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Planetary Purpose V
A seventh part of the unfolding Plan is being expressed by our particular planetary Life, and because this
great Being is not one of the seven sacred Lives and is therefore not expressing Himself through one of the
seven sacred planets, the Plan as unfolded upon the Earth is a part of a dual expression of purpose, and only
as another non-sacred planet reaches its consummation can the whole plan for the Earth be realized. (EPII7)
SDP: Which non-sacred planet is it?
1. 4th ray non-sacred - Moon (veil)2. 2nd ray non-sacred - Sun (veil)3. 6th ray non-sacred - Mars4. 1st ray
non-sacred - Pluto
I might advisedly suggest that interested students begin with meditation upon Pluto. This reference might
help commence the process:
"The Monad relates the initiate to the Will of God, to the Council at Shamballa, to forces active on the planet
Pluto, and on another planet which must remain nameless, and also to the Central Spiritual Sun." (RI97)
This may not be easily understood, for, it has been said, only those who are initiate can grasp some of the
significance of the statement that: "The twain shall be one and together shall express divinity."
SDP: The initiate is conscious, immutable and aware of the two extremes of the divine expression: His sense
of individual identity and the sense of universality. These are fused and blended in the One. Of this One,
Sanat Kumura is the supreme symbol - He contains within Himself the "union in one"of the pairs of
opposites, negative and positive, male and female.
The Tibetan states: In the state of being which we call the monadic, no difference is recognized between
these two because (if I can bring such ideas down to the level of the intelligence of the aspirant) it is realized
that there is no identity apart from universality and no appreciation of the universal apart from the individual
realization, and this realization of identification with both the part and the whole finds its point of tension in
the will-to-be, which is qualified by the will-to-good and developed (from the consciousness angle) by the
will-to-know.
These are in truth three aspects of the divine will which exists in its perfection in the solar Logos and finds a
medium of expression through the planetary Logos. This will is therefore working out in seven ways, via the
living qualities of the seven planetary Logoi Who express Themselves through the seven sacred planets;
They are preoccupied with the endeavor of bringing all the forms of life within the orbit of Their influence up
to the same measure of recorded recognition and of registered existence. It will be obvious to you,
consequently, that on each of the seven sacred planets one aspect of the divine Will will be dominant.
[R&I106]
"Love is essentially a word for the underlying motive of creation. Motive, however, presupposes purpose
leading to action, and hence in the group-life task of the incarnating Monad there comes a time when motive
(heart and soul) becomes spiritually obsolete because purpose has reached a point of fulfilment and the
activity set in motion is such that purpose cannot be arrested or stopped. The disciple cannot then be deterred,
and no hindrance or difficulty is hard enough to prevent his moving forward. Then we have eventual
destruction of what Theosophists call the causal body and the establishing of a direct relation between the
Monad and its tangible expression upon the physical plane. The head center and the center at the base of the
spine will be in direct unimpeded relation; monadic will and personality will likewise will be in a similar
unimpeded relation, via the antahkarana. I would have you remember that the will aspect is the final
dominating principle."
In the group application of these ideas the same basic and profound development must take place, and a
group of disciples must be distinguished by pure reason, which will steadily supersede motive, merging
eventually into the will aspect of the Monad - its major aspect. It is, technically speaking, Shamballa in direct
relation with humanity.
Just as the disciple enters the world of meaning and so can interpret events, just as the Hierarchy works in the
world of mediation, applying the Plan which the world of meaning has revealed, so the higher initiate works
consciously in the world of purpose which the Plan implements, the world of meaning interprets, and the
world of events expresses in sequential order and under the evolutionary Law.
"The nature of the One must be grasped and comprehended." This has reference to the fact that our planetary
Life is Itself a center within a still greater Life, and is today one of the three planetary centers (even if not yet
one of the seven sacred planets) which are the custodians of the force, in process of transmission, which will
be to the greater Life what Shamballa, the Hierarchy and Humanity are to our planetary Logos.
Related to this triangle is a secondary one within our sun's orbit, composed of Vulcan, Pluto and the
Earth.[EA482]
First Ray alignments between the 3 Logoi
Earth.......Ray I.......MonadVulcan.....Ray I.......SoulPluto.......Ray I........Personality
The Triangle of Solar Will
The germ or nucelus of will for the 3rd solar system
Vulcan......First Aspect.......Shamballa.....The Will to Good......Head.......Merak
Earth........Second Aspect...Hierarchy.......God is Love.............Heart......Polaris
Pluto........Third Aspect......Humanity......Goodwill.................Throat.....Dubhe
The Head (the idea), the Heart (the ideal) and the Throat (the creative agent of the resulting idol, the
temporary and fleeting expression of the ideal, inspired by the idea) came into being; three great Centers
emerged in time and space and - at this point in the evolutionary cycle - we call them Shamballa, the
Hierarchy and Humanity.
