319. A Treatise on Cosmic Fire - 37. DIVISION D - I. THOUGHT FORMS - Part 3 - A. BAILEY

DIVISION D - THOUGHT ELEMENTALS AND FIRE ELEMENTALS

I. THOUGHT FORMS - Part 3

The Principle of Mutation.  In concluding the above information about the laws, it is needful that we all recognise the extreme danger of dogmatising about these matters, and the risk of laying down hard and fast rules.  Much must remain unexplained and untouched, and much also will serve to raise only questions in our minds.  Comprehension is as yet impossible.  Until fourth-dimensional sight is ours, it will scarcely be possible for us to do more than hint at, and get a passing vision of, the complexity and the interweaving in the system.  It is not easy for us to do more than grip as a mental concept the fact that the rays, schemes, planets, chains, rounds, races and laws form a unit; seen from the angle of human vision the confusion seems unimaginable, and the key of its solution to be so hidden as to be useless; yet, seen from the angle of logoic sight, [598] the whole moves in unison, and is geometrically accurate.  In order to give some idea of the complexity of the arrangement, I would like here to point out that the Rays themselves circulate, the Law of Karma controlling the interweaving.  For instance, Ray I may pass around a scheme (if it is the paramount Ray of the scheme) with its first subray manifesting in a chain, its second in a round, its third in a world period, its fourth in a root race, its fifth in a subrace, and its sixth in a branch race.  I give this in illustration, and not as the statement of a fact in present manifestation.  This gives us some idea of the vastness of the process, and of its wonderful beauty.  It is impossible for us, sweeping through on some one Ray, to visualise or in any way to apprehend this beauty; yet, to those on higher levels and with a wider range of vision, the gorgeousness of the design is apparent.

This complexity is for us very much increased because we do not yet understand the principle governing this mutation.  Nor is it possible for even the highest human mind in the three worlds to do more than sense and approximate that principle.  By mutation I mean the fact that there is a constant changing and shifting, an endless interweaving and interlocking, and a ceaseless ebb and flow, in the dramatic interplay of the forces that stand for the dual synthesis of Spirit and matter.  There is constant rotation in the Rays and planes, in their relative importance from the standpoint of time which is the standpoint most closely associated with us.  But we can rest assured that there is some fundamental principle directing all the activities of the Logos in His system, and by wrestling to discover the basic principle on which our microcosmic lives rest, we may discover aspects of this inherent logoic principle.  This opens to our consideration a wide range of vision, and [599] though it emphasises the complexity of the subject, it also demonstrates the divine magnitude of the scheme, with its magnificent intricacies.  The reason the fourth is a major round is because in this round two things happened—the spark of mind was implanted and the door was opened from the animal kingdom into the human; and later, another door opened, on to the Path leading from the human kingdom into the spiritual—again a dual reason.  The fifth round is a major round because it marks a point in evolution where those who will achieve the goal, and those who will not, are sharply differentiated into two groups; the seventh is a major round because it will mark the merging of the two evolutions, the human and the deva.

The major root races are chosen under the Law of Correspondence.  In the third root race came the third Outpouring, the merging and the point of contact between the Spiritual Triad and the Lower Quaternary.  The fifth root race marks a point where higher and lower manas approximate, and where the concrete mind, meeting its highest development of this round, gives place to the intuition from above.  Here again we have a twofold reason.  The seventh root race again demonstrates dual attainment, love in activity, the basis of the third system of Will or Power.

The three major Rays, being dual, are their own sufficient explanation.  They are at present the mode of expression of the three aspects, and demonstrate under their appropriate Logoi, Who manipulate world affairs through the three departments, of which the rulers on our planet are the Lord Maitreya, the Manu, and the Mahachohan.  The three major planes demonstrate easily their unique position—on plane two we have the home of the Monads of Love, on plane five we find the habitat of their reflections, the reincarnating Egos, and [600] on the physical plane we find the working out at its densest point of the life of the Spirit.

This principle of mutation governs every department in the Law of Correspondences, and certain things can be stated as regards the system, and its component parts which will be found illuminating if we remember that they are facts for the present.  Let me again illustrate:  we have been told that the three major Rays at this time are the first, the second, and the seventh.  But later, the Rays now major may become subsidiary, and others take their place, though for this solar system the second Ray, being the synthetic Ray, will always be a major Ray.  Perhaps we can here get a hint on this great principle, though we must be careful not to draw it out to too fine a conclusion.  For this system the major Rays will always be the dual Rays—the negative-positive Rays, the masculine-feminine Rays—this being the dual system.  The major Rays for system three will be those in triple manifestation.

The following table may be found of interest, if regarded as relative, and as holding information for the present time, but also as being subject to change and circulation:

7 Rays	Major 1-2-7	Four subsidiary converging on the fifth.
7 Principles	3 Major	Monad, Ego and Personality, synthesising at various stages the four subsidiary.
7 Chains	Major 1-4-7
7 Planes	Major 2-5-7
7 Manvantaras	Major 3-4-7
7 Rounds	Major 4-5-7
7 Root races	Major 3-5-7
7 Sub races	Major 1-5-6
7 Initiations	Major 1 4 5	if viewed from the angle of human attainment, and 1-5-7 if viewed from a higher.