The cosmic wave resonates in the hearts of every human being.
There are cosmic waves, currents of energy, and cosmic fires that continuously make their impact upon our planet and upon humanity. These waves of energy affect every aspect of human life. They govern the course of evolution of a group, a kingdom of nature, a race, and the whole planetary scheme. Indeed, the whole universe is made up of these waves.
The physical sun sends its light to the Earth, and the Earth responds in kind. By that light, plants grow, animals are warmed, and the whole Earth becomes capable of sustaining organic life. In the same manner, the cosmic rays make their impact upon the Earth. By these impacts new states of consciousness come into being, new life forms appear, and new possibilities germinate. The Master Morya speaks frequently of the importance of these cosmic waves upon the Earth:
"One can observe in the details of life how many cosmic waves touch Earth. Only the ignorant can deny the frequency with which great currents penetrate space."
[Agni Yoga, AUM #302]
We can see the effect of these cosmic rays throughout the whole history of humanity.
"So many manifestations are being weighed on the Cosmic Scales! Each hour brings a new cosmic wave, and on the cosmic Scales are new fluctuations being affirmed hourly. Space resounds with the new conditions which lead to the Fiery World. In the cosmic tension new fiery conditions are being created."
[Agni Yoga, Fiery World III #242]
These new fiery conditions are shaping today's world and bringing into manifestation new and positive possibilities for the whole planet.
People imagine that what must come from space is cold and dead. Yet just the opposite is the case. The cosmic wave is Light. The cosmic wave is Love. The cosmic wave is Divine Fire. The cosmic wave is infinite Intelligence. The cosmic wave resonates in the hearts of every human being — indeed, in the hearts of every form and every atom. These waves are Spirit Itself in manifestation.
"The manifestation of planetary periods depends on cosmic waves; therefore, those who deny the link between spirit and the cosmic whirls do not walk the path of knowledge."
[Agni Yoga, Infinity I #14]
The Masters have carefully prepared our consciousness for an understanding of the fiery waves of space. They have taught us about Cosmic Fire. They have spoken of the seven rays. They have hinted about the "secrets of electricity." They have mentioned that "rods of initiation" operate by means of fire. They have spoken of the initiation of the world and of humanity by the medium of fire. They have spoken of the destruction of continents by fire. They have taught us astrology — a demonstration of cosmic, energetic interrelationship. They have taught us that the whole history of humanity is a response to the cyclic impact of cosmic energies. They have taught us how the chakras awaken to the fire of kundalini. They have taught us the power of the "fire of mind" to create. Perhaps nothing is more fundamental to all esoteric teachings than an understanding of the nature of fire. Perhaps nothing is more universal than the knowledge that the fiery energies must be mastered in order for Spirit to manifest. They have spoken of Agni Yoga, the "Yoga of Fire." They have spoken of the beginning of a new cycle of life for all humanity and the planet. They, like the ancient Hindu teachings, have called this coming age the Satya Yuga that is to replace the current age of darkness called the Kali Yuga.
"The Teaching of Agni Yoga is nothing other than an explanation of today's application of energy, the stream of which is approaching with Satya Yuga. This is not a new awakening of heretofore dormant possibility, but an enlightenment spread over time. I say, the Teaching cannot be given for money, nor can it be imposed; it heralds the New Era. One can ignore it or deny it, but its heralding is inescapable."
[Agni Yoga, Agni Yoga #416]
The whole of the Teaching is to awaken within us a realization that this New Era is coming and to act upon that realization.
Now the time has come when all this preparation and study must give way to application and real work, for the Fire of Space approaches!
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"A new Wave is coming from out of the Cosmic Space: the Wave of Divine Love. It is also called 'the Wave of Fire'."
[The Wellspring of Good: The Last Words of the Master Peter Deunov Compiled by Bojan Boev and Boris Nikolov, page 270.]
A "Wave of Divine Love" is arriving. This concept is strange to people because they are still immersed in a materialistic consciousness. They imagine that everything beyond our planet is lifeless and dead when it is in fact our own planet that is the Abode of Death Itself. The cosmos is filled with life everlasting, all-penetrating, and all-pervasive. It is only here and there in the cosmos that matter appears as manifestations into densest physical plane substance — almost accidental jetsam among the infinite realms of Truth and Light.
This all-pervasive Life moves in cycles, as does all else in the cosmos. One of these major cycles is coming to an end, and a new, major cycle is beginning. It matters not what we call this cyclic event — the coming of the Age of Aquarius, the externalization of the Hierarchy, the reappearance of the Christ, the end of the Kali Yuga, the coming of the Avatar — all these terms are ways of describing to the human consciousness something that is altogether beyond it. All we can attest to is that down the ages the material effects of these waves have been seen in the creation and destruction of each successive civilization — Lemuria, Atlantis, and now today, our own so-called modern civilization. In the destruction of our current society, a new world is being born.
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This wave of Divine Love — this Wave of Fire — approaches this planet. We can see the effect of this type of arrival even as, millennia ago, the Lords of Flame arrived from "Venus." In Lemurian times, millions of years ago, we saw the beginnings of humanity. This was not a chance event, but occurred because of the establishment of a new energetic relationship between the planets of our solar system. This new relationship caused the arrival of those great Beings, Manasaputras, or Divine Lives to our dense, physical plane planet. They, in turn, so stimulated the minds of "animal man" that the result was the birth of what we today call the human kingdom. This resulted in a great destruction of the animal forms in order to make way for the new, human forms.
