Standing
With Massed Intent in the Fire of Love
Humanity is entering a period
of unparalleled synthesis accompanying the dissolution of the old world order.
We are in a period of in-gathering (the greatest of three in-gatherings during
the past 2500 years), and we students of the Ageless Wisdom and Spiritual
Occultism can and, really, must be part of this process. The magnetism within us
must be released into the world in a manner as vibrant as possible. There
is still time for many human beings to be positively influenced by the Treasure
of Occultism (the “Treasure of Light”) bequeathed to us especially by Masters
Djwhal Khul, Morya. Koot-Humi, Hilarion, and by those They
have directly inspired—Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Alice A. Bailey, Helena
Roerich, and significant others. Behind the Treasure stands the inspiration
of the Christ and Sanat Kumara, the “Lord of Venusian Love”.
When I think of where we stand
as disciples in the modern age and students of spiritual esotericism, I think
we have arrived at a moment of assertion, reaffirmed brotherhood, and the
potential for a new synthesis within the Ageless Wisdom movement in the world.
If ever there were a time for us all, as brothers and sisters, to stand up
for our esoteric values and the esoteric world view--this is that time.
On
all sides the values we cherish are being threatened. I view with alarm the
developments within the ranks of the sixth ray enemies of democracy and spiritual
meritocracy. We have seen it all before. I will now come out and say, definitely,
that I believe the Black Lodge to be on the attack again, and that this attack
is far more serious than the one that occurred in relation to the Great War
1914—1945. It is my opinion that we are slowly falling into the horrific scenario
which Master Djwhal Khul said could be foreseen—the religious war that must
not happen.
In WWII Hierarchy took sides
with those who (for all their imperfections) stood for democracy and the freedom of the human Spirit. Ignorance is
everywhere present and no government or people is
exempt from selfish abuses, but I do believe that Hierarchy will again
have to take sides against the oppression of militant, violent, religio-political
fanaticism wherever it may be found.
Those who recognize the nature
of Aquarian values, and who wish to see the wonder of the New Age unfold,
simply must be both strong and loving at this time. I deplore the
weakness I see around me (and in myself). The enemies of human freedom are
again on the move. They are found in all countries but they are concentrated
in those who espouse violent religio-political fanaticism.
Master Jesus has a tremendous
task on His hands. Judaism, Islam, Christianity—in their present forms have,
one and all, outlived their usefulness to humanity. A universal
“New World Religion” is on its way, destined to supersede the inadequate
religious presentations of the present era.
Christianity can, I think, make
the transition into New Age values most smoothly of the three. The “Crusades”
are, we can all hope, over; the Christian Church in general is (after
its many abuses, errant quests, and outright failures) “sadder but wiser”.
The more reasonable presentations of Christianity do not wish to reclaim
for the Church an ancient glory. The Second World War taught Christians
a bitter lesson, as Christianity (for all its profession of love) failed
to stem the hateful onslaught. Master Djwhal Khul tells us Masonry (that
great intended example of universal brotherhood) failed too.
Moderate Judaism can also make
the transition. Militant Orthodox Judaism cannot. It is ossified and terrified
of change. It too, is a form of retrogressive fundamentalism, and cannot
last.
Militant Islam (so prone to violence) sponsoring
an externalized Jihadism (which is not the fighting of the inner
psycho-spiritual ‘war’ which all spiritual human beings must fight) is, in
my opinion, the worst threat to human freedom at the present time. (And let
us be warned—if we in democratic countries react to the threat of Jihadism
in such a way as to deprive ourselves of the hard-won freedoms of the past
few centuries (paid in blood and untold sacrifice), then we, too, are cooperating
in the demise of human freedom.) When the sixth and first rays combine they
can easily fall into excess, and we are witnessing brutal excesses at the
present time.
As spiritual occultists-in-training,
we all know that the sixth ray (in its “racial” cycle) will be out of incarnation
in about one hundred thirty years (“for it will be about two hundred years
before all the sixth ray egos pass out of incarnation”—EP I 26—written in
the early 1930’s), and, sub-consciously, the fanatical fundamentalists
know it. They know that time is against them and they are becoming desperate.
While all religious fanatics share this (almost unconscious) desperation,
the greatest degree of desperation is, I believe, to be seen in militant
Islam.
Let us turn our attention to
the psyches of the desperate sixth ray souls found among religious fanatics
of all persuasions. The unconscious premonition of their own ‘annihilation’
(really, a temporary pralaya) impels them to reclaim and reassert the glories
of the past. In the case of the Jihadists, we have a religion (not really
a nation) attempting to reclaim its ancient glory. The attempted reclamations
of religio-political fanatics are filled with both national and religious
egoism—a lethal combination. The Jihadists, however, are not alone.
