HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS HAS GREAT SIGNIFICANCE -- PART THREE

Shakespeare recognised something when he wrote: "All the World is a stage and all the men and women merely players". We are indeed actors playing out a cosmic drama.


The Cosmic Drama

This drama appears real to you for you are in your physical bodies and are personally involved in it, but you must have perspective of this drama and recognise it for what it really is. The drama has a purpose. It is to teach, to evolve your consciousness. Everything that happens on the plane of Earth happens not by chance but because either you as individuals or the World as a whole have drawn it unto yourselves through your behaviour in this or in past lives.

Using Spiritual Consciousness

Tap into spiritual consciousness which you possess and use it. Use it to transform not only yourselves but the World as a whole and by doing that you will be fulfilling your divine potential, for you are one with your Creator. The force of Its love and Its energy flows through you at all times. You are never alone. Your prayers never go unanswered. You are forever attuned to the planes of life beyond your understanding. Recognise the physical reality and serve it, but also recognise the greater picture. Do not be swamped by the little drama that is being played out at this time on the physical stage of life. Hold to your faith. Hold to your consciousness.

The Twelve Planets

The Creator of our Solar Body, that Being whom you call God, creates on the vibration of twelve. You have, therefore, twelve planets within this Solar System, some of which you still have to discover. Each of these planets supports what we call a plane of life, a plane of existence. If, for example, you were to look at Venus you would say that no life exists on Venus. This is because on Venus life does not exist on the same frequency band that life does on Earth.

The vibratory rate of each planet is different and so manifests a different plane of life. It is just the same when you die and leave your physical body. You move onto a higher frequency, into a higher body. You can still move around on the physical plane of life but no one sees you. Remember that there are the angelic and the devic kingdoms operating around you right now, but you cannot see them because they too are operating on a different plane of life, a different frequency.

Levels of Life

There are twelve planes or levels of life in our Solar Body and the purpose of your spiritual existence is to achieve Mastery, as the expression goes, on each of those planes of life. The total destiny of your being is to achieve Mastery on all twelve planes. Let us, for example, consider the case of someone like the Master Jesus. He had achieved Mastery on only seven planes of existence. There were five planes on which he still had to learn and evolve. You, at your level of consciousness, are aware only of the seven lower planes which are a part of your physical understanding. The remaining five planes are beyond your comprehension, indeed, are beyond my comprehension even though I dwell on a higher plane than you.

So for the time being let us just say that there are seven planes which you have to master, planes which are sometimes called the physical, etheric, astral, emotional, vital, mental and spiritual planes. You live on each of these planes even whilst you are present in your physical body. You face challenges and tests on these planes in just the same way that you face them on the physical plane of life. Each of these planes is a different reality, a different World. You visit them in your sleep state but for the most part you do not remember your visits on your return to physical consciousness.

The Ultimate Life

What is the ultimate life?? Obviously I can only give you my opinion. My understanding of life, and I talk now not just of physical life but of the essence of life, is that although we have been given individualised consciousness by our Creator, we are all unique, at some time in the future our destiny will be to surrender that consciousness back to the whole, to our Creator, and to merge our individuality in the Oneness of that great Being. We therefore possess our individuality for only a short time, on a cosmic scale anyway, and then of our own free will we will surrender our individuality back to the source, our Creator. This will not be demanded of us. It will be something that we will want to do, to surrender our individuality for the good and the well-beng of the whole. But that is, for most of us, a long time ahead in the future.

Highly Privileged

One of the things you have to understand is that Humanity, and I use the expression to mean human consciousness both on the physical and the higher levels of life, is a very special species of cosmic being. Humanity´s evolutionary path can be likened to an experiment and this experiment is being watched with great interest by many, many great Cosmic Beings from universes beyond your comprehension. Humanity is an experiment in creation by a great Being. To this end you have been given cosmic gifts which very few other beings possess.

Planet Earth is a very special place. You are highly privileged to incarnate on her, to be part of the school of Earth and to advance your spiritual consciousness through the exercise of your cosmic talents. There are many beings on other planets who are not permitted to achieve consciousness in this way. You have been given the supreme gifts of the God-head: Its own divinity, Its own creativity, Its own free choice. You are, in essence, gods in the making and planet Earth is a school for gods.

This article is from "The fantastic Teachings of Ramala".

HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS HAS GREAT SIGNIFICANCE -- PART TWO

In life today, for the most part, you tend to ignore your spiritual consciousness, the wisdom that you have gleaned over many, many lives on many planes of existence. Remember that not only have you lived thousands of lives upon this plane of Earth but you have lived thousands of lives on many other planes of existence.

 
The Totality of Life

Life is not just the physical reality of which you are aware. A true understanding of the totality of life is beyond your comprehension at this time because you are limited by the physical body in which you are temporarily dwelling, but released from that body, living on the higher planes of life, you can truly experience cosmic consciousness. You can see the Universal Whole for what it really is: millions upon millions of beings, on many planes of existence, all exhibiting consciousness in the service of the one God of Whom we are all a part, the God in Whom we live, move and have our being.

