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By tracing the past to the very beginning, we saw how man began as an Individualized "God Flame" from out the ALLNESS OF THE ONE GOD PRESENCE OF LIFE, and how, by degrees, he reached the stage where as an Individualized I AM Presence, he was ready for the next step - the beginning of his Cosmic Education.

The Individualized I AM Presences, having reached the stage where they could profit by the Teachings given by Helios and Vesta, were prepared by them to enter "the Seven Spheres" from where, after sufficient study and discipline, they would be ready and qualified to proceed in their next stage of education - their entrance and matriculation into the School of Mankind - the world of form on this Earth.

What these "the Seven Spheres" are, what is involved in them, and how they are conducted will be described for us by no lesser an authority than the Maha Chohan - Cosmic Representative of the Holy Spirit in our Solar System, ⁷ Whose Office as such is the directing power behind all expression of the Seven Rays on Earth, and is the Head of the Seven Chohans Who, in return, direct each Ray to the world of form. It was given in an address to the students and published by The Bridge to Freedom Journal in the issue of February, 1953.

Proceeding, we will present also, the training which the evolving "I AM"s underwent in going through the Seven Spheres and how their Causal Body was formed - a prerequisite for their entrance into the world of form.

THE SEVEN SPHERES

"Considering the Godhead as a Sun, there are surrounding and enfolding this Central Focus of Intelligence, Seven Mighty Spheres of Consciousness, each one separated from the other by its own periphery line which forms the natural boundary of that particular Sphere. These Seven Spheres are called the Aura of God, each inhabited by Great God Intelligences, all intent on doing the Father's Will, expanding His Kingdom and Consciousness.

"The development and unfoldment of His Kingdom is accomplished by the release of pulsating Waves of His Own Divine Consciousness, within which are the Spiritual Patterns of all form and manifestation, from the smallest blade of grass to the most brilliant star, with its Cosmic Tone.

"As these God Ideas pass from Sphere to Sphere, they are absorbed by the Beings and Intelligences within each one. They then move outward to the next Sphere and the next, ever journeying onward toward manifestation into the world of form. A constant modification of the God Light, a constant clothing of the God Consciousness is achieved in each Sphere so that God's Ideas become embodied in the substance of each Sphere in orderly sequence and, eventually, reach the Seventh Sphere, or Etheric Realms, where they await Precipitation into the physical world of form.

THE FIRST SPHERE

"The First Sphere represents the Heart of Creation itself. The Great Beings Who form the Directive Intelligence of this Sphere is known as the Manus of the human race. The Master Who activates Their Will, in the world of men is called the Chohan of the First Ray (presently El Morya). It is His service to Life to carry the God Ideas and Directives from the Godhead into the mind of these Beings in the Second Sphere, Who clothe them into actual workable form. In the First Sphere, also abide the Seven Mighty Archangels Who have volunteered to guard and protect the evolving human race. Here is born every idea, plan or blessing which will one day manifest in the physical world. Its inhabitants are Beings Whose Service to Life is to embody these God Ideas and carry them on their outward course to the periphery of the First Sphere and here entrust them to the waiting Messengers of the Second Sphere.

"What finite mind could conceive of the Beauty, Perfection, Joy and Happiness of these ideas! Here live the Cherubic and Seraphic Hosts, Messengers of the Most High, bathing in the Fire of Creation, embodying Its Essence in Their very Selves and then, begins the great Cosmic Ritual of Cosmic Precipitation of the Blessings of Heaven, from Realm to Realm, which will take Them, in time, to the furthest borders of the Kingdom and the periphery of the Seventh Sphere, containing the purest essence of Divinity within Their Shining Selves. They swing outward in their Cosmic Course, carrying the Light of Heaven into the consciousness of the Beings in the Second Sphere.

THE SECOND SPHERE

"The Celestial Inhabitants of the Second Sphere most lovingly receive the Cosmic Messengers and the Ideas from God's Heart, assimilate them, clothe them in the form and substance of Their Own Great Light and the Universal Light substance which forms the atmosphere of this Sphere, and They, in turn, pass them onward to the receptive consciousness and atmosphere of the Third Realm.

