Love is the universal Motive.
This is the definition of Love that can be read in the Generator Lambdoma.
In the last line of the Divine Comedy (Paradiso – Canto XXXIII, 145) Dante writes:
The Love which moves the sun and the other stars
Plato transfers the concept of Love from cosmology to metaphysics, as an aspiration and tension towards the divine Good on which Ideas depend as its attributes.
Saint Teresa of Avila says: “The most important thing is not thinking too much and loving a lot; for this reason do what drives you to love the most.”
Paul writes, in his First Letter to the Corinthians, electing love as the first quality: “Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.” (1 Cor. 13:4-8)
We could continue for pages and pages because the greatest thinkers have always referred to Love, which is to be considered as an Energy and universal Principle that brings powerful and vital changes in existence; it is not a feeling, nor an emotion, nor a desire, Love is rather the force that builds, guides and nourishes the worlds and leads them to Unity.
Today in the heliocentric Heaven the fifth Aspect of Love is manifested with the conjunction between Venus and Earth.
Venus, a sacred planet, expresses the 5th Ray of concrete knowledge or Science, of constructive geometries, of golden relationships. The Fifth Ray is connected to the Fifth logoic Principle, the cosmic Mind, Manas: the Builder of worlds, the fiery Thought, the median principle for human evolution. Manas is the cosmic Intelligence which, when it conveys cosmic Love (Buddhi), is transformed into Wisdom; it is the Source of the Dualism of Manifestation, and in Man it is both higher and lower Mind.
Earth, a non-sacred planet, whose meaning is “She who thirsts for heaven”, expresses the energy of the 3rd Ray, connected to active Intelligence, to creativity.
Man, a five-pointed star, under the influence of Venus, can learn to act in an ordered way and create forms according to the golden relationship of Wisdom, with the strength and beauty of the higher worlds.
The time is severe but wondrous.
It is a time of consummation and construction.
It is a time of highest tension and of earthly battle.
It is a time which inscribes a great page
and which is building a great future…
(Agni Yoga Series, Hierarchy § 120)
The Earth needs higher, harmonising vibrations and so does its Humanity, as we well know and see, and Venus is precisely that solar Angel of our Planet which, through the evolution of human Thought and Consciousness, will re-establish right relations between kingdoms. It may be called the necessity of Harmony, or Cosmic Love in expression, a Love that is the Law of Necessity, the Law that governs the whole Universe and its balances, quite different therefore from how men understand and express it.
Love can create universes.
Love and Wisdom are equal.
(Agni Yoga Series, The Call § 28)
Every human being possesses within him the organ of life and love, the heart which, if filled with that special wisdom that is joy, that is to say, if it vibrates with intelligent love or loving intelligence, connects him to the solar Heart and allows him to tune in, at any time and in any place, to the rhythmic pulsation that animates systemic Space, as well as the entire universe.
The celebration of the future world Religion will utilise this correspondence or proportion of hearts and will enable Humanity to create that bridge between Heaven and Earth in an ever more conscious manner, building the Temple of planetary Consciousness, which will be a point of Light also for the other inhabitants of the solar System.
Do not regard Me as a magician, yet can I lead you upward
upon the ladder of Beauty beheld only in dreams.
Wafting to you the fragrance from the mountains of Tibet,
We bring the message of a new religion of the pure spirit to humanity.
It is coming;
and you, united here in search of light, bear the precious stone.
To you is revealed the miracle of creating harmony in life.
It will reveal to the world a new Teaching.
(Agni Yoga Series, The Call § 43)
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Venus, the Light-bearer, reveals the splendour of the True and its constructive Art.
On this day, the creative Wisdom of Venus, the constructive Mind of the solar System, touches the creative Mind of the Earth and all its creatures.
Earth and Venus are connected by the most beautiful of bonds, the “golden section”, that unitary and unifying relationship between the Whole and the parts: “The lesser part is to the greater as this to the Whole”. It is one of the highest psycho-mathematical propositions, as it connects creatures to the Creator, and places the greater and the lesser on the same level, without diminishing or exalting anyone. As it has been repeatedly shown in these pages, the 5-pointed Star, a psychogeometric expression of the Divine Proportion, is beautifully constructed by their compound cycle.
The planetary Disciple, those consciousnesses which “with united breath and unified rhythm” pulsate as one Heart in resonance with the Heart of the Planet (the Hierarchy) and the Heart of the Sun, lives in the place of Fire, in the Light of the abstract Mind and, identifying ever more wisely with the Hierarchical Model, reflects it in the three worlds, thus expressing that relentless Will to harmony which brings evolution forward.
Indeed, by placing ourselves in the place of Fire, in the centre of the common Heart, we recognise ourselves in the power and task of the one planetary Disciple, directing us to the creativity of the solar Order and, projecting us with courage and group consciousness towards the radiance of the higher worlds, we will become capable of creating together with the Thinkers of the Heavens, the “Flaming Logoi”.
