Selfless Service, The Golden Key

One hears a lot these days about Service-to-Others vs. Service-to-Self. Few realize how important it is to live an STO life, where every thought, feeling or action manifests itself with the good of others, the good of the group, in mind.

We are born ignorant and then promptly taught as children to be selfish. How? The world social system teaches us to "love ourselves", develop "self-esteem" and personal ambition ("be somebody"). Is it any wonder that the world is the way it is, with such insidiously sly and misleadingly wrong teachings?

A major key towards preparing oneself to make the Harvest that is on our doorstep is to forget the self. Forget you and what you like, what you want, what you need, what you desire. Learn to turn your focus out and away from self, towards others. What does my brother require? Where does my sister need help? How can I become a vessel through which Universal Love can flow through and touch another? Honestly contemplate the following: what has self-focus brought you but pain, sorrow and unhappiness?

The less one thinks of oneself, the more one thinks of others first, that's when true Joy becomes a permanent part of one's experience. Worries will fade, as one will find that in ceasing to try and hold onto "things", much more will be allowed to pass through their hands. The key is to not hold onto whatever it is that we tend to hold onto, tangible or intangible. Whatever we are Given, re-Give that to someone else. When the opportunity presents itself, Give what we have to whoever needs it, without thought of replacement or repayment. This is how we prepare ourselves for a New Life and a New Way. This is how one demonstrates their qualifications to be chosen as part of the seed of a New Race. Give, and never stop Giving. Forget you. There is no you. There is only Us.

~~ g

From The New Call - The Liberating Path of Service

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WHEN WE IDENTIFY AND STRUGGLE with the problems of the personal self we cannot see a way out of our loneliness and suffering because we are looking in the wrong direction! Should we forget this most important principle of life, we need only recall to mind the existence and example of our sun, which constantly demonstrates a fundamental divine law.

Now, the sun shines! It does not try to shine; it does not perform rituals, resound prayers or practise any kind of spiritual technique in order to gain something or to better itself, and it certainly does not struggle with countless personal problems, desires and fears as does humanity, and this not doing is the secret of its success. Conversely, in man's personal struggle for freedom, in his antagonistic efforts to gain happiness for the separate self, in his self-imposed separation from the true and inclusive life of the Spirit, and in his ignorant and exclusive self-regard, he is actually contravening one of life's greatest laws, and so he must pay the price. Self-orientation contracts consciousness, and in thus obstructing the light of his very own soul from irradiating and expanding his awareness, man prevents his liberation from the darkness, suffering and struggle that have been his lot for ages upon Earth.

The Law of Cause and Effect is insuperable. People become unhappy, get sick and die because in focussing upon the little self - one microscopic mote in a veritable cosmic ocean of like particles - they lose sight of the greater whole of which they, as a personality, are an intrinsic and inseparable element. Man is generally so busy in habitually transgressing universal law that he fails to look, to see, and to therefore take benefit from his macrocosmic exemplar and master: the sun. What is focussed upon grows, and in the constricting focus that man chooses to maintain, he consummates his own "eternal damnation" as he separates himself indefinitely from the rest of Creation: his very own Greater Self. Thus, as long as man chooses to remain wallowing in the primeval mire of his selfish and fearful self, then his separation from God, the Fall from Grace and Lucifer's (mankind's) banishment from Paradise will be perpetuated.

Unhappiness, discord and disease are unnatural phenomena. They do not constitute part of the Universal Harmony and are not a design of the Divine Plan of Perfection. They are mankind's creations, as are all problems on Earth. With a little imagination it is not difficult to ascertain what would transpire if our sun were to follow man's example! And if every sun throughout the Cosmos were to do the same, then all the stars in the firmament would grow dim, flicker and die; the universe would be no more and God would expire! Today, Mother Earth is painfully close to just such a fate, and she, along with all humanity, bears testimony to the world-disharmony that we, as a race, have perpetrated in our forgetfulness of universal law. Yet the sun still shines, as it will indefinitely, just as long as it maintains its selfless focus and continues to surrender to the great Law of Love. And in recalling to mind the sun's perfect example whenever we find ourselves feeling any lack of vitality or inspiration, we may begin to reverse our downward-spiralling course into darkness by looking past the little self and into Life, by helping others, by giving to the world and by living for the greater good, just like the sun. Thus, we, too, will shine forever.

