“Today, in the planning now going forward in connection with the various international conferences and councils…the spiritual effort (for the first time in human history) is to bring all of them, as functioning groups, under the direct impact of the energy which motivates and actuates that place where the Will of God is known and the purposes of divinity are defined and projected. This means that each of the coming world conferences (and there will necessarily be many) will have a greater and far more extensive effect than would otherwise be the case.”

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE CYCLE OF CONFERENCES project comes from The Externalisation of the Hierarchy, by Alice Bailey. The allied forces had won the world war and the activity of divine will or purpose was growing in power, strengthening the hands of world servers in government and politics to enlighten the various national legislatures. If effective, the ‘Cycle of Conferences and of Councils,’ which was being initiated by the statesmen of the world, would thereby be brought under the direct guidance of ‘Those Who know the Will of God’.

The Divine Will is now at large in the world, breaking down selfish and materialistic patterns of thinking and causing much destruction where resistance is found. The synthesising aspect of the will is simultaneously active, as witnessed by the thousands of non-governmental organisations and charities that have sprung up in answer to the cry of human need. Likewise, the number of conferences taking place has dramatically expanded to include not only the political field, but all departments of human thinking, from philosophy, psychology and economics, to art, culture, science, religion and so forth. These conferences are not only tackling the immediate world crises of poverty, famine and disease, but are also addressing the crisis of vision that is confronting humanity by promoting and working towards a spiritually prosperous future based on sharing, equality, freedom and social responsibility.

The subjective empowerment of this work through the invocation and direction of the will is a vital service that can be given at this time so that goodwill can be expressed by the whole of the human race. We are told in the Alice Bailey books that The will-to-good of the world knowers is the magnetic seed of the future. The will-to-good is the Father aspect, whilst goodwill is the Mother aspect, and from the relation of these two the new civilisation, based on sound spiritual lines, can be founded. Two aspects of spiritual work must therefore be nurtured in the immediate future, for on them the more distant hope of happiness and of world peace depends. These are the strengthening of the hands of The New Group of World Servers with the will-to-good and the simultaneous outreach to the general public with the message of goodwill.

Outline of the work