alice bailey teachings

The soul raythe second Ray of Love-Wisdom. Each ray embodies an idea which can be sensed as an ideal. They investigate the form in order to find its hidden idea, its motivating power, by proving the idea either true or false. La Trobe-Bateman on June 16, 1880, in Manchester, England,ii Alice Bailey was raised in an upper-class family and reared in the Anglican or Episcopalian church. They are seen as the basic creative forces of the universe and emanations of Divinity that underlie the evolution of all things. To do this effectively and correctly, we must all learn to think of each other as souls, and not as human beings.". British-American esoteric, theosophist and writer (1880-1949), For the American writer of children's books and articles for periodicals, see, Groups founded by Bailey or her followers, A commentary on the Great Invocation on Lucis Trust's website says "Christ emphasised ever the Fatherhood of God and substituted it in place of the cruel, jealous tribal Jehovah.". [49] Campbell notes that the New Group of World Servers was established for "promotion of international understanding, economic sharing, and religious unity".[28]. Every individual vibrates to some particular measure; every unit of the human race is on some one of the seven rays. [121], Lou Reed of the Velvet Underground was a devoted reader of Bailey's work, especially her book A Treatise on White Magic, which he urged on others. All kingdoms in nature are conditioned by the seven rays, but the human kingdom provides perhaps most interesting and complex depiction. This ray primarily involves the etheric levels and thus governs the true magical work - the spiritualising of forms. There are two major factors of paramount interest to all aspirants andin your casethe task is made somewhat difficult because you have to add to these two tasks the work of shifting your soul ray from the sixth Ray of Devotion to the second Ray of Love-Wisdom. Thank you for your attention. "[96] (p. 65)[97] (p. 557) The differences between Theosophy, Bailey and Elizabeth Clare Prophet can be noted in connection with Elizabeth Clare Prophet's radical concepts of catastrophic change and survivalism, including the building of fall-out shelters. [123] Morrison also used the phrase "world of glamour", reminiscent of Bailey's Glamour: A World Problem, in the songs "Ivory Tower" and "Green Mansions". [101], In 1930, with the patronage of English-Dutch spiritualist, theosophist and scholar Olga Froebe-Kapteyn, Bailey established the short-lived "School of Spiritual Research" located on Froebe-Kapteyn's estate, Casa Gabriella, in Switzerland. Catholics, Jews, Gentiles, occidentals and orientals are all the sons of God." [122], In 1975, Todd Rundgren released an album titled Initiation which has a song called "Initiation" on side one. When the personality ray becomes pronounced and dominant, and the rays of the three bodies are subordinated to it, then the great fight takes place between soul and personality ray. Bailey inherited from Blavatsky and Leadbeater a predilection for profuse details and complex classificatory schemes. Alice Bailey said the failure of the 6th ray devotee to work intelligently and lovingly with substance and to produce right relation with the outer form has led over the last 2000 years to a mismanaged world suffering from a cleavage: as can be seen between science and religion and between religion and spirituality, for example as it manifests in regard to money. The 1st ray is the most powerful force in the world today. Differentiation becomes marked, and the sense of duality becomes more definitely established. It aids and inaugurates the new age, based on spiritual drive and aspiration, mental freedom, loving understanding and a physical plane rhythm. . Advanced souls, disciples, occasionally will choose a different ray for a particular body than the ones Ive just cited, but its always a good idea to begin with the premise that one is fairly ordinary, dont you think? This energy has produced science and led to mans comprehension of the natural world. The Science of the Antahkarana is concerned with the problem of the continuity of consciousness and with the problem of life and death. ", Alice Bailey sums up process of integration as follows: "As the three rays which govern the lower triplicity blend and synthesise and produce the vital personality, and as they in their turn dominate the ray of the dense physical body, the lower man enters into a prolonged condition of conflict. Jesus said only those who follow God's commands love God and only these will be saved (Matthew 19:17; Matthew 7:21-23; Rev 20:12) and He gave a "new command": Love one another. "[50] Olav Hammer writes, "Her first book, Initiation Human and Solar, was at first favorably received by her fellow theosophists. [116], Christopher Partridge wrote that the works of Bailey, Rudolf Steiner, and Theosophy in general all influenced what he called the "UFO religions". The 7th ray is steadily gaining influence. This is not an easy thing to do without an interlude of intense difficulty and of energy disruption, accompanied oft with loss of personality balance. It will aid you also in producing order and rhythm in your environment; in these days of turmoil and difficulty, every rhythmic centre is of value to us. The work of the 7th ray is the relating of life and form, but when the emphasis is laid upon the