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Click for viewing larger picture and for printing . Keynote Quotes What are some of the Signs that point to His Return? The Second Coming will be Preceded by the Appearance of Masters What are the preconditions that the Christ has set, that must be met by us before He will return? What will prevent the Reappearance? When will the Christ Reappear? What are the Three Ways in which the Christ will Return? Will He come in a Physical Body? Who or What is the Anti-Christ? The Battle of Armageddon & a statement on Hell What are the Steps to take in Preparation for the Reappearance of the Christ What Teachings will He give to the world? What are the Teachings
of Christ on the New World Religion? "Prepare men for the reappearance of the Christ.
This is your first and greatest duty." "Forgetting the things that lie behind, I will strive towards my higher spiritual possibilities. I dedicate myself anew to the service of the Coming One and will do all I can to prepare men's minds and hearts for that event. I have no other life intention." Discipleship in the New Age.Vol.11, p.226 "Your spiritual goal is the establishing of the Kingdom of God. One of the first steps towards this is to prepare men's minds to accept the fact that the reappearance of the CHRIST is imminent. You must tell them everywhere that the Masters and Their groups of disciples are actively working to bring order out of chaos. You must tell them that there IS a Plan, and that nothing can possibly arrest the working out of that Plan. You must tell them that the Hierarchy stands, and that it has stood for thousands of years, and is the expression of the accumulated wisdom of the ages. You must tell them above all else that God is love, that the Hierarchy is love, and that Christ is coming because He loves humanity. "This is the message which you must give at this time. And with this responsibility I leave you. Work, my brothers." (Externalisation of the Hierarchy, p. 70l) ' " The Hierarchy waits." It has done all that is possible from the angle of the present opportunity. The Christ stands in patient silence, attentive to the effort that will make His work materialise on Earth and enable Him to consummate the effort He made 2000 years ago in Palestine. The Buddha hovers over the planet, ready to play His part if mankind offers the opportunity to Him. Everything now depends upon the right action of the men of goodwill.' The Reappearance of the Christ. p.38
"A study of times and seasons, of significance’s, of divine intention or of the will of God, plus a consideration of the world situation, may lead us, however, to believe that the present time is unique in more ways than one, and that the Christ is confronted with an unique occasion. This unique opportunity with which He is presented is brought about by certain world conditions which themselves are unique; there are factors present in the world today, and happenings have taken place within the past century which have never before occurred; it might profit us if we considered these matters and so gained a better perspective." "...First of all, He will come to a world which is essentially one world. His reappearance and His consequent work cannot be confined to one small locality or domain unheard of by the great majority, as was the case when He was here before. The radio, the press and the dissemination of news will make His coming different to that of any previous Messenger; the swift modes of transportation will make Him available to countless millions, and by boat, rail and plane they can reach Him: through television, His face can be made familiar to all, and verily "every eye shall see Him." "...The sensitivity of the people of the world to what is new or needed is also uniquely different; man has progressed far in his reaction to both good and evil and possesses a far more sensitive response apparatus than did humanity in those earlier times. If there was a quick response to the Messenger when He came before, it will be more general and quicker now, both in rejection and in acceptance. Men are more enquiring, better educated, more intuitive and more expectant of the unusual and the unique than at any other time in history. Their intellectual perception is keener, their sense of values more acute their ability to discriminate and choose is fast developing and they penetrate more quickly into significance’s. These facts will condition the reappearance of the Christ and tend to a more rapid spreading of the news of His coming and the contents of His message." The Reappearance of the Christ p.15/17 "Another unique factor which will distinguish His coming will be not only the general expectancy but also the fact that much is today known and taught about the Kingdom of God, or the Spiritual Hierarchy of the planet. Everywhere, in all countries, there are thousands who are interested in the fact of that Hierarchy, who believe in the Masters of the Wisdom, the disciples of the Christ, and who will not be surprised when this group of Sons of God, surrounding their great Leader, the Christ, makes its appearance on Earth. The churches in all countries have familiarised the public with the phrase "the Kingdom of God"; the esotericists and occultists everywhere have publicised the fact of the Hierarchy during the past century; the spiritualists have laid the emphasis upon the aliveness of those who have passed over into the hidden world of being, and their Guides have also borne testimony to the existence of an inner, spiritual world. All this creates a unique preparedness which presents the Christ with unique opportunities and unique problems." "...There is also a unique revival of the ancient teaching of the Buddha and it is penetrating into the Western countries and finding devoted adherents in every land. The Buddha is the symbol of enlightenment and there is everywhere today a unique emphasis upon light." "...It is on the foundation of this teaching that Christ will raise the superstructure of the brotherhood of man, for right human relations are an expression of the love of God; they will constitute man's major and next demonstration of divinity." "... The present time is unique in that it is (as never before) a cycle or period of conferences -- communal, national and international—and of men getting together. Clubs, forums, committees, conferences, and leagues are forming everywhere for the discussion and study of human welfare and liberation; this phenomenon is one of the strongest indications that the Christ is on His way. He is the embodiment of freedom, and the Messenger of Liberation. He stimulates the group spirit and the group consciousness, and His spiritual energy is the attractive force, binding men together for the common good. His reappearance will knit and bind together all men and women of goodwill throughout the world, irrespective of religion or nationality. His coming will evoke among men a widespread and mutual recognition of the good in all. This is part of the uniqueness of His coming and for it we are already preparing. A study of the daily press will prove this. It is the invocative appeal of the many groups working on behalf of humanity (consciously or unconsciously made) which will bring Him forth. Those who carry out this great act of invocation are the spiritually minded people, the enlightened statesmen, the religious leaders and the men and women whose hearts are full of goodwill. They will evoke Him if they can stand with massed intent, with hope and with expectancy. This preparatory work must be focussed through and implemented by the world intelligentsia and leading lovers of humanity, by groups dedicated to human betterment and by representative unselfish people. The success of the effort now being planned by Christ and the spiritual Hierarchy is dependent upon the ability of mankind to use what light it already has in order to establish right relations in their families, their community, in their nation and in the world. There is, therefore, this unique difference
between the expected coming of the Christ and the time when He came before: the world is
full of groups working for human welfare."
