Alice Bailey Books

24/07/2024

"There are, my brothers, two major prerequisites which are needed by all of you in connection with group integration, and they follow upon what you have had earlier when I sought to help you to integrate with your brothers. I gave you, as you will recall, as part of your group meditation the following simple integrating formula:

"I am one with my group brothers, and all that I have is theirs. May the love which is in my soul pour forth to them. May the strength which is in me lift and aid them. May the thoughts which my soul creates reach and encourage them."

Of the two prerequisites to which I now allude as needed by all of you..." (Discipleship in the New Age, Vol II, p. 245) Listen more https://bit.ly/3xQ1mHM

17/07/2024

"True humility is based on fact, on vision and on time pressures. Here I give you a hint and would ask you to think deeply on these three foundations of a major personality attitude which must be held and demonstrated before each initiation. I would remind you that there must always be humility in the presence of true vision." (Discipleship in the New Age, Vol I,p.96). Listen more https://bit.ly/3xPkPbB

10/07/2024

"In the Aquarian Age, as a result of the existing combination of ray influences, humanity enters into an expansion of consciousness which will reveal to him group relations instead of his individual and self-centred personal relations. I would remind you that Aquarius is to be found in the upper half of the zodiacal circle and is exactly opposite to Leo which is found in the lower half. Leo is the sign of individual unfoldment and of the self as self-assertive. This highly individualised sign consummates in Aquarius wherein the individual finds full expression through the medium of the group, passing from service to himself and expression of himself as a personality to service of the group and a growing expression of the Hierarchy to which he steadily draws closer. To this end, the ray influences will increasingly and steadily be directed. Humanity has reached a stage where the sense of individuality is rapidly emerging. In every field of human expression, men and women are becoming definitely self-assertive. The Old Commentary refers symbolically to this in the following words:
"The Lion begins to roar. He rushes forth and, in his urge to live, he wields destruction. And then again he roars and — rushing to the stream of life — drinks deep. Then, having drunk, the magic of the waters works. He stands transformed. The Lion disappears and he who bears the water pot stands forth and starts upon his mission." (The Destiny of the Nations, pp.145-146) See more here https://bit.ly/3S2w6Mi

03/07/2024

THE EVOLUTION OF FORM, OR GROUP EVOLUTION
I want to enlarge to-night upon the basic idea of the unity of consciousness, or of intelligence, as developed somewhat in the lecture last week, and to extend the concept still further. It has been said that all evolution proceeds from the homogeneous, through heterogeneity, back again to homogeneity, and it has been pointed out that:
"Evolution is a continually accelerating march of all the particles of the universe which leads them simultaneously, by a path sown with destruction, but uninterrupted and unpausing, from the material atom to that universal consciousness in which omnipotence and omniscience are realised: in a word, to the full realisation of the Absolute of God."
This proceeds from those minute diversifications which we call molecules and atoms up to their aggregate as they are built into forms; and continues on through the building of those forms into greater forms, until you have a solar system in its entirety. All has proceeded under law, and the same basic laws govern the evolution of the [54] atom as the evolution of a solar system. The macrocosm repeats itself in man, the microcosm, and the microcosm is again reflected in all lesser atoms. (The Consciousness of the Atom, p.53). As audiobook also on Audible https://bit.ly/4cM8raO

28/06/2024

Extracts from The Beacon for July – September 2024

The Best is Yet to Be – Djwhal Khul. The Hierarchy has been invoked and its Members are ready for a great “act of evocation”, of response to the invoking sound of humanity and of a definite (though relatively temporary) “act of orientation”. This will force the Hierarchy, of its own freewill, to turn towards a new and more intimate type of relation with humanity.

Thinking with the Angels – Arcane School Article. The Tibetan describes the angels or devas as “flaming fire, radiant electric matter,” stating that “it is absolutely essential that students bear in mind here that we are studying the mystery of electricity."