form aspect, then wrong procedure eventuates and the work of the black magician can begin. [118] Partridge also quoted Gordon Melton, who suggested that the first UFO religion was Guy Ballard's "I Am" Activity,[117] (which Bailey described as a "cheap comedy". Healing becomes automatic where the practitioner no longer is directed by energies, currents, centers, that include the nadis as one area of focus, the abstract is related back to the practices where appropriate but healing is directed without effort. Alice Bailey very enthusiastically recommends her followers to practice yoga and meditation, while the Trans-Himalayan Masters and their true disciples are much more cautious because they know that people usually do it in an incorrect way and that ends up hurting them. The books ofAlice A. Bailey, written in cooperation with a Tibetan teacher between 1919-1949, constitute a continuation of the Ageless Wisdom a body of esoteric teaching handed down from ancient times in a form which is always suitable to each period. She stated that this newer type is forming in every land but primarily in lands where Caucasian peoples are found and indicates a culture where thought or intellect is dominant. Does my emotional nature tend to be fairly serene (2nd) or does it tend more to the stance of the passionate advocate (6th)? Alice Bailey had been one of the people that tried to become the leader of the Theosophical movement, but she lost out to Annie Besant, and she founded what she called the Lucifer Trust in America. [52] Steven J. Sutcliffe points out that both Bailey and Blavatsky's work evoke a picture of Tibet as the spiritual home of the Masters and that Bailey claimed a more-or-less direct lineage to Blavatsky. Every human being is swept into manifestation on the impulse of some ray, and is coloured by that ray quality, which determines his form and indicates the way that he should go. She said "The endless diversity of forms hides a subjective synthesis. Alice Ann Bailey was a writer of more than twenty-four books on theosophical subjects and was one of the first writers to use the term New Age. Remember now, from Steiner, Lucifer was associated with Shamballa (Shambhala). 5. Wessinger stated that they were "an important source of the contemporary New Age movement. It is the underlying principle of religion as well as all serious endeavour in art and science. Alice Bailey, along with Rudolf Steiner and Krishnamurti, brought Theosophical teachings to their own audiences, helping to perpetuate continuing interest in the Ageless Wisdom. He cannot as yet enter into the consciousness of that basic essential Unity, but he can enter into that of his own ray-life, of the emanating source of his own temporarily specialised life.". Goethe, I think, touched upon the dynamic, initiating power of the first ray when he said: "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. In Alice Baileys words: "Each person is potentially a transmitter of ray energy, either egoic or personality rays. People who are new to the Alice Bailey books. The task of new age workers is to bring these two apparent opposites together, to demonstrate that spirit and matter are not antagonistic to each other, and that throughout the world there is only spiritual substance, working on and producing the outer tangible forms. Each of these seven streams or emanations of energy was coloured by a divine quality, an aspect of love, and all of them were needed for the ultimate perfecting of the latent and unrevealed purpose.". "[65], In her book Education in the New Age, Bailey made predictions about the use of this esoteric racial concept in the schools of the future and that these schools would incorporate the idea of "root races". The close juxtaposition of your soul and personality rays is an asset, not a hindrance. 4.26. The teachings on initiation are also given an essentially practical presentation as "facts of life", to be understood and applied. The intelligence expressed through the 3rd ray is the authority the Buddha pointed his disciples to in his final sermon: "Be a lamp unto yourselves. Bailey also established the "Triangles" program to bring people together in groups of three to meditate daily. 3rd ray The energy of Active Intelligence or, to reverse it, intelligent activity; the intelligent use of form building, of all creative effort, to reveal divine purpose. [21] According to Bailey, she had come to see the society as authoritarian and involved with "lower psychic phenomena". [99][100][self-published source?] b. Alice Ann Bailey (June 16, 1880 - December 15, 1949) was a writer of more than twenty-four books on theosophical subjects, and was one of the first writers to use the term New Age. Your mental body is definitely on the fourth ray and it is through this fourth Ray of Harmony through Conflict that you can establish a rapid rapport with your brothers. [109], Roger J. Woolger said, in a paper presented to the "Beyond the Brain" Conference held at Cambridge University in 1999, "In Tansley as in Brennan you will find descriptions of a hierarchy of subtle bodies called the etheric, emotional, mental and spiritual that surround the physical body. In addition, the ray of the personality in a previous life leaves definite habits of thought and activity. The disciple becomes a "man of God",a person whose powers are controlled by the dominant vibration of the soul ray and whose inner, sensitive