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In selflessly serving the One Spirit in all - starting perhaps with our immediate friends, family, associates or our group - we shall find that our own highest needs are met by way of such service. Once the spiritual heart is thus kindled and set aflame in loving service to others, all personal problems resume their correct perspective and begin to dissolve effortlessly. For example, during times of great misfortune or disaster, the soul of humanity naturally responds to the greater needs, and thus in finding purpose through crisis our own personal problems lose their immediacy and may even cease to figure in our awareness altogether. At this present stage of human development on Earth the clarion call of the New Spirit is sounding urgently forth and is entreating every heart to willingly give up the futile search for personal gain - material or spiritual - and to look toward the greater needs of the world. It seeks to elucidate and evoke within us all the wisdom in joining hands together as one, for the sake of the realisation of a larger and brighter vision for the whole planet.

The grace of the times may only be received by the virtuous, and in thus becoming illumined by the liberating Aquarian energies, an awareness of the many previously concealed yet vital lessons in life may be appreciated. When we are able to really see, everyone and everything becomes a reliable tutor, the Book of Nature is opened and its secrets are revealed, divine-contact is established and, therefore, intuition is awakened. True intuition always impels one to do the greatest good for the largest number of people, for if one is attuned to the Spirit via one's own soul, then one is also aligned to some degree with the Divine Plan, and the Divine Plan is, in turn, designed for the benefit of everyone. Intuition, therefore, being ever unselfish, may be rightfully regarded as group-perception, that is, vision afforded by attunement to divine law for the good of all. Selflessness is the golden key that will avail each person today of the greatest blessing in the world, which is given in order to be shared with others, and when the door of present opportunity is unlocked, opened and the threshold crossed, sincere aspirants will find themselves upon the Path of progressive spiritual liberation in service to their fellows.

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All Love,

~~ g

Servers and The Harvest

The following is excerpted from Servers of the Divine Plan - Judgment Day (The Harvest Time)

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Opportunity to make a great leap in consciousness is presently being given, therefore, to those souls who possess reasonable potential for harvest. A system of 'privileged incarnation' for planet Earth was instigated several decades ago, and this has necessarily become more exacting recently as the Harvest Time draws nearer. Divine decree is today permitting incarnation mainly for those souls whose chances of utilising well contemporary life-experience upon the planet are most favourable, and this in order that they may become adequately prepared for success at the time of the Great Transition.

This is one of the reasons that many children on Earth today are far more spiritually advanced than their parents and teachers. An overwhelming number of souls are eager for Earthly incarnation at this time due to the present unprecedented opportunity for rapid spiritual progress on the planet. At the time of writing (1997), there is a baby-boom occurring in various countries of the world. If human beings could but see and so fully appreciate the extremely good fortune in having a physical embodiment at this time upon Earth, then they might choose to appropriately adjust their attitudes to life, attune to the grace of the Aquarian energies, consequently guarantee their place amidst the successful entrants to the New World, and so abide in joyous anticipation of the forthcoming Final Liberation that has been promised to humanity since ancient times.

Servers, of course, qualify to be included within the privileged system of incarnation previously mentioned. In fact, most of them attained the minimum vibratory rate required for successful harvest from the third density into higher consciousness a long, long time ago, and they are here today solely to help others to do the same. Awakened Servers are, therefore, sometimes known as 'The Harvesters', and this is because one of their principal duties is to reach out and help as many people as possible in order that a greater proportion of humanity may ready themselves for the approaching promotion into the New World. Therefore, it is not difficult to see how an individual's response to a Server's appeal today may determine that person's success at the forthcoming Harvest Time.

