"The Law of Karma is today a great and
incontrovertible fact in the consciousness of humanity everywhere. They may not call it by
that name, but they are well aware that in all today’s events the nations are reaping
what they sowed. This great law — at one time a theory — is now a proven fact
and a recognised factor in human thinking."
When the Master Djwhal Khul dictated these words to
Alice Bailey for Esoteric Healing nearly half a century ago, the popular perception —
and misperception — of ‘karma’ that has to come to permeate popular culture
today was mainly limited to spiritual and esoteric groups. Subconsciously, however, many
people even then were wrestling with the Law of Karma as they struggled to discover the
causes underlying the happenings of a troubled world and to gain a measure of control over
the future.
"The question ‘Why?’," wrote DK,
"brings in the factor of cause and effect with constant inevitability. The concepts
of heredity and of environment ... qualities, racial characteristics, national
temperaments and ideals ... historical conditions, the relationships between nations,
social taboos, religious convictions and tendencies ... things of beauty and of horror,
modes of living and civilisation and culture, prejudices and likings, scientific
attainment and artistic expression ... are aspects of effects, initiated somewhere, on
some level at some time, by human beings, both individual and en masse. Karma is therefore
that which Man — the Heavenly Man in whom we live, humanity as a whole, mankind in
groups as nations, and individual man — has instituted, carried forward, endorsed,
omitted to do or has done right through the ages until the present moment." (Esoteric
Healing, p262-3.)
Oversimplification
Since Djwhal Khul so succinctly defined karma and
provided, for those who had ears to hear, the most essential clue to understanding the
realm of causes, thinking people around the world have developed a conscious interest in
the concept of karma as a way of answering their otherwise unanswerable questions. Along
with the popularization of the idea, however, has come a tendency to oversimplify, to
adapt wholesale from Eastern traditions half-understood versions of what karma is and how
it operates, and to adjust the concept to the personality need to justify and rationalize
one’s own actions. As a result, there are many misunderstandings of karma which need
to be corrected if we are to work with, rather than in spite of this most important
universal law. Three of these deserve particular attention. First, the common and rather
resigned perception of karma as immutable predestination: "I don’t really see
what I can do about it. It’s just my karma." This is the "sin and
retribution" version which in the West probably flows from historical religious
beliefs in a wrathful, vengeful God and the "original sin" theory of Calvinism
and Puritanism. In effect it denies the possibility of free will and tends to rationalize
passivity and inaction in dealing with life’s problems. The misunderstanding here,
says the Master DK, is in confusing the Law of Karma with the Law of Retribution which is
merely one of its aspects. Actually, it is more accurate to think of karma in terms of the
comprehensive law of which karma is itself but an element — the Law of Cause and
Effect. This law, comments DK, "is not to be understood as we now interpret it. There
is, to illustrate, a law called the Law of Gravitation, which has long imposed itself on
the minds of men; such a law exists, but it is only an aspect of a greater law, and its
power can be, as we know, relatively offset, for each time that we see an aeroplane
soaring overhead, we see a demonstration of the offsetting of this law by mechanical
means, symbolising the ease with which it can be surmounted by human beings."
(Esoteric Healing, p20-21.)
‘Bad’ karma
We can, in other words, offset the limitations
imposed by law — if we understand the law and use our wisdom, intelligence and will
properly. It is true, of course, that through past action we have indeed created what we
call "bad" karma — largely, DK tells us, "owing to humanity’s
ignorance and low stage of development." What our ignorance and want of evolution has
produced in the past, our personalities will experience in the present, and the more
highly developed our minds, the greater will be our suffering from this experience. At the
same time, however, our increasingly sophisticated minds grant us the capacity to offset
negative karma by intervening intentionally, through choice.
As Maitreya taught in Volume I of Leaves of
Morya’s Garden many years ago, "Karma is of great importance, but of greater
gravity is the choice. Karma is but the condition of the choice."* Right choice, says
DK, "is determined every time by that which is right for the whole and not so much by
that which is right for the part." Thus, the offsetting of karma by the imposition of
willed choice requires a certain detachment from self-interest and the capacity to focus
on the well-being of humanity as a whole. Under these circumstances, DK continues,
"what man has made he can unmake. This is oft forgotten. Karma is not a hard and fast
rule. It is changeable, according to man’s attitude and desire." (Externalisation of the Hierarchy, p225.)
