Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul - Esoteric Psychology II - Chapter III - Stepping
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Esoteric Psychology II - Chapter III - Humanity Today - The Great
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The Hierarchy is working primarily during the next few years
through three groups of Masters who are on the first, second and third rays. Those on the
first ray are dealing with the important figures today in world government, for all of
them are subject to impression from their souls and all are fulfiling their individual
destiny, and influencing their respective nations along the lines of national destiny. The
period of intensive and seemingly destructive readjustment has been drastic and needed.
This must not be forgotten. Mistakes in techniques have necessarily been made, and oft the
law of love has been infringed. Sometimes, however, the love of the form aspect of
consciousness has been interpreted as synchronous and similar to the law of love by
critics of the methods employed. This is understandable. But the time of the great
national readjustments must soon end, and the necessary processes of realignment be
completed. This should then inaugurate a period of renewed relationships on a wide scale
throughout the world; it should see the beginning of the establishment of friendships and
the commencement of a new era of right and constructive world contacts. Hitherto this has
never been [730] possible on a large scale, owing to the fact that humanity had not
suffered enough and therefore was not adequately sensitive to others. It had no inner
integration such as is now possible through our developed means of communication, and the
growth of telepathic sensitivity. The abuses of the law of living had not been generally
recognized and known for what they are by a sufficient number of people. The work of the
great first ray influences is rapidly and materially changing all this, and out of the
lessons learnt, the structure of the new civilization can become possible.The work of
the second ray Masters is now intensifying, and the builders of the new civilization -
working, through the religious organizations, the educational systems of every country and
the great army of thinking men and women everywhere - can definitely begin to make their
presence felt. It is in this department primarily that the work of the New Group of World
Servers can be noted and can be developed.
The question may be raised whether we are omitting to recognize the presence of the
vast millions of the unenlightened masses who hang like a heavy millstone around the neck
of the leaders of the race, and who are kept down either through fear, through applied
poverty (yes, that is the proper term) or through regimentation. These constitute (as may
be easily recognized) a harnessed menace, but that harness is rapidly becoming worn, and
when the leash slips or breaks, it is difficult to forecast what the dire results may be.
The caged wild beast of the unenlightened - and therefore innocent human beings - who work
without the means for pleasure or leisure, who are underfed and exploited, cannot
indefinitely be held back. The one hope of the world is that the enlightened and
responsible people will readjust world relations, world conditions and the world economic
situation, so that contentment through the removal of abuses may succeed, [731] and there
will be no necessity for the prevailing and seething misery, which is rapidly reaching
boiling point. Let us not forget, if this seems to be unduly optimistic, that one light,
even if small, can light up a whole area.
The second
ray influences are therefore being poured through the agency of the educational
institutions and groups, through the religious bodies and through all men and women who
can vision the higher possibilities and the world of spiritual values and of meaning. This
is being done in the hope that a united stand will be possible and will produce a
synthesis of effort; that this will be productive, in its turn, of a real world
stabilization.
The third ray Masters are working strenuously in the world of business and of finance
through the agency of those who are animated by a spirit of selfless service - and there
are many such. It is a new field for spiritual endeavor. It is not possible to enlarge
within a brief space upon the methods and the plans of the Hierarchy at this time of
crisis and emergency in connection with the field of money and its significance and right
use. The general method employed is one of inspiration and of the presentation of
moments of crisis. These moments offer opportunity for the activity of some disciple,
and thus the learning of a needed lesson by the groups or nations implicated becomes
possible. The technique employed by these third ray Masters is to develop the minds of
aspirants and thinkers in the specific field of business so that they can think in larger
terms than those of their own selfish business interests. Moments of contact are also
arranged between members of the New Group of World Servers and these prominent people,
working in the field of economic enterprise, and thus opportunities are provided for
certain recognitions and certain definite cooperation. These are the methods which concern
us. There are other subjective and spiritual [732] methods employed which concern us not.
If they were outlined in detail to us, they would only serve to bewilder.
Let it be
emphatically stated here that the major method with which we can concern ourselves, and
the most potent instrument in the hands of the spiritual Hierarchy, is the spreading of
good will and its fusion into a united and working potency. That expression is to be
preferred to the words "the organization of good will". Good will is today a
dream, a theory, a negative force. It should be developed into a fact, a functioning
ideal, and a positive energy. That is our work and we are definitely called to cooperate
in bringing it about.
The task before the New Group of World Servers is great but it is not an impossible
task. It is engrossing but as it constitutes an imposed life pattern, it can be worked out
in every aspect of a man or woman's daily life. We are now called to serve intensively for
a period of years, to abnormal living, and to the shouldering of a responsibility
about which we have known for several years, but which we have not shouldered. Our
interest has been powerfully evoked, but not demonstrated as it might have been. The
demand for cooperation has been clearly sounded from the inner side, and by the leaders
and workers in the New Group of World Servers. We have responded with some aid but not
with sacrifice; we have given some assistance but it has been the minimum and not the
possible maximum (except in a few cases, whose assistance has been whole hearted and
recognized). We have been told that the members of the New Group of World Servers are
working in every land to spread good will, world understanding and religious unity. The
idea has been reassuring and we have rested back upon their efforts - the efforts of a
hard pressed few. [733]





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