.

Let the Spirit of Peace be spread abroad.

May men of goodwill everywhere meet in a spirit of cooperation.

May forgiveness on the part of all men be the keynote at this time.

Let power attend the efforts of the Great Ones.

So let it be and help us to do our part.

This expressed the normal, largely unconscious, invocative cry of humanity. It summed up in itself the desire of all men everywhere for peace, for goodwill and cooperation. It was generally popular and was and still is very widely used. It was fairly easily understood and its outstanding note was peace. It was used as a prayer by the majority and not as a challenging demand as had been intended; it did not, therefore, prove adequately effective in arresting the onward march of evil. It does, however, preserve the form which can and will evoke eventually the Spirit of Peace. This evocation will bring to humanity that stimulation and active desire to participate in the expression of goodwill which will render world peace an effective outcome of wise action and the establishment of right human relations .

We gave you later another Stanza of the Invocation, of great power which was suited to the conditions of war_ a war which proved inevitable and unavoidable. This last Invocation was not so popular and not nearly so easily understood and for this there was very good reason. It was an invocation intended to evoke the Forces of Life just as the previous one invoked the Forces of Light and Love. It could only be successfully used by noos, advanced thinkers and the Hierarchy itself. It was, however, given out to the public so as to familiarise them as far as possible with the concepts of liberation and life and in an effort to anchor upon Earth a new point of focus through which life could be made to flow. This effort has not been totally unsuccessful.

At the time of the Full Moon of May and of June, it will be advisable to use both these Invocations and thus to fuse and blend into one united invocation the massed intent of humanity as a whole and the enlightened purpose of the noos and the Hierarchy. This fusion of the two groups_ Humanity and the Hierarchy_ may then suffice to sound out such a potent call that life may be released on Earth instead of death and the love of God play its active part in the reconstruction of world affairs. If this can be successfully accomplished, two great revelations may then be speeded on their way:

A revelation of light and understanding to humanity as a whole, leading them to knowledge and enabling men to see the cause of the present catastrophe, for "in that light shall we see Light." In that light, humanity will know what to do and how to rectify past errors.

A revelation of life and of "life more abundantly" as Christ promised when on earth. This revelation will give to the thinkers, idealists, true leaders and noos working in the world today, that spiritual energy which leads to

Such is another of the goals confronting the Hierarchy at this time. Such is the will of God for humanity and such is the intent and purpose of Shamballa. When the massed purpose of the Custodians of the Will of God and the massed intent of the souls of men can be synchronised, then the GREAT APPROACH will become inevitable and the Great Release will automatically follow.

The Task of the New Group of World Servers Today

The immediate task of the New Group of World Servers is to focus the massed longing, aspiration, desire and intent of humanity so as to bring about the needed synchronisation at the time of the Full Moon of May and of June this year, and throughout the intervening weeks from the receipt of this communication (as far as you are concerned) until July first, approximately.

We would ask all of you, therefore,

upon the plane of practical affairs and living_ to do two things:

• Carry forward your due share in this physical plane war, aiding the armed forces of the United Nations to wage war to a successful finish, knowing that there are spiritual realities for which it is worth dying if need be, and that war on evil can be waged without hate and with right purpose;
• secondly, plan at the same time for those practical measures which, after the war is over, will aid the period of reconstruction and help rehabilitate humanity, and lead to a saner, better, truer way of living.

We would ask you also to take those measures in your individual life and in your environment, wherever possible, which will help make the work to be done at the time of the Full Moon in May and in June successful;

as great challenging demands,

• employing the power of the will as you can muster it and focus it at a point of tension.

At the time of the Full Moon gather people together for an act of fusion and of cooperation, thus aiding humanity and throwing your small individual effort behind that of the Hierarchy.

The New World Religion

All past divine revelations have brought humanity to the point where (spiritually speaking) man’s essential divinity is theologically recognised, where the brother-sisterhood of man and the Father / Transmittorhood of God are recognised ideals and where science has demonstrated the fact of an unfolding purpose and the existence of a fundamental, intelligent Agent behind all phenomena. Step by step man has been

• led through prayer, the voice of desire,
• through worship, the recognition of deity,
• through affirmation of the fact of human identity of nature with the divine, to a belief in the divinity of man.

Orthodox religion emphasises the divinity of the Christ, and He Himself has told us (and the New Testament in many places emphasises it) that

we also are divine,

Such is the religious background of the spiritual thinking in the world. Therefore,

This new form of the one religion will be in fact the Religion of the GREAT APPROACHES_ Approaches between mankind and the great spiritual Centres which operate behind the scenes, between

The new religion will be one of Invocation and Evocation, of bringing together great spiritual energies and then stepping them down for the benefiting and the stimulation of the masses. The work of the new religion will be the distribution of spiritual energy and the protecting of humanity from energies and forces which they are not, at the particular time, fitted to receive. A little careful thought will show you how, at the coming Full Moon Festivals, these thoughts are present: the protection and liberation of humanity and the stimulation of mankind through the distribution and the transference of spiritual energy so that the right steps can be taken in any given period, leading mankind

We would have you, therefore, add to your mental and spiritual activity the recognition that you are participating in the task of anchoring the basic tenets of the new world religion_ the flower and fruition of the past and the hope of the future.

More along this line, we may not write at this time. Later we will elaborate for you the greater and the lesser festivals of the spiritual year as they will gradually supersede the festivals of the present world religions in the East and in the West. (…) Much that you have learnt and gradually absorbed will then be seen fitting into the general spiritual plan. You will find that the spiritual year is divided into two periods (symbolic of spirit and matter); the period in which the Sun moves northward and the period when it travels on the southern way. You will find that the month divides itself into two periods likewise, that of the waxing and the waning moon and you will find the future emphasis laid throughout the world upon

Today, however, we seek to focus your attention upon the immediate task of cooperation with the Hierarchy and strengthen you to play your part in world salvage.

May 1943

In the first part of our message under this title (see: The Reappearance of the Christ, Chapter VI) we had much to say about the form into which the great world religions in the East and in the West have crystallised and its consequent deterioration. It will be essential, therefore, to look at and appreciate the fundamental truths which that form has preserved, even whilst hiding them. It will be valuable for us to realise that within the churches men of God and noos of the Christ have ever worked, laboured and suffered. They have seen and agonised over the distortions and the misrepresentations. They have been hindered by the organisation, oft despised by the theologians, and have remained simple in the midst of learning. They have been loving and universal in their individual consciousness, among the separative and fanatical. They are the glory of the church_ oft hated when alive and oft canonised after death. Their glory lies in the fact that they testify to the progress of the spiritual man and express in fullness what is in every evolving man ; they are the flower of evolution and the tried representatives of God. In the indictment of the churches, given earlier, let us not forget the Christians found within those churches.

We would remind you that we write as those who believe in the great spiritual realities and who regard the unfolding spirit of man as the unshatterable evidence of the existence of "the One in Whom we live and move and have our being." We speak as those who believe in and love the Christ and who know Him to be the Master of all the Masters and the Teacher alike of angels and of men.

We are those who look to the Lord of Sacrifice as the supreme expression of divinity upon Earth and who know the extent of His sacrificial work for humanity,

To sum up: Because of the divergences of the many exoteric faiths, the multiplicity of the sects and cults in both the Orient and Occident, and the quarrels of theologians over words, phrases and interpretations, the sons / daughters of God_ in process of development_ are left without the needed help to contact the Christ and His great group of noos, the spiritual leaders of humanity; the way to Christ, the living, loving Expression of God, is not made clear to the seeker. Together, the two great Sons of God present to mankind_ the One in the East and the Other in the West_ a complete and perfect representation of Deity; by Their lives and words They guarantee to man the possibilities always latent in the human spirit .

Today the Christ and the Buddha wait until the hour strikes. Then Their united effort, plus the invocative appeal of all who truly know and truly love, will bring humanity the new revelation for which they wait.

The new world religion must be based upon those truths which have stood the test of the ages. This we said elsewhere and enumerated four of those truths:

Two more great and foundational facts are also part of the human state of awareness.

This relationship we call "brother-sisterhood" and it expresses itself (or should we say, it will eventually express itself?) through human fellowship and right human relations . For this we work, and humanity is moving towards that relationship_ and that in spite of the fact of war.

In every race and nation, in every climate and part of the world, and throughout the endless reaches of time itself, back into the limitless past, men have found the Path to God;

• they have trodden it and accepted its conditions,
• endured its disciplines,
• rested back in confidence upon its realities,
• received its rewards and found their goal.
• Arrived there, they have "entered into the joy of the Lord,"
• participated in the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven,
• dwelt in the glory of the divine Presence, and
• then returned to the ways of man to serve.

The testimony to the existence of this Path is the priceless treasure of all the great religions and its witnesses are those who have transcended all forms and all theologies, and have penetrated into the world of meaning which all symbols veil.

These truths are part of all that the past gives to man. They are our eternal heritage, and connected with them there is no new revelation but only participation and understanding. These are the facts which the World Teachers have brought to us, suited to our need and capacity at any given time. They are the inner structure of the One Truth upon which all the world theologies have been built, including the Christian doctrines and dogmas built around the Person of Christ and His teaching.

Dimly sensed by the evolving human consciousness hovers another emerging truth of a larger nature_ larger because related to the Whole and not just to individual man and his/her personal salvation. It is an extension of the individual approach to truth. Let us call it the truth of the Great Cyclic Approaches of the divine to the human of which all world Teachers and Saviours were the symbol and the guarantee. At certain great moments, down the ages, God drew nearer to His people and humanity (blindly and unconscious of their objective) at the same time made great efforts to draw near to God. On the part of God, this was intentional, conscious and deliberate; on the part of man, it was largely unconscious, forced upon him/her

• by the tragedy of circumstance,
• by desperate need and
• by the driving urge of the collective soul.

These GREAT APPROACHES can be traced down the centuries, and each time one took place it meant

A new definition of God was given us when the Buddha taught that God was Light and showed us the way of illumination, and when Christ revealed to us that God was Love through His life and service on earth. Today the knowledge aspect of illumination is being comprehended, but the inner meaning of love is only now dimly sensed. Yet light and love have been revealed to the world by two great Sons of God in two Approaches. A new Approach is on the Way, bringing us the next needed truth. We ask ourselves: What will it be? For it, the knowers and lovers of God and of their fellowmen are prepared; for it, the masses of men wait.

Behind this spiritual centre of Love and Light another centre is to be found, for which the West has no name but which is called in the East by the name Shamballa. Perhaps the Western name is Shangri-Lha_ a name which is finding recognition everywhere and which stands for a centre of happiness and purpose.

• Shamballa or Shangri-Lha is the place where the Will of God is focussed and from which His divine purposes are directed. From it the great political movements and the destiny of races and nations and their progress are determined,
• just as the religious movements, the cultural unfoldments and spiritual ideas are sent forth from the hierarchical centre of Love and Light.
• Political and social ideologies and world religions,
• the Will of God and
• the Love of God,
• the Purpose of divinity and the Plans whereby that purpose is brought into activity all focus through that centre of which we are each consciously a part, Humanity itself.

There are, therefore, three great spiritual centres on the planet: Shamballa, the spiritual Hierarchy, and Humanity.

There is definite Biblical testimony to this highest of all centres, Shamballa. At moments of crisis in the earthly life of Christ we read that a Voice spoke to Him, the Voice of the Father / Transmittor was heard by Him, affirming His Sonship and setting the seal of approval upon His acts and work. At that moment a great fusion of the two spiritual centres_ the Hierarchy and Shamballa, the Kingdom of God and the world of Spirit_ was brought about, and thus spiritual energy was released on Earth. We need to remember that the work of all World Saviours and Teachers is to act primarily as distributors of divine energy and as channels for spiritual force. This outpouring manifests either as the impulse behind a world religion, the incentive behind some new political ideology, or the principle of some scientific discovery of importance to the growth of the human spirit . Thus do religions, governments and civilisations find their motivation. History has demonstrated that again and again these developments are the results of the appearance and the activity of some great man at an advanced stage of development. Those who come forth as Teachers, Saviours or Founders of a new religion come forth from the Hierarchy and are of the highest order of spiritual perfection. Those who convey to man the purposes of God through new ideological concepts are not as yet of so high an order, because man is not yet ready for the highest presentation. Much has yet to be learnt and mastered by man, and spiritual unfoldment always outpaces the outer expression of human relations hips and the social order; hence the world religions come first and produce the conditions which make the work of the rulers possible. Those who come forth from the spiritual centre, Shamballa, are of great power, however, and the thread of Their influence can be traced throughout history in great declarations and pronouncements such as

• the Magna Charta,
• the Declaration of Independence and
• the Atlantic Charter.

Those who come forth from Shamballa or the Hierarchy for the release and the guidance of humanity are evoked by human desire and demand, for there is a spiritual interplay existing between Humanity and the Hierarchy, and between both and Shamballa.

Such Messengers embody divine intention. The response of mankind to Their messages is dependent upon the point in evolution which has been attained by man. Back in the early history of the race these Approaches were rare indeed. Countless ages passed between them. Today, owing to the greatly increased power of the human mind and the growing sensitivity of the human soul to the spiritual values as they express themselves through major world ideologies, these Approaches of the divine to the human can become more frequent and are taking on a new form. Man’s inner realisation of his/her own innate spiritual potency and the unfoldment of his/her sense of relationship are bringing about an effort on his/her part_ consciously undertaken_ to make true progress towards the good, the true and the beautiful, and this in spite of the fact of the war and the misery and suffering present upon our Earth. It has therefore become possible to synchronise the Approach of the divine to the human and to instruct the masses of men in the technique of thus invoking the Approach . This attitude of humanity will lead to a new revelation, to the new world of religion and to new attitudes in the relation of man to God (religion) and man to man (government or social relationships).

Aeons passed away whilst primitive man continued to evolve, and when

A third GREAT APPROACH is now possible and will take place once the world war is over and man_ purified by fire and suffering_ has set his/her house in order and is ready, therefore, for a new revelation.

• He was the Conveyor of Enlightenment to the world;
• He was the Buddha. As is always the case,
• He re-enacted in Himself, for the instruction of His noos, the processes of illumination and became the "Illumined One."

They embodied in Themselves certain cosmic principles, and by Their work and sacrifice certain divine potencies poured through and upon the race, stimulating intelligence into wisdom and emotion into love. The Buddha, when He achieved illumination, "let in" a flood of light upon life and world problems. He formulated this revelation into the Four Truths. His group of noos erected a structure of truth which (by the power of collective thought) has flooded mankind with light.

2. Through the message of the Buddha, man has for the first time grasped the cause of his/her constant distaste and dissatisfaction and has learnt that the Way of Release is to be found in detachment, dispassion and discrimination. Where these are present, there is rapid release from the wheel of rebirth.

Through the message of the Lord of Brother-Sisterhood, three concepts emerge into the raycial consciousness:

The value of the individual and the necessity for tensity of effort on his/her part.

b. The opportunity which was to be presented to humanity to take a tremendous step forward and undergo the new birth or the first initiation.

c. The method whereby this next step could be taken in the new age, voiced for us in the words "love your neighbour as yourself." Individual effort, group opportunity and men’s identification with each other_ such is the message of the Christ.

In the message of the Buddha we have the three methods whereby the personality can be changed and prepared to be a conscious expression of divinity.

Then follows the work of the Christ, resulting in

We learn to perfect ourselves in order to have somewhat to sacrifice to the group, and thus enrich the group with our individual contribution. This is the

• Personality fades out in the glory of the soul, which (like the rising sun) blots out the darkness and irradiates the lower nature.

This is the second result, and is a group activity. The word goes forth to the initiates of the future: Lose sight of self in group endeavour. Forget the self in group activity. Pass through the portal to initiation in group formation and let the personality life be lost in the group life.

The final result of the work of the Lord of Brother-Sisterhood is to be found in our identification with the whole: individuality, initiation, and identification_ these are the terms in which the message of the Christ can be summarised. He said, when on Earth: "I and my Father / Transmittor are One," and in these words epitomised His entire message. I, the individual, through initiation, am identified with Deity. Therefore we have:

It is interesting to note that the work of the Illumined One is expressed in words all beginning with the fourth letter of the alphabet, the letter D. The sense of personality is achieved; the quaternary is transcended, and the Illumined One gave us the reason for this transmutation and the rules. The work of the Christ is expressed for us in words beginning with the ninth letter of the alphabet, the letter I, and this number is the number of initiation. These things happen not idly but all have their underlying purpose.

We have here very briefly and inadequately outlined the nature of two GREAT APPROACHES and two minor. These have prepared humanity for the third GREAT APPROACH which will bring the new revelation, with its realised consequences, of a new heaven and a new earth. We would ask the orthodox theologian how he/she interprets the words "a new heaven"?

