THE ESOTERIC DISPENSATION OF THE CHRIST

The Esoteric Dispensation of the Christ

When the term “Christ” is use many people immediately think of Christianity often with an accompanying negative reaction especially from those for whom organized religion represents a dark and threatening influence. From an Esoteric perspective the term “Christ” denotes a position within the Hierarchy and it is one filled by different beings who occupy the chair until they evolve into a new place and there is someone to fill the vacancy.

D.K.; The World Teacher is that Great Being Whom the Christian calls the Christ; he is known also in the Orient as the Bodhisattva, and as Lord Maitreya, and is the One looked for by the devout Mohammedan, under the name of the Iman Mahdi. He it is Who has presided over the destinies of life since about 600 B.C. and He it is Who has come out among men before, and Who is again looked for. He is the Great Lord of Love and Compassion, just as his predecessor, the Buddha, was the Lord of Wisdom...He is the World Teacher, Master of Masters, and the Instructor of Angels, and to him is committed the guidance of the spiritual destinies of men, and the development of the realization within each human being he is a child of God and a son of the Most High. The World teacher directs that indwelling consciousness in the life or spirit aspect, seeking to energize it within the form so that, in due course of time, that form can be discarded and the liberated spirit return whence it came. Ever since He left the earth, as related with approximate accuracy in the Bible story (though with much error in detail) has He stayed with the sons of men; never has He really gone, but only in appearance, and in a physical body He can by those who know the way, dwelling in the Himalayas, and working in close cooperation with His two great brothers the Manu and the Mahachohan. Daily He pours out His blessing on the world , and daily He stands under the great pine in His garden at the sunset hour with His hands uplifted in blessing over all those who truly and earnestly seek to aspire. To Him all seekers are known, and, though they remain unaware of Him, the light which He pours forth stimulates their desire, fosters the spark of struggling life and spurs on the aspirant until the momentous day dawns when they stand face to face with the One who by being “lifted up” (occultly understood) is drawing all men unto Himself as the Initiator of the sacred mysteries. He has been for two thousand years the Supreme Head of the Church Invisible, the Spiritual Hierarchy, composed of the disciples of all faiths. He recognizes and loves all those who are not Christian but who retain their allegiance to their founders - the Buddha, Mohammed and others. He cares not what the faith is , if the objective is the love of God and of humanity. If men look for the Christ who left His disciples centuries ago, they will fail to recognize the Christ who is in the process of returning. The Christ has no religious barriers in His consciousness. It matters not to him of what faith a man may call himself. The Son of God is on His way, and he comes not alone. His advance guard is already here, and the plan must follow, is already made clear. Let recognition be the aim. In the coming world religion, the emphasis will be on truth. Life and not death will be proclaimed; attainment of spiritual status through spiritual living will be taught, and the fact of the existence of those who have thus attained and who work with the Christ for the helping and salvaging of humanity, will be the goal. The fact of the spiritual Hierarchy of our planet, the ability of mankind to contact it’s Members and to work in cooperation with Them, and the existence of Those Who Know what the will of God is, and can work intelligently with that will - these are the truths upon which the future spiritual teaching will be based. In the future, the eyes of humanity will be fixed upon the Christ, and not upon any such man-made institutions such as the church and it’s dignitaries; Christ will be seen as He is in reality, working through His disciples, through the Masters of Wisdom, and through His followers who toil unseen (and usually unrecognized) behind world affairs. The sphere of His activity will be known to be the human heart and also the crowded market places of the world, but not some stone edifice, and not the pomp and ceremony of any ecclesiastical headquarters. No man has ever been saved by theology, but only by the living Christ, and through the awakened consciousness of the Christ within each human heart.

Read “Reappearance of the Christ” by Alice Bailey.

“The idea of the Bodhisattva is the one who out of his realization of transcendence participates in the world. The imitation of Christ is joyful participation in the sorrows of the world” Joseph Campbellll.