| Ray One: Will/Power The Will to Initiate Shamballa Spirit, Will, Life, Energy, Identification That which incites to and produces initiation Signs: Aries, Leo, Capricorn Planets: Vulcan, Pluto The energy of Will or Power is outstandingly related to that aspect of Will that conquers Death. It is also, nonetheless the Ray of the destroyer. It brings about the death of negation, and the inauguration of true activity. It is the energy that can be called “Divine Incentive”; it is the life in the seed that destroys successively all forms that realized fruition may eventuate. It is the Will that initiates. Concept: Will, Power, Purpose, Destroyer of form, the urge to rule, vehicle for creative initiation on all levels. Personality Expression: ray of soldier, statesman, explorer, leader; government, politics, administration. Soul Expression: the use of spiritual will for the benefit of the collective; power utilized for the purpose of enhancing unity and beauty; the expression of will for the well being of the group. General Attributes: Courage, diligence, leadership ability, inspirational, perseverance, quickly discerning General Character difficulties: limitless ambition, use of will for selfish purposes, manipulative of others through personal power, easy to anger, cannot take criticism; strong sense of personal pride. To be cultivated: Compassion, humility, tolerance, caring, sympathy ************************* Ray Two: Love/Wisdom The Will to Unify Hierarchy Soul, Consciousness, Light, Love, Initiation That which is the cause of vision or the power to see Signs: Gemini, Virgo, Pisces Planets: Jupiter, Sun This basic energy is the will to unify, to synthesize; to produce coherence and mutual attraction and to establish relationships {relationships which are entirely apart from the consciousness of relation or the realization of unity}. It is a fact of unification as seen from the beginning and as existing forever; embracing past, present, future simultaneously. It is the Will to unification. Concept: Universal Love and Truth; brotherhood; Consciousness, nurturing quality, Expression of Soul Personality expression: ray of teachers, persons in healing and service professions. Soul Expression: urge to bring about sustaining wholeness to any group or life situation; stimulation of consciousness, thus greater love/wisdom, the ability to see beyond differences into unifying principles. General Attributes: naturally sympathetic and compassionate, eager to be of assistance, generous, calm, strong and patient; faithful ad reliable; intuitive General Character Difficulties: Coldness, if wisdom aspect is emphasized; indifference to others; misplaced affection; a negative “why is this always happening to me” outlook on life, rarely satisfied with personal accomplishments. To be Cultivated: Faith in Love as the healing force in life. *********************** Ray Three: Active Intelligence The Will to Evolve Humanity Form, Appearance, Body, Intelligence, Individuality That which develops sensory perception into knowledge, knowledge into wisdom, and wisdom into omniscience Signs: Cancer, Libra, Capricorn Planets: Earth, Saturn This is the energy of Active Intelligence, and the Will of conditioned purpose. The factors working out though its medium are the forceful carrying forward of the recognized plan with a goal intelligently conceived and carried forth on the strength of its own momentum. It is the Will to evolution. Concept: Mental illumination; blending of will/power and love/wisdom to produce the forms of life; the power to produce synthesis on the physical plane. Personality Expression: Ray of the astrologer, scholar, judge, economist, banker, chess master, abstract thinker. Soul Expression: the birthing of ideas to benefit humanity; the structuring of time and activities to allow group energies to flourish, inherent objective intelligence ready to be used in service. General Attributes: adaptability, clear intellect, articulate speech, businesss skills, ability to plan in advance in logical ways. General Character Difficulties: tendency to be overly active and nervous; intellectual/mental pride; selfishness through isolation; the manipulation of others; mind games; over attachment to materialism. To be cultivated: tolerance, sympathy, devotion, accuracy in detail, open-mindedness to ideas of others. Remember, nonetheless, That these Three are One. Behind all of them stands One who remains transcendent and immanent , greater than our whole, yet also within that whole. Ray Four: Harmony through Conflict The Will to harmonize or relate Through Ray IV we learn to be at one with this eternal synthesis and Will That which is the illumined Will, the basis of Buddhi or intuition Signs: Taurus, Scorpio, Sagittarius Planets: Mercury, Moon The energy of Harmony through Conflict is fundamentally the Will to destroy limitation, and inevitably produces a struggle between life and what has been chosen as limitation. It eventually shatters that limitation the moment that a point of harmony has been reached, allowing for a fresh inflow of Will. This is the Will to harmonization. Concept: the principle of beauty existing in all things; the urge to balance opposing tendencies in order to bring about a greater harmony; the art of living; the urge to achieve perfection. Personality Expression: ray of the mediator, interpretor, artist, those healers whose treatments involve the balancing and harmonizing of energies; acupuncture, color therapy, reiki Soul Expression: the ‘divine artist’; one who seeks to raise humanity’s consciousness through the