The Consciousness of the Heart
The following remarks were broadcast on the Triangles Webinar on May 29, 2017:
No spiritual group is an ‘island’, each interacts and relates to other serving groups, inwardly and outwardly. Lines of light link server with server, and group with group, and although working in a myriad of ways and using different methodologies, wielding energies of varying hues and potency, formulating distinctive patterns of thought, and addressing diverse spheres of work, yet all are an intrinsic and integral part of the world group. Serving the common good is their shared goal and purpose.
And, on a higher turn of the spiral, the great chain of Hierarchy, along which travels the life and love of God, links kingdom with kingdom, soul with soul, and heart with heart, leaving greater beauty behind as it touches all in its path. Human consciousness – unfolding, expanding and deepening – stands at the threshold of the Abode of God. Straddled between two great Hierarchies of Lives, and pendant between heaven and earth, and learning to demonstrate spiritual perception and correct interpretation, the heart of the world group looks above and serves below.
It is interesting to consider that although the function of the heart in physical terms is well documented and understood somewhat by the medical and scientific communities, yet much still awaits revelation about this primary organ of the physical vehicle. Its mysteries will emerge and it is interesting to note that: QUOTE “the heart will be found to be not only the engine which circulates the life fluids, but also the generator of a certain type of intelligent essence which is the positive factor in the life of the cell.” UNQUOTE (A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, p. 702) If much still has to be learnt about the physical heart, then even more needs to be understood about its correspondence on inner levels. Hints about the symbology and significance of the heart from a philosophical and spiritual perspective are scattered throughout the Teachings. For example, in ‘The Rays and the Initiations’, (p.458) Alice Bailey writes: “The heart doctrine governs occult development; the eye doctrine—which is the doctrine of the eye of vision—governs the mystical experience; the heart doctrine is based upon the universal nature of the soul, conditioned by the Monad, the One, and involves reality; the eye doctrine is based on the dual relation between soul and personality.” As we transit into the Aquarian dispensation, the consciousness of the heart beckons, and contact with the ‘impressions’ of the cosmos will reveal their hidden wisdom. We are reminded in the Agni Yoga teaching (Heart, sl. 596 ): “Pure thinking, constancy, benevolence bring the heart energy into action.” The heart, the repository of love, the seat of life, leads to the subtle worlds. In like manner, the action of the group heart enriches the group life. Its beat brings a stability; a spiritual rhythm in harmony with the ebbs and flows of life; a wise sensitivity to world, national, group and individual conditions; and an alignment with the planetary heart centre, Hierarchy, the Kingdom of God.
And, with these images in mind, let us be mindful of the role of the heart in bringing about a planetary alignment between the heart of the Hierarchy, the Christ, the heart of the planet, the Hierarchy, and the hearts of humanity. When they are “in a state of positive contact; when this channel is open and unobstructed, then the Christ will come. Nothing can stop His appearance and—under law—He may not turn His back upon the presented opportunity." (The Rays and the Initiations, p.619)