mechanism is vibrating to the measure of that soul ray" (EP II 17). These are the seven rays, but its important to remember that all seven rays are subrays of the synthetic 2nd Ray of Love/Wisdom: Basically speaking, the energy of love, expressed with wisdom, is the line of least resistance for the manifested lives in our solar system. This ray endows man with the capacity to see the ideal, the reality behind the form. They participate in the bridging process, for they are the true intuitives. Her esoteric astrology deals with the evolution of soul consciousness and the obstacles to that evolution. Something I learned from researching Alice Bailey: That all of the teachings Alice Bailey wrote in telepathic rapport with the Tibetan, Djwhal Khul or DK, are fully edited and crafted re-writes of collated material derived from 'stream of consciousness' writing in which Alice Bailey was attuned to a higher source. 2nd ray The energy of Love-Wisdom the desire or love of Deity. There is nothing in the whole solar system, at whatever stage of evolution, which does not belong and has not always belonged to one of the seven rays. First Edition. Her books are in fact "rooted in the pseudo-theosophy pioneered by C. W. 27 . Each ray governs a particular centre, giving a predisposition to certain strengths and weaknesses. Books by Alice Bailey. In the theosophical teachings of Alice Bailey, there is a powerful being living inside the Sun serving the Solar Logos called the Avatar of Synthesis. The Theosophical Society states that Bailey became involved in 1917. Therefore, healing consists of releasing the soul, that is the establishing of a right relation between the soul and the personality where the personality is defined as the instrument of soul expression. She stated that all religions originate from the same spiritual source, and that humanity will eventually come to realize this, and as they do so, the result will be the emergence of a universal world religion and a "new world order". This gives you power upon the astral plane and, in consequence, it gives you a powerful and sensitive astral body with all the implications of success and failure which go with that situation. [19] She outlined her vision for the Esoteric Section of the Theosophical Society; however, her efforts to influence the society failed, and she and her husband were dismissed from their positions. As the 7th ray pours in, we are seeing the increasing focus on sexuality not always a pretty picture, but because the 7th ray governs the fusion of spirit and matter, surely it will lead to a wiser approach to sexuality. Quotations are from Alice Bailey's Esoteric Psychology I. The Arcane School gives instruction and guidance in meditation, via correspondence, based on the ideas in Bailey's books. 3. It expresses the Will of God in world affairs, which is the will-to-good. Perhaps the best example of the first rays potency is found in the mineral kingdom, for radium is said to hold the key to the mystery of the 1st ray. Bailey was born as Alice La Trobe-Bateman, in Manchester, England. We might begin by asking, Why seven rays? But its important to remember that the 7th ray is the direct line along which first ray energy can travel, bringing the release of life into new and improved forms and the destruction of old ways of living. [original research? Alice A. Bailey and the Tibetan's Glamour: A World Problem is also directly cited in the liner notes to Morrison's album Inarticulate Speech of the Heart. Leadbeater." According to Newman, "the Plan" named in the invocation refers to the plan authored by "the Hierarchy", that Newman states places "high priority on removing all Jewish presence and influence from human consciousness, a goal to be achieved by eliminating Judaism. World Goodwill is intended to promote better human relations through goodwill which they define as "love in action". The Pseudo-Occultism of Alice Baily, "The Great Invocation: Its Use and Significance", Brown University Press Releases, April 19, 2007, "Mahatmas versus Ascended Masters - Theosophical Society in America", "THERAPEUTIC TOUCH: Healing Science or Psychic Midwife? It is the quality in you which gives you an ordered sense of colour, proportion and of harmony in your planned environment. Leadbeater. Her vision of a unified society included a global "spirit of religion" different from traditional religious forms and including the concept of the Age of Aquarius. The "Triangles" are groups of three people who agree to link up in thought each day and to meditate on right human relations, visualizing light and love pouring into human minds and hearts, followed by the use of the Great Invocation. Alice Bailey is known as one of the prophetesses of the New Age Movement. It is the great impulse which will bring into the light of day all that is found clothed in matter, and thus will eventually lead to the revelation of spirit and of the hidden glory, when that which has been revealed of the material form has been purified and redeemed. Courage is also an aspect of the 1st ray, but true courage is not a fighting courage or any sort of struggle to be what is called "brave." Their belief is that they receive divine energy through meditation and that this energy is transmitted to humanity, so raising spiritual awareness. (Notice here relation to Ray II.). Yet the seven emanations came forth from the central vortex, and as such are seven