| The searchlight of the Hierarchy is sweeping the planet at
this time singling out men and women, here and there, from the mass of men. They indicate
esoteric possibility, and in their lives love of humanity and love of the Christ is a
basic and fundamental factor. The ordinary devoted person, who constantly pledges and
dedicates himself to the Christ or to the Masters in a spirit of adoration, will not be
chosen for this specific training. Their own attitudes and development come violently
[696] between them and their objective. The man who forgets about himself, and who is more
interested in helping unhappy human beings, but who is nevertheless staunchly convinced of
the factor of the unseen worlds, is the man for whom search is at this time being made.
When these
men and women are found, the work of the discovering initiate is to see to it that
information comes to the aspirant in some form or another anent the hierarchical Plan,
concerning the reappearance of the Christ (under some name familiar to the aspirant's
religious background), and about the fundamental and needed occult truths - with
particular emphasis upon the Law of Cause and Effect, and secondarily upon the Law of
Rebirth. The Law of Cause and Effect is of far greater importance than the Law of Rebirth,
because it necessitates action upon the part of the aspirant, and that action
inevitably conditions the future. There is nothing he can do about the Law of Rebirth but
submit to it and be grateful that opportunity continues to present itself.
As regards the many other adjustments which Members of the Hierarchy in all Their many
differing grades will have to make in what might be called Their personality lives and
habits, I have naught to say. I know well the questions which will arise in your minds,
and I would like to touch upon one or two of them. For instance, some of you are asking:
- How will these Members of the Hierarchy in Their various grades appear on earth? Will
They come through the methods of ordinary birth, of childhood and maturity? Some initiates
may follow this ordinary pattern, some are already passing through it today and are in the
stages of infancy and adolescence; to them will be given a large share of the preparatory
work. Some will not pass through these relatively limiting phases, but will pass back and
forth between the outer world and the world of hierarchical endeavor; they will be
sometimes present in physical bodies and sometimes not. This method of activity will not
be possible as long as [697] the present rules of national and civilian identification, of
passports and of drastic airport and seaport inspection are required by the authorities;
such people as these "transitting initiates" would not be able to identify
themselves. This form of appearance is therefore postponed for some time. Some of the
Masters will create what is called in the language of the East the "mayavirupa"
- a vehicle of expression which is built of atomic physical and astral substance and of
concrete mental substance. This They can create at will, use at will and cause to vanish
at will; Their problem is not, therefore, so acute in the matter of appearing and of
reappearing as is that of the initiate who cannot thus create to suit his purpose and his
service.
- Will all the Members of the Hierarchy make Their appearance at the same time? Certainly
not. The appearing of these initiates and Masters will begin with isolated members
appearing and living among men, coming forth one by one, doing the required work,
returning through the portals of apparent death to the inner subjective Ashram, and then
again appearing by one or other of the methods mentioned above. This process has been
going on for some time and began around the year 1860. The work of these disciples in the
human consciousness is already being recognized, and already they have succeeded in
changing the consciousness and the thinking of many millions. Their ideas are already
permeating world thinking. I would remind you also (for your encouragement that I myself
am among this number of working initiates (for, in the last analysis, that is all that any
Master is), and that I, from my physical anchorage, i.e., my physical body and my location
in northern India, and in collaborating with a disciple, A.A.B., and also with F.B., have
done much to bring certain concepts (old and yet new in their presentation) to the
consciousness of humanity. I have also done much to stimulate from latency to potency the
instinctual goodwill of men. I mention this for this is not a unique achievement; there
are many other Masters Who - with Their [698] disciples - are to be found today actively
functioning in human affairs and struggling, under adverse conditions, to change the trend
of human thinking from a frank materialism to a genuine spiritual aspiration.
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