Externalization of the Hierarchy by Alice Bailey.pdf

Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul

The Externalization of the Hierarchy

Table of Contents

Section I - Introductory Remarks

The Period of Transition

I. The Training of Psychics

II. Esoteric Schools and Disciplines

The Present Urgency

A Challenging Opportunity

Seed Groups in the New Age

The Work of the Seed Groups

The Immediate Task

Section II - The General World Picture

The Causes of the World Difficulty

The Hidden Source of the Outer Turmoil

The Spiritual Trend of Human Destiny

Conflict between Forces of Ancient Origin

The World Crisis

The Cause of the Present Crisis

Ancient Karmic Events

The Modern Era

Preparation for World Goodwill

The Great Invocation - Stanza One

Call to a United Act of Service

The Coming World Order

The Goodwill Work

The Pacifist Position

I. The World Today

Materialism and Spirituality

Historical Background

World Anarchy

II. The New World Order

The Axis World Order

Steps Towards the New World Order

Right Human Relations

III. Some Problems Involved

The Racial Problem

The Economic Problem

The Problem of Government

The Religious Problem

IV. The Task Ahead

The New Group of World Servers

The World Crisis from Hierarchical Viewpoint

The World Crisis Today

The Great Invocation - Stanza Two

Let the Lords of Liberation issue forth ...

Let the Rider from the secret place come forth ...

Let the Fiat of the Lord go forth . ..

Section III - Forces behind the Evolutionary Progress of the Race

The Doctrine of Avatars

The Wesak Festival

The Basic Truths To Date

Divine Intervention

The Appearance of Avatars

The Needed Steps

The Immediate Task

The Work of Reconstruction

Suggested Meditation

The Eight Points of the Atlantic Charter

The Four Freedoms

Practical Steps in the Reconstruction Work

Preparation for Future Activity and Work

An Impending Crucial Decision

The Only Way to Victory

The Significance of the Wesak Festival

The Cause of the World Catastrophe

The Interlude between War and Peace

An Imminent Spiritual Event

A Special Wesak Festival Message

The Work of the Hierarchy in the Immediate Future

The Task of the New Group of World Servers Today

The New World Religion

Factors in the World Situation

The Task of Implementing the Will-To-Good

The Cycle of Conferences

The Forces of Restoration

The Forces of Enlightenment

An Easter Message

The Work of the Christ Today

The Coming Work of Reconstruction

The Great Invocation - Stanza Three

The Release of Atomic Energy

Section IV - Stages in the Externalization of the Hierarchy

The Subjective Basis of the New World Religion

Introductory Statements

Religious Organizations in the New Age

The Externalization of the Ashrams

Hierarchical Adjustment and Alignment

Adjustments and Alignments within the Hierarchy

In Connection with the Council Chamber of Sanat Kumara ...

In Relation with Humanity

Hierarchical Preparation at the Wesak Festival

Mode of Approach Toward Externalization

Steps in the Externalization Process

Approach, via Certain Ashrams

Approach Towards Externalization in the Disciple's Consciousness

The Dissemination of Information of a Preparatory Nature

The Return of the Christ

Preparation for the Reappearance of the Christ

1. The Intertia of the Average Spiritually-Minded Man

2. The Lack of Money for the Work of Preparation

Work in the Coming Decdes

The Ashrams Concerned at the Coming

Organizing the Ashrams into Form on Earth

The Effects of the Externalization

Ashramic Adjustment to Exoteric Living

The Work of the Externalized Ashrams

SECTION

ONE - INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

The Period of Transition

March 1934

One of the results of the world condition at this time is the speeding up of all the atomic lives upon and

within the planet. This necessarily involves the increased vibratory activity of the human mechanism,

with a consequent effect upon the psychic nature, producing an abnormal sensitivity and psychic

awareness. It would be of value here to remember that the condition of humanity at this time is not the

result of simply one factor, but of several - all of them being active simultaneously, because this period

marks the close of one age and the inauguration of the new.

The factors to which I refer are, primarily, three in number:

This is a transition period between the passing out of the Piscean Age, with its emphasis upon

authority and belief, and the coming in of the Aquarian Age, with its emphasis upon individual

understanding and direct knowledge. The activity of these forces, characteristic of the two signs,

produces in the atoms of the human body a corresponding activity. We are on the verge of new

knowledges and the atoms of the body are being tuned up for reception. Those atoms which are

predominantly Piscean are beginning to slow down their activity and to be "occultly withdrawn,"

as it is called, or abstracted, whilst those which are responsive to the New Age tendencies are, in

their turn, being stimulated and their vibratory activity increased. [4]

The world war marked a climax in the history of mankind, and its subjective effect was far more

potent than has hitherto been grasped. Through the power of prolonged sound, carried forward

as a great experiment on the battlefields all over the world during a period of four years

(1914-1918), and through the intense emotional strain of the entire planetary populace, the web

of etheric matter (called the "veil of the temple") which separates the physical and astral planes

was rent or torn asunder, and the amazing process of unifying the two worlds of physical plane

living and of astral plane experience was begun and is now slowly going on. It will be obvious,

therefore, that this must bring about vast changes and alterations in the human consciousness.