Group Consciousness

You incarnate on the plane of Earth to evolve both your consciousness and the group consciousness of Humanity. This is achieved through the practice of right thought, right speech, and right behaviour. Recognise that sacrifice, on many levels, plays an important part in your life. Indeed the example of all the great Masters who have come on the plane of Earth is that one has to sacrifice, sometimes even one´s life, in order to evolve human consciousness.

Understand that you incarnate to serve: to serve the plane of Earth, your fellow human beings and, above all, this planet, the Goddess, on whom you live for your short lifespan. She has offered you her body as a school of life. So realise that your own physical body is part of that Goddess and that you will return it to her at the moment of death. It is a sacred temple, a fitting reflection of the spirit that lives within it. It is truly divine and worthy of your respect, and if you respect your own body then you will surely respect the bodies of other people in everything that you do in thought, word and deed.

Christianity and The Goddess

There are many in the Western World today who do not celebrate the festival of Beltane (May-day). This is because it is not recognised as a Christian celebration. But the Christian religion is only one small aspect of the total consciousness of Humanity. Christianity has existed for only centuries whereas the festival of Beltane has been celebrated for milleniums, for it is an Earth festival, a festival which links Humanity to the Earth, to the Goddess.

Why do we have, why do we need such festivals?? It is not just to mark the seasons of the year or to bear witness to the dogma of a particular religion, no matter whether it be Christianity, Mohammedism or Buddhism. It is to link Humanity with the Cosmos, to make Humanity aware of its own mortality, of the passage of time, of the brevity of physical reality compared with the eternity of Nature, and of the need to tap into that reality beyond the physical.

Eleven Other Planes

We of the Spiritual Hierarchy recognise that the plane of Earth is but one twelfth of the whole. There are eleven other planes of existence which Humanity can experience through its higher bodies. It is your birthright to know of these planes, to witness them and to dwell on them, to be at one with them. That is the birthright of your spiritual consciousness. You incarnate with this knowledge, this reservoir of learning, the experiences of past earthly and cosmic relationships. Why, therefore, when you encounter the conflict of Earth do you surrender to that conflict and become a part of it?? Why do you not go within yourselves to seek the aid of the cosmic wisdom that you possess??

The World is in crisis because you as individuals are in crisis. The world crisis is but a reflection of your own inner struggles, your own desires, your own weaknesses. If you wish to resolve World crisis you must first resolve personal crisis. This can be done only through consciousness, through an understanding of the true nature of your being and of the God of Whom you are a part. This means going within yourselves. This means listening to your inner wisdom and not to the dogma of others. In quiet moments, such as you are experiencing now, attune to the cosmic forces, to the reality of life, and just for a short time release the unreality, for that is what it is, of physical life.

Part Three follows....This article is taken from "The Fantasic Teachings of Ramala".

HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS HAS GREAT SIGNIFICANCE -- PART ONE

We are living in a world in crisis. This situation exists because our world is in political, financial and ecological crisis and, above all, because it is in spiritual crisis.

Intuitive Understanding

Many people in the world today have rejected the discipline of religious dogma but have not yet replaced that discipline by self-discipline, by developing their own intuitive understanding of the purpose of life. They have become so caught up in the physical reality of life, in the struggle to exist, especially here in the Western World where life is lived at such a frenetic pace, that they do not have the time to go deeply within themselves to seek the purpose of their being and the purpose of their life on the physical plane of Earth.

It is not my intention, indeed, it is not possible for me to tell you the purpose of your physical life. That is for you to discover through your own intuitive channel. What I would like to do, however, is to present to you my understanding of Humanity´s consciousness for it is only by changing Humanity´s consciousness that you can change the pattern of human behaviour and so save your troubled World.

Fear of Death

Nearly all of you live in the shadow of the fear of death. This fear is brought about because you do not understand the purpose of death. If you think about it, if there was no such thing as death, if you did indeed live for ever and never died, if you were in fact like the sailors in the legend of the Flying Dutchman, condemned to live for ever on the plane of Earth, there would soon come a time when you would beg for death, when you would pray to be removed from physical life!! If you did but recognise it, then, death really is a saviour. It is for you the means of transition back to a plane of reality from this plane of unreality. You dwell for the most part on higher planes of life, on higher planes of consciousness, on planes of reality, and you incarnate on Earth, manifesting aspects of your spirit, in order to join this school of life and partake of its lessons.

Of Lasting Value

A wise man once placed money in its correct perspective by saying that you cannot take it with you when you die. After death money is of no significance whatsoever, and that is also true of all physical matter. When you die you cannot take it with you. You incarnate onto the physical plane of life with spiritual consciousness, and that alone, and when you leave that plane you take nothing with you but that spiritual consciousness. Now that is not to say that there are not some beings who after passing over onto the higher planes of life are still so caught up in the material aspects of life that they are unable to release them.