It has been estimated that the number of Servers present upon Earth today in physical incarnation exceeds one-hundred million, and this figure is ever increasing as more among their ranks are incarnating daily*. Members of humanity who choose the path of conscious preparation will be automatically aided by the Servers, and together they will pass through the Portal of Initiation and into the New World. By offering a field of service, Servers provide the all-important opportunity for humanity to attain the preparatory requirements that will ensure their future success. They do this by offering contemporarily-relevant information, spiritual counsel and a worthy focus or life-aspiration, all of which are born from their own recognition of the truth of the times and, therefore, the need of the hour. Servers may thus be regarded as guides during the period leading up to the planetary deadline and the Harvest Time itself.

* The growing frequency of Indigo and Crystal children is a part of this phenomenon.

Servers, acting as custodians of the Divine Plan, give the final opportunity to humanity for redemption before the now impending Judgement Day; they are the 'messengers of God' spoken of in many different scriptural prophecies: "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares." - Hebrews 13:2. The essential meaning of the word 'Angel' is divine messenger, and all awakened Servers today are bearers of a most important message for humanity.

Looks can be deceiving, however, and some of the more highly evolved Servers upon Earth are extremely well camouflaged at this time in order that their advanced spiritual status remains undetected by the common man until the appropriate moment. Such latent instruments of grace presently express but a hint of the divine light that will shine forth when their true nature is revealed to the world. While awaiting the full arrival into the physical body of their divine soul, most often themselves as a personality unaware yet of exactly who they are, some Servers have even been diagnosed by an unsuspecting medical profession as retarded, autistic, etc., so thoroughly are they concealed. Yet when it is time for their full remembrance they will again resume their familiar task of working diligently with uncompromising dedication to the greatest good by offering perfectly appropriate spiritual guidance in the world. Such loving service will be essentially concerned with the vital preparation for the Harvest Time: the greatest spiritual opportunity for mankind in the world today.

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If you suspect that you may be a Server, Servers of the Divine Plan was written with you in mind. Those who are not yet awake, must make the herculean efforts to now awaken. Time is unbelievably short. Shake off the Sleep of Ages. The Gatekeeper approaches.

Remember that you promised to Remember.

~~ g

This Bitter Cup

"The cup of karma must be drank to its bitter dregs".

Many people have habits. Some of them life-long, many of them life-threatening, all of them like velvet ropes which bind us tightly to the material world.

Like Attracts Like. What one desires is what one will manifest.

In order to assist the process of tearing away from this false, objectified reality, we must dismantle the habitually erroneous patterns of thoughts, feelings and actions that bind us to that false reality.

HABITS

Habits have to be forsaken. This is necessary, as habits of a material nature represent the "super-glue" that reinforces our bondage to the material world. The break has to be clean, has to be permanent. It can't be "I'll just cut down", or "maybe I'll just do it on special occasions". It is also counter-productive to utter the Famous Four of Futility: "I can't do it".

It has often been noted that once we say "we can't", then we won't.

Habits are carried forth from life to life. New ones are developed, while others may be extinguished. Each life is an opportunity to release and expel these demons from our auric field. All too frequently, we fail to do what is necessary and succumb, yet again, to the unseen forces that dominate us.

One of the keys to overcoming a habit is to establish that the physical body and the lower self - the personality - should not be in control of how one thinks, feels and acts. One must, through an act of will, re-assert control over the lower vehicles, if one wishes to re-establish balance and make progress towards reunion with the divine Higher Self.

It will not happen overnight, although that is possible for those who are truly ready to stop indulging a particular habit. But if one sincerely tries and fails, get right back at it. In this way, resolve is built up, and it gets a bit easier, one moves a little further next time. It may take years, it may take lives, but once the seed has been planted, the tree will grow.