Alibi
A related misinterpretation of karma is described
and corrected by DK without equivocation: "There are many people today who find an
alibi for themselves in the present world situation, and a consequent release from
definite action and responsibility by saying that what is today happening is simply karma
or the working out of cause and effect, and that there is nothing, therefore, that they
can do about it; they take the position that it is not their affair, and that in due
course of time the process will be worked out and everything will be all right again. The
slate will then be cleaner and incidentally they will not have been embroiled, but will
have safely (even if uncomfortably) looked on."
If they have the capacity to analyze world events in
this way, such people of course also have the mental capacity to utilize some degree of
free will and, says DK, it is only through the compassionate use of that free will that
the world’s evils and havoc will be transmuted into good. "Therefore," he
concludes, "those who are looking on at the tragic sufferings of humanity and who
refuse to be implicated, and thus succeed in evading responsibility as an integral part of
the human family, are definitely storing up for themselves much evil karma." The
struggle against such human suffering is the struggle for freedom, and "those who
refuse to share in that struggle for freedom will be left out of the gains of freedom,
even if it only means within their own home limits, in their life habits and in their
private circumstances." (Externalisation of the Hierarchy, p253.)
The karmic process, then, if rightly engaged with,
is transformative, constantly alchemizing evil into good, materiality into spirituality,
pain and suffering into joy and happiness. From the most esoteric point of view, karma is
synonymous with opportunity and constitutes a beneficient means for earning one’s way
back to God. This perspective sharply contrasts with the third pervasive misunderstanding
of karma, namely that all karma is negative: to say "that’s my karma" is
the same as "that’s the curse I must live with. "Karma from this perspective
is a painful exacting of repayment for transgressions long since forgotten and controlled
by some vague agency not easily understood, a kind of ‘cosmic’ retribution. The
good we experience is, therefore, not karmically created and lies outside the stern and
unforgiving
Law of Karma.
Perhaps it is because, as DK tells us, humanity is
capable of taking on its own negative karma and is doing so — painfully but
positively — that we are so inclined to believe — and quite illogically —
that the Law of Cause and Effect is really the law of negative causes and negative
effects. "Today," says DK, " the karma of humanity is descending upon
it," a fact of life in the period during which he was dictating material to Alice
Bailey and which has colored the attitudes of both those who lived through that period and
their children. Even in such dark times, however, we should not forget that there is
another side to the Law of Karma: "I would remind you ... that the continuous
emphasis laid upon the malevolent aspects of karma conveys a wrong impression and negates
the full grasp of the truth. There is as much good karma as there is bad... The good karma
emanating from the soul of humanity balances the evil which comes from the material aspect
and is continuously over-emphasised." ‘Bad’ karma, then, is best understood
as "the rhythm of matter in contradistinction to the rhythm of the soul." (Externalisation of the
Hierarchy, p117.)
Karma of Reward
There is, in fact, a "Karma of Reward... This
is the type of karma oft forgotten, but one which will become better known in the coming
world cycle. Humanity has worked off much evil karma, and the karma based on causes later
to be initiated will not generate such dire effects as that of the past." Already one
can perceive the prophetic wisdom of these words as the world enters the Age of Maitreya,
an age of divine intervention and the externalization of the Hierarchy only made possible
by the use of human free will to offset its karmic liabilities. Similarly, more and more
individuals are experiencing an increased capacity to generate ‘good’ karma and
gradually become conscious actors in their evolutionary dramas. "In time to
come," DK said in the 1940’s, "man will develop that mental attitude which
will consider causes of greater importance than effects; he will then learn to consider
with care the first steps taken in initiating any line of action, pondering upon and
deducing the probable effects before committing himself to any specific deed." (Externalisation of the
Hierarchy, p117.)
Surely the presence worldwide of the New Group of
World Servers is further evidence that many thousands of people are already sufficiently
free of the need to spend most of their time struggling with past negative karma and can
reap, as their reward for past and present efforts, a great reward: the right and capacity
to serve. Perhaps we are in fact on the verge of a period when, as DK taught, the
difficult karma of the past "will be changed into the good karma which is the true
destiny of humanity and will usher in the new era of joy and of peace and spiritual
synthesis — that synthesis which we call brotherhood." (Externalisation of the Hierarchy, p256.)
Leaves of Morya’s Garden is a two-volume work
from the Agni Yoga series of writings dictated to Helen Roerich under the supervision of
the Master Morya in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
This article was prepared with the assistance and
collaboration of Judy Kretmar, Charles Tebbs, and Ann Finneran in New York
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
Groups
It is the
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few interested friends to meet with you at least once a week.
All you need is the intention to do so and the desire to serve.
There is never any fee to participate.
http://www.transmissionmeditation.org
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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