““To the One I have been bonded since the
beginning of time”
-Vicente Beltrán Anglada
CHAPTER I
THE HIERARCHY AND HUMANITY IN THE AGE OF AQUARIUS
According to historical tradition, supported by the
penetrating vision and perception of High Initiates who can
read the Akashic records, the Spiritual Hierarchy of the
Planet, the fifth Kingdom of Nature, was established on Earth
approximately eighteen million years ago, during the second
half of the Lemurian epoch. This is the most important event
that has taken place in our planetary evolution so far; it
began when the planetary Logos of our terrestrial scheme
decided to take physical incarnation in order to fully
manifest Himself .
The use of analogy –which is always necessary in order to
understand esoteric ideas– will help us to become aware of the
fact that a Solar Logos, a Planetary Logos, or a human
spiritual soul can use physical bodies to carry out the
great work of identification between Spirit and Matter, a
process aiming to merge these two aspects –separated in time–
within the eternal and absolute Unity pervading all.
When we analyze this process, taking into account its deeply
hidden roots and penetrating into the vital breath of its
cosmic dimensions, we see that the aim of the founding of the
Hierarchy was the physical incarnation of a Heavenly Man, also
called a Planetary Logos, or one of the Seven Spirits before
the Throne, as referred to in the writings of the Old Testament.
The process of incarnation, a constantly recurring fact
throughout the ages, is identical in all beings regardless of
the magnitude of their field of expression. It is the eternal
bond that links Spirit and Matter, Life and Form, Space and
Time.
Regardless of other secondary considerations, we can be sure
that the founding of the Hierarchy on Earth came into being by
“the significant decision of the Planetary Logos of our
terrestrial scheme to take a physical body.” Eternally aware
of the time cycles, the Logos knew the best time for this
manifestation. This moment was related to a magnetic-cosmic
conjunction and was influenced by Great cosmic Karma, being
Himself a lofty expression of its power. In response to this
great desire and due to certain relations or karmic links that
are incomprehensible to us, a Great Initiate of the Venus
Chain, known in our esoteric studies as Sanat Kumara,
established contact and identified His spiritual aura with the
etheric aura of the Planet. He practically united his
consciousness with the Earth and INCARNATED on it. In this
incarnation there was the pain of sacrifice, but also the joy
of complying with the Will of the Great Planetary Being,
resulting in an unimaginable bliss. As a consequence of this
process of incarnation, the whole Earth blazed, all the
kingdoms in nature raised their vibration, especially the
nascent human kingdom that “raised its cup joyfully” to
receive the “Celestial Soul,” as can be read in the Sacred
Book of the Initiates.
The entire atmosphere was imbued with a sense of expectancy,
like a magnificent symphony, reflecting the infinite reverence
that Virgin Matter, eternally fertilized by the Sanctifying
Grace, had for the Creative Power of Divinity. Sanat Kumara
was accompanied by three of His great disciples, who had also
been karmically linked to the life of the Planetary Logos
for many eons. These four great Beings, Sanat Kumara and the
disciples (known in the esoteric tradition as the four Kumaras,
or the Lords of the Flame), represent for the planetary Logos
what the human personality and its three bodies of expression
represent for the Soul. The evolution of this exalted
personality and His three vehicles that bind Him to the
planet, constitute the evolutionary cycle of the Earth, with
all its consequences.
There are three additional Kumaras whose high functions as
superior centers of the Great Planetary Logos are not so
widely known. Their mission is to assist Sanat Kumara in
communicating with all that transcends the ring-pass-not of
the planetary aura, that is to say, they facilitate His
relations with other planets of the Solar System and with
other solar systems. These Great Beings constitute the Center
of that Great Brotherhood which is known as the White
Hierarchy of the Planet, or the White Brotherhood. Their
mission is clear and definite: to accelerate the process of
evolution on Planet Earth.
Four important and transcendental facts took place on our
planet as a consequence of the arrival of the Lords of the
Flame. Every truly esoteric student should be aware of them in
order to be able to judge his or her own spiritual situation
correctly. Those facts are as follows:
1. The karmic link of the Earth to four Great Cosmic
Lords who are known as the Lords of Karma, facilitated by the
four Great Kumaras. Through this process, the Earth became a
conscious part of the Great Solar Symphony and was directly
related to the Great Cosmic Karma. As incomprehensible as this
idea may appear, it holds an immediate key that will allow the
disciple to understand the words of the Initiate Paul when he
enjoined us "to take the Kingdom of Heaven by force.” The
identification of planetary karma with solar karma, as
measured in terms of energy, produced an acceleration of the
Earth’s evolution. In this way, the Great Original Intention
of the Planetary Logos began to unfold.
2. The Solar Angels were introduced into the human
frame. These Angels are perfect in their essence because
they reached the Adept Initiation in a previous Universe.
