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The Mental plane which must be bridged is like a great stream of consciousness or of conscious substance, and across this stream the Antahkarana must be constructed. This is the concept which lies behind this teaching and behind the symbolism of the Path. Before a man can tread the Path, he must become that Path himself. Out of the substance of his own life he must construct this rainbow bridge, this Lighted Way. He spins it and anchors it as a spider spins a thread along which it can travel. Each of his three divine aspects contributes to that bridge, and the time of this building is indicated when his lower nature is:

1. Becoming oriented, regulated and creative.

2. Recognising and reacting to Soul contact and control.

3. Sensitive to the first impression of the Monad. This sensitivity is indicated where there is:

1. Submission to the "will of God" or of the greater Whole.
2. Unfoldment of the inner Spiritual will, overcoming all obstacles.
3. Cooperation with the purpose of the Hierarchy, the interpreting will of God as expressed in love.

I have enumerated these three responses to the totality of the divine aspects because they are related to the Antahkarana and must become defined and conditioned upon the Mental plane. They are there to be found expressing themselves in substance:

1. The lower concrete mind. The receptive common sense. The highest aspect of the form nature. The reflection of Atma, the Spiritual will. The Throat center. Knowledge.

2. The individualised mind. The Soul or Spiritual Ego. The middle principle. Buddhi-manas. The reflection in mental substance of the Monad. Spiritual love-wisdom. The Heart center. Love.

3. The higher abstract mind. The transmitter of Buddhi. The reflection of the divine nature.  Intuitive love, understanding, inclusiveness. The Head center. Sacrifice.

There are necessarily other arrangements of these aspects in manifestation, but the above will serve to indicate the relation of Monad-Soul-personality as they express themselves through certain focussed stations or points of power upon the Mental plane.

In humanity, however, the major realisation to be grasped at the present point in human evolution is the need to relate—consciously and effectively—the Spiritual Triad, the Soul on its own plane and the personality in its three-fold nature. This is done through the creative work of the personality, the magnetic power of the Triad, and the conscious activity of the Soul, utilising the triple thread.

You can see, therefore, why so much emphasis is laid by esotericists upon fusion, unity or blending; only when this is intelligently realized can the disciple begin to weave the threads into a bridge of light which eventually becomes the Lighted Way across which he can pass into the higher worlds of being. Thus he liberates himself from the three worlds. It is—in this world cycle—pre-eminently a question of fusion and expressing (in full waking awareness) three major states of consciousness:

1. The Shamballa Consciousness. Awareness of the unity and purpose of Life.

        Recognition and cooperation with the Plan. Will. Direction. Oneness.

 The influence of the Triad.

2. The Hierarchical Consciousness. Awareness of the Self, the Soul.

        Recognition and cooperation with divinity. Love. Attraction. Relation.

 The influence of the Soul.

3. The Human Consciousness. Awareness of the Soul within the form.

Recognition and cooperation with the Soul. Intelligence. Action. Expression.

The influence of the consecrated personality.

The man who finally builds the Antahkarana across the Mental plane connects or relates these three divine aspects, so that progressively at each initiation they are more closely fused into one divine expression in full and radiant manifestation. Putting it in other words, the disciple treads the path of return, builds the Antahkarana, crosses the Lighted Way, and achieves the freedom of the Path of Life.

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