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The first indication that the Etheric centers have become active in a fourth dimensional sense (or become wheels turning upon themselves) occurs when the aspirant has complied with certain details:

• He must work upon the unfoldment of the fifth and sixth petals, or the final two in the second circle and must endeavor to bring about two things in connection with his threefold lower nature:

• He must align his three bodies so that there is a direct channel of contact formed between the Ego and the physical brain.  

• He must strive to bring about a stabilization of both the Astral body and the mind, and must aim at that emotional equilibrium which is produced by the conscious "balancing of forces."

• He must study the laws of transmutation and be a student of that divine alchemy which will result in a knowledge of how to transmute the lower force into the higher, of how to transfer his consciousness into the higher vehicles, and of how to manipulate energy currents so that his own nature is transformed.  He will then become a channel for the light of the Ego, and for the illumination of Buddhi to pour through for the saving of the race, and the lighting of those who stumble in dark places.  He must demonstrate the laws of radioactivity in his own life on the Physical plane.  His life must begin to radiate, and to have a magnetic effect upon others.  

Knowledge is the right apprehension of the laws of energy, of the conservation of force, of the sources of energy, of its qualities, its types and its vibrations.  It involves an apprehension of:

• The different key vibrations.  

• The centers whereby force enters.  

• The channels along which it circulates.  

• The triangles and other geometrical figures which it produces during evolution.  

• The cycles and the ebb and flow of energy in connection with the different types of planetary manifestation, including all the kingdoms of nature.  

• The true significance of those force aspects which we call "periods of pralaya" and those we call "periods of manifestation."  It also involves a right realization of the laws of obscuration.  

Love is the right apprehension of the uses and purposes of form, and of the energies involved in form-building, the utilization of form, and the eventual dissipation of the superseded form.  It involves a realization of the Laws of Attraction and Repulsion, of the magnetic interplay between all forms, great and small, of group relationships, of the galvanizing power of the unifying life, and the attractive power of one unit upon another, be it atom, man, or solar system.  It involves an understanding of all forms, form purposes, and form relationships; it concerns the building processes in man himself, and in the solar system; and it necessitates the development of those powers within man which will make him a conscious Builder, a solar Pitri of a coming cycle.  

Sacrifice involves even more than what has been already pointed out.  It involves the following factors:

• Knowledge of the purposes and intentions of the planetary Logos

• Realization of the particular and peculiar type of energy, and of the quality of his own Ray Lord

• Comprehension of the different groups of existences who are participating in planetary evolution and in solar manifestation

• A revelation as to certain cosmic enterprises in which our planetary Logos is acting as an intelligent cooperator.  Thus is brought in the factor of extra-systemic force.  

The Elementals and the Microcosm

Man, in the process of evolution, as he pursues the method of reincarnation, works with four types of builders and three major grades of building essence or Deva substance.  He connects with the transmitting Devas who are found in connection with the microcosm on the fourth subplane of the Mental plane, and on the atomic subplanes of the Astral and Physical plane.  He connects next with the Devas concerned with:

• The mental unit

• The Astral permanent atom

• The physical permanent atom

He cooperates with the work of the building Devas who form the Etheric body, and influences the building Devas of the dense physical substances, so that the necessary physical vehicle for his objective manifestation becomes an actuality.  

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