Whilst it will usher in the age of understanding, of brotherhood and of illumination, it will also

bring about states of reaction and the letting loose of psychic forces which today menace the

uncontrolled and ignorant, and warrant the sounding of a note of warning and of caution.

A third factor is as follows. It has been known for a long time by the mystics of all the world

religions and by esoteric students everywhere, that certain members of the planetary Hierarchy

are approaching closer to the earth at this time. By this I want you to infer that the thought, or

the mental attention, of the Christ and of certain of His great disciples, the Masters of the

Wisdom, is directed or focused at this time on human affairs, and that some of Them are also

preparing to break Their long silence and may appear later among men. This necessarily has a

potent effect, first of all upon Their disciples and on those who are attuned to and synchronized

with Their Minds, and secondly, it should be remembered that the energy which flows through

these focal points of the Divine Will will have a dual effect and be destructive as well as

constructive, according to the quality of the bodies which react to it. Different types of men

respond distinctively to any inflow of energy, and a tremendous psychic stimulation is at this time

going on, with results both divinely beneficent and sadly destructive. [5]

It might be added also that certain astrological relationships between the constellations are releasing

new types of force which are playing through our solar system and on to our planet and thereby making

possible developments hitherto frustrated in expression, and bringing about the demonstration of latent

powers and the manifestation of new knowledges. All this must be most carefully borne in mind by the

worker in the field of human affairs if the present crisis is to be rightly appreciated and its splendid

opportunities rightly employed. I have felt it wise to write a few words concerning the condition to be

found in the world today especially in connection with esoteric, occult and mystical groups and the

spiritualistic movement.

All true spiritual thinkers and workers are much concerned at this time about the growth of

crime on every hand, by the display of the lower psychic powers, by the apparent

deterioration of the physical body, as shown in the spread of disease, and by the

extraordinary increase in insanity, neurotic conditions and mental unbalance. All this is the

result of the tearing of the planetary web, and at the same time it is a part of the

evolutionary plan and the providing of the opportunity whereby humanity may take its next

step forward. The Hierarchy of Adepts has been divided in opinion (if so unsuitable a word

can be applied to a group of souls and brothers who know no sense of separateness, but only

differ over problems of "skill in action") over the present world condition. Some believe it to

be premature and consequently undesirable and providing a difficult situation, whilst others

take Their stand upon the basic soundness of humanity and regard the present crisis as

inevitable and brought about by the developments in man himself; They look upon the

condition as educational and as constituting only a temporary problem which - as it is solved

- will lead mankind on the way to a still more glorious future. But there is, at the same time,

no denying the fact that great and frequently devastating forces have been let loose upon the

earth, and that the effect is a cause of grave concern to all the Masters, Their disciples and

workers. [6]

The difficulty can, in the main, be traced back to the over-stimulation and the undue strain

placed upon the mechanism of the bodies, which the world of souls (in physical incarnation)

have to employ as they seek to manifest on the physical plane and so respond to their

environment. The flow of energy, pouring through from the astral plane and (in a lesser

degree) from the lower mental plane, is brought in contact with bodies that are unresponsive

at first, and over-responsive later; it pours into brain cells which, from lack of use, are

unaccustomed to the powerful rhythm imposed upon them; and humanity's equipment of

knowledge is so poor that the majority have not sense enough to proceed with caution and

to progress slowly. Therefore, they are soon in danger and difficulty; their natures are oft so

impure or so selfish that the new powers which are beginning to make their presence felt,

and so opening up new avenues of awareness and contact, are subordinated to purely selfish

ends and prostituted to mundane objectives. The glimpses vouchsafed to the man of that

which lies behind the veil are misinterpreted and the information gained is misused and

distorted by wrong motives. But whether a person is unintentionally a victim of force or

brings himself in touch with it deliberately, he pays the price of his ignorance or temerity in

the physical body, even though his soul may "go marching on."

It is of no use at this time to close one's eyes to the immediate problem or to endeavor to

lay the blame for the sad failures, the occult wrecks, for the half-demented psychics, the

hallucinated mystics and the feeble-minded dabblers in esotericism at the door of their own

stupidity, or upon the backs of some teachers, groups or organizations. Much blame can

indeed be placed here and there, but it is the part of wisdom to face facts and to realize the

cause of that which is everywhere transpiring and which can be stated as follows.