"Six of the Masters, as yet quite unknown to the average occult student, have already sought physical incarnation ...." A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, p.758 "You will note, therefore, how the three divine aspects are united in one great movement to bring in the Kingdom of God, and that the first step towards this longed-for consummation is the appearance of the Masters upon the physical plane and then, somewhat later, the reappearance of the Christ." The Externalisation of the Hierarchy. p.667 "I have earlier told you that the five
Masters concerned with the initial stages of the organisation of the Hierarchy on earth
are the Master K.H., the Master Morya, the Master R, the Master who started the Labour
movement in the modern world, and myself, the so-called Master D.K. " WHAT ARE THE PRECONDITIONS THAT THE CHRIST HAS SET, THAT MUST BE MET BY US BEFORE HE WILL RETURN? "The knowledge that He is ready and anxious publicly to appear to His loved humanity only adds to the sense of general frustration, and another very vital question arises: For what period of time must we endure, struggle and fight? The reply comes with clarity; He will come unfailingly when a measure of peace has been restored, when the principle of sharing is at least in process of controlling economic affairs, and when the churches have begun to clean house. Then He can and will come; then the Kingdom of God will be publicly recognised and will no longer be a thing of dreams and of ideals." The Externalisation of the Hierarchy. p. 616 "To enable Him today to walk among men requires a
world which will have in it enough effective workers and spiritually-minded people to
change the atmosphere of our planet; then and only the, the Christ can and will come." SUMMARY WHAT WILL PREVENT THE REAPPEARANCE? "I shall deal here with only two factors which condition the present opportunity; these can be regarded as so completely hindering that, unless they are removed, there will be a long delay before Christ can return. They are: 1. The inertia of the average aspirant or spiritually minded man. 2. The lack of money for the work of preparation. Both these hindrances are fundamentally based on one and the same
thing: materialism- one on the materialism of physical effort, and the other on that of a
world attitude." "It must be realised that money is the energy which can set in motion and make possible the activities of the New Group of World Servers-no matter what their colour, caste or church. Money does not yet lie in their hands. Their need for it is great. Millions are needed to spread the required knowledge of the hierarchical Plan; millions are needed to further the work of men of goodwill; millions are needed to educate the masses in the fact that He for Whom all men wait is on His way back to ordinary visibility." Discipleship in the New Age Vol.11. p. 224 WHEN WILL THE CHRIST REAPPEAR? "The 'point of decision,' as it is called in all hierarchical circles, was reached during the period between the Full Moon of June, 1936, and the Full Moon of June, 1945. The point of decision covered, therefore, nine years (a relatively brief time); it resulted in the decision arrived at by the Christ to re-appear or return to visible Presence on Earth as soon as possible, and considerably earlier than had been planned… It was also made with the full understanding and co-operation of the Masters and the senior initiates. This was inevitably so, because Their participation and help were imperative. They also necessarily had to be with Him in thought, and co-operating mentally, because His reappearance connotes a great hierarchical approach to humanity and a great spiritual event." The Reappearance of the Christ - p. 69. First Edition.1948. Reference Edition 1979 (see Bibliography) "The agony of the war, and the distress of the entire human family led Christ, in the year 1945, to come to a great decision which found expression in two most important statements. He announced to the assembled spiritual Hierarchy and to all His servants and disciples on Earth that He had decided to emerge again into physical contact with humanity, if they would bring about the initial stages of establishing right human relations." The Reappearance of the Christ. p.30. "We have touched upon the mission of two of these Avatars--the Buddha, the Messenger of Light for the East, and the Christ, the Messenger of Love for the West-and Their work for the entire world; we have also considered the unique opportunity with which Christ is today faced and the response He made in 1945 when He signified His intention to reappear and gave the great Invocation to us as an aid in the preparatory work with which we are immediately confronted." The Reappearance of the Christ - p.61 "Each century sees a centennial effort of
the Lodge along a particular line of force made to forward the ends of evolution, and the
effort for the twentieth century will be upon a larger scale than has been the case for a
very long time, and will involve a number of the Great Ones... and the Master of the
Masters Himself." "The Christ and His disciples, the Masters of the Wisdom and the Great Companions, are approaching nearer to the physical plane. The work of mental preparation for that event, and the construction of the thought-form of the advent or Second Coming, has now been completed." The Externalisation of the Hierarchy p. 503/4 First Edition.1957 Reference Edition 1972. See Bibliography for details. "The early signs of His approach with His disciples can already be discerned by those who know it and rightly interpret the signs of the times. There is (among the signs) the coming together spiritually of those who love their fellow men. This is in reality the organising of the outer physical army of the Lord - an army which has no weapons but those of love, of right speech and right human relations. This unknown organisation has proceeded with phenomenal speed during the aftermath of war, because humanity is sick of hate and of controversy." The Externalisation of the Hierarchy. p.598 "These are due to the reorganisation which has gone on within the Hierarchy itself, necessitated by the imminent reappearance of the Christ." Discipleship in the New Age Vol. II, p.79 "Those disciples and initiates who will
emerge from the three Ashrams and whose work is largely to act as the vanguard of the
Hierarchy and precede it into outer manifestation. This will begin in the year 1975 if the
disciples now active will do their work adequately." "The Hierarchy waits." It has done all that is possible from the angle of the present opportunity. The Christ stands in patient silence, attentive to the effort that will make His work materialise on Earth and enable Him to consummate the effort He made 2000 years ago in Palestine. The Buddha hovers over the planet, ready to play His part if mankind offers the opportunity to Him. Everything now depends upon the right action of the men of goodwill.' The Reappearance of the Christ.- p.38 Further Signs 3."The senior Members of the Hierarchy will
not at first be the ones who will make the needed approach. It is only in the later
stages, and when the time has come for the return into recognised physical expression of
the Christ, leading to the definite restoration of the Mysteries, that certain of the
