Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul - The Externalization of the Hierarchy - III - The
Cycle of Conferences







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The Externalization of the Hierarchy - Section III - Forces behind the
Evolutionary Process





It is necessary also to remind ourselves that, having won the
war against aggression and barbarity upon the physical plane (and it is won), humanity has
now earned the right to carry that accomplishment through to psychological and actual
mental victory, and to do this together and with the mustered aid of enlightened
men and women from every country - hence the inauguration of this Cycle of Conferences and
Councils. This cycle will prove long or short, according to the release of the
will-to-good from the spiritual world, in response to the massed intent of the men and
women of goodwill everywhere.As the destroying aspect of the Will of God nears the
accomplishing of divine purpose, the will-to-good can emerge with clarity and dominate
human affairs. Out of the [453] immensity of planetary evil, demonstrated through the
destructive war of the past few years (1914-1945), great and permanent good can come; the
spiritual Hierarchy stands ready to evoke the good latent behind the work of destruction
which has been done, but this can be so only if the goodwill of humanity itself is
employed with adequate invocative power. If this goodwill finds expression, two things can
occur: first, certain potencies and forces can be released upon the earth which will aid
men's effort to attain right human relations, with its resultant effect - peace; secondly,
the forces of evil will be so potently defeated that never again will they be able to
wreak such universal destruction upon earth.
Years ago I
said that the war which may follow this one would be waged in the field of the world
religions. Such a war will not work out, however, in a similar period of extreme carnage
and blood; it will be fought largely with mental weapons and in the world of thought; it
will involve also the emotional realm, from the standpoint of idealistic fanaticism. This
inherent fanaticism (found ever in reactionary groups) will fight against the appearance
of the coming world religion and the spread of esotericism. For this struggle certain of
the well-organized churches, through their conservative elements (their most powerful
elements), are already girding themselves. Those sensitive to the new spiritual impacts
are still far from powerful; that which is new always faces the supreme difficulty of
superseding and overcoming that which is old and established. Fanaticism, entrenched
theological positions, and materialistic selfishness are to be found actively organized in
the churches in all continents and of all denominations. They can be expected to fight for
their established ecclesiastical order, their material profit and their temporal rule, and
already are making the needed preparations.
The coming struggle will emerge within the churches themselves; it will also be
precipitated by the enlightened elements who exist in fair numbers already, and are
rapidly growing in strength through the impact of human necessity. [454] The fight will
then spread to thinking men and women everywhere who - in a protesting revolt - have
denied orthodox churchianity and theology. They are not irreligious but have, through pain
and sorrow, learned (without ecclesiastical help) that the spiritual values are the only
values which can salvage humanity, that the Hierarchy stands, and that Christ - as the
symbol of peace and the Leader of the Forces of Light - is not a negligible force but one
that is evoking response from the hearts of men everywhere. True religion will come to
be interpreted in terms of the will-to-good and its practical expression, goodwill. The
coming world conferences and the international councils will give indication of the
strength of this new spiritual response (on the part of humanity) to the over-shadowing
spiritual Potencies awaiting the invocative cry of mankind. When that cry arises, these
divine energies will precipitate themselves into the realm of human thinking and planning.
Men will then find themselves gifted with renewed strength and with the needed insight
which will enable them to drive out the entrenched materialistic forces and the power of
selfish interests - banded together to prevent human freedom. If the conferences to be
held in the near future demonstrate that mankind is truly striving to bring about right
human relations, the forces of evil can then be driven back; the Forces of Light will then
take control.





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