Impersonality from the Work of Djwhal Khul &
Alice A. Bailey
Impersonality is the first step upon the road to spiritual love and
understanding.
Impersonality,
particularly for high grade integrated people, is peculiarly difficult
to achieve. There is a close relation between impersonality and
detachment. Study this. Many cherished ideas, many hard won qualities,
many carefully nurtured righteousnesses and many powerfully formulated
beliefs militate against impersonality. It is hard for the
disciple—during the process of his early training—to hold earnestly to
his own ideals and to pursue forcefully his own spiritual integration,
and yet remain impersonally oriented towards other people. He seeks
recognition of his struggle and achievement; he longs to have the light
which he has kindled draw forth a reaction from others; he wants to be
known as a disciple; he aches to show his power and his highly developed
love nature so that he may evoke admiration or, at least, challenge. But
nothing happens. He is looked upon as no better than all the rest of his
brothers. Life, therefore, proves dissatisfying.
These truths of self-analysis are seldom
definitely faced or formulated by any of you and, therefore (because I
seek to help you) I formulate them for you and face you with them. It is
hard for intelligent men and women to see others closely associated with
them dealing with life and problems from a totally different angle to
their own—handling them in a weak or stupid way (from the angle of the
disciple) and making apparently serious errors in judgment or technique.
Yet, brother of old, why are you so sure that you are right and that
your point of view is necessarily correct? It may be that your slant on
life and your interpretation of a situation needs readjustment and that
your motives and attitudes could be more elevated or purer. And even if
they are—for you—the highest and the best that you can achieve at any
given time, then pursue your way and leave your brother to pursue his.
"Better a man's own dharma, than the dharma of another." Thus does the
Bhagavad Gitaexpress
this truth, telling the disciple to mind his own business.
This attitude of non-interference and the
refusal to criticise, in no way prevents service to each other or
constructive group relations. It does not negate the expression of love
or happygroup cooperation.
There is ever much opportunity for the practice of impersonality in all
group relations. In every group there is usually one group member (and
perhaps several) who constitute a problem to themselves and to their
group brothers. Perhaps you yourself are such an one and know it not.
Perhaps you know who, among your co-servers, provides a testing for his
fellows. Perhaps you can see clearly what is the group weakness and who
it is that is keeping the group back from finer activity. That is well
and good, provided that you continue to love and serve and to refrain
from criticism. It is a wrong attitude to seek assiduously to straighten
out your brother, to chide him or seek to impose your will on him or
your point of view, though it is always legitimate to express ideas and
make suggestion. Groups of disciples are groups of free and independent
souls who submerge their personal interests in service and who seek that
inner linking which will fuse the group into an instrument for the
service of humanity and of the Hierarchy. Continue with your own soul
discipline and leave your brothers to continue theirs.
The Master looks for an effort on the
part of the disciple to be impersonal in his dealings, both with Him and
with his co-disciples; impersonality is the first step upon the road to
spiritual love and understanding. The effort of most sincere disciples
is usually concentrated upon loving each other and in this (to use an
old simile) they put the "cart before the horse." Their effort should be
to achieve, first of all, impersonality in their dealings for, when that
has been achieved, criticism dies out and love can pour in.
The Master also
looks for an effort upon the part of His disciples to work on a larger
and more generous scale in connection with His work in the world of men;
He leaves them free to work as they may choose but He most certainly
looks for the effort to take place along the lines of the specific
activities which constitute His intention. To achieve this vital and
strenuous effort, there must be the ability to focus upon the work and
its needs and to develop the power to cooperate with those also engaged
in similar work. This, again, involves impersonality and right focus.
The Master is today looking for dedication to the needs of humanity in
these days of human agony; this involves a sensitivity to world pain as
it demonstrates from day to day in world affairs; it requires also a
"divine indifference" to outer events in the life of the little self and
a sense of proportion which enables the disciple to see his little
personalaffairs—physical,
emotional and mental—in terms of the whole. So again we arrive atimpersonality—this
time impersonality to a man's own reactions.
The Master has, therefore, necessarily to
ask Himself whether the expenditure of time and energy which He gives to
the members of His group or Ashram is rightly warranted and whether, as
a result, the group has "quickened" for increased service, and is more
closely knit together in the bonds of the ashramic fellowship and is
decentralised and less a group of dedicated personalities and more a
group of living souls.