The Possible Is Always Present – Joe Primo. Possibility is actionable – it is a perpetual invitation into the imaginable, where creativity, humility, and perception are birthed – where metaphor comes alive and breathes truth into what was, is, and will be.

Intention and Tension – Andrew Binstock. Intention is the articulation of a goal and of the motivation for pursuing it. Tension, as used in the teachings of the Ageless Wisdom, is the force applied to attain the goal.

A Leap of Faith – Anne Woodward. To say that there is no God because no astronomer or physicist has encountered him is as foolish as saying that there are no ideas because no brain surgeon has come across them.

Pain: Protector, Prodder, Life Producer – M. E. Haselhurst. The power of pain is enormously aggravated by the thoughtforms built around it, which concretise and make more enduring the pain-producing situation and conditions. Bearing in mind the occult maxim ‘energy follows thought’, these thoughtforms strengthen as attention is directed to the pain.

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19/06/2024

"8. THE URGE TO SERVE
When in terms of the occult science we are told to serve and obey, we are not interested. Yet service is the mode, par excellence, for awakening the heart centre, and obedience is equally potent in evoking the response of the two head centres to the impact of the soul force, and unifying them into one field of soul recognition. So little do men understand the potency of their urges!
If the urge to satisfy desire is the basic urge of the form life of man, the urge to serve is an equally basic urge of the soul of man.
This is one of the most important statements in this section. It is as yet seldom satisfied. Indications of its presence are ever to be found, nevertheless, even in the most undesirable types of human beings; it is evoked in moments of high destiny, or immediate urgency, and of supreme difficulty. The heart of man is sound, but oft asleep." (Serving Humanity, p.19) Read more https://bit.ly/4eEIpbA

12/06/2024

"Scattered through all my writings over the years is a mass of information which needs collating and bringing together as a basis for the instruction of disciples in training for an initiation." (18 – 323). The present compilation is an attempt in this direction. The Tibetan's books are not being read as enthusiastically as some students expect. One of the reasons seems to be that many readers are deterred by the rather abstruse sections or passages that occur in greater or lesser extent in all the books. And of course if the average student should, in his innocence or enthusiasm, happen to start off by trying to read "A Treatise on Cosmic Fire", then it is only to be expected that he should lose heart. As D.K. himself remarks: "To many what I will say will be as meaningless as A Treatise on Cosmic Fire is to the average reader." (18 – 328). Luckily the rest of the books are not quite of the same calibre, and though they are also interspersed with longer or shorter sections that are out of the mental reach of the average student, these books, nevertheless, contain such a mass of interesting and valuable information, that each occult student should attempt to master as much of the available knowledge and wisdom as his stage of development will allow. (Ponder on This, Comments by the Compiler) Read more https://bit.ly/3RoEupl

06/06/2024

The books of Alice A. Bailey, written in cooperation with a Tibetan teacher during the thirty years 1919–1949, constitute a continuation of the Ageless Wisdom – a body of esoteric teaching handed down from ancient times in a form suitable to each era. Together Alice Bailey and The Tibetan produced 19 books of esoteric philosophy, and Alice Bailey wrote five additional titles independently. (Thirty Years' Work - https://www.lucistrust.org/store/item/thirty_years_work_book)

TWO MAJOR IDEAS
The Tibetan Master has stated that he was responsible to the (Spiritual) Hierarchy for bringing two major ideas to the attention of humanity everywhere. These two are:
1) the announcement of the existence of the new group of world servers as an effective group of workers intermediate between humanity and the spiritual Hierarchy; and
2) the statement in connection with the reappearance of the Christ and the immediate work of preparation. (The Tibetan Master's Work)

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29/05/2024

"There are seven principles or governing objectives to which all the Arcane School workers and students are asked to conform. A study of these will greatly facilitate all future work, disposing of questions and clearing the way for an understanding progress. These principles are unchanging and will never be altered; if they are altered, then the Arcane School will no longer serve its originating purpose.

