This teaching on world glamour, its causes and cures, is one of
the specialised subjects first given to the group whose personal
instructions appear in the two volumes of "Discipleship in the New
Age". The idea that a small group of dedicated aspirants could work
together to help dissipate the heavy enshrouding glamours which
oppress humanity and deflect the light of truth, was initially quite
a startling one. Spiritual progress has for so long held no meaning
for the individual other than his own personal growth, that to consider
spiritual experience in direct relation to world conditions is for
many a revolutionary idea. Nevertheless world glamour--the sum total
of human ignorance, fear and greed--can only yield to the enlightened
penetration of those in whom these emotional reactions have been
transcended in whole or in part.
Glamour is, of course, the result of a negative emotional focus;
just as illusion results from a negative or unclear attitude of
mind out of touch with the reality behind the outer appearance;
so a man becomes the victim of strong self-created thought-forms
built on personality forces and self-interest.
This book deals with the misconceptions existing on all levels
of the personality life--maya on the etheric level; glamour on
the emotional plane; and illusion on the mental plane; climaxing
in the sum total of all three combined in the personality--the
so-called dweller on the threshold.
The correct methods of working to dissipate world glamour and
dispel world illusion, conform to modern psychological techniques
accepted and practiced for individual benefit. A higher form of
energy must be brought to bear on the blocked condition. This
means in practical terms, maya must be subjected to the inspiration
and idealism of the emotional plane; glamour to the illumination
of the mental plane; illusion to the light of the intuition, a
buddhic energy; and the dweller on the threshold must be confronted
by the Angel of the Presence, the soul.
As this clarity and transformation of the personality proceed
in the individual, he can begin to serve consciously, preferably
in group formation, to lift and enlighten the world condition.
Certain meditation formulas are given in this book which can safely
be used by a group working together, but would require great care
in the individual to prevent stimulation of any remaining personal
glamours and illusions. We are working at all times with energy
as an impersonal force, which can nevertheless produce a dangerous
personal effect if the motivation is not selfless enough, the
personality insufficiently pure or self-disciplined, and the dynamic
power-to-work not sufficiently fused with love of humanity to
create understanding and identification.
"The need for the service of men and women free from illusion
and glamour, has never been so dramatically present as it is today,
and it is for these potential servers of a desperate necessity
that I have written."
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