What this third major Approach will bring to humanity we do not and cannot know. It will bring about as definite results as did the two earlier Approaches. For some years now the spiritual Hierarchy has been drawing nearer to mankind, and this is responsible for the great concepts of freedom which are so close to the hearts of men everywhere today and for which humanity is now fighting. As the Members of the Hierarchy approach closer to us,

• the dream of brotherhood,
• of fellowship,
• of world cooperation and
• of a peace (based upon right human relations ) becomes clearer in our minds.

As They draw nearer we vision a new and vital world religion, a universal faith, at-one in its basic idealism with the past but different in its mode of expression.

We have cited earlier the foundational truths upon which the new world religion will rest. We would suggest that the theme of the coming religion will be that of the GREAT APPROACHES themselves; that it will emphasise anew God’s love for man as evidenced in these divine Approaches, and also man’s response to God as the word goes forth: "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you"; that it will_ in its rites and ceremonies_ be concerned with the invocative and evocative side of spiritual appeal.

Man invokes the divine Approach in two ways: by means of the inchoate, voiceless appeal or invocative cry of the masses, and also by the planned, defined invocation of the spiritually oriented aspirants, the intelligently convinced worker, ‘noo and initiate_ by all, in fact, who form the New Group of World Servers.

The science of invocation and evocation will take the place of what we now call prayer and worship. Be not disturbed by the use of the word "science." It is not the cold and heartless intellectual thing so oft depicted. It is in reality the intelligent organisation of spiritual energy and of the forces of love, and when effective, will evoke the response of spiritual Beings Who can again walk openly among men and thus establish a close relation and a constant communication between humanity and the spiritual Hierarchy.

It will be obvious to you that as humanity, through its most advanced units, prepares for this next GREAT APPROACH it must accept with faith and conviction (faith for the masses, and conviction for the knowers and the New Group of World Servers) the premises stated above:

It is here that the churches, if regenerated, can concentrate their efforts, cease perpetuating the outer and visible form, and begin to deal with the reality underlying all dogmas and doctrines. Upon these inner assurances man must take his/her stand, and a study of them will reveal that the majority of the unthinking masses (an immense majority) do accept them hopefully and with desire, though without any definite understanding, and that a steadily increasing minority also accept them with a full convinced awareness_ an awareness that is the result of the transformation of hope into self-proven fact. In between these two extremes is a large group of questioning people; they are not part of the unintelligent mass, nor are they yet either psyientists, mystics or even aspirants.

As we look ahead into the world of tomorrow and begin to question what structure the faith of humanity should assume and what building the skill of the knowers will erect to house the religious spirit of man, three more fundamental truths appear to be emerging as necessary adjuncts to the revealed body of truth:

The demonstrated existence of a Spiritual Hierarchy, the life-purpose of which is the good of humanity. The Members of the Hierarchy are seen to be the Custodians of the divine Plan and expressions of the Love of God.

The development of the Science of Invocation and Evocation as a means and method of approach to divinity. This will grow out of the ancient habits of prayer as used by the masses, and the practice of meditation/Idtation as developed by the mystics and psyientists. Prayer and IDtation are the preliminary steps to this emerging science, and what is vaguely called "worship" is the group effort to establish some form of united approach to the spiritual Hierarchy, functioning under the guidance and control of the Christ and related to the highest spiritual centre, Shamballa, through its most advanced individuals, just as humanity is related to the Hierarchy by its spiritually minded people.

The spiritual Hierarchy of the planet, the ability of mankind to contact its Members and to work in cooperation with Them, and the existence of the greater Hierarchy of spiritual energies of which our tiny planetary sphere is a part_ these are the three truths upon which the coming world religion may be based.

Relationship to God, through Christ, has ever been the teaching of the spiritual leaders of the world, no matter by what name they called Him. In the future we shall draw closer and more intelligently to the living substance of Reality and be more definite in our apprehension of this hitherto vaguely sensed relationship.

Much along these lines has been given out during the past two centuries. The fact of the existence of the Hierarchy is consciously recognised by hundreds of thousands today, though still denied by the orthodox; the general public are familiar with the idea of the existence of the Masters, and either gullibly accept the mass of futile and idiotic information handed out by many today or fight furiously against the spread of this teaching. Others are open-minded enough to investigate whether the teaching is true and to follow the techniques suggested, in the hope that hypothesis may turn to fact. This last group is steadily increasing in number and upon their accumulating evidence belief can be translated into knowledge. So many know the truth today; so many people of integrity and worth are cooperating consciously with Members of this Hierarchy that the very foundations of the ecclesiastical antagonisms and the belittling comments of the concrete minded are of no avail.

What the orthodox theologian and the narrow doctrinaire have to offer no longer satisfies the intelligent seeker or suffices to answer his/her questions;

In considering our second point, the Science of Invocation and Evocation, we are also moving forward into the area of mental understanding.

We have written to the world aspirants for many Wesaks now.

We have again and again brought to your attention and theirs the close relation which is being established between the world of men and the world of souls.

We have again and again pointed out that, under the Law of Evolution, certain great fusions, at-one-ments or GREAT APPROACHES are taking place.

We have indicated that the present activity of our planetary Logos is bringing certain major adjustments within the planetary sphere of influence and that these primarily affect the human kingdom.

We have called to your notice the urgency of the incoming life, producing tension, spiritual recognitions of a far-reaching nature, the immediate overthrow of false Gods and standards, and the destruction of outworn and crystallised interpretations (called doctrines) of the spiritual realities. By these means, the way is cleared for a new and simple recognition of divinity which will satisfy not only the heart of the simplest person, but which will meet the need of the most intelligent.

We have talked in terms of the union of Eastern and Western thought and of the need for the great civilisations_ nurtured under the influence of Shri Krishna, the Buddha and the Christ_ to be brought closer together.

We have said (and we here re-affirm) that He Who comes will make this union possible and effective. This event will evoke world-wide recognition.

We have stated also that we are reaching a climaxing period in human history; in this period the Lords of Karma are unusually active; the Law of Cause and Effect is bringing the results of past activities, the subjective thinking and the secret impulses to the surface, and exacting penalty and the planned cleaning of the slate of human her/history. When He Whom all noos serve was on Earth two thousand years ago, He said that secret things would be made plain; by this emergence of the good and of the bad into prominence, men will arrive at knowledge, at understanding, and will be forced to take those steps which will be needed to build a new and better world, based on the Law of Love and not on the Law of Separateness and hate. This is what is happening today.

We have said also that the Forces of Light are nearing the Earth and that the Hierarchy is coming steadily closer to mankind.

The doctrine, for instance, of the super-race was interpreted to mean the superiority of the [- or any FMA] nation and culture to all in the West, whilst the divinity of the Sons of Heaven the [/people under ANY fma] race) was emphasised to all in the East. The bewildered peoples of both nations were led to believe that they had a great and spiritual mission to dominate the world.

This was the first result of the approach of the Kingdom of God to the earth, or rather to the physical plane.

The Forces of Evil sought for those leaders and groups who are the materialistic correspondence to the spiritual leaders and those who seek to guide humanity along right lines. They took possession (and we use this word with deliberation) of the evil men who led the [forces of material aggression] Powers_ Hitler, Tojo, Goebbels, Ribbentrop, Himmler and_ to a much lesser degree_ Mussolini, Hess, Goering and others. They completely overpowered the minds of these men, already distorted with ambition and sadistic inclinations. Who, you ask, do we mean by "they"? We mean those intelligent evil, unloving, hateful individualities who are to the world of selfish and material focus what the Hierarchy of Masters, working under the Christ, are to struggling human aspirants. The power of these evil forces is enormous, for they recognise no restrictions or ordinary decent, human limitations; they work through violence, coercion, cruelty, hate, terror and lies; they aim to subjugate the human consciousness through the complete control of men's minds, through the withholding of good and the promulgation of evil. They stimulate the brains of men through the extent of their evil and magical knowledge; We mean this literally and physically. The Great Light Lodge, working under the inspiration of the Christ and of Shamballa, functions necessarily under certain spiritual restrictions.

Coercion is not permitted; the minds of men must be and are left free; the stimulation of the souls of men is permitted, because it results in the stimulation of the expression of love and of understanding, leading to right human relations .

These spiritual restrictions greatly slow down the progress of the Forces of Light; it should interest you to remember that the length of the war was partly dependent upon the inability of the Armies of the Lord to commit the crimes for which the [forces of material aggression] Powers have been responsible. The physical activities of the Forces of Light do recognise certain limitations, and of this the Forces of Evil take constant advantage. The bombing of massed populations was started by Hitler and could have been ended by him immediately if he so chose.

• torture,
• starvation,
• lying propaganda,
• misuse of prisoners, the
• dissemination of a terror campaign.

These are not permitted by the rules of the Brothers-Sisters of Humanity.

From a purely physical angle, this can be interpreted as putting the "Armies of the Lord" at a disadvantage. It is this right attitude on the part of the Forces of Light which has an undesirable effect upon the appeasers and pacifists of the world. These would, for humanitarian reasons and from love of the forms through which humanity functions, bring the war to an immediate end.

In their well-meaning blindness they would sacrifice the future of humanity and the lives of millions of people at a later date for a temporary cessation of hostilities. We would emphasise to you that the Forces of Evil must be defeated now;

• the evil leaders must be wrenched from their high place, and the
• complete defeat and annihilation of those responsible for launching this horror on humanity is an absolute necessity and bounden duty, if security, well-being and a new order of happier living is to be the lot of coming generations. A temporary ending of the war would only give time for the Forces of Evil to reorganise, and the future war would be infinitely worse than this one. This the intelligent humanitarian is saying, and this is the opinion of the Hierarchy. The Hierarchy stands firmly on the side of those who demand a war to a finish, and the reasons are the ultimate saving of millions of lives and the preservation of certain basic spiritual values.

The issue is far more serious spiritually than you know;

You have, consequently, in the world today:

• enough people with courage,
• understanding, or with
• the ability to think clearly,
• who hate evil and
• who can hold to a vision.

• a widespread national deception,
• backed by a terror campaign, argues
• a general weakness,
• lack of courage and
• a natural predilection for evil guidance.

• must be taught the ways of positive good, and
• a courageous championing of righteousness must take the place of the present negative acceptance of evil.

Behind these nations stands the Hierarchy.

3. Humanity as a whole. The men, women and children of the world are all implicated in and affected by this universal war. The effects reach into the most isolated village, the most extensive desert and the highest mountain top, as well as into the cities and congested areas of all the nations. No one is exempt from the consequences of this present catastrophe. The bulk of humanity are universal and innocent sufferers. The majority scarcely realise what it is all about; they view this great historical climax from the purely self-centred angle and from the point of view of how it affects them as individuals and their nation as a whole. An increasing number are coming to realise that this war must be fought to a successful finish because there is no peace or hope or right world relationships as long as two nations_ one in the Western hemisphere and the other in the Eastern_ can precipitate disaster upon countless millions. A minority are realising that the war has precipitated the condensed evil of the ages and that humanity is faced with the opportunity of erasing past errors, ancient selfishness and ingrained wickedness, and of inaugurating a new and better world. In this new world there will be

Among all these are thousands who stand bewildered, sensing the truth but feeling helpless in the face of the gigantic horror which the evil gang now ruling [fma]has precipitated upon humanity. They tend to right thinking but are still the prey of the unscrupulous and the selfish. When their thinking has been guided into right lines through a process of right presentation of the situation, they will constitute a powerful asset to the Forces of Light.

Such is the situation with which the Hierarchy and humanity are today faced. The strength of the Forces of Light is growing; the power of the Forces of Darkness may be waning but is still vastly strong_ upon the physical plane. Their main hold is upon the minds of men and that is exceedingly potent and unweakened, for it is aided

• by the mild, unthinking person,
• by the bewildered,
• the pacifist,
• the appeaser and
• the isolationist.

Let us now turn to the work of the Hierarchy and to the event for which all initiates and noos are now preparing_ the coming Wesak Festival.

May 1944

These are all normal and intelligent questions and can be answered partially, though not fully, owing to three reasons:

The outcome of the coming climaxing conflict depends on humanity itself. A greater effort is required, particularly in America_ an effort

• to see the issues clearly,
• to understand the causes of this war, and
• a determination to take those steps_ through propaganda and discussion_ which will clarify the minds of the masses.

1. Into these age-long causes we cannot here go; there is not time to do more than enumerate certain of them

a. Universal and ancient selfishness, materialism, aggression, and national prides. Of these faults all nations have been guilty.

b. A sense of separateness of which the border issue between such nations as R[----]a and [- any oppressed peoples/nation] is symbolic. The need of humanity and its general well-being comes eternally first. Nations and their ephemeral disputes are of secondary interest.

They are concerned with the ability of the mind, or of the mind principle, to react to truth or to lies; the mystery of this reaction is hidden in the evolutionary process itself. A point can be reached in human development where acceptance of deception is impossible and clear thinking is normal. The potency of glamour (which holds so many people in prison) is related to this mystery.

Glamour holds not those who are mentally and emotionally undeveloped; they are complete realists and see life in its bare outlines and baldly.

• The highly developed are not subject to glamour; they also think realistically but this time with true mental perception and not instinctively.
• The thinking man, in his/her process of training, but who is still largely governed by his/her emotions, is exceedingly prone to glamour, and very often to the glamour of a sentimental so-called loving attitude.

These people do not realise that

love is a process of determining action on the basis of the ultimate good of the individual or the group, and that the immediate reactions of the personality are secondary.

In this conflict the Hierarchy is concerned with the final issue, with the future welfare and the ultimate well-being of humanity. They are not so concerned with the immediate suffering and pain of the personalities involved. Is this a hard saying? A tiny replica of this correct attitude can be found in the influence, words and actions of those wise parents, those far-sighted guides of youth, who see the need of discipline if their children are in the future to be rightly oriented, and to live correctly. The temporary discomfort of the discipline and the rebellion of the children do not in any way condition such parents. They see ahead.

The conflict at present involving humanity has its source not only in human weakness and selfishness, but in a situation which has existed for ages between the Great Light Lodge of Masters and the Lodge of Black / self-aggrandising Adepts. This started in Atlantean times and must now be fought out to a finish. With the details of this struggle (fought on mental levels) you have no concern, except in so far as you and the rest of mankind react to lies or to truth. Two streams of mental energy or of thought-directed ideas impinge powerfully at this time upon the human consciousness.

The leader of the conflict against evil in high places is the Christ, the Head of the Hierarchy. What is the attitude of the Lord of Sacrifice at this time? In all reverence, and as [-----,] His humblest friends and personal workers, we are permitted to tell you a little of His position as He nears the great event in May of this year. He knows Himself to be the inner spiritual Commander of the Armies of the Lord. Hiss is the responsibility of awakening the souls of men to their presented opportunity and to the need of bringing to an end this ancient conflict between the Lords of Evil and the Messengers of Light. Hiss has been the problem of teaching humanity that, in order to demonstrate true love and to provide scope and opportunity for a civilisation in which love, brother-sisterhood and right human relations are governing factors, those essential steps must be taken which will accomplish this.

He said when He was on earth two thousand years ago, "I came not to bring peace, but a sword." The sword of the spirit is wielded by the Hierarchy, and by its means c/qosmic evil is arrested; the sword of discrimination is wielded by the initiates and the noos of the world, and by its means the distinction between good and evil, with a consequent presentation of free choice between the two, has been laid before humanity, and the lines of demarcation have been made abundantly clear in this world war. It had been the hope of the Christ and the longing of all the Masters that men would see clearly and make free and right choice, so that_ without physical plane warfare_ they would bring about the needed changes and the ending of wrong conditions. But the conflict descended on to the physical plane and the sword of material war (symbolically speaking) was taken up by humanity.

Forget not (particularly those of you who are outraged by physical conflict through your pacifist inclinations) that, in the West, it was G [-----]y / forces of materialism and aggression.] which first of all took the sword in hand, marching into [- any oppressed peoples/nation] and bringing misery, devastation and cruelty to a smaller and much weaker nation, thus forcing F[----]e and G[---]t B[-----]n to fulfil their pledged obligations to that little nation and to declare war upon the aggressor. It was J[---]n / forces of materialism and aggression.] who brought war into the Eastern hemisphere. The Forces of Light were left with no alternative but to fight in defense of freedom.

Prior to the war, the Hierarchy did what it could to change the trend of human living and thinking, awakening the consciences of the intelligent, stimulating the activity of the humanitarians and impressing the minds of Their noos in order to arouse goodwill, a driving desire for right human relations and peaceful conditions. But the movement was not strong enough; the sword appeared on earth and mankind was plunged into war.

The activities of our Master, the Christ, fall into three categories:

1. Stiffening the will to fight on behalf of the spiritual issues and for the great humanitarian aims of the Hierarchy.

2. Impressing the minds of diplomats, thinkers and lovers of mankind to work out now certain post-war plans which will entirely change our present civilisation and bring about the new.