The
Zionists, partially motivated by a desire for such reclamation, both desired
and conspired to reclaim the “Promised Land” (which four thousand years
ago—and, thus, in earlier incarnations—they took by force from its rightful
inhabitants on the strength of “God’s {supposed} Promise” to them. Who was
this “God” who encouraged them to take the lives and property of others
and the point of the sword?). The Nazis wished to reassert the ancient Aryan
(who, in their view, had been shamelessly diminished by admixture with other
races). The Italian Fascists hoped for the reappearance of “Rome
in all its Glory”. And now the Radical Islamists wish to reassert the Caliphate,
fueled by the burning vision of world domination—Radical Islamic Theocracy
for one and all.
Every such anachronistic reassertion
is destined for failure. In the case of the Radical Islamists, time (as
dispensed through racial and planetary ray cycles) is not on their side.
We who support the Western values of freedom, individuality, self-determination,
universal progress and the eminence of reason (leading to pure reason) must
stand firm—now and for decades to come. With fiery and loving
“massed intent” we must face down “the roaring tide of the world’s ignorance”—A
Treatise on White Magic 350—holding to light, love and
spiritual will even as the “Forces of Opposition” attempt to engulf
them by a black wave which promises the slavery of the human Spirit.
We
are living in a violent world, and the violence is intensifying because
its proponents are ignorant (and even willfully ignorant) of the
deep realities of life. We, as disciples of spiritual esotericism and occultists-in-training,
are increasingly intimate to these deep realities, but we are few in number,
scattered and relatively weak—and we fight among ourselves! This
must end!
This is the time for all our
spiritual resources to be drawn forth—meditatively, intellectually, compassionately—so
that we can “make our mark” within this really terrifying world situation
and during what is shaping up to become the “hour of humanity’s greatest
need”. The soul of humanity is once again under attack. The enemies are
everywhere and even within our own hearts. First the “enemy within” must
be neutralized. “He who has conquered himself is as one who has conquered
a thousand armies”—this, the Buddha said. And, simultaneously, we must stand
in such as way as to prevent the reversion of human consciousness to earlier
stages of now unacceptable ignorance. No one religious interpretation can
dominate the world, and it is always the atavistic interpretations of religion
which are intent on world domination.
The present civilization of
our Western World is in decline and a new civilization is uprising. With
reference to the virtues of the fourth ray, I would say that we must save
the best of the old—the great cultural fruits of Western Civilization—and,
progressively, apply our consciousness to the task of making the transition
into the world view promoted by the best Teachings of the Ageless Wisdom.
It will be a long time before the majority of humanity is ready for spiritual
occultism and its detailed teaching, but the deep principles which underlie
the esoteric world view—universal brotherhood, recognition of the soul
in all, the promise of endless progress for humanity and for all forms of
life, the radiance of God Immanent—for such principles millions are
ready.
I think we need a new and concerted
way of reaching the public with these values and this world enlightened
view. The Hierarchy stands and we are seeking (for all our imperfections)
to represent Their Teaching. We need not apologize for this. We need not
water down the Teaching too much, though we can always “speak proportionately”
as Master Morya has said. We must work against the creeping irrelevance
that could overtake us and, instead, assertively come forth with
the Treasure of Light.
How will be done in the immediate
future? I do not fully know, but I know it must be done. Below I
have offered some suggestions as to how we may proceed. Only a concerted
effort to implement such suggestions will prove or refute their usefulness.
Our
goal is DK’s goal: to “teach and spread the knowledge of the Ageless Wisdom”—meditatively,
studiously, serviceably—wherever we can find response. We really have
to mobilize to reach out—all the while standing for the values proposed
by the Ageless Wisdom, standing for the best values of Western (and Eastern)
Civilization—for, in many of us, the West and East are fast uniting. We
must stand firmly against the fanatical enemies of freedom, wherever these
enemies may be found—whether in heartless fundamentalistic doctrines of
all kinds, or within the cruelty of our own unspoken thoughts.
I do not say that any of us
is perfect in his or her interpretation of the Teaching. We are not Masters.
We are not even Arhats (i.e., true Renunciants), and so we are still very
much subject to the distortions of the human mind. But we try, again and
again, to understand the Truth more deeply so that we can carry the Light
to those who are in great need of it—and, in time, we shall prevail.
