Quotations from the Work of the Tibetan
Djwhal Khul, through Alice A. Bailey
Arrest each unloving thought; stamp out each critical action, and teach
yourself to love all beings --not in theory but in deed and in truth. (book 5, page 475)
"Humanity has now reached a point where there is a
definite grasp of the Plan of the Hierarchy --call it brotherhood, sharing,
internationalism, or unity, or what you will." (11-195)
"Men must be taught that Great Souls exist, and exist
primarily to serve Their fellow men. The public must be familiarized with their names and
attributes, with Their work and purpose, and men must be told that They are coming forth
for the salvation of the world." (13-515)
"... the Hierarchy...[will] externalize itself and
function openly upon the physical plane. This will indicate a return to the situation
which existed in Atlantean days, when (using Biblical symbolism) God Himself walked among
men -- divinity was present in physical form, because the Members of the Hierarchy were
guiding and directing the affairs of humanity as far as innate free will permitted. On a
higher turn of the spiral, this again will happen. The Masters will walk openly among
men." (18-330)
Each field of awareness in its boundaries constitutes a
prison, and...the objective of all work of liberation, is to release the consciousness,
and expand its field of contacts. Where there are boundaries of any kind, where a field of
influence is circumscribed, and where the radius of contact is limited, there you have a
prison. Ponder on this statement for it holds much truth.
The cause of all sorrow and woes is desire -- desire for
that which is material... "No man liveth unto himself," and no nation either,
and ... the goal of all human effort is loving understanding, prompted by a love for the
whole. (10-166).
Only a humble spirit, which is not occupied with the faults and failures of
others, can prevent the injection of an attitude of criticism and judgment.(6-5). At
the
center of a great tornado is a point of peace. Thus does the story go. It can be found.
And thus it is with all the storms of life. They lead to peace if you are not a leaf.
(6-627).
The earth is an organism within a greater one, and this fact
needs wider recognition. The sons of men upon this planet so often view the whole system
as if the earth were in the position of the sun, the center of the solar organism. (3-177)
Two rules of life activity must be taught the young
aspirant:
He must be taught to focus on constructive activity, and to refrain from
pulling down the old order of living. He must be set to building for the future, and to
thinking along the new lines. He must be warned not to waste time in attacking that which
is undesirable, but must instead bend all his energies to creating the new temple of the
Lord through which the glory may be manifested. In this way public attention will
gradually be focused upon the new and beautiful, and the old established creations will
fall into decay for lack of attention, and so disappear.
He must be taught also that partisanship is in no way a sign of spiritual
development. He will not therefore use the words anti this or pro that. Such
terms automatically breed hatred and attack, and effort to resist change. They put the
user on the defensive. Every class of human beings is a group of brothers. Catholics,
Jews, Gentiles, occidentals and Orientals, are all sons of God. (4-419/21)
As the individual aspirants lose sight of self in service,
and as they arrive at the stage of indifference to personality claims and happenings, they
learn to cherish a spirit of confidence, of joy and of love, deep and lasting, for each
other; they learn to work together wholeheartedly for the helping of the world and the
assistance of the Hierarchy. (15-117)
One of our immediate educational objectives must be the
elimination of the competitive spirit, and the substitution of the cooperative
consciousness.(12-74)
Many and subtle are the means used to deceive and thereby
curtail the effective output of the worker in the field of the world. Wisely therefore
have all aspirants been enjoined to study and work at the development of viveka or
that discrimination which safeguards from deception. If this quality is laboriously built
in and cultivated in all events, big and little in the daily life, the risks of being led
astray will be nullified.(2-132)
The only regret that is justifiable is based on failure to
learn the lessons of failure (5-604)
Persist. Failure never prevents success. Difficulties
develop the strength of the soul. The secret of success is ever to stand steady and to be
impersonal. (4-559)
That the inner vision may be ours, the eye see clearly the
glory of the Lord, and the voice speak only in benediction, and the hands be used only in
helpfulness, may well be the prayer of each of us. (4-253)
Man stands midway between heaven and earth, with his feet deep in the mud of
material life, and his head in heaven. In the majority of case his eyes are closed, and he
sees not the beauty of the heavenly vision or they are open, but fixed upon the mud and
slime with which his feet are covered. But when his open eyes are lifted for a brief
moment, and see the world of reality, and of spiritual values, then the torn and
distracted life of the aspirant begins. (14-341)
When the pupil recognizes practically all the time, that he
is not his vehicles, but is indeed the divine Dweller within them, then certain things
will be imparted to him. (2-157)
Every step of the way has to be carved out by a man himself,
and there is no short or easy road out of darkness and into light. (4-60)
The world problem is essentially a religious problem, and
behind all strife in every department of world thought today is to be found the religious
element. (9-35)
Meditation involves the living of a one-pointed life always
and everyday... This process of ordered meditation, when carried forward over a period of
years, and supplemented by meditative living and one-pointed service, will successfully
