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THE NEW GROUP OF WORLD SERVERS
GUIDES:PLANETARY HEIRARCHY
We have spoken often of the integrating group of knowers
who are beginning to function upon the earth, gathered together
in loose formation and held by the inner spiritual tie and
not by any outer organization. The planetary Hierarchy has
always existed and from time immemorial and right down the
ages those sons of men who have fitted themselves for work
and who have measured up to the requirements, have found their
way into the ranks of those who stand behind the world evolution
and guide the destinies of the little ones. Their grades and
works are theoretically known, and names of some have been
given out to the masses, AT WHAT COST AND PERSONAL SACRIFICE
those masses will never know. With the Hierarchy of adepts
I do not propose to deal. The books upon the subject are easily
available and should be read with the needed reservations
as to symbolical interpretations and the limiting effects
of words.
An event is however transpiring upon earth which is, in its
way, as momentous and as important as that crisis in Atlantean
times when the physical, vital and astral bodies were coordinated
and formed a functioning unit. Then the "yoga of devotion"
or BHAKTI YOGA WAS INITIATED for the training of the aspirants
at that time. A physical plane replica (as far as such a replica
was then possible) was organized of those who could work devotedly
and who could learn, through the use of ceremonial and pictures,
some mode of activity which would carry on the hierarchical
work on earth and thus constitute a training [399] school
for those who later would be admitted into the ranks of the
Hierarchy. The remnants of this Atlantean group remain with
us in the modern Masonic movements, and the work of the Hierarchy
was thus perpetuated in sign and symbol. There has
thus been preserved in the consciousness of the race a pictorial
representation of a momentous planetary condition which worked
out in the human family in this threefold coordination. But
it was primarily objective. Form and symbol, tool and furniture,
temple and tone, office and externalities were the prominent
factors; they veiled the truth and we have therefore preserved
the "outer and visible form of an inner and spiritual reality”.
Only those were, in those days, allowed to participate in
these mysteries and work who felt within themselves the
longing and desire for the mystical vision, and who loved
deeply and were devoted to the spiritual ideal. They
were not required to possess active mentalities, and their
intellectual powers were practically nil. They liked and needed
authority; they learnt through ceremonial; they were devoted
to the Great Ones Whose names and forms stood behind the office
holders in the exoteric lodges. Mind entered not in. This
must be remembered. There were no personalities.
Today, in the world, another great moment of CRISIS has arrived.
I refer not to the present world condition, but to the state
OF THE HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS. Mind has arrived at a functioning
power, personalities are coordinated. The three aspects of
man are being blended; another formation or precipitation
from the Hierarchy of adepts has become possible. On the physical
plane, without any exoteric organization, ceremonials, or
outer form, there is integrating - silently, steadily and
powerfully - a group of men and women who will supersede
eventually the previous hierarchical effort. They will supersede
all churches, all groups, and all organizations and will [400]
eventually constitute that oligarchy of – ELECT SOULS
WHO WILL GOVERN AND GUIDE THE WORLD.
They are being gathered out of every nation, but are GATHERED
AND CHOSEN, not by the watching Hierarchy or by any Master,
but BY THE POWER OF THEIR RESPONSE TO THE SPIRITUAL OPPORTUNITY,
TIDE AND NOTE. They are emerging out of every group and church
and party, and will therefore be truly representative. This
they do, not from the pull of their own ambition and prideful
schemes, but through the very selflessness of their service.
They are finding their way to the top in every department
of human knowledge, not because of the clamor they make about
their own ideas, discoveries and theories, but because they
are so inclusive in their outlook and so wide in their interpretation
of truth that they see the hand of God in all happenings,
His imprint upon all forms and His note sounding forth through
every channel of communication between the subjective reality
and the objective outer form. They are of all races; they
speak all languages; they embrace all religions, all sciences
and all philosophies.
Their characteristics are synthesis, inclusiveness, intellectuality
and fine mental development.