"In this Second sphere, the God Ideas and Patterns of future greatness are molded into form through the use of the Creative Powers of the Higher Mind Force - thus the seed of the Father falls on fertile ground (intelligent individual consciousness) and begins to take definite form in the world of Divine Thought.

"The God Intelligence Who governs the Second Sphere is the Lord Buddha, previously known as Lord Maitreya, Who interprets the God Ideas from the first Sphere through the formulation of World Religions and Faiths. Their Representative, the Chohan of the Second Ray (presently Lanto) further consolidates Their Cosmic Service through the educational channels both of the Inner Sphere and the physical appearance world as well.

"So great is the Wealth of the Father's Outpouring that this Essence must keep rushing onward, clothed in intelligent thought patterns, ever desiring to give of itself in rhythmic blessings. Thus the Third Sphere is alerted to receive of the Divine Outpouring.

THE THIRD SPHERE

"In the Third Sphere, the Glory and Radiance of the Second Sphere has already clothed the divine Immanence in thought Patterns, so that it is better assimilated by the vibratory consciousness of this Realms. These God Ideas are ensouled with Life and become living, pulsating foci of "things to come". This is the Realm of Holy Spirit under the direction of that Great Cosmic Representative of the Third Person of the Trinity, Whom we know by the title of Maha Chohan.

"In this Third Sphere, Life Essence is imported to the thought forms descending from the First and Second Spheres. Until thought is clothed with the Life through the feeling nature, it does not become a living vital force as far as expression in the physical world is concerned. Thus, the Third Sphere vitalizes all manifestations which will ever externalize on the Planet Earth.

"The activity of the Third Sphere, like the prism, divides the Spiritual Rays through which flows the Radiation and Gifts of the Third Ray and which then proceed through the five subdivisions of this Great Ray into the physical world of form. The Chohans of these five Rays, therefore, serve under the supervision of Their Overlord, the Maha Chohan.

"The First subdivision of the Third Ray is under the direction of the Chohan known as Paul the Venetian. His Cosmic Service to Life is to receive the blueprints or Divine Thought Patterns, which contain within themselves world movements as well as simple individual Blessings for the human race and, dividing them as to their subject matter and potential service to Life, She gives them to the Chohan in charge of the Dispensation of those specific activities. These Chohans, in turn, project them from Their Spheres of activity into the world of form through conscious or unconscious human Intelligences who are open to Their Cosmic Impressions and Influence. Thus Paul the Venetian becomes the First Lieutenant and Representative of the Maha Chohan and the step-down transformer of His energies so far as the Blessings of God through the proper channeling facets into the world of form.

THE FOURTH SPHERE

"A group of Beings from the Third Sphere join the Cherubic and Seraphic Hosts as they prepare to pass outward with the living embodied thought-forms, into the Fourth Sphere of conscious life. Again a great diffusion of Spiritual Effulgence takes place, a richer Radiation pours through the atmosphere of the Sphere of Visitation. The Divine Ideas pulsate through the electronic substance and are absorbed by any receptive consciousness within the Fourth Sphere.

"The Great Chohan of the Fourth Sphere is known as the Ascended Master Serapis Bey. The developed thought-form of the First and Second Spheres, endowed with the Life of the Holy Spirit in the Third Sphere, finds the first point of contact with the individual consciousness of unascended beings in this Realm. The far-greater majority of Divine Archetype (Individualized "I AM" Presences) dwell within this Fourth Realm. Here the God Ideas, patterns, and designs are received by these Christ Egos and developed by Them through centuries of endeavor and projected by Them into the world of men, through their consciousness and through advanced pupils ⁸ functioning in lines of endeavor similar to those being developed and perfected within this Realm. These Ideas not ensouled by conscious Intelligences in the Fourth Realm pass onward, carried by the Seraphic and Cherubic Hosts and the Escort of Honor from the Fourth Realm into the consciousness of the waiting Beings of the Fifth Realm.

THE FIFTH SPHERE

"Within the Fifth Realm, the seed Ideas of the Father, particularly in connection with scientific discoveries, inventions and medical research, are scattered and received by the Representative Consciousness of Those engaged in this endeavor in the Temples of Science that are active within this Sphere, and from these Temples they are directed into the minds and Hearts of those selfless men and women who are working in these avenues of Earth. The Great Chohan of the Fifth Realm is known as the Ascended Master Hilarion, Who was Saint Paul of Biblical Days.