Likewise, today, we witness the birth of the next higher kingdom than the human, the Kingdom of Souls. Evolution does not stand still, and progresses ever upwards towards Spirit. Likewise, today, this event does not happen by chance, but is caused by the arrival to this planet of fiery energies, Divine Lives, and Cosmic Avatars Who are bringing this new Kingdom into manifestation. Likewise, there is a tremendous stimulation of the entire planet, and of humanity as a whole. Likewise, a great destruction within the humanity of today will make way for the appearance of the Kingdom of Soul Life.
Today's events, therefore, recapitulate the events that brought the human kingdom into existence. Today's events will bring into manifestation a New World in which the difficulties, trials, and suffering will be swept away. The materialism, the evil, and narrow-mindedness of our culture will be ended. A new life and a new Spirit will come to humanity. A new culture of Love will be born.
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This Wave of Divine Love — this wave of fire — will produce the new age, the Satya Yuga, the Age of Aquarius.
"The solar system departs from the heavier matter and enters into a lighter medium. Because of this, there will exist the conditions for the manifestation of a higher consciousness for humankind. The solar system departs from the so-called 'thirteenth sphere.' At the same time, the sun will enter the age of Aquarius. Now is the end of the dark epoch, 'Kali Yuga'. Because the earth enters a new sphere, all the old forms will change. The new forms will destroy the old ones."
[The Wellspring of Good: The Last Words of the Master Peter Deunov Compiled by Bojan Boev and Boris Nikolov, page 276.]
Cosmic Fire is the cause, the essence, and the origin of the New Era.
"Satya Yuga begins with the approach of the element of Fire."
[Agni Yoga, Agni Yoga #307]
This Wave of Love is, therefore, a cosmic, astrological event. Surely the most basic thing that the science of astrology has taught us is that vast subtle energies pour towards us and through us from the cosmos. They affect every human being and every atom on the planet. One may dispute the source and origin of each energy, but only a materialist doubts that there are subtle energies that pour through the earth every second. Even the cosmic rays of the materialist penetrate the planet as though it were not even there. How much so do cosmic waves penetrate into every heart!
The whole human constitution vibrates and resonates in response to these subtle waves. Civilizations are built and destroyed by them. Continents rise and fall by them. The whole evolution of the planet is swept up and carried forward by them.
"The accumulation of the waves of space, as the consciousness of Cosmos, affects all sensitive receivers more than do either the personal will or the consciousness of the astral world. One can imagine the power of these waves, sweeping over the world, bearing in their wake countless joys or terrors.
"Why do we measure the pressure of the atmosphere, but never pay attention to other factors that affect the moods of people? Life is built by such moods. Enough people exist who are sufficiently sensitive, but instead of benefiting from them, the world too readily treats them with disdain and superstition. Sad ignorance impedes the application in life of these other energies, which are knocking at the window. It is time to understand the true source of collective striving, by which people find upliftment or downfall.
"Earlier races paid attention to the action of psychic energy. But our race, though departing, is still unwilling to leave this beneficent heritage to its descendants."
[Agni Yoga, "Agni Yoga" #363]
Truly, there are few people — a relatively few people among the billions of humanity — who are alive today who could attest to the advent of the Wave of Love. They have sensed it for themselves, and the Wave has illuminated their lives and hearts. But who would listen to such a story? Who pretends to give validity to Spirit these days? Who would understand that this is not an aberration of addled minds? Who could see that this is not just an awakening of consciousness here and there, but the early warning signs of planet-wide change? Only those who, for themselves, have seen the New World can attest to its presence today. But people imagine that a "new world" means the preservation of their comfort, an increase to their wealth, and the downfall of their enemies. Whereas the New World that is arriving is destined to remove the foundations upon which the old order has rested.
"Thus one can see the end of Kali Yuga. It depends upon humanity where will be the beginning of Satya Yuga. We know that Satya Yuga is preordained, but its location and conditions may differ. My warriors, I can assemble you according to usefulness and devotion.
"Man has fallen into a dark pit and closed the outlet with a black cover."
[Agni Yoga Hierarchy #118]
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This Wave of Love has been making its impact upon humanity and the planet for over a hundred years. It is the basic, primordial cause behind the fundamental changes that have occurred in humanity during that time. The New has attempted to arrive, and all the while the Old has formed an ever increasingly strong shell in order to keep the New from appearing. New thoughts have been countered by old habits. New sensations have been drowned in the strengthening of old patterns, old institutions, and old teachings. Thus the arrival of the wave of Love has also resulted in the worldwide increase in negativity — the Old forces wish to sustain and perpetuate themselves, for when the New Era appears the Old will pass away completely. One day the crystallized shell erected by the Old will crumble to dust. One day the New Spirit of Love will triumph. One day the Christ Hierarchy will reign supreme over the earth. One day the Kingdom of Souls will manifest. On that Day, those multitudes who love and cherish the Old will call that event the Great Destruction, the catastrophe, and the rise of evil. Those few who hold fast to their inner Spirit of Christ will instead joyfully call it the Great Purification, the liberation, and the rise of God's Kingdom.
Therefore, as we enter more and more into this Wave of Love, its influence will continue to get stronger until the old order and the old civilization can no longer endure its presence. The vibrations of the Wave of Love — this Cosmic Avatar — will become so potent that today's civilization will be destroyed by its impact. The Master Hilarion has foretold of the advent of this Cosmic Light:
"An Avatar, a Great Light has come closer to humanity, old conditions have been disturbed and are in process of transmutation. These conditions refer not only to the political, but also to the mental and spiritual life of nations and peoples. With the still nearer approach of the Avataric Light, the old order of things will crumble more and more and will disappear, to be replaced by an order of life more in accord with natural and divine law."
