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THE RAYS IN DETAIL

Each of the great Rays has a form of teaching truth to humanity which is its unique contribution, and in this way develops man by a system or technique which is qualified by the Ray quality and is therefore specific and unique. Let me point out to you the modes of this group teaching:

THE RAYS: HIGHER & LOWER EXPRESSIONS

Ray	I --------	Higher Expression: The science of statesmanship, of government.
		Lower Expression: Modern diplomacy and politics.
Ray II	---------	Higher Expression: The process of initiation as taught by the hierarchy of adepts. Lower Expression: Religion.
Ray III ---------		Higher Expression: Means of communication or interaction. The radio, telephone, telegraph and the power to travel. Lower Expression: The use and spread of money and gold.
Ray IV ---------		Higher Expression: The Masonic work, based on the formation of the hierarchy, and related to the second Ray. Lower Expression: Architectural construction. Modern city planning.
Ray V	---------	Higher Expression: The science of the Soul. Esoteric psychology. Lower Expression: Modern educational systems and mental science.
Ray VI ---------		Higher Expression: Christianity and diversified religions. (Notice the relation to Ray II.) Lower Expression: Churches and organised religions.
Ray VII --------		Higher Expression: All forms of white magic. Lower Expression: Spiritualism of "phenomena."

The planes or manifested spheres of expression are influenced in manifestation in a numerical order:

Ray I	Will or Power	Plane of Divinity
Ray II	Love-Wisdom	Plane of the Monad
Ray III	Active Intelligence	Plane of Spirit, Atma
Ray IV	Harmony	Plane of the Intuition
Ray V	Concrete Knowledge	Mental Plane
Ray VI	Devotion, Idealism	Astral Plane
Ray VII	Ceremonial Order	Physical Plane

The Soul is the principle of sentiency, underlying all outer manifestation, pervading all forms, and constituting the consciousness of God Himself. When the Soul, immersed in substance, is simply sentiency, it produces through its evolutionary interplay an addition, and we find emerging quality and capacity to react to vibration and to environment. This is the Soul as it expresses itself in all the subhuman kingdoms in nature.

When the Soul, an expression of sentiency and quality, adds to these the capacity of detached self-awareness, there appears that self-identified entity which we call a human being.

When the Soul adds to sentiency, quality and self-awareness, the consciousness of the group, then we have identification with a Ray-group, and there appears the disciple, the initiate and the master.

When the Soul adds to sentiency, quality, self-awareness and group consciousness, a consciousness of divine synthetic purpose (called by us the Plan), then we have that state of being and knowledge which is distinctive of all upon the Path of Initiation, and includes those graded Lives, from the more advanced disciple up to the planetary Logos Himself.

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