Such people look down on the physical plane of Earth which they have recently left and watch with great concern what is happening to their so called "possessions", to all the material things they acquired on Earth and have not yet released. They can spend much time wathcing and waiting when they should be moving on to other planes of living, to other lessons of life. Most people, though, gladly release everything physical at death in just the same way as they release the higher planes at the moment of their physical birth. If you would be recognise it, therefore, the only thing of lasting value to you is your CONSCIOUSNESS.

Lesson of Physical Life

You incarnate onto the physical plane of Earth to evolve your consciousness. That is the sole purpose of your physical incarnation, the reason for you being in this school of life which you call Earth. Now that does not mean that you can ignore the physical reality of Earth. You must be responsible for the physical body in which you dwell, your fellow human beings, the society in which you live, the material possessions which are placed in your guardianship. That is all part of the lesson of physical incarnation: to handle the Earth plane with consciousness. But that is not the total lesson. You must learn to handle your physical reality with responsibility, but you must also learn to ground and manifest your spiritual consciousness. You must learn that your consciousness is a tool for you to use on Earth, a means by which you can express the deep cosmic knowledge which you possess.

Part Two follows....

This article is from "The Fantastic Teachings of Ramala".

ASTROLOGY -- PART TWO

Where Humanity has not advanced is in its understanding of the powers, or influences, of the various celestial bodies, knowledge which is sometimes referred to as the Ancient Wisdom.

Lack of Understanding

As you live each day of your life you are subject to the influences of your Solar Body. These can be forecast and mapped out. Your actual position on the Earth also affects the degree to which you receive the influences of the planets, and this too can be forecast. With regard to the mathematical side of astrology, astrologists can be fairly accurate and they can predict the movements of the planets and the stars around them. They can predict when they will appear and disappear, and when they will influence people. Humanity has advanced in this respect because it is the simple side of astrology. Where Humanity has not advanced is in its understanding of the powers, or influences, of the various celestial bodies, knowledge which is sometimes referred to as the Ancient Wisdom.

Not 9 But 12 Planets

Now you will appreciate that astrology today, as it does not recognise the existence of twelve planets within the Solar Body, since Humanity still has to discover three of them, must be inaccurate. Some of the varying influences, the signs of the zodiac as you call them, are in consequence attributed to wrong planets. There are twelve planets and there are twelve signs of the zodiac, one to each planet.

You are born at a definite time depending upon the lesson which you wish to learn and the planetary influence which you are attempting to master in that incarnation. This influence will vary throughout the period of the zodiacal sign depending on whether you are born early or late in the period. At the beginning you are under the influence, to a degree, of the last sign and towards the end you are receiving the influence of the next.

Moment of Birth

Before you incarnate into matter, you choose your birthday, you choose not only the calendar day but also the astrological day in order to receive the influences you desire, for at the moment of birth through the ether there comes to the child not only the Divine Spark that starts its path in life, but also the astrological influences of that moment in time.

What astrologists today do not know are the actual influences of the planets. They might understand some correctly, but not others. Therefore when they try to cast a horoscope certain influences will be missing, but most important of all, they do not know of the influence of what I will call soul wisdom, by which I mean the evolution of the soul that has incarnated, the lives experienced previously, the state of consciousness attained.

Level of Consciousness

As you can readily appreciate, you can have two people born at the same second in time alongside each other in the same room and yet they will both lead vastly different lives. How is this possible, you may ask, since they were both born under the same sign?? You may now begin to appreciate how small the significance of the planets is in this respect and how much greater is the significance of the individual´s consciousness.

As you evolve and become more aware and are more receptive to the planets so you vibrate to them more fully. You become a finer instrument. A coarse instrument would be less aware of the power and would respond less. Consequently, the use which you can make of planetary powers differs according to your point of consciousness.

So let us therefore place this aspect of astrology in its correct position. It can help you to predict the destiny of a person. It can help you to realise the influences under which you yourself vibrate and can point to certain significant periods in your lifetime, but cannot tell you with any degree of accuracy.

Powers of the Planets

As you live your life on the surface of the Earth you are subject to the influences of the planets and, here, astrologists can be more accurate in their predictions for depending on your location on the Earth, as the planets come into view and vibrate their influence so their power wil be felt. They can predict the appearance of Mars and Venus, of Jupiter and Saturn, and know when they will shine upon you.

If they know their powers they could also say that you would be influenced between certain times, on certain days, by the powers of the planets. No matter what the soul consciousness of the individual, all are affected. People may not react in the same way to the powers, but they are all affected. So astrology, in this respect, can predict the pattern of the planets and the stars and the influences that they will have on Humanity.

If you were to realise that the planets do have influences, if you were to learn about those influences, you would be able to run your life more smoothly by anticipating, by using or by avoiding, if you so desired, the influences of the planets at certain times during the course of the year.

Part Three follows....

This article is from "The Fantastic Teachings of Ramala".