We can now proceed to consider the seventh ray
in its relation to the present situation in just the same
way as we considered the sixth ray. Through doing this, there
will unfold in your consciousness an idea of the developing
process and of the emerging events and of the imminent happenings
which may logically be expected. There are, as you may realize,
two ways in which any particular ray may [116] be considered.
It can be studied, first of all, from the angle of energy
which is ever coming into relation with other energies and
forces, producing through their meeting and frequent conflict
a situation entirely different and changed from that which
existed prior to the contact. The stages of this import might
be covered briefly by the following words: Contact, conflict,
adjustment, equilibrium (a form of stalemate or static condition
such as was arrived at during the 19th century), absorption
and the final disappearance of the weaker outgoing energy.
The conclusion is always inevitable for it is not the rays
themselves which are in conflict but the substance and the
forms which are implicated during the period. Secondly: the
quality of the ray can be considered. This is in reality the
expression of its soul and intrinsic nature, which - impinging
upon the condition existing when the ray comes into manifestation
- definitely does three things:
- Changes
the nature of the civilization and the culture of humanity
in any given period. It is this force which the Hierarchy
utilizes when any meeting of the ray energies takes place.
The culture is first changed, because all basic quality
changes work ever from above downwards, and it is
the intelligentsia who are at first sensitive to the incoming
differences. Form changes then automatically reverse the
process. It is thus that points of juncture inevitably
occur throughout the evolutionary process. When the scientists
concerned with the theory and processes of evolution accept
and study the ray procedure, definite changes in attitude
and a closer approach to the truth will at once appear.
This concept also lies behind the teaching which I have
given anent the Great Approaches which must take place
(and can take place [117] very shortly) between the fourth
and the fifth kingdoms in nature. Of the fifth kingdom,
the Hierarchy is the dynamic and living nucleus.
- Changes
in the other kingdoms in nature, producing a different
quality in the manifestation of the soul of any kingdom
(for they all differ in soul quality) and consequently
changes in the form aspect as well.
- Changes
in the type of egos or souls which will take incarnation
during any particular ray period. By this I mean that
just as during the age which is now coming to an end,
the bulk of the incarnating souls were predominantly sixth
ray in quality, so we can look for an increasing number
of seventh ray egos now to appear. The furtherance of
the coming seventh ray civilization of synthesis, fusion,
and of increased soul expression, and the development
of the new stage into which the white magic of the Hierarchy
is entering is, therefore, inevitable and for this stage
there should be definite preparation and training.
The powers of the magical age are many and one of the reasons
why the seventh ray is now making its appearance is that,
owing to the rapid perfecting and integration of the human
personality, the higher integration between soul and personality
is today more possible and more easily accomplished than
ever before. The new forms, through which that much desired
consummation can be affected, must be consequently gradually
and scientifically developed. This, as you may well conceive,
will be achieved through the intensification of the forces,
functioning through the etheric body, through the coordination
of the seven major centers, and the establishing of their
rhythmic relationship. The seventh ray governs predominantly
upon the etheric levels of [118] the physical plane. It
does not govern the dense physical form which is under the
control of the third ray. It is the vital or the etheric
body which is responsive to and developed by the incoming
seventh ray influences.
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