It is in this connection that the words I gave you previously are pertinent: [RI161]
1.
"The group must understand the nature of the Three." This will be seen to refer to the three major
centers and the nature of their relationship, and not specifically to the Trinity.
2.
"The nature of the One must be grasped and comprehended." This has reference to the fact that our
planetary Life is Itself a center within a still greater Life, and is today one of the three planetary centers (even
if not yet one of the seven sacred planets) which are the custodians of the force, in process of transmission,
which will be to the greater Life what Shamballa, the Hierarchy and Humanity are to our planetary Logos.
3.
"The group must work through the medium of the united breath." This deals with the processes of
circulation, for the breath is the life and pours through all the centers.
4.
"The group must attain a unified rhythm." This has no reference in reality to the work of a group of
disciples, but to a group of centers of life, such as the three major centers or the entire group of seven centers.
A study of these ideas may carry illumination, but I would again remind you that I write for initiates, living at
a later period in this century and in the next.
It is absolutely essential that the will-to-good be unfolded by the disciples of the world so that goodwill can
be expressed by the rank and file of mankind. The will-to-good of the world knowers is the magnetic seed of
the future. The will-to-good is the Father aspect, whilst goodwill is the Mother aspect, and from the relation
of these two the new civilization, based on sound spiritual (but utterly different) lines, can be founded. I
would commend this thought to your consciousness, for it means that two aspects of spiritual work must be
nurtured in the immediate future, for on them the more distant hope of happiness and of world peace
depends. The New Group of World Servers must be reached and the will-to-good developed in them, and the
masses simultaneously must be reached with the message of goodwill. The will-to-good is dynamic, powerful
and effective; it is based on realization of the plan and on reaction to the purpose as sensed by those who are
either initiate, and consciously in touch with Shamballa, or disciples who are likewise a part of the Hierarchy
but are not yet able to contact the central Purpose or Life.
Not yet having taken the third initiation, the monadic vibration is to them largely unknown. It would be just
as dangerous for them to be able to reach Shamballa (prior to the third initiation when all personality
tendencies are obliterated) as it would be to teach the masses of men today techniques of will which would
render their still selfish will effective. The main difficulty would be that the disciples would destroy
themselves, whilst the ordinary man would damage himself.
The destroyer aspect of the first Ray of Will or Power is producing worldwide destruction through the use of
the first kingdom in nature, the mineral kingdom. That which is made of metals and chemicals is bringing
catastrophe and destruction on earth, primarily in the human kingdom. At the same time the second attribute
of the will, synthesis, is evoking an equally widespread response. This sense of synthesis has a mass effect
earlier than it has an individual effect, and this is a thing of interest and importance to note at this time. Later,
the dynamism inherent in the will, wielded by the New Group of World Servers and by the disciples and
initiates of the world, will turn that instinctive mass response into factual experience and produce the
"appearance" on earth of the new, developed "quality" which "life" seeks in the New Age to demonstrate. In
the first volume of this Treatise, I called attention to the three divine aspects: Life, Quality and Appearance.
They are now in process of making their appearance in final form for this particular cycle. [R&I121]
The "rainbow bridge" becomes a channel for the impact of monadic or life energy upon substance, so that
substance, taking form under the cyclic intention of the planetary Logos, may become increasingly colored or
qualified by the energy of universality. [R&I280]
RULE XIII: Students need to realize more concretely that group consciousness, universal awareness, and
therefore synthetic effort, synthetic understanding and synthetic activity are possible to a Master or an initiate
of the higher degrees.
That involves the keynote of this solar [R&I250] system, particularly within this planet, the Earth; it will be
succeeded in the next solar system by a type of life activity which is as yet only known in Shamballa.
Thus, the great synthesis emerges, and destruction, death, and dissolution are in reality naught but life
processes. Abstraction is indicative of process, progress and development.[R&I163]
"...whilst the first Ray of Will or Power reaches us through Vulcan and through Pluto. The real reason for this
is one of the secrets of initiation and is hidden in the destiny of the fourth Creative Hierarchy and in the willto-manifest of the Lord of our Earth, Who is Himself upon the third Ray of Active Intelligence; of Him it is
said that "when the third great energy is related to the fourth Creative Hierarchy, the mystery of the perfected
Seven will be understood." EA269]
Vulcan and Pluto are related to the two Pointers and are only now beginning, in any definite and clear
manner, to affect human response. Their effect has been planetary in its nature up to date and has not hitherto
been at all effective in either the fourth or the second kingdoms in nature.
