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Discipleship in the New Age II (Discipleship in the New Age)

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This book contains the text of extraordinary guidance given by a Great Teacher to individuals in his group over a period of a few years. It offers profound insight into unrecognized traits that can block one's spiritual path. With both compassion and wisdom, this Teacher points out the next steps for each member of his group in preparing for the next great expansion of consciousness. Read this book to get a sense of how a Master of Wisdom might teach you as he looked at your present life, your past lives, and your soul purpose. You may discover some extraordinarily helpful suggestions for your own life.

Alice Bailey wrote this book (and most of her books) under the mental dictation from the master Djwhal Khul (the Tibetan). He is a senior Master of the spiritual "Hierarchy", headed by "Christ".

These books comprise advanced teachings about discipleship and initiation all spiritually advanced people (and eventually all humanity itself) will undergo through initiation. Spiritual advancement can be expedited by these teachings and training to all those willing to learn and grow spiritually.

Most of what we know and have been taught about spirituality, the after life, God, angels, souls, and spiritual evolution is basically erroneous information. This has further been distorted by misguided zealots of all faiths who accept as dogma the distorted and biased teachings of institutionalised religions.

The spiritual truth and reality has been kept alive (besides the "Hierarchy" of the ageless wisdom contained in these books)by the mystics and secret esoteric schools throughout the ages. However, even they only have portions of the whole spiritual truth.

Those willing and able to seek the real truth about spirituality and esoteric reality, and have the discipline to follow the training needed will be amply rewarded with the knowledge attained and spiritual advancement achieved.

When you read the Alice Bailey books, and are advanced enough spirtually to comprehend the teachings of all the books, you will understand the worlds as they really are. Only spiritually advanced masters in possesion of the "Ageless Wisdom" could have conveyed all this spiritual knowledge in all comprehensive detail and splendour.

Alice Bailey wrote this book (as well as most of her books) under the mental dictation from the Master Djwhal Khul (the "Tibetan") about the "Ancient Wisdom" (the one true Religion). He is a true Master (fifth spiritual initiation), and member of the 5th Spiritual Kingdom/"Hierarchy" which is headed by Christ (and therfore no longer human/4th kingdom). Master Djwal Khul also gave madame Blavatsky (almost 50 years earlier) information on the Ancient Wisdom to write her books on the "Secret Doctrine" also.

These books comprise advanced teachings about discipleship and spiritual initiation that spiritually advanced people will eventually undergo. Spiritual advancement can be expedited by these teachings and training to all those willing and able/evolved enough to learn/grow spiritually.

Most of what we know and have been taught about spirituality, the "after-life", God, angels, souls, and spiritual evolution is basically erroneous information. This has been further distorted by misguided zealots of all faiths who accept as dogma the distorted, biased, and half-truths of institutionalised man-made theologies (there is only one true Religion-the Ancient Wisdom).

The spiritual truth and reality has been kept alive (besides the teachings of the Ancient Wisdom in these books), by the mystics and secret esoteric schools (such as the Rosicrucians/AMORC) throughout the ages. However, even they only have portions of the spiritual truth, but are a necessary first step for advanced/aspiring humanity as the Ancient Wisdom is very difficult to comprehend and the mystic stage also precedes the esoteric one.

Those willing and spiritually advanced enough to to seek the real truth about spirituality and esoteric reality, and disciplined enough to follow the training/teachings of the spiritual path, will be amply rewarded with the knowledge attained and spiritual advancement achieved (and you will experience and know for yourself that it is "real" and not just theoretical).

When you read (and are able to fully comprehend) the Alice Bailey books as conveyed by the Master Djwhal Khul, you will understand the worlds as they really are, and that only a spiritual Master of the Divine Kingdom and in possesion of the "Ancient wisdom" could have possibly conveyed all this wealth of spiritual knowledge in all its comprehensive detail and splendor.

Down through history spiritual students have sought out teachers in pursuit of individual enlightenment. The essential theme of Discipleship in the New Age, Volumes 1 and 2, is that the human race is now ready for training in GROUP enlightenment, GROUP unfoldment, and GROUP service. These are a new kind of group in the sense that their formation and cohesion is primarily subjective, and made possible and effective by some degree of Soul awareness of the individual members of the group.

These two books record the experiment by an inner spiritual master over a number of years to see to what extent a group of selected students could achieve effectiveness as a working Soul group. The reader is given the extensive personal instructions of the master to the group as a whole, and to its individual members. The newer spiritual training methods which are intended for the next stage of the spiritual evolution of humanity are explained and demonstrated throughout both volumes.

The books are full of practical spiritual wisdom and deep insight into the newer techniques of spiritual training and development.

The books do assume some familiarity with the general teachings brought forth by Alice Bailey, especially the teachings on the Seven Rays. To get the most out of Discipleship in the New Age, the reader might want to first read Baileys book Esoteric Psychology, Volume 1.

Though Discipleship in the New Age has much inspirational and deep knowledge for individual spiritual development, it is especially worth a careful study by anyone seeking to form or be a part of a group that is intending to grow and serve AS A GROUP, and not just as a collection of individuals gathered together by common interests, shared beliefs, and mutual goals. And this would include not only what are traditionally called spiritual groups, but any group whose aim is the betterment and upliftment of the human race.

These two volumes are the writings of a Master to his pupils, giving them individual advice for spiritual development. Anyone can apply this same advise to themself, if you know the rays of your personality, astral body, mental body and soul. The best source I've found on the Rays is Douglas Baker's works, particularly The Seven Rays and Esoteric Astrology Part I.

