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The Destiny of the Nations - Spiritual Life in the New Age |
We can now proceed to consider the seventh ray in its relation
to the present situation in just the same way as we considered the sixth ray. Through
doing this, there will unfold in your consciousness an idea of the developing process and
of the emerging events and of the imminent happenings which may logically be expected.
There are, as you may realize, two ways in which any particular ray may [116] be
considered. It can be studied, first of all, from the angle of energy which is ever coming
into relation with other energies and forces, producing through their meeting and frequent
conflict a situation entirely different and changed from that which existed prior to the
contact. The stages of this import might be covered briefly by the following words:
Contact, conflict, adjustment, equilibrium (a form of stalemate or static condition such
as was arrived at during the 19th century), absorption and the final disappearance of the
weaker outgoing energy. The conclusion is always inevitable for it is not the rays
themselves which are in conflict but the substance and the forms which are implicated
during the period. Secondly: the quality of the ray can be considered. This is in reality
the expression of its soul and intrinsic nature, which - impinging upon the condition
existing when the ray comes into manifestation - definitely does three things:
The powers of the magical age are many and one of the reasons why the seventh ray is now making its appearance is that, owing to the rapid perfecting and integration of the human personality, the higher integration between soul and personality is today more possible and more easily accomplished than ever before. The new forms, through which that much desired consummation can be affected, must be consequently gradually and scientifically developed. This, as you may well conceive, will be achieved through the intensification of the forces, functioning through the etheric body, through the coordination of the seven major centers, and the establishing of their rhythmic relationship. The seventh ray governs predominantly upon the etheric levels of [118] the physical plane. It does not govern the dense physical form which is under the control of the third ray. It is the vital or the etheric body which is responsive to and developed by the incoming seventh ray influences. |
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