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Esoteric Psychology II - Chapter I - The Egoic Ray - The Growth of Soul Influence
It might be of value, if here were summarized in more simple and less occult terms, the significance of the above esoteric stanzas, to express their true meaning in a few succinct and terse phrases. The stanzas are of no use unless they convey to the ray types among the students of this Treatise some useful meaning, whereby they can live more truly. The individualized Spirit expresses itself through the various ray types in the following manner: Ray One Dynamic one-pointedness, Destructive energy, Power realized selfishly, Lovelessness, Isolation, [40] A longing for power and authority, Desire to dominate, Expressed strength and self-will, leading to: A dynamic use of energy for the furtherance of the Plan; The use of destructive forces in order to prepare the way for the Builders; The will to power in order to cooperate; Power realized as the major weapon of love; Identification with the rhythm of the Whole; The cessation of isolation. Ray Two The power to build for selfish ends, Capacity to sense the Whole and to remain apart, The cultivation of a separative spirit, The hidden light, The realization of selfish desire, Longing for material well-being, Selfishness, and subordination of all soul powers to this end, leading to: Building wisely, in relation to the Plan; Inclusiveness; A longing for wisdom and truth; Sensitivity to the Whole; Renunciation of the great heresy of separativeness; The revelation of the light; True illumination; Right speech through generated wisdom. Ray Three Force manipulation through selfish desire, Intelligent use of force with wrong motive, Intense material and mental activity, The realization of energy as an end in itself, Longing for glory, beauty and for material objectives, Submergence in illusion, glamor, and maya, [41] leading to: The manipulation of energy in order to reveal beauty and truth; The use of forces intelligently for the furtherance of the Plan; Ordered rhythmic activity in cooperation with the Whole; Desire for right revelation of divinity and light; Adherence to right action; The revelation of glory and good will. Ray Four Confused combat, The realization of that which is high and that which is low, The darkness which precedes form expression, The veiling of the intuition, The sensing of in harmony, and cooperation with the part and not the whole, Identification with humanity, the fourth Creative Hierarchy, Undue recognition of that which is produced by speech, Abnormal sensitivity to that which is the Not-Self, Constant points of crisis, leading to: Unity and harmony; The evocation of the intuition; Right judgment and pure reason; The wisdom which works through the Angel of the Presence.
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