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What is a Disciple?
A disciple is one who, above all else,
is pledged to do three things:
- To serve humanity.
- To cooperate with the Plan of Hierarchy
as he sees it and as best he may.
- To develop the powers of the
soul, to expand his consciousness and to follow the guidance
of the higher self and not the dictates of his threefold
lower self.
Discipleship is a word in constant use among aspirants in the world, both in the East and in the West. Discipleship could be defined as the final stage of the path of evolution. It is the stage in which a human being knowingly takes a pledge to impose the will of the soul (which is essentially the will of God) upon the lower nature. Upon this path the aspirant submits to a training process through a systematised and applied discipline, producing a more rapid unfoldment of the power and the life of the soul.
Great is the Mystery of Godliness
The word went forth to all the sons
of men, the Sons of God: Shew forth the signature of God.
Leave this High Place and, in the outer realm of darkness,
toil and serve; bring forth the Real; unveil the hidden depths
of light. Reveal divinity.
Thus down the ages have the sons of
men, who are the Sons of God, embodied in themselves the Light
which shines, the Strength which lifts and serves, the Love
that evermore endures. They walked the Way of purity, the
Way into the innermost. We follow after. They served their
time. We seek to do the same.
(The Old Commentary) |
