The Cosmic Christ

The following remarks were broadcast in the Triangles Webinar on February 12, 2018:

We are in the approach to the new moon of Aquarius that of the water carrier, the server, and soon will come under the influence of the Piscean energies of the world saviour. The esoteric ruler of Aquarius and the orthodox ruler of Pisces is the second ray. In Esoteric Psychology we read that the seven rays are the sevenfold expressions of the second Person of the Trinity, the Cosmic Christ.

And, the Cosmic Christ, the Lord of Love-Wisdom, is according to Patanjali, Ishvara the son of God Who is resplendent in the heart of each of us. And that it is through the revelation of the Christ within, in each human being, that humanity will be released from the confines of form. He also tells us that Ishvara is the son in manifestation and that when all the sons of men have demonstrated that they are also sons of God, the Cosmic Christ will likewise shine forth with increased intensity of glory.1 

Teilhard describes the Cosmic Christ as a continually evolving Being, a Being in which each of us lives and develops in consciousness, like living cells in a huge organism. This Cosmic Body is meant to become fully conscious of itself in every cell of its being in such a way that every cell is also conscious of the whole Body’s magnificent destiny. When this Christ Body realizes itself as the divine reality it has always been meant to be, that moment will be what Teilhard calls the Omega Point. (See Rev 1:8) At present however, many of the cells of this great Body are unaware of their divine calling and unconscious of the fact that they are already living their lives as part of this Cosmic Body.2

It is humanity’s divine task, however, to turn this fragmentation of consciousness in all its visible and invisible dimensions, into a unity of intention using the power of love. The full glory of the Cosmic Christ is a revelation that is coming about through a gradual but continuous unfoldment in consciousness. This revelation is being brought about through all the many discoveries in science, technology and psychology, through all group activity for the good of the whole, as well as all real occult knowledge. New values, new techniques and methods of living are being evolved as a result of this developing perception.

However, with the numerous levels of consciousness existing within humanity there are many who are fearful of the changing times and cling desperately to that which they know and that which has served them well.  This is the cause of much of the discord and separatist cries increasingly heard today. But, perceptions are changing and this will increasingly be the case as the incoming service-based energies of Aquarius and the organisational energies of the seventh ray gain potency.  And, it is through the work of the new group of world servers, operating in every aspect of human life, that the new perceptions are given form. Humanity is indeed, on its way to releasing "that which is within".

The Cosmic Christ is, therefore, the pattern that connects all that exists and it is in the scientific quest for this pattern that there is offered hope of the power of the human mind to experience personally this commonality among all things.4 Applied science in all fields has now been so developed that it has entered the realm of energy and of pure metaphysics. The mystery of electricity is unfolding gradually before our eyes and the electrical nature of man and the cosmos is being slowly proven. There will come a time when it is widely understood that the human structure and form is composed primarily of light atoms and that the entire Hierarchy is a great centre of light. The meaning of the words of Christ "I am the Light of the world." 3 will one day be fully understood. The time is not yet, however, for the Cosmic Christ has not been brought forth on the mass scale that is humanity’s destiny. As Eckhart is quoted as saying, “What good is it to me if the son of God was born to Mary 1400 years ago but is not born in my person and in my culture and in my time?” He goes on to say that, the Cosmic Christ already exists as a “glittering, glistening mirror of Divinity” in every creature, but in the human species, capable of consciousness, this has little or no effect if we are unaware of it.5

Indeed, but there will come a time when the proclamation which Jesus Christ made two thousand years ago, that we are all sons of God from one universal Father, will no longer be regarded as a mystical and symbolic statement, but will be seen as a scientific pronouncement.  One day our universal brotherhood and our essential immortality will be demonstrated and realised to be facts in nature.6 And we read that this will come to fruition in the Aquarian Age, when we shall see brotherhood established on earth.  We also read in Esoteric Psychology I, that, it is not easy to express the nature of the revelation which is on the way because it involves the recognition by men everywhere that the "mind-stuff," to which their own minds are related and of which their mental bodies are an integral part, is also part of the mind of the Cosmic Christ. When people, through meditation and group service, have developed an awareness of their own controlled and illumined minds, they will find themselves initiated into a consciousness of true being and into a state of knowledge which will prove to them the fact of the soul, beyond all doubt or questioning.7

It is to this which we strive in our Triangles work. To aid humanity in becoming conscious of its true divinity. For, as Gandhi notes, ‘To become divine is to become attuned to the whole of creation.’ 8

1 The Light of the Soul, p.47
2 The Coming of the Cosmic Christ, p.76
3 The Coming of the Cosmic Christ, p.133.
4 Esoteric Psychology I, p.96
5 The Coming of the Cosmic Christ, p.137
6 Esoteric Psychology I, p.96
7 Esoteric Psychology I, p.96
8 Iyer - The Moral and Political Thought of Mahatma Gandhi, p.90