["Teachings of the Temple Vol. II" page 207]
It has been clear for a long time that this era is an important moment in history. Yet what is not yet clear, even to many students, is that this Wave of Love has not yet reached its full force, that its effect is strengthening, and its culmination will involve the transformation of all humanity into something completely different than what has previously been expected.
"I want to remind you about the absolute inevitability of the New Era. The fiery energies are in their greatest tension attracted toward Earth, and if not accepted, realized and assimilated they will cause terrific earthquakes and other cosmic perturbations, and also revolutions, wars and new epidemics. We are now at the very entrance of a New Era, a New Race, and therefore our time may be compared with the times of Atlantis, the existence of which becomes more and more evident to our science."
[Helena Roerich, Letters of Helena Roerich Vol. I]
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It has long been prophesied that this era will end in fire. This ending is similar to that which was endured at the end of the Lemurian race, which is said to have been destroyed millennia ago by subterranean fires and volcanic activity. Each ending of a race removes the evil that was accumulated over time. In Lemuria, there was the evil of over-emphasis upon the body. In Atlantis, it's sin was theft. Today, the sin is greed for Gold, and likewise our age will end in fire.
"It is not superfluous to point out to people that they have been neglectful in not thinking most steadfastly about the future. The myth about Gold has been mentioned already; it spoke about the time when the thought about Gold will become more persistent and will indicate the approach of the time of Fire, the manifest antipode of God. People often have read about the fiery destruction of the planet. Two thousand years ago it was pointed out that Fire would devour the Earth. Many thousands of years ago the Patriarchs warned humanity of the fiery peril. Science has failed to pay attention to many signs. No one is willing to think on a planetary scale. Thus We speak before the awesome time. One may still not escape the last hour. Help can be extended, but hatred will not be a healer."
[Agni Yoga, Fiery World II #9]
Instead of realizing the Last Hour is near, people collect their gold and live lives immersed in the personal and the petty. Instead of recognizing the coming crisis, they count their money in the bank. Instead of recognizing the incredible opportunity of these times for spiritual growth and liberation, they collect their "toys" — the fancy cars, the lavish houses, and the pampered lifestyles they desire. Instead of service to humanity, people enjoy their entertaining religions, competitive sports, and their personal comfort and luxury. Instead of thinking about the need of the planet, people weigh their money on scales. The narrow-mindedness of today's humanity is astonishing.
"It is a terrifying time indeed, yet the majority of people do not sense its causes. With a blare of all trumpets one should proclaim — Armageddon! Yet people will merely ask, 'What price is a pound of Armageddon?' There has never been such a confusion of the trivial and the great."
[Agni Yoga, AUM #312]
Let us have the courage to face the future. Let us vision the future Armageddon without fear. Let us discover the joy of the New Era that approaches. For only through the destruction of the old will it be possible for the Kingdom of God to appear on Earth.
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This destruction is the process that will lead to a new creation. The fires will destroy the old forms so that the new may appear.
"A new day dawns over the earth.
"The present hour is not a stream but a vortex.
"Each personal world reflects the flaming sky aglow with the Fire that devours old forms.
"The Wisdom of the Creator prophesies a New World.
"By fiery destruction He creates.
"And can we, the witnesses, realizing the Great Design, count ourselves afflicted?
"The deaf and the blind, and the many sedentary ones, are only bystanders. The Creator cometh!"
[Agni Yoga, Leaves of Morya's Garden: The Call #241]
If we look with open eyes around us and see the evil in this world, we cannot help but conclude that the sooner this age ends the better. We do not believe in band-aid measures. We do not believe that a new teaching, a new leader, a new government, a new education, a new science, a new technology, or a new religion will redeem the evil that has taken root at the core of human existence. No half-way measures like these will serve us now. For the time is so dark, the evil so great, the closed-mindedness so widespread, and the death of spirituality so complete, that we cannot put our faith in any human action. Only Spirit can triumph. Only God can liberate. Only the Christ Hierarchy can bring this evil to an end. Only the Divine Fire of Space is sufficient power for this purpose.
"When slavery, the shame of the World, is manifested, then one must expect a change of epoch. Can one expect the advent of Maitreya to be possible only in four hundred thousand years? Many times has confusion been caused by mere words. It is impossible to imagine the Earth submerged in darkness for another thousand of years. Just picture the progression of evil! Therefore the most fierce Armageddon can be regarded as salvation. The wise cannot but feel an anguish of the spirit."
[Agni Yoga, Fiery World II #120]
The heart of each disciple resounds with the Call of Spirit for the advent of the New Era. The heart of each initiate walks the path of service to humanity and obedience to the Divine Spark within. Only thus is it possible to work in the Kali Yuga and make one's way through the dark night of this "modern" culture.
"The accumulations of countries are being weighed on the Cosmic Scales. The preponderance of the forces of destruction is unquestionable, but transmutation of the spirit and purification of space and of humanity will afford a new destiny. The reconstruction of the planet will touch upon all values, spiritual and material. Each center, manifesting its Karma, will produce a new tension. Humanity passes through a fiery cleansing. A new affirmation will be revealed upon the horizon of the planet. In truth, a fiery purgatory will reach all the ends of the World. On the Cosmic Scales, for the good of the Universe, are found both the sword and fiery transmutation. Thus, for the planet's good the Fiery World draws near."
[Agni Yoga Fiery World III #310]
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Contact with Divine Fire strains every nerve and cell in the body. It stimulates everything, and all life is speeded up. In the deluge of energies, people scramble to cope, not realizing that every human attempt to respond to Divine energies is destined to only make matters worse. People need to respond to the Wave of Divine Love with a divine response — the opening of the heart, an urge to serve humanity, and a committed obedience to the inner voice of Spirit.