3. Arousing the minds of the masses and turning them_ each in his/her own place and manner_ into a more religious channel. The growth of spiritual desire and aspiration is phenomenal today, could you but see the indications as the workers on the inner side do.

Our Master, the Christ, is also at this time carrying forward three major activities. We can tell you briefly what they are, but only the noos of the world will grasp the true implications.

2. Secondly, He is working within the confines of the Hierarchy itself, preparing His noos, the Masters, for certain great post-war events. For the war will end.

These involve a tremendous expenditure of force, of second ray energy, just as His first activity demands an unusual expenditure of first ray power_ something which even He, in His high place, is only now learning to handle, as a pledged Disciple of Sanat Kumara.

Today the Hierarchy is facing a climaxing activity. From the Full Moon of May, 1944, until the Full Moon of May, 1945, the Members of the Hierarchy will unitedly be putting forth Their maximum effort to close the door upon the Forces of Evil, to direct the Shamballa energy (now let loose upon the world) so that its destructive aspect may be transmuted or directed towards the stimulation which will result in the rebuilding of the world. This will then affect not only the Members of the Hierarchy, but all on Earth who respond to hierarchical impression. Have the following statement in mind:

"The focussed and concentrated work of the Hierarchy at the time of the Full Moon of May, 1944 is_

The Buddha will start the process at the time of His appearance, through the use of a great first ray mantram. This can be used only by someone of His initiate standing and in collaboration with the Lord of the World. He will thereby deflect the Shamballa force which the Adepts of the Black / self-aggrandising Lodge have turned loose into the [forces of material aggression] nations; this has been made possible by their receptivity to the will-to-power. He will "corral" it (if we may use such a colloquial and inappropriate term) and will place it at the disposal of the Christ. The reception and the acceptance of this first ray energy will require a tremendous effort upon the part of the Christ, the Custodian of the energy of the second Ray of Love-Wisdom. It is for this "reception" that He started to prepare at the time of the April Full Moon.

We have told you elsewhere that this direct impact of the Shamballa energy upon humanity very seldom occurs. It has been loosed only three times during the entire history of the human kingdom. At other times, it makes its impact directly upon the Hierarchy, and is then transmuted or stepped down so that humanity can take it.

The three times it has been directed, unimpeded and untransmuted, towards humanity are:

1. At the time of the individualisation of animal-man when the mind principle was implanted. This was the birth hour of the human soul.

2. In Atlantean days when the power of the [self-aggrandising] Black Lodge was so great that defeat faced the Hierarchy and the destruction of the human soul. Shamballa then interfered, and the world of that time was destroyed. This period is recognised in modern history as the time of the Great Flood.

3. Today, once again, the Powers of Darkness are attempting to destroy humanity and the spiritual values. The power of Shamballa was let loose, destroying old forms_ political, social and religious_ but at the same time this power was seized upon by the evil forces to destroy the souls of men, to precipitate war and to destroy the cities and all our centres of civilisation and culture. The first phase or form of destruction was directed by the noos, the aspirants and the clear thinking people of the world, and this was needed and very good. The old social, political and religious forms were stultifying the human soul and handicapping all progress. The second phase or form of destruction was directed by evil, and was focussed through those nations who had succumbed to the glamour of superiority, to the temptation of material aggression and to intolerant racial hatreds, implemented by cruelty and barbarism.

This then is the task of the Christ and of the Buddha at the time of the May Full Moon_ to channel and redirect the Shamballa force. If They can do this, the result will be a new realisation and accomplishment of the will-to-good by the New Group of World Servers, under the receptive guidance of the world noos and a responsive activity of the men of goodwill.

Therefore, get this clearly in mind, so that your cooperation can be intelligent and rightly directed.

1. Power will be given to the noos of the world and the initiates among men, so that they can direct efficiently and wisely the coming process of rebuilding.

[N. B.inside the Will-to-Good, partial list:

2. The will-to-love will stimulate the men of goodwill everywhere so that hatred will gradually be overcome and men will seek to live together cooperatively. This will take some time, but the inner urge is there and subject to stimulation.

3. The will-to-action will lead intelligent people throughout the world to inaugurate those activities which will lay the foundation for a new, better and happier world.

4. The will-to-cooperate will steadily increase also. Men will desire and demand right human relations _ a result more general than that produced by the activity of the first three aspects of this ray, but which will be a natural outcome of this activity.

5. The will-to-know and to think correctly and creatively will become an outstanding characteristic of the masses. Knowledge is the first step towards wisdom.

6. The will-to-persist (which is an aspect of devotion and idealism) will become a human characteristic_ a sublimation of the basic instinct of self-preservation. This will lead to a persistent belief in the ideals presented by the Hierarchy, and the demonstration of immortality.

7. The will-to-organise will further a building process which will be carried forward under the direct inspiration of the Hierarchy. The medium will be the potency of the will-to-good of the New Group of World Servers and the responsive goodwill of mankind.

We have expressed in these few simple terms the results of the planned determination of the two Great Lords which must take shape and emerge at the time of the May and June Full Moons. What they succeed in doing will take years to demonstrate, but the end is inevitable once the right direction of the will-to-good has been achieved. This demonstration is dependent, however, upon two things:

1. The focussed work of the Christ and of the Hierarchy during the coming year, until May 1945.

2. The reflective thinking and careful planning of the New Group of World Servers during the same period.

Much outer activity upon a planetary scale will not be possible till 1945, but much can then become possible if hierarchical requirements are met. A year of preparation for the tremendous task of implementing the will-to-good and of producing a better civilisation and way of life is short indeed.

The Christ has gone into retreat for a month and cannot be reached even by the Masters until May 5th. He is in closest consultation with the Buddha and with the Lord of the World. This great Triangle of Potencies_

are today entirely preoccupied with the task of bringing the war to an end, and therefore with the task of neutralising the destroyer aspect of the first ray. This They will do by implementing the will-to-good by means of the wisdom of which the Buddha is the experienced Custodian, and also by laying down those plans whereby the may_ via the Hierarchy and the New Group of World Servers_ bring about that "loving understanding" (esoterically understood and bearing little resemblance to what is usually understood by those words) in the hearts of men. When this Triangle of Energies has synchronised its efforts, then at the May Full Moon, the great task of leading humanity into the light of a new day can be begun.

In the meantime, the Masters and Their Ashrams are likewise getting ready to implement these plans and are endeavouring to inspire Their noos with the same vision and objectives, so that they too may be prepared to play their due part.

Such, brothers, is the situation as regards the position of humanity and the intentions and work of the Hierarchy. What then is the work which you can and must do?

We have for years indicated certain lines of activity which we, the Teachers and Guides on the inner side of life, would have all aspirants and noos follow.

The Plans outlined by us during the past ten years are definitely a part of the hierarchical programme and are being presented in their specific forms by the other Masters. There is little that we can add. There is nothing which we tell you at this time that you do not already know.

On these points we shall not dwell. Nothing is here gained by reiteration except the growing burden of a responsibility which you can shoulder to your eternal happiness or discard to your shame and eventual karmic reaction. Only this will we say:

• Get rid of selfishness,
• provincialism and insularity.
• Think in terms of the one humanity. Let your lives count in the scale of useful and needed service.
• Leave off saying and thinking those things which are critical of others_ other people and other allied nations.
• See the issues of this [all] conflict clearly, and let no false and glamorous sentiment lead you to favour weakness towards the [any powerful, unprovoked or pretence of provoked aggressives/powers/ working to sell their true destiny for transitory gain the Forces of Material Aggression] at this unique and critical moment.

The form or forms of their tyranny must be broken and due payment made in all justice and discrimination to an outraged world.

But the souls that implemented that tyranny must_ through sore trial and right spiritual direction_ be again led to walk in the light. The children of the [forces of material aggression] nations must not be penalised for the wickedness or the weakness of their Fathers/Mothers; they must be educated in new and better ways and loved into right understanding of their relationships.

We would here refer you to a parable, spoken in terms of far-sighted vision and warning by the Christ centuries ago, anent the man who cleaned house, casting out the devils; when it was all swept and garnished, it remained empty (as symbol of unused opportunity and ignored responsibility) and then, as the Buddha put it, "the last state of that man was worse than the first." The sweeping and cleansing has been going on for five long years, the final stages of this destroying but cleansing process are now being taken. Then, brothers, what?

We have told you over the years what we seek to have you do:

Let the soporific of beautiful peace talk die out and let sane methods of establishing goodwill and right human relations precede the discussion of peace. The world talked itself into a dreamy state of idealistic rhapsody about peace between the first phase of this world war and the present one [1914-45]. This must not again occur and it is the task of the intelligent humanitarian to prevent it.

For the work to be done during the next twelve months (and then continued during the ensuing years), we make one last appeal.

• Stand with fixed intent, implementing the massed intent of the unthinking, the terrified and the distressed and weak. Cooperate with the New Group of World Servers in every land.
• Let the Full Moons of May and June constitute high points of spiritual attainment which can and will condition your daily life and service during the ensuing year.
• Let nothing deter you.

If you feel no response to world need and no call to serve, then beware and seek a deeper measure of soul contact and spiritual relationship. Every word spoken or written at this time by an aspirant or a ‘noo is of a definite potency_ either good or bad.

You know about the New Group of World Servers. The work of the men of goodwill has been presented to you. The request for the forming of triangles of light and of goodwill has been placed clearly before you. The need for clear thinking is plain. The Hierarchy asks for your aid and your support in the arena of world affairs. We have ourselves laid our plans before you. There the programme must be left to be carried out by you if you choose. For a quarter of a century (since 1919) we have taught you. We ask now for your cooperation in our mutual responsibility_ the helping of humanity.

May He Whom we all love and serve, the Master of all Masters and the undying Friend of Mankind shed His light upon your way and evoke your trust, your understanding and your help in His task_ climaxing this year_ of leading humanity into the light of a new day.

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The masses of mankind everywhere have only one desire_ tranquillity. We use not the word "peace," because it has such a misleading connotation.

In those words is summed up the demand being made on those whose responsibility it is to determine policies (national and international) and to take those steps which will establish right human relations.

The Hierarchy stands_ no longer watching and waiting, but acting today with impelling wisdom and fixed decision in order to strengthen the hands of Their workers in every field of human activity (political, educational and religious) so that they may take right action and correctly influence human thinking.

A powerful first ray activity_ the activity of will or purpose_ is swinging into action. The Christ, as the Leader of the Forces of Light, has empowered the Ashrams of the Masters upon this first Ray of Power to strengthen the hands of all noos in the field of government and of political arrangement in every nation; to enlighten, if possible, the various national legislatures by whatever means may be needed, so that the potency of their words, the wisdom of their planning, and the breadth of their thinking may prove so effective that the "Cycle of Conferences and of Councils," now being initiated by the statesmen of the world, may be under the direct guidance (again if possible) of Those in the Council Chamber at Shamballa Who know what is the Will of God. The selfishness of the little minds in the various legislatures of the world must in some way be offset. That is the problem.

We wonder if you can grasp the significance of this happening? Down the ages, individual statesmen and rulers have from time to time been responsive to the influence of that spiritually supreme Council; but it has been the responsiveness of the individual ‘noo who has worked alone and unaided and who has faced, (or experienced) defeat as often, if not oftener, than he/she has experienced victory. Today, in the planning now going forward in connection with the various international conferences and councils of which you all know, the spiritual effort (for the first time in human history) is to bring all of them, as functioning groups, under the direct impact of the energy which motivates and actuates that place where the Will of God is known and the purposes of divinity are defined and projected. This means that each of the coming world conferences (and there will necessarily be many) will have a greater and far more extensive effect than would otherwise be the case; it means, however, that the risks involved and the clash of minds will also be far greater. This is a point which you should bear in mind as you study and read reports of these various conferences.

Forget not that divine energy must make its impact upon human minds; these minds are the only available instrument_ in their aggregated effect_ through which the Will of God can express itself; they are necessarily responsive to the stimulating and energising results of that impact, and this will evoke results suited to the type of mind affected. Response will be compatible with the quality and the intention of those minds. Where goodwill is present, and where there is unselfish intention and a broad point of view, those qualities will be strengthened and endowed with potency; where selfishness rules, where isolationism and separativeness are present, and where there is the intention to gain individual and national ends instead of those international purposes which will profit all humanity, those qualities will equally gain in strength.

Two momentous, but preliminary, conferences have already taken place, thus inaugurating this new Cycle of group functioning. One of these initial conferences was held at Yalta. There, three men, constituting a basic triangle, met with goodwill to all and endeavoured to lay the ground for coming world happenings.

All true movements conditioning long cycles in world affairs have at their centre a triangle through which energy can flow and certain definite purposes can be worked out. Little is understood, as yet, anent the nature of the task to be done or the type of men who work in first ray groups and Ashrams , and in Whose hands the political destiny of man rests at any one time. The whole subject of disciple / nooship has been distorted by theological definitions, based upon sweetness of character, which often works singularly for ineffectiveness. The long Cycle of ecclesiastical rule has biased human thinking so that the nature of spiritual strength and effectiveness is interpreted in terms of religion and in the terminology of hurchianity (we did not say, of Christianity), or in the phraseology of a marked pacifism or a dominating, religious, temporal control. The long rule of the various churches is over. This should be grasped. They have done their work_ in the early stages very good work, in the middle stages a necessary consolidating work, and in the modern stage a crystallising and reactionary work. The rule of the churches is over, but not the precepts of Christianity or the example of the Christ. He is, however, responsible for a newer and more effective presentation of the coming world religion, and for that the churches should prepare, if they have enough illumination to recognise their need and His effort to meet that need.

Today a balance must be reached, and this will take place through the medium of an enlightened statesmanship and through a political activity which will be based increasingly upon the good of the whole of humanity, and not upon benefiting any one nation in particular. This balance will not be expressed in religious terms and in so-called spiritual terminology. It will express itself through group work, through conferences, through Leagues of Nations, organised parties and legislation. All of this will be the result of an intensive activity of the Masters and of Their noos upon the first Ray of Will or Power. The quality of their work will be to express the will-to-good; they see the world in large terms. To the uninitiate, they may at times seem isolated in their actions and over-powerful in the decisions which they reach and which they then proclaim to the world_ much to the irritation of the little-minded and of those who interpret freedom in terms of their individual, unenlightened point of view. They are, however, working under spiritual direction as much as any religious leader and this will increasingly be recognised. History will justify their actions, because they will have given a trend to world affairs and to human thinking which will work out in a clearer perception of necessity. What they do will evoke discussion and ofttimes disagreement, as have the decisions of the Yalta triangle of workers. But they are so constituted that they do not resent this; they know that the discussion evoked and the criticisms raised will reveal the inherent smallness and separative instincts of their opponents, and_ at the same time_ will evoke the banding together of those who see behind the apparently high-handed initial activity an effort to precipitate with clarity the issues with which humanity is faced. Thus humanity can be brought to understanding. These are the things which the triangle at Yalta attempted to do. These they may not have consciously recognised as the work asked of them on account of their nooship, but they automatically worked this way because they correctly sensed human need. They were and are handicapped by the fact of their own humanity, which makes them liable to make mistakes, but they are far more handicapped by the facts of human selfishness and national greed and by the general low level of human attainment_ viewing humanity as one whole.

Having made the issues clear, as they see them, having evoked the enthusiasm of the men of goodwill in the world, and the violent criticism of those who think in terms of partisanship, nationalism, and prejudice, the experiment of the conference in Mexico City was undertaken with success. It was realised that there was an ascertainable measure of hemispheric unity upon which statesmen could count, and thus a foundation could be created for the far more difficult international conference to be held in San Francisco at the time of the Wesak, the Full Moon of the Buddha. Not for nothing is this conference being held during the five days of the Wesak Full Moon. It will be a time of supreme difficulty, in which the Forces of Light will face what we call "the forces of selfishness and separativeness."

Subjectively speaking, the conference will be under the direct influence of the Hierarchy. The consequent stimulation of both the selfish and the unselfish aspects will evoke a tremendous emotional and mental potency. It is therefore essential that all aspirants and noos throw the weight of their spiritual development and the light of their souls on the side of the Forces which are attempting to plan for the good of humanity, and who regard the welfare of the whole as of far greater importance than any national situation or demand.