senior Members of the Hierarchy will appear … " WHAT ARE THE THREE WAYS IN WHICH THE CHRIST WILL RETURN? "I said then that the first move which the Hierarchy would make would be the stimulation of the spiritual consciousness in man, the evocation of humanity's spiritual demands on a large scale, and the nurturing - on a world-wide scale - of the Christ consciousness in the human heart. This as already been done and with most effective results. The second move of the Hierarchy, I told you, would be the impressing of the minds of enlightened men everywhere by spiritual ideas embodying the new truths, by the descent' of the new concepts which will govern human living, and by the overshadowing of all world disciples and the New Group of World Servers by the Christ Himself. This planned move of the Hierarchy is also progressing well. Thirdly, I told you that Christ might come in
person and walk among men as He did before." 1."By His overshadowing of all initiates and disciples who are today, or will be at the time of His arrival, active in the three worlds of human evolution... 2.By the pouring out of the Christ life or consciousness upon the masses everywhere and in every nation. 3.By His physical appearance among men" Rays & Initiations V, p 615/616 WILL HE COME IN A PHYSICAL BODY? "Thirdly I told you that Christ might come
in person and walk among men as He did before. This has not yet taken place, but plans are
being laid which we enable Him to do so." "The stage wherein Christ and the Masters of
the Wisdom can make public appearance and begin to work publicly, openly and outwardly in
the world of men". "The second group will be less numerous, and the last group will involve only a handful or two or three in certain countries. In this case, it will be verily true that, through sacrifice, the Son of Man will again tread the highways of men, and His physical incarnation be a fact." A Treatise on Cosmic Fire. p.758 "It is only in the later stages, and when
the time has come for the return into recognised physical expression of the Christ,
leading to the definite restoration of the Mysteries, that certain of the senior Members
of the Hierarchy will appear and take outer and recognisable physical control of world
affairs." "He is now waiting to descend. This time He will play His part, not in obscurity as He previously did, but before the eyes of the entire world. Because of the smallness of our little planet, and because of the prevalence of radio and television and the rapidity of communication, His part will be watched by all." The Externalisation of the Hierarchy. p. 607 "His coming in the air "in the clouds of the air" (Matt.24,54) might be interpreted literally to mean that at the right time He will come by plane from the place on earth where He has been for many generations, watching over the sons of men; the words "every eye shall see Him" might mean that by the time He comes television will have been perfected and He will then be seen, by its means, from even the most distant spot on earth. Why should it be blasphemy for Him to use modern methods?" The Externalisation of the Hierarchy. p. 575 "First of all, He will come to a world which is essentially one world. His reappearance and His consequent work cannot be confined to one small locality or domain unheard of by the great majority, as was the case when He was here before. The radio, the press and the dissemination of news will make His coming different to that of any previous Messenger; the swift modes of transportation will make Him available to countless millions, and by boat, rail and plane they can reach Him: through television, His face can be made familiar to all, and verily "every eye shall see Him." The Reappearance of the Christ. p. 16 "This time the Christ will not come alone, for His
co-workers will come with Him. His experience and Theirs will be the reverse of the
previous one, for this time every eye will see Him, every ear will hear Him, and every
mind will pass judgement upon Him." "The Christian concept of the return of a
triumphant Christ, coming in the clouds of heaven to Jerusalem, there to reign for a
thousand years, is true in one way and utterly false as to design, location and method.
Christ will return; the Jerusalem referred to (literally "the place of peace")
is not the chief city of a small country called Palestine or the Holy Land; the word is
simply symbolic of a peaceful world-a world which, through its own self initiated efforts,
has attained a general quietude and has acquired a certain measure of right human
relations. His coming in the air might be interpreted literally to mean that at the right
time He will come by plane from the place on earth where He has been for many generations
watching over the sons of men; the words " every eye shall see Him" might mean
that, by the time He comes, television will have been perfected and He will then be seen,
by its means, from even the most distant spot on earth. To the orthodox Christian, the
above will sound like the rankest blasphemy, but the question immediately arises: Why
should it be blasphemy for Him to use modern methods? Whilst on earth before, He conformed
to the customs of His time. "Riding on the clouds of Heaven" may sound more
picturesque and apparently require a greater expression of divinity, but why use such a
means when a plane will equally well fulfil the purpose and carry the prophecy to
completion?" WHO OR WHAT IS THE ANTI-CHRIST? "But the work of Anti-Christ is only rising now to its height, and the delusion of riches, of possession, of false teaching will increasingly hold sway but the term of the delusion will be shorter than the term of destruction… " White Magic p.240 "The second ray aspirant who builds his Dweller and permits its steady and increasing control becomes a " deluder of souls". He is the true Anti-Christ, and through false teaching and the working of so-called miracles, through hypnotism and mass suggestion he draws a veil over the world and forces men to walk in the great illusion." White Magic p.240 "No one nation is expressive of the spirit of anti-Christ, just as no one nation expresses the spirit of Christ. Christ and anti-Christ are the dualities of spirituality and materialism, both in the individual and in humanity as a whole." Externalisation of the Hierarchy p.136 " through which this realisation comes and by which the consciousness is unfolded so that it can become the foundation of the higher process which is instituted at the third initiation….Like all other divine qualities, it has its material counterpart, and that is why 666 is regarded as the number of the Beast or of materialism, the number of the dominance of the three worlds prior to the process of reorientation and the expression of developed idealism and purpose. The third aspect expresses itself through pure materialism, and hence the three sixes." The Rays & the Initiations p. 79 THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON & A STATEMENT ON HELL "These facts have been widely given out, during the past two years, as the result of the cleansing of the Earth through the medium of the world war (1914-1945) and through the suffering to which humanity has been subjected (with an equally potent purifying effect, which will demonstrate later)." The Reappearance of the Christ. p. 121 "Those who think only in terms of peace as they understand it and desire it are apt to forget the Biblical implication that the Prince of Peace takes a definite part in the battle of Armageddon (now in full progress)." Externalisation of the Hierarchy p. 259 (written in 1940) "That He will ultimately lead His people, humanity, into Jerusalem is a fact, founded on a secure foundation; but it will not be into a Jewish city called Jerusalem, but into "the place of peace" (as the word Jerusalem means). Externalisation of the Hierarchy p. 609 HELL WHAT