"As the Fifth Sphere pulsates with the Essence of Godliness, we see that the Blessings are no whit lessened and that, even as we watch, the glorious energies await transmission into the Sixth Sphere to widen their circle of manifest expression.

THE SIXTH SPHERE

"Within the Sixth Sphere, we find the causative centers of the Christian Religion, where in devotional and emotional worship are the particular fount through which the spiritual energies are being released to bless the human race. Here dwell the great Celestial Choirs, the Highest Heaven of orthodox thought, and from this beautiful Sphere flows the inspiration to those men and women who have responded to the "high calling" of religious leaders and who are "leading their sheep" to the best of their ability. The Great Chohan of the Sixth Sphere has been Master Jesus Who, on His elevation, with Master Kuthumi to the Office of World Teacher, has transferred this authority to Lady Master Nada, Who is now the Chohan of the Sixth Sphere. Through the Temple Services, Jesus, Nada and Mother Mary are bathing the Christian world, the Devas who guard and protect the churches erected in His Name and all who have accepted the Christ, in the Spiritual Essence of Their Divine Christhood.

"As the Cherubim and Seraphim make ready to bring the Blessings of the Father into the Seventh Realm, we realize that this is, by natural destiny, the periphery of the Kingdom and that the Third Dimensional World of today (physical appearance world) has sunk below the boundary line of safety.

THE SEVENTH SPHERE

"It is to the Seventh Realm and Its Great Chohan, known as the Ascended Master Saint Germain, that we must look for the contact between the outer consciousness and the Divine Patterns of the Will of God and His Messengers. The Seventh Sphere holds within Itself the etheric pattern of every manifestation of the God Plan which has been lowered rhythmically through the six preceding Spheres, and which awaits expression in physical form. It is the first Sphere above the human Octave of limitation and imperfection into which the soul ascends on its journey back to the Heart of God.

"It is, therefore, the office and responsibility of the Chohan of the Seventh Sphere to provide a way and means by which mankind may again unite its consciousness with the Inner Spheres and become individual conductors of the Divine Perfection from these Spheres through the consciousness of the outer self.

"This Realm is literally "bursting" with all the good things that have been handed down from one Sphere to another. Because of the resistance and refusal of the outer consciousness of man to accept the Divine Plan of God, the etheric Realm has not been able to pass on the blessings and glories that have descended from the Higher Spheres and thus complete the outgoing rhythm of creative endeavor. Any number of the human family may offer his consciousness to the Chohan of the Seventh Ray and ask his individual self may be an outlet for the Blessings and Perfection contained within it.

"Every man, woman and child that lives on the Earth today, or will come here in the future, has a Divine Presence, a God Pattern, and Archetype, that dwells in one of the foregoing Seven Spheres. Each such incarnate lifestream is meant to be a Radiating Center of the Spiritual Force from the Inner Sphere where his I AM Presence dwells. He must understand that his own Higher Self is actually living and serving Life in one of these Spheres, developing certain God Designs through Its Higher Consciousness, which awaits the receptivity of the outer mind in order to find expression in the world of form.

"The present characteristics of the individual, no matter how poorly developed, are indicative of the Ray and Sphere to which he rightfully belongs, and as the individual purifies his own world, he will raise the vibratory action of his being to its most powerful and perfect expression through his personal self and also, become a Radiating Center of the Spiritual Force from the Sphere in which His "I AM" Presence dwells and which has a beneficent effect upon all Life around him.

THE CAUSAL BODY OF THE "I AM"

The passing of the I AM Presences through the Seven Spheres, has given them experience, education and benefits; one, the most predominant of them, being the formation of their Causal Body. This is the accumulated good which they derive by going from one Sphere to another, with each Sphere attaching to them the color of Its influence, in their totality - of seven colors - forming their Causal Body. Since each Sphere indicated its particular quality by color, by the time an "I AM" has passed through all the Seven Spheres an aureole of Seven Colors is formed and it is shown around it. If, in one of the Spheres, an "I AM" has shown a particular interest and affinity towards it, staying in there a much longer time and absorbing its Qualities in proportion, the Color of that Sphere becomes a more pronounced in its aureole and is plainly distinguished from the others. This puts a particular emphasis on that "I AM" as belonging to that particular Sphere-Ray.