Physical plane methods having resulted only in the complete devastation of [nations/peoples oppressed] and in casualties which (if civilian men, women and children are included) amount to untold millions, the forces of evil will now endeavour to utilise the character of humanity as a whole (at its present total point of development) to hinder the Forces of Light, prevent the attainment of world tranquillity and world understanding, and thus delay the day of their own final defeat. This defeat, when accomplished, must include the three worlds of human evolution_ mental, emotional and physical. For long these evil forces have used psychology in order to reach the ends they had in view, and have used it with amazing success; they are still using it, and can be depended upon to employ its methods to the uttermost. They use the press and the radio in order to distort human thinking; they present half-truths, impute false motives, rake up past grievances, foretell (with foreboding) imminent difficulties; they foster ancient prejudices and hatreds, and emphasise religious and national differences. In spite of much shouting, demanding and proposed organisation, there is no truly free press anywhere; particularly is it absent in the U[----]d S[----]s, where parties and publishers dictate newspaper policies.

The main reason why there is no really free press is based on two factors:

first, the fact that humanity is not yet free from its predetermined reasonings, its basic ignorances of factual history, or of nations and their psychology; humanity is still controlled by racial and national bias and by prejudice.

Secondly, the fact that all this is nurtured and kept alive by the forces of evil, working upon the inner side of human affairs and dealing mainly with the psychological angle because it is so exceedingly potent.

This they will increasingly do as this planetary war draws to a close; they will seek to offset the work of the Hierarchy, to hamper the activities of the New Group of World Servers and to cloud the issues involved to such a degree that the men of goodwill everywhere will be bewildered and will fail to see the clear outlines of the factual situation or distinguish between what is true and what is false. Forget not, the forces of evil are exceedingly clever.

It is necessary also to remind ourselves that, having won the war against aggression and barbarity upon the physical plane (and it is won), humanity has now earned the right to carry that accomplishment through to psychological and actual mental victory, and to do this together and with the mustered aid of enlightened men from every country_ hence the inauguration of this Cycle of Conferences and Councils. This cycle will prove long or short, according to the release of the will-to-good from the spiritual world, in response to the massed intent of the men of goodwill everywhere.

As the destroying aspect of the Will of God nears the accomplishing of divine purpose, the will-to-good can emerge with clarity and dominate human affairs. Out of the immensity of planetary evil, demonstrated through the destructive war of the past few years (1914-1945), great and permanent good can come; the spiritual Hierarchy stands ready to evoke the good latent behind the work of destruction which has been done, but this can be so only if the goodwill of humanity itself is employed with adequate invocative power. If this goodwill finds expression, two things can occur:

first, certain potencies and forces can be released upon the earth which will aid men's effort to attain right human relations, with its resultant effect_ peace;

secondly, the forces of evil will be so potently defeated that never again will they be able to wreak such universal destruction upon earth.

Years ago we said that the war which may follow this one would be waged in the field of the world religions. Such a war will not work out, however, in a similar period of extreme carnage and blood; it will be fought largely with mental weapons and in the world of thought; it will involve also the emotional realm, from the standpoint of idealistic fanaticism. This inherent fanaticism (found ever in reactionary groups) will fight against the appearance of the coming world religion and the spread of esotericism. For this struggle certain of the well-organised churches, through their conservative elements (their most powerful elements), are already girding themselves.

Those sensitive to the new spiritual impacts are still far from powerful;

that which is new always faces the supreme difficulty of superseding and overcoming that which is old and established. Fanaticism, entrenched theological positions, and materialistic selfishness are to be found actively organised in the churches in all continents and of all denominations.

They can be expected to fight for their established ecclesiastical order, their material profit and their temporal rule, and already are making the needed preparations.

The coming struggle will emerge within the churches themselves; it will also be precipitated by the enlightened elements who exist in fair numbers already, and are rapidly growing in strength through the impact of human necessity. The fight will then spread to thinking men everywhere who_ in a protesting revolt_ have denied orthodox churchianity and theology. They are not irreligious but have, through pain and sorrow, learned (without ecclesiastical help) that the spiritual values are the only values which can salvage humanity, that the Hierarchy stands, and that Christ_ as the symbol of peace and the Leader of the Forces of Light_ is not a negligible force but one that is evoking response from the hearts of men everywhere. True religion will come to be interpreted in terms of the will-to-good and its practical expression, goodwill. The coming world conferences and the international councils will give indication of the strength of this new spiritual response (on the part of humanity) to the overshadowing spiritual Potencies awaiting the invocative cry of mankind. When that cry arises, these divine energies will precipitate themselves into the realm of human thinking and planning. Men will then find themselves gifted with renewed strength and with the needed insight which will enable them to drive out the entrenched materialistic forces and the power of selfish interests_ banded together to prevent human freedom. If the conferences to be held in the near future demonstrate that mankind is truly striving to bring about right human relations, the forces of evil can then be driven back; the Forces of Light will then take control.

The problem facing the Hierarchy is how to further these desirable ends without infringing on human freedom of thought and action. It is with this problem that the great Council of the spiritual realm, of the Kingdom of God, is dealing at this time, and it will provide the subject of Their discussions and final decision until the middle of June. When the sun begins to move southward again, Their decisions will have been made on the basis of human demand. Humanity will by then have indicated the strength and nature of its goodwill;

it will have sounded the "word of invocation"_ reaching up into the spiritual realm like a breathing forth of the very soul of humanity;

it will have expressed a measure of its willingness to sacrifice in order to stabilise human living, and to rid the world of separativeness and of the abuses which culminated in this war;

it will at least have set the stage for the blueprinting and planning which the Cycle of Conferences and Councils will undertake.

On the side of the Hierarchy and in response to human demand (in degree and in kind, according to the quality of the demand), the Hierarchy will play its part and aid in making possible that which men dream, vision, and for which they plan today.

Let us consider for a minute what the Hierarchy stands ready to do and what its Members will plan and formulate during the Easter Festival this month, during the Wesak Festival in April, and during the Festival of the Christ at the end of May. It might be said that the Hierarchy, in conjunction with the great Council of the Will of God at Shamballa, will divide Their work into three parts, each governing three phases of the coming restoration of humanity to civilised and cultured living on a new and higher turn of the spiral.

They will deal with the problem of spiritual freedom, as it embodies itself in the Four Freedoms, and with the problem of right human relations, as it will express itself through international relations, national parties and general human affairs.

It is not for us to tell you what humanity, through its statesmen and leaders, will plan to do at the coming conferences.

It is our task to mobilise the New Group of World Servers and the men of goodwill so that they may stand as a great "army of implacable spiritual will" behind the participants in these conferences and councils, enabling them to think with clarity about the issues involved and thus (through this clear thinking) affect telepathically the minds of men; this involves the use of a power seldom employed as yet on the side of righteous endeavour, though already widely used by the materialistic leaders of the forces of evil.

It is the task of the Hierarchy to find and reach the enlightened men in all the churches, all the political parties, all the organisations_ social, economic, and educational_ so that their united purpose will be clear.

This They will do through the medium of Their active, working noos in the world. Thus They will pave the way for the true freedom of mankind_ a freedom which is as yet a dream and a hope in even the most democratic countries.

But behind all this activity, watched over by the spiritual Guides of the race but determined and implemented by humanity itself, will be found the focussed attention of the Hierarchy. This spiritual tension which exists among Them is far more potent than any of you suspect; it is part of Their preparatory work to make available certain spiritual forces and powers which_ though complementary or supplementary to the self-initiated effort of mankind_ will make that effort successful. What humanity has now to do, and is already doing to a certain degree, is to arrive at a right orientation as regards human affairs. Let us therefore look at the three phases of this preparatory work now going on, and endeavour to gauge what will be the results if these energies and potencies are released through the invocative demand of men.

The Forces of Restoration

There is first of all the phase, now in progress, which will culminate at the time of the Easter Full Moon. This is dedicated to planning for an inflow of the Forces of Restoration. Do not misunderstand these words. The Hierarchy is not occupied with the restoration of the old order, with the state of life prior to the war, or with the renewal of the theologies (religious, political and social) which have governed the past and which have been largely responsible for the war. The restoration referred to is psychological in nature, but will work out in the restoration of the will-to-live and the will-to-good. It will consequently be foundational, and will guarantee the new civilisation and culture. This is a very different matter.

These Forces of Restoration are concerned with

• human vision,
• human integrity and
• human relations as they underlie the entire problem of the brother-sisterhood of man.

These energies, if released upon the Earth, will render futile the efforts of the old order (in politics, religion and education) to restore what was and to bring back that which existed prior to the war. They will endeavour to offset two tendencies which will have to be taken into momentous consideration during the coming Cycle of Conferences:

a. The tendency to crystallise, to cherish that which has gone (and gone forever, let us hope) and to over-estimate that which is old, worn-out and, if we may use the word, stagnant.

b. The tendency to over-fatigue and to complete collapse_ once the war is over. This tendency is due to the weight of the war and to the physical and psychological strain under which mankind has laboured for so many years.

Great danger to the future of the race lies in these two tendencies; the Hierarchy is determined to offset them as far as possible, whilst the forces of evil are eagerly trying to foster and nurture them. They are also dangers which the intelligent leaders of the race equally recognise. This recognition will make them slow in arriving at final decisions, because they will realise the need for a Cycle of restoration before final and lasting decisions are made. They will 1therefore work for a slower moving forward and for a more careful and even prolonged investigation of the situation and of future possibilities than may seem desirable to the impatient.

These new and living restorative forces are under the direction and the control of One Whom we might call (speaking symbolically, yet factually) the Spirit of Resurrection. It is this living spiritual Entity,

It is this resurrection life which will be poured into humanity at Easter time this year, to some degree, but which_ during the next three Easter periods_ can be poured in in full measure, if the men of goodwill will

• think clearly,
• speak forcefully,
• demand spiritually and
• implement the inner plans with intelligence.

On a planetary scale, and not just in reference to mankind, this Spirit of Resurrection is the opponent and the antagonist of the Spirit of Death. Physical death takes place only when the psychological and mental vitality of the individual, of a nation, or of humanity drops below a certain level

But the work of the Angel of Death, awful as it may seem as it demonstrates today on a planetary scale_ but beneficent as we know it to be in intent and in purpose_ will give place to that of the Spirit of Resurrection.

It is the planning of this restoration and this resurrection activity which is now under consideration by the Hierarchy, having been handed over to Them because They are closer to man than are Those Who function in the Council Chamber at Shamballa. It must be remembered that this Spirit of Resurrection is a Member of that Council and Their chosen Emissary. He (if one may be permitted to personalise the impersonal) is in truth the "Sun of Righteousness" Who can now arise "with healing in His wings"; Who can carry this life-giving energy which counteracts death, this vision which gives incentive to life, and this hope which can restore all nations. At the Full Moon of March, let the demand go out for the appearance of this life-giving Spirit. Let it go forth with such intensity that the Hierarchy will be called into active response and will immediately release the potency of this Spirit into the hearts of men everywhere.

All of these spiritual forces, working as they are at this time under the direction of the Leader of the Forces of Light, the Christ, are closely related and their activity is most intimately synchronised. In a deeply psyientific sense, they are all working together, because in the human family there are those who are at every stage of responsiveness. This triple work of the Hierarchy, therefore, proceeds simultaneously_ from the standpoint of time. The Forces of Restoration are_ on a small scale_ evoking response from the members of the New Group of World Servers and from noos everywhere. As their psychological "morale" stiffens and their will-to-live and their will-to-good is strengthened, an immediate effect will be felt on a larger scale; the work of the Spirit of Resurrection will intensify, and is already making its presence felt. More and more people are beginning to be forward-looking and to hope with greater conviction and courage for a better world set-up; their hitherto wishful thinking and their emotional desire are slowly giving place to a more practical attitude; their clear thinking and their fixed determination are far more active and their plans better laid because both their thinking and their planning are today based on facts; they are also beginning to recognise those factors and conditions which must not be restored, and this is a point of major importance.

At the stage which we are now passing through, these responsive people fall into three categories:

a. They fall into the depths of pessimism. It is a pessimism based on a real ability to sense the scope of the problem and to assess the resources available. This may land them in non-activity.

b. They may leave the settling of the problem to the trained statesmen, diplomats and politicians, standing ready to help when_ but only when_ decision has been made. This leads to a shifting of responsibility. Yet, because the war involved the people of all lands and masses of population, so must the reconstruction of the world.

c. They may assume responsibility, ventilate the abuses which must be put right, discuss proposed plans and, from their particular angle of vision, set to work to bring about, to the best of their ability, right human relations. This attitude of responsibility and consequent activity may lead to mistakes, but in the aggregate of the endeavour it will meet the demand for right action in an emergency_ this time a world emergency.

• Those partisan and nationally minded persons who will attempt to exploit the world situation for their own immediate ends and for the benefiting of their particular nation or group. These people, and they are found in every nation, are selfishly motivated; they do not care for humanity as a whole and have no liking or interest in anything or anyone but their political party and the reactionary interests of some national group. They see in the present world situation a grand opportunity to engineer moves which will benefit an individual, a class or a nation. In doing this, they frequently have a wide grasp of affairs and are keen politicians, but all they know is to be used and so implemented that it attains their narrow ends, no matter at what cost to the rest of the world. These people are usually a large majority. Their attitude leads inevitably to trouble and hinders the work of restoration; it handicaps those who are seeking to establish the entire human family in a sounder way of life than heretofore, and to give a saner and wiser motivation to international relationships.

These are the people who are the most to be feared at the coming conference at [-]. The isolationists in all nations, particularly in the [-], [-] national idealism, and the obsession of certain factors in the [-] race over boundaries will need watching, as these attitudes can be exploited by the evil and selfish interests which (behind the scenes) are seeking to prevent the world attaining that equilibrium which will permit tranquillity. These three groups, however, indicate the successful operation of the Forces of Restoration. These are tentatively beginning their work and preparing the way for a much fuller expression of the intentions of the Spirit of Resurrection, after the coming Full Moon of March and in the three years which lie ahead.

The Forces of enlightenment

A realisation of the need of humanity, and a careful appraisal of that which must be done to meet that need, have awakened the men of goodwill to responsiveness to the Forces of Restoration; this has led to an insistent demand that the second phase of the hierarchial work be set in motion. This phase is directed towards those activities and the development of that invocative spirit which will bring the Forces of enlightenment into contact with humanity and lead to activity on their part. These forces can function fully and until 1949 hold sway over the minds of men, if the people of the world can be organised to

These Forces of enlightenment are always present on Earth on a small scale, influencing the minds of the New Group of World Servers,

the selfless workers for humanity, and

Today, however,

They present a field of expression to the Forces of enlightenment and

offer Them opportunity to change the ways of human thinking;

they are being mobilised by the light-bearing energies upon the planet so that

• wisdom,
• understanding and
• skill in action

may distinguish the activities of men in the immediate future.

The organiser of these Forces at this time is the Buddha. He is the symbol of enlightenment or of illumination. Countless millions down the ages have recognised Him as a Light-bearer from on high. His Four Noble Truths exposed the causes of human trouble and pointed to the cure. His message can be paraphrased in the following words:

His ancient message is as new today as it was when He spoke His words on earth; a recognition of its truth and value is desperately needed, and the following of the "eight right ways of living" will enable humanity to find liberation. It is on the foundation of His teaching that the Christ raised the superstructure of the brother-sisterhood of man to form an expression of the Love of God. Today, as it views the crumbling, devastated world, mankind has a fresh opportunity to reject selfish, materialistic motives and philosophy and to begin those processes which will_ steadily and gradually_ bring about its liberation. It will then be possible for men to tread the Lighted Way which leads back to the divine Source of light and love.

The Buddha could point to the goal and indicate the Way because He had achieved full enlightenment; the Christ gave us an example of One Who has reached the same goal; the Illumined One left the world after reaching illumination; the Christ returned to us, proclaiming Himself as the Light of the World, and showed us how we too could learn to tread the Lighted Way.

The Buddha, Whose Festival is held ever at the Full Moon of May (or of Taurus, falling this year during the last week in April), acts today as the agent of that great Life in Whom we live and move and have our being, Who is Himself the true Light of the World and the planetary Enlightener. We refer to the Ancient of Days (as He is called in the Old Testament), to the God of Love, to Sanat Kumara, the Eternal Youth, the One Who holds all men in life and Who is carrying His whole creation along the path of evolution to its consummation_ a consummation of which we have not as yet the faintest idea. Year after year, ever since the Buddha / the Illumined One / lord of Intelligent Activity achieved His goal of illumination, an effort has been made to increase the flow of enlightenment into the world and to throw the light of wisdom, experience and understanding (as it is called) into the minds of men. At each Full Moon of May this has been the effort of the spiritual Forces which are working out the Will of God. A supreme effort will be made by Them this year, during the five days of the Full Moon (April 25-30), and a major test of the effectiveness of Their activity will be given at the San Francisco Conference. This we would ask you to remember, and for this we beg you to mobilise.

