April-June 2023

CONTENTS:

Editorial – Welcoming the Will. The true spirit of sacrifice is something we are called to discover and manifest. Its essence is embodied as an archetype by our Planetary Logos for the whole of humanity.
On Meditation – Djwhal Khul. The whole human family is transiting out of a pronounced cycle of karma yoga into the required cycle of raja yoga, from unthinking activity into a period of illumined mind control.
Initiation: Keynote for Modern Discipleship – Katherine Hendon. An essential framework for understanding initiation rests in its place as one of the three keynotes for discipleship on the Second Ray, found in several places in the Tibetan’s writings – consciousness, expansion, and initiation
The Wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita – Eduardo Gramaglia. The Bhagavad Gita is truly a treatise on the soul. It contains a complete picture of the soul and its unfoldment. It is one of the books every disciple should have at hand.
The Relationship of Sound and Light – Chris Noakes. Sound and light are commonly recognised, both exoterically and esoterically, as primary modes of impression.
The Wesak Festival Dream – Alice Bailey. The three words – demand, readiness and expectancy – best describe the atmosphere surrounding those present in this secret valley.
Buddhahood and Liberation – Anne Woodward. Buddhahood is the liberation from ignorance, namely the ignorance of who and what we are and how outer worlds and inner worlds truly relate to each other.
The Evolution of Government – Dermot Carroll. There is ... an urgent need to revive our understanding of group responsibility, lest we undo the amazing progress we have made in evolving government and democracy over the past one hundred years.
The Great Heresy of Separateness in World Governance – Colleen Maguire. Peace depends upon individuals and nations accepting other ideologies, while ceasing to impose their own ideologies on others.
Challenges to Democratic Values – John Rasmussen. A great global tension [now]exists between the forces of selfishness and slavery and those of altruism and freedom.
Nelson Mandela, a Forerunner – Robert Cline. Mandela knew that to unify a nation of disparate and conflicting factions, he would have to find common ground with all involved.