In the newborn God Flame from the Heart of God, the Causal Body is Pure White. For some reason, many of the Individualized White Fire Beings and I AM Presences, using their Freedom of Will, never leave the First Sphere. They are the Holy Innocents whose aura is like White Flame and they embody the Divine Ideas of the Universal which they project downward, but themselves choosing not to know even the Glory of the Second Realm. These individuals forfeit the right to become, in some future era, Sun and Creator, preferring to live in Holy Innocence in that Happy Estate.

The braver Spirits venture forth from the First Sphere and build the Blue flame of Faith into their Causal Body, some into the Second Sphere and there they build the Golden Flame of Wisdom into their Causal Bodies, learning to draw ideas into form and they work within those great Temples perfecting the ideas that are catapulted from the Mind and Heart of God. Many remain there and never go further, and they are the Divine Brothers and Sisters of the Golden Robe who project the thought-forms into the Third Sphere.

The more adventurous Spirits go forth into the Third Sphere and learn the activity of the Holy Spirit and breathe into their thought-forms Light, and these thought-forms become living entities. Many live within this Pink Sphere of blazing Light and go no further, embodied representatives of the Holy Spirit Intelligences that people this Sphere.

Some go on further, into the Realm of the Bridge Builders, the Realm of Serapis Bey - the Fourth Sphere - where they can be summoned then into form; here they identify themselves with all the many various kinds of endeavors that serve mankind. Many remain within this sphere - the White Sphere - and choosing embodied spirits, project compositions to the people on Earth as well as beautiful prose and poetry, exquisite forms of architecture, sculpture and painting, and never choose to embody. They generate the directed beam from within, that some incarnate soul below picks up because he is sensitized and enjoys the same type of service.

The more adventurous still proceed into the Fifth Sphere, into the Temple of the Scientists and the Inventors, and add the Green Band to their Causal Body, just as the advancing members of an army add the stripes and stars of accomplishment. Here they work with the inventors, doctors, and men of research. Many remain within this Sphere, finding such happiness and joy that they go no further.

The adventurous continue on to the Sixth Realm, where they join those who are interested in carrying the Nature of God into the world of form. These Beings are the power behind all missionaries, ministers, priests, rabbis, and metaphysical teachers. Many remain within this Sphere and go on no further and they add the Ruby Color to the Causal Body while they remain therein.

Each pulsation decreases the number of adventurous and bold spirits. Some come into the Seventh Sphere of the Ascended Master Saint Germain and experiment with Divine Alchemy, and the Powers of the Violet Fire of Mercy, Compassion, and direct the Angels of Mercy into the world of form. These individuals overshadow men and women who work, particularly with the "fallen," in places of depravity. Many of these do not embody.

Only those who have proceeded through the Seven Spheres and have self-consciously created a Causal Body with Seven Bands of Colors within it can apply for embodiment on Earth. Then, if they are accepted according to the band of color which is widest in their aura, they are drawn under the direction of one of the Great Manus to which the affinity of Their color and Ray will magnetize them, and they become a candidate for one of the Seven Root Races and its subraces.

Those who are Guardian Spirits passed through a similar period of experimentation in the Seven Spheres of some other Planet, Star or Sun, otherwise there would not be within the lifestream sufficient energy to warrant Earth life. You will see then, that even in the first people born on Earth, even the innocent souls, have had tremendous training in Inner Levels.

References & Footnotes

1. Papastavro, Tellis "The Gnosis and The Law" Chapter 6   (Copyright for The Gnosis and The Law was given to Patricia Diane Cota-Robles by Tellis S. Papastavro on October 29, 1980. This information may be copied for the benefit of Humanity, however, please give credit as to the source.)
2. Pearls of Wisdom ®, (The Summit Lighthouse, 1958 - 1972)
3. Luk, A.D.K.   The Law of Life: Book II, (Pueblo, Colorado: A.D.K. Luk Publications, 1989)
4. The Bridge to Freedom Journal, The Bridge to Freedom (1952-1961); reprinted by Ascended Master Teaching Foundation
5. Voice of the I AM ®, (Saint Germain Foundation, 1936 - 2004)
6. Blavatsky, Helena P.   The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy (Wheaton, Illinois: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993);
7. In the following, we give excerpts of the Maha Chohan's life on Earth, as was given by Him in an address to the students at the Chateau de Liberte Retreat of the Chohan of the Third Ray, Paul the Venetian, on October 15, 1953.