Man, illuminated by Venus, is the crown of creation, is that golden fruit of Manifestation which can consciously take part in the divine Work.
My Shield assures your joy.
Be an Aeolian harp to M∴’s Breath.
Through love will you come to Me.
I will bestow upon your spirit the strength of the cedar.
(Agni Yoga Series, The Call § 65)
This Luminary (Venus) is the cause of dualism, and it is dual. How could it not be? It appears as morning or evening star; it precedes or follows the Sun. Venus is the faithful executor of the plans drawn up by Saturn… to realise the purpose set by Sun/Vulcan. It is responsible for all that is manufactured on all the globes, and directs the Workers to the final crowning of their labours. Venus is the heart of the five-pointed star. As morning star it launches life into manifestation, and as evening star it guides life out of it, getting rid of the forms. (First Vertex, The solar System in Space, available only in Italian)
Venus is negatively polarised, and hence it became possible for a mysterious absorption by the Earth of Venusian force… The karmic tie between the two Heavenly Men—one in a positive incarnation and the other in a negative—caused the working out of an old debt and a planetary alliance. Light flashed forth… (A. A. Bailey, A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, p. 323)
Today, planetary servers are entrusted with a great task and must be more united than ever to connect hearts and minds, they must become means to stem and then direct the fiery higher energies, with Love, towards a “beautiful and useful” end, as humanity thirsts for Love and Harmony to heal the many discords, which still, unfortunately, exist and are expressed in unjust and devastating wars; to instil serenity in the hearts of people who, more and more, experience personal dramas and anxiety; to put a stop to the violence that can occur also within families, and so on.
Love is a powerful balm because it is able to kindle hearts and make hope flourish again; the divine Will uses Love as its favourite channel, which is certainly not the tarnished feeling that men express, but is the Will-to-good and the origin of Life. Love strikes separateness.
We strike evil blind, and by lightning illumine the path of Good.
We send the gift of understanding to the manifested hearts.
Only the blind will doubt—have patience for the future steps.
(Agni Yoga Series, The Call § 145)
The Disciples learn to act and have an influence in the world without being of the world, by subtle ways, on the causal level, helping, harmonising, building the future and, thus, asserting the part of the Plan intuited for Humanity, in such a way as to receive the lightnings of the divine Purpose.
But knowledge will come to overcome your exhaustion.
You must know that the chosen path of Good
leads to the Source of Wisdom.
(Agni Yoga Series, The Call § 210)
Love-Wisdom is the principle that this solar System must realise in its current incarnation, the control of the cosmic mental plane.
Thus Man must master the three worlds from the plane of the mind enlightened by love. It is the Christ, our supreme Model to imitate, who taught humanity the path that leads to the substantial Unity that reigns in creation: at the centre of every atom pulsates buddhi, the Christic principle, Love, the universal Motive.
He said:
“Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness”
“Love one another as I have loved you”
“Love thy neighbour as thyself”
“Love your enemies”
Although more than two thousand years have passed, these teachings are unfortunately not applied by us humans, or at least only to a small extent, because they are too powerful for our average degree of evolution.
A dominant feature of the future religion (and its glory) will be the cult of Space, recognized as divine love, and of Light, understood as divine intelligence. And this not merely in a symbolic sense, but starting from their physical manifestations. This will be the real revolution in the religious approach. Men will finally open their eyes to a truth that has never been seen (except by very few) and yet has always been visible. (Enzio Savoini, The Distant Goals – compendium)
Origen said “With the eyes of the heart we behold Be-ness.” Only through the heart can we discern the beauty of the world manifested by the Heart of Cosmos. The love of Cosmos actuates straight-knowledge. Love of lilies or of the far-off worlds has as its basis the same cosmic principle. Yes, yes, yes! We shall measure through cosmic love! (Agni Yoga Series, Infinity I § 76)
We should always remember that man is destined to be the creator of the world, and must be able to manifest all kinds of creative abilities with his spiritual substance; but this is only possible if he is ignited by supreme Love. Only love kindles all hidden fires, and at the basis of all creation is the great Attraction, the great Love. Everything that exists in the world depends on love and is sustained by love.
Love must lead to higher understanding because, if men understood its cosmic importance and power, they would see in it its highest function, that is, the awakening of all lofty emotions and of the creative abilities of Intuition (Buddhi), and they would be able to raise true bridges of Light, of Unity. This awakening is the main purpose of Love!
There is no love greater than love.
The Glory of the Eternal Being radiates in the stars…
Through love let it enlighten you.
Amidst the boundless tumult of life do We erect Our Temple.
Love and Lightning do I manifest.
(Agni Yoga Series, The Call § 77 | 152 | 320)
Absolutely stunning!