The Blending of Races and Cultures:
Introduction Introduction
This essay examines current world crises of racial and cultural assimilation, with an emphasis upon the crisis within the Arab Muslim world, where a revolution in consciousness is taking place. The situation is viewed within the esoteric context of the greater and lesser cycles, ray and astrological influences. It is proposed that these events are the crises that will eventually lead to a New World Religion - that recognises all faiths as part of the one Whole.
Perceptions of
Current World Events
The blending of races and cultures is all part of the Divine Plan and the world currently finds itself at a critical juncture in this process. If we are cultivate a world esoteric view, then we must be sensitive to the inner transformation of consciousness that is taking place and not be blinded by the maya of outer appearances.
At the same time however, we must also strive to stay politically informed, sourcing various viewpoints across the spectrum, in order to maintain a balanced view of what is occurring. This is not an easy task, to wade through the sea of propaganda that engulfs us from all sides, where various ideas and agendas are promoted.
We particularly need to develop an awareness of not taking the word of the mainstream media as the absolute truth, at face value, for granted or as fact.
This is because much mainstream media has become so centralised in the hands of
a few, that it does not necessarily reflect the truth; it will tend to reflect
a ‘consensus view’ that concurs with the wishes of the status quo, or has other
agendas that media owners wish to promulgate.
When the glamour of
authority transfers itself into the spiritual consciousness of man, we have
such a state of affairs as the period of the Inquisition in its worst forms, of
Church authority, with the emphasis upon organisation, government and
penalties, or the unquestioned rule of some teacher.”[1]
Reaction to Planetary
‘Islamisation’ The growth of Islam around the world proceeds, whilst a zealous and vocal minority of that group preaches a type of credo that hearkens back to the dark ages: a manifesto of hate, the forcing of Sharia law, terrorism, Jihad etc. This has occurred because many European countries have been caught off guard - through genuine motives of assimilation based upon compassion.
Some of their motives have been based upon the convenient economic benefits of cheap labour. Yet they have not kept a tight enough rein on the integration process, through education and a firm guiding hand of what is expected of a new immigrant. Hence social security systems have been abused and the religious tolerance of host nations has been slapped in the face by a dogmatic adherence to customs that date back to the seventh century.
Of course, immigrants fresh
to a new country are always abused by a minority of racists who are ignorant
and intolerant. Other immigrants will experience the indignation of the local
populace who see a minority of them abuse the social security system or who do
not, cannot through lack of education, learn the local language, breeding
further resentment.
Erudite thinkers today
argue that this is already the case and that some European nations and the USA
are subversively fascist, yet hide behind the mask of ‘democracy’ or ‘freedom’,
whilst controlling and diminishing freedoms such as free speech.
A righteous
indignation to this situation has steadily built up in those nations; it has
not been unwarranted. An opposite pole has emerged in the ‘far right wing’
anti-Islam movement in Europe - that seems to be heading toward the mainstream.
On the one hand there has been a rightful rejection of imposed values by some
new immigrants, yet on the other there has been an over-vehement reaction to
the former. The process has been developing gradually in the past twenty years,
breeding new groups of neo-Nazis and ultra right wing groups such as the
English Defence League (EDL). Emerging opposite to them is the Unite Against
Fascism (UAF) group.
Dutch politician Geert Wilders[2] is one face of this new movement, with his sensationalist movie branded as anti-Islam, he has been accused of inciting hate; the movie tends to aim at the lowest common denominator to evoke the most visceral and emotional reactions. Wilders and others like him have been accused of having hard line Zionist agendas, bringing into focus the pairs of opposites with which the Arab-Semitic race are dealing. Extremist Islam and ultra-Zionism are two sides of the same coin.
Right wingers complain
about the lack of freedom of speech when they are held accountable for their
xenophobia by their respective nations. Yet they accuse the Muslims of xenophobia,
which is true - the racial separativeness goes both ways, the resistance to
synthesis. Whereas Sharia law exerts an emotional blackmail of fear, Zionist
zealots mercilessly hunt down those who exhibit the slightest whiff of ‘anti-Semiticism’.
