PERSONALITY AND SOUL INTEGRATION

This leads to illumination at the third initiation.

“As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he”. So, it stands to reason that if you are an integrated personality or in the process of becoming one, that you will necessary have an influence on your environment or on relations within your individual sphere. The reverse is also true and you will be more sensitive, and thus more affected by your environment than the average man. I cannot put it better than the following abstracts:

When aspirants consciously and of their own volition undertake to hasten their evolution, it will be found that they are working simultaneously on the co-ordination of their physical-etheric vehicle, the integration of their emotional vehicle as a responsive whole, the integration of their lower and higher mind, and the integration of all these three aspects into a unified instrument. And at the same time they are striving for soul contact, soul impression and soul control. This effort in turn produces the integration of personality and soul which results in what is spoken of as “the soul-infused personality”, a degree of which is necessary as the starting point for a totally new stage of esoteric training for discipleship service. Furthermore, they are learning to relate themselves to their environment – to humanity in general and to their group in particular. The integration process is therefore not merely a vertical one – of the vehicles or mechanism with the soul – but also a horizontal one into the planetary life of which they form a unit. This horizontal integration proceeds with growing rapidity as soul contact deepens and soul infusion of the personality increases, because the soul is group conscious and impresses the mind and brain of the aspirant with the fact of his or her common identity and shared destiny with all people.

We must also bear in mind, however, that the achievement of the integration of the personality can become, in turn, an obstacle if our vision is not constantly held on the next stage ahead – that of soul infusion. Integrated personalities intensely aware of their potency, power and efficiency, but lacking the humility and love born of soul vision, can become a hindrance to, instead of powerful workers for the Plan. Aspirants nearing the stage of integration as personalities need above all else a sense of true humility and the ability to see their integration as but another step towards the high goal: that as working as the soul.

This stage of events, where the personality is becoming truly integrated, is one of the most difficult that the aspirant has to face. The potency of the personality becoming dominated by the Soul produces an intense karmic activity. Events and circumstances pile fast and furiously into the experience of disciples. Their environment in the three worlds is the best possible for them at this particular stage of their lives and provides the right setting for experience; their experiences fluctuate between the extremes; they work off their karmic obligations and pay the penalty of past mistakes with great rapidity. Incarnation succeeds incarnation and as this educational process proceeds, the progress achieved by the aspirant is tested by the frequency of moments of crisis. Climaxing moments are of importance and the pursuit of an even tenor is not usually good for a disciple……

The Laws of the Soul concern the life of the soul on its own plane, and the relation of the blending soul and personality. When the personality is becoming infused by the Soul then these Laws of the Soul are consciously and voluntarily obeyed. This inevitably “brings about increasing relation between the Hierarchy of Souls and Humanity as a whole, between the great planetary centre which is the custodian of the principle of love, and the planetary centre, humanity, which expresses the energy of mind. Because we are today occupied as aspirants and disciples with the task of coming under these higher laws, it is necessary for us to work simultaneously towards right human and right Hierarchical relationships. The first involves service; the second indicates our willingness to learn.
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