The wave of Divine Love has its effects both outwardly in the world and in the inner worlds as well. In those inner worlds, its effect is already profound. It stimulates the chakras — those etheric centers within the body through which the inner qualities manifest — and produces great tension in life.
"Contact with the Fire of Space strains all centers. Like a magnetic wave, the Fire attracts the inner fires. The current of space runs through all sensitive centers and nerves; therefore each cosmic wave is so powerfully reflected in the flaming centers."
[Agni Yoga Hierarchy #269]
Disciples must learn to assimilate these fiery energies. This means the awakening of the heart. For when the heart is awakened, then the energies of Space find a home.
"The approaching fiery waves are extremely terrifying if one does not know about them and does not assimilate them with the fires of one's own heart."
[Agni Yoga Fiery World I #12]
When we assimilate the Fires of Space with our own heart, then we synchronize our vibration with those fires. Then the Divine Fire works with us and through us. The power of Divinity has then found a home, an individual who has recognized the call of Spirit and who acts accordingly. The Divine Fire will illuminate their lives. Otherwise, the fires act in a destructive way. They burn all that limits us. They destroy all that holds us back from Divinity. Thus for these people, their lives become exceedingly difficult and stressful. Yet in the end, all this will lead to the establishment of the Kingdom of Souls on this planet, the Kingdom of God on Earth. The evil we see around us in this world will no longer have hold of the human consciousness. A great purification will have occurred.
"This Wave of Love which is coming is also called the Divine Fire. Everything old and impure will burn in it. After man passes through this Divine Fire, the Kingdom of God will come to earth. I say: when the Fire of Love comes, some people will become luminous; but others will burn, will pass through repentance.
"Today you find yourselves in a great phase of Life. Not too much time will pass before you will find yourselves passing through the Fire. This will be in your lifetime. This Wave of Fire will soon pass over the world and purify it. All human thoughts and desires will pass through this Fire and become purified in the most perfect way. The Great Life will enter you, and you will become transformed. As the smith places the iron in the fire in order to refine it, so too, the Intelligent World will pass us through the Fire so that we can be purified and tempered.
"Those Beings which descend from above say, 'We will turn the earth on its head and will chase the evil away from it.' The evil will not attempt to come near it again.
"The great destruction which occurs today is due to this great Life which comes now. If people do not accept Christ voluntarily, the whole culture will pass through Fire seven times, but in the end, it will be purified and renewed.
"The Wave of Fire will pass through the minds of all people. You all will pass through this Divine Fire; you will free your souls and be liberated from bondage.
"If man does not awaken and arise, all the 'blankets' in which he has wrapped himself will burn. Everything which man has created will burn and turn into ashes and dust. What I am speaking of is the Coming of the Day of the Lord. I say now: 'We are in the Day of the Lord!'
"Only one-half hour remains before the last train leaves. Woe to those who have not yet managed to settle their accounts. If Europe does not correct her past mistakes, great tribulations will come her way.
"The Lord is coming, and He has already set His Foot upon the earth. I can easily prove that He has set foot upon the earth. How? The great suffering which is constantly increasing is the proof that the Lord is coming into this world. Do you know what His decision is? Everything impure is to burn. One has never before seen the dust that will be raised on earth. You have never suspected what great cleansing is coming before the Great Day. Nothing will remain of the European states and of the planning of the European diplomats. Love will destroy everything old. After that we will begin to build. This turbulence among societies, this unrest among those who are in distress, indicates that God permeates everything. All this is linked to the eradication of the karma of humankind which has been accumulated for thousands of years. Until all old concepts, thoughts and feelings burn in the Fire of suffering, man cannot enter into the new Life which is due to come now.
"Because for thousands of years man was under the influence of the negative forces, those forces now turn against him. Man has strayed from his right path, and all misfortunes are due to that. People have deviated from many things and for this reason have remained behind in their development. The Invisible World is sending workers with their hammers to work on people's homes. These misfortunes are called 'the unfavorable conditions of life.' With their imprudent way of life, people let loose the evil, and as a result, tribulations come. That which man experiences, and feels hanging heavily over him, is his karma. This is a debt which is due to be paid. In Matthew, Chapter 24, the woman who was 'taken' has paid her karma, she is free of any debt. On the other hand, the woman who was 'left' has not yet eliminated her karma. And so, the present events indicate the paying off of an old debt: the eradication of karma. An acceleration in the eradication of the past error of humankind is taking place at present — everything that has accumulated is being eradicated.
"In the fall, all old leaves fall whether they want to or not. Only new buds which will produce new branches in the coming spring — only new leaves and flowers — remain on the trees. The beauty of life is in the changes. After a storm, the weather clears. The present events are like a storm: they will pass. Everything that occurs is for the better. We think that the present order is good, but God is weary of the transgressions which people commit.
"The karma of the European nations is already ripe and creates tribulations for the whole of humankind. The tribulations indicate that man must change his way of life and apply the Divine Teaching. The Jews did not accept the Teachings of Christ, and tribulations came upon them. The Christian nations did not apply Christ's Teaching, and the present tribulations came. Troubled times are coming because people did not accept voluntarily and with an awakened consciousness the fulfillment of the Will of God. Even greater disturbances — external as well as internal — will come in order for man to awaken and fulfill the Will of God, to serve God. This will be forced upon humankind.
"Modern culture is in its departure. The new culture is coming, and its application in life will begin. The Invisible World has decided to teach modern civilized people a lesson which they will remember for a thousand years. The scripture says, 'The Wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience.' In other words, the Potter will break up the imperfect pots."
[The Wellspring of Good: The Last Words of the Master Peter Deunov Compiled by Bojan Boev and Boris Nikolov, pages 270-273]
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We should not fear, but rather embrace, the coming Wave of Fire.