A great Triangle of Force will be called into play during those five days as the nucleus through which the Forces of enlightenment will work. The three Lives controlling the energy which it is hoped can be released for the illumining of men's minds are:

1. The Lord of the World, the Light of Life Itself.

2. The Buddha, bringing spiritual light to the Hierarchy and revealing what is the divine purpose.

3. The Christ, presenting the demand of humanity and acting as the distributing Agent for the Forces of enlightenment.

The Forces of Light, upon the physical plane, have driven the forces of evil and of darkness backward, and are bringing the war to an end through the defeat of the [forces of material aggression] Nations.

But another great "division" of those Forces (if we may symbolically use a military term) is being mobilised and can be brought into active service at the Full Moon of May (Taurus) if the demand is strong enough, is mentally powerful and adequately focussed. These Forces work entirely upon the level of the mind and with the minds of men; it is their task to bring the battle between the Forces of Light and the Forces of Darkness to an end_ not only physically, but through the inauguration of an era of right thinking. This will end the present cycle of emotional distress, of agony, of glamour and illusion, and of materialistic desires which today form the pattern of men's lives. This has to be done by means of the spiritual will, working as enlightenment upon the mental plane and

• demonstrating as wisdom, and
• as skill in action,
• motivated by loving understanding.

• the spiritually minded people everywhere,
• the enlightened statesmen,
• the religious leaders, and

the men of goodwill, if they can stand with massed intent, particularly throughout the entire month of April. Their assistance can also be invoked by the dire need of men, women and children everywhere who can voice no cry, for they know not where to turn, but whose appeal is heard and noted.

Their work, however, must be focussed through and implemented by

• by the world intelligentsia,
• by leading "lovers of humanity," working in the various organisations and groups dedicated to human betterment, and
• by representative unselfish people.

It is they who must receive the inflow of "lighted wisdom" and of loving understanding; today this can be made possible in a manner never known before. The success of the effort now being spiritually planned is dependent upon the ability of mankind to use the light they already have, in order to establish right relations in their families, in their communities, in their nation and in the world.

This matter of being in a position to receive, and then be the agents of, enlightenment is an intensely practical matter. It is hoped that the response will be so real that it will constitute a great and uniform activity which will leave no single thinking person untouched, which will put the responsibility of establishing right human relations upon the shoulders of the men of goodwill, and not on the shoulders of the unthinking, undeveloped and suffering masses. This is a major point to bear in mind. If the thinking and executive people of the world can have their minds "illumined" by the spirit of wisdom and understanding, they can act as distributors of that light through enlightened planning and legislation, and thus affect the entire world. This is the immediate opportunity ahead, and when we say "immediate" we refer to the coming five days of the Wesak Festival. This should have a pronounced effect upon the San Francisco Conference. We also refer to the next five years, with their five Wesak Festivals on five May Full Moons.

This year will mark a climaxing effort in the long relation of the Buddha to humanity. Year by year, since He left the earth, He has come back to humanity, bringing light and blessing. Year by year, He has released this light and has presented opportunity to the Forces of enlightenment to strengthen Their hold upon the minds of men. The success of Their effort has been so great that it has led to the crescendo of knowledge, to the glory of modern science and to the widespread education which has distinguished the past five hundred years. Knowledge is the hallmark of our civilisation; it has often been knowledge misapplied and dedicated to the selfishness of men, but it has been an impersonal thing personally applied; this must end. Now another phase of that light can begin to demonstrate as the result of the past, and that is Wisdom. Wisdom is the enlightened application of knowledge, through love, to the affairs of men. It is understanding, pouring out everywhere as the result of experience.

We call you, therefore, everyone, to a great service of demand and of invocation on behalf of humanity_ a demand for the inflow of light upon the decisions of men.

We would ask you to request and expect the needed enlightenment for those who have to make decision on behalf of men everywhere. Your individual enlightenment has nothing to do with this demand. It is a selfless motive which is required and which must lie behind your individual and group demand. You are demanding enlightenment and illumined perception for those who have to guide the destiny of races, nations and world groups. On their shoulders lies the responsibility to take wise action, based on world understanding, in the interests of international cooperation, and in the establishment of right human relations.

Throughout the month of April, until May first, the realisation of this is a major duty. To the support of the Forces of enlightenment we call all today. As individuals, you must work for an open and receptive mind, free from prejudice or national bias; as individuals, you need to think in broader terms and of the one world and the one humanity. The mass of right-thinking and convinced demand which you, who seek to serve the Lord of Sacrifice, can throw behind the men legislating for the world, can bring great results and can release the Forces of enlightenment in a new and potent manner.

Concentration upon the work to be done is of such importance and will call for such practical activities that we will write no more at this time. We desire to keep the immediate issue clear. We will deal later with the Forces of reconstruction. We would like to close this message with some words which we wrote many years ago. They express the needed attitude and orientation:

On this day, we recall to our minds the fact of Resurrection_ a universal and eternally recurring resurrection. We would like to talk with you anent the Christ, about His work as head of the Hierarchy, and about the rebuilding which humanity must undertake and which the Hierarchy is seeking to impulse at this time. A great period of reconstruction is planned. Here are the two words around which we wish to create our theme: Resurrection and Reconstruction. It will be a reconstruction implemented by Those Who know the meaning of resurrection, and it will involve a resurrection of humanity through the medium of its intelligentsia and men of goodwill. These two groups (the Hierarchy and Humanity) will need to be brought into a closer rapport, and this is entirely possible if the followers of the Christ realise their opportunity and shoulder their responsibilities. We would point out that when we use the phrase "followers of the Christ" we refer to all those who love their fellowmen-w-c, irrespective of creed or religion. Only upon this basic premise can a hopeful future be founded.

We do not care whether or not those who read our words accept the psyientific teaching of a spiritual and planetary Hierarchy over which the Lord of Sacrifice presides, or whether they think in terms of the Christ and His noos. The essential recognition for which we plead is that this great group of spiritual Individuals, Who receive so general a recognition throughout the world and in all the great religions, should be regarded as active. The Christian view of the Christ is built upon that which He enacted for us two thousand years ago and through which He symbolically indicated to us the way which all aspirants must go. It portrays a picture of a waiting, quiescent Lord of Love, living in some vague and far away heaven, "resting on His laurels" and practically doing nothing very much until such time as the sons/daughters of menof every race and creed acclaim Him as Saviour; this they must do both as individuals and as representing the organised Christian Church. It is a picture of a listening, observing Christ, animated by pity and compassion, but Who has done all He could and now waits for us to do our part; it is also a picture of One Who waits to see what humanity, as a whole, will accept theologically. In the mind of the narrow, fundamentalist theologian, Christ is seen as presiding over a peaceful place called Heaven, into which the elect are welcomed; He is also seen as consigning all who remain aware of their own spiritual integrity and responsibility, who refuse to be gathered into organised churches or who go idly or wickedly through life, to some vague place of eternal punishment. To this vast multitude (probably the majority) His love and compassion apparently do not reach, and His heart remains untouched. It appears that He cares not whether they suffer eternally or attain complete annihilation.

This surely cannot be so. None of these pictures is accurate or adequate; they are not true in any sense of the word. This is being realised by the more intelligent of the world thinkers, and from the time of this Full Moon of June (Gemini, celebrated this year the last week of May) a different message must be sent out by the churches of Christendom, if they are to meet the need of mankind and so aid in the work of reconstruction which lies ahead. They cannot stop this work, but the churches could be ignored if an inability to think with clarity is shown and if they are not freed from theological narrowness.

In that resurrection, evolution and death are only preparatory and familiar stages. The note and message sounded by the Christ when last on Earth was resurrection, but so morbid has been mankind and so enveloped in glamour and illusion, that His death has been permitted to sidestep understanding; consequently, for centuries, the emphasis has been laid upon death, and only on Easter Day or in the cemeteries is the resurrection acclaimed.

Before, however, They could do anything, our present civilisation had to die. During the coming century, the meaning of the resurrection will be unfolded and the new age will reveal its true significance. The first step will be the emergence of humanity from the

• death of its civilisation,
• of its old ideas and modes of living,
• the relinquishing of its materialistic goals and its damning selfishness, and
• its moving into the clear light of the resurrection life.

We are not here speaking in symbolical or mystical terms. We are dealing with facts_ facts as real and as imminent as the coming Cycle of Conferences, and facts for which the past two hundred years have prepared humanity. This preparation has culminated in the restlessness of the twentieth century and has led to the horror of this world war, [1914-1945] through which we have been passing.

The true work of The Cycle of Conferences about which we wrote earlier will only be inaugurated at San Francisco. There the stage will be set for those processes which will usher in an era of relative tranquillity; thus the door of the dark cave of materialism will be opened and the stone rolled from the door of the sepulchre which has too long entombed mankind. Then will follow those steps which will lead to a new and better life and which will indicate the expression of the spirit of resurrection. These facts (so near to manifestation) are physical facts; they will demonstrate as such if the noos of the world recognise what it is that the Prince of Peace desires, and if the men of goodwill implement their response to His wishes.

Speaking symbolically, the first step after the advent of the spirit of the resurrection will be similar to that in the Biblical story. Mary, that woman of sorrow, of experience and of aspiration, stands (as ever in the symbolism of the world) as the symbol of materialism. Humanity must say with her, "They have taken away my Lord and I know not where they have laid Him." But_ she said it to the Lord Himself not recognising Him and realising only her own deep need and despair. So must it be again. Humanity_ materialistic, suffering, facing the future with despair and agony, but still aspiring_ must go forth from the cave of matter, seeking the Christ and at first not recognising Him or the work that He is attempting to do. The churches_

_ are occupied with the symbols and not with the reality. Now they must learn to recognise that the Lord is not with them and they too must go forth, as Mary did, and seek Him anew. If they will do so, they will surely find Him and again become His messengers.

What we have to say to you, we intend to divide into two parts:

These two convey the same basic ideas and thus complement each other. They proclaim the fact that all that truly concerns us is that which takes place upon Earth in line with the "blueprints" which guide the work of the Lord of Brother-Sisterhood. (When we use the phrase "concerns us" we refer to man’s physical, emotional and mental reactions.)

• They proclaim the fact that every state of consciousness is anchored within humanity and that all are factual here and now, did men but know it.
• They proclaim also the truth that Christ has never left us for a distant heaven of nebulous outlines, but that He is ever within our reach.

They proclaim also the fact that His interest, His arduous labours on our behalf and the activities of His working noos, the Masters of the Wisdom and the Lords of Compassion, are with us, here and now.

The Work of the Christ Today

Forget not one important point. The Hierarchy itself is the result of human activity and aspiration;

We are apt to look upon the members of the Hierarchy as different radically from humanity, forgetting that the Hierarchy is a community of successful men, Who earlier submitted Themselves to the purificatory fires of daily living, working out their own salvation as men of affairs, as business men, as husbands and wives, farmers and rulers and that they know life, therefore, in all its phases and gradation. They have surmounted the experiences of life; Their great Master is the Christ; They have passed through the initiations of

• the new birth,
• the baptism,
• the transfiguration,
• the final crucifixion and
• the resurrection.

But, they still are men and differ from the Lord of Brother-Sisterhood only in the fact that He, the first of our humanity to attain divinity the Eldest in a great family of brothers-sisters (as St. Paul expresses it), the Master of the Masters and the Teacher of angels and of men was deemed so pure, so holy and so enlightened that He was permitted to embody for us the great cosmic principle of love; He thus revealed to us, for the first time, the nature of the heart of God.

These perfected men, therefore, exist; They are more than men because the divine spirit in them registers all stages of consciousness and awareness_ subhuman, human and superhuman. This inclusive development enables them to work with men, to contact humanity at need, and to know how to lead us forward to the phases of resurrection.

There is no need for us to enlarge at this point upon the world that They are attempting to aid and to salvage. The state of humanity today is known to all truly thinking people. Devastation, crucifixion, slaughter and death are widespread; sorrow, pain, disillusionment and pessimism are conditioning the thinking and the reactions of millions, whilst the plight of the unthinking but helpless masses has reached an inconceivable height of misery. The ignorance, lack of understanding, and selfishness of men everywhere, particularly in the countries which have escaped the ravages of war, aggravate the situation. Nevertheless with serenity and confidence, the Hierarchy today faces its arduous task.

One aspect of Their work and attitude we would like to touch upon, for it is apt to cause misunderstanding among those with narrow vision and (if we may describe them) with constricted, though loving, hearts. We refer to the attitude taken by the Hierarchy during the past years of war. This attitude has caused some to find in it cause for criticism. Let us be explicit and also bring in the time equation. We can well do so, because it was through our writings that the position of the Hierarchy was affirmed and publicly stated.

In 1932, we wrote a series of pamphlets which were intended to mobilise the noos of the world under the name of the New Group of World Servers and to arouse the men of goodwill in a final effort to awaken humanity to the need for change. We endeavoured to institute a worldwide house cleaning and to incite men to take the steps which were needed to avert war_ a war which the Hierarchy saw coming closer, day by day. In a way unrealised and undreamt of by the average man, the Forces of Evil were in a most potent manner emerging from their ancient lair; they were intent upon seeking those whom they could mould and obsess, and thus hurry mankind towards disaster. They found minds responsive to their evil promptings in every country; they found also that it was possible to take possession of two countries, [- / forces of materialism and aggression.] and [- / forces of materialism and aggression.] and_ to a very much less extent_ of [- FMA] .

The Hierarchy, foreseeing this, attempted to offset their efforts. They made appeal to the spiritually minded people of the world; Their appeal reached millions and culminated in May, 1936, in a planetary effort wherein the Great Invocation was used upon a large scale in most of the countries of the world. For another three years Their labour of love continued;

The men of goodwill and the spiritually minded people could not appreciate the true nature of the impending danger. Some recognised it and did their utmost; a few worked hard, trusting to the wisdom of those who knew and asked their aid; most of them were disturbed and worried, but none of them appreciated properly the double danger with which humanity was faced:

• the danger arising out of human selfishness and greed, plus
• the danger which was nearing the Earth through the agency of the combined forces of evil.

These forces were organised by beings of most evil and expert experience and were preparing to obsess and ultimately possess the negative [- / ANY forces of material aggression] people, ruled by a group of men of such positive selfishness and aggressive materialistic spirit that they could easily become the agents of the subjective evil forces.

In September, 1939, supreme wickedness broke loose upon earth. Because the Hierarchy could not and would not infringe upon human free will, the evil which humanity itself had engendered manifested itself, and that to which certain nations and certain individuals had responded appeared, and thus World War II started. Rampant evil took possession of the earth through the medium of the [forces of material aggression] nations. The [- /ANY fma] marched into [- any oppressed peoples/nation]. This country was the recipient of the first impact because of her national selfishness, her suppression of the lower classes, her exaltation of a Fascist-minded aristocracy and her hatred of the Jews. The United Nations then began slowly to organise under the impression of the Forces of Light. The war was on.

What, under these circumstances was the Hierarchy to do? Full opportunity had been given to humanity to arrest the descent of evil into manifestation. Voices of leaders and humanitarians everywhere were proclaiming the need for reform. On which side should the Hierarchy throw its weight and its influence?

It must be remembered that if this war had resembled other wars down the centuries, and had simply been a fight between human groups and nations, the Hierarchy would have remained outside the conflict and left mankind to fight a conclusive victory on the merits of its fighting units. But this time a great deal more was involved and this the Hierarchy knew. This war has not only been an aggressive conflict between nations or of hate between the exponents of differing ideologies but something far more serious. The Hierarchy knew that extremely powerful forces were taking advantage of human stupidity to intrude into world affairs, and that potent groups of evil beings were organised to exploit the existing world situation. They knew also that the combination of ancient evil with men's selfishness would inevitably prove too strong for even the United Nations if they were left unassisted to meet the [forces of material aggression] Powers [ANY modern FMA.] and the Lords of Evil emerging from their hiding place. So the Hierarchy took its stand upon the side of the United Nations and let it be known that it had done so. In doing this, definite physical steps were taken to aid the Forces of Light; men and leaders were carefully chosen and picked noos were placed in positions of power and of authority. The leaders of the United Nations and of their armies are not Godless men, as are the leaders of the [forces of material aggression] Powers [- / ANY peoples oppressed by their modern leaders/FMA]; they are men of rectitude and of spiritual and humanitarian purpose and are able thus to work_ consciously or unconsciously_ under the inspiration of the Hierarchy. This has been amply demonstrated. On account of this decision of the Hierarchy, Christ became automatically the Leader of these Forces.

His work has been greatly hindered

Men fail also to realise the potency of the thought wielded by Those who work under and with the Christ.

Thought is pure divine energy, impersonal and_ like the sun_ it pours down upon the worthy and the unworthy, unless definitely and deliberately directed.

The Hierarchy was therefore faced with the problem and the necessity of seeing that pure impersonal thought energy did not find its way into the ranks of those fighting human freedoms, for it stimulates the minds and the mental processes of the good and the bad alike. This danger They deliberately offset by directing Their thought to the forces fighting under the leaders of the United Nations and by openly taking Their stand upon the side of right human relations. They did not dare to do otherwise, for_ in their place and given circumstances_ the leaders of the forces of evil have proved themselves cleverer and more calculating than those fighting for human freedom. It is this distinction and its necessity that some kindly and well-intentioned but ignorant Christian thinkers often overlook.