They own to no creed, save the creed of Brotherhood, based
on the one Life. They recognize no authority, save that of
their own souls, and no Master save the group they seek to
serve, and humanity whom they deeply love. They have no barriers
set up around themselves, but are governed by a wide tolerance,
and a sane mentality and sense of proportion. They look with
open eyes upon the world of men and recognize those whom they
can lift and to whom they can stand AS THE GREAT ONES STAND,
- LIFTING, TEACHING AND HELPING. They recognize their peers
and equals, and know each other when they meet and stand shoulder
to shoulder with their fellow workers in the work of salvaging
humanity. It does not matter if their terminologies differ,
their interpretations of symbols [401] and scriptures vary,
or their words are few or many.
THEY SEE THEIR GROUP MEMBERS IN ALL FIELDS - POLITICAL, SCIENTIFIC,
RELIGIOUS, AND ECONOMIC - AND GIVE TO THEM THE SIGN OF RECOGNITION
AND THE HAND OF A BROTHER. THEY RECOGNIZE LIKEWISE THOSE WHO
HAVE PASSED AHEAD OF THEM UPON THE LADDER OF EVOLUTION AND
HAIL THEM TEACHER, AND SEEK TO LEARN FROM THEM THAT WHICH
THEY ARE SO EAGER TO IMPART.
This group is a product of the past and upon that past I
will touch; I will also indicate the present situation and
forecast somewhat the general lines along which their association
and future work will run. That such a group is forming is
true and holds a good augury for the coming decades. In quiet
and subtle ways they are already making their presence felt
but theirs is as yet primarily a subjective influence.
Let us begin with the past. About the year 1400, the Hierarchy
of Masters was faced with a difficult situation. As far as
the work of the second ray was concerned (which had
to do with the impartation of spiritual truth) there had come
to be what I might call a complete exterioration of that
truth.
The activity of the first ray had also brought about
an intense differentiation and crystallization among the nations
and governments of the world. These two conditions of concrete
orthodoxy and political differences persisted for many
generations and are still manifesting. Today we have a similar
condition both in the world of religion and in that of politics.
This is true whether one is considering India or America,
China or Germany, or whether one is studying the history of
Buddhism with its many sects, Protestantism with its myriads
of warring groups, or the many schools of philosophy in the
orient or the occident. The condition is widespread, and the
public consciousness tremendously diversified, but this state
of affairs marks the summation [402] of the period of separativeness
and the end, before so many centuries, of this intense distinctiveness
of thought.
After noting and watching this trend of affairs for another
one hundred years, the Elder Brothers of the race called a
conclave of all departments about the year 1500 A.D. Their
object was to determine how THE URGE TO INTEGRATION, which
is essentially the keynote of our universal order, could be
hastened, and what steps could be taken to produce that SYNTHESIS
AND UNIFICATION IN THE WORLD OF THOUGHT which would make possible
the manifestation of the purpose of the divine Life which
had brought all into being.
When the world of thought is UNIFIED, then the outer world
will fall into A SYNTHETIC ORDER.
It should be remembered here that the Masters think in large
terms and work in the wider cycles of evolutionary endeavor.
The tiny and temporary cycles, the small ebb and flow of the
cosmic processes do not engage Their attention in the first
instance.
At this conclave They had three things to do:
- To view the divine plan on as large a scale
as possible, and refresh Their minds with the vision.
- To note what influences or energies were
available for use in the large endeavor to which They were
pledged.
- To train the men and women who were then
probationers, chelas and initiates so that in due time They
could have a satisfactory band of assistants on whom
They could in future centuries rely.
They had, in connection with these aspirants, two problems:
- They had to deal with the failure on the
part of even the most advanced disciples to preserve continuity
of consciousness, a failure even now manifested by even
initiates. [403]
- The Masters found the minds and brains
of chelas curiously insensitive to the higher contacts,
and this again is a condition which still prevails. The
chelas, then as now, possessed aspiration, a desire to serve
humanity, devotion and occasionally a fair mental equipment,
but that telepathic sensitivity, that instinctive response
to hierarchical vibration, and that freedom from the lower
psychism which are the needed prerequisites to intensive
intelligent work were singularly lacking. For that matter,
they are still distressingly so. Telepathic sensivity is
decidedly on the increase as a result of world conditions
and the evolutionary trend, and this is (for the wo rkers
on the inner plane) a most encouraging sign, but love of
psychic phenomena and failure to differentiate between the
vibrations of the various grades of hierarchical workers
still greatly hinder the work.
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