In order to have an
esoteric and global perspective of what is unfolding today, we must continually
bear in mind the greater cycles and their influences. At the ending of any age or ray
dispensation, it is natural to have crystallisation. We are moving from the
Fifth Rootrace and its Kali Yuga cycle, into the Sixth Rootrace and its Satya
Yuga cycle.
For the sixth subrace
to emerge (5.6), there must be a synthesis of all the previous subraces. This
is occurring now, though somewhat painfully. Bear in mind that there is an
ancient split that occurred between the third subrace of the Fifth Rootrace
(5.3: Arab-Semitic), and the latter two subraces (5.4 Celtic-Latin and 5.5
Nordic, Anglo-Saxon).
Subraces
of the Fifth Rootrace There
is a legend about three disciples who, back in Lemurian times presented
themselves as candidates for initiation, but who would not relinquish their
worldly treasures before stepping upon the Threshold of Initiation. It is said
that these three disciples were the ancestors of the three major western racial groupings today, which can be generalised as follows: 3. The Teutons, the Scandinavians, and the Anglo-Saxons, who are the descendants of the third of the three disciples.”[3] [Fifth subrace 5.5] The Teutonic, Latin and Semitic groups represent respectively the first three ‘aspects’ of will, love and intelligence. Hence the Shamballa first ray force is expressing very strongly through the northern European root of the Western races (5.5). The point of least resistance is the use of force (will) without mercy (love), although this is tempered somewhat by the soul qualities of some of these nations.
Regarding the old Lemurian legend, gradually the latter fourth and fifth subraces of the Fifth Rootrace came to believe the old stories from Atlantean times and sided with those who were antagonistic to the Semitic people. Of these Semitic tribes, the Jew is prominent and it is interesting to consider Israel currently antagonistic to most of its surrounding Arab nations/fellow tribes; the Semitic people as a whole bear the antagonism of their other two ‘brothers’ - the Latin-Celtic and Teutonic, Nordic, Anglo Saxon subraces.
The key for Israel and the Jews in general is that they have a lot of leverage upon these latter subraces to influence their Arab neighbours. This is a fascinating dynamic but is rapidly changing as Egypt’s current liberation in 2011 may reflect.
What started in Tunisia is now sweeping the whole region, with protests in Yemen, Syria, Sudan, the Palestinian territories, Libya, Jordan, Iraq, Bahrain, Algeria and Iran. The Arab world is freeing itself from repressive regimes and the yoke of religious fundamentalism must be part of that equation. Crystallisation is part of a natural process of manifestation, all forms need to crystallise to allow death and the liberation of the life principle - this is what the world is witnessing today.
Likewise, in the Old
and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, there are littered many passages that
could easily be interpreted wrongly or too literally in a violent or separative
manner. The savagery and barbarism within just one religion has reached
unbelievable and incomprehensible proportions between the Protestants and
Catholics. (It is interesting to note that Buddhism is the only major religion
that has remained a shining example of non-violence, peace and compassion.) To keep a perspective of current events, we must remind ourselves that the world is still emerging from the last part of the Piscean Age. Through the force of Pisces’ esoteric ruler Pluto, there is an enormous destruction being wrought upon the layers of cultural attitudes that have been built up during the Age of Pisces.
Those who are more
conscious are helping to construct the emerging Aquarian paradigm that
recognizes the Brotherhood of Humanity. Yet certain forces of the old Piscean Age
are still dominant and seek to hold onto the past, the period of the last 2,000
years when Christianity and Islam emerged.
Aspirants and disciples are also conditioned by this energy - as are some nations like the USA, Russia, Spain and Italy. Nevertheless, with both the sixth ray and Pisces, the world is experiencing their respective shadow expressions of fanaticism and fundamentalism.
Hence Jihad is a force present in all Western nations. Jihad means ‘holy war’, somewhat of a contradiction in terms. An examination of many sixth ray entities, be they nations, religions, ordinary people or disciples on the path, reveals how powerful the Mars force expresses itself. It is in turn compounded into greater complexity through Neptune’s lower illusory expression, plus its idealism, working upon the unredeemed form of Humanity. Hence the ‘heaven’ or ‘paradise’ that the suicide bomber is so certain of visiting once his ‘God given’ mission is accomplished; or the justification, ‘rightness’ (righteousness) of the Holy Crusades – for both Muslims and Christians.
