Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul - Esoteric Psychology II - Chapter I - The Urge to
Formulate a Plan







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Esoteric Psychology II - Chapter I - The Egoic Ray - Rules for
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c. The Urge to Formulate a PlanThe third
divine instinct or hidden inner trend is the urge to formulate a plan. It will be
apparent that this urge grows out of, or is dependent upon, the previous two trends
considered. It finds its microcosmic reflection in the many plans and projects of finite
man as he lives his little life or runs busily about the planet in connection with his
tiny personal affairs. It is this universal capacity to work and plan which is the
guarantee that there exists in man the capacity to respond eventually and in group
formation to God's plan, based on God's vision. All these basic, developing, divine
instincts and expressions of God's consciousness and awareness find their embryonic
reflections in our modern humanity. It is no part of my purpose to indicate my
understanding of God's Plan. This is limited naturally by my capacity. Only dimly do I
sense it, and only occasionally and faintly does the outline of God's stupendous objective
dawn on my mind. This Plan can only be sensed, visioned and known in truth by the
Hierarchy, and then only in group formation and by those Masters Who can function in full
monadic consciousness. They alone are beginning to comprehend what it is. Suffice it for
the rest of those in the Hierarchy - the initiates and disciples in their ordered ranks
and various gradings - to cooperate with that immediate aspect of the Plan which they can
grasp and which comes down to them through the inspired minds of their Directors at
certain stated times, and in certain specific years. Such a year was 1933. Such another
will be the year 1942. At those times, when the Hierarchy meets in silent conclave, a part
of God's vision, and His [242] formulation of that vision for the immediate present, is
revealed for the next nine year cycle. They then, in perfect freedom and with full mutual
cooperation lay Their plans to bring about the desired objectives of the Heads of the
Hierarchy, as They in Their turn cooperate with still higher Forces and Knowers.
The above
information will probably evoke much interest from those students who are not as yet
attuned to the higher values. For all who read this, could they but grasp it, this is the
least important part of the chapter and carries for them the minimum of usefulness. It has
for us, you will note, no practical application. Some might enquire then and rightly: Why
then give out this information? Because this Treatise is written for the future disciples
and initiates, and all that is here set forth is part of a revelation of truth which it is
desired should be given out. It comes today through many channels and from many sources -
such is the wonder of the power behind the present world adjustments!
This instinct of Deity is closely connected with the Law of Economy and is an
expression of the Principle of Materialization. For man, it has to be studied, grasped,
and wrought out through the right use of the mental body, working under the influence of
Atma or Spirit. The principle of Continuance has to be wrought out into conscious
knowledge by the right use of the astral or desire nature, working under the influence of
Buddhi. The Trend to Synthesis has finally to be wrought out in the brain consciousness
upon the physical plane, under the influence of the Monad, but its real expression and
man's true response to this urge only become possible after the third initiation. So it is
easily to be seen that this Treatise is indeed written for the future.
We have here received much upon which to ponder, to [243] think and to meditate. Let us
search for the thread of gold which will lead us, in waking consciousness, into the
treasure house of our own souls, and there let us learn to be at-one with all that
breathes, to sense the vision for the whole, as far as we can, and to work in unison with
God's plan as far as it has been revealed to us by Those Who know.
These
ancient rules, or determining factors - the essential conditioning laws in the life of the
Soul - are in their nature basically psychological. For that reason, they warrant our
study. On its own plane, the soul knows no separation, and the factor of synthesis governs
all soul relations. The soul is occupied not only with the form that the vision of its
objective may take, but with the quality or the meaning which that vision veils or hides.
The soul knows the Plan; its form, outline, methods and objective are known. Through the
use of the creative imagination, the soul creates; it builds thought-forms on the mental
plane and objectifies desire on the astral plane. It proceeds there to externalize its
thought and its desire upon the physical plane through applied force, creatively actuated
by the imagination of the etheric or vital vehicle. Yet because the soul is intelligence,
motivated by love, it can (within the realized synthesis which governs its activities)
analyze, discriminate and divide. The soul likewise aspires to that which is greater than
itself, and reaches out to the world of divine ideas, and thus itself occupies a midway
position between the world of ideation and the world of forms. This is its difficulty and
its opportunity.





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