aspects of one whole and therefore interrelated. In terms of living expression, this means that you can transmute devotion into love, and idealism into proven wisdom. She described the majority of her work as having been telepathically dictated to her by a Master of Wisdom, or spirit entity identified as Djwal Khul. The 2nd ray has the longest cycle, producing a "crisis of love". Two of these rays are struggling for expression - one incoming (7th) and one outgoing (6th). One ray is fostering crystallisation and the perpetuation of the existing culture, and one is fostering the creation of something entirely new out of the present world upheaval. The mantra begins with "From the point of Light within the Mind of God, let light stream forth into the minds of men" with the rest of the passage expressing the ideas of love, the return of The Christ (Maitreya) and of men acting in accordance with the plan of God. These seven types of energy produce the seven types of souls or rays. This 48-page catalogue of the books of Alice A. Bailey and the Tibetan Master Djwhal Khul contains a description of each title, including compilations and the CD-ROM. The devotion of the 6th Ray is perhaps best expressed by Jesus, the 6th Ray Master: "Whosoever would find his life must lose it for my sake.". [112] This is not surprising since Alice Bailey's books were written between 1919 and 1949[113] and "the emergence of religion specifically focused on UFOs is a post-1947 phenomena. [15], The Theosophist published the first few chapters of her first work, Initiation, Human and Solar,[16][17] (p.762) but then stopped for reasons Bailey called "theosophical jealousy and reactionary attitude". Theosophists are divided on their assessment of Alice Bailey's writings. "[63], Some Theosophical critics have contended that there are major differences between Bailey's ideas and the Theosophy of Blavatsky, such as Bailey's embrace of some mystical Christian terms and concepts and her acceptance of Charles Webster Leadbeater. [6], Alice and Foster Bailey founded the Lucis Trust in 1922. The cosmology of the Ageless Wiscom gives an explanation of the seven rays so profound, so occult that its beyond the grasp of the human mind, but to summarise and thereby grossly simplify it: As part of the initial Plan, the one Life sought expansion. Jews do not, and never have, worshipped an angry vengeful god, and we Jews never, ever call God 'Jehovah'. (Alice A. Bailey) and asked her to do some writing for me and also to undertake the publishing of certain books which -- under the sequential giving out of truth -- were due to appear. The ray of the mindthe first Ray of Power. And that includes the nations of the world. The books of Alice A. Bailey, written in cooperation with a Tibetan teacher between 1919-1949, constitute a continuation of the Ageless Wisdom a body of esoteric teaching handed down from ancient times in a form which is always suitable to each period. She was one of the first writers to use the term New Age. A ray confers physical conditions, the quality of the astral nature, and the distribution of energy. #4. "History and Philosophy of Metaphysical Movements in America" (1967), Westminster Press, pp.119131, and Campbell, Bruce, "New Age Movement", subsection "Origins", in. She stated that as evolution proceeds, things are accelerated and humanity will soon be predominantly distinguished by the Aryan consciousness. In the 1940s Alice A. Bailey, founder of the Arcane School (an organization that disseminated spiritual teachings), suggested that a new messiah, the Master Maitreya, would appear in the last quarter of the 20th century. From this we can begin to see that when the true nature of the seven rays is grasped, we shall approach the subject of mans duality with greater intelligence. "[74], Researcher Hannah Newman described what she found to be an antisemitic element in the Great Invocation. [47] In her thinking, service, "is a soul instinct innate and peculiar to soul unfoldment. Their major task is to harmonise the new ideas with the old, so that there can be no dangerous gap or break. There are many degrees and stages in this experience, and they cover many lives. 2. But the prism is one. Alice Bailey then developed the teaching considerably in a number of her books, especially A Treatise on the Seven Rays. [40][self-published source?] Read More The Tibetan Master's Work Lower Expression: Modern educational systems and mental science. Learning to recognise ones ray pattern isnt easy, but we have some guidelines to go on. Does this explain the growing sense that something is being destroyed in order to make way for the new? . I know that this will give you much food for thought and instigate you to renewed purpose in your life endeavour. [18] According to Theosophist Josephine Maria Davies Ransom, she became part of a progressive "Back to Blavatsky movement, led mainly by Mr. and Mrs. Foster Bailey". Neither has initiation for the disciple anything to do . Eventually, the soul ray becomes the dominating factor, and the rays of the lower bodies become sub-rays of this controlling ray. 1st ray energy streams from Shamballa and lies behind the present world crisis, for "It is the Will of God to produce certain radical and momentous changes in the consciousness of the race which will completely alter mans attitude to life", Alice Bailey said.

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