| Government is to a society what the head is to the | | | | Hierarchy at this time who seek to use them to |
| body. | | | | impose the new rhythms on the different peoples in |
| We are told by the ancient wisdom teachings that in | | | | a society such as,- political groups, religious idealists |
| a desire to establish a divine kingdom on Earth, which | | | | and fanatics, the protagonists of the new social order |
| would be a reflection of the kingdom Above, our | | | | and economic regimes as translated to them rightly |
| many governmental systems were developed. The | | | | or wrongly by their leaders. |
| systems we see operating around the world are but | | | | In the end, what they desire above all else is peace, |
| imperfect reflections of the ideal of government | | | | stable economic conditions, and an orderly world. |
| divinely planned. They are works in progress and as | | | | 3. The thinkers of the world: these are the highly |
| each country matures and move through the three | | | | educated and intelligent men and women, who have |
| stages analagous to human development: | | | | ideas and formulate them into ideals. |
| childhood; | | | | These people speak the words, write the articles and |
| adulthood; and, | | | | books, and utilize all the known methods to reach |
| old agewe will be able to enjoy the rewards of | | | | and educate the general public, and thus stir up the |
| the struggle from darkness/ignorance into knowledge | | | | bourgeoisie to activity with the goal of influencing the |
| light. Each individual and each country must construct | | | | masses. |
| the ladder internally to climb to the ultimate | | | | The role they play is of great importance. From this |
| achievement of a government that is inclusive and | | | | group comes those who are steadily influencing the |
| serves the purpose for which it was established. | | | | trend in world affairs, sometimes for good and, |
| The divine structure and framework given to | | | | unfortunately, sometimes toward selfish ends but |
| mankind for his evolution contains three basic | | | | always working under the inspiration of this new age. |
| departments: | | | | With the public platforms is in their hands, the power |
| 1. Law, Politics and Government | | | | of the media and radio, they play upon the human |
| 2. Education, Religion and Social Affairs | | | | mind as a musician plays upon his instrument and, |
| 3. Business and Finance | | | | their responsibility is enormous. In the main, they are |
| With the understanding that the primary intent for | | | | dedicated to the amelioration of human conditions |
| setting up this experiment on planet Earth, was to | | | | and the betterment of world affairs, giving hope for |
| bring together groups of souls from many different | | | | the future and the upliftment of humanity. These |
| planetary systems in the galaxy to interact, find their | | | | souls can be found in every government, party, |
| common ancestry and to realize their connection as | | | | society, and in every church and religious organization. |
| part of one family of human beings. | | | | They constitute the most influential group today |
| Through the process of incarnation, each has | | | | because it is through them that the large middle class |
| forgotten his relationship to his brother thereby | | | | is reached, influenced and organized toward political, |
| creating a system based on scarcity, competition and | | | | religious and social ends. |
| survival. And like crabs in a barrel we would destroy | | | | The ideas and words of this group percolate down |
| anyone who would appear to get in the way. | | | | through the upper and middle classes and finally reach |
| Mankind is emerging out of the fog that a loss of | | | | the ears of the more advanced of the undeveloped |
| memory created in his involutionary journey into the | | | | masses. |
| density of matter and materialism. Each government | | | | 4. The Adepts-the emerging fifth kingdom of |
| and each individual is beginning to remember his true | | | | Humanity: these are the people who are beginning to |
| relationship to each other. Communication through | | | | form a new social order in the world. They belong to |
| travel and technology is providing the opportunity to | | | | no party or government in the partisan sense. They |
| know more about one another and thus the barriers | | | | recognize all parties, all creeds, and all social and |
| and boundaries are coming down. The discovery of | | | | economic organizations and recognize all |
| the essential nature of Oneness is causing everyone | | | | governments. They are found in all nations and all |
| to re-think this illusionary concept of separation and | | | | religious organizations and are involved with the |
| Unity seems to be breaking out everywhere. | | | | formulation of the new social order commonly, but |
| We now have a new crop of human beings who we | | | | not always accurately, referred to as the New World |
| can rightly call the children of the future who are | | | | Order. |
| characterized by an understanding of the | | | | They do not fight to keep the best in the old order |
| inter-relationship of all life. Since they are able to filter | | | | or for the betterment of world conditions. They have |
| out of their consciousness the prejudices and | | | | concluded that the old methods of fighting, and the |
| ignorances of past generations, they will anchor the | | | | partisanship of the leaders are out of date. They |
| Aquarian government on Earth, with the hallmarks of: | | | | know that old ways of party battles and of violent |
| Brotherhood | | | | attacks on individuals whose ideas or way of living |
| Synthesis | | | | are different are detrimental. And, most profoundly, |
| Service | | | | that all sides have utterly failed humanity. |