On the material level, many people are afraid of "earth changes" and other disasters that are supposedly destined to come. But fear is not a good motivation for action. Rather, fear, negativity, and despair of any kind must be avoided.
The destruction of this civilization is in fact the liberation of humanity from material bondage and an entrance into spiritual freedom. This is a desired event!
We should also remember that in the fall of Atlantis, the Spiritual Hierarchy took the remnant of those who were Just and led them to safety. An equivalent path to safety is available to humanity today for anyone who cares to tread it. But this spiritual escape from the forthcoming disasters is possible only if we have detached ourselves from this current civilization and have learned to live "in the world but not of the world."
This "escape" is accomplished by synchronizing ourselves with the incoming forces and energies, such that we form no barrier to their passing.
As the Fire of Love sweeps through the world, those who respond to that Love and accept its purificatory fires as cleansing will remain untouched. Those who cannot adequately respond will be "burned."
"It is well to remember that this fire or light is not an illusion. It does to the mature of man, just what objective fire does to matter; it either purifies or consumes."
[Teachings of the Temple Vol. I page 447]
We should not fear this Fire. The Divine Fire is the Will of God in manifestation. The Divine Fire is the Love of God for the planet and the Earth. The Divine Fire is the protective web that holds the hearts of each human being together in subjective unity. The Divine Fire is the gift of God to those who seek liberation in this lifetime. The Divine Fire is the transmutative, transformative, transfigurative power of group initiation. The Divine Fire is the fiat of Sanat Kumara, the Lord of the World, Who demands the end to all evil on this planet. How should we choose to fear the coming destruction except if we are on the side of evil itself? How should we fear the fall of this civilization if we know that all form is itself the Great Illusion? How could we fear the destruction of evil and the triumph of good?
"You who fear the end, turn your face to the radiance of the Mother of the World and affirm yourself in the understanding of evolution. There is no limit to the sendings from the Mountains. There is no limit to the warranty of the far-off worlds. There is no limit to the natural treasures of the visible and invisible spheres.
"You who fear the end, turn to all four directions and say, 'Let us realize Infinity!' The summits and the recesses of Earth are your sources. Limitless are the currents of these sources. If people would only know how to gather the eternally flowing currents of Infinity, then verily the laboratory of life would be realized.
"The Era of Fire is approaching. Find courage and wisdom to accept it. The symbol of the serpent seizing its tail represents the circle of the events of evolution. The spiral is applied to the path of ascent.
"You who fear the end, affirm yourself in the power of the spiral of Light and of the Fire of Space. Let us say, 'Beautiful is the Breath of Cosmos!'"
[Agni Yoga Infinity I #10]
We cannot go back to the way things were. This civilization cannot endure. The times are different. Yet people cling to the past.
"It is sad that even many of those who have heard of Armageddon nevertheless continue to live according to the measure of yesterday. Warn the friends again about the need to master the strategy of Armageddon. The blind ones desire all things to be as before, but this can be likened to flowers upon ice."
[Agni Yoga, Heart #555]
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Having embraced an understanding of this Wave of Fire, we then come to understand that those who build for today, build on a house of sand. Those who seek to improve this world and this civilization are blind to the realization that this world will soon be swept away. Those who are concerned with today's events, today's politics, today's religion, today's education, and today's science forget the prophecy of the future, in which the Kali Yuga is destroyed and the Satya Yuga takes its place. They forget the existence of tomorrow.
"Knowledge will show the way to transformation. This path is an urgent one. Thus was humanity exhorted in the days before the end of Atlantis.
"It is not right to think that if today has passed unchanged, then tomorrow will also pass in the same way. Each hour can bring transformation for the advent of the New World."
[Agni Yoga, Agni Yoga #357]
Who would build a new house on Atlantis ten years before the fall? Who would even make themselves King of the sacred isle? Who would seek to master the armies and navies of Atlantis? Yet today so many seek to build and build and build that which they deem fit. They cannot see the forest for the trees, they cannot understand that tomorrow will not be the same as today — they cannot apprehend the approach of the Wave of Fire. They do not realize that the old world must be swept completely away before the new may come into being.
"Builders for today, realize that you build for the whirlwind of destruction! How huge are your undertakings! How useless your castles! How vast your expenditures! How revealing is your inability to advance into the chain of actions! But let us look upon those who walk straight, who affirm the beauty of Infinity. Instead of faint-heartedness, which denies the reactions of Space, we shall see the keenness of attainment, the beauty of striving, and the grandeur of achievement. Therefore, let us say, 'Limitless are the cosmic manifestations!'"
[Agni Yoga, Infinity I #11]
We should build only that which will endure in Infinity, in Spirit, and in the Kingdom of Souls. We should work for the building of the Kingdom of Souls, the Era of Fire, and the New World. Only such building, only such service, is fit at the dawn of the Satya Yuga — the Era of Light.
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In Atlantis, we saw that those who were evil were destroyed, and the good were taken to a place of safety. Likewise today, a great division is occurring. A few, a relative few among the masses of humanity, are responding to the Wave of Love, and are thereby being lifted to an ever higher state of consciousness, awareness, and integration with Spirit. The remainder are increasingly finding themselves in opposition to this Wave of Love, through their love of separateness, division, and the emphasis on the selfish, personal life.