Methods and techniques may change; dogmas and doctrines appear and disappear as the Ageless Wisdom presents itself, generation after generation, and the continuity of revelation unfolds as the need of humanity demands it; but the underlying objective of all esoteric schools (including, therefore, the Arcane School) remains ever the same. That objective is the revelation of divinity in man and in the universe, and this leads inevitably to the acknowledgment of God Transcendent, and of God Immanent. It is right that the terminologies and the presentations of the One Truth should change with the changing times, thus meeting the need of the varied peoples of the world, but that which they seek to express remains forever unalterable. It is to be hoped that—decade by decade—the techniques and the methods of training offered by the Arcane School will change in response to the demanding needs of aspirants, to the unfoldment of the human mind, and the development, consequently, of human culture and civilisation. These changes, however, must never be at the expense of truth or lead to a distortion of the esoteric teaching; neither must they assume undue importance or too great a proportion, thus obliterating Reality or veiling the Vision.
The seven principles or essential propositions are ... (The Unfinished Autobiography, p. 281) Read more https://bit.ly/44Zumss

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15/05/2024

"The anima mundi is that which lies back of the web of life. The latter is but the physical symbol of that universal soul; it is the outer and visible sign of the inner reality, the concretion of the sensitive responsive entity which links spirit and matter together. This entity we call the Universal Soul, the middle principle from the standpoint of the planetary life. When we narrow the concept down to the human family, and consider the individual man, we call it the mediating principle, for the soul of mankind is not only an entity linking spirit and matter, and mediating between monad and personality, but the soul of humanity has a unique function to perform in mediating between the higher three kingdoms in nature and the lower three. The higher three are:
1. The Spiritual Hierarchy of our planet, nature spirits or angels and human spirits, who stand at a peculiar point on the ladder of evolution. Of these Sanat Kumara, embodying a principle of the planetary Logos is the highest, and an initiate of the first degree is the lowest, with corresponding entities in what we call the angel or deva kingdom.
2. The Hierarchy of Rays—certain groupings of the seven rays in relation to our planet.
3. A Hierarchy of Lives, gathered by an evolutionary process out of our planetary evolution and from four other planets, who embody in themselves the purpose and plan of the solar Logos in relation to the five planets involved.

In narrowing the concept down to the microcosm, the ego or soul acts verily as the middle principle connecting [48] the Hierarchy of Monads with outer diversified forms which they use sequentially in the process of:
a. Gaining certain experiences, resulting in acquired attributes.
b. Working out certain effects, initiated in an earlier system.
c. Cooperating in the plan of the solar Logos in relation to His .... (A Treatise On White Magic - pp. 47-48) Read more https://bit.ly/3ynjSqQ

08/05/2024

STANZAS FOR DISCIPLE
THE PATH
"Seek not, O twice-blessed One, to attain the spiritual essence before the mind absorbs. Not thus is wisdom sought. Only he who has the mind in leash, and sees the world as in a mirror can be safely trusted with the inner sense. Only he who knows the five senses to be but illusion, and that naught remains save the two ahead, can be admitted into the secret of the Cruciform transposed.

The path that is trodden by the Server is the path of fire that passes through his heart and leads to the head. It is not on the path of pleasure, nor on the path of pain that liberation may be taken or that wisdom comes. It is by the transcendence of the two, by the blending of pain with pleasure, that the goal is reached, that goal that lies ahead, like a point of light seen in the darkness of a winter's night. That point of light may call to mind the tiny candle in some attic drear, but—as the path that leads to that light is trodden through the blending of the pair of opposites—that pin point cold and flickering grows with steady radiance till the warm light of some blazing lamp comes to the mind of the wanderer by the way.

