How can we do to come into a deeper connection with the group?

How can we do to come into a deeper connection with the group?

Kathy Newburn

We had a recent communication with someone who asked the above and it is a good one, one that I thought would be a helpful consideration for us to share together on this first Triangles webinar of the new year, particularly because we are working within the waning cycle of the Capricorn full moon which is intimately connected with the concept of group work, through the soul Law of Group Progress.

People from all walks of life sense the challenges confronting the disciple humanity at this time. Those of us who have some understanding of the subjective nature of the events that are unfolding are perhaps able to see more deeply into some of the additional factors that underlie these outer challenges. This deepened understanding can serve, or should serve, to aid us to see somewhat beyond the outer fragmentation and know that there is much light and this should foster our faith in the ultimate triumph of the good and foster our determination to do what we can to contribute towards its realization.

Those of us who have responded at least peripherally to the note contained in the writings of Alice Bailey have been given a number of tools which, when built into the fabric of our lives, can generate a greater sense of group connection. We have, of course, this work in Triangles and also we can participate in the Wednesday Goodwill Meditation Group, the full and new moon interludes, the Thursday meditation on the Reappearance of the Christ and the Sunday money meditation, as well as using of the various mantrams that we have been given – particularly the noontime recollection and the five o’clock mantram. Participation in these various activities can help to realign us with our soul at key points within the annual, monthly, and daily cycle, contributing to the united group effort that is helping to prepare human consciousness for the coming externalization.

Humanity with each passing year is becoming more and more responsive to the light and thereby participating more fully in the revelatory nature of this time. Humanity, through responsiveness to the Law of Group Progress has the opportunity to begin sensing the supernal, or highest light and bringing it down from afar. This revelatory light as it filters down into the three lower worlds, acts as a lens and things begin to be seen with greater clarity. As we know, revelation is a dual process, generating on the one hand an increased responsiveness to the fifth kingdom in nature and the Plan for our planet but, on the other, it also brings a deepened understanding of the many ways in which the Plan is being blocked and the many layers of obfuscation that prevent humanity from seeing clearly. These dual revelations are part of the journey of this time in planetary history. Christ said 2,000 years ago that prior to his advent all things would be shouted from the rooftops and this is precisely what is unfolding.

We know that Capricorn works through this Law of Group Progress and surely the revelatory nature of this time is related to Pluto’s long passage through this sign—a passage that began in 2008 and which will end one year from now and which appears to be gaining in momentum and intensity as it passes through its final degrees. This passage is clearing out the debris which for spiritual seekers who can appropriate the opportunity is surely aiding access to the higher realms but Capricorn also is the most material of signs and aids the materialistic forces in the achievement of their purposes.

Aquarius qualifies the age into which we are passing and it is also a sign that is also very much related to group work--a sign of group service. We can visualize therefore how tremendous will be the shifts in our world as humanity increasingly comes to realize its power and strength to affect change when we join together as a group. This shift has extraordinary implications and that is why it has long been feared by the ruling forces in the three worlds. For to work as a group brings exponentially enhanced capabilities for humanity. The strength comes through the sharing of the energies of all group members, the mingling of their auras. Through this means the group has the possibility of reaching out to contact energies of far greater potency than would ever be possible working alone. An aligned group is exponentially greater than the sum of its parts. And so, for example, our relatively small group gathering together here today on this webinar, has a much wider scope of outreach than those of us present because this group is linked not only with the entire Triangles network throughout the world but also with the larger network of the entire new group of world servers, which reaches out to stimulate and include many, many groups functioning throughout the world. Through the etheric interrelatedness of all life our outreach is global. And the Triangles network can become an instrumental part of humanity’s potential moving forward. Through humanity and the interrelationship being established between the three planetary centers, our planet is becoming inter-connected with other planetary lives and eventually will become a center of moment within the cosmos. The seeds of this are happening now.

A unified aura among even a few members of a group, which doesn’t necessarily mean a uniform perspective on all aspects of the work but does means a dedication to that portion of the Plan which it is the group’s dharma to undertake, makes the group a vehicle for the reception of energies of a much higher order than would otherwise be possible. And then as one group creates a magnetic aura, that group becomes able to work together with other groups large and small throughout the world, particularly at times such as the full moon. The group becomes subjectively united, providing together a vast rainbow bridge across which fiery energies can flow. And it is this work that supports and sustains the other work and workers in the world who work along all the other ray lines. 

This passage from the teachings neatly sums up the potential before us: “What we are seeking to do is to carry forward a group endeavor which is of such moment that, at the right time, it could produce, in its growing momentum, such a potent, magnetic impulse that it will reach those Lives Who brood over humanity and our civilisation, and Who work through the Masters of the Wisdom and the assembled Hierarchy. This group endeavor will call forth from Them a responsive and magnetic impulse, which will bring together, through the medium of all the aspiring groups, the overshadowing beneficent Forces. Through the concentrated effort of these groups in the world today (who constitute subjectively One Group) light and inspiration and spiritual revelation can be released in such a flood of power that it will work definite changes in the human consciousness and help to ameliorate conditions in this needy world. It will open men's eyes to the basic realities, which are, as yet, only dimly sensed by the thinking public. Humanity itself must apply the necessary correctives, believing it can do so in the strength of its own sensed wisdom and strength; yet all the time, behind the scenes, stand the grouped world aspirants, working silently, in unison with each other and the Hierarchy, and thus keeping the channel open through which the needed wisdom, strength and love can flow.” Esoteric Psychology, Vol. II., p. 113-14