The cause of the growth of the lower psychism and of the increasing sensitivity of humanity at this time

is the sudden inflow of a new form of astral energy through the rent veil which has, until a short while

ago, safeguarded the [7] many. Add to this the inadequacy of the mass of human vehicles to meet the

newly imposed strain and some idea of the problem can be grasped.

Let it not be forgotten, however, that there is another side to the picture. The inflow of this

energy has brought many hundreds of people into a new and deeper spiritual realization; it

has opened a door through which many will pass before long and take their second initiation,

and it has let a flood of light into the world - a light which will go on increasing for the next

thirty years, bringing assurance of immortality and a fresh revelation of the divine potencies

in the human being. Thus is the New Age dawning. Access to levels of inspiration, hitherto

untouched, has been facilitated. The stimulation of the higher faculties (and this on a large

scale) is now possible, and the coordination of the personality with the soul and the right use

of energy can go forward with renewed understanding and enterprise. Ever the race is to the

strong, and always the many are called and the few chosen. This is the occult law.

We are now in a period of tremendous spiritual potency and of opportunity to all upon the probationary

path and the path of discipleship. It is the hour wherein a clarion call goes forth to man to be of good

cheer and of goodwill, for deliverance is on the way. But it is also the hour of danger and of menace for

the unwary and the unready, for the ambitious, the ignorant, and for those who selfishly seek the Way

and who refuse to tread the path of service with pure motive. Lest this widespread upheaval and

consequent disaster to so many should seem to you unfair, let me remind you that this one life is but a

second of time in the larger and wider existence of the soul, and that those who fail and are disrupted by

the impact of the powerful forces now flooding our earth will nevertheless have their vibration "stepped

up" to better things along with the mass of those who achieve, even if their physical vehicles are

destroyed in the process. The destruction of the body is not the worst disaster that can overcome a man.

It is not my purpose to cover the whole ground possible [8] in relation to the situation in the

field of psychism caused by the inflow of astral energy at this time. I seek to confine myself

to the effect of this inflow on aspirants and sensitives. These two words - aspirants and

sensitives - are employed by me in this article to distinguish the awakened seeker after

control and mastery from the lower type of psychic, who is controlled and mastered. It is

necessary here to remind you that psychism, so-called, can be divided into the following two

groups:

Higher Psychism: Divine - Controlled - Positive - Intelligently applied -

Mediatorship

Lower Psychism : Animal - Uncontrolled - Negative - Automatic - Mediumship

These distinctions are little understood, nor is the fact appreciated that both groups of

qualities indicate our divinity. All are expressions of God.

There are certain psychic powers which men share in common with the animals; these powers are

inherent in the animal body and are instinctual, but they have, for the vast majority, dropped below the

threshold of consciousness and are unrealized and therefore useless. These are the powers, for instance,

of astral clairvoyance and clairaudience, and the seeing of colors and similar phenomena. Clairvoyance

and clairaudience are also possible on mental levels, and we then call it telepathy, and the seeing of

symbols, for all visioning of geometrical forms is mental clairvoyance. All these powers are, however,

tied up with the human mechanism or response apparatus, and serve to put the man in touch with

aspects of the phenomenal world for which the response mechanism, which we call the personality,

exists. They are the product of the activity of the divine soul in man, which takes the form of what we

call "the animal soul," which really corresponds to the Holy Ghost aspect in the human microcosmic

trinity. All these powers have their [9] higher spiritual correspondences, which manifest when the soul

becomes consciously active and controls its mechanism through the mind and the brain. When astral

clairvoyance and clairaudience are not below the threshold of consciousness, but are actively used and

functioning, it means that the solar plexus center is open and active. When the corresponding mental

faculties are present in consciousness, then it means that the throat center and the center between the

eyebrows are becoming "awake" and active. But the higher psychic powers, such as spiritual perception

with its infallible knowledge, the intuition with its unerring judgment, and psychometry of the higher

kind with its power to reveal the past and the future, are the prerogatives of the divine soul. These

higher powers come into play when the head and heart centers, as well as the throat center, are brought

into activity as the result of meditation and service. Let the student, however, remember two things:

That the greater can always include the lesser, but the purely animal psychic does

not include the higher.

That between the lowest type of negative Mediumship and the highest type of

inspired teacher and seer are found a vast diversity of grades, and that the

centers are not uniformly developed in humanity.

The complexity of the subject is great, but the general situation can be grasped, the

significance of the opportunity proffered can be understood, and the right use of knowledge

be employed to bring good out of the present critical period, and thus the psychic and

spiritual growth of man be fostered and nurtured.

Two questions should, I believe, at this time engross the attention of all workers in the field of

esotericism and those who are engaged with the training of students and aspirants.

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