Impersonality has also to be developed in
connection with the Master Himself. He is not occupied with making His
group of disciples satisfied with themselves, their status or their
service. He frequently lays the emphasis (in His few and rare contacts
with His disciples) upon their failures and limitations. He does not
only give them a steady flow of teaching and increased opportunity to
serve. His work is primarily to help them detach themselves from the
form aspect of life and fit them to undergo certain great expansions of
consciousness. He assumes the factual nature of their dedication and
desire to serve. This he has shown by receiving them into His group of
disciples. When He did that, He assumed also the responsibility of
preparing them for initiation. It is no part of the Master's duties to
pat disciples upon the back or to congratulate them upon work done and
progress made. He has instead the task of watching closely their note or
vibration and of indicating where changes must be made in attitude and
expression, where intensification of the spiritual life is in order and
where personality adjustments could lead to greater freedom and,
therefore, to more effective service. If this process, when applied by
Him evokes resentment and disappointment upon their part, then the
indication is that they are still steeped in personal reactions.
It is through spiritual magnetism and through pure love, impersonally
applied, that an Ashram is assembled.
Into the New World my first message.
You who gave the Ashram,
And you who gave two lives,
Proclaim.
Builders and warriors, strengthen the steps.
Reader, if you have not grasped — read again,
after a while.
The predestined is not accidental,
The leaves fall in their time.
And winter is but the harbinger of spring.
All is revealed; all is attainable.
I will cover you with My shield,
if you but tend to your labors.
I have spoken.
There is no salvation
surer than that through devotion. One can
forgive much where there is unswerving devotion.
The man who is devoted in heart can be relied
upon. It is cause for rejoicing when Hierarchy
is upheld by devotion. At present it is
especially needed. If yesterday's confusion
seemed enormous, what can one say of tomorrow's?
I have already prepared you for the growth ofArmageddon,
and you know that the black wings of darkness
will not withstand the Fiery Sword. Be not
astonished, the Battle increases!
Agni Yoga:
Fiery World I,605.
Excerpts from some of the books by
the Master Djwhal Khul
(also known as the Tibetan and the Master DK)
Transmission Meditation
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All you need is the intention to do so and the desire to serve.
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www.biblioteca-ga.info
An excellent online catalogue and library
documents the stages of return to the modern world of Maitreya
& the Masters of Wisdom. An ongoing process for which some have been
preparing humanity since 1875.
Collection of articles by
Aart Jurriaanse
He wrote some compilations from Alice A. Bailey's books
along with commentaries on those teachings. His work has
helped many students of the Ancient Wisdom Teachings.
Agni Yoga Teachings (all the books
in seven languages can be downloaded at
www.agniyoga.org)
Agni Yoga Teachings regarding
sex
If we compare two
individuals, of whom one dissipates the vital substance while
the other consciously conserves it, we will be amazed at how
much more sensitive the spiritual apparatus of the second
becomes. The quality of his labors becomes entirely different,
and the quantity of his projects and ideas multiplies. The
centers of the solar plexus and brain are being heated, as it
were, by an invisible fire.
http://www.lucistrust.org/en/arcane_school/introduction/esoteric_training This article was dictated by the Tibetan teacher, Djwhal Khul, in 1934. It is printed in
the book, The Externalisation of the Hierarchy, pp. 3-20, published by the Lucis
Publishing Company. The need for trained esotericists is more urgent today than it was
then.
The Alice Bailey books were published by Lucis Trust
and can be purchased directly from them, or from fine bookstores
everywhere:
http://www.lucistrust.org
Lucis Trust has a ~new 14-page introductory PDF booklet about
the 3 major full festivals
The GREAT INVOCATION No one can use this
Invocation or prayer for illumination and for love without causing
powerful changes in attitudes and life intention.
Benjamin Creme discusses the emergence of Maitreya, The World Teacher
Maitreya Dancing in Karbala (believe it or
not!)