| Feminine equality, power and rulership; and | | | | These methods have proven to be futile and |
| Masonry | | | | unsuitable to bringing in the desired conditions of |
| Due to the loss of memory that humanity | | | | peace, economic plenty and understanding. And so, |
| experienced as it involuted into matter, we concluded | | | | they are occupied with the task of inaugurating the |
| that there is little or no relationship between things | | | | New World Order by forming, throughout the |
| that appear different. To heal this malady of the | | | | world-in every nation, city and town,-a grouping of |
| mind, the three basic areas mentioned previously | | | | people who belong to no party, take no sides either |
| were put in place to train the mind to penetrate the | | | | for or against, but who have as clear and definite a |
| veils of appearances with the eye of the higher mind. | | | | platform and as practical a program as any other |
| We will then be able to see that, in fact, the essential | | | | single party in the world today. |
| nature of all things is the same and that all Life is part | | | | The platform upon which they stand is: the essential |
| of one Whole irrespective of outer appearances. | | | | divinity of Man. Understanding that a basic human |
| There has been much talk about the role of | | | | characteristic is that of goodwill, this is the premise |
| government in the lives of the citizenry and the need | | | | on which they build their program. They see no racial, |
| to keep the government out but, it is my feeling that | | | | national or religious barriers and therefore work to |
| what society is yearning for is a government that is | | | | heal the breaches between people; to evoke a sense |
| spiritualized. One in which the divine plan for Humanity | | | | of brotherhood and foster a sense of mutual |
| is fully operational. However, when one is in | | | | inter-relation. |
| separation, he is not able to recognize a government | | | | At this time, they are organizing men and women of |
| that reflects the Divine Intent for society. | | | | good will throughout the world, outlining to them a |
| Those with no vision and who are near-sighted are | | | | definite plan and framework within which they can |
| convinced that things are getting worse and are very | | | | meet. |
| aggravated. What is also true however is that even | | | | This group of adepts state and know that their initial |
| their ability to see these divisions is a function of their | | | | appeal has been such that, given the assistance of |
| unfoldment and the tools that this new age now | | | | the trained minds found in the third group mentioned |
| provides for greater transparency. They see no light | | | | previously, with financial assistance for educational |
| in the darkness, and talk wildly of our civilization being | | | | and media initiatives, they can change the world. |
| doomed. | | | | This They know can be accomplished without war, |
| The opportunist on the other hand sees an opening | | | | without arousing hatred, without attacking any cause |
| in this discontent for him to assume prominence and | | | | or partisanship - and, that the new order can be |
| to come to the forefront in some department of | | | | firmly established upon earth. |
| world activity like religion, economics or politics. | | | | It is the obligation of these initiates to watch over |
| Despite good intentions at times, these opportunists | | | | human evolution and to guide the destinies of men. |
| exploit the masses, and twist the situation to their | | | | This objective They carry forward by implanting |
| own ends. In some cases it is because life, destiny, | | | | ideas in the minds of world thinkers. This is |
| fate or karma casts them for that position to | | | | accomplished, not through force which infringes upon |
| balance out past acts, and they become men | | | | the free will of the human spirit, but through the |
| women of destiny. Yet all the time they are but | | | | evocation of the human consciousness so that these |
| pawns in the hands of The Spiritual Hierarchy who | | | | ideas can be received, recognized and, in time, |
| are working to some higher end. | | | | become the prevailing influences in human life. |
| The peoples of the world are essentially divided into | | | | Thus is the relationship of: |
| four groups: | | | | The Hierarchy ? The Adepts ? The Masses of |
| 1. The ignorant masses: these are souls who, through | | | | Humanity |
| poverty, lack of employment, illiteracy, hunger, | | | | It is important to look at this issue from two |
| distress, no leisure time or means for cultural | | | | different angles and to always remember that the |
| advantages are in an inflamed condition. | | | | objective of the new social order, new politics and |
| They are developed just enough to respond to the | | | | new religion is to: |
| mental control and suggestion of slightly more | | | | bring about the unfoldment of human |
| advanced people. They can be easily regimented, | | | | consciousness |
| influenced, standardized and swept into collective | | | | institute and bring to mankind's attention the |
| activity by leaders of any school of thought. | | | | higher values, and |
| Whoever is clever enough and emotional enough can | | | | end the reign of materialism. |
| appeal to their material desires, love of country, and | | | | This is the goal to which all true knowers and |
| or hatred of those who possess more than they do. | | | | spiritually minded men through the ages have |
| They can be controlled by fear, and therefore | | | | committed themselves - to bring in the rule of the |
| aroused to action by emotional appeal. Knowing no | | | | Kingdom of God, which is the era of peace on earth. |
| better and suffering so much, they are easily swept | | | | This is indicated by the widespread emphasis upon |