"Our planet is going through a most dangerous time, indeed the most critical period. If humanity refuses to be spiritually resurrected before the approach of the fiery cosmic energies, the cataclysms which always accompany a change of race may result in the total explosion and destruction of our Earth. But before this final catastrophe of our planet happens, many children will have time to grow old. Undoubtedly, partial cataclysms will occur during the next coming decades. Therefore, the Lords of Light more than ever call humanity to the spiritual awakening, to the realization of the gravity of the approaching fiery reconstruction. All people of pure, unprejudiced consciousness shall be saved and led away into safe places, just as in the last days of Atlantis. Of course, each reconstruction of the world brings great possibilities as well, and although our time is threatening, it nevertheless can be beautiful and constructive. One should try most intensely to help lay the foundation for the coming luminous constructive age that is so near — in fact much nearer than many think, surrounded as they are with destruction and decay.
[Helena Roerich, Letters of Helena Roerich Vol. I]
It has been decreed, I think, that the planet will not be destroyed, but rather will be made into a new world. Our task is to assist in establishing the New Era that is so close at hand. Our task is to respond with joy to the Wave of Love, and be purified in the Consciousness of Unity. Our task is to remind humanity of the peril of these times, and point the way to freedom amidst the chaos and confusion of this Dark Age.
As the Wave of Love passes through, a great division between the good and the evil will occur. Those who oppose the Wave of Love will be "burned" by its fire and their outer manifesting form will be destroyed by it. Those who are of good Spirit will find the fires that come to be purifying rather than destroying. All the limitations of the personal self will be removed by this purifying flame. A very few will find the Wave of Love to be liberating, and they will successfully renounce the world — the world human beings today understand it to be — and enter into the Divine Kingdom in full consciousness. They will do this because they have learned to fully respond to the impulses of the Divine Spark within them, and heed the call of the Voice of Spirit when it speaks.
"The first law of occultism or discipleship is the Law of Flexibility, obedience to the Spirit of the Highest, that the Will of the Supreme may be done. It is axiomic to anyone having but first knowledge of spiritual matters that this cannot be done through existing conditions; that is, anything which involves habit, attachment, fixity to the personal planes of activity. Spirit most high, the universal principle of life, finds expression, vehicle for itself, in the ever-changing, ever-evolving, transmuting, expanding, growing forces of nature and consciousness.
"'For where two or three are gathered together in my Name,' the Name of Eternal Youth, 'there am I in the midst of them.' The present cycle is primarily one of intensive spiritual growth, transformation, change. The light and fire of the Christos, individually and universally, are throwing existing conditions, individually, nationally, organizationally, racially and otherwise, into relief against the background of its own all-embracing, all adaptable, all penetrating, permeating life and substance of life, love and truth, in effort to lift it to a higher and larger plane of life and consciousness. It has been said again and over again, until it would seem all but unlawful and useless to reiterate, that nothing can withstand the might of that power if it endeavors to obstruct its path, stand against it in any way, to any degree whatsoever. That might is increasing daily, hourly, with a force and rapidity practically uncomprehended by man, save here and there a few who have given themselves over to its service and obedience, by yielding themselves to its influence, becoming one with it through renunciation of the existing conditions, the fixed and determined personal opinions or attitudes within themselves. These alone shall stand in the actual, real sense when the Son comes forth in full radiance of High Noon of the day already dawned. Then shall take place the marriage of spirit, matter, and consciousness which shall unite those who have permitted themselves to be caught up into that glory. Then also shall take place the divorce, the separation of friend from friend, man from family, child from parent, neighbor from neighbor, soul from body, mind from soul, according to the degree of resistance that shall come out of the existing conditions of the present, set up against the lawfulness and fulfillment of that marriage, universal, individual and particular."
[Teachings of the Temple Vol. III pages 259-261]
This divorce and this separation will result in the ridding of the world of those who hold the evolution of humanity and the planet back. It will establish a new spiritual civilization through which the evolution of humanity may continue without being held back by today's evil.
Some people will find that their whole life will be transformed for the better. They will find that the Fire burns away all that is holding them back from spiritual accomplishment. They will find that the fire brings greater realization, greater group consciousness, and greater ability to hear the Voice of Spirit within themselves. They will see this fire — they see this fire now — as the power of God in action in their lives.
Still others — many others — will find that the fire "burns" them. The fire will seek out all that is low in their nature and will destroy it. These people may cherish attachment to this world and to the forms of this world. They may have desires in this world that they are unwilling to give up. These people will find the fire hard to endure. They will nevertheless eventually find that all the hardship, all the pain and suffering that they experience, all the sacrifice that they find themselves performing, and all the sorrow that they have leads them to a new realization and a new vision that they otherwise could not have achieved. They will find that the fire will eventually free them from the pain of this world and release them to new life. They will be able, in the end, to repent for their past mistakes and be able to enter the New Era joyfully.
The majority of humanity — we should not be polite here but rather face the fact that it is indeed the vast majority — loves this world and wants this world, and has no intention of leaving this civilization or its evil behind. They may complain about life and sorrow from its pain, but their attachment to form life and to form existence is strong and powerful. They have no interest in following Divine Law, nor listening to the sweet, still Voice of the Soul. The Wave of Divine Love will affect them as well. These people will find life on this planet increasingly difficult, until they are subject to the cataclysms that are to come. As in Atlantis, the vast majority will pass into the subtle world, to leave the planet cleansed for a new round of evolutionary life.
The Wave of Love, therefore, has the following effects:
- it liberates those human beings who are ready for Divine Life.
- it purifies those human beings who are not yet ready for liberation.
- it destroys the forms of those human beings who are not yet ready for purification.
"This Wave has powerful vibrations which not every human being can endure. It has been said, for this reason, that God is an all-consuming Fire. Those who are ready to withstand the vibrations of this Wave and assimilate them will become luminous. Yet for those who cannot bear them, it will be a Fire which will either consume them or will cause them to pass through great suffering. This will prepare them to awaken and receive Love."
