October—December 2013

CONTENTS:

Editorial ‑‑ The Emerging Plan
The battle for the soul of humanity is being waged as a new civilisation struggles to emerge – a struggle which will continue while the personality relinquishes those attachments which imprison the soul. It is this liberation which is changing our understanding of what it means to be civilised.

Energy Follows Thought: The Science of Thoughtforms ‑‑ Djwhal Khul
The secret of all true meditation work in its earlier stages is the power to visualise. This is the first stage to be mastered. Disciples should lay the emphasis upon this process; in it lies eventually the ability to use the creative powers of the imagination, plus mental energy, as a measure to further the ends of the Hierarchy and to carry out the Divine Plan.

The Divine Equation ‑‑ Leonidas Zoudros
There is no mathematical formula or equation that can solve the mystery of divinity; there is no divine equation in that sense. In level upon level of complexity throughout the initiations we are given keys to the symbols that uncover the power and the beauty of the Plan. This essential beauty and power exists, on scales and realms so high that our most revered human intellect, in all its grandeur, appears as nothing more than one-dimensional and capable of perceiving life only on a point-by-point basis, seeing only a miniscule fragment of the truth, all the while thinking that its sophisticated calculations have made some stupendous discovery about the universe we live in. And, in a sense, it might have.

The Wisdom of the Heart ‑‑ A Student
The wisdom of the heart is particularly relevant to the future because it encourages us to delve into the hidden meanings buried in the phenomenal appearance of things, people, circumstances, and events that happen on the physical plane. Only by examining the motives of our actions, the significance of our emotional reactions, and the symbolism in all outward appearances can we come to that which lies behind the seeming reality we encounter.

The Esoteric Symbolism of the Rain Cycle–Part I ‑‑ S. M. Rose
From a symbolic perspective, the evaporation process is a metaphor for the liberating effect of the soul upon the emotional body, which releases one from the confines of physical plane response, towards an ever-increasing higher expression of the soul itself.

Evolution of Consciousness ‑‑ Rosemary Wilkie
The purpose of culture will be seen as the organ for the expansion and unfoldment of consciousness. Education, religion, healing, art, and research science will see themselves in a new light, and with a new intrinsic purpose. Over time it is possible that education will lose its present focus on training for jobs, and refocus on facilitating enlightenment, resulting from a deeper relationship with purpose.

Synthesis:  The Central Principle of the New Civilisation — Henry Guy
The purpose of culture will be seen as the organ for the expansion and unfoldment of consciousness. Education, religion, healing, art, and research science will see themselves in a new light, and with a new intrinsic purpose. Over time it is possible that education will lose its present focus on training for jobs, and refocus on facilitating enlightenment, resulting from a deeper relationship with purpose.

The Five Kingdoms ‑‑ Andrew Nellist
A Poem of five parts. This poem is based on ideas in Alice Bailey’s Esoteric Psychology, Vol. I, which concern humanity’s role of mediation between the superhuman, spiritual life, and the natural life on Earth.

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 1888-1975–Forerunner for the New World Religion
‑‑ Katherine Hendon
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was an Indian philosopher, a professor of philosophy and religion in both Indian and Western universities, and a prolific writer of more than a dozen books and hundreds of articles on the nature of religion.

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