| Forget not that behind all of them stands He Whom
we call the Lord of the World. When all these temporary experiments
have been tried and when humanity has been led on in its consciousness
from one stage of understanding to another and of recognized interrelation,
the kingdom of God will be established upon Earth and the Ruler
of the Earth will then work through the Hierarchy to produce that
synthetic living creative response from nature (of which humanity
is a part) which will enable each kingdom fully to reveal the
glory of God. Shamballa will work through the Hierarchy and the
Hierarchy, in its turn, will reach the various kingdoms in nature
through the medium of Humanity, which will then enter into its
preordained and destined function. It is for this that all is
taking place. The time of fruition lies relatively far ahead but
in the meantime humanity is experimenting or is the subject of
experiment; it is exploiting or being exploited; it is learning
the lessons of enforced obedience or the dangers of selfish license;
it is victimized by powerful personalities in every land and this
without exception, or it is being guided in right directions (and
this again without exception) by the emissaries and disciples
of either Shamballa or the Hierarchy. All vaunted freedom or vaunted
control is but the temporary reaction of a humanity which is swept
by ideas, controlled by ideals, impulsed by selfishness, impregnated
by hates and yet all the time is struggling to express the higher
and better qualities and to free itself from the thralldom of
ancient evil, the slavery of ancient codes and the curse of ancient
habits of thought and living. It is what is happening behind the
scenes to mankind as a whole which is of moment;
it is the unfoldment of the human consciousness which counts with
the Hierarchy, and that unfolds in response to the presented conditions
in any country or countries. Let me assure [26] you that under
the pressure of modern life, under the strain of the imposed present
conditions and civilization, plus the mental concern, the terror
of marching armies, the thunder of the many voices and the stress
of the worldwide economic stringency, the human consciousness
is rapidly awakening from its long sleep. That great and fundamental
reality which you call the "human state of mind" is
just beginning to focus itself upon the things which matter and
to express itself in a living fashion. That is the factor of moment
and not the happenings in any particular country.
And, I would remind you, all that is occurring is an evidence
of energy and is expressive of force. That is the factor never
to be forgotten. It is essential that you recognize them as
existing. There is little that you, as individuals or as groups,
can do about them beyond seeing to it that there is nothing
in you which could make you - unimportant as you may be - a
focal point for hate, separation, fear, pride and other characteristics
which feed the fires which threaten to bring disaster to the
world. Each of you can aid more than you can guess through the
regulation of thought and ideas, through the cultivation of
a loving spirit and through the general use of the Great Invocation
whereby these forces and energies - so sorely needed - can be
invoked.
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