The work of the Prince of Peace in relation to the war has also been handicapped by the commercially minded in all nations, particularly in the neutral countries, who have profited by the war, as well as by "big business" interests in many lands. These are focussed at this time through certain monied groups in every powerful nation, particularly in the U[----]d S[----]s. He has been hindered also by those individuals who seek to exploit the plight of suffering humanity to their own financial advantage.

Therefore, when the war broke out and humanity chose to fight and the forces of evil were let loose upon our planet, the Hierarchy ceased its efforts to bring peace through goodwill and openly sided with those fighting to drive evil back whence it came, and to defeat the [forces of material aggression] nations. Because of this decision on Their part, unthinking people claim that the statements of those who represent the Hierarchy on earth have been contradictory and that the actions of the Hierarchy have not been compatible with their preconceived ideas of how love should be demonstrated. For the past five years, therefore, the efforts of the Lord of Love- Wisdom and of His followers, the Masters of the Wisdom, have been directed

This is a phenomenal fact in itself and a witness to the strength of the evil group_ objective and subjective_ which has sought to gain dominance over mankind. Had the Hierarchy not taken sides with the United Nations and thrown the power of its thought into the battle, victory might still be a long way off. Today it is well-nigh in our hands.

As we said elsewhere, it is a fallacy to believe, as some do, that the main trend of Christ's work is through the medium of the churches or the world religions. He necessarily works through them when conditions permit and there is a living nucleus of true spirituality within them, or when their invocative appeal is potent enough to reach Him. He uses all possible channels whereby the consciousness of man may be enlarged and right orientation may be brought about. It is, however, truer to say that it is as World Teacher that He consistently works, and that the churches are but one of the teaching avenues He employs.

• All that enlightens the minds of men,
• all propaganda that tends to bring about right human relations,
• all modes of acquiring real knowledge,
• all methods of transmuting knowledge into wisdom and understanding,
• all that expands the consciousness of humanity and of all subhuman states of awareness and sensitivity,
• all that dispels glamour and illusion and that disrupts crystallisation and disturbs all static conditions, come under the realistic activities of the department within the Hierarchy which He supervises.

He is limited by the quality and the calibre of the invocative appeal of humanity and that, in its turn, is conditioned by the point in evolution attained.

• first, into the field of world-wide education, and
• secondly, into the sphere of implementing intelligently those activities which come under the department of government in its three aspects of statesmanship, politics and legislature.

The common people are today awakening to the importance and responsibility of government; it is therefore realised by the Hierarchy that before the cycle of true democracy (as it essentially exists and will eventually demonstrate) can come into being, [will-to-goodocracy is]

The long divorce between religion and politics must be ended, and this can now come about because of the high level of the human mass intelligence and the fact that science has made all men so close that what happens in some remote area of the earth's surface is a matter of general interest within a few minutes. Time and space are now negated.

We have referred to the coming Full Moon of June as "Christ’s Unique Occasion. Just what is entailed in that statement we are not empowered to say, but we can cast some light upon one phase of it. It has long been a legend (and who shall say it is not a fact?) that at each Full Moon of June, Christ repeats and preaches again to the assembled world (to the hearts and minds of men) the last sermon of the Buddha, thus linking the full enlightenment of the pre-Christian era and the wisdom of the the Illumined One to the cycle of the distribution of the energy of love, for which the Lord of Brother-Sisterhood is responsible.

This year the message of the past and of the present will be

The significance of this statement lies in the fact that telepathically and with the entire force of the Hierarchy behind Him, plus the potency of Those to Whom is committed the expression of the Will of God (later to be implemented by the Hierarchy under the direction of the Christ, the World Teacher will, in His Own right, make certain statements and use certain word-formulas which will create the nucleus of the thoughtform and present the blueprint around which and upon which the New Age will be developed. For this moment the thinking and the planning of the enlightened aspirants of the world have made_ consciously, but mostly unconsciously_ long preparation. They have, through their efforts, provided the mass of thought substance which the coming pronouncement will affect. Christ will bring this into proper form for the creative activity of the New Group of World Servers working in every nation and in every religious, social, economic and political group.

Standing in His Own place at a central point in Asia, remote from the throngs and the impact of humanity, the Lord of Sacrifice will bless the world at the exact moment of the Full Moon of June. [Syria at that time.] He will then repeat the Buddha’s last words or sermon, as well as the Beatitudes which He uttered when on earth and which have been so inadequately and misleadingly translated_ a translation based upon the memory of what He said but not upon direct dictation. To these two messages, the Christ will add a new one, imbued with power for the future. That part of what He says in which it is possible for men to participate will be used for years to come in the place of the two Stanzas of the Great Invocation which have been used for nine years.

Behind the Prince of Peace, focussing with intensity today and preparing for a great act of spiritual cooperation at the time of the June Full Moon, stands the Hierarchy. Together with Him, They will invoke a group of spiritual Forces which (for lack of a better name) we will call the Forces of reconstruction.

We would ask you to have clearly in your minds the three groups of spiritual energies which_ at the time of the three Full Moons of April, May and June_ will be released into activity and which will aid humanity in its major task of rebuilding the new and better world:

1. The Forces of Restoration. These will work

• to restore morale and
• psychological health, thus
• implementing the resurrection of humanity from the death cycle through which it has been passing.
• The restoration of men's mental condition to a wholesome and happier approach to life is the primary objective.

The Forces of Enlightenment. These, when let loose upon Earth, will produce

The Forces of Reconstruction. These will usher in an era of pronounced creative activity and

These Forces might be regarded as embodying and making declarative the "new materialism." This is a statement warranting our closest consideration. It is essential that we bear in mind, as we face the activities of the future process of rebuilding, that matter and substance and their fusion into living forms are aspects of divinity; it has been the prostitution of matter to selfish ends and for separative purposes which has been responsible for the misery, the suffering, the failure and the evil which have characterised the career of mankind down the ages and which precipitated this world war. Today humanity is being given a fresh opportunity to build again on sounder and more constructive lines that better civilisation which is the dream of those who love their fellowmen, and to attain a new aptitude in handling substance. If men can demonstrate a gained wisdom in the creation of a form which will house the Spirit of Resurrection and express the enlightenment gained by the bitter experience of the past, then humanity will rise again.

The unique opportunity which confronts the Prince of Peace as His great hour draws near is that of unifying, synthesising and integrating all these forces into one great and potent downpouring of spiritual energy.

These energies involve the activities of the Spirit of Resurrection,

the inspiration of the Buddha as He this year conveys the strength of the One in Whom we live and move and have our being, and that which the Christ Himself will set in motion in response to the invocative appeal of the New Group of World Servers,

• the men of goodwill and
• the "massed intent" of the inarticulate masses.

It is essential that we try to grasp the unity of this hierarchical effort. The energy which will lead to

• the restoration of human aspiration,
• right idealism and
• fixed humanitarian intention

is that distributed by the Forces of Restoration which were set in motion this year, at the time of the Easter Full Moon, under the direction of the Masters of the Wisdom and the supervision of the Lord of Brother-Sisterhood. They will concern themselves with

• the reorientation of the human psyche and with
• the inevitable consequences of that reorientation_ the acquiring of the vision which will bring about right human relations.

This will be largely done by

The energy which will lead to intelligent activity and to correct mental planning we have called that of the Forces of enlightenment; once these have been released, it becomes the responsibility of the New Group of World Servers to direct them. Then through the enlightened plans of the

• world intelligentsia and
• prominent humanitarians and
• raycial servers, it will be possible
• to establish those spiritual principles and
• that correct cooperative relationship which should distinguish human affairs in the future.

Those who will be directly affected, if the Plans go as desired, are the big educational systems, the world-wide propaganda institutions, and all those agencies which work to educate and direct public thinking and mould public opinion.

The energy which we have called the Forces of reconstruction will be more general in their application, and they will affect the masses of men through the work of the men of goodwill. We have therefore outlined a planned distribution of the three great streams of divine energy which will be set in motion at the three current Full Moons_ one already past and two to come:

The inspiring sources of these spiritual agencies are, first of all,

These Three will work through the Hierarchy, the New Group of World Servers, and the men of goodwill. Such is the general plan proposed by Those Who stand_ with enlightened spiritual purpose_ ready at this time to lead humanity

• out of darkness into light,
• from the unreal to the real, and
• from death to immortality.

That most ancient of prayers comes today to have its deepest spiritual significance. Let us repeat it in the order in which today it gains meaning:

The beauty of this synthesis and the wonder of this opportunity are surely apparent as we study what is here written and consider these aspects of the divine Plan.

Great Forces, under potent spiritual leadership, are standing ready to precipitate Themselves into this human world of chaos, confusion, aspiration and bewilderment.

the men of goodwill are also to be found everywhere, ready to be guided into constructive activity, and to be the agents (gradually trained and educated) for the establishment of what has never yet truly existed_ right human relations.

Thus, from the highest spiritual Being upon our planet, through the graded spiritual groups of enlightened and perfected men who work upon the inner side of life, on into the outer world of daily living, where thinking, loving men serve, the tide of the new life sweeps. The Plan is ready for immediate application and intelligent implementing; the workers are there, and the power to work is adequate to the need. The three Full Moons which we have been considering are simply the three points in time through which the needed power is to be released.

It will not be easy. The spiritual energies which will be released will inevitably evoke opposition. Selfishness and hate, with their secondary effects of greed, cruelty and nationalism, are not dead nor will they die for a long time to come. In the post-war world these conditions must be ignored and the New Group of World Servers and the men of goodwill must work together

• to take those steps which will enable them to realise that they are an integral part of a group of directed and intelligent world servers, and yet
• to leave them free to work in their own way,
• each in his/her own place and
• chosen field of service, and
• to see all these phases of the work as supplementary to all others and
• as the working out of a divine Plan, originating in the Hierarchy of spiritual Lives.

Their work will be consciously carried out under the direct guidance of Christ and His noos.

Long patience will be needed. Mistakes will be made. There will be periods of indecision, of ineffective action and of negative yet deep discouragement. Workers will be prone to attitudes of despair, and at times the task will appear to them to demand too much, to be too difficult and the forces opposing what they seek to do too strong. But behind all the reconstruction with which humanity is faced is

• the potency of inevitable resurrection,
• the constant flow of enlightened thinking into and directing the mass consciousness, plus
• a growing realisation that humanity is not alone,
• that the spiritual values are the only real values, and
• that the Hierarchy stands,
• immovable in its spiritual strength,
• steadily oriented towards world salvation, and
• acting ever under the direction of that great divine yet human Leader, the Christ.

The Lord of Sacrifice has passed through all human experiences, and has never left us; with His noos, the Masters of the Wisdom, He is drawing closer to humanity decade after decade;when He said at the Ascension Initiation, "Lo, I am with you always even until the end of the age," He meant no vague or general idea of helping humanity from some distant locality called "the Throne of God in Heaven." He meant just what He said_ that He was staying with us.

Therefore, brothers, believe in the reality of the work to be done by these great spiritual Potencies, invoked during the three Full Moons of April, May and June. Go forth to the task

May the blessing of the Lord of Love – Wisdom and of the Hierarchy rest upon all true servers and may they stand tranquil in the midst of strife.

THE GREAT INVOCATION - Stanza Three April 17, 1945

THE GREAT INVOCATIONS

Let the Forces of Light bring illumination to mankind.

Let the Spirit of Peace be spread abroad.

May men of goodwill everywhere meet in a spirit of cooperation.

May forgiveness on the part of all men be the keynote at this time.

Let power attend the efforts of the Great Ones.

So let it be, and help us to do our part. _ 1935

Let the Lord of Liberation issue forth.

Let Him bring succour to the sons/daughters of men.

Let the Rider from the Secret Place come forth,

And coming, save.

Come forth, O Mighty One.

Let the souls of men awaken to the Light,

And may they stand with massed intent.

Let the fiat of the Lord go forth:

The end of woe has come!

Come forth, O Mighty One.

The hour of service of the saving force has now arrived.

Let it be spread abroad, O Mighty One.

Let Light and Love and Power and Death

Fulfil the purpose of the Coming One.

The WILL to save is here.

The LOVE to carry forth the work is widely spread abroad.

The ACTIVE AID of all who know the truth is also here.

Come forth, O Mighty One, and blend these three.

Construct a great defending wall.

The rule of evil now must end. _ 1940

From the point of Light within the mind of God

Let light stream forth into the minds of men.

Let Light descend on Earth.

From the point of Love within the Heart of God

Let love stream forth into the hearts of men.

May Christ return to Earth.

From the centre where the Will of God is known

Let purpose guide the little wills of men_

The purpose which the Masters know and serve.

From the centre which we call the race of men

Let the Plan of Love and Light work out.

And may it seal the door where evil dwells.

Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth. _ 1945

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MEDITATION / IDtation

this science ranges from the subjective, unconscious appeal of the inchoate, voiceless masses, through many phases, until it attains that high mode of scientific invocation which governs the contact made in the Council Chamber of Shamballa with extra-planetary sources of spiritual inflow. It is through I-D-tation in some form or another that contact is made; this again is progressive in nature. The formulated idea of the unspiritual man to make a contact with that which will later condition his/her life and lead to a betterment of his/her daily life in a material sense, or which will make living possible, is perhaps the lowest aspect; the brooding, experimental thinking of the scientist or artist is another form of I-D-tation and higher in purpose and in intention, and this meditative process is better formulated and has (if you think correctly) definite group implications. The mode whereby the Members of Hierarchy and the personnel of Their Ashrams arrive at an intense spiritual perception, and arrive also at a selfless formulation of the divine Plan which will implement divine Purpose in the world, is likewise an expansion of all previous meditation] s; whilst the concentrated clear and dynamic invocation of the spiritual Beings Who have created_ or more accurately_ have formed Shamballa, is the highest form of Meditation / I-D-tation possible upon our planet.

It might also be stated that it is I-D-tation which is responsible for transforming the desire of the ordinary human being upon our planet into the spiritual will, which is ever the agent of the Purpose. It is therefore I-D-itation which produces individual, group and planetary alignment, and this alignment is always the first stage of the meditation objective and the final or permanent stage attained. Think on this.

In the group, I-D-tation leads to the fusion of the group personnel, to their united invocative appeal, and_ when invocation has evoked response_ it leads to group receptivity to that which has been spiritually demanded, and thus to the spiritual service of the group.

In the Hierarchy, meditation / I-D-itation takes two major forms, and (you must remember) in that great spiritual Centre meditation is an instinctual habit and needs no forced process:

1. Meditation/IDtation-IDENTIFICATION is that which sets in motion hierarchical response to the invocative appeal rising from the three worlds, and mainly to the invocative appeal carried forward consciously by all who pray, all who make mystical appeal and all who employ the method of psyientific I-D-tation and direct invocation.

2. Meditation is the instinctual mode whereby the Hierarchy_ in response to the invocation from the three worlds_ approaches the higher Centre, Shamballa; then the Hierarchy evokes the energies, the Beings and the spiritual inflow which hierarchical service in the immediate future requires. It is also_ in a unique sense_ the technique whereby the Masters Themselves prepare for the sixth initiation, thus conditioning the Path of Life upon which They will eventually find Themselves and pass thence to higher c/qosmic undertakings.

You can see, therefore, why we have laid such emphasis upon your individual I-D-tation, but have also laid a still greater emphasis upon group I-D-tation. Nevertheless, we have only been endeavouring to turn your instinct towards spiritual expression into scientific lines; we have sought also to initiate you into a planetary technique which all planetary beings must and do master.

Meditation, in its most rudimentary form, is the instinct which leads to recognition of the physical Sun and governs, for instance, the turning of planetary vegetable life towards the Sun as its dominant source of life.

In its intermediate form, it is that which reveals to the aspirant and to the Hierarchy the Heart of the Sun, and_ in its highest form_ it is the mode of contact which relates the highest Beings on our planet to the Central Spiritual Sun. In every case, we would like to point out that this capacity to meditate (the spiritual expression of the mental processes) focusses itself in certain group formations which it would profit us briefly to consider.

It might be said that, intermediate between the great planetary centres, a group of those who can I-D-tate creatively can be found; they are chosen out of each of the larger centres and from among those who are already accustomed to I-D-itation. We would like to pause at this point and ask you to remember that we refer not here to religious meditation, strictly understood, or to those invocative appeals for help and aid which are so closely associated in the mind of the western Christian thinker. We refer to all who_ in quiet reflection, focussed appeal and with a true background of knowledge_ are able to "think through" into a higher state of consciousness than the one of which they are normally aware; in that higher state they arrive at those intuitional and spiritual "discoveries" which can produce the seed of a new creation, or which can open up (for those unable thus to I-D-tate) a new field of possible awareness.