There are simply certain things
which must not happen. Above all, the ‘war which must not be fought’
(fought on the physical plane) must not happen. We who understand something
of the stakes involved are now “on watch” and the responsibility upon us is
heavy. Medievalism (no matter in what religio-political form)
cannot be allowed to reverse the tide of human progress. Whether the violent
fanatics are ‘jihadists’, “crusaders” or Zionist zealots (to suggest names
for some of the most violent and militant types claiming to represent three
of the great world religions—Islam, Christianity and Judaism) their present
approach must be considered totally unacceptable to the modern student
of spiritual esotericism allied with the Great White Lodge. Their fanatically
misguided ‘will-to-reversion’ must not be allowed to prevail. Should they
succeed in their designs, it will be a great disaster for humanity and a brutal
set-back for the present phase of the Divine Plan as it applies to the regeneration
of humanity and the sacredization of planet Earth.
Now to practicalities!
What can we (as students of the Ageless Wisdom) actually do to negate
the pernicious effects of policies promoted by this enflamed and fearful group
of sixth ray souls who will rapidly be on their way out of incarnation and
into a temporary pralaya?
Our response is complicated
by the fact that militant, religious fanatics will not listen to reason.
Their world view is so narrow and distorted (so unrealistic from the
esoteric perspective) that solutions which favor the present and future welfare
of humanity and the preservation of our planet make absolutely no appeal to
their consciousness.
Many of them are convinced
that the Earth will not survive an immanent global conflagration. They envision
a future and permanent life within a ‘place’ they call “Paradise” or
“Heaven”, a state of vibration which we, as students of esotericism, understand
to be impermanent, essentially illusory and ‘located’ upon the higher
astral and lower mental planes—the “Summerland” and “Devachan” of Theosophy.
Such individuals whose consciousness is adversely conditioned by the escapist,
Neptunian aspect sixth ray have no love of the Earth and see no future for
it. Their simplistic theology naturally reinforces this dangerous illusion.
Others,
expecting the same global conflagration, anticipate that the Earth and humanity
will indeed survive (at least for a certain period), though dominated entirely
by the faith which they consider to be ‘The One and Only True Faith’. Many
Christian fundamentalists expect that Christ will descend from “Heaven” and
rule (with the Christian elect) for one thousand years during which time Satan
will “bound”. The fate of the Earth following that reign is far from certain,
but there is the general expectation of another period of conflagration which
will destroy the “old heaven and old earth”—i.e., Earth as we know it will
come to an end.
The militant Islamists,
on the other hand, foresee (after the great conflagration heralding the return
of the Twelfth Imam) the unchallenged reign of Islam on Earth in perpetuity.
Other faiths and their adherents will either be destroyed or if they survive
will be relegated to an entirely inferior status—“dhimmitude”. Allah’s Rule
will be firmly established on Earth forever. The majority of these militant
individuals are strongly influenced in their soul nature by the fiery, violent
sixth ray planet Mars. The same could be said of modern Christians with a
‘crusader mentality’ and of modern Hebrews who believe that God has given
them eternal dominion over the “Promised Land” and encouraged them to take
it by violence and hold it by violent force if necessary.
As students of the Ageless
Wisdom we can see through the pitiful glamors and illusions which have warped
the minds of such militant and violent religious fanatics. We know that in
future incarnations they will outgrow the distorted thoughts and passions
which presently prey upon their consciousness (and upon the lives of others),
but, though their future progress is probable, they cannot (at present) be
allowed to work their will upon humanity. The successful execution of their
cherished convictions would simply lead humanity into a tragedy of unparalleled
proportions. In the following words, the Tibetan has warned, in no uncertain
terms, that the present human experiment might have to be discontinued:
“If
no progress is made and these problems remain unsolved, at least in some measure, and if humanity slips back into the status existing
prior to the war, then nothing can stop the next war. If it comes, it will
bring the final death blow to the human race. Mankind
as we know it could not survive, nor would it be right and good that it should. The death of a race might
then be decreed and the long process of nurturing a race of men who would
finally express divinity would have to be started all over again. These are
not idle words, but the foundation of a possibility
which can be clearly visioned...." (The Problems of Humanity,
First Edition)
Faced with these dire possibilities,
what can we who are students of a profoundly enlightened Teaching actually
do to help forestall this terrible potential eventuality?
Let me offer some suggestions
concerning the mobilization of what we may call, somewhat idealistically,
the “World Esoteric Community”.
1.