For many aspirants and disciples upon the path, this sixth ray energy is powerful, it is the very force that propels their ‘aspiration’. It is expressed mainly in the emotional body, but also through souls and personalities. It has been said that the sixth ray is one of the most difficult in human evolution because of these forces.
Hence it must be
acknowledged by those upon the sixth ray just how prone they are to the dark
shadow of this ray in all its manifestations: xenophobia, separativeness,
fanaticism, fundamentalism etc; how easily those influenced by the sixth ray
are swayed by other sixth ray issues - in the area of religion in particular.
Whether you declare Jihad or are part of the western ‘Jihad Watch’[6], one is as sixth ray, fanatical and fundamentalist as the other. USA is a sixth ray personality that has a somewhat nationalistic, Christian projection toward sixth ray Islam - and vice-versa.
“… [the aspirant must] … focus on constructive activity and … refrain from pulling down the old order of living. … [S]He must be set to building for the future, and to thinking along the new lines. … [S]He must be warned not to waste time in attacking that which is undesirable, but must instead bend all his energies to creating the new temple of the Lord through which the glory may be manifested. In this way public attention will gradually be focussed upon the new and beautiful, and the old established creations will fall into decay for lack of attention and so disappear.
[S]He must be taught also that partisanship[7] is in no way a sign of spiritual development. [S]He will not therefore use the words anti this or pro that. Such terms automatically breed hatred and attack, and effort to resist change. They put the user on the defensive. Every class of human beings is a group of brothers. Catholics, Jews, Gentiles, occidentals and orientals are all the sons of God.”[8]
There were many
zealous aspirants and disciples determined to do ‘god’s work’ during The
Inquisition, who murdered many ‘witches’ in Europe and hundreds of thousands of
the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas; and they were representatives of a
god of love? What is the difference to the Muslim extremist with similar
attitudes?
Hence, in relation to how you as a
member of this group can function subjectively, there has to be an emulation of
how Hierarchy functions (the Masters of Wisdom, planetary heart centre):
As an aspirant or disciple, one has to distinguish the work that one does and to find one’s place. Do you want to work in the world of meaning or the world of outer effects and appearances? “It is humanity which determines its
own destiny. Disciples point the way, indicate the vision, set a needed example
and emphasise the ancient landmarks".[11] 2. Those who are straight Pisceans. These work with much greater facility and find a more rapid response from those around them. Their work is more doctrinal, less inclusive and coloured by the spirit of separation. They include the mass of world workers in all the various departments of human thought and welfare. 3. Those Pisceans who are enough developed to respond to the Aquarian message, but who-—as yet-—cannot trust themselves to employ the real Aquarian methods of work and message. For instance, they have in the political field, a sense of internationalism, but they cannot apply it when it comes to the understanding of others. They think they have a universal consciousness, but when it comes to a test, they discriminate and eliminate. They constitute a much smaller group than the true Pisceans and are doing good work and filling a much needed place. The
problem they present however to the Aquarian worker lies in the fact that
though they respond to the ideal and regard themselves as of the new age, they
are not truly so. They see a bit of the vision
and have grasped the theory but cannot express it in action.”[12] As cultures and races merge into a synthesis, it stands to reason that a new world religion will eventually emerge, that draws upon the best of all traditions. This is occurring now, hence the crises in all religious fields with the emergence of fundamentalism, the moving away from the churches by millions, the adopting of eastern traditions such as Buddhism and so forth: “The great
theme of the new world religion will be the recognition of the many divine
approaches and the continuity of revelation which each of them conveyed; the
task ahead of the spiritually minded people of the world today is to prepare
humanity for the imminent and (perhaps) the greatest of all the Approaches. The
method employed will be the scientific and intelligent use of Invocation and
Evocation and the recognition of their tremendous potency.”[13] “All past
divine revelations have brought humanity to the point where (spiritually
speaking) man's essential divinity is theologically recognised, where the
brotherhood of man and the Fatherhood of God are recognised ideals and where
science has demonstrated the fact of an unfolding purpose and the existence of
a fundamental, intelligent Agent behind all phenomena. Step by step man has
been led through prayer, the voice of desire, through worship, the recognition
of deity, through affirmation of the fact of human identity of nature with the
divine, to a belief in the divinity of man.”[14] “This new
religion will take the form of a conscious unified group approach to the world
of spiritual values, evoking in its turn reciprocal action from Those Who are
the citizens of that world—the planetary Hierarchy and affiliated groups.”[15] “1. The Law of Compassion. This is the truth of right relationship, of loving understanding, of actively expressed Love. It is the foundation of brotherhood and the expression of the inner unity. 2. The
Fact of God. This is the truth that Being is God Immanent and God
Transcendent; it involves the recognition of the great Whole and the related
part… Serving
the Greater Whole Through Right Relationships The declarations of ‘failure’ by various leaders seem to be an xenophobic excuse, though protestations of abuse by Muslims are valid; but this abuse is not by the majority. When you boil this racial crucible right down to its essentials, what is left is unalloyed separativeness, cultural and racial prejudice. It goes both ways, from Muslims toward non-Muslims and vice-versa.
