Alice Bailey & Djwhal Khul - Glamor - A World Problem - I - The Nature of
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Glamor - A World Problem - The Nature of Glamor
Let us illustrate my point from two angles, both of which are
entirely in the realm of discipleship, or encountered upon the Path of Probation. We will
call them the "illusion of power" and the "glamor of authority." This
form of words will show you that one is to be encountered upon the astral plane and the
other upon the mental.The Glamor of Authority is a mass glamor in most cases.
It has its roots in mass psychology and is one of the indications that humanity is at the
nursery stage as yet, wherein men are safeguarded from themselves by the imposition of
some rule, some set of laws, some authoritative dictum, emanating from state control, from
the rule of an oligarchy, or from the dictatorship of some individual. It reduces mankind,
as far as one can judge, to set forms and standardizes men's activities, regimenting their
lives [46] and work. It is imposed and ordered through catering to the fear complex,
rampant in humanity at this time; and this fear is one of the most fruitful sources of
glamor which we have. We might perhaps and with reason regard it as the seed of all
glamor upon our planet. Fear has been the incentive to those conditions which have
brought about the glamor of the astral plane, though not the illusions of the mental
levels of consciousness.
When the
glamor of authority transfers itself into the spiritual consciousness of man, we have
such a state of affairs as the period of the Inquisition in its worst forms, of Church
authority, with the emphasis upon organization, government and penalties, or the
unquestioned rule of some teacher. In its highest forms we have the recognition of the
right of the solar Angel, of the soul or ego, to rule. Between these two extremes, which
express the infancy of the race and the freedom which comes when mankind achieves its
majority and the freedom of the soul, lie all the many types and kinds of intermediate
reactions. In illustration of our point, and thus emphasizing the glamor aspect as it
affects the disciple and the problem which he faces, what do we find? The disciple has
freed himself somewhat from the imposed control of an orthodox teaching and from the rule
of a teacher. He stands (as far as he can tell) free from such control. Knowing however
his essential weakness and the lure of the personality, he is on guard against himself,
and against the ancient rules of control and learns steadily to stand on his own feet, to
come to his own decisions, to distinguish truth for himself. He learns to choose his way.
But, like all persons who have not taken some of the higher initiations, he can (in due
time) become enamoured of his freedom, and automatically then swing into the glamor of
his ideal of freedom, - an ideal which he has created. He becomes the prisoner of freedom.
He rejects all rule except [47] that which he calls the "rule of his own soul,"
forgetting that his contact with his soul is still intermittent. He demands the right to
stand alone. He revels in his new found freedom. He forgets that, having given up the
authority of a teaching and of a teacher, he has to learn to accept the authority of the
soul and of the group of souls with which he is affiliated through his karma, his ray
type, his choice, and the inevitability of the effects of the at-one-ment. Having
relinquished the guidance of another person upon the Path, and having his eyes partially
opened, he now seeks to tread that Path to the goal, forgetting however that he treads the
Path in unison with others, and that here are certain "Rules of the Road"
which he must master, and which he must master in unison with others. He has exchanged the
individual law for the group law, but does not yet know that group law as it should be
known. He marches on as best he can alone, glorying in the freedom from authority which he
has succeeded in achieving. He promises himself that he will brook no authority or
guidance. '
Those of us
who are considering him and looking on at him from the clearer heights of attainment see
him gradually becoming obscured by wisps of fog and by a glamor which is gradually
growing up around him as he becomes a "prisoner of the fog of freedom" and
revels in what he deems the fact of his independence. When his sight has cleared, and when
his mental aspect is more developed and unfolded, he will know that the Law of the Group
must, and will, impose itself upon him, and that the rule of the lower nature has only to
be exchanged for the rule of the soul. This is group rule and works under the law of the
group. He has struggled out of the mass of seekers of the Road on to the Road itself. He
is, therefore, ahead of the masses but he is not alone, even if he thinks that he is. He
will discover many others who are travelling the same way with [48] him, and their numbers
will steadily increase as he progresses. The rule of interplay, of travel, and of group
recognition and work and service will impose themselves upon him until he finds that he is
a member of the New Group of World Servers, working under the conditions which are the
rules governing their activities. As he learns to travel with them upon the Road, their
governing incentives and the techniques of their chosen service will penetrate his
consciousness, and automatically and naturally he will begin to obey the higher rhythm and
give his assent to the laws which control group life and group consciousness. Finally, he
will find himself entering into the silent places where the Masters of the Wisdom dwell,
and will work in group rhythm with Them, obeying thus the laws of the spiritual realm,
which are the subjective laws of God.
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