The motive of all such group I-D-itation must be selfless service;

They are Embodiments of the intuition, and control the inflow of intuitional energy into the minds of men.

The point which we would have you bear in mind is that these intermediate groups of Workers Who know the power of I-D-tation are primarily creative, and that the efficacy of Their work is demonstrated in the larger group whose behests They are carrying out and in the group which is creatively influenced by the I-D-itation work accomplished.

Curiously enough, in view of the fact that the principle of Mind is the fifth principle, there are five major groups which function primarily through "creative and sustaining" I-D-tation. These are:

1.The New Group of World Servers

2. The Ashram, with which noos in the New Group of World Servers may be affiliated.

3. The Hierarchy itself, the Ashram of Sanat Kumara .

4. The Nirmanakayas or the "inspired Contemplatives."

5. The higher correspondence of the Nirmanakayas Who find Their place in relation to Shamballa; this is analogous to that of the Nirmanakayas to the Hierarchy.

The personnel of these groups is supplied from the larger groups to which they are intermediate:

1. The New Group of World Servers gathers its personnel out of the great planetary centre called Humanity.

a. The more advanced members of the group are affiliated with some Ashram within the ring-pass-not of the Hierarchy.

b. The greater Ashram, composed of many Ashrams , is the fulfilled production of the New Group of World Servers, down the ages. This is a statement full of important implications.

2. The Nirmanakayas gather Their personnel out of the Hierarchy, the second great planetary centre. Their relation to Shamballa is not one of affiliation, nor is it the same as that of the New Group of World Servers to the Hierarchy. Their major relationship is with the Triangle of the Buddhas of Activity, and it is under Their creative inspiration that They work. This stream of inspiration or of "energy flooded with creative light" is made available to the Hierarchy at all times and when needed for Their creative work; it is a part of that dynamic, galvanising energy which feeds the enthusiasm of the New Group of World Servers, binds them together in the One Work, and enables them to work intelligently and with creative ability.

3. A mysterious body of what have been called "Reflecting Lights"; the Members of this group are to a certain extent extra-planetary. They are affiliated with Shamballa and focus c/qosmic creative energy, thus making it available (on demand) to the Members of the Council Chamber at Shamballa. There is little that we need consider about Them; They are the "Helpers of the Lord of the World," and implement His purposes as they are formulated by Him on the c/qosmic mental plane.

The point which we seek to emphasise, and which we hope will remain in your minds, is that this technique of I-D-tation is the outstanding creative agent on our planet. When you, as an individual, are endeavouring to "build the new man[-w-c] in Christ" / [as Sacrifice-Love-Brother-Sisterhood-Peace] which will be an expression of your true spiritual self, I-D-tation is, as you well know, your best agent; but the I-D-tation process must be accompanied by creative work, or else it is purely mystical, and though not futile, is nevertheless negative in creative results.

Members of the New Group of World Servers are gathered from all branches of human enterprise, of which organised religion is only one.

There are scientists who, repudiating violently the unproven, yet are giving all they have of scientific ability and knowledge to the service of humanity_ each in his/her chosen scientific field;

All of these people, if they are members of the New Group of World Servers,

These men have a dual relationship:

The accepted noo in this group work is in conscious rapport with both planetary centres (that of Humanity and that of the Hierarchy) and their creative thinking largely conditions the group. Many, however, in this group are conscious of their relation to humanity and of their planned service, but are totally unaware of the unseen source of their inspiration. This matters not, for_ if their motive is pure, their intelligence keen and their I-D-tational capacity adequate_ they receive the inspiration and develop the intuition in any case. It is those in the New Group of World Servers who can and do I-D-tate who are the real agents of the relation existing between the Hierarchy and Humanity. Such a relation has, of course, always existed, and always there have been many mystics and a few psyientists who have served as channels of relationships; today, the group is newly organised and the task of invocation and evocation is for the first time in history evenly balanced, or is upon what you might call a fifty-fifty basis.

Again, the New Group of World Servers is composed of widely diverse men, gathered out of all nations, holding many different points of view and following the many different professions and ideologies; it is therefore more truly representative of humanity and more truly potent than ever before.

When the work of the Invocation reaches a high stage of development and the climaxing year of 1952 is over, it will then be wise to bring to the attention of the general public, and on a worldwide scale, the factual nature of the New Group of Word Servers.

This New Group of World Servers is an aspect of the world antahkarana and it gives students of the antahkarana a sound example of the intent and purpose of the Rainbow Bridge which each ‘noo is endeavouring consciously to build. It is composed of those who have penetrated in consciousness upward to such an extent and height that their ascension has become invocative and has produced a descent from the Hierarchy which meets and merges with the energies of the ascending group reflection. Words here are apt to hinder, but the visualisation indicated will prove helpful. In the case of the New Group of World Servers, it is not simply ascending energy which must be considered; there is also a focussing of consciousness and a receptivity which can develop into fixed intention; this can be followed later by a recognition in the physical brain consciousness of what has transpired. Forget not that_ in detail_ the New Group of World Servers is composed of the following groups:

1. Initiates and noos who are consciously a part of the Great Light Lodge.

2. Aspirants and lesser noos who are affiliated with the Hierarchy, but who do not usually possess that continuity of consciousness which will come later.

3. Those upon the Probationary Path who are not yet affiliated with the Hierarchy; they are, however, subject to hierarchical impression and are determined to serve their fellowmen.

4. An increasing number of people who respond to the idealism and the purpose of the New Group of World Servers and who will rapidly join the group.

The main requirement is Meditation but_ as you know_ it is not necessarily the set Meditation of psyientific schools and churches; membership in the group, however, requires the development of the reflective spirit along some line of human understanding; it requires also the power to focus attention upon that which can serve humanity and a compassionate recognition of human need. The unthinking man or woman, or those engrossed entirely in business, political and family ties, cannot form a part of the New Group of World Servers, because the group demands a definite measure of decentralisation; to this, habits of I-D-tation rapidly contribute.

As the members of this group I-D-tate and serve, they will gradually find that they are becoming aware of an inner group_ the Ashram of the Master on Whose ray the individual server is to be found. This will necessarily vary according to the ray; the ray_ it must be remembered_ determines the quality and the nature of the service to be rendered. Gradually the neophyte swings into the rhythm of the Ashram, and gradually his/her I-D-tation changes and falls into line with the instinctual and constant ashramic . It must be remembered that ashramic I-D-tation is entirely devoid of personality elements. It is in the nature of a constant and uninterrupted group I-D-tation upon the Plan, and particularly upon that aspect of the Plan which must immediately be put into operation; this is the apportioned duty of the Ashram or the Ashrams in question. This constant attitude of reflective I-D-tation in no way impairs the efficiency of the Ashram or of the individual ‘noo, because two or more lines of thought and several lines of activity are simultaneously possible. This is another lesson which the ‘noo learns.

Later again, the ‘noo in the Ashram becomes aware of the I-D-tation proceeding all the time within the greater Ashram, the Hierarchy. This is the Ashram (if we might repeat the statement) of Sanat Kumara , the Lord of the World. This great Ashram is headed and controlled by the Christ. The aspiring ‘noo becomes conscious of a vast I-D-tational rhythm which is like the action of the human heart in its beat; it is both receiving and distributing, invocative and evocative; as he/she becomes habituated in this I-D-tation rhythm, he/she learns to swing his/her own individual I-D-tation into the set rhythm of the Hierarchy; this is a definite step forward, for the hierarchical rhythm is one of tremendous potency_ a potency so great that it penetrates beyond the hierarchical ring-pass-not.

There are, as you may surmise (if you have read our instructions intelligently), seven phases of the creative meditative process; all of them are productive of the required results. All that at present exists in the three worlds and in the higher spheres is the result of some form of meditative activity. These seven sources are:

1. The Planetary Logos Himself, Who formed and informed the world by His thought, and Who holds all together within His Mind for the many, many aeons of manifested existence. As we have before said, the psyientific truism that "God thought, God visualised, God spoke and the world was made and is sustained" remains eternally true.

2. The Group which is the higher correspondences of the Nirmanakayas. This group sustains and cooperates with the planetary Logos in His concentrated creative thought; its Members are the agents for attracting_ through the potency of Their I-D-tation_ those extra-planetary energies which He needs to carry forward His vehicle of expression, the planet, and thus to bind all together into one great created Whole, tending ceaselessly to the greater glory of God. They wield the Law of Synthesis and hold steadfastly (in the universal Mind of the Logos) the ultimate result of the divine Will-to-Good.

3. Shamballa, with its life and intention focussed in the Council Chamber of the great Lord, Sanat Kumara . Here is known and embodied the Purpose of the planetary Logos under the meditative impression of the group which knows His will and which wields the Law of Synthesis. In the hands of this august Council, the Law of karma finds adequate planetary guidance; this does not refer to the law as it affects the individual human being because of such individuals the Council Members have no knowledge, for the reason that They think and I-D-tate only in terms of the Whole; but They know the nature of planetary karma and of its delayed or rapid application, according to transient planetary indications. The great Wheel of Life, with its passing manifestations and its recurring civilisations, is directed by Them; the manifesting kingdoms in nature, great cyclic expressions of life, are controlled by Them, and all this is produced through the potency of Their creative I-D-tation which impresses the needed inspiration (another phrase for the breath of life itself) upon the Nirmanakayas and through Them upon the spiritual Hierarchy. Their link with all these planetary groups (and it is real and vital) can be grasped in the key statement that "all Lives upon or within the aura of the planetary Logos and of His manifested Body, the Earth, have been, are or will be in the future human being, thereby establishing and demonstrating their past, present or future identity with humanity, the fourth kingdom in nature." This kingdom is the planetary group or centre which expresses in time and space all the divine aspects_ sometimes in latency and sometimes in potency. Here lies the clue to the entire mystery of divine guidance, and here is also to be found the guarantee of the divine Will-to-Good.

4. The Nirmanakayas, the divine Contemplatives. This is the receptive group which receives impression from Shamballa in relation to the planetary creative purpose. Then They, on Their own level of atmic activity, build_ through contemplative I-D-tation_ a vast reservoir of potent energies which are impregnated with the qualities of the seven energies of the seven planetary Rays. They are the Custodians of life, under the direct inspiration of the Buddhas of Activity, and They spend the aeons of Their planetary service:

a. In active contemplation of the divine Purpose.

b. In a developed receptivity to that aspect of the Purpose which must be expressed through the medium of the div ine Plan, and thus presented to the Hierarchy.

c. In developing that spirit of sevenfold receptivity which will make Them a channel for the inflow of ray energies from Shamballa into the Hierarchy. Their united aura or area of influence and the extent of Their magnetic and dynamic radiation correspond roughly to the aura of the planet itself; They contain (within Their ranks) Members Who are identified with the Lords of the Seven Rays.

They are, in a peculiar sense, the creative agents of life as it streams forth from Shamballa into all the aspects, areas, kingdoms and fields of manifestation. This They are enabled to do through sustained, concentrated, intensive and dynamic I-D-tation. They are necessarily a second ray group (as the second ray is the ray at present of the planetary Logos) but They focus Their I-D-tation largely along first ray lines (which is a subray of the second ray in this solar system, as you know) because They are the creative agents of life itself and the knowers and the custodians of the will of the planetary Logos, as it works itself out in manifestation. They are the source in reality of planetary invocation and evocation. Again, ponder on this.

5. The Hierarchy of Masters, the Masters of the Wisdom and the Lords of Compassion. This group, which stands midway between Shamballa and Humanity, is subject to impression from Shamballa, via the Nirmanakayas, and its Members are Themselves the agents for the impression of Humanity. They embody and express the love aspect of the divine purpose; They wield, direct and control the Law of Attraction_ the motivating energy which swings the Law of Evolution into activity in the three worlds. Much is known by you anent this group of divine and spiritual Workers, and we will not enlarge upon it here. Basically, They work through directed I-D-tation and each Ashram is a centre of I-D-tation to which every ‘noo, initiate and Master contributes. We would have you bear this in mind and endeavour to realise, as noos, that your I-D-tation_ both individual and group I-D-tation_ if it is of an adequate nature and quality_ will be absorbed into and become part of the ashramic I-D-tation.

6. The New Group of World Servers is fast becoming a major centre of planetary I-D-tation. Much of this I-D-tation is far from being of a psyientific nature but that is of no importance; it is largely based upon deep reflection upon the problems of humanity, backed and aided by the deep aspiration of the mystics found within its ranks, and aided also by the I-D-tation of those few esotericists (technically speaking) who are working there also. This group is a reflection of the invocative and evocative capacity of the Nirmanakayas, but this aspect of their activity is only in process of being learnt and applied. The entire activity of the New Group of World Servers along the invocative line was stepped up and greatly hastened by the giving to the world of the three Invocations during the past few years. What was actually a vague demand and a fluid nebulous receptivity became (by the use of the Invocations) a powerful invocative plea, and resulted in the evocation of energies from the Hierarchy which were transmitted by the New Group of World Servers to Humanity and which are responsible for much of the constructive work now going forward in many parts of the world. we have told you much about this group and will not enlarge upon it here; your understanding of the work to be done should be instinctual for you all belong to it, if you are in any way dedicated to the service of humanity, under inspiration of the Hierarchy; your instinctual reaction to hierarchical impression as a member of this group should develop rapidly into an habitual life tendency. Thus is a Master created.

The creative I-D-tation of the New Group of World Servers has for its objectives the creation of the new civilisation and of the new world order.

This group itself works through another group:

the intelligent men and women upon the mental plane, those who, added to the intelligence, possess a love of their fellowmen;

these, in their turn, work through the idealists who seek a better world and those who respond to the inspiration of goodwill.

This last group, in its turn, works with all who are emotionally implicated in the desire to help humanity change its living conditions for the better. These people are not open to direct spiritual impression, but the intellectual approach and the presentation of ideas appeal to them, and they constitute the active creative group who act as the dynamic inspiration to the seventh group, which is

7. Humanity itself. Men everywhere are, if they only knew it, always in a state of unconscious meditation,

• dreaming of better things,
• fighting for desired material benefits,
• longing for that which lies beyond their present possession and their present attainment and, in many cases, even their vision.

All these desires, longings, wishes, visions and dreams are the "ingredients" of the focussed I-D-tation which they will some day know;

See you, therefore, how all that is, is created by I-D-tation,

Trace these concepts which you, who have studied the Science of Meditation, know to constitute its recognised stages, and note how each stage is creative in nature, each stage produces creative changes and that (as far as humanity is concerned) the Christ spoke scientifically and also in a planetary sense when He said: "As a man thinketh in his/her heart, so is He/She."

We need not deal here with the higher groups of spiritual Intermediaries and Their techniques of creative work, because Their I-D-tation lies on too high a level for your consideration. But the MeditationI-D-tation work done by the Hierarchy and by the New Group of World Servers lies within your range of understanding; many noos will read what we are here saying and, in time, many of the lesser workers and aspirants in the ranks of the group will come to an understanding of our meaning.

1. Desire, leading to the attainment in the three worlds of that which the lower man desires and wants; this will include the desires of the lowest types of human beings through all intermediate types up to and inclusive of the aspirational mystic.

2. Prayer; this is the stage wherein the aspirant, the mystic or the spiritually inclined man blends personality desire with aspiration for soul relation and contact; He/She, through the proved efficacy of prayer, discovers the subtler powers and the fact of the essential dualism of life; he/she finds that he/she him/herself is both a lower self and a higher Self.

3. Mental reflection or concentrated thinking. This in time produces integration and definite personality achievement in the three worlds, leading eventually to controlled reflection and scientific or concentrated thoughts; this type of thinking has produced all the creative wonders of our modern civilisation and it culminates in the concentration achieved in psyientific I-D-tation. This I-D-tation finally brings about the reorientation of the personality and soul fusion.

4. Straight Meditation / I-D-tation. This is a focussed, concentrated mental attitude and fixed reflection; it is creative in nature, for it creates the "new man in Christ " or produces the Thinker-infused personality; this personality then proceeds to recreate his/her environment and to cooperate consciously with the creative work of the Hierarchy.

Little as you may realise it, all these expressions of human I-D-tation or concentrated thought_ whether it is concentrated desire for physical or emotional objectives or the higher aspects of spiritual, concentrated aspiration_ do definitely create that which is desired. This is equally true of the other three stages, if they are intelligently and effectively creative and these four stages are responsible for all that is seen, possessed, utilised and known as existent in the three worlds. Men have inherited from previous civilisations much of value and much which is disastrous in nature; in their turn, modern men have created this present civilisation. This civilisation is unique, because it is the result of all the combined factors, and these factors have succeeded in bringing humanity to the point where there is recognition of failure, and in proving that religion and science together have reoriented men to the world of subtler and of higher values than the strictly material.

