Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul - Problems of Humanity - V - The New World Religion







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Problems of Humanity - Chapter V - The Problem of the Churches





There are also many forms of energy and many spiritual
potencies which are not as yet generally recognized but to which the church Festivals of
all religions bear witness; these are released at the period of the Festivals. It is not
possible in this book to deal with this subject in any detail. But we can indicate the
general line of thought which will produce and condition the New World Religion, which
will link it with all of the good which the past has given, which will make it spiritually
effective in the future and which today will slowly condition man's approach to God - an
approach which for the first time in history can be organized on a worldwide scale and
consciously undertaken. This indicates that because of man's desperate need, because of
[162] the crisis through which humanity has just passed and is now passing, men and women
of vision and of inclusive thinking in all the churches of every world faith will end
their doctrinal differences, agree on the essential religious truths and then proceed
unitedly and with some uniformity of ritual and ceremonial to approach together the
center of spiritual power.is this too much to expect and to ask of humanity in the hour
of man's need? Cannot the enlightened members of the present great world religions in the
East and in the West get together and plan for such an invocative undertaking and thus together
inaugurate the mode of spiritual Approach which will serve to unify their efforts and
establish the seed at least of the New World Religion?
The establishing of a measure of uniformity of procedure will not prove so difficult
once a measure of unity on the spiritual essentials has been achieved. This carefully
determined uniformity will aid men everywhere to strengthen each other's work and enhance
powerfully the stream of thought energy which can be directed towards those spiritual
Lives, working under the Christ, Who stand expectantly waiting to come to the aid of
humanity. At present the Christian religion has its great Festivals; the Buddhist keeps
his particular set of spiritual events, and the Hindu has still another list of holy days,
as has also the Mohammedan. Is it not possible that in the world of the future, men
everywhere and of all faiths will keep the same holy days and unite in honor of the same
Festivals? This will bring about a pooling of spiritual resources and a united spiritual
effort, plus a simultaneous spiritual invocation. The potency of this is surely apparent.
Let us
indicate the possibilities of such a spiritual happening, and prophesy the nature of
certain of the future worldwide Festivals. There are three such Festivals [163] each year
which all men could and would normally and easily keep together, in unison and with a
uniformity of approach which would link them all closely together These three Festivals
are concentrated in three consecutive months and lead, therefore, to a prolonged annual
spiritual effort which should affect the entire year. They would serve to unite in closer
spiritual ties the Eastern and the Western believer; they express divinity in
manifestation through the place where the will of God is known, through the spiritual
Hierarchy where the love of God is fully expressed and through humanity whose task it is
intelligently to work out God's plan in love and goodwill to all men.
The
Festival of Easter. This is the festival of the risen, living Christ, the Head of the
spiritual Hierarchy, the Inaugurator of the Kingdom of God and the Expression of the love
of God. On this day, the spiritual Hierarchy which He guides and directs will be
universally recognized, man's relation to it emphasized and the nature of God's love
registered. Men everywhere will invoke that love, with its power to produce resurrection
and spiritual livingness. This Festival is determined always by the date of the first Full
Moon of spring. The eyes and thoughts of men will be fixed on life, not death; Good Friday
will no longer be a factor in the life of the churches. Easter will be the great Western
festival.
The
Festival of Wesak or Vaisakha. This is the festival of the Buddha, that great
spiritual Intermediary between the center where the will of God is known and the spiritual
Hierarchy. The Buddha is the expression of the will of God, the embodiment of Light and
the indicator of the divine purpose. Men everywhere will evoke wisdom and understanding
and the inflow of light into the minds of men everywhere. This Festival is determined in
relation to the Full Moon of Taurus. [164] It is the great Eastern festival and is already
meeting with Western recognition; thousands of Christians today keep the festival of the
Buddha.
The
Festival of Humanity. This will be the festival of the spirit of humanity - aspiring
to approach nearer to God, seeking conformity to the divine will to which the Buddha
called attention, dedicated to the expression of goodwill which is the lowest aspect of
love to which Christ called attention and of which He was the perfect expression. It will
be the day pre-eminently on which the divine nature of man will be recognized and his
power to express goodwill and to establish right human relations (because of his divinity)
will be stressed. On this festival we are told Christ has for nearly two thousand years
represented humanity and has stood before the Hierarchy as the God-man, the leader of His
people and "the Eldest in a great family of brothers". This will, therefore, be
a festival of deep invocation and appeal; it will express a basic aspiration towards
fellowship and for human and spiritual unity; it will represent the effect in the human
consciousness of the work of the Buddha and of the Christ. It will be held at the time of
the Full Moon of Gemini.

If in these
early days of restoration and of the inauguration of the new civilization and of the new
world, men of all faiths and all religions, of every cult and all esoteric groups were to
keep these three great Festivals of Invocation, simultaneously and with understanding of
the far-reaching implications, a great spiritual unity would be achieved; if they unitedly
invoked the spiritual Hierarchy and sought consciously to contact its Head a great and
general inflow of spiritual light and love would occur; if they together determined, with
steadfastness and understanding, to approach nearer to God, who could doubt the stupendous
results which eventually would be seen? Not only would an underlying unity [165] between
men of all faiths be attained, not only would brotherhood be recognized as a fact and not
only would our oneness of origin, of goal and of life be recognized but that which would
be evoked would change all aspects of human living, would condition our civilization,
change our mode of life and make the spiritual world a dominant reality in the human
consciousness.
God, in the
person of Christ and His Hierarchy would draw nearer to His people; God, through the
instrumentality of the Buddha, would reveal His eternal light and evoke our intelligent
cooperation; God, through the spiritual Hierarchy and through that center where the will
of God is known, would bring humanity to the point of resurrection and to a spiritual
awareness which would bring about goodwill towards men and peace on earth. The will of God
transcendent would be carried out through the medium of God immanent in man; it would be
expressed in love in response to the work of Christ; it would be intelligently presented
on earth because the minds of men would have been illumined as the result of their united
invocation, the unity of their effort and the oneness of their understanding.
It is for this that humanity waits; it is for this that the churches must work; it is
these qualities and characteristics which will condition the New World Religion.
The great Invocation or Prayer does not belong to any person or group but to all
Humanity. The beauty and the strength of this Invocation lies in its simplicity, and in
its expression of certain central truths which all men, innately and normally, accept -
the truth of the existence of a basic Intelligence to Whom we vaguely give the name of
God; the truth that behind all outer seeming, the motivating power of the universe is
Love; the truth that a great Individuality came to earth, called by Christians, the
Christ, and embodied that love so that we could understand; the truth that both love [166]
and intelligence are effects of what is called the Will of God; and finally the
self-evident truth that only through humanity itself can the Divine Plan work
out.
The Great Invocation
From the point of Light within the Mind of God
Let love 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 center 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 center 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. [167]





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