ARE THE STEPS TO TAKE IN PREPARATION FOR "Therefore I say that you can freely
aid in the reconstruction work which the
Christ proposes, if you will familiarise yourselves and all men whom you can contact with the following facts: "First, teach the law of evolution and its inevitable corollary, perfected men. Men must be taught that such Great Souls exist, and exist entirely to serve Their fellow men. The public must be familiarised with Their names and attributes, with Their work and purpose, and men must be told that They are coming forth for the salvation of the world. Secondly, disciples and aspirants must on every hand live harmoniously and love. The violent vibrations of our surroundings must be stilled by a strong counter vibration of love, remembering ever that as we work on the side of evolution, the power of the Godhead itself is with us, available for use. Naught can withstand the steady pressures of love and harmony when they are applied long enough. It is not spasmodic efforts that count. It is the long-sustained, unvarying pressure which eventually breaks down opposition and the walls of separativeness.Thirdly, esoteric organisations must stand for all that tends to unity. All types of work, all the exterior. efforts of the many organisations must meet with loving co-operation and assistance. We stand in a world of endeavour as focal points for love. Our objective is the helping of the Great Ones and the rendering to Them of that intelligent assistance which will make Their plans for humanity materialise. Through us, They choose to work for the uplift of the world, and through the esoteric groups there must be the putting forth of that intensified spiritual effort which will stem the tide of evil and avert the possible difficulties that lurk in the darkness of the present chaos. The living organism of aspirants and disciples can provide a centre of peace, power and love, of practical help and spiritual uplift such as the world has not hitherto seen. Such is the hope. See you to it. Definite work must also be done in healing, in exorcising, in curing mental and astral diseases, and it must be demonstrated to the world that the ancient power to heal still lies in the hands of those who consistently follow the Christ. Those who use this power only for the sake of the little ones, taking and seeking no personal reward, can manifest the ancient way to heal which has small resemblance to the modern methods of the mental schools. Preparation too must be given to the developing of the higher psychic powers, and through the trained expression of those powers can proof be given to the scientists of the world of the latent forces in man which can be utilised by those who wisely and sanely follow in the footsteps of the Christ, the greatest Psychic of all time. Hospitals and schools will appear under the direct guidance of the Masters; Teachers Who can heal will come forth, and others will appear who will train the minds of the pupils to be responsive to direct inspiration from above. The faculty of the intuition must be developed scientifically. Finally, Church members and members of the Masonic Fraternities must familiarise themselves with the inner significance of the various rites, ceremonies, colours and rituals, and with the work performed upon the floor of the temple. They must know why such and such things are done in due order and the reason for the various precedences, the words, gestures and acts." The Externalisation of the Hierarchy- p.515/7 "There is no question therefore that the work to be done in familiarising the general public with the nature of the Mysteries is of paramount importance at this time. These Mysteries will be restored to outer expression through the medium of the Church and the Masonic Fraternity, if those groups leave off being organisations with material purpose, and become organisms with living objectives ." The Externalisation of the Hierarchy- p.514 "The awakening of the intelligentsia in all countries to the recognition of humanity is a prelude to the establishment of brotherhood. The unity of the human family is recognised by man, but before that unity can take form in constructive measures, it is essential that more and more of the thinking men and women throughout the world should break down the mental barriers existing between races, nations and types ; it is essential that the New Group of World Servers should itself repeat in the outer world that type of activity which the Hierarchy expressed when it developed and materialised the New Group of World Servers. Through the impression and expression of certain great ideas, men everywhere must be brought to the understanding of the fundamental ideals which will govern the new age. This is the major task of the New Group of World Servers." The Reappearance of the Christ – p.184/5 "Much has already been done in familiarising the general public with the concept of the Hierarchy. Much of it has been done in such a manner as to bring the whole subject into disrepute, as well you know. The groups now occupied with the dissemination of occult teaching would be well-advised to change their methods if—beneath their pronounced ignorance and their love of the spectacular—there lies a true belief and a real humanitarian desire. Information anent the Hierarchy should take the following lines: 1. Emphasis should be laid on the evolution of humanity with peculiar attention to its goal, perfection. This is not the idealistic perfection of the visionary mystic, but the control of the instrument, man in incarnation, by the indwelling and overshadowing soul. The constitution of man should be increasingly taught. 2. The relation of the individual soul to all souls should be taught, and with it the recognition that the long-awaited kingdom of God is simply the appearance of soul-controlled men on earth in everyday life and at all stages of that control. 3. From a recognition of this relationship, the fact of the spiritual Hierarchy can then be deduced and the normality of its existence emphasised. The fact will appear that the Kingdom has always been present but has remained unrecognised, owing to the relatively few people who express, as yet, its quality. 4. When this recognition has become general, the idea (by this time permanently present in the human consciousness everywhere) and good sense also will testify to the fact of the presence of Those Who have achieved the goal; Their demonstration of divinity will be regarded as normal, as constituting a universal objective, and as the guarantee of humanity's future achievement; degrees of this divine expression can then be pointed out, ranging from that of the probationary disciple, through disciples, to Those Who have achieved mastery, and up to and inclusive of the Christ.5. Thus gradually the idea or concept of the existence, in bodily presence, of the Masters will be inculcated and steadily accepted; a new attitude to the Christ will be developed which will be inclusive of all the best that the past has given to us but which will integrate men into a more sane and acceptable approach to the entire problem. 