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The Externalization of the Hierarchy - Section II - The General World Picture
It might be of value here if we considered the three great planetary centers and their relationships in tabular form and thus get the general idea more clearly in mind.
 
1. SHAMBALLA
The Holy City.

Life Aspect
Ruler: Sanat Kumara, the Lord of the World.
The Ancient of Days.
Melchizedek.

 Will or Power.
Purpose. Plan.		 Planetary Head center.
Spiritual pineal gland.
 
2. THE HIERARCHY
The New Jerusalem.

Group Consciousness
Ruler: The Christ.
The World Savior.

 Love Wisdom.
Unity.		 Planetary Heart center.
At-one-ment.
 
3. HUMANITY
The City, standing.
foursquare. Creativity.

Self-consciousness
Ruler: Lucifer.
Son of the Morning.
The Prodigal Son.

Active Intelligence. Planetary Throat center.
This Shamballa energy now for the first time is making its impact upon humanity directly and is not stepped down, as [108] has hitherto been the case, through transmission via the Hierarchy of Masters. This change of direction constituted a somewhat dangerous experiment as it necessarily stimulated the personalities of men, particularly those whose personalities were along the line of will or power and in whom the love aspect of divinity was not sufficiently expressing itself; it was, however, permitted because it way realized that it would not affect the man in the street or the masses who would remain unresponsive to it, though it might greatly stimulate and intensify the mental and more potent type of man.

The effects of this widespread stimulation have been all that was anticipated and the so-called "evil results" of the Shamballa force upon ambitious and powerful personalities in all countries and all schools of thought have, nevertheless, been offset to some extent by the growth of the sense of relationship everywhere and by the spread of the Christ energy which generates at-one-ment, loving understanding and goodwill.

You might here rightly enquire how this can be so when humanity is overwhelmed by a ghastly world war at this time. I would remind you that the Hierarchy is guided in its conclusions by the mass light and by the inner subjective oft unexpressed reactions of the multitude and never by the outer happenings upon the physical plane. The fate of the form life and of outer organizations is deemed of small importance compared with the sensed inner spiritual development. That development must necessarily outrun the outer manifestation. Humanity is today further advanced spiritually and mentally than might appear from external happenings. The first result of such development is eventually the destruction of the outer form because it is proving inadequate to the pulsing, inner, spiritual life; then, secondly, comes the building of the new and more adequate outer expression. This accounts for the world crisis at this time. The cause is based upon four major factors upon which I would like somewhat to enlarge: [109]

  1. Upon the point achieved in racial evolution. This today warrants the building of a better vehicle for human and racial expression.
  2. Upon the karmic causes which - as far as present humanity is concerned - can be traced back to an ancient conflict upon old Atlantis.
  3. Upon the coming into incarnation of certain potent personalities whose dharma or destiny it is to bring about great evolutionary changes.
  4. Upon certain planetary happenings, connected with the life of the One "in Whom we live and move and have our being." These involve the impact upon our planet of Forces and Energies which will be instrumental in altering the existing civilization and culture, in climaxing karmic necessity and in thus engineering release, presenting humanity with that stage in the experience of the disciple which we call "the meeting of the Dweller on the Threshold with the Angel of the Presence," and inducing as a consequence a certain planetary initiation.

These four stages of the Law of Cause and Effect (as it affects humanity at this time) might be called:

  1. The perfecting of form expression - Law of Evolution
  2. The precipitation of karma - Law of Cause and Effect
  3. The achievement of personality - Law of Polar Opposites
    (The Dweller on the Threshold)
  4. The attainment of planetary initiation - Law of Initiation
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