Pass on, O Pilgrim, with steady perseverance. No candle light is there nor earth lamp fed with oil. Ever the radiance grows till the path ends within a blaze of glory, and the wanderer through the night becomes the child of the sun, and enters within the portals of that radiant orb." (The Rays and the Initiations, p.761)

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01/05/2024

"Today, the door which is opening will admit man into a world of meaning—a world which is the ante-chamber to the world of causes. Effect; Meaning; Cause. In these three words you have the key to the growth of man's consciousness. Most men live today in the world of effects, and have no idea that they are effects. Some few are now beginning to live in the world of meaning, whilst disciples and those functioning in the world of the Hierarchy are aware, or are steadily becoming aware, of the causes which produce the effects which meaning reveals. It is for this reason that we can now start considering the basic requirements which man must meet before he can move forward along the path of future enlightenment. This enlightenment will most necessarily remove all fear of death and deal with that subject which has for so long a time driven humanity into the depths of despair and of fear." (Esotering Healing, p. 384). Read more here https://bit.ly/4djSxpq

24/04/2024

"It is through the squares or the quaternial relation that the form aspect is brought into relation and adequacy to the will of Deity, expressing itself through the gradually unfolding consciousness aspect. I am explaining this situation in these simple words because it must be apparent to you that only as the soul illumines the mind can the significance of the teaching be grasped. It is only when the stage of initiation is reached that the true meaning will emerge. In the meantime, I have sought to awaken in your minds a reaction to the abstract truth lying behind the two following statements:
1. The Science of Triangles is related to the total expression of the divine triplicity of manifestation: will, love and intelligence or life, consciousness and form. Until, therefore, the disciple can express in himself the integrated resemblance to these three aspects, he will not be able to grasp the meaning of this subjective astrological science.
2. On our planet, the Science of Triangles is related to the three major aspects, as they express themselves through Shamballa, the Hierarchy and Humanity. Again, therefore, we come up against the need for the approach of the integrated human being to this science because only the man who is responsive to these three focal points of energy can understand the interplay. Only, in fact, can the man apprehend the underlying truth whose two head centres and his heart centre form a triangle of flowing energies.
In this connection, I would remind you of what I said earlier in the treatise that the Science of Triangles is related to spirit and synthesis. " (Esoteric Astrology, p. 478)
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17/04/2024

FUNCTIONS OF THE NEW GROUP OF WORLD SERVERS
It would be of value at this time to indicate three of the functions of this New Group so that there may be a clear [669] picture of the work that must be accomplished during the next few years. This work is intended:
1. To produce a balancing of the forces present in the world today and responsible for the widespread unrest and chaos, so that it will be possible for the race to swing back to a point of equilibrium.
2. To act as the interpreters of the new attitudes and the new activities which must eventually govern men in the coming New Age.
3. To bring about the eventual synthesis and unification of the men of good will and of understanding into one coherent body. The many who are working in isolated fashion in the various fields of human endeavour (political, religious, scientific and economic), must be brought into touch with each other, and thus made to realise their essential unity. (Esoteric Psychology, vol. II pp. 668-69) Read more https://bit.ly/3UmcmoL

10/04/2024

"I seek to formulate for you the fundamental propositions upon which all this teaching is founded. ... For students and seekers they must be accepted as an hypothesis:
One: There is one Life, which expresses Itself primarily through seven basic qualities or aspects, and secondarily through the myriad diversity of forms.
Two: These seven radiant qualities are the seven Rays, the seven Lives, who give Their life to the forms, and give the form world its meaning, its laws, and its urge to evolution.
Three: Life, quality and appearance, or spirit, soul and body constitute all that exists. They are existence itself, with its capacity for growth, for activity, for manifestation of beauty, and for full conformity to the Plan. This Plan is rooted in the consciousness of the seven ray Lives.
Four: These seven Lives, Whose nature is consciousness and Whose expression is sentiency and specific quality, produce cyclically the manifested world; They work together in the closest union and harmony, and cooperate intelligently with the Plan of which They are the custodians. They are the seven Builders, Who produce the radiant temple of the Lord, under the guidance of the Mind of the Great Architect of the Universe.
Five: Each ray Life is predominantly expressing Itself through one of the seven sacred planets, but the life of all the seven flows through every planet, including the Earth, and thus qualifies every form. On each planet is a small replica of the general scheme, and every planet conforms to the intent and purpose of the whole.... (Esoteric Psychology I, pp. 141-42) Read more here https://bit.ly/4aQM5nB