realization of the beauty and harmony existing in nature and in the world of forms; the mediator between heaven and earth. General Attributes: strong sense of equilibrium and symmetry; poetic sensibility, especially about nature; imaginative and creative in the formation of one’s life style; can sustain struggle and conflict until desired aims are achieved. General character Difficulties: indolence; self-indulgence; may initiate conflicts unnecessarily, restlessness and tendency toward depression To be cultivated: serenity, emotional balance, confidence, self control, truth, clarity of purpose. **************************** Ray Five: Concrete Knowledge/Science The Will to Act Through Ray V we learn to understand the Nature of that synthesis and Will That which is the cosmic seed of liberation Signs: Leo, Sagittarius, Aquarius Planet: Venus This is the energy of the Will that produces concretion and yet at the same time constitutes the point at which spirit and matter are balanced and co-equal. This is the will that is inherent in all substance and which actuates all atoms with which all forms are made. The energy of this ray is intelligence; the seed of consciousness which produces the Will to Action. Concept: the vehicle of expression for ideas in the Mind of God; urge to reveal Law through the intellect Personality expression: ray of scientist, technician, lawyer, engineer, resrarcher, computer expert, logician. Soul Expression: those who work to be connecting links of intelligence between the abstract world of pure ideation and the concrete world of practical application General Attributes: power to master a chosen field of expertise; detached observer in quest for truth; accuracy in speech; precise mental perception, and vision fior the application of knowledge; love of scientific inquiry. General Character difficulties: lacking in compassion and sympathy; overly narrow perspective; constant analysis and splitting of hairs, pedantic; overemphasis on the form aspect of life; materialism; harsh criticism; mental pride; prejudice To be cultivated: intellectual tolerance; devotion, active love, nurturing, reverence, sympathy. ***************************** Ray Six: Devotion/Idealism The Will to Cause Through Ray VI, we move forward to complete identification with that synthesis and Will That which is the cause of the thought-form building faculty, related to the creative urge Signs: Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces Planets: Mars, Neptune This energy provides the motive power behind the working out of whatever may be the purpose of creation; an ideal related to the consciousness aspect, as far as human beings are concerned. This is the basic energy emanating from the cosmic astral plane. This energy is not truly related to conscious recognition, but rather to an impersonal force which drives ideas forward, giving the shapeless form. This is the will to Causation. Concept: intense focus of one-pointed devotion to ideals or beliefs; purification of emotions by the mind. Personality Expression: ray of the saint, martyr, evangelist/preacher, religious workers of all kinds; psychics, mediums, many kinds of healers, theologians, poets Soul Expression: the urge to transform selfish motivations into selfless impersonal devotion for the good of all; the bringing about of circumstances which reorient the exclusive to inclusive. General attributes: reverence and devotion; single mindedness; courage to fight for beliefs; love, tenderness, loyalty, sincerity, self-sacrifice. General Character Difficulties: fanaticism; blind devotion; bigotry and prejudice; exclusive attitudes; hero worship; overly dependent upon others for emotional support. To be cultivated: tolerance; truth; common sense and practicality; flexibility to be supportive of other peoples views; balance of one’s feelings. ************************ Ray Seven: Ceremonial Order and Magick The Will to Express Through Ray VII, we demonstrate on earth the nature of that synthesis through the medium of the appearing form and the purpose of that underlying Will. That which can be called the principle of order Signs: Aries, Cancer, Capricorn Planet: Uranus This is the energy of the will that manifests in outer expression and which embodies the periphery as well as the point at the center; the objective and subjective life. It is the Necessity to express; the necessity to manifest in a rhythmic manner; the necessity to embrace ‘that which is above and that which is below’, and through the medium of this activity to produce beauty, order, perfect wholes and right relationship. It is the Will toward Expression. Concept: the coordination and unification of the inner life principle and its expression in form; the reflection of will through order; fusion; blending; coordination. Personality Expression: ray of the master of ceremonies; film or stage producer; ritualist or shaman; organizational bureaucrat. Soul Expression: the urge to gather, formulate, and harmonize various aspects of a given set of life circumstances; the urge to make heaven on earth. General Attributes: care in detail; perseverance; strength and self reliance; the ability to bring forth order out of chaos General Character Difficulties: too rigidly adheres to rules and regulations; may sacrifice self-determination to follow orders set down by superiors; may be interested in omens and superstitions; pretentious; formal. To be cultivated: humility; gentleness; tolerance; open-mindedness, greater realization of world unity. AND SO THE MANY ARE ABSORBED INTO THE ONE |
| ~The Seven Rays As Will Energies~ |