The miracle of Beauty in the adornment
of our daily lives will exalt mankind.
Raise high your light.
Illumine the beauties of My Temple.
Teach the Joy of Beauty.
Teach the Happiness of Wisdom.
Teach the Bliss of Love.
Teach the Glory of Unity with God.
I will grant you the power and fleetness of Mercury.
Go forward without doubt, without fear, without turning back.
(Agni Yoga Series, Leaves of Morya’s Garden – The Call § 45)
With the gaze of our hearts turned towards the heliocentric Heaven, the Heaven of causes, we celebrate today the joint flight of Mercury, the Messenger of the Gods, the accelerator of evolution, the swiftest of the celestial Globes which, through its elusive and fleeting work, governs the most perceptible changes, the guardian Lord of the 4th Ray of Harmony that through conflict produces Unity and Beauty, and Pluto, the Destroyer of all that impedes Synthesis, Keeper with Vulcan of the 1st Ray, of Will and Power, the principle of destruction and death that disintegrates forms in order to spiritualise them, while it operates that process of renewal that allows the imperishable essence to find ever new ways of expressing itself and fertilising consciousnesses, a conjunction that takes place in the vibrant substance of Aquarius, the Sign that radiates the manifesting power of the 5th Ray, which forks and branches out without ever shattering the reality of the One, and which constitutes the reference influence for the evolution of human consciousness in the coming New Age.
The powerful Energy that springs forth, burning limitations and all that imprisons the Spirit, causes a profound regeneration aimed at unifying in the Beauty of Being the consciousness of the lives of the entire System.
Verily, resurrection of the spirit will produce a new Epoch. What, then, can be compared with the power of the spirit? There is no other lever which could intensify the fires of the centers. Each creative force which will be saturated by the resurrection of the spirit can be a pledge of a great Epoch… It is impossible to dwell in the old distortions… Only regeneration of the spirit provides a firm foundation for the new construction. In it humanity will find its great destination and its place in the Cosmos… (Agni Yoga Series, Fiery World III § 186)
Resurrection of the spirit—what a sublime concept! It should be understood as the call of Beauty. Resurrection of the spirit can mean not only a succeeding step in the sense of incarnation but also a magnetic transmutation in life… (Ibid., 142)
At this crucial moment when the supreme Model is outlining the profile of a united mankind, drinking from the same fountain of Life and Light, Humanity is strongly impelled to accord with the celestial motion proclaiming that profound Renaissance which will eventually lead it to consciously assume and manifest its role as Planetary Centre.
In the Teaching of Agni Yoga, the Master emphasises the need for an utter and profound purification:
The infirmities of humanity are connected with psychic conditions. Each human imperfection of the spirit also poisons the physical world… the atmosphere surrounding the planet is saturated with wails of imperfection. And the auras of mankind are so physically and spiritually infected that only a fiery cleansing can give salvation. Half-way measures bring no purification, therefore one must become accustomed to the thought of a powerful cleansing, for the firmament is in need of severe measures. Rightly has Ur. said that a pure manifestation sometimes has to be covered partly with a dirty cloak, just so the sparks can catch. Thus, humanity must atone for all its engenderings and all outrages which have taken root so deeply in the consciousness. On the path to the Fiery World let us remember the law of fiery purification. (Ibid., 177)
… pure energies cannot be attracted to the earthly plane without transmutation of the accumulations which are stifling the planet. How, then, to affirm the New World? As has been said—with fire and sword! To abolish the old there will be a new purification, which will give the great Fundamentals of Existence. The fiery sword of the spirit will smite the corruption of the planet. Those who are looking into the future are not afraid of the fiery sword, for the tempered spirit knows the true creativeness of the sword of the spirit. Fiery creativeness can be affirmed as the great transmutation of darkness into Light… (Ibid., 193)
but immediately afterwards recalls the value of the One Heart and of Beauty:
What heart, then, has taken up the enormous Burden? The all-encompassing Heart which knows the Cosmic Burden. Who, then, bears the load of the ages? The One Heart which knows the manifestation of Infinity. Who, then, strives in fiery achievement? The One Heart which knows Cosmic Right. Verily, thus is the World saturated by the One Heart. Humanity suffers more from the spirit than from matter, and only when the spirit adheres to the law of Cosmic Right will humanity overcome its spiritual infirmities… When the great Tidings of the Unified Heart will saturate the spirit with pure striving, then will life be truly transformed. Who, then, will give to the World the Tidings about fiery Unity? We say—the all-encompassing Heart, the Heart manifested by eternal Fire—yes, yes, yes! That which has been put together by Cosmic Right and by strong aspiration of the will is immutable law. That which is from the Cosmos will dwell with the Beauty of the Cosmos—thus saith the Lord of Shambhala. (Ibid., 178)
… Thus, in the Fiery Epoch it is especially needful to devote oneself to subtle, conscious activity of the spirit. Only the bridge of the spirit can close that abyss which yawns before humanity. The bridge of the Spirit is a bridge of Beauty. With these concepts of achievement of the spirit will we ascend the great Summit which unifies the Worlds. (Ibid., 203)
… Therefore they are right who affirm that the path to the Fiery World lies through the heart and beauty… (Ibid., 250)
The veiled Christ – Sansevero Chapel Museum | Naples
… The Thinker ordained, “Beautiful Images and Harmonies will be the Beacons of the Supermundane.” (Agni Yoga Series, Supermundane § 750)
… Let them create a better future for humanity. Let them create heroic images. Let them penetrate into higher, Supermundane Realms. Let them lead one to know the Higher Beings… They will strengthen one’s consciousness as a creator, and will produce precious vibrations for the Common Good. Thus every thinking being can participate in the great universal creativeness, and the humblest co-worker can help create a rainbow bridge to the Supermundane World.
The Thinker affirmed, “Create in the heart and fill the World with beautiful harmonies.” (Ibid., 827)
Apollo and the Muses – John Singer Sargent | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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“may the Muses sing in us ideas, sounds and lights of Beauty.”
