Let the fires of divinity burn out all dross. Let the pure gold emerge. Give me the gold of living love to shower upon the souls of all.¹

Dear co-worker,

The geopolitical tensions of the 21st Century are inextricably related to the global economy and the problem of humanity’s excessive “material aims” and “acquisitive desires.” But what is the spiritual ideal in contrast to the present reality? What might the distant future be like when humanity is resonating with the spiritual demand of the Great Invocation to “Let Light and Love and Power, restore the Plan on Earth?” Holding a vision for humanity is an important esoteric service, so there is value in building a picture of a “Divine Economy” with the mind’s eye – a highly evocative visualisation when used with the Great Invocation.

To construct such an image, we can begin by spiritually adapting the root meaning of the word ‘economy’. The dictionary gives us “household management, thrift;” and so a divine economy might be defined as the spiritual management of a dwelling place through thrift. How well this describes the workings of the great cosmic Law of Economy that is responsible for the materialization of Spirit. This law expends the least amount of energy necessary to achieve its ends; at the beginning of Creation, it imparted a circular or rotating motion to spirit causing it to separate and divide itself into hosts of spheres (the sphere being the most energy efficient shape in nature).

Each sphere is what science calls an atom – but in reality it is a tiny spiritual life spinning on its own central axis and circumscribing an area of space as its home. Groups of these lives accumulate and resonate together under the influence of another great cosmic Law of Attraction which builds them into the multitude of forms in all the kingdoms of nature. Each form is a little economy unto itself and related to the greater economy through the divine circulatory flow in which one and all are immersed.

Every sphere of life participates in this circulation – each solar, human and atomic life receiving energies from the inner realms along its vertical axis and modifying them in accordance with its state of awareness before radiating them into the environment. From a spiritual perspective, a human being is no less a sphere than a sun, planet or atom. The seven major chakras, or lotus flowers in Eastern philosophy, are in fact whirlpools of force situated along the spinal column through and around which the aura’s ethereal substance circulates. And along with every other unit of life in the divine circulatory flow, each human being receives and distributes energies as is beautifully symbolized in the process of respiration – breathing in and breathing out – consuming and producing.

Human consumption and production takes place at all levels – subjective and objective – and human economics should ideally express each person’s unique qualities and capacities, which might be thought of as spiritual capital. All human beings have the responsibility of drawing upon this capital to produce for the spiritual benefit of others – while others in return, do the same for them. Spiritual economics then begins to conform to this universal Law of Economy. Those who are beginning to respond to this law are “putting their house in order” through the practice of spiritual thrift. This is beautifully expressed in the spiritual keynote of the zodiacal sign of Cancer: I build a lighted house and therein dwell.

The work of spiritual reconstruction is accomplished by disentangling consciousness from the physical senses of the body and relocating it in the higher chakras. The centre of each chakra defines the new home, with consciousness steadily polarizing itself at the apex – the thousand petalled lotus just above the head. At the same time, the lotus centres begin to rotate in upon themselves in a spiritually radioactive and multidimensional fashion. The petals of each lotus now function primarily as distribution ports for the energies of service, while the central vortex – the jewel in the lotus – is where the spiritual banking (in the sense of energy direction and management) takes place. Potencies are received and held here at a point of tension prior to their distribution in good works. This is spiritual thrift. Through the economic management of the force centres or chakras that qualify the human aura, the disciple literally becomes:

“a point of light within a greater light…a strand of loving energy within the stream of love divine…a point of sacrificial fire focused within the fiery will of God.”²

As we continue to build up our picture of a Divine Economy, we can think of money, not only as a symbol of stored value, but as crystallized prana – potential energy that can be transformed into productive activity. The meditator stores value by attracting qualified energies into his or her “lighted house” prior to transmitting them to humanity in service. For those undergoing discipleship training in order to serve in this way, each day presents the opportunity to manage the personal life by working with the law of supply and demand. Through regular morning meditation, the soul’s resources are drawn upon to build up spiritual capital that can then be distributed throughout the day in response to the spiritual need of others.

Imagine a time when the whole of humanity works in this way and the divine circulatory flow that passes through all things attains a power that completely transforms human civilisation. As social evolution progresses, sooner or later a new understanding of money and economics will dawn, and those who will form the vanguard of this thinking are described in the Alice Bailey writings like this:

“They will regard money as the means whereby divine purpose can be carried forward. They will handle money as the agency through which the building forces of the universe can carry forward the work needed; and (herein lies the clue) those building forces will be increasingly occupied with the building of the subjective Temple of the Lord rather than with the materialising of that which meets man's desire. This distinction merits consideration.”³

Having explored the idea of a ‘Divine Economy,’ its energy and force, we now have a mental image or “thoughtform” to help us visualize the spiritualization of the global economic situation towards the ideal. It is particularly important at this time of significant change. The constructive political and economic principles adopted after the Second World War were accompanied by high ideals promoting democratic values and worldwide social cohesion; however, it’s clear that these standards are not being upheld. The increasing control of the global economy by elitism has obstructed rather than facilitated the spiritual law that demands the equitable distribution of the world’s resources amongst all peoples in all lands.

As a consequence of this, the nations of Eurasia along with the developing nations of the global south, are collaborating to form one economic bloc – BRICS – to challenge the hegemony of the G7 nations that have effectively monopolized global economic policy as well as other international issues. This development may be more of a contributing factor to the present global tensions than is widely understood or admitted by the West. While the United States of America has been the omnipresent power in global affairs with European support, this era is rapidly moving towards a greater distribution of power and influence.

This shift towards a multipolar world is gathering pace as energy continues to pour into human consciousness from a variety of sources, not least Shamballa – “the centre where the Will of God is known.” As this power descends on earth and the Law of Economy converts it into material expression, a corresponding increase in planetary events is to be expected. It is therefore vital at this time in world history that spiritual vision is more firmly grounded in global affairs to direct the surge of divine power into right channels. The truth of the proverb “where there is no vision, the people perish” is becoming ever more apparent and societies risk sliding ever deeper into social unrest and moral decay.

Despite the current turmoil we remain sanguine, for the Law of Economy is the agency through which the visions and plans of Gods and human beings alike materialize. The universal capacity to work and plan is “the guarantee that there also exists in…the human being…the capacity to respond eventually and in group formation to God's plan, based on God's vision.”⁴

“The instinct to formulate plans, inherent in all and so dominant in the highly evolved, must give way to the tendency to make plans in tune with the Plan of God, as expressed through the planetary Hierarchy. This in time will produce the urge to create those forms, conveying meaning, which will transmute evil into good and produce the transfiguration of life.”⁵

In the companionship of the One Work,
Headquarters Group Lucis Trust

1. A.A. Bailey, Discipleship in the New Age, Vol I, p. 480 (adapted).
2. A.A. Bailey, Discipleship in the New Age, Vol II, p. 175.
3. A.A. Bailey, Esoteric Psychology, Vol II, p. 192.
4. Ibid, p. 241.
5. Ibid, p. 244.
 

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