1.) Other planets, Constellations, and the Houses of the Zodiac, all emit energies directed toward humanity for its benefit in achieving spiritual perfection.
2.) When the Christ stated that humanity would "Have Life More Abundantly," he was referring to these cosmic energies and how evolution would bring an ever increasing
abundance not only in volume but in velocity. The human nervous system undergoes evolutionary changes with each new race.
3.) With the coming of the Aquarian Age, these named energies are pouring in on humanity. Those individuals less advanced in evolution (recently born for the first time on earth) find these energies deadly stressful. Coupled with these energies is the much heightened speed of modern society. Everything is moving faster; means of transportation; the speed of the Internet and hand held items; T.V.: demands at work for greater production; and increased "deadlines" in every field, caused by the desire for more profits; and the rapid hustle and bustle that denotes any large city anywhere on earth. Everybody is rushing to and fro, and the loud noises of almost any entertainment, which is supposed to be "relaxing;" all effects of the increased cosmic energies that will continue to become even greater as evolution proceeds.
4.) As a result, more people are dying from heart disease, cancer and inherited diseases, most of which are due to imbalances in our nervous system and are psychological in nature. There is a notable increase in mental illnesses, and people who are simply "breaking down," unable to cope with all the modern day stress.
5.) There is a Cosmic Plan operable in our solar system, although the mass of humanity has no awareness of such a plan. According to this plan, as evolution proceeds and as technological advances are increasing, we are meant to have much more leisure time available free from work. It has recently be proposed by some nations that the traditional forty hour work-week, be reduced to 37 or even 35 hours per week.
6.) For those who do find they have more leisure time, they spend it in increased casual pursuits, seeking some degree of pleasure, such as more sports and attending more sporting events; visits to local places of historical interest, short vacations and increased travel, and in reading popular literature.
7.) The cosmic purpose of more leisure time is to allow human beings to seek answers to the many mysteries of our planetary existence. Such questions as Who Am I? or, What is the real purpose of our existence on this planet? etc. Or, a deeper search WITHIN the self to fulfill the admonishment of the Oracle of the Delphi to "Know Thyself," or in Greek, Gnothe Seauton. If it is asked, "Why do we waste leisure time in pursuit of material world phenomena, how would you answer?
8.) Because for most of us, even our leading scientists, we perceive this here and now world, a strictly materialistic world, as ALL THERE IS, even though many pray to a higher spiritual being blindly, without any genuine idea of who or what that is.
9.) According to the Ancient Philosophies of the Orient, such as the Vedanta and Purana which is the "root source" of the Ancient Wisdom, such an "Anthropomorphic or personified God has never existed in our universe and never will." This is perhaps a shocking statement for many westerners, since they are seeped in the Christian beliefs that have been perpetrated by the elders of the various denominations of Christian religions throughout history, who do not know of, or, if they did or have known, repressed such wisdom in order to sustain their positions of power in society. Religious seminaries and religious colleges simply confer degrees on their graduates like any other degrees in our society. To study religion does not make a person any more spiritual than anyone else. Spirituality comes from an inner growth, not from some outside source. Those misinformed personages who claim to be the "intermediaries" between God and Man in our society are totally unnecessary. This is a sham perpetrated on the masses who do not question their pseudo claimed authority. What humanity needs to discover for itself is that we each are in essence, Divine, or the "God Within." To truly seek God is to discover our own true natures and to go within the self. We cannot achieve spiritual advancement from outside ourselves.
10.) The Gautama Buddha based his Four Noble Truths and his Eight Fold Path on the basis of human ignorance. Ignorance here simply means "something not having yet been discovered." There are many, many things in the world that most of us have no as yet discovered, and so do not exist as far as we are concerned until that very moment of discovery, which summoned the cry, Eureka! The Buddha reasoned that Ignorance was the cause of human Desires, and that desires are the cause of human misery and pain and suffering. He concluded that to overcome the negative results of desires, we must dispel ignorance, and the way to do that is via the Eight Fold Path.
11.) These Paths are Right Knowledge, which in turn results in Right Thinking, Right Speech and Right Actions. These are the first four Paths. Five is Right Occupation, which he meant to earn a living without causing any harm to another (ahimsa) in Sanskrit. Six is Right Endeavor, meaning that whatever we do, do it with total concentration. Seven is Right Remembrance, to only hold in memory positive experiences and forget all the negative ones. And, the eighth and last is Right Meditation, such as Raja Yoga, a Mentally based yoga, in contrast to Hatha Yoga, which is a Physically based yoga. (See, for example, The Light Of The Soul; the Sutras of Patanjali, an Alice A. Bailey book (http://www.worldgoodwill.org).
12.) The Age of Aquarius,which is replacing the Piscean Age, has promised to bring to humanity many new startling experiences. It will bring evolutionary changes in our nervous systems; new ways of "seeing" both ourselves and the world we live in. The genuine truth of this world will be clarified and our eyes will evolve to enable us to see things which we do not now see. An example, we will see things on the Astral Plane, where we go when we sleep, while wide awake. This will be scary at first, since we will see what we would call Ghost, and other entities without physical bodies. And the clarifying of those things that up to now we've called Mysteries and Miracles for what they truly are. Over the next several hundreds of years, a new sub-race of humanity will emerge, which is the sixth sub-race of the current Fifth Root race. We are now in the fifth sub-race of this Aryan Civilization. All these things will become clearer as evolution proceeds. And, even though it is not believed by most in the west, the "Law of Reincarnation" will keep us being reborn so we will be witness to these newfound experiences and events. Keep Love in your hearts and share it with everyone. Universal brotherhood, altruism, compassion for all and Right Human Relationships and Peace among men, loom in the future of humanity. (See, for example, The Coming Race, by Annie Besant, (http://www.theosophicalsociety.org, 1913.)
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