*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.
Intended to precede and condition the coming era, the Alice A.
Bailey writings offer an unparalleled spiritual approach to such
subjects as the teaching on Shamballa and the Path of spiritual
evolution; the spiritual Hierarchy; the new discipleship and
training in meditation as a form of service; the teaching on the
seven rays and the new psychology of the soul; the teaching on
esoteric astrology; and the new world religion, which emphasizes
the common thread of truth linking all the major world faiths. In
her foreword to this book, the author remarks, "The conscious
evocation of the Christ life in the human heart and our rapid
integration into the Kingdom of God are the immediate tasks ahead,
embodying our responsibility, opportunity and destiny". The five
expansions of consciousness by which this integration and evocation
proceed are clearly portrayed here as the correspondences of the
five climaxing experiences of the Master Jesus during His life in
Palestine. These are the five initiations known as the Birth,
Baptism, Transfiguration, Crucifixion, Resurrection and Ascension.
Through these five stages on the Way, we follow the Master from
Bethlehem to Calvary. While these initiations are popularly known
by the Christian terminology, within the experience of the
spiritual Hierarchy the fourth and fifth initiations are known as
the initiation of Renunciation and the initiation of Revelation.
The crucifixion experience of the Master Jesus involved Him in the
great renunciation of His own soul, with a resulting revelation in
the light of the Spiritual Triad. These experiences are both
symbolic and actual, setting guideposts along the way of the
disciple. Some understanding of these Mysteries revealed by the
Christ and the Master Jesus, as They exemplified the experience of
the human soul through the five stages of its spiritual journey,
can be invaluable to individual man facing the vast span of the
same five-fold experience. This is probably the factor of greatest
value and service to the aspirant, setting his feet on the Path of
Return; that the experience of the Master Jesus, including that of
the Crucifixion, the Great Renunciation, reflects through the lives
of all human beings. Through the divine life in us, and as the
Christ principle unfolds in our heart and consciousness, the sons
of men walk the Way of the Cross eventually to become
soul-illumined Sons of God. Knowing something of these things,
aware of the spiritual journey before all men from stage to stage
on the Path of Initiation, an exact service opens before the
aspirant. "Service must expand and express itself on broader and
more inclusive lines, and we must learn to serve as Christ served,
to love all men as He loved them and, by the potency of our
spiritual vitality and the quality of our service, stimulate all we
meet so that they too can serve and love and become members of the
Kingdom ...the call is for sane and normal men and women who can
comprehend the situation, face what must be done, and then give
their lives to expressing for the world the qualities of the
citizens of the Kingdom of Souls; love, wisdom, silence, non-
separativeness and freedom."
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