The Beloved Teacher and World Service
Under the Law of
Sacrifice, the Lord of the World remains ever behind the scenes,
unknown and unrealised by all the "seeds" He came to save, until such
time as they have reached the stage of flowering forth as perfect men
and, in their turn, become the saviours of humanity. Then they
know Him to exist. From the standpoint of the forms of life in
the four kingdoms of nature, Sanat Kumara is non-existent. In
developed humanity, prior to moving on to the Probationary Path, He is
sensed and dimly sought under the vague word "God." Later, as the
life which the "seeds" have manifested reaches the higher layers or
brackets in the human hierarchy, there emerges in the consciousness of
the disciple, the assurance that behind the phenomenal world is a world
of "saving Lives" of which he may eventually form a part; he begins to
sense that behind these Lives there stand great Beings of power, wisdom
and love Who, in Their turn, are under the supremacy of Sanat Kumara,
the Eternal Youth, the Creator, the Lord of the World.1
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As we continue to journey
into the Aquarian Age, service is becoming an ever more popular
phenomenon. Everywhere we look—on the local, national and
international level, individuals and groups—men and women of goodwill
and of loving hearts are working to heal and uplift the lives of their
fellow human beings.
As the natural and man-made global crises of our times devastate the
lives of untold millions throughout the world, service is becoming both
more appealing and compelling and world service, once the life of a
unique hero or heroine, increasingly is becoming the focus of groups
and organizations united in the shared purpose of world salvage.
The esoteric wisdom has much to teach about the science of service,
which can eventually establish an unimpeded, lighted chain from
humanity via the Hierarchy to Shamballa—the planetary centers of
creative intelligence, love-wisdom, and will/purpose, respectively.
Service is and will continue to become an ever more necessary and
seemingly natural way of life—eventually for the whole of
humanity. In an isomorphic relationship with the deepening and
evolving sciences of meditation and the Antahkarana, the science of
service will lead humanity from the unreal to the real and from
aspiration to realization. The spiritual worker knows because
s/he serves and not the other way around.
True world service requires strenuous inner striving and tremendously
hard work, eventually transforming the personal life, leaving no aspect
unquestioned or untouched. It is much more than going out and
doing good works. It necessitates sensitivity to world pain as it
demonstrates from day to day in world affairs—not because of the desire
to relieve one’s own discomfort and misery, but rather, because of a
joyous willingness to further the Plan of Light and Love, a deepening
love for humanity, and an abiding, reverend love that seeks to
cooperatively work with the fiery Guardians of Light Who eternally
stand behind the race of men, urging the planetary life onward.
It is the cosmic law of service which brings forth a divine incarnation
into manifestation and correspondingly, world service for the disciple
is the demonstration of a soul urge or instinct; it is the outstanding
characteristic of the indwelling soul, just as desire is the
outstanding characteristic of the personality. Interestingly,
world service is a manifestation of the Principle of Liberation, which
liberates or releases the imprisoned soul consciousness.
Since world service is the demonstration or reflection of one’s
relationship to one’s soul, it cannot be taught or imposed from
without. Eventually, it is inspired by the soul-aligned
personality’s relationship to the Ashramic Teacher. Here, it is
helpful to recollect that the beloved Teacher is always and at the same
time the disciple and student of an even greater and Higher Teacher—a
relationship which is ever forged through spiritual striving and thus,
disciples are urged: “Strive to Us with all your might.”2
Addressing the role of the Teacher, one such beloved Hierarch tells us,
“We liken the concept of the Teacher to a lamp in the darkness….The
bonds of the Teaching are like a saving rope in the mountains.”
Further, “We do not see the end of the chain of Teachers, and the
consciousness imbued with the Teacher elevates the attainment of the
disciple as a precious, all penetrating aroma. The bond of the
disciple with the Teacher forms a link of protection in the uniting
chain. Within this defense deserts bloom.”3 Blessed is the
beloved Teacher.
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