arouse the entire system, and bring the lower man under the influence and control of the
spiritual man...When you, as an individual are endeavoring to "build the new man in
Christ", which will be an expression of your true spiritual self, meditation is, as
you well know, your best agent; but the meditation process must be accomplished by
creative work, or else it is purely mystical, and though not futile, is nevertheless
negative in creative results.(6-202)
Peace will be the result of understanding and sharing, and
not the origin of them, as the pacifists so often imply. (9-98)
These drastic disciplines are often attempted today by well
intentioned aspirants; they practice celibacy, strict vegetarianism, relaxation,
exercises, and many kinds of physical exercises, in the hope of bringing the body under
control. These forms of discipline would be very good for the undeveloped and the lowest
type of human being, but they are not the methods which should be employed by the average
man or the practicing aspirant. Concentration upon the physical body only serves to
enhance its potency and to feed its appetites, and bring to the surface of consciousness
that which should be securely secluded below the threshold of consciousness. The true
aspirant should be occupied with emotional, not physical, control and with the effort to
focus himself upon the mental plane, prior to achieving a stabilized contact with the
soul. (17-579)
Be not in any way discouraged, brother of old, if you find
the upward way stiff and hard to climb. You are in good company and are not alone. (5-641)
Those groups who have always proclaimed the physical Presence of the Christ
have so distorted the teaching by dogmatic assertions on unimportant details and by
ridiculous claims that they have evoked little recognition of the underlying truth, nor
have they portrayed a kingdom which is attractive. That Kingdom exists but it is not a
place of disciplines or golden harps, peopled by unintelligent fanatics, but a field of
service and a place where every man has full scope for the exercise of his divinity in
human service. (8-51)
It takes a wise disciple always to discriminate between the
voice of his real Teacher, and the false whispers of the masquerading one. (2-132).
Love is the great unifier, the prime attractive impulse,
cosmic and microcosmic, but the mind is the main creative factor and the utilizer of the
energies of the cosmos. Love attracts, but the mind attracts, repels and coordinates, so
that its potency is inconceivable...The race is progressing into an era wherein men will
function as minds; when intelligence will be stronger than desire, and when thought powers
will be used for appeal and for the guidance of the world, as now physical and emotional
means are employed.(4-125)
The earth is an organism within a greater one, and this fact
needs wider recognition. The sons of men upon this planet so often view the whole system
as if the earth were in the position of the sun, the center of the solar organism. (3-177)
The New Age is upon us and we are witnessing the birth pangs
of the new culture and the new civilization. That which is old and undesirable must go,
and of these undesirable things, hatred and the spirit of separateness must be first to
disappear. (5-74)
A war is starting between the selfish moneyed interests and
the mass of humanity who demand fair play and a right share of the world's wealth.(7-72)
Instinct relates man to the animal world, intellect unites
him to his fellow men, whilst the intuition reveals to him the life of divinity. (4-401)
Be not afraid of loneliness. The soul that cannot stand
alone has naught to give.(6-755)
Men do not live up to what they already know; they fail to
make practical their information; they short circuit the light; they do not discipline
themselves; greedy desire and unlawful ambition control and not the inner knowledge. (7-7)
Men deal with effects and not with causes; for instance,
mankind is concerned with war, and with horrified preparations for more war, and is not
primarily occupied with that which causes war and which, if rightly handled, would prevent
war. (18-730)
All vaunted freedom or vaunted control, is but the temporary reaction of a
humanity which is swept by ideas, controlled by ideals, impulsed by selfishness,
impregnated by hates, and yet all the time is struggling to express the higher and better
qualities, and to free itself from the thralldom of ancient evil, the slavery of ancient
codes, and the curse of ancient habits of thought and living. It is what is happening
behind the scenes of mankind as a whole which is of moment; it is the unfoldment of the
human consciousness which counts with the Hierarchy.(9-25).
Wisdom is the enlightened application of knowledge, through
love, to the affairs of men.(13-467)
When the Christ, the Avatar of Love, makes His Reappearance
then will the Sons of men who are now the Sons of God withdraw Their faces from the
shining light & radiate that light upon the sons of men who know not yet that they are
Sons of God. Then shall the Coming One appear, His footsteps hastened through the valley
of the shadow by the One of awful power Who stands upon the mountain top, breathing out
love eternal, light supernal & peaceful, silent Will. (8-13)
Then will the sons of men respond. Then will a newer light
shine forth into the dismal, weary vale of earth. Then will new life course through the
veins of men, & then will their vision compass all the ways of what may be.(8-13)
The work and the teaching of the Christ will be hard for the
Christian world to accept, though easier of assimilation in the East. Nevertheless, some
hard blow or some difficult presentation of the truth is badly needed if the Christian
world is to be awakened, and if Christian people are to recognize their place within a
worldwide divine revelation and see the Christ as representing all the faiths and taking
His rightful place as World Teacher. He is the World Teacher and not a Christian teacher.