It is said that "one must hit bottom" before one leaves habits behind and begins the long climb back towards Life. There is truth to this, and the quote at the head of this post is a reflection of that. We can make no progress towards the Higher Life until we are finally through with feeding into this fabrication of existence. When one is truly ready, all that is false will fall away. For some, this will happen sooner, for others, much, much later.

It is, indeed a bitter cup from which we stubbornly drink. Empty the cup of death, for good. Choose to return to Life.

~~ g

Union = Harmony + Strength

Came across this today while looking for something else.

From Rare Insights - The Call To Service

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Much has been spoken and written about the global shifts that will continue to accelerate in the times to come as Gaia prepares to give birth to a New World Consciousness.

This New Consciousness is a quality of vibration.

Here is an analogy: Imagine a magnificent, multi-layered, resounding musical chord. Overtones that are in resonance with this chord reverberate in sympathetic vibration, and serve to complement one another, adding richness and depth to the whole.

This is the vibration of Unity.

There is no dissonance, only the correspondence of diverse tones that are in complete melodic rapport, one with another. The harmonic effect is produced by the complementary nature of each note, tone and octave, as they all reverberate together, in collective accord with the unified resonance.

Just like a tone in a musical chord, each human being carries a vibratory signature, which reveals his or her nature and state of being. Each human being vibrates according to his or her energetic investments and emanations. This vibratory frequency is key in terms of who will and who will not be in resonance with the Unified Field of Consciousness that is now being infused into the Gaian sphere.

Those who are selfish in any way; those who still choose, however subtly, to serve the master whose power is born of fear; those who continue to see through the narrow lens of their separate personality - e.g., my spiritual growth, my ascension, my inner peace and happiness, my spiritual empowerment, my personal healing, etc. - will remain inside a body whose cells vibrate within the densities of the realm of the separate self. They will not, therefore, be in resonance with the Divine Field that will permeate this Earth at the time of her transition. The dense quality of these bodies will not be in accordance with and so will not be able to accommodate the unifying Energies that will be infused into the Earth as she ascends.

Those who have completely surrendered their egos and their self-serving ways and who have consecrated themselves to humbly becoming clear and pure vessels for divine Love, devoted to the selfless service of humanity and the Earth, will be in resonance with the refined vibratory quality that is required in order to pass through the portal of death and into new Life. For it is only through the total relinquishing of one's energetic investment in self, the small 'I', and all the associated fear, ignorance and darkness that feeds the illusion of the material world, that one's dense physical human body may be transmuted via the process of transfiguration so that it will have manifested a completely transformed vesture. The cells of these bodies will have shifted in their vibratory frequency, and will have become entirely in resonance with the vibration of a united consciousness - Divine Consciousness - so enabling them to accommodate the influx of powerful Holy Forces that will flood the Earth at the point of world-transition.

Each human being will choose which way he or she will be facing at the Sifting Time, and the right choice begins with simple honesty, free of the endless mental speculations, convolutions and grasping pontifications of the noisy ego, spiritually educated or not.

There is, then, a great urgency at this late stage of the phase leading up to the planetary deadline. There is a present need for positive, active response to the Call to Service, not least to counteract the blighting effects of pseudo-spirituality that is today spreading throughout the world and which is being peddled everywhere under the name of 'Truth and Light'.

The heart of humanity is blind, and many are being lost for the harvest, drowning in their own egotistic effluvia. Mankind no longer has the time to engage in useless philosophizing. There is a now pressing exigency to assist those who have become lost in the miasma of human ignorance, yet who retain some soul-quality and so who are genuine candidates to partake in the forthcoming Glory and so attain the one Goal of all unenlightened life at the long-prophesied Harvest Time.

The eyes of the New Spirit are now sweeping the world, seeking out true hearts who may actually invoke Divinity into this world, for the heart of humanity is the only channel through which the liberating divine Spirit may enter this world to transmute the karma of ages and lift up all those who choose to serve the Divine Plan for world and mankind in this period.