[The Wellspring of Good: The Last Words of the Master Peter Deunov Compiled by Bojan Boev and Boris Nikolov, pages 270-273.]
We need, therefore, to learn to recognize and positively respond to the Wave of Love, for the Fire of this Wave presents a great opportunity to every human being. We each are called to make our choice as to how we will respond to the Wave of Divine Love. But do not imagine that those who are evil need be left behind or are incapable of choosing their path.
"A testing is begun, as it were, for the spirits, which may choose their path. Consciousnesses which are ruled by low impulses can be impelled only to the lower levels. But there, in the same way as on the earthly plane, the servitors of Light stand on guard, and the final Call can summon the spirits to the choice. These Calls resound on all planes. On the path to the Fiery World let us remind about the Final Call."
[Agni Yoga, Fiery World III #328]
This Wave of Divine Love is, therefore, a testing for all humanity. It is a "Judgment Day" — not the final one that ends the entire development of humanity in this scheme, admittedly, but nevertheless a major parting of the ways. Humanity will be forced to choose, but that choice will be made freely by every human being. Most will choose the path to the lower level, as their own desires will call them there. But a few will hear the Final Call and will act with wisdom. They will choose the path to Life.
"The final Day of Judgment is not far off, and many children may live to see that DAY. That is why the giving of the Teaching of Life has been so hastened, and why so many unusual omens are being rained upon Earth. But people are blind and deaf!
"It is essential to awaken the human spirit! Verily, the destiny of the planet is in the hands of humanity itself! If the resurrection of the spirit takes place within the next short decades, the inevitable catastrophe may be only partial, as it was in the times of Lemuria and Atlantis; otherwise, we shall have to move to another planet. But in accordance with the laws of correspondence and co-measurement the majority of mankind will not be admitted to the higher planets, which are already populated. They will have to adjust themselves to a new world, which is not yet inhabited. And how many thousands, nay, millions of years would have to elapse before the new forms and bodies suitable for a new world could be worked out. Only exceptional groups of earthly humanity could enter the higher planets to continue their evolution in new, beautiful conditions."
[Helena Roerich Letters of Helena Roerich Vol. II]
The Master Peter Deunov also says that those who are left behind will wait a very long time.
"The Great Day is coming into the world. The Coming of the Great One is awaited with anticipation by all good and Sentient Beings. Those whose consciousness has awakened will perceive the Great Divine Cause and be transformed. The remainder — those whose consciousness has not awakened — will continue to sleep. If you miss the Great Wave of Love which is now coming, you will need to wait millions of years, for the next one."
[The Wellspring of Good: The Last Words of the Master Peter Deunov Compiled by Bojan Boev and Boris Nikolov, pages 136-8.]
We are now in the time allotted by Divine Law for humanity — and consequently every individual within humanity — to choose their path. The path of the personality or the path of Spirit.
Those who are ready for the path of Spirit and the opening of the heart will find their appropriate environment on a purified Earth in the very near future.
Those who continue to choose the path of the selfish personality life will not find any opportunity on Earth for a very long time to come.
"Those who know the future walk toward evolution. Those who fear evolution walk the pace of death. They will ask why there are ascents and descents. They will be perplexed by the course of evolution. The realization of cosmic waves will explain the course of evolution. When you realize that even from ashes may emerge a beautiful flower, you will understand that destruction is fearful only to the coward consciousness. The cosmic motion acts in waves. One should explain that the deep curves may be avoided, thus hastening evolution. Apathetic humanity does not discriminate wherein lies progress; it basks in a temporary florescence, evading the realization of that which eventually may become the destruction of our planet."
[Agni Yoga, Infinity I #11]
It is now possible to avoid a "deep curve" if we are prepared to take advantage of this moment of opportunity.
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Some may ask, "How is it possible for God to choose to destroy so many people? What about human free will? What about the destiny of humanity?" But it is humanity that has chosen destruction. It is humanity that has violated Divine Law. It is humanity that has chosen to ignore the Divinity that lies in the heart of each human being. The consequences are therefore both inevitable and in accordance with Divine Justice. People are left free, and they have chosen to live selfishly; can we really expect anything but disaster to follow from such a choice?
"They will ask you how it is possible to reconcile the threatening signs of the destruction of the planet with the possibility of a harmonious and auspicious future. The fact is that humanity has a free choice, either to enter the new life, the age of great discoveries, the Era of Happiness, or, by the power of free will to choose catastrophe. Thus, people cannot complain that they are deprived of a beautiful destiny, for it is only their evil will that could lead the nations to planetary cataclysms. Free choice is man's birthright. It provides endless possibilities, but people do not care to apply their freedom in the right way."
[Agni Yoga, Supermundane I #111]
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"The earth — after making many millions of rotations — makes one departure from its usual rotation. This departure is occurring today."
[The Wellspring of Good: The Last Words of the Master Peter Deunov Compiled by Bojan Boev and Boris Nikolov, page 276]
The consciousness of the planet is expanding. Our planetary Life is going through a great initiatory process. The consciousness of many disciples and initiates is also expanding. Leaving aside the evil that today engulfs the planet, the consciousness of humanity as a whole is also expanding. This unified expansion of spirit throughout the earth cannot be held back indefinitely by the dark forces of the world. Evolution in the upward arc must find room for expression. This will inevitably have its outer effect, just as the Flood of Atlantis was an outer effect of great inward changes. By means of this Flood, certain hindrances to further evolution on this planet were removed. Likewise, the coming of the Wave of Love will remove hindrances to the expression of Spirit.
One manifestation of this Wave of Love will be a shift in the axial rotation of the earth.
