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The Rays and The Initiations
Alice A. Bailey

1 "The will is a penetrating power which relates Plan to Purpose and which has in it the faculty of coherent persistence. The reason for this persistence is that it is not dependent upon the content of the form – whether it is the form of an atom, of a man or of a planet – but upon a vital dynamic and immutable purpose, latent in the consciousness of the Being Who 'having pervaded this entire universe with a fragment' of Himself, remains – greater…and firmer in intent than any of His creations, even the most advanced."

2 "The Laws of the universe are the modes of expression, the life impulses and the way of existence or activity of the One in Whom we live and move and have our being."

3 "The goal of the initiate is identification with all forms of the divine life, so that he can know himself to be an integral part of that Whole and can tune in on all states of divine awareness, knowing for himself (and not just theoretically) they they are also his own states of awareness."

4 "All the varying aspects of the life of God are interdependent and not one proceeds onward into fuller realisation without benefiting the entire group."

5 "Behind all the successive revelations of divinity down the ages is to found one significant purpose; all of them are and will prove themselves to be aspects of the Great Revelation."

6 "Pentecost…signifies the universal dissemination of the Christ consciousness throughout all time in the heart of every human being."

7 "Obedience to the Plan brings revelation of the hidden Purpose."

8 "The birth hour may be long and the form may be 'in labour' for much time, but the Christ will be born and the nature of the Christ and His consciousness will permeate and colour all human affairs."

9 "Synthesis is an attribute of the divine will and the outstanding quality of Deity."

10 "The divine Mind spins the thread of connecting light and relates all beings into Itself."

11 "Religion is the name given to the invocative appeal of humanity and the evocative response of the greater Life to that cry. It is, in fact, the recognition by the part of its relationship to the Whole, plus a constantly growing demand for increased awareness of that relation."

12 "The principle of freedom is a leavening energy which can permeate substance in a unique manner;….This principle of freedom is one of the attributes of Deity (like will, love and mind)."

13 "Progress from a dimly lighted area in the divine manifestation into one of supernal glory is the story of the Path of Evolution."

14 "Love is a word for the underlying motive of creation."

15 "The goal of all the initiatory process is to admit mankind into realisation of and identification with the will or purpose of Deity."

16 "The circle with the point in the centre is symbolic of the perfected man. He is rounded out; he is inclusive both vertically (soul contact) and horizontally (human relationship)."

17 "The will-to-good of the world knowers is the magnetic seed of the future."

18 "Number gives the clue to the form and purpose of the life which the form veils."

19 "All basic and fundamental changes taking place upon the physical plane are necessarily the result of inner subjective causes, emanating from the divine consciousness."

20 "The will-to-good is essentially the will of God."

21 "Love, in a mysterious way, is the principle found at the heart of every atom."

22 "In the coming new cycle the emphasis will be upon group work and activity, upon group initiation and group approach to the Center of Life."

23 "Seek those new attitudes and those new creative approaches which will result not alone in the building of the individual, but also in the fusion of the many 'radiant strands' which will produce those 'connecting cables', speaking symbolically, which will relate the planetary centres and present the medium along which can pass the fiery will and the predetermined purpose of Deity. This will bring about the reconstruction of the manifested worlds, and in this task each and every one of you can have his share."

24 "The task of the Christ…is to establish relationships."

25 "Law, Love, Union or Synthesis – all these great energies have seeped into the human consciousness and now provide the platform upon which the new civilisation can be founded, the new approach to God be taken, and new human relations be implemented."

This body of quotes compiled by JoAnn Kite