The
"Horseman" appears @ 1:23:
Kalki Avatar with the sword of cleavage
"In Hinduism, Kalki (Devanagari: कल्कि; meaning 'Eternity,' 'White
Horse,' or 'Destroyer of Filth') is the final incarnation of Vishnu
[Maitreya, the World Teacher] in the current Mahayuga, foretold to
appear at the end of Kali Yuga [now!]...the Puranas foretell that
Kalki will be atop a white horse with a drawn blazing sword. He is
the harbinger of the end time in Hindu eschatology, after which he
will usher in Satya Yuga [New Age]."Source:
Wikipedia
"When Maitreya comes before
the worldthere
will begin for men a period of intense heart-searching and
reflection. It is only to be expected that for many it will be a
painful, even traumatic, one. So steeped in the ways and ideas
of the past, so fearful of a future unknown and strange, are
millions today, that men will want to take stock of the new
situation which will then pertain…. When Maitreya first
announces His plans and hopes for the rehabilitation of the
world, His energy of Love – the Sword of Cleavage – will further
delineate the divisions which now exist. Men will take sides –
for or against the new principles that He will present for the
betterment of all. Thus will it be. Thus will a period of
discord and discontent precede the acceptance of the new.
Gradually, however, even the least sanguine will acknowledge the
need for a reconstructed world and add their weight to the task.
"There will begin a time unlike aught seen before on Earth. On
every hand and at every level the changes will pursue their
logical course, cementing in law and principle and form the
aspirations of all. Thus will men regain a hold on their destiny
and turn away for ever from the abyss. (The Master -- from
‘Coping with change’)
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The Sword of Cleavage is the energy of Love. As people respond
to this energy the world will be divided – those who are
clamouring for change along the lines Maitreya is advocating,
and those who are fearful and looking to the past, who see Him
as the Antichrist, are fearful and do not know what to do. They
will stand aside and watch the events, and so lose the
opportunity presented, for the first time in history, to take
part in the transformation of the world. It is up to each
individual, from where he or she stands, to assert their
divinity. (Benjamin Creme, The Awakening of Humanity)
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"Much that is loved must go. Cling
not to the old forms. Much will depend on man’s ability to
renounce these outworn structures, and to create a new and
simpler world. Remember this. Forget not that I come to change
all things. My Coming brings peace. Likewise, My Presence brings
cleavage. My Sword, that Love which I am, will separate all men,
will show the True from the false, will clear the way for the
New Light which I bring. May it be that you can withstand this
change and accept My Light. (Maitreya, from Message No.74)
-- the selection of quotations is
after the letters to the editor.
In an interview
with the German author Peter Andreas, the scientist Prof. G.
Quispel expresses his amazement that the demonstrably wrong
ideas on this subject have not been abandoned:
"I am constantly astonished
to see that people still do not appear to know what has been
recognized for one and a half centuries: that the beast
from the Apocalypse refers to none other than the Caesar,
Nero. Only the later Christian church, in the time of
Constantine (325 AD), put the Apocalypse into a future,
historical time-frame."(From:Was
Morgenwahr sein kann,Econ
Verlag)
Source:
666 -- and other misunderstandings
http://www.share-international.org/archives/agelesswisdom/aw_pl666.htm
One of the easiest ways to know me, Maitreya says, is to
be
honest in your mind, be sincere in your spirit, and practice detachment. Any
action performed with dishonesty of mind, an insincere spirit and attachment
is destructive. For example, when you think one thing, say another, and do
something which is different again, you are lost. Honesty of mind leads to
honest speech and honest action. This harmony leads to peace and happiness.
Without detachment there is no salvation.
Be what you are. Do not surrender your self-respect, your
dignity, to others. Do not allow anyone to cast his shadow over you. A
Master gives experiences, but does not cast his shadow.
Do not follow one another. If you practice honesty of mind,
sincerity of spirit and detachment, you will know me, you will know the
Lord.
SRI SAI BABA - COSMIC AVATAR chanting the Gayatri
Mantra
The Gayatri is a great prayer for the
blessing of all creatures.
Download this 125 KB mp3 file recording of Sai
Baba sounding the Gayatri Mantra ~30 seconds long.
It has a profoundly nice effect - and can be set repeat
on most of the free sound players.
People in previous generations have not had such a
treasure freely available to them.
Eckhart Tolle - The Flowering of Human Consciousness
THRIVE (full movie)
ZEITGEIST: MOVING FORWARD | OFFICIAL RELEASE | 2011
"The problems confronting us should be faced with courage,
with truth, and understanding,
as well as with the willingness
to speak factually, with simplicity and with love,
in the effort
to expose the truth and clarify the problems which must be
solved.
The opposing forces...must be routed..." The
Tibetan
"Without sharing there can be no justice;
without justice there can be no peace;
without peace there can be no future...
Man must change or die.
There is no other course."
The World Teacher
"Almost anything you do [to help humanity] will seem
insignificant, but it's very important that you do it."
Mahatma Gandhi
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