Long is the night for the sleepless.
Long is the road for the weary.
Long is the cycle of continued rebirth and suffering
for the foolish who have not recognised
the Truth and the requirements of
today's unprecedented Opportunity.

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There is nothing that i can add that will improve upon the foregoing. So, until...

~~ g

Critical Mass

The following quote is pulled from "Servers of the Divine Plan - The Destiny of Ages is Nigh" freely available on www.thenewcall.org


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* Esoterically speaking, the critical mass is not a number of individual souls but rather a minimal Light-quotient able to be infused into the planetary grid by way of the invocation and reception of divine Light by viable souls who are incarnate on Earth. The rise of Indigo and Crystal incarnations over the last decade is part of a plan to meet the minimal Light-quotient for the planet.

The Global Agenda is no less than the invincible Divine Plan for humanity and the planet itself, and the exultant fanfares of its prophesied and long-awaited triumph for this current phase of solar evolution will be heard by all mankind soon after the required critical mass has been gathered together under the auspicious guidance of the Servers. Strategically-placed nodes of light (comprising many souls who have aligned themselves with the Divine Will in holy service) will then begin to expand, linking-up around the world via the Earth's subtle energy grid to form one great sphere of loving force that will be responsible for launching the whole planet into a higher reality.

The dedicated collaboration of a minimal number amongst humanity is required for the great shift to be achieved; yet due to the fact that in the past the number of souls required to constitute the critical mass could not be mustered, the planetary Hierarchy has been forced to make necessary postponements; humanity has not been ready to co-operate with its spiritual Elders for the important cause of its own liberation. To date, this is generally still the case, and so more and more Servers have been incarnating upon the physical plane during the last few decades in order to satisfy planetary karmic law by contributing toward the critical mass, thus accepting the same grand opportunity which the majority of human beings have thus far ignored. However, each day the planetary deadline draws closer and every person will soon find that they are coerced by the intensifying world conditions to brace themselves in preparation for the veritable tidal waves of divine force that are about to radically alter life on Earth. The frequency of the planetary vibration is presently escalating; everything in the world today is speeding up in readiness to receive the forthcoming torrents of vital energy, and this inevitable process has been prophetically termed 'The Quickening'.

Many Servers who are presently in incarnation have been preparing over numerous lifetimes for their impending final success and subsequent release from the grossness of the old Earth. For them the birth of the New World will signify the long-awaited fulfilment of a grand mission that began ages ago, while for a number of other 'younger' souls, it will throw open for the very first time the Portal of Initiation inviting them to cross the threshold dividing the physical plane from the higher worlds. This unparalleled opportunity for the ascension of consciousness will be expedited for many human beings as awakened Servers guide and accompany them into the New World in group formation, and in thus precipitating a much brighter awareness globally, the ensuing collective awakening of mankind will ultimately facilitate the prophesied return of the Christ-Consciousness upon Earth.

It is imperative that Servers awaken and take up their positions before the planetary deadline is reached, or face the grim prospect of failing their duty. The day of opportunity is with us - both for Servers and humanity - but it has its term. Today's unprecedented occasion, full of grace, is not forever lasting and will not dawn again for all those rejected souls for many thousands of years. The goals and purposes of the Divine Plan for this closing period of the Piscean age will come to an ultimate conclusion, and soon. The planetary time-clock will presently strike the hour, sounding the end of this cycle. At that moment, those who are ready to receive the descent of higher frequencies of spiritual energy will rise and prevail as they pass with the Earth into a more expansive dimension.

The Divine Plan for planet Earth cannot fail, for it is in line with the Great Scheme of Evolution designed by the One Creative Universal Intelligence; therefore it must and will go ahead. The Aquarian age will bring in a civilisation, culture and fresh spirituality that will be utterly different to anything hitherto known. All those of humanity who, along with Servers, aspire to take their rightful place before the presently widening portal of opportunity that leads to the New World, should ensure today that they are informed, aware, dedicated and so prepared to confidently welcome the imminent planetary deadline and to consequently greet the New Dawn with a song of gratitude and joy.