"In considering these points it should always be remembered that great shifts in consciousness, or great expansions of awareness, are followed inevitably by upheaval in the outer forms. This is true in the life of the solar Deity, of a planetary Logos, of humanity as a whole and of a man. Hence again today's world problem. A major event such as a change in the axis of the Earth is related to an initiation of the planetary Logos. Students can here note, therefore, the relation to the individual life as it shifts its consciousness steadily in the vital unfolding processes of the Path of Discipleship and of Initiation. Earlier in this treatise I referred to a fact which must always be borne in mind and that is that the great energies, playing upon our planet, exert a hindering or a stimulating effect. They are either retarding in their effects, producing concretion, crystallisation and a holding back or on to that which is old and of the past, or they stimulate and produce fluidity, enlargement and expansion. The careful student of human affairs will note this as he studies the events which are today passing before his eyes."
[Alice A. Bailey, Esoteric Astrology pages 410-411]
Today we are seeing great energies producing a vastly stimulating effect. This has worked, in the short run, to stimulate the evil as well as the good. Yet in the long run, the good will be saved and the evil will be destroyed.
"Every new epoch begins with a new rhythm. Today a new rhythm to Life comes. The Divine makes its way everywhere. The Wave which is coming now will uplift to a higher level not only us, but all minerals, plants and animals as well. Those who cannot be uplifted by this Wave will remain for the future. Remember: there will be no other Wave such as this, because in nature there is no repetition of phenomena. If you wait until the future, the conditions will be more difficult then.
"A new Knowledge, a new Culture is coming into the world. I call it the Culture of Divine Love, Wisdom and Truth. It will teach people how to live.
"The old life is suffering, but the new — joy. The roots are the old life, and the branches — the new one. Today we are at the end of the deprivation of love and at the beginning of Divine Love.
"Who is the Watcher for man? That one who is taking care of him. The mother is the watcher for the child. This shows that she is taking care of him. God is the Watcher for man, which shows that He is taking care of us.
"Those who do not awaken during the contemporary epoch will be left for other times. We wonder what will happen to those people who were not able to accept the Divine. The issue is clear. I come to a fruit tree and collect the ripe fruit, and for the others, I will wait. When they ripen, I will pick them as well, and the bad fruit I will use as fertilizer. You ask, 'Why is it so?' Because it is not possible to be otherwise.
"It is said in the Scriptures, 'Search for Me until I am close.' This means use the favorable conditions until I am close to you. If man were to be surprised by what the future is bringing to him, his surprise would deprive him of the opportunity to make use of the Good which is coming. Therefore, in order to make use of the conditions of life, man needs to possess the knowledge which brings Peace into his soul. Ignorance fills a man with worry.
"Today the new is coming into the world everywhere. That which is the new, the form that it will manifest — only a few will understand. A new cycle is being formed. The man who can enter into it will find great opportunities before himself. If you are not ready, then you will miss the [favorable] conditions. The Divine is coming into the world.
"Today is a most dangerous time. You could fall asleep and remain on the outside. The Divine Train is very punctual! You may be late only by a second. Therefore, your consciousness, your hearts and your minds need to be vigilant. The one who has lived for thousands and millions of years on the earth and has lived through so much suffering — does he want to miss this moment, to miss the Train and not receive the Divine? If God finds you vigilant when He comes to you, you will grow up like the seed: you will develop and give fruit.
"The day has two halves. One is when the sun is rising, and the second is when the sun is setting. Until noon, we have the ascension; and in the afternoon, the descention. The Law is the same with relation to the epoch. The contemporary epoch is in descention, and this cannot be stopped. The forces of darkness are leaving. The Good will come exactly at the determined time, just as the spring comes at her time. When spring comes, everything blossoms. The same will happen with the coming of the Divine.
"An illuminated epoch is coming. The idea of brotherhood will come into realization. This Divine Spring will come gradually, not all at once. People will change without noticing. They simply will not notice how they will change. One day they will awake, and they will find themselves in a new stage similar to the caterpillar which enfolds into the cocoon, and once inside, transforms herself into a butterfly which cannot feed on leaves any more. That which is coming now can be called the Manifestation of the Divine Origin in man. The new generation which is coming will renew the world. This means that we are in the epoch when the caterpillars will transform into butterflies. Those caterpillars which did not become butterflies will ask how one can live in the air. When they become butterflies — then they will learn. As caterpillars, they cannot learn."
[The Wellspring of Good: The Last Words of the Master Peter Deunov Compiled by Bojan Boev and Boris Nikolov, pages 276-279.]
Once the changes that are destined to take place have been completed, the ages-old separation of the material and spiritual worlds — of humanity and the Hierarchy of Christ — will be ended. The Masters and Adepts will emerge from Their sanctuaries and appear again in the world. They will establish a completely new civilization based upon Divine Law and spiritual principles. They will transform the earth into a paradise.
"All saints, adepts and Masters from time immemorial will come. Their mighty spirit will direct all awakened souls throughout the earth and all of these together will establish perfect order and harmony in the world. After they finish their task, they will withdraw and will leave humanity to live and work under the new conditions. Thus, the communication between the visible and the invisible worlds will be restored.
"This is the way in which the Great Universal Brotherhood has worked, works now, and will work in the world.
"And it will work until the one Love, the one Wisdom, and the one Truth envelope all of creation.
"Then every living thing will praise God in sacred peace and harmony."
[Peter Deunov, The Master Speaks]
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Are you dismayed by the possible destruction of our physical world and civilization? Then please read Being and Duality.
Do you wonder why humanity does not drive the evil in the world away? Then please read Atlantis, Lemuria, and Today.