The real
failure is one of human relationships. We all know how challenging
relationships are within our own individual lives, those closest to us, our
communities, our nations. Hence the greater failure of right relationship between
races and cultures is no surprise; they just need a lot more work! In an
unpublished letter, the Master DK said when advising his disciple FCD (the
Jewish psychologist, Roberto Assagioli), about immediate problems in his race:
‘act as if Zionism does not exist'; a hard entreaty to swallow for FCD or any student of world politics, as ironically, the extent of Zionist influence has
picked up where the Nazis left off. Humanity’s dweller works powerfully through
the Zionist/Muslim extremist/Nazi/fundamentalist paradigm. For those
who wish to serve in the ranks of the New Group of World Servers, who will
stimulate the souls of humanity and inspire the intelligentsia if the NGWS
cannot? Who will build the New Order of Hierarchy according to the sensed
Planetary Plan? Conclusion Changes are occurring now with great rapidity as the old order crumbles and a new paradigm emerges. Fundamentalism and crystallisation will not be around forever, they are cyclic in their manifestations. There is much that needs to be done by the NGWS in so many fields, to effect the ongoing destruction process and make a transition between the ages, yet proceed it must. We can but aspire to help build this new world in the subtle realm, yet remain grounded in the work of the everyday world. We can sit with the Buddha under the Banyan Tree and watch the river of life rush by, yet not identify ourselves with that ever-changing flow.
Phillip Lindsay © 2011.
[1] Glamour: A World Problem, Alice A. Bailey. P.46-7. [2] http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4vd6k_fitna-the-movie-geert-wilders-film_news [3] Esoteric Psychology I, Alice A. Bailey. p.400. [4] See “Esoteric History of the Jewish Race: The First Solar System to Israel” in The Destiny of the Races and Nations, Phillip Lindsay. [5] See this link for a book published in Israel on ‘how to kill gentiles’: http://www.truthtellers.org/alerts/CompleteGuideKillingGentiles.html. [6] http://www.jihadwatch.org/ A website that has been criticized as showing "entrenched hostility" towards Islam, and condemned as hate speech by a number of Arab-American and civil rights groups.’ - Wikipedia. [7] A fervent, sometimes militant supporter or proponent of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea. [8] A Treatise on White Magic, Alice A. Bailey. P.420. [9] http://www.esotericastrologer.org/Newsletters/40%20Integration%20of%20the%20NGWS.htm [10] Esoteric Psychology II, Alice A. Bailey. P.188. [11] Discipleship in the New Age II, Alice A. Bailey. P.68. [12] A Treatise on White Magic, Alice A. Bailey. P.632. [13] The Reappearance of the Christ, Alice A. Bailey. P.151. [14] The Externalisation of the Hierarchy, Alice A. Bailey. P.400. [15] Education in the New Age, Alice A. Bailey. P.123. [16] The Externalisation of the Hierarchy, Alice A. Bailey. P.288. [17] The Rays and the Initiations, Alice A. Bailey. P.230. |