03/04/2024

"The subject of the radiatory heat of the macrocosmic and microcosmic systems will be dealt with in detail in a later subdivision. Here we will only deal with the latent interior fire of the
a. Sun.
b. Planet.
c. Man.
d. Atom.
We must remember that in both the astral and the mental sheaths there exist the counterparts of the centres as found in the physical body. These centres concern matter and its evolution. One fundamental statement can be laid down anent the internal fires of all these four (sun, planet, man, and atom):
There exists in the Sun, in the planet, in man, and in the atom, a central point of heat, or (if I might use so limiting and inappropriate a term) a central cavern of fire, or nucleus of heat, and this central nucleus reaches the bounds of its sphere of influence, its ring-pass-not by means of a threefold channel." (A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, p. 57) Read more https://bit.ly/4aeOf0L

27/03/2024

Extracts from the Beacon for April – June 2024

The Power of the Vision – Djwhal Khul. No matter how small or unimportant an individual thinker may be, yet in cooperation with his brethren, he wields a mighty force. Only through the steady strong right thinking of the people and the understanding of the correct use of mental energy can progressive evolution go forward along the desired lines.

Sacraments Revisited – Lucis Trust Letter, Spring 2022. We can all move gracefully through this busy world, conducting our time and energy from the eye of the storm, and extending the light, love and power that we contact within to all that we contact without.

Reflections on the Evolution of the Causal Body – Katherine Hendon. The quarry for the building material of this temple is the personal life of human experience, with the material being provided by the lower self.

The Place of Refuge – Dermot Carroll & Eileen Coyle. The spiritual aspirant journeys deep into the inner self and there begins the process of discovering and revealing the heart as the energy centre of love.

Take in a Sunset... – Ai Weiwei. AI, despite all the information it obtains from human experience, lacks the imagination and, most importantly, the human will, with its potential for beauty, creativity, and the possibility of making mistakes.

In the Beginning… – Catherine Crews. In the events of our times it seems easier to see disorder and disintegration than to see signs of beginning. Yet this turmoil has been foretold.

The Heresy of Separation: The Major Sin upon our Planet– Eduardo Gramaglia. If this sense of separation is a major sin, we must suppose that all the problems humanity faces today have their origin in it, ....

The Process of Becoming – John Rasmussen. Understanding the solemnity of love grows as we make the effort to live the life of the soul.

The Saving Power of Beauty – Alexandr Solzhenitsyn. In vain to reiterate what does not reach the heart. But a work of art bears within itself its own verification.

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20/03/2024

"The disciple has to take himself as he is, at any time, with any given equipment, and under any given circumstances; he then proceeds to subordinate himself, his affairs and his time to the need of the hour—particularly during the phase of group, national or world crisis. When he does this within his own consciousness and is, therefore, thinking along lines of the true values, he will discover that his own private affairs are taken care of, his capacities are increased and his limitations are forgotten. He takes his place with those who perceive the needs of the coming cycle—a cycle wherein the new ideas and ideals must be stressed and for which a fight must be made, wherein the wider plans for the good of the whole must be understood, endorsed and preached, the new and clearer vision for human living must be grasped and finally brought into being, and a cycle wherein the effort of all members of the New Group of World Servers must be given to the lifting of humanity's load." Telepathy and the Etheric Vehicle, pp.196-97) Find out more https://bit.ly/4cnDJFD