He Himself told us that He had other folds and to them He has meant as much as He has
meant to the orthodox Christian. They may not call Him Christ, but they have their own
name for Him and follow Him as truly and faithfully as their Western brethren. (8-62)
We can freely aid in the reconstruction work which the
Christ proposes, if we will familiarize ourselves and all men whom we can contact with the
following facts:
1. That the reappearance of Christ is imminent.
2. That the Christ, immanent in every human heart, can be evoked in
recognition of His appearance.
3. That the circumstances of His return are only symbolically related in the
world Scriptures; this may produce a vital change in the preconceived ideas of humanity.
4. That the major required preparation is a world at peace; however that
peace must be based on an educated goodwill, which will lead inevitably to right human
relations, and, therefore, to the establishment (figuratively speaking) of lines of light
between nation and nation, religion and religion, group and group, man and man.(8-58)
The Son of God is on His way and He cometh not alone. His
advance guard is already here and the Plan which they must follow is already made and
clear. Let recognition be the aim. (8-60)
The success of all large undertakings is based on the little
things, the minor tasks, faithfully fulfilled, of the disciple who is free from personal
ambition.(5-614)
Much of the ineffectiveness of people is due to the fact
that their interests are not centralized, but ver diffuse, and no one thing engrosses
their attention. They scatter their energy and are attempting to satisfy every wandering
desire, and to dabble in everything that comes their way. Therefore, no thought they
think ever assumes a proper form, or is ever duly energized. They are consequently
surrounded by a dense cloud of half-formed disintegrating thought -forms, and clouds of
partially energized matter in process of dissolution. This produces occultly a
condition similar to the decay of a physical form, and is equally unpleasant and
unwholesome. It accounts for much of the diseased condition of the human family at this
time. (3-975)
...Today make a new beginning---not for your own sake, but
for the helping of a needy world. Forget yourselves...The service you can render is to you
of more value than the service that can be rendered to you. (5)
Go forward my
brother, looking not behind but with your eyes fixed in steadfastness upon the Way of a
world Server. It is a hard way, with many ups and downs, and many steep hills and valleys
of shadow, but there is rest and shade in the valley and sunshine on the hills. (5-375)
The Mantram of Unification
The sons of men are one & I am one with them.
I seek to love not hate.
I seek to serve, not exact due service.
I seek to heal, not hurt.
Let pain bring just reward of light & love.
Let the soul control the outer form & life & all events
& bring to light the love
which underlies the happenings of the time.
Let vision come and insight,
let the future stand revealed.
Let inner union demonstrate & outer cleavages be gone.
Let love prevail.
Let all men love.
(5-790)
BOOKS BY THE TIBETAN
References cited in quotations refer to following books:
1. Initiation, Human and Solar (First Edition: 1922; 225 pages)
2. Letters on Occult
Meditation (1922; 360)
3. A Treatise on
Cosmic Fire (1925; 283)
4. A Treatise on
White Magic (1934; 640)
5. Discipleship in
the New Age--Vol. I (1944; 790)
6. Discipleship in
the New Age--Vol. II (1955; 768)
7. The Problems of
Humanity (1947; 181)
8. The Reappearance
of The Christ (1948; 189)
9. The Destiny of
Nations (1949;152)
10. Glamour: A World
Problem (1950; 272)
11. Telepathy and
the Etheric Vehicle (1950; 197)
12. Education in the
New Age (1954; 153)
13. The
Externalization of the Hierarchy (1957; 701)
14. Vol. I: Esoteric
Psychology I (1936; 430)
15. Vol. II: Esoteric
Psychology II (1942; 751)
16. Vol. III:
Esoteric Astrology (1951; 695)
17. Vol. IV: Esoteric
Healing (1953; 715)
18. Vol. V: The Rays
and the Initiations (1960; 769)
The above quotations may also be found in the following
compilations
which were also published by Lucis Trust: Ponder on This (First
Edition: 1971; 431 pages) Serving Humanity
(First Edition: 1972; 514 pages)
Leaves Of Morya's Garden
Book One The
Call
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.
--- The Agni Yoga books can be freely downloaded (available in seven languages): http://agniyoga.org/index.html
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 of Armageddon,
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.
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