6. The time will come when the fact of the presence on earth of the Christ as Head of the Hierarchy and the Director of the Kingdom of God will be accepted; men will also realise the truth of the present revolutionary statement that at no time has He ever left the earth. 7. Emphasis will also increasingly be laid upon the unfolding Plan, and men will be brought to its recognition through a study of the evolution of the human family, through a close consideration of historical processes, and through a comparative analysis of ancient and modern civilisations and cultures. The thread of purpose will be noted and followed through, century after century, integrating not only history into one complete story of the revelation of divine qualities through the medium of humanity, but integrating with it and into it all world philosophies, the central theme of all creative art, the symbolism of architecture and the conclusions of science." The Externalisation of the Hierarchy- p.589 "Classes must be held by the occultists of the world in which the teaching is stepped down to meet the need of the little ones upon which the Church should stand should be proclaimed, and instruction should be given in the meaning of its ceremonies and teachings." The Externalisation of the Hierarchy –p.517 "People love to be saved, for it ignores their own
immediate responsibility, which teaching definitely emphasises. It must be remembered that it is the teaching given by the Christ which saves humanity—not any symbolic death upon
a cross. Men must save
themselves by their reaction and their response to the teaching given in its purity by
the Christ; this is a point which should be forcefully instilled by all of you; it is not man-made interpretations which save
a man, but his self-initiated application of his own understanding of the teaching. This must be brought today to the consciousness of as many human beings as the followers of the Christ can reach." 1. "Prepare men for the reappearance of the Christ. This is your first and greatest duty. The most important part of that work is teaching men—on a large scale—to use the Invocation so that it becomes a world prayer and focuses the invocative demand of humanity. 2. Enlarge the work of the Triangles so that, subjectively and etherically, light and goodwill may envelop the earth. 3. Promote ceaselessly the work of World Goodwill, so that every nation may have its group of men and women dedicated to the establishing of right human relations. You have the nucleus, and expansion must be undertaken. You have the principle of goodwill present throughout the world; the task will be heavy indeed but far from impossible. 4. Undertake the constant distribution of my books, which contain much of the teaching for the New Age. In the last analysis, the books are your working tools and the instruments whereby you will train your workers. See that they are kept in steady circulation. 5. Endeavour to make the Wesak Festival (at the time of the May Full Moon) a universal festival and known to be of value to all men of all faiths. It is the festival in which the two divine Leaders, of the East and of the West, collaborate together and work in the closest spiritual union; the Christ and the Buddha use this festival each year as the point of inspiration for the coming year's work. See that you do likewise. The spiritual energies are then uniquely available. 6. Discover the members of the new group of world servers, whenever possible, and strengthen their hands. Look for them in every nation and expressing many lines of thought and points of view. Remember always that in doctrine and dogma, and in techniques and methods, they may differ widely from you, but in love of their fellowmen, in practical goodwill and in devotion to the establishing of right human relations they stand with you, they are your equals, and can probably teach you much." The Externalisation of the Hierarchy-p.641 "I beg you to shoulder the responsibility of distributing the Invocation on as large a scale as possible and in every country. It is of great potency, and when used by men of all faiths can aid in the process of averting war. I ask you also to make possible the wide distribution of the book The Problems of Humanity which I have written, for they strengthen the hands of those who are already seeking to deal with these problems and they bring the need to the attention of the unawakened. This will require sacrifice, for it calls for the expenditure of money; even the Hierarchy works through normal channels and needs money, and even the Christ has need of financial resources in order to reach the needy sons of men. I ask your aid and I await your decision." The Externalisation of the Hierarchy- p.558 "In giving you these two meditations, I would remind all who undertake to use these meditative forms that they will not prove effective and of the needed vital potency unless the one who thus meditates identifies himself with the purpose and objective of the meditation, dedicates himself to co-operation with this objective and redeems all aspects of his own life in conformity with the focussed desire expressed in this spiritual appeal. It is useless, my brothers, to meditate along lines which will aid in preparing the world for the coming of the Hierarchy and for the reappearance of the Christ unless, again, that preparation is an integral part of your own constant daily endeavour, and is not just simply wishful thinking and the formulation of a hopeful theory anent the future of humanity. It is useless for you to meditate in order to reorient money, for instance, towards spiritual work (and by "spiritual work" I do not here refer to the work of the churches and of the world religions) unless all the monies which you individually have to handle are dedicated to right usage, the fulfilment of your right obligations and the covering of your karmic responsibilities, plus the constant recognition of the relation of all money to the spiritual future of the race and the requirements of the hierarchical Plan. There must always be, in your consciousness recognition of the needs of all men, and this must be true of all spiritually-minded people, of all true esotericists and of the religiously inclined man whose heart and understandings are more divinely inclusive than are the hearts of the average followers of any religious doctrine, enunciated by the theologians of any faith. It must be realised that money is the energy which can set in motion and make possible the activities of the New Group of World Servers-no matter what their colour, caste or church. Money does not yet lie in their hands. Their need for it is great. Millions are needed to spread the required knowledge of the hierarchical Plan; millions are needed to further the work of men of goodwill; millions are needed to educate the masses in the fact that He for Whom all men wait is on His way back to ordinary visibility. The billions which are spent at present on luxuries, on expensive and unnecessary objects of desire, the billions (and, my brother, it is billions, as world statistics show) which go towards the purchase of candy, liquor, tobacco, jewellery and expensive furs, the millions which go in the violent search for excitement and for ceaseless nightly pleasure and, finally, the