| by the fires of hatred and fanaticism, and so they | | | | world peace, as is voiced by great political leaders |
| constitute one of the greatest and most innocent | | | | and as worked for by churches everywhere. |
| menaces of the present time. | | | | The Hierarchy is struggling hard against the so-called |
| They are the playthings of the better informed, and | | | | "forces of evil", which are not: armies of |
| are helpless in the hands of those who seek to use | | | | unrighteousness and sinfulness, organized under a |
| them for any purpose they chose. They can be | | | | figment of the imagination, the devil or some other |
| influenced most easily by emotional appeals and by | | | | supreme Antichrist, for such an army does not exist. |
| promises, while ideas make but little impact upon their | | | | There is no great enemy of God arraigned in battle |
| consciousness, since they are not yet developed | | | | against the Most High. |
| enough to think for themselves. | | | | These "forces of evil" are none other than suffering, |
| For the most part, the majority of them are young | | | | erring humanity that are still half-awakened, dimly |
| souls. These souls are impelled by the need to feel | | | | sensing the vision, and struggling to free itself from |
| that they are of value; they are also motivated by a | | | | the thralldom of the past with its tarnished allegiances |
| desire to retaliate for not being recipients of more of | | | | and its unchecked loyalties. The forces of evil are, in |
| the material benefits of life. | | | | the end, only the entrenched archaic ideals and habits |
| Unfortunately, because they are an unthinking, | | | | of thought which have served the purpose of |
| unreasonable mass of human beings, they can be | | | | bringing the human race to its present point of |
| easily manipulated and exploited by the idealism of | | | | development, but which must now disappear if the |
| the leaders and demagogues who propel them onto | | | | New Age is to be ushered in as desired. |
| even violent actions with mob psychology, and mob | | | | The old Antichrist rhythms, inherent in the old forms |
| rule. The masses of humanity fight and die on the | | | | of religion, politics and the old social order, must give |
| urge of inflammatory speeches and seldom know | | | | way to newer ideals, to synthetic understanding, and |
| what it is all about. In the end, however, they must | | | | to the new order. The laws and modes of procedure |
| come to know that their conditions can be bettered, | | | | which are characteristic of the New Age must |
| through different means and not bloodshed and | | | | supersede the old, and these will, in time, institute the |
| exploitation. | | | | new social order and the more inclusive regime. |
| 2. Secondly, the middle class, so called, is made up of | | | | This work will bring about the conscious development |
| the lower higher and the upper lower classes which is | | | | of Universal Mind/Intelligence; Universal Love and |
| the bulk of any nation. They are the bourgeoisie-the | | | | Universal Will. These are recognized by all world |
| intelligent, diligent, inquiring, narrow-minded, essentially | | | | religions, including the Christian religion as a required |
| religious-- though frequently repudiating the forms of | | | | achievement in this new age. |
| religion. | | | | There are many experiments taking place especially in |
| This second group is the most fruitful field from | | | | the realm of government today as men everywhere |
| which the new leaders and organizers are being | | | | attempt to apply the newly sensed approaching |
| drawn. They constitute an intermediate group | | | | ideals. |
| between world thinkers, the intelligentsia, and the | | | | In an attempt to bring in some aspect of this ideal to |
| masses of men. They have benefited from improved | | | | the new social order much antagonism and hatred |
| educational opportunities. They are able to read and | | | | becomes obvious. What we are really seeing are |
| are intelligent and, through the new methods of | | | | clear lines of demarcation and distinction as each |
| propaganda such as the press, television and radio; | | | | group is convinced it is right. |
| they constitute the most powerful group in each | | | | The divine purpose for government was to set up a |
| nation. It is to them that the leaders make their | | | | system wherein the liberation of humanity from |
| appeal, and it is their backing and their partisanship | | | | ignorance can be achieved. It is toward that end, |
| which is demanded and ensures success by any | | | | again, that the following three primary systems were |
| leader. | | | | established: |
| In the final analysis, they are the determining factor | | | | Law, Politics and Government |
| in world affairs. They form the bulk of the partisans | | | | Education and Religion |
| in the world, the fighters for a cause, and can be | | | | Business and Finance |
| formed into great groups, either for or against | | | | As humanity emerges out of darkness into light and |
| whatever party. | | | | matures from childhood to adulthood our systems of |
| If they are not literally fighting, in the physical sense, | | | | government will correspondingly more closely reflect |
| they are fighting with words, speeches and books. | | | | the divine intent for governments based on Oneness, |
| They love to recognize and choose a leader, and are | | | | Divinity and the Right of all Life to enjoy what the |
| ready to die for a cause, and to make endless | | | | earth so bountifully provides. Man will have more |
| sacrifices for their ideals, based upon the ideas | | | | leisure time to contemplate who he is so the |
| presented to them by their chosen leaders. | | | | mystery of his divinity can be revealed to his |
| This group is being greatly influenced by the Spiritual | | | | conscious mind. |