"...the spiritual will of deity as it comes to our planet and hence to us via Aries, Vulcan and Pluto. You have,
therefore, the following direct line of will energy:
1.
The Pointer furthest from the Pole Star[Merak, star VI] in the constellation of the Great Bear. This is,
esoterically speaking, [EA196] a great reservoir or focal point for divine energy, carrying out God's purpose.
The Pointer nearest to the Pole Star [Dubje, Star V] is expressive of a lower aspect of the will, which - in
speaking of humanity - we call self-will.
2.
Aries, in which the will to create or to manifest makes its appearance and the great divine experiment
is initiated.
3.
Vulcan and Pluto are related to the two Pointers and are only now beginning, in any definite and clear
manner, to affect human response. Their effect has been planetary in its nature up to date and has not hitherto
been at all effective in either the fourth or the second kingdoms in nature.
4.
Shamballa, the Custodian of the Plan for our planet.
Merak........Vulcan...Divine Will..."furthest from the Pole star"....Father
Dubhe........Pluto.....Self-Will ......"nearest the Pole star".............Mother
Thus in parables the truth goes out, and gradually the initiate grasps the uses of heat, warmth, light and
energy; he arrives at an understanding of self-will, sacrificial will and Shamballic purpose, and only Love
(self-love, group love, and finally, divine love) can reveal the significance of these symbolic words and the
occult paradoxes which confront the true aspirant as he attempts to tread the Way [R&I33].
the 3 aspects of Love
Self-love..........Pluto
Group Love.....Earth
Divine Love.....Vulcan
It is not possible in these brief instructions to deal adequately with the will aspect of divinity, nor would it
profit at this time. Aspirants have to learn the nature of the will by the power of inner illumination and by
certain intelligent recognitions. They learn the nature of the self through the aid of the personality, the
shadow or distortion of the divine will. They pass from the expression of the will which [47] is purely selfish,
self-sufficient and self-focused, to the grasp of the group will and to the effort to embody that group will.
This group will is always concerned with that which is not the will of the separated self.
As this ability to be selflessly decentralized grows and develops, the aspirant reaches a point where the group
life and the group good is seen as an integral part of a much greater Whole. This greater Whole is Being
Itself, divorced from form but ever working through form whilst in manifestation, and working with planned
purpose. The realization then grows that intelligence and love are not enough, but that they must be
supplemented and implemented by will, which is active intelligent purpose, lovingly applied.
The difficulty of this subject is inherent in the fact that basically (no matter how strange this may seem) love
is the line of least resistance for the developed human being. It is the governing principle of the present solar
system. Will is the governing principle of the next or coming solar system, which will be brought into
manifestation through the agency of those human beings who - in this solar system - arrive at the full
expression of the will aspect. Then, in the coming consummating manifestation, love will be to the will
aspect what intelligence is, in this solar system, to love.
There is in the first ray - as it expresses itself through Vulcan - very little of the Destroyer aspect as there is in
the planetary influence of Pluto, another agent of the first ray. [EA84
The Monad relates the initiate to the Will of God, to the Council at Shamballa, to forces active on the planet
Pluto, and on another planet which must remain nameless, [Vulcan] and also to the Central Spiritual
Sun.[R&I96]
Aries, the initiator of impulses (either the impulse to incarnate or the impulse to return to the originating
source) is closely in touch with one of the stars in the Great Bear to which we give the name "Pointer" in
common parlance. This Pointer is a "major star of direction" because through it (in this world cycle) flows
the will to unify and to bring about synthesis. This is the force which brings about the fusion or integration of
the personality, the at-one-ment of personality and soul, the unification of humanity or the Great Approach of
the Hierarchy to Humanity. It will produce also the integration of our Earth into the body of the "sacred
planets" and the consequent establishing of a triangle of force composed of the Pointer, Aries and our Earth.
This triangular relationship will have a potent effect upon the solar system as well as upon the planet itself
and is also one of the factors producing the shift in the Earth's axis. Related to this triangle is a secondary one
within our sun's orbit, composed of Vulcan, Pluto and the Earth. In the Archives of the Great Lodge this is
referred, to symbolically as: [EA483]
This is one of the most interesting and informing astrological symbols I have given you and indicates a most
momentous relationship. You have here two major and three minor energies brought into close relation; this
is analogous to the two major rays and the three minor rays which condition a human being in manifestation.