Their role in our planet is to act as Great Intermediaries
between lower man –the personality, which unfolds in three
worlds– and the spiritual Triad, or the three aspects of the
Monad or Spirit, an essential emanation from the Solar
Divinity.
3. The introduction of the process of initiation on Earth, as
a way to accelerate the evolution of this planet. Through the
mediation of the Solar Angels –leading to the process of
individualization– animal men were turned into human beings.
Therefore, the process of individualization is also a type of
spiritual Initiation.
4. A stream of highly evolved deva energies emanating from
the Heart of the Sun penetrated into the planetary aura and
began acting definitely upon the rarefied ethers that
surrounded the planet, as well as upon nature itself. The
Vedic phrase, “the entire Earth was set ablaze” refers
precisely to the immediate action of these cosmic agents of
planetary creation.
This is a brief outline of the founding of the Hierarchy, or
Great White Brotherhood, on Earth. The great Ray of Power of
the planetary Logos began to act on our planet and “the solar
impulse began to influence and define everything on
Earth.” The quoted sentences have been taken from The Book of
the Initiates, and are used here intentionally. This Book is
open to those whose minds work on higher levels.
Following this extraordinary initial process, a Hierarchical
order was instituted, bringing about the distribution of
planetary functions among the Earth initiates who had attained
initiation on account of their tremendous sacrifices in
the previous moon chain –the Buddha being the highest. The
advanced disciples received a new creative impulse within
their consciousness and began to act in a determined way, aided by
the Devas. For them, the Great Brotherhood of Systemic
Relationships became a clear and conscious fact. A special
stream of deva energies from Venus were exclusively dedicated
to infuse the vegetable kingdom. An unknown, majestic
beauty appeared on Earth.
The planetary Hierarchy was fully established on Earth; the
plans of its organization –as we now understand them– continue
to steadily evolve. Three centers must be mentioned: an
Inscrutable Centre, esoterically known as Shamballa, which is
linked to the Solar Logos; the second center, directly linked to the Hierarchy;
and the third acting center involving
Humanity, whose mental capacities were just beginning to
develop in those times when self-consciousness was dawning.
27 February 2011
Commentary
[JB]
In this chapter, VBA provides a very synthetic overview of the
founding of the spiritual Hierarchy on Earth. This historical
sketch is necessary in order to set the stage for considering
the current work of the Hierarchy and how such work
relates to the sacrifice of the Solar Angels.
As I have stated
elsewhere (summarizing the
work of others),
"Our current Root Race is the 5th
or Aryan race (next to the right of the filled square in
Figure 13.6) which emerged (R5.1) from the seed (R4.5) of
the Atlantean race 4.5x106 years ago. The Root
Race preceding the Atlantean was the Lemurian (next to the
left of the filled middle square in
Figure 13.6) when
individualization ocurred 18.5x106 years ago. The
Solar Angels (Agnishvattas) thus brought the Promethean fire
of self-consciousness to the animal kingdom then.
Shamballa's first (dense) physical plane enclave ocurred
17x106 years ago in South America (IBEZ), after
Sanat Kumara had arrived on the Fourth Round of the Fourth
Chain 21x106 years ago."
By contrast, we can observe how
VBA prefers to paint a historical sketch rather than to
technically describe a process. His intention is not to repeat
what has already been stated --in much more exact detail-- in
the Secret Doctrine and in Cosmic Fire, but to
provide a simple but accurate historical framework for his
personal account of the discipleship life in an Ashram.
There is another reason for
this approach in sharing his views about esoteric history.
Sometimes, as will be shown later, they are literally his
views of historical events. VBA was enabled to observe the
reenactment of some historical events, aided by his Master,
his Ashram and a highly evolved Deva assigned to his
discipleship work. Furthermore, VBA was enabled to read the "Sacred
Book of the Initiates" to document the planetary history.
Please note that I say "enabled" and not
"able." VBA was in training for the third initiation
and, therefore, did not have full access to the more secret
sections of this esoteric source in the Akashic records.
However, his Second Ray Master, through the Deva assigned to
him, enabled VBA to read and share some sections of
this book for the purpose of his immediate discipleship
service. Later on (chapter 2), VBA refers to this book
as the Old Commentary (as also does DK).
This subtle but crucial point has confused
some students, leading them to believe that VBA was "at
least" a third degree initiate when he wrote his books,
regarding him as an "infallible" source of esoteric
teachings and even a Master at the end of his incarnation. I
have lost the friendship of close coworkers by holding my
ground on this point and by not allowing VBA to become
another "occult authority." Taking the "mist" out of
myst-icism is not always welcomed.
The "four important and
transcendental facts" introduced in this first chapter
constitute the basis of what was progressively revealed to VBA
as the ultimate objective of his discipleship work: the
Three-fold Hierarchical Project.
As we proceed reviewing this book, we will gain a better
appreciation of how a Master slowly prepares the consciousness
of an accepted disciple until his part in the one Work is
revealed "sin pausa, pero sin prisa" (with neither haste nor
pause) . -JB
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