13/03/2024

"THE THEORY OF THE ETHERIC BODY

The Oriental psychologist starts with that which the Occidental regards as hypothetical. He lays the emphasis upon the spiritual nature of man, and believes that the physical nature itself is the result of spiritual activity. He asserts that all that is objectively seen is but the outward manifestation of inner subjective energies. He regards the entire mechanics of the cosmos and of man as effects, and believes the scientist is dealing only with effects. His position may be summed up as follows:
First: There is nothing but energy, and it functions through a substance which interpenetrates and actuates all forms, and which is analogous to the ether of the modern world. Matter is energy or spirit in its densest form, and spirit is matter in its most sublimated aspect.
Second: As all forms are interpenetrated by this ether, every form has an etheric form or etheric body.
Third: As the tiny atom has a positive nucleus, or positive nuclei, as well as negative aspects, so in every etheric body there are positive centres of force in the midst of negative substance. The human being too has an etheric body which is positive to the negative physical body, which galvanises it [55] into activity, and which acts as its coherent force, holding it in being...." (The Soul and Its Mechanism, pp 54-55) Read more https://bit.ly/3wPKAYi

06/03/2024

"...3. The Fact of Immortality and of Eternal Persistence.
Third, is the sense of persistence, of eternal life or of immortality. From this recognition, there seems to be no escape; it is as much a part of humanity's reaction as is the instinct of self-preservation. With that inner conviction, we face death and we know that we shall live again, that we come and we go and that we persist because we are divine and the controllers of our own destiny. We know that we have set ourselves a goal and that the goal is "Life more abundantly"—somewhere, here, there, and eventually everywhere.
The spirit in man is undying; it forever endures, progressing from point to point and stage to stage upon the Path of Evolution, unfolding steadily and sequentially the divine attributes and aspects. This truth involves necessarily the recognition of two great natural laws; the Law of Rebirth and the Law of Cause and Effect." (The Reappearance of the Christ, pp.145-46) Read more https://bit.ly/4bZgJg1

28/02/2024

"How can order be restored? How can there be fair distribution of the world's resources? How can the Four Freedoms become factual and not just beautiful dreams? How can true religion be resurrected and the ways of true spiritual living govern the hearts of men? How can a true prosperity be established which will be the result of unity, peace and plenty?
There is only one true way and there are indications that it is a way towards which many millions of people are turning. Unity and right human relations—individual, communal, national and international—can be brought about by the united action of the men and women of goodwill in every country.
These men and women of goodwill must be found and organized and thus discover their numerical potency—for it is there. They must form a world group, standing for right human relations and educating the public in the nature and power of goodwill. They will thus create a world public opinion which will be so forceful and so outspoken on the side of human welfare that leaders, statesmen, politicians, businessmen and churchmen will be forced to listen and comply. Steadily and regularly, the general public must be taught an internationalism and a world unity which is based on simple goodwill and on cooperative interdependence. (The Problems of Humanity, pp179-80) Read more https://bit.ly/3TeADMT

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21/02/2024

"Sutra 31. When, through the removal of hindrances and the purifications of the sheaths, the totality of knowledge becomes available, naught further remains for the man to do.
The dual work is accomplished. Those hindrances which are the result of ignorance, blindness, environment and activity have been done away with; the grossness of the sheaths has been corrected and because of this, and through following the means of yoga, all knowledge becomes available. The yogi is now aware of his essential omnipresence or that his soul is one with all souls and part therefore of the one essential unity, the one all-pervading life, the boundless immutable principle which is the cause of all manifestation. He is likewise omniscient, for all knowledge is his and all avenues of knowledge are open to him. He stands free of the field of knowledge, yet can function in it; he can utilize the instrument of knowledge and ascertain all that he seeks to know, but is himself centered in the consciousness of the knower. Neither space nor time can hold him, nor can the material form imprison him, and there comes for him the grand consummation given to us by Patanjali in his three concluding sutras:

"Sutra 32. The modifications of the mind stuff (or qualities of matter), through the inherent nature of the three gunas come to an end, for they have served their purpose.

Sutra 33. Time, which is the sequence of the modifications of the mind, likewise terminates, giving place to the Eternal Now.

Sutra 34. The state of isolated unity becomes possible when the three qualities of matter (the three gunas or potencies of nature) no longer exercise any hold over the Self. The pure spiritual consciousness withdraws into the One." (the Light of the Soul, pp. 427-28) Read more https://bit.ly/4bMejBy