This book is quite specialized in the type of audience that it would appeal to. I began reading the books of Alice Bailey in 1981. The language and concepts were very difficult for me. One book - A Treatise on White Magic - took me a year to read at a rate of about 1 or two pages a day. Over the years I read almost all of her books and one of them was Discipleship in the New Age. It is an actual compilation of the Tibetan's instructions to living disciples all over the world and of both genders and all ages and nationalities. I found it to be extremely important. This spring i began reading it again and discovered to my amazement that life experience over the years only deepened my understanding of the profound relevance and value to my life - an ordinary woman, mother and grandmother. How could this be? Well that is the profound value of the book. I think that all of us believe that a truly evolved individual, well on the spiritual path, is perfect or nearly so. Well these instructions and comments to each person reveal that this is most definitely NOT so. One can have extraordinary gifts at all levels and provide a great contribution to humanity and yet be the most ordinary person with the most ordinary vices and personality traits. The profound message in all of this is that those things do not matter at all. It is the quality of service that we give, what is in our heart and how we demonstrate that in our daily lives that is most important. What I found most enlightening is that our greatest contribution does NOT necessarily have to be physical action taken on the world stage. Even the most humble wife and mother invisible at home, or a bed ridden man in a hospital can contribute vital energy because of the power of their love, compassion, focused intention, thought energy etc. The point is that when we link up all our gifts with others who share a mutual vision we become a profound unit (made up of hundreds or thousands of units globally) of group energy and light with diverse gifts that can act as an anchor of the Will to Good and the Will to Love sent to us to distribute to all of humanity. To me it is now my bible and inspiration. It is so dog eared it is falling apart. Every single thing we do and say can be a contribution wherever we are and whomever we are with even if it is no one. When you are ready you will be drawn to this book.

One thing that I did not mention that is quite a significant aspect of this book is that he describes the ray influences ( soul, personality, mental, astral and physical) of each disciple and the unique way that they affect the individual's journey in this lifetime. They represent strengths, weaknesses, challenges and most of all ways that they can contribute their energy to others in their group. The rays were described in so many different ways that it would be almost impossible for the reader not to determine what rays might be affecting him or her and what they needed to work on. Similarly, it would be almost impossible not to see where you stand on the path of spiritual evolution and what your next steps should be. If you are not familiar with the seven rays, this book might be more difficult than it needs to be. When i first started reading this work, I was so overwhelmed with the concepts and it seemed that i could never understand them. I liken it to being an American going to listen to a Shakespearean play. It takes some time before you can understand the language and usage and truly understand the dialogue but eventually you get into the flow and don't even notice the difference. Step by step. There is plenty of time. There is no hurry. It all comes naturally.

I ordered vol 2 and i was vol 1. I sent the book back and hopefully she will send my payment back.

I gave this only one star because I had to give it something. This work is among many by Bailey whose aim was to bring about the New Aeon, or New Age, New World Order, One World Religion, and One World Government symbolized by the Beast and the Whore of Babylon from the book of Revelation. Bailey seems to be writing for the Harlot, who represents the false religion which the Apostle Paul called "the apostasy." She is a classic "new ager" who pretends to be out for the "good" of mankind. However, the aim of Bailey is no different than the aim of Adolf Hitler and his Nazis in World War II. That may seem like a strong statement, however, their influences are the same -- namely, the doctrine of Madame H.P. Blavatsky, and her "Secret Doctrine." This very doctrine is what deepened Hitler's hatred for Jews, and introduced him to his dreams of the Aryan race of Supermen, the lost civilization of Atlantis. Here is what Bailey says in other writings about what she called the Jewish "problem" :

"What I say here has no specific reference to any individual; I am considering the world problem, centering around the Jews as a whole ... Hence, my brothers, the beneficent nature of death." Her tone seems to suggest that the "benefit" of "death" would be killing the Jews. She wrote these words in 1939 in a chapter titled "The General World Picture."

Also, her words about the "world" surrounding the "Jews as a whole" is a perfect description of the battle of Armageddon, when all the nations of the world gather together against Israel under the leadership of the Beast (who many new agers call Lord Maitreya, Avatar, or Cosmic Christ), right before the return of Jesus Christ. This is what will happen, and Bailey's work supports it.

Bailey also goes on to say that "... the Jewish problem is definitely producing cleavage as a part of the divine plan ... When the mind aspect ... is more fully developed, then the focus of the effort of the Dark Forces will change and the problem of the Jews will disappear."

The "mind aspect" seems to be the awakening of "Christ consciousness" or the "opening of the Third Eye" so often spoken of in New Age writings, and in the occult. Note that she says the "problem of the Jews will disappear." This seems to fit in with Hitler's "Final Solution" (a phrase which he took from Wagner) to rid the world of the Jews entirely.

Bailey's writings might seem "good" and "helpful" but her work is part of the great deception designed to lead mankind into destruction here at the end of this present age. Her writings might be brilliant, but so is the source from which they come. Search her work and the works of those she admired -- namely H.P. Blavatsky -- and you will see that she is the oracle of Lucifer, who is Satan, the Devil himself.

If you keep searching, you will find such new age gurus as Alice Bailey and David Spangler are the forthright worshipers of darkness -- despite all their pretense about "the light." Satan transforms himself into an angel of light, and so it is no wonder that his ministers transform themselves in like manner. No kidding. Check it out.