Be well-informed concerning the problem;
it will not “go away by itself”, especially in the immediate future. Fortunately,
the pattern of ray cycles will work against the perpetuation of these problems,
for the sixth ray is well and truly on its way out of incarnation for the
present period of human history. Nevertheless, we are faced with a “clear
and present danger” for the next fifty years or more, and we cannot “hide
our (esoteric) heads in the sand”. The Black Lodge is presently using militant,
violent religious fanaticism in the attempt to throw humanity back into the
Dark Ages, or worse. The methods of this Lodge (and its witting or unwitting
servants) are pursued with seriousness and in all earnest. These individuals
and groups are constantly moving against the Light and the possibility of
the transformation and liberation of humanity. The advice here is to “know
what the enemy is thinking”. This is indeed an “enemy” (at least an apparent
one). The “enemy” is not the souls of such misguided individuals, with
which our souls are one, but their temporarily distorted personality expressions
which are under the spell of a certain form of madness—yes, a form
of religious insanity. We must understand what they think, and see
what they do, so that such thought and action can be countered both objectively
and subjectively. 2.
Permit no rift to separate us as workers
within the field of the Ageless Wisdom: we may choose to pursue quite different
methods of representing the Wisdom and, on the outer level, may have many
differences of opinion or, even, disagreements. Inwardly, however, we must
remain staunch in Brotherhood—united in the fact that we work for the Light
and for the coming expression of a greater Love throughout the human race.
The achievement of an enlightened, mutually respectful unity will strengthen
us and our impact upon the consciousness of humanity. 3.
Reach and educate as many human beings
as possible with the ‘Treasure of Light’ we have been given:
at the present time huge numbers of people are simply ‘spiritually insane’.
They live, work and believe under the spell of pernicious glamors and
illusions, which, if not negated by the Light, may well lead to the annihilation
of the majority of humanity. The Great White Lodge did not offer the great
Teaching simply for the delight of those who are attracted to it and can somewhat
understand it. The Teaching is meant to become a huge spiritual force for
the regeneration of human thought and consciousness; so far, this has not
occurred. With every skill at our disposal, the Teaching must be introduced
to humanity and worked into its substance. Our minds and hearts should be
so full of the Teaching that the thoughts we think and words we utter, truly and skillfully represent that Teaching. People
still laboring under the spell of ignorance must be taught to think spiritually,
which means both logically and intuitively, and with love in their hearts.
Even more importantly, the lives we lead must become an embodiment of the
Teaching we profess. How this will be done is up to every true student of
the Wisdom; that it must be done is unquestionable.
4.
Meditate as if our lives (and the
live of all humanity) depended upon it:
7.
Stand with “Massed Intent” in the
fullest possible power of the Heart of the Sun, intent upon spiritual victory
for humanity and our planet. We cannot summon the necessary strength
of Will to “stand with massed intent” unless we stand within the Power
of Love. If we would be victorious over this final attack of the Black
Lodge (final, at least, for our period of history), we must stand together
in the Divine Solar Flow of the Heart of the Sun. The strength of the
Christ is His because He has learned so to stand. Now, on a lower turn of
the spiral, the task of learning this stance is ours. Our
apparent enemy is the lower aspects of our very self, and together
and in Love, we will learn to defeat this enemy. We cannot win this
“Religious War” unless we realize that we (yes, every one of us) are
both the enemy and the Blessed One. The enemy is within,
and that enemy must be defeated by the “Blessed One” Who is also within and
who lives in the Heart of the Sun.
It is time that a new note
of synthesis resounded in the World Esoteric Community. The Shamballic Impact
of 2000 has come, and the Great Decision of 2001. Now let the Good of those
great Events permeate that which should be (in deed and not just in
name) a true “World Esoteric Community”. The “Treasure of Light” must
be widely bestowed—and, yes, over the Internet and in person whenever possible.
If
every one of us becomes mobilized on behalf of the Teaching, there is no telling
what we might be able to accomplish in this drastically worsening world situation.
WWII
precipitated on the physical plane because there were not enough men and women
of goodwill to forestall it. Let it not be said that ‘the War that must not
happen’ broke in waves of fire over humanity because esotericists (those who
are so well-positioned to bear the burden of hierarchical energy) had become
irrelevant to the development of the human race!
I question myself. I question
each of us individually. I question us all as a world group—what more can
we do? From what more intensified point of tension can we work? How can we
better cooperate? How can we truly, together and in stalwart, loving Brotherhood,
represent the Great Ones before the eyes of humanity? In response to these
questions, I have offered seven suggestions. I hope we will study them
and apply them to the best of our ability.
I wish to sound with all my strength
a wake-up call to the esotericists of the world:
Band together! Cooperate
in soul as brothers and sisters! Meditate
and study more deeply than ever! Reach
out and reach more people, educating them with the “Treasure of Light”!
Love deeply with “Massed Intent”
so that the sword of evil must shatter against the radiance of that Love!
I
have deep love and appreciation for you all, and especially for all who are
making deliberate and repeated sacrifices in their lives to bring the Great
Teaching forward as a Saving Force.
In Light, Love and Power,
Michael Robbins President,
University of the Seven Rays