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| The Externalization of the Hierarchy - Section II - The General World Picture |
| Nevertheless in these three groups there is much of interest
to be noted. One of them, Great Britain, represents a fusion, the foundations of which
have been laid in a long historical past of preparation for government; another,
that of the U.S.A. represents a fusion which is unfolding and developing in the present
which is new in its experiments, though employing factors from every nation in Europe;
the U.S.S.R. in its turn represents a coming fusion or future synthesis. In these
three, you have an interesting and immediate expression of the three divine aspects, each
of which inspires and colors the embryonic civilization. Great Britain expresses the
will-to-power but on account of age and experience, dearly bought, this is today mellowed
by justice and a growing understanding of human need. This, in its turn, is the result of
the control for many centuries in the past by the aristocracy, with its
paternalism, conservatism and its method of slow adjustment. The U.S.A. expresses the
will-to-love, which shows itself in an ability to absorb vastly divergent elements and yet
to present equal opportunity to all. This is brought about very largely because the
control is, in this federation of states, in the hands of the bourgeoisie, with its
financial goals, its power to determine living conditions, and its quick and sympathetic
touch upon life. Its method is not that of slow adjustment but of quick assimilation. It
is in that country also that people are most sensitive [132] to the influence of the
Hierarchy. The U.S.S.R. expresses the will-to-create and to produce new conditions and a
new order - planned and determined and foreseen. This has been brought about through
cruelty very often, by a willingness to compromise and to change or lower the original
ideal. This, in its turn, is brought about by the activity of the proletariat with
its inability to govern, its desire to retaliate, and its ignorance of tradition and of
inherited procedures. A most interesting experiment is, therefore, working out in these three groups of interrelated elements and differing national ideals. The U.S.S.R. will eventually place its emphasis and direct its major interest upon Asia, bringing about great changes on that continent, as far as the Pacific. The other, Great Britain, through its successful demonstration of the principle of federation, can affect major changes in Europe if there is an awakened insight, a true and sympathetic justice and wise patience. The U.S.A. has a similar task to perform for the Americas, calling for statesmanship of a high order and a spirit of understanding. It will also be apparent to you if you have rightly understood the above suggestions that the Shamballa force is working through that community of federated nations called the British Empire and is expressing the will-towards-synthesis and the will to just and legal procedure. It is the force of the Hierarchy which can express itself increasingly through the United States of America, for an intuitive recognition of subjective realities and a real sense of the higher values can and frequently do control the impulses governing this group of federated states. The will-to-be of Humanity with its almost extravagant emphasis upon human values and the will-to-rule creatively is the contribution of the U.S.S.R., that great federation of republics. Thus the influence of the three great world centers about which I have earlier written can be seen expressing itself through these three groups of nations. At the same time, the Shamballa force is active in all of them, for it produces federation and synthesis. Its first great expression or [133] demonstration of the spirit of fusion took place in the 18th and 19th centuries, and led to the formation of such countries as Italy and Germany which were created out of many smaller states, duchies and kingdoms. A history of the trend towards fusion in the modern world would prove a most illuminating study. It would be found that the first faint indications were felt around 1575 A.D. This was due to the fact that permission for the inflow of this force was given when demanded at the Centennial Conference of the Hierarchy, held in 1425. I referred to this conference in my earlier writings. (A Treatise on White Magic, Pages 401-433. and A Treatise on the Seven Rays, Vol. I [Esoteric Psychology], Pages 170-189.) |
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