A solemn spectacle of light unfolds today along the Taurus–Scorpio axis, where the Sun and the Earth, their gazes meeting, build the bridge that will lead the Warriors of the Spirit to Victory; they who, now and always, here and everywhere, are marching towards the Infinite.
Today, in fact, from a heliocentric perspective, Will, Unity, Strength and Beauty blaze forth in the Heavens, and their rays are fused and transfigured in the purest crucible of supernal Love.
The presence in Cancer (3rd and 7th Rays) of Mercury (4th Ray) and Mars (6th Ray), alongside Vulcan (1st Ray), enables the creative and organising energies of the Sign to weave a substantial fabric in which Harmony and Aspiration intertwine with the driving Will of Life.
In this Sign, Mercury sharpens its pervasive nature, penetrating with subtlety and malleability the fabric of which substance is made, and releasing the Light contained within it – a Light that shapes forms and reveals their Beauty.
Meanwhile, Mars fuels the drive towards ascent with the occult force of desire and, in this surge towards the Summit, brings to light Vulcan’s purpose, which is to spiritualise matter. His incisive action brings to the fore the power of sensitivity which, like a vibrating string, connects all creation with the notes of Communion.
Their union with Sirius, the ardent cosmic Heart that pours Love into the ocean of Cancer, traces in Space that powerful trail of consonance, capable of attuning every heart to the supernal will and, through it, affirming with ever-greater firmness We are the torches of spiritual consciousness.
The Fire of these torches, tempered in the solar Fire of Vulcan and spiritualised in the Fire of Love of Sirius, stirs in human consciousnesses the response to the hierarchical Call and pervades space with a single voice proclaiming We radiate the joy of Unity.
Encircling this fiery core of the highest, harmonious consciousnesses, the sign of Cancer also resonates with the presence of the asteroids Urania and Euterpe, the Muses who preside over the Power of Heaven and the Light of Sound. Their touch is pure Music; it causes the celestial spheres to resonate, just as our consciousness does, leading hearts to the conquest of that primordial vibration which gave rise to the Cosmos and which reverberates within the illuminated abode, the planetary Temple, which each of us is called upon to build with the fiery stone of our own life.
Powerful energies and forces are thus pouring down upon the solar path and upon the planet, and it is up to all servers, united in heart, to be that responsive mechanism capable of attuning itself to these impulses with the right resonance—one that can awaken consciousnesses and spur them on to create new forms of psychic life.
In this regard, here are some enlightening extracts from the Agni Yoga books:
… Every energy of Cosmos is attracted by the Cosmic Magnet, but its assimilation depends upon humanity. Only consciousness can attract toward constructiveness. … Only the spirit-creativeness focuses all cosmic possibilities, and the lever of the heart sets the direction of the spirit. The consciousness which responds to cosmic attraction creates the forms of psycho-life. The manifestation of striving to the realization of a responding vibration indicates the responsibility of the spirit. Only in fearlessness before Infinity, does the spirit realize the very purpose of Be-ness. (Infinity II§ 203)
How important it is to realize the binding thread between the spheres! The subtlety of receptivity of an Agni Yogi is that binding thread. Upon this thread is cosmic cooperation built… (Infinity II § 219)
The sensitiveness of sensations unites all humanity in the higher spheres. This principle unites the Teacher with the disciple. Thus, sensitiveness is a chief quality of the disciple. Sensitiveness applied by the spirit gives keenness of perception. Thus, by applying the sensitiveness of the heart one may reach the highest aspirations. (Infinity II § 365)
… Now, let us imagine a yogi, who has intensified his nervous sensitivity and raised his consciousness to reach into the Supermundane World. He will not use conjectures of the mind, but will listen to the voice of his heart, an antenna that receives the waves of direct communication. The stronghold of the yogi is not in the brain, but in the heart… (Supermundane § 912)
One of the most powerful magnets is the magnet of the spirit. A most powerful force, which transmutes various energies, is the magnet of the heart. All currents are transmuted by this magnet. Man is attracted to this magnet; therefore, the power of his transmutation lies in the heart. The sun seen in the region of the solar plexus is that powerful magnet. Its location is certainly in the heart… It is a most powerful force! Its rays penetrate all strongholds and can be manifested as a most radiant magnetic force. Hence, the sun of the heart is the force which determines the balance… (Infinity I § 349)
The cosmic currents pass through the heart of an Agni Yogi… That through which the Cosmic Space breathes, the sensitive heart breathes through also. That with which the Cosmic Heart breathes, the heart of an Agni Yogi breathes with also. Each vibration resounds upon the subtle strings of a sensitive heart, therefore one has to guard so greatly this cosmic treasure. The currents fill the heart and expand the sphere of its action; thus the cosmic correspondence is established. (Hierarchy § 107)
And with regard to the relationship between Spirit and Substance, E. Savoini, a wise thinker of our time, writes:
