Some Definition of words used by Alice Bailey
and the Tibetan
Glamour --
"Mental illusion when intensified by desire, occurring on the astral
plane. (Emotional attachment to forms - distracts attention away from reality.)
Glamour has been likened to a mist or fog in which the aspirant wanders and
which distorts all that he sees and contacts, preventing him from ever seeing
life truly or clearly or the conditions surrounding him as they essentially
are... He is deceived by the appearance and forgets that which the appearance
veils. The emanatory astral reactions which each human being
initiates ever surround him and through this fog and mist he looks out upon a
distorted world."
[dissipated by Illumination]
World glamour --
the sum total of human ignorance, fear and greed--can dissipate through the
clear, inclusive thinking of those in whom the soul (Christ) principle is
awakening. Glamour results from a negative emotional focus; the dissipation of
glamour depends on "illumined thinking".
Illusion --
Mental fixation upon an idea - exclusive of the whole thus not seen in its
reality - leads to misinterpretation of the phenomenal world. -- "Illusion
is the power of some mental thoughtforms, of some
ideal, and some concept - sensed, grasped and interpreted in mental form - to
dominate the mental processes of the individual or of the race and consequently
to produce the limitation of the individual or group expression."
[dispelled by intuition]
Initiation -- A voluntary process whereby
successive and graded stages of unification and at-one-ment
take place between the man or woman in incarnation, his/her soul, and the
divine Monad or spark of God. Each stage confers on the initiate a deeper
understanding of the meaning and purpose of God's Plan, a fuller awareness of
his/her part in that Plan, and an increasing ability to work consciously and
intelligently towards its fulfillment.
Intuition --
Immediate perception or understanding of truth. The knowingness inherent in the
Consciousness of the Christ sees the totality [dispelled illusion]
New Group of World Servers -- On the physical
plane, without any exoteric organization, ceremonials, or outer form, there is
integrating - silently, steadily and powerfully - a group of men and women who
will supersede eventually the previous hierarchical effort. They are of all
races; they speak all languages; they embrace all religions, all sciences and
all philosophies. Their characteristics are synthesis, inclusiveness,
intellectuality and fine mental development. They own to no creed, save the
creed of Brotherhood, based on the One Life..
Rays -- The seven
streams of universal divine energy, each the expression of a great Life, whose
interaction at every conceivable frequency creates the solar systems, galaxies
and universes. Movement of these energies, in spiraling cycles, draws all Being
into and out of manifestation, coloring and saturating it with specific
qualities and attributes.
Shamballa -- A center of energy; the major center
in the planet. It is
located above the
Soul (Ego, Higher
Self, inner ruler, Christ within, Son of Mind, Solar Angel )
-- The linking principle between Spirit and matter; between God and His form. Provides consciousness, character and quality to all manifestation
in form. -- The human being is essentially and inherently divine. The
soul is the means whereby mankind evolves a consciousness of divinity, redeems
gross matter and liberates the pure flame of spirit from the limitation of
form.
Spirit -- the sum-total of the energies -- the life force -- animating and
vitalizing an individual. Also used, more esoterically, to
mean the Monad which reflects itself in the soul.
Spiritual -- The quality of any activity
which drives the human being forward towards some form of development --
physical, emotional, intuitional, social -- in advance of his present state.
Spiritual Hierarchy (White Brotherhood, Society of Illumined Minds) -- The
Kingdom of God, the
Antahkarana -- An invisible channel of light forming
the bridge between the physical brain and the soul, built through meditation
and service.
Astral plane -- The plane of the emotions, including the
polar opposites such as hope and fear, sentimental love and hate, happiness and
suffering. The plane of illusion.
Buddha -- Last
Avatar of the age of Aries. Previous World Teacher who manifested through the
Prince Gautama around 500 BC. The Embodiment of
Wisdom, He currently acts as the `Divine Intermediary' between Shamballa and Hierarchy. Buddhists expect their next great
teacher under the name Maitreya Buddha.
Buddhi -- The universal soul or mind; higher reason; loving understanding;
love-wisdom. The energy of love as the Masters experience it.
Buddhic
plane -- Plane of divine intuition.
Causal
body -- The vehicle of expression of the soul on the causal plane. The receptacle where
consciousness of ones evolutionary point of development is stored.
Causal plane -- The third of the four higher mental planes on which the soul
dwells.
Chakras -- Energy centers (vortices) in the etheric
body related to the spine and the seven most important endocrine glands. Responsible for the co-ordination and vitalization of all the
bodies (mental, astral and physical) and their correlation with the soul, the
main center of consciousness. There are seven major chakras and 42
lesser ones.
Esotericism --
The philosophy of the evolutionary process both in man and the lower kingdoms
in nature. The science of the accumulated wisdom of the ages.
Presents a systematic and comprehensive account of the energetic structure of
the Universe and of mans place within it. Describes the forces and influences
that lie behind the phenomenal world. Also, the process of
becoming aware of and gradually mastering these forces.
Etheric Body -- The energetic counterpart of the
physical body, composed of seven major centers (chakras) and 49 minor centers, a network which
connects all the centers, and infinitesimally small threads of energy (nadis) which underlie every part of the nervous system.
Blockages in the etheric body can result in physical
illnesses.
Etheric Planes -- Four planes of matter finer than
the gaseous-physical. As yet invisible to most people.
Evil -- Anything which impedes evolutionary development.
Evolution -- The process of spiritualization of matter; the way back to the
Source. The casting aside of the veils of delusion and
illusion leading eventually to cosmic consciousness.