By Victor M Fontane
The Three Phase of the Trans-Himalayan Teachings
The first of the three phases of Trans-Himalayan teachings involved the work of Helena Blavatsky principally, and the founding of the Theosophical Society. It also included the work of such individuals as Alfred Sinnett, W. Q. Judge, Annie Besant, Charles Leadbeater, Mabel Collins, Francia La Due and Rudolf Steiner. This phase of work entailed teachings concerning the expression of Absolute Reality into all cosmic Form; a spiritual perspective on the evolution of the cosmos and humanity; as well as the first modern spiritual and cultural exchange between Eastern and Western paths of spirituality, cosmology, philosophy and scientific thought. Indeed, the prevalence of Eastern philosophy in Western culture today, as well as the increasing interface between science and spirituality, certainly stems in large part from the pioneering work of these early Theosophists. That Blavatsky was also clear that the transmission she was bringing had been shared with her by a community of liberated masters – beings whose level of development far transcended anything spoken of even in the Eastern texts that the Western orientalists were just beginning to translate – was a point that bore significant impact on world culture.
The second phase involved the work of Alice Bailey, a former theosophist who went on to work with the Tibetan master Djwhal Khul, one of the beings whom Blavatsky had come into contact with during her phase of work. Djwhal Khul contacted Bailey telepathically in 1919, when she was 35, with the communication that she might be able to make a contribution to the evolution and awakening of humanity through their collaboration on a series of books. Bailey refused initially, as she had no interest in what she perceived to be lower psychic activity and at the time didn’t know the identity of this mysterious contact. He persisted, however, and after a trial period in which she was allowed to weigh up whether what came through was genuine and of benefit to humanity, she agreed to serve as his amanuensis. This began a telepathic relationship that continued for 30 years, until Alice passed on in 1949.
It is important to note here that the mode of communication was telepathic rather than channelling. Bailey did not ‘give up’ her mind, but rather was trained to align it via her soul sufficiently with that of Djwhal Khul’s for the transmission to flow cleanly. Together they collaborated on 24 books of esoteric philosophy and science, while Alice and her husband, Foster Bailey, established the Lucis Trust, which still today holds under its umbrella the Arcane School – one of the most respected esoteric schools of meditation, study and service in the world; Lucis Publishing, which still publishes the Djwhal Khul / Alice Bailey teachings; and World Goodwill, an educational initiative that seeks to promote right human relations over the globe.
The second phase also involved the work of other disciples such as Helena and her husband Nicolas Roerich. Helena worked with another master of Hierarchy known as the Master Morya to put out the Agni Yoga books, while her husband, Nicolas, remains one of the foremost spiritually influenced artists of the 20th Century. Lucille Cedercrans is another worker of definite note to the second phase. She worked with the Master Rakoczi on what they called the “New Thoughtform Presentation of the Wisdom”, in much the same way that Bailey worked with Djwhal Khul and Roerich worked with Morya.
In his work with Bailey, Djwhal Khul suggested that the third phase of the teachings would emerge around the year of 2025,[iv] but that teaching preparatory to the third phase would emerge in the early part of the 21st century.[v] In this connection, he suggested that the third phase of teachings would have the non-dual Reality of the One Life, Samballa, the power aspect of divinity, and the universal story of becoming, within which humanity find its place, as the primary focus. These teachings began to emerge in the form of a 10-year collaboration between Djwhal Khul and Bruce Lyon between the years 2000-2010, and they have been, and continue to be, an inspiration to Shamballa School, a community founded by Bruce in 2001.
The Coming Third Phase
In terms of the teachings that are projected to emerge around the year 2025, a number of us in Shamballa School have come to understand that the new teaching will not be given through any individual, but through a group initiate. And it has become increasingly clear also that it will be a trans-lineage group initiate. In other words, souls who have penetrated into the mysteries of divinity beyond any tradition, through their hearts, souls and bodies, and yet who also recognize each other as a unique expression of it.
In terms of the purpose at the heart of this third phase that is to come, it is understood that this is analogous to the ultimate destiny of the soul depth of our being. Over its great cycle of untold numbers of incarnations, it is the role of the soul to stand between and mediate the relationship between embodied personality and divine spirit until such dynamic fusion occurs between the two that the soul is consumed in the flames of its own sacrifice. Correspondingly, so also is it said that the Trans-Himalayan teachings are already that which they seek to teach – a space of relationship both between multiple fields within humanity, but also between humanity and other, sub- and super-conscious kingdoms of life.
As such, the purpose of the tradition has been to bring Humanity, the Earth and the Fire of kosmic Purpose held in reservoir and transmitted by those super-conscious communities of awakened Being into such fusion that it is eventually consumed in the flames of global awakening. As Djwhal Khul describes it, this sacrifice will allow an even greater revelation to break like a wave upon humanity’s consciousness and the whole of the Earth;[vi] a revelation concerned with the emergence of a global culture of the One; with Humanity's identification as a single being of kosmic origin; and with the cosmic Purpose that it is the destiny of the Earth to transmit in and through kosmos, once every particle of matter here is radiating as recognized Godhead.
Whether this will be the end of the tradition is open to speculation. No form is destined to last forever, and what better way to go out than by action of the Fire of realized Purpose. Indeed, it is this transmission of essential Life and planetary Purpose that abides at the heart of the entire Trans-Himalayan transmission, and must be recognized as more important than any of the words or concepts through which it is expressed. In the lead up to this, however, and with reference to the next phase of the teachings being transmitted to and through a trans-lineage group initiate, it is important to point out that only such a diverse group drawn from all traditions and backgrounds could be a true representative of humanity, and thus open a door to that which is to come. For such beings, the choice to stand together as one will come not from shared systems of belief or methods of work, but because it is the irrefutable call of their free and awakened hearts to do so.
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