billions which go the way of armed conflict in all nations must be deflected towards those expenditures which will make the plans of the Hierarchy possible, which will aid humanity in its search for the new, spiritual and free way, and which will therefore bring into being the new civilisation. Billions are required to overcome the materialism which has dominated mankind for untold aeons; billions are also needed to bring about the reconstruction of human affairs and thus purify and beautify our modern world to such an extent that the Christ can appear among men; through the wise expenditure of the financial resources of the world in the many fields of human betterment and uplift, the Christ will be enabled to "see of the travail of His soul and be satisfied." Discipleship in the New Age- Vol. 11 p.225 "I ask you, therefore, to follow these two meditations at least once a week and upon different days. These two forms of invocative appeal can be used by all who are willing, to participate in the indicated service." Discipleship in the New Age- Vol. 11. p.226 "This is no mystical or visionary dream with
which I am I presenting you. It involves hard business sense on the physical plane, a practical commonness, a cessation of the constant presentation of a beautiful future in
a mythical heaven of idleness and uselessness. The bringing in of the Kingdom of
God, the preparation for the coming of the Christ and the salvaging of mankind
demand courage, organisation, business acumen, psychology and persistence; it needs trained workers and much money; it calls for carefully considered programmes, possessing long range
vision, plus sensible modern procedures. It is to this that
all with true vision and
a love of humanity are called today; it means the spreading of an intelligently cultivated goodwill and the fostering of those conditions, attitudes and points of
view which will inevitably bring about right human relations." "I advise all disciples who seek to co-operate with the impending activity of the Hierarchy to study with care the seventeenth chapter of
the Gospel of St. John;
this was written by that disciple of love, under the influence of the energy emanating from the buddhic vehicle of
the Christ, which is also—as you have been told—identical with the buddhic vehicle of
the Buddha. The identity of the two vehicles is symbolic of the entire teaching anent "isolated unity" and divine
participation, which the Masters in
Their Ashrams are teaching Their disciples of all grades, these days, as the first step toward the externalisation of Their activities." "Its extraordinary potency can be seen in the fact
that hundreds of thousands of people are already using it day by day and many times a day;
it is (1947) translated into eighteen different languages and used by people in all those
languages; in the jungles of Africa, groups of natives are using it and it can be seen on
the desks of great executives in our major cities; it goes forth over the radio in Europe
and in America and there is no country or island in the world where its use is unknown.
All this has taken place in the space of eighteen months. This new Invocation, if given
widespread distribution, can be to the new world religion what the Lord's Prayer has been
to Christianity and the 23rd Psalm has been to the spiritually minded Jew." "My considered advice is that in its presentation to a definitely Christian public (as for instance to the ecclesiastics of all denominations) the third verse in the stanza be changed and that its last line should read: "The Purpose which the Master knows and serves," or perhaps "which disciples know and serve." The word "disciple" is an inclusive word, in the hierarchical sense; it is, at the same time, one easily recognised by the orthodox but offers no limitation to the esotericist. It covers every grade of human aspirant from the newly accepted disciple up to and inclusive of the Christ Himself." Discipleship in the New Age Vol. 11– p.157 "It is essential that today there should be a measure of fuller knowledge concerning the "centre where the will of God is known." The public should possess some understanding of this highest spiritual centre to which— if we believe the Gospel story—Christ Himself was always attentive. Frequently we read in The New Testament that "the Father spoke to Him" or that "He heard a Voice," unheard by others, or that the words were heard, "this is my beloved Son." Several times, we read, the seal of affirmation (as it is spiritually called) was given to Him. Only the Father, the planetary Logos, the "One in Whom we live and move and have our being" (Acts XVII.28), the Lord of the World, the Ancient of Days (Dan. VII.9) can speak this final affirmative word." The Reappearance of the Christ p.39 "Therefore, another answer to the question posited is that Christ and the spiritual Hierarchy never—no matter how great the need or important the incentive—infringe upon the divine right of men to make their own decisions, to exert their own free will and to achieve freedom by fighting for freedom—individually, nationally and inter- nationally. When true freedom covers the earth, we shall see the end of tyranny—politically, religiously and economically. I am not here referring to modern democracy as a condition which meets the need, for democracy is at present a philosophy of wishful thinking and an unachieved ideal. I refer to that period which will surely come in which an enlightened people will rule; these people will not tolerate authoritarianism in any church or totalitarianism in any political system; they will not accept or permit the rule of any body of men who undertake to tell them what they must believe in order to be saved or what government they must accept. When the people are told the truth and, when they can freely judge and decide for themselves, we shall then see a much better world. It is not essential or necessary that all these desirable objectives should be accomplished facts upon Earth before Christ again moves amongst us. It is, however, necessary that this attitude to religion and politics is generally regarded as desirable and that steps have been successfully taken in the direction of right human relations. It is along these lines that the New Group of World Servers and all men of goodwill are working, and their first effort must be to offset the widespread sense of frustration and individual futility." The Reappearance of the Christ p.164 1. The keynote of Love in its hierarchical sense—free from sentiment, emotion and personal emphasis— a love that sacrifices and understands, that acts with strength and decision, and that works on behalf of the whole and not in the interests of any group or individual. 2. The keynote of Resurrection, emphasising the new note of livingness, of the living Christ and of that "life more abundantly" which the war has made possible by forcing a return to the real values. 3. The keynote of Contact, of a closer relation between Christ and His people, between the Hierarchy and Humanity." The Externalisation of the Hierarchy- p.555 "The teaching planned by the Hierarchy to precede and condition the New Age, the Aquarian Age, falls into three categories: 1. Preparatory, given 1875-1890……written down by H.P.B. 2. Intermediate, given 1919-1949. …written down by A.A.B. 3. Revelatory, emerging after 1975…to be
given on a world-wide scale via the radio."
