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The Rainbow Swastika - The Gods of the New Age
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God is not the Creator (although there is a Creator, or perhaps two, as we will see). The Most High God does not "do" anything, He just is.
The very title "God" is a misnomer which limits the concept; Theosophists prefer abstract Principles. The ultimate Divine has no name, no
definition, and therefore no accessibility. Man cannot begin to know "the God" of New Age thought; but for the purpose of indoctrination,
NA missionaries will revert to the traditional title and attributes when dealing with the uninitiated. However, the Jewish idea of one personal
G-d who rules alone is so offensive that the knowledgeable NAer will not even pretend to be speaking the same language at that point.
Helena Blavatsky [HPB] called the "God of Abram, Isaac and Jacob" a "spiteful and revengeful" deity. (_The Secret Doctrine_ I, p.439,
footnote) [For a fuller description, seebelow.] The Divine has no personality or self-consciousness - hence, no revelation from Him is
possible, let alone what the Jews have claimed to receive. [One might then question the very notion of "theosophy", which means
"knowledge of God". The answer is that Theosophy identifies the individual created being as the "god" which needs to be known.]
He (It) is nothing more than an Energy Force which is everywhere (and nowhere), in everything (and in every non-thing). Everything in the
universe is God, and is destined to become God. (One might think that the first would eliminate the need for the second, but the former is a
universal state of being, while the latter is an individual state of consciousness.) This godhood includes people (with or without physical
bodies), animals, objects, planets, stars and unseen energies, as well as "Nirvana" or the Great Void- where HPB says "all is absorbed in the
spirit of the most Powerful," and individual consciousness and activity cease.
2. Who is the "Hierarchy"? NA history teaches that they appeared (the word used is "descended") on earth 18 million years ago, during the
Lemurian Age, introducing themselves in both physical and etheric bodies [presumably apparitions] as "Brothers of Light". They made their
home in "Shamballa" (when on the spiritual plane) and (on the physical plane) in the Gobi Desert, Shigatse and the Himalayas. They are most
often referred to as the "Hierarchy of Ascended Masters", and sometimes as the "Space Brothers" or just the "Brotherhood" - a group of
ancient beings, many of whom once started out on our (earthly human) plane, but have now evolved to the level where they are no longer
shackled by physical matter and can be considered divine (to be addressed as "great Lord" or "Master").
The flowchart for the Hierarchy is vast and very confusing, but to simplify the picture, Alice Bailey presents the Hierarchy in various
geometric figures throughout her work _Externalisation of the Hierarchy_. Directly under "The One about whom naught may be said", is a
committee of 7 "Cosmic Logi", followed by 7 "Solar Logi", followed by 7 "Heavenly Men". There are also 7 "Rays" of pure energy
emanations. The "Heavenly Man" in charge of earth's evolution is "Sanat Kumara". Although he is presented as several levels down from the
Top, we have no way to make contact with this being's "colleagues" or "superiors"; Sanat Kumara is therefore considered the Head of the
Hierarchy as far as earthlings are concerned (see morebelow).
2a. Upward Mobility on the Cosmic Ladder: Judging by Bailey's multileveled flowcharts, these enlightened beings are more rank-conscious
than any corporation on earth. [Just the name "Hierarchy" says it all.] When someone is initiated into the "Ageless Wisdom", he starts on a
very long path (spelled out in detail by Bailey in _Initition, Human and Solar_) which places a premium on self-propelled upward progress,
measured by "service". [Please note that the NA concept of "service" is frequently misunderstood. It is not the volunteerism freely rendered
out of compassion for the less fortunate, which rightly inspires admiration; NA "service" resembles the bonded conscription now outlawed in
most societies - forced labor to get out of debtor's prison. In short, the motive for "service" on the part of better-informed NAers is (pardon
the pun) intensely self-serving.] At the 1st level, the task of the initiate is to serve the Plan as a tiny piece in the vast, huge Design, working
off his karmic debt as it comes to him, without complaint. Most enlightened individuals cannot hope to advance beyond this level in their
present lives. The few elite who become 2nd level initiates must dedicate all their efforts to serve their "group", working out their group
karma as a team. Not much is said in _Initiation_ about 3rd level initiates, who can be assumed to be working out racial karma (either
individual or group service to their race, to bring them "enlightenment" by swelling the ranks of "world servers"). It is at the 4th level that the
enlightened one (now ranked as a "Master") finally reaches the break-even point with human karma, and begins to help work off the
"planetary" karmic debt. At the 5th level, the Master sheds the restraint of a physical body but still is bound to service: now to further the
plans of the "three Logoi" (or simply "the Logos") who are at "Chohan" level (two of them at 6th level, and one at the 7th or "Buddha" level,
a state "completely free in the one cosmic entity".