The other three stages of human Meditation / I-D-tation are as follows:

5. Worship. This is the united recognition and the subsequent reflection of humanity upon the fact of divine Transcendence and divine Immanence. It is implemented by the world religions and it created that path of return to the centre or source of divine life to which the world religions and the heart of man bear equal testimony.

6. Invocation and Evocation. This form of spiritual, dynamic I-D-tation is largely in the hands of the New Group of World Servers and of the men and women of goodwill in every land. These will be generally unknown to each other, but they are all creatively striving and creatively thinking towards the worldwide uplift of man kind; they are earnestly working at the creation of a new world order and for the manifestation of a more definitely spiritual civilisation.

7. Ashramic Meditation This is based upon the evocation of human response to the higher spiritual values; it concerns itself with the creation of those conditions wherein these new values can, under the divine Plan, flourish; it is focussed on that immediate aspect of the Path which humanity needs to tread, and its intent is to swing into creative activity the desires, aspirations, reflections and concentrated I-D-tation of men, at whatever may be their particular point in evolution, so that a mighty, coherent and invincible movement will be instituted which must and will result in the creation of the new heavens and the new earth. This is one way of expressing the significance of the coming of the Kingdom of God on Earth, and the creation of a new order and way of life.

There are crisis points at times of superlative tension in the meditative work of all hierarchical Ashrams . At the times of the new moon and of the full moon, all members of all the Ashrams I-D-tate deeply in an invocative and evocative manner; their I-D-tation, therefore, falls into two parts: the first part is evocative of inspiration from the Nirmanakayas with Whom they deliberately get in touch; the second part is invocative of the New Group of World Servers and enables them responsively to come under hierarchical impression. Three times a year_ at the April, May and June Festivals* _ there is a united hierarchical I-D-tation led by the Christ; these Festivals are invocative of Shamballa or of that which lies beyond the Nirmanakayas and can only be safely carried forward in united I-D-tation, under directed guidance and the highest possible inspiration. Each Ashram can approach the Nirmanakayas as a group at stated periods for which due preparation is made; only the entire group of Ashrams , the Hierarchy as a whole, can approach Shamballa. The New Group is invocative to the Hierarchy for purposes of impression and can be impressed by any Ashram through its noos in that group; thus the great chain of contact and the great channel for the inflow of spiritual energy reaches from Shamballa to humanity and then, through humanity, to the three subhuman kingdoms; in this way, these lower kingdoms are "enlightened and raised." All this is accomplished through I-D-tation, through invocation and evocation, carried forward in the spirit of worship, which is the fundamental method of spiritual recognition. Thus, creatively, the glory which is hidden in every form is evoked and slowly brought to exoteric manifestation.

There is much that must be done to change conditions, institute new values and produce the bringing in of an entirely new civilisation_ a civilisation which will permit the externalisation of the Ashrams , or of the Hierarchy, and a restitution, therefore, of hierarchical or spiritual control as it was known in old Atlantean days, only this time on a much higher turn of the spiral and with the intelligent cooperation also and the wise assistance of humanity, which was a factor lacking in the earlier civilisation. Once this has been dealt with in the reflective, concentrated I-D-tation of the individual aspirant, in the united reflection and I-D-tation of the many spiritually inclined groups in the world today, and once the New Group of World Servers and the Hierarchy are working in the closest kind of cooperation, then the visualisation and the projection of the intended civilisation will have reached a definite and a most important point of precipitation. Then, the invocative appeal of the united Hierarchy and of the New Group of World Servers will be so potent that it will evoke a response from humanity and a cycle of organisation, of planning and of effective expression will follow. Reflection, I-D-tation and visualisation will give place to scientific thinking (which is essentially I-D-tation) and to the needed physical plane activity.

This will take place, esoterically speaking, under the impression of the Masters upon the three major rays. The first Ray of Will or Power (the Ray of the divine Destroyer) is already actively working, destroying the old and outworn conditions and bringing about the wreckage of the old civilisation so that the new order can be effectively brought into expression. As the Lord of Brother-Sisterhood said, when He instituted the Christian civilisation of the past two thousand years (which has gone sadly far from His original intention), you "cannot put new wine in old bottles." The war (1914-1945) started the needed process of destruction, and the post-war period is carrying forward the planned undertaking. It is nearing its desired finish, if men work towards the freedom for which all their souls long.

The second Ray of Love-Wisdom, through the many extant educational processes and through the modern conflict of ideas (producing thus a borderland between the areas of influence of the first and second rays) is opening the minds of thousands of people. The pronounced contrast in ideas_ as, for instance, the contrast between totalitarianism and the democratic freedom of thought (does such democratic freedom really exist, brother/sister?)_ is forcing men to think, to reflect, to question and to I-D-tate. The world is thereby greatly enriched, and the whole human family is transiting out of a pronounced cycle of karma yoga into the required cycle of raja yoga, from unthinking activity into a period of illumined mind control. It is a mental illumination which is brought about by the meditative and the reflective activity of humanity as a whole, and this is carried forward under the guidance of the New Group of World Servers, working under hierarchical impression.

Members of all the ray types are to be found in the New Group of World Servers, either through the activity of the personality ray or of the Thinker ray; therefore, the energies of all the rays are being brought to bear upon this creative period in modern human history. It is interesting to have in mind the fact that through the medium of all the fighting forces of the world (naval, military and air) much needed hierarchical work is being accomplished; the energy of the fourth Ray of Harmony through Conflict is making itself phenomenally felt_ this time in conjunction with the unusual activity of the first ray. Therefore, through the Forces of Light, liberation into freedom will come and it will mean the freedom of all mankind. We make here no defence of war or of fighting, brother/sister. We simply deal with world conditions as they exist today, and with the processes and the methods which are characteristic of the civilisations which have already disappeared and of the civilisation out of which we are today emerging. As man leaves the animal, the strictly physical and the highly emotional and inflammable stages behind him/her and learns to think, then (and only then) will war cease. Fortunately for humanity, this is happening most rapidly.

The fifth Ray of Concrete Knowledge is also expressing itself powerfully in the I-D-tation and the reflection of the world scientists in all fields of human interest; in their hands the form of the new civilisation is being constructed. We would remind you that when we use the word "scientist," we refer to all who are working in the social sciences and the economic sciences as well as the large group of chemists, biologists, physicists, etc., who are usually covered by that term. The organising, defining power of the mental plane is being brought to bear upon all phases of human life by the scientists of all the many schools of thought; out of this meditative and creative thought which they all so admirably demonstrate will come the structure of the new civilisation.

The sixth ray ‘noo is active also in organising the mystical aspiration of the masses of men-w-c everywhere which is in itself a most potent energy; these aspirational men (no matter what may be their immediate aspiration) are necessarily polarised upon the astral/emotional plane but are not yet capable of the clear mental perception of the massed intelligentsia or susceptible to the influence of the accurate, esoteric approach. Their guided, mystical orientation will be one of the most powerful factors in the destruction of the old values and in the massed recognition of the spiritual truth which underlies all life; it is with this reorientation that sixth ray noos, wielding sixth ray energy, are occupied at this time. You need to remember that the one-pointed attitude of the mystic, functioning in group formation, will be a powerful factor in the creative work being done by the Hierarchy and by the New Group of World Servers, because theirs will be a massed effect, and usually wielded unconsciously.

Under the influence of noos on the seventh Ray of Organisation or of Ceremonial Order, that powerful physical concretisation of energy which we call "money" is proving a topic of the most definite concentration; it is being most carefully considered, and the minds of thinking financiers and of wealthy humanitarian persons and philanthropists will be gradually led forward from a strictly philanthropic activity to an activity which is impulsed and brought into expression by spiritual insight, and by a recognition of the claims of the Christ (no matter by what name He may be called in the East or in the West) upon the financial reservoir of the world. This is a hard thing to bring about, for the subtle energies of the inner worlds take much time in producing their effects upon the objective, tangible plane of divine manifestation. Money is not yet used divinely, but it will be. Nevertheless, the task is well in hand and is engaging the attention of noos upon all the rays, under the guidance and the impression of the powerful seventh ray Ashram_ now already in process of externalisation.

The effect of human I-Dtation at this time is to change conditions, to invoke the higher, spiritual potencies, to work with concentration_ both vertically and horizontally_ within the world of men and within the Kingdom of God. This vertical and horizontal activity holds the secret of creative Meditation/I-D-tation. It is invocative of the higher energies, and creates a channel of contact between soul and spirit. This is brought about by what we have called "vertical Meditation." It is also evocative and creates a ferment or dynamic movement in that level of being which must be affected or changed, and this is the horizontal aspect. Both the vertical and the horizontal activities are descriptive of the method of invocation and of evocation, as employed by all the linking groups between the various planetary centres.

But all these processes and the entire scheme of manifestation are brought about through organised and conscious meditative methods; planetary, group and individual I-D-tation is creative in results, and it is this aspect of it with which we are dealing in this instruction.

Therefore we shall give_ for your constructive use if you care to use them_ two I-D-tation forms or outlines for reflection. Shall we call them two presented rings-pass-not for your controlled reflective thinking? One is an I-D-tation for workers in the New Group of World Servers who are interested in preparing the way for the reappearance of the Christ, and the other is a I-D-tation of a simple nature (combining the aspects of prayer, I-D-tation and invocation) which has for its objective the deflecting of money from material ends into the work which the Hierarchy seeks to have accomplished.

To sum up:

Again, upon a lower level of the evolutionary spiral, the Hierarchy in its turn impresses the New Group of World Servers with the Plan to be at once applied to the helping of humanity. This group is the major creative agent in the three worlds for the remainder of this cycle of planetary experience. This has not always been the case. Humanity can now intelligently work with the presented Plan, and this for the first time in human history. We would have you note this. Men can now do their little share in bringing the divine Purpose into manifestation, because they have now unfolded the needed mental capacity. The control and the creative development of the three lower kingdoms in nature is slowly being taken out of the hands of the deva/angel evolution (hitherto responsible) and placed under the supervision of mankind; as it is said in the ancient Archives of the Masters:

In giving you these two I-D-tations, we would remind all who undertake to use these meditative forms that they will not prove effective and of the needed vital potency unless the one who thus I-D-tates identifies him/herself with the purpose and objective of the I-D-tation, dedicates him/herself to cooperation with this objective and redeems all aspects of his/her own life in conformity with the focussed desire expressed in this spiritual appeal. It is useless, brothers, to I-D-tate along lines which will aid in preparing the world for the coming of the Hierarchy and for the reappearance of the Christ / Lord of Love-Brother-Sisterhood unless, again, that preparation is an integral part of your own constant daily endeavour, and is not just simply wishful thinking and the formulation of a hopeful theory anent the future of humanity. It is useless for you to I-D-tate in order to reorient money, for instance, towards spiritual work (and by "spiritual work" we do not here refer to the work of the churches and of the world religions) unless all the monies which you individually have to handle are dedicated to right usage, the fulfilment of your right obligations and the covering of your karmic responsibilities, plus the constant recognition of the relation of all money to the spiritual future of the race and the requirements of the hierarchical Plan. There must always be, in your consciousness, a recognition of the needs of all men, and this must be true of all spiritually-minded people, of all true esotericists and of the religiously inclined man whose heart and understanding are more divinely inclusive than are the hearts of the average followers of any religious doctrine, enunciated by the theologians of any faith.

We ask you, therefore, to follow these two I-D-tations at least once a week and upon different days. These two forms of invocative appeal can be used by all who are willing to participate in the indicated service.

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In our last series of instructions we gave you a group IDtation which was based upon the furthering of the work of the New Group of World Servers, as they sought to prepare humanity for the reappearance of the Christ. That preparatory work is the major incentive lying back of all that we do, and was the prime reason for the formation of the group in the early part of this century. Pioneers of this group appeared in the nineteenth century but the organisation, as it now exists, is of relatively modern days.

In this instruction we will consider the relation of group IDtation to the work of the New Group of World Servers, and the necessity of establishing in the world a united world group, given to unanimous and simultaneous IDtation upon the work of preparing the world for the new order and for the jurisdiction of the Christ (if we may use such a phrase).

It is necessary for you all to get a wider vision of the enterprise which this group has undertaken, or else the IDtation work which you will do will hinder and not help. The task of the group of World Servers is not the spreading of esoteric or psyientific information. In preparing the world of men for the reappearance of the Christ, the needs of all the many grades in the social order must be met; world groups of every description have to be contacted. Much of the work to be done, therefore,

We have been for some time seeking to impress upon you the eternal fact that the entire universe has been created and its evolution processed through the power of thought, which is only another word for controlled IDtation. This covers the combined meditation of numerous subjective, spiritual and mental groups; the laws of this meditative work are the result of certain mental determinations, which embody the will of the planetary Logos and are imposed upon all lesser groups of lives by Those Whose task it is to wield the divine laws and enforce them.

Have you ever stopped to think that the meditation of a Master upon the Plan of which He is custodian, and His formulation of what He can do along the line of effective cooperation, is of no service or usefulness to the illiterate inhabitants of our great cities and agricultural areas? The need of these unthinking masses must be met by noos of less spiritual development, and probably their greatest appeal is through the application of economic help; the task of these lesser noos is to prove to the ignorant masses that_ as the centuries slip away_ spiritual living and true spiritual understanding include every aspect of physical plane expression and not simply the religious or the philosophic modes of thought. The meditation, therefore, of every grade of noo and initiate has its use, for by their IDtation (carried forward on their own level) they can adapt the Plan to the widely differing masses and thus the hierarchical Plan can reach from the Masters of the Hierarchy, through the Ashrams to the New Group of World Servers, and thus to the whole of the human family. We would like you to grasp the true simplicity of this picture, if you can, for you can have a share also in this great meditative task.

One of the things which we set ourselves to achieve when we undertook this work of making the Plan clearer to the minds of men, and thus preparing the way for the Master of all the Masters, was

• to prove not only that the Plan was based upon planetary IDtation but that, in its progress towards expression,
• it met the need of all possible groups and grades of human beings; and that_ more important still_
• it could be proved that the word "spiritual" covered every phase of living experience.

Ponder on this statement.

• That is spiritual which lies beyond the point of present achievement;
• it is that which embodies the vision and which urges the man on towards a goal higher than the one attained.

The ecclesiastics of the world have made a great line of demarcation

in so doing they have created sin and greatly complicated human living and understanding. They have given a selfish import to human aspiration; they have not taught mankind that meditation and prayer were simply phases of cooperation with the divine Plan. Individualism was fostered and group understanding was lost. Maybe_ owing to the work of the Brothers of Darkness_ there was no way to avoid this dangerous sidetracking of human intent and truth. But the time has now come when the great rhythm of meditation, ranging from desire through prayer to worship, and from thence to meditation and invocation, can be imposed by men upon their own thinking.

The work hitherto done in such psyientific groups as the [--] and others, as they teach meditation, has been nothing but the learning of a needed concentration. Only in the IDtation work of the fourth degree has some of the creative work become possible and that in its most elementary stages; yet the [--] leads the aspirants of the world in IDtation of an psyientific nature, thought not in any way a mystical nature. The mystical type of meditation is of ancient formulation and its use indicates the next step for the masses of men; the practice of mystical meditation is not that which should be followed by aspirants and noos who seek to work in an Ashram in cooperation with the Plan and under the guidance of a Master.

Meditation only becomes effective creatively and on all the three planes in the three worlds when the antahkarana is in process of construction. The worlds of the personality are the worlds of the third divine aspect and the creation of thoughtforms therein (as usually carried forward by the concrete mind) is related to form, to the acquisition of that which is desired and dedicated largely to the material values. But when a man is beginning to function as a soul-infused personality and is occupied with the task of rendering him/herself sensitive to the higher spiritual impression, then the creative work of the Spiritual Triad can be developed and a higher form of creative meditation can be employed. It is a form which each person has to find and discover for himself, because it must be the expression of his/her own spiritual understanding, initiated by a conscious construction or creation of the antahkarana and subject to impression from the Ashram with which he/she may be affiliated.

So much has been discussed in relation to these laws from the mystical and strictly Christian angle that the terms used are essentially meaningless; the whole subject requires revitalising; it needs to be endowed with a fresh and new presentation and a new terminology, more suited to the growing mental grasp of the scientific and modern mind. There has been endless talk about Brotherhood and the establishing of the principle that we are all the children of God, and this has done little to change men's approach to each other and to the shared human problems.

The New Group of World Servers will talk in other terms and their emphasis will be upon:

1. The Law of Right Human Relations .

2. The Principle of Goodwill.

3. The Law of Group Endeavour.

4. The Principle of Unanimity.

5. The Law of Spiritual Approach.

6. The Principle of Essential Divinity.