1. The Establishing of Right Human Relations. "When He came before He said (and the words have been sadly misread): "I come not to bring peace but a sword" (Matt. X:34). This will be true especially during the early days of His advent. The sword which He wields is the sword of the Spirit; it is that sword which produces cleavage between a true spirituality and an habitual materialism. The major effect of His appearance will surely be to demonstrate in every land the effects of a spirit of inclusiveness—an inclusiveness which will be channelled or expressed through Him. All who seek right human relations will be gathered automatically to Him, whether they are in one of the great world religions or not; all who see no true or basic difference between religion and religion or between man and man or nation and nation will rally around Him; those who embody the spirit of exclusiveness and separateness will stand automatically and equally revealed and all men will know them for what they are. The cleaving sword of the spirit will— without wounding—bring revelation and indicate the first needed step towards human regeneration. ... Christ will let loose into the world of men the potency and the distinctive energy of intuitive love. The results of the distribution of this energy of love will be twofold: 1. Countless men and women in every land will form themselves into groups for the promotion of goodwill and for the production of right human relations. So great will be their numbers that from being a small and relatively unimportant minority, they will be the largest and the most influential force in the world. Through them, the New Group of World Servers will be able to work successfully. 2. This active energy of loving understanding will mobilise a tremendous reaction against the potency of hate. To hate, to be separate, and to be exclusive will come to be regarded as the only sin, for it will be recognised that all the sins—as listed and now regarded as wrong—only stem from hate or from its product, the anti-social consciousness. Hate and its dependent consequences are the true sin against the Holy Ghost, about which commentators have so long debated, overlooking (in their silliness) the simplicity and the appropriateness of the true definition." The Reappearance of the Christ. p110-112 2. Christ Will Teach The Law of Rebirth "This Law is the major corollary of the Law of Evolution. It has never been grasped or properly understood in the West and, in the East, where it is acknowledged as a governing principle of life, it has not proved useful because it has been soporific in its effect, and a detriment to progress. The Eastern student regards it as giving him plenty of time; this has negated the driving effort to achieve a goal. The average Christian confuses the Law of Rebirth with what he calls "the transmigration of souls," and frequently believes that the Law of Rebirth signifies the passing of human beings into the bodies of animals or of lower forms of life. Such is by no means the case. As the life of God progresses onwards through form after form, that life in the subhuman kingdoms of nature proceeds progressively from mineral forms into vegetable forms, and from these vegetable forms into animal forms; from the animal form stage, the life of God passes into the human kingdom, and becomes subject to the Law of Rebirth and not the law of Transmigration. . To those who know something of the Law of Rebirth or of Reincarnation, the mistake seems ridiculous. The doctrine or theory of reincarnation strikes the orthodox Christian with horror; yet if one asks him the question which the disciples asked Christ about the blind man, "Master, did this man sin or his fathers that he was born blind?" (John IX:2), they refuse the implications; or they express amusement or dismay as the case may be… " The Reappearance of the Christ. p.115/17 3. Revelation of the mysteries of Initiation. "These ancient Mysteries were originally given to
humanity by the Hierarchy and contain the entire clue to the evolutionary process, hidden
in numbers, in ritual, in words and in symbology; these veil the secret of man's origin
and destiny, picturing to him, in rite and ritual, the long, long path which he must
tread, back into the light. They provide also (when rightly interpreted and correctly
represented) the teaching which humanity needs in order to pass from darkness to Light,
from the unreal to the Real and from death to Immortality." "It is these Mysteries which Christ will restore upon His reappearance, thus reviving the churches in a new form, and restoring the hidden Mystery which they long have lost through their materialism. Masonry has also lost the true livingness it once possessed but, in its forms and rituals, the truth is preserved and can be recovered. This Christ will do. He will also revive these Mysteries in other ways; not all will seek the church or Masonry for the revitalising of their spiritual life. The true Mysteries will also reveal themselves through science and the incentive to search for them there will be given by the Christ. The Mysteries contain, within their formulas and teachings, the key to the science which will unlock the mystery of electricity—the greatest spiritual science and area of divine knowledge in the world, the fringes of which have only just been touched." The Reappearance of the Christ. p.122 4. The Dispelling of Glamour "Within the world of glamour—the world of the astral plane and of the emotions—appeared, centuries ago, a point of light; the Lord of Light, the Buddha, undertook to focus in Himself the illumination which would eventually make possible the dissipation of glamour. Within the world of illusion, the world of the mental plane, appeared the Christ, the Lord of Love Himself. He undertook to dispel illusion by drawing to Himself (by the attractive potency of love) the hearts of all men, and stated this determination in the words, "I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men unto Me." (John XII :32.) "The combined work of these two great Sons of God,
concentrated through the world disciples and through Their initiates must and will
inevitably shatter illusion and dispel glamour—the one by the intuitive recognition
of reality by minds attuned to it, and the other by the pouring in of the light of the
reason. The Buddha made the first planetary effort to dissipate world glamour; the Christ
made the first planetary effort towards the dispelling of illusion. Their work must now be
intelligently carried forward by a humanity wise enough to recognise its duty." "There is also a unique revival of the ancient teaching of the Buddha and it is penetrating into the Western countries and finding devoted adherents in every land. The Buddha is the symbol of enlightenment and there is everywhere today a unique emphasis upon light. Countless millions down the ages have recognised the Buddha as the Light Bearer from on high. His Four Noble Truths exposed the causes of human trouble and pointed to the cure. He taught: Cease to identify yourselves with material things or with your desires; gain a proper sense of value; cease regarding possessions and earthly existence as of major importance; follow the Noble Eightfold Path which is the Path of right relations—right relations to God, and right relations to your fellow men—and thus be happy. The steps on this Path are: Right Values. Right Aspiration. Right Speech. Right Conduct. Right Modes of Living. Right Effort. Right Thinking. Right Rapture or Happiness. This message is uniquely needed today in a world
in which most of these right steps to happiness have been consistently ignored. It is on
the foundation of this teaching that Christ will raise the superstructure of the
brotherhood of man, for right human relations are an expression of the love of God; they
will constitute man's major and next demonstration of divinity." WHAT ARE THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST ON THE NEW WORLD RELIGION? 1. The Fact of God. "First and foremost, there must be recognition of the fact of God. That central Reality can be called by any name that man may choose according to his mental or emotional bent, racial tradition and heritage, for it cannot be defined or conditioned by names. Human beings per- force always use names in order to express that which they sense, feel and know, both of the phenomenal and also of the intangible. Consciously or unconsciously, all men recognise God Transcendent and God Immanent. They sense God to be the Creator and the Inspiration of all that is. The Eastern faiths have ever emphasised
God Immanent, deep within the human heart, "nearer than hands and feet," the
Self, the One, the Atma, smaller than the small, yet all-comprehensive. The Western faiths
have presented God Transcendent, outside His universe, an Onlooker." "Today, we should have the churches presenting a
synthesis of these two ideas which have been summed up for us in the statement of Shri
Krishna in The Bhagavad Gita: "Having pervaded this whole Universe with a fragment of
Myself, I remain."
