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1. "Each of us is recognized by the brilliance of his Light. This is an occult fact. Light is vibration, and through the measurement of vibration is fixed the grading of the scholars. Hence, nothing can prevent a man's progress forward if he but attends to the purification of his vehicles. The Light within will shine forth with ever greater clarity as the refining process goes on. We are all graded, if it may be so expressed, according to the magnitude of The Light, according to the rate of vibration, according to the purity of the tone and the clarity of the color."
2. "When the disciple has found that Lighted Center within himself and can walk in its radiating light, he is then in a position (or in a state of consciousness, if you prefer) wherein he becomes aware of The Light within all forms and atoms. The inner world of reality stands visible to him as Light-substance. He can then become an efficient co-operator with The Plan. This process of bringing Light into dark places falls naturally into 3 stages:
a. The stage wherein the beginner and the aspirant endeavor to eradicate glamor out of their own life by the use of The Light of the Mind. The Light of Knowledge is a major dispelling agent in the earlier phases of the task and effectively eliminates the various glamors which veil the truth from the aspirant.
b. The stage wherein the aspirant and disciple work with The Light of The Soul. This is The Light of Wisdom, which is the interpreted result of long experience, and this streams forth, blending with The Light of Knowledge.
c. The stage wherein the disciple and The Initiate work with The Light of the Intuition. It is through the blended medium of The Light of Knowledge (personality Light) and The Light of Wisdom (Soul Light) that The Light is seen, known, and appropriated. This Light puts out the lesser Lights through the pure radiance of its power."
"You have, therefore, The Light of Knowledge, The Light of Wisdom, and The Light of the Intuition, and these are 3 definite stages or aspects of The One Light. These stages and their corresponding techniques are apt to be misunderstood if the student fails to remember that between them lie no real lines of demarcation but only a constant overlapping, a cyclic developement, and a process of fusion which is most confusing to beginners."
3. "It might be said that The Inner Light is like a searchlight, swinging out into the world of glamor and of human struggle from what one Master has called 'the pedestal of The Soul and the spiritual tower or beacon'. The esotericist knows that in every atom of his body is to be found a point of Light. For eons he walks by means of The Light engendered within his vehicles, by The Light within the atomic substance of his body, and is, therefore, guided by The Light of matter. Later, he discovers The Light of The Soul. Later still, he learns to fuse and blend Soul Light and material Light. Then he shines forth as a Light-bearer, the purified Light of matter and The Light of The Soul being blended and focused."
4. "From the standpoint of the esotericist, all forms of life on our planet are affected by 3 types of Light-substance, and at the present time a 4th type is gradually making its presence felt. These types of Light are:
a. The Light of The Sun (The Solar Logos).
b. The Light of the planet itself (The Planetary Logos), not the reflected Light of The Sun but its own inherent radiance.
c. A Light seeping in from The Astral Plane, a steady and gradual penetration of The Astral Light and its fusion with the other 2 types of radiance.
d. A Light which is beginning to merge Itself with the other 3 types and which comes from that state of matter which we call The Mental Plane, a Light in its turn reflected from The Realm of The Soul."
"We only need more Light, in the esoteric sense, in order to see The Soul, and that Light will shortly be available, and we shall understand the meaning of the words, 'And in Thy Light shall we see Light'. The intensification of The Light will continue until A.D. 2025 when there will come a cycle of relative stability and of steady shining without much augmentation."
5. "The one in whom The Light shines becomes a Light-bearer in a dark world. This becomes possible when contact with The Soul has been made and The Light is found. This is familiar teaching to many and is the essence of the progress to be made by aspirants and disciples in the first part of their training."
6. "The object for which life takes form and the purpose of manifested being is the unfoldment of consciousness or the revelation of The Soul. This might be called the Theory of The Evolution of Light. The goal of evolution is found to be a gradual series of Light demonstrations. Veiled and hidden by every form lies Light. As evolution proceeds, matter becomes increasingly a better conductor of The Light, thus demonstrating the accuracy of the statement of The Christ, 'I am The Light of The World'."
7. "In The Light of The Whole, The Light of the little self fades out, just as The Light that is inherent in every atom of the body is gathered together and obliterated in The Light of The Soul when that blazes forth in all its glory."
"When this stage of selflessness, of service, of subordination to The One Self, and of sacrifice to the group becomes the objective, a man has reached the point where he can be received into that group of world mystics and knowers and group workers which is the physical plane reflection of The Planetary Hierarchy."
8. "The Science of The Antahkarana (Bridge between the lower self and The Higher Self), technically speaking and for group purpose, is especially the science of Light manifestation with its results of revelation and consequent changes. It should be remembered that:
a. Light is substantial and, from the angle of The Spirit, is a sublimation or higher form of material matter.
b. Light is also the quality or major characteristic of The Soul in its own Realm and of the aetheric body in The 3 Worlds of human evolution (Physical, Emotional, and Mental).
c. The object of the science with which we are dealing is to fuse the lower and the upper Lights so that One Light shines forth in physical manifestation, and a synthesis of Light is consequently brought about.
d. Technically speaking, 2 Light Bodies exist, the vital or aetheric body and The Soul Vehicle (Causal Body). One (The Causal Body) is the result of eons of incarnating life and becomes, in time, a power repository of energies gathered out of a wide range of contacts though conditioned by the ray type in its 3 aspects. The aetheric body exists and is today functioning powerfully. The Soul Body is in process of being slowly constructed and is that 'house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens' to which The New Testament refers."
9. "You are in process of incarnation. You are following your chosen way. Is the house you are building yet lit? Is it a lighted house? Or is it a dark prison? If it is a lighted house, you will attract to its light and warmth all who are around you, and the magnetic pull of your Soul, whose nature is Light and Love, will save many. If you are still an isolated soul, you will have to pass through the horrors of a more complete isolation and loneliness, treading alone the dark way of the soul."
"Yet this isolation, this loneliness, and this separation in the dark night are all part of The Great Illusion. It is, however, an illusion into which the whole of Humanity is now precipitated in preparation for unity, freedom, and release. Some are lost in the illusion and know not what is reality and truth. Others walk free in the world of illusion for the purpose of saving and lifting their brothers, and if you cannot do this, you will have to learn so to walk."
10. "The quality and the major characteristic of The Soul is Light. Therefore, if that Light is to be used and that quality expressed by the disciple and the worker, he must first of all achieve a recognized contact with The Soul through meditation."
11. "The attention of a Master is attracted to a man by the brilliance of the indwelling Light. When that Light has reached a certain intensity, when the bodies are composed of a certain grade of matter, when the aura has attained a certain hue, when the vibration has reached a specific rate and measure, and when a man's life commences to sound occultly in The 3 Worlds (which sound is to be heard through the life of service), some one particular Master begins to test him out by the application of some higher vibration and by the study of his reaction to that vibration. The choice of a pupil by a Master is governed by past karma and by old association, by The Ray on which they both may be found, and by the need of the hour."
12. "For you there must be the steady growth of The Light of your own Soul, fostered by meditation, expressed in selfless service, and increasing in radiance through the intensification of your soul's life. Live, therefore, as a Soul and forget the personality. Give not so much time to the consideration of the faults and mistakes of the past. Self-deprecation is not necessarily a sign of spiritual growth. It is often the first result of a Soul contact and means the revelation of personality limitations covering many years. That has a temporary value, provided you again turn your eyes to The Soul. Forgetting the things that lie behind, let The Light of your Soul lead you where it will."
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