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This information was transmitted over a decade ago. Reportedly, that phase of preparation has passed. We are now in what has been called "The Waiting Period". It has been said that the accumulation of this critical mass is the only thing that is holding off the Tribulations. It is said that once this state is reached, The Ark and all viable Souls will withdraw from this plane, leaving only the fallen, the "living dead" behind.

Think of it. If all who are capable of living in alignment with Divine Will (the so-called "good")are withdrawn from this plane, what then, will be left? You guessed it.

Who are the "living dead"? Those souls who did not hear The Call, did not prepare, remained focused on their iPhones, glamour, money, power, control and self-aggrandizing. They may be physically alive, but spiritually, they are dead, dead, dead. These are the souls that will be ultimately purged by astral fire.

Perhaps one has taken notice of the popularity of vampire movies and TV shows being provided by the "entertainment" industry (which should actually be re-named as "the mind-control industry")? There are several reasons for this, but i feel that aeonic powers are working to plant the seed in the mind of The Sleeping that being "undead" and living in a netherworld forever may not be so bad. Actually, it's made to appear downright appealing. The men are so handsome (although a little pasty-faced) and the women so alluring! Who wouldn't want to be "undead"?

All those who have ears to hear, let them hear. There are precious few grains left in the hourglass. Renounce the material world. Firmly reset your intent towards becoming a part of what is ahead for those who choose to cooperate with the Divine Plan (the New Heaven and the New Earth). This world of the senses is a trap for the soul. To escape it, one must commit to leaving everything, everything, behind.

The following is offered as strong advice only:

Turn away. Turn away and don't look back.

~~ g

Our Ultimate Future - Conclusion

From "The Hidden Side of Things" by C.W. Leadbeater. Originally published in 1913.

The following excerpt concludes a discussion on the long-term future of the human life wave, of which we are a part.

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1489. Clairvoyance enables us to examine a much larger section of the earth' s past history than can be reached along ordinary lines; and this fuller study of the past makes it possible, to some extent, to forecast by analogy some of the steps in the more immediate future. From such a study of the records it appears fairly certain that we are at the moment passing through a transition period, and that instead of representing, as we often fondly imagine, the highest development yet seen on earth, we are in reality in the trough between two waves of progress.

The democratic tendency of which some of us are so proud does not represent, as is generally supposed, the ultimate achievement of human wisdom, but is an experiment which was tried thoroughly and carried out to its logical conclusion thousands of years ago, and then abandoned in universal disgust as irrational, unworkable, and leading to endless confusion. If we are to repeat the course of that experiment, it seems unpleasantly certain that we shall have to pass through a good deal of this confusion and suffering once again, before we arrive at the stage of common sense which Mr. Wells so happily describes in the story previously mentioned.

1490. But when that madness is over and reason begins to reassert itself, it is manifest that there will be before us a period of far more rapid progress, in which we shall be able to avail ourselves of many aids which are not now at our disposal. The mere fact that the use of the higher faculties is slowly spreading among humanity, will presently make an almost
incalculable difference in many directions.

1491. Imagine a condition in which all deception or fraud will be impossible, in which misunderstandings can no longer occur, because each man can read the thought of the other-- in which no one will ever again be set to do work for which he is unfitted, because from the first, parents and tutors will be able to see exactly the capacities of those committed to their care-- in which a doctor cannot make mistakes, because he will see for himself exactly what is the matter with his patient, and can watch in detail the action of his remedies. Think what a difference it will make in our lives when death no longer separates us from those whom we love, because the astral world lies open to us just as does the physical; when it will be impossible for men any longer to doubt the reality of the Divine scheme, because its lower stages are visibly before their eyes. Art and music will be far grander then, for astral colours and harmonies will be at our command as well as those which we now know.

1492. The problems of science will be solved, for the vast additions to human knowledge will blend all its branches into one perfect scheme. Geometry and mathematics will be far more satisfactory, because we shall then see what they really mean and what part they play in the splendid system of the worlds.