… Substance increases its sensitivity as it ascends through the levels, for it becomes gradually more conscious, more like the spirit, without ever losing its capacity for reception. At the opposite extreme, the spirit, in its true nature, is the ecstasy of total and perfect consciousness. The Spirit/Substance relationship thus oscillates between two extremes, with infinite variations in the intermediate states. These two opposing poles generate an all-encompassing octave, within which seven octaves (the cosmic physical plane) find their place; each of these repeats the model and contains infinite states of consciousness, which are ever more sensitive and refined. The degree of sensitivity is a measure of the level of evolution of each creature; it both unites and distinguishes human beings; it enables contact with the Master; it makes it possible to conceive and articulate the formulas of the spirit; it produces forms that are, in turn, equally sensitive. In human beings, the degree of sensitivity depends on that of their psychic centres, with the countless variations caused by their internal relationships: to increase one’s sensitivity is to expand one’s consciousness. (Enzio Savoini, excerpts from Commentary on Infinity II § 361-365)
… it is this sensitivity which marks the difference between the disciple and the average man. (Alice Bailey – Esoteric Astrology, p. 188)
… the energies which animate the physical body and the intelligent life of the atom, the sensitive emotional states, and the intelligent mind have eventually to be blended with, and transmuted into, the energies which animate the soul. These are the spiritual mind, conveying illumination; the intuitive nature, conferring spiritual perception; and divine livingness. After the third initiation… the “bridge” is finished which links perfectly the higher spiritual Triad and the lower material reflection. The three worlds of the soul and the three worlds of the Personality become one world wherein the initiate works and functions, seeing no distinction, viewing one world as the world of inspiration and the other world as constituting the field of service, yet regarding both together as forming one world of activity… (Alice Bailey – Esoteric Psychology vol. II, p. 70)
When the disciple begins consciously to project himself into the higher worlds, his energy goes forth, through the medium of the controlled and directed mind, into the world of higher spiritual mind and into the realm of the intuition. … This response between the higher and lower mind is symbolically spoken of in terms of light, and the , lighted way” (a term frequently employed) comes into being between the personality and the spiritual Triad, via the soul body, just as the soul came into definite contact with the brain via the mind. This “lighted way” is the illumined bridge. It is built through meditation; it is constructed through the constant effort to draw forth the intuition, through subservience and obedience to the Plan (which begins to be recognised as soon as the intuition and the mind are en rapport) and through a conscious incorporation into the group in service and for purposes of assimilation into the whole. …
It requires a constant disciplining of the mind, so that it can “hold itself steady in the light”, and the development of a cultured right interpretation so that the intuitive knowledge which has been achieved may then clothe itself in the right thought forms. … in so doing it is possible to bridge the gap and link the two shores of the higher and the lower stages of consciousness, between the old age and the new, between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of men… (Alice Bailey – Esoteric Psychology vol. II, pp. 72-73)
The orbit of human actions strives to conformity with the cosmic course. Each spark of the spirit can be kindled by adherence to the Fire of Space. Why do men thus lock themselves within their own orbits? In the orbit of actions are contained all the impulses needed to reach the Cosmic Magnet. The creativeness of the Cosmic Magnet impels humanity toward Truth, and the sensitiveness of the spirit gives knowledge of the direction. … Words cannot formulate what constitutes high quality of thinking. But each one, even he who labors, senses its required quality. This quality, as a aeolian harp, resounds to the current of reality; and it accumulates beneath the center of the Chalice the subtlest soma of cognition and discernment, not only by means of co-measurement but also in accordance with immutability. This last spark of Truth kindles the attracting Beacon of Light… (Infinity II § 518)
Today, owing to the greatly increased power of the human mind and the growing sensitivity of the human soul to the spiritual values as they express themselves through major world ideologies, these Approaches of the divine to the human can become more frequent and are taking on a new form. Man’s inner realisation of his own innate spiritual potency and the unfoldment of his sense of relationship are bringing about an effort on his part – consciously undertaken – to make true progress towards the good, the true and the beautiful, and this in spite of the fact of the war and the misery and suffering present upon our Earth. It has therefore become possible to synchronise the Approach of the divine to the human and to instruct the masses of men in the technique of thus invoking the Approach. This attitude of humanity will lead to a new revelation, to the new world religion and to new attitudes in the relation of man to God (religion) and of man to man (government or social relationships). (Alice Bailey – The Externalisation of the Hierarchy, p. 409)
… Human beings who are citizens of both kingdoms – the human and the spiritual – … move with freedom in either world, and Christ Himself gave us the perfect demonstration of that citizenship and told us that we could do “even greater things” than He had done. Such is the glorious future towards which man is oriented today, and for which all world events are preparing him. (Alice Bailey – From Bethlehem to Calvary, p. 275)
It is for us, as servers, to evidence intelligent understanding… and the re-orientation of our entire lives for the next few years, to the urgency of the things to be done. This will necessarily mean the cultivation of that spiritual sensitivity which will render us aware of the impressions and impulses coming from the inner side of life. This requires in everyone a spirit of silence, for silence is the best method whereby spiritual force is both generated and stored for us… (freely adapted from: Alice Bailey – Esoteric Psychology vol. II, p. 747)