While this Logos trinity [see below] is considered the collective CEO for the Hierarchy on earth, around them are others which make up the
"central esoteric group of Six, who, with the Lord of the World, form the heart of hierarchical effort." (_Initiation_, p.30) Below these are
assorted "Solar Angels" or "Greater Builders", which Bailey says "from the Christian standpoint, are the Holy Spirit" (_Cosmic Fire_, p.617).
The fact that the Christians learned this "misnomer" and many other mistakes from the Jews is evidence of the need for Christianity to be
"purged" of Jewish influences. [Curiously, in _Secret Doctrine_ HPB expressly identifies "Solar Angels" as "fallen Angels", a uniquely
Jewish/Christian idea derived from the Hebrew Nefilim, beings who were on earth in pre-Flood times - Genesis 6:4. "Fallen" denotes an
abrupt involuntary movement downward... far from flattering, especially when presented as an unchanged position. Even more curiously,
Bailey makes sure to footnote this quote in _Cosmic Fire_, IID, p.953. Jewish influence is indeed hard to shake off.] There are also "Devas",
"Pitris", "Builders", "Brothers of Light", and numerous other "Masters" - among the last are Kut Humi [NA uses a few variant spellings, sic
in Bailey's _Initiation_], Morya, Rakoczi (alias St. Germain), Serapis, Jupiter, Jesus, Hilarion (alias St. Paul), Kryon, to name a few - with the
most popular today being Bailey's own guide, "The Tibetan Master" or "Djwhal Khul" (also credited with dictating Blavatsky's _The Secret
Doctrine_).
2b. All Masters are carefully grouped by level of initiation, and are themselves dedicated to upward mobility. They are commissioned to
teach others of lower rank who are ready to improve their own standing. It is to one or more of those at the Master levels that NA disciples
appeal for enlightenment and empowerment. But except for the "teacher-disciple" label, the process more closely resembles a "Fortune 100"
corporation than an educational or spiritual center. One may not choose his/her teacher; a disciple is approached by a Master according to
his/her spiritual aptitude and experience, and the disciple's progress is monitored by the Master who submits regular "supervision reports to
the Head of one of the three departments", noting when the learner is "nearing the Portal of Initiation" to the next level. His name is then
submitted to the Brotherhood Lodge, and his "application" is decided by ballot vote. (p.110) Promotion to a higher degree of initiation
entitles one to pass to a correspondingly higher Master. Initiates (those in a body or out) who perform exceptionally might attain to the
"Inner, or Closed" circle, an elite power base hidden within each Brotherhood, becoming participants in a "Group Mind" which is not
accessible to rank-and-file Brothers (this applies especially to "walk-ins" - see below). [In this context, I note that more than a fair share of
NAers have claimed to be a disciple of Maitreya, and even his direct mouthpiece to humanity - as though he were an ordinary Master rather
than part of the nearly-unapproachable Logos. But such presumption doesn't seem to faze those hungry for "divine transmissions". Even at
the UN, where the Society for Enlightenment and Transformation regularly hosts channelers, this obstensibly knowledgeable group saw no
incongruity in "Lord Maitreya" addressing a meager 40-member audience with no higher standing than the "UN Staff Recreational
Council".... On the other hand, his "message" was so unoriginal and vague that it deserved the obscurity it received.]
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