1494. Every feature of life will be wider and fuller, because we shall see much more than we do now of the beautiful and wonderful world in which our lot is cast; understanding more, we cannot but admire and love more, so we shall be infinitely happier, as we draw steadily nearer to that ultimate perfection which is absolute happiness, because it is union with the Eternal Love.

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All Love,

~~ g

Our Ultimate Future

From "The Hidden Side of Things" by C.W. Leadbeater. Originally published in 1913. Life as seen through the eyes of a clairvoyant (one who has the ability to see in the higher, non-physical worlds). Highly recommended reading. The next few posts will bring some of this work forward.

The following excerpt discusses the long-term future of the human life wave, of which we are a part.

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1479. THE FUTURE

1481. It may be of interest to see what light is thrown upon the problem of the future by the higher extensions of human consciousness of which we have spoken elsewhere. We find that from this point of view the future divides itself into three parts-- the immediate, the remote, and the ultimate; and, oddly enough, it is of that which is furthest from us that we are able to speak with the greatest certainty, because the plan of evolution is visible to the higher sight, and its goal is clear. Nothing can interfere with the attainment of that goal, but the stages that lead up to it may be largely modified by the free-will of the individuals concerned, and can,
therefore, be foreseen only in their general outline.

1482. The end, so far as this cycle is concerned, is the accomplishment of the perfection of man. Each individual is to become something much more than what we now mean by a great and good man, for he is to be perfect in intellect and capacity as well as spirituality. All the intellect of the
greatest philosopher or man of science, and far more; all the devotion and spirituality of the greatest of saints, and far more; these are to be the possessions of every unit of humanity before our cycle ends.

1483. To understand how such a stupendous result can be possible, we must grasp the plan by which evolution works. Obviously, on the ordinary theory of one poor little life of seventy years, followed by an eternity of purposeless joy or suffering, nothing of this sort could ever be achieved; but when once we realise that what we commonly call our life is only one day in the real life, and that we may have just as many of such days as are necessary for our development, we see that the command of Christ: “Be ye perfect even as your Father in heaven is perfect,” is no vain hyperbole, but a plain direction which we may reasonably expect to be able in due
time to obey.

1484. The ultimate future, then, is perfection for every human being, no matter how low or undeveloped he may now be. Man will become more than man. This is what was meant in the early Church by the doctrine of 'deification' to which many of the Fathers refer. It is a matter not of pious opinion but of utter certainty to those who see the working of the scheme.

1485. Obviously, however, we are yet very far from this attainment; a long upward path lies before us before we can reach that far-distant summit, and though on the whole it rises steadily, there must necessarily be many minor ups and downs in the future as there have been in the past. History shows us that hitherto the advancement mankind has been cyclic in its
character.

1486. Each unit lives his long series of progressive lives, not in one race but in many successive races, in order that he may learn the special lessons which each has to teach. One can image a soul incarnating in ancient India to develop religious fervour, in classical Greece to gain artistic capacity, in the Rome of the Caesars to learn the immense power of discipline and order, among ourselves at the present day to acquire the scientific habit of mind, and so on.

1487. The same great host of souls sweeps on through all ages, animating all these races in turn, and learning from all; but the races themselves arise, grow, decay and fall as they are needed. So when a nation loses its former glory and falls behind in the race (as, for example, modern Greece seems to have done in comparison with ancient Greece), it does not mean that a certain group of men is decadent, but that there are at the moment no souls who need precisely the type of training which that race at its best used to give, or that that training is now being given elsewhere.

1488. Consequently, the physical bodies of the descendants of those great men of old are now animated by souls of a lower type, while the great men themselves are now (as ever) in the forefront of evolution, but incarnated in some other race in order to grow still greater by developing in new directions. A race dies precisely as a class at a university might die if
there were no longer any students taking up that particular subject.

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Next: Our Ultimate Future - Conclusion

~~ g