These are the five energies which concern the informing life of our planet. They produce, in humanity,
conscious evolution, direction and the founding of Shamballa upon the Earth. They are the five energies
connected with the will-to-be, but from the consciousness angle and not the material expression of
manifestation. Their activity and united influence in the realm of consciousness produced the appearance of
another triangle: Leo, Polaris and another of the Pointers and these two groups form an interlocking
directorate, potently effective in the evolution of consciousness.
You have, therefore, through these related triangles, the appearance of Shamballa and Humanity - the two
poles of divine expression - will and activity.
Merak.......Vulcan........Shamballa.......Will..........Father.
Dubhe.......Pluto..........Humanity........Activity.....Mother
At the first initiation, the disciple has to contend with the crystallizing and destroying forces of Vulcan and
Pluto. The influence of Vulcan reaches to the very depths of his nature, whilst Pluto drags to the surface and
destroys all that hinders in these lower regions.
Leo is the sign wherein the consciousness of individuality is developed, utilized and finally consecrated to
divine purpose. It is related to Polaris, the Pole Star (found in the Little Bear) and it is also peculiarly
susceptible to the influence of that Pointer in the Great Bear which is the nearest to the Pole Star [Dubhe].
Esoterically speaking, the Pole Star is regarded as the "star of reorientation" whereby the art of "refacing and
recovering that which is lost" is developed. This eventually brings a man back to his originating source. It
might, therefore, be correctly inferred that this Pointer [Dubhe] and the energy emanating from it guides
humanity upon the involutionary path, and is constantly active in its influence upon the man who is still upon
the Mutable Cross. Then the energy of the Pointer furthest from the Pole Star [Merak] begins to make its
presence felt and a sense of right direction or guidance is registered by the disciple upon the Path, and such
guidance (when followed) leads man nearer to the Hierarchy. It is here that the divine [197] necessity of
achieving alignment is portrayed for us in the symbolism of the sky and when it has been achieved then there
is a direct inflow of divine energy and man is linked up in a new and creative manner to sources of divine
supply. Astrologers will do well (in connection with the horoscopes of disciples and particularly of initiates)
to consider the two Pointers and the Pole Star. They are mysteriously connected with the three aspects of
incarnated man - Spirit, soul and body. More than this it is not permitted to me to convey to you. I may,
however, give you another hint. These three stars are embodiments of the three aspects of divine will. It is the
three aspects of all expressions of divinity in manifestation which underlie the Science of Triangles. This I
will later elaborate
As you know, Pluto stands for death or the region of death; the Earth stands for the sphere of experience;
Vulcan stands for the glorification, through purification and detachment, of matter [EA127]
Through vulcan - under the bondage of form in order through form experience to achieve release and the
"uplift of matter".
Through the Earth - under the influence of planetary experience (which is different to individual experience)
in order to transmute his personal consciousness into group awareness.
Through Pluto - under the destroying power of death - death of desire, death of the personality and of all
which holds him between the pairs of opposites, in order to achieve the final liberation. Pluto or death never
destroys the consciousness aspect. [EA128]
The destructive power of the first ray, focused in Pluto, brings change, darkness and death. [EA127]
Towards the end of the evolutionary process, the disciple begins to respond consciously to the fourth indirect
influence - that of Pluto, producing the death of the hindering factors and of all that prevents synthesis.
[EA365]
"...through Vulcan and Pluto, are related to Ray 1. Transmutation of desire into sacrifice and of the individual
will into the divine will.[EA67]
Pluto, governing the eighth House, the house of death, of dissolution, of detachment[EA538]
The influence of Vulcan reaches to the very depths of his nature, whilst Pluto drags to the surface and
destroys all that hinders in these lower regions.[EA70]
In the foregoing I have endeavored to give some faint idea of the relation existing between the Hierarchy and
Shamballa. I did this in order that you might grasp some measure of the synthesis underlying the entire
planetary life; in order also that this rule for initiates could be interpreted as intended, as far as is possible, to
the uninitiated consciousness; and finally, in order that the entire concept of Shamballa and its immense
reservoir of energy, which we call the will or the life of God, may take its rightful place in the occult
presentation of truth. The will of God and the life of God are esoterically synonymous terms, and when the
life aspect of an individual and his spiritual, selfless will [147] are completely synchronized, then you have in a human being - the full expression of divinity or what has been called esoterically, "Shamballa is
consummated in him."
S.D.P.