   It should be remembered that Maha Chohan, in His last embodiment on Earth, was the blind Greek poet Homer, author of the Odyssey and the Iliad.

   " . . . I came from another planet to this Earth, along with many of you, to guard this evolution and I, along with most of the Guardians, eventually became caught in the creations of thought and feeling which made the veil of human creation. I was born, finally, in the beautiful country of Greece, and it was there that I received My Illumination and in that embodiment, My physical sight was not functioning. * It was considered an affliction by My family and early in My youth, I had to make My way by caring for sheep on the hillside. There was no one to show Me the path because in those days afflictions of the flesh and weaknesses were considered "curses," imposed by God, and those so afflicted were more or less outcasts and they either died in bitterness or worked their way back to understanding God as best they could. I walked along those rocky hillsides, deep crevasses on one side where a faulty footstep would have meant death, with a herd of sheep, and the wool from these sheep I sheared with My own hands and the produce thereof gave Me the humble fare that I required. I was fortunate in living in a land where there were no extremes in temperature, and a little goat's milk, the olives from the trees and the warm sun and the grass were sufficient for My bodily needs; but I suffered because of My affliction, and because of the code of the day which said that those afflicted were cursed - I did not understand in those days that the curse was because of our own use of life - and God sent Me friends to help Me, to guide Me, to show Me where to place My staff, to tell Me of the blue of the sea, and the green grass, and I came to be grateful that because My physical eyes could not see, My soul was turned always toward the Law - this inexplicable something, which had given to My brothers and sisters sight but had barred Me from it, and I contemplated and there was born the heart of the Psalms, that I later recorded through David."

   * The late Mrs. Frances K. Ekey, formerly associate editor of "The Bridge to Freedom Journal," and one of the pioneer members of the organization, in one of the issues of "The Lighthouse to Freedom," (Vol.2, November, 1961, p.2) relates a fireside conversation they had with the Maha Chohan, and how then, besides telling them of the above, He added that through the Mercy of one of the Ascended Masters, he gained His vision.

   It was with inexpressible gratitude and joy, says Mrs. Ekey, that the Maha Chohan was relating the event to them. The first thing He saw with His vision "was the face of the Master, the blue of the sky, the green of the grass, and the beauty of the sea. . . "

8. An example of this we have in the radio, discovered by Leonora, and which was used by Saint Germain to contact Mighty Victory on Venus. Reminiscent of this, the latter related that when first he heard Saint Germain's voice, he thought that it was impossible that the "jungle" that was the Earth could develop anything that would annihilate space. Scarcely his thoughts ended, however, when the voice of Saint Germain was heard again telling him that the Earth was not "dull"; she had "wisdom," but she needed help and encouragement. "Would you like to give us assistance?" "With all My Heart," was the immediate response, and that's how Mighty Victory came to Earth.

   Years later, in 1965, the same Leonora who discovered the aforesaid radio, an unascended being then, but "Ascended Lady Master Leonora" now, talking to the students, said that "she was holding for humanity the key to the scientific unfoldment. . . "

   " . . . If I were to shower upon man all the wisdom which the Father has granted Me in keeping for the mankind of Earth, they would not know how to use it, and it would be abused in some cases or ignorantly put aside in others. . . "

   Continuing: " . . . We look to the present and We see the thralldom of the senses, and We see the frantic searchings of the scientists of the world who are looking for some new invention with which to conquer neighbors. How do you think We can grant the requests of men's hearts when all they are given is used to fight one another, to gain victory over one another, to gather spoils, to conquer nations. Indeed, the lust of the flesh has grown in proportion, and mankind are even more greedy than they were in the latter days of Atlantis. . . "

             

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