The Reappearance of the Christ. p.145 The second truth to which all give allegiance—no matter what the faith—is that of man's essential relation- ship to God. Inherent in the human consciousness—inchoate often and undefined—is a sense of divinity. "We are all the children of God" (Gal. III:26); "One is our Father, even God," says the Christ and so say all the world Teachers and Avatars down the ages. "As He is so are we in this world" (1 John IV:17) is another Biblical statement. "Closer is He than breathing, nearer than hands and feet," chants the Hindu. "Christ in us, the hope of glory" is the triumphant affirmation of St. Paul." 3. The Fact of Immortality and of Eternal Persistence. "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 churches in the West have refused officially to recognise the Law of
Rebirth and have thereby wandered into a theological impasse and into a cul-de-sac from
which there is no possible exit. The churches in the East have over-emphasised these laws
so that a negative, acquiescent attitude to life and its processes, based on continuously
renewed opportunity, controls the people. Christianity has emphasised immortality but has
made eternal happiness dependent upon the acceptance of a theological dogma: Be a true
professing Christian and live in a somewhat fatuous heaven or refuse to be an accepting
Christian, or a negative professional Christian, and go to an impossible hell—a hell
growing out of the theology of The Old Testament and its presentation of a God, full of
hate and jealousy. Both concepts are today repudiated by all sane, sincere, thinking
people. No one of any true reasoning power or with any true belief in a God of love
accepts the heaven of the churchmen or has any desire to go there. Still less do they
accept the "lake that burneth with fire and brimstone" (Rev. XIX: 20) or the
everlasting torture to which a God of love is supposed to condemn all who do not believe
in the theological interpretations of the Middle Ages, of the modern fundamentalists or of
the unreasoning churchmen who seek—through doctrine, fear and threat—to keep
people in line with the obsolete old teaching. The essential truth lies elsewhere.
"Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap" (Gal. VI:7) is a truth which
needs re-emphasising. In these words, St. Paul phrases for us the ancient and true
teaching of the Law of Cause and Effect, called in the Orient the Law of Karma."
"Of one thing we can be sure, this approach will, in some way—deeply spiritual, yet wholly factual—prove the truth of the immanence of God. The churches have emphasised and exploited the extra-territoriality of Deity and have posited the presence of a God Who is creating, sustaining and creatively active, but at the same time outside His Creation—an inscrutable onlooker. This type of transcendent Creator must be shown to be false and this doctrine must be countered by the manifestation of God in man, the hope of glory. It is this surely that the expected Approach will demonstrate; it will prove also the close relationship between God Transcendent and that in "Him we live and move and have our being," because, "having pervaded this entire Universe with a fragment of Himself, He remains." God is immanent in the forms of all created things; the glory which shall be revealed is the expression of that innate divinity in all its attributes and aspects, its qualities and powers, through the medium of humanity. On the fact of God and of man's relation to the divine, on the fact of immortality and of the continuity of divine revelation, and upon the fact of the constant emergence of .Messengers from the divine centre, the new world religion will be based. To these facts must be added man's assured, instinctive knowledge of the existence of the Path to God and of his ability to tread it, when the evolutionary process has brought him to the point of a fresh orientation to divinity and to the acceptance of the fact of God Transcendent and of God Immanent within every form of life. These are the foundational truths upon which the world religion of the future will rest. Its keynote will be Divine Approach. "Draw near to Him and He will draw near to you" (James IV :8) is the great injunction, emanating in new and clear tones from Christ and the spiritual Hierarchy at this time. The great theme of the new world religion
will be the recognition of the many divine approaches and the continuity of revelation
which each of them conveyed; the task ahead of the spiritually minded people of the world
today is to prepare humanity for the imminent and (perhaps) the greatest of all the
Approaches. The method employed will be the scientific and intelligent use of Invocation
and Evocation and the recognition of their tremendous potency. Man invokes divine Approach
in various ways: by means of the inchoate, voiceless appeal or invocative cry of the
masses and also by the planned, defined invocation of the spiritually oriented aspirants,
the intelligently convinced worker, disciple and initiate,—by all, in fact, who form
the New Group of World Servers. " My thanks are due to Lucis Trust, who hold
copyright, for permission to quote from the books of Alice Bailey. Books by Alice A. Bailey used in this work 1 st. Edition Reference Edition
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