The writer (Bruce Lyon) has earlier writings that seem to me to be somewhat lesser, but the same was the case with AAB. Her first DK work can be seen as rather partial in its expression.
The intro to the work linked above references 2 problems that seem obvious to me:
- the HPB work was transitional and the TS has not moved on - the AAB work was treated by most as a mental exercise in memorisation of details.
Thus the new work tells us: There is no Truth only Life
Could be an interesting book. I read a few AAB books including her autobiography. There may well be something in the new motto put forward: There is no Truth only life. When you read between the lines everything gets very relative.
Distant peaks emerge....clear as day. The hermit's lantern turns to guide the way. Hermit's Way - F. J. Rogers
'The first phase assisted in orientating the soul-in-mind towards spiritual realities. The second phase built the relationship between souls-in-mind and the planetary soul. The third phase is designed to result in the release of the soul from mind altogether.'
The first phase refers to HPB teachings, and the second to the AAB material.
"The final phase of these teachings concerns the liberation from the mental plane altogether and so therefore will be both an extension and a culmination of earlier teachings. Once the energy of the monad becomes a reality in the life experience of the initiate then no further mental plane teaching is required, as the soul is able to ‘advance in Life’."
"Life proceeds from one sacrifice to another. When we see that sacrifice from the perspective of what is being given up it is seen as agony. When we see it from the perspective of what is being gained it is ecstasy. For synthesis to express in the field of human endeavour the spirit of sacrifice must be strong, and it is this spirit that is evoked by the third phase of the teachings. This sacrifice should not be taken to mean a sacrifice undertaken by an identity or entity, but the sacrifice OF the identity or entity."
> There are two mental planes, I believe; a lower and a higher.
In my observation the lower part of the mental plane (5.7 to 5.4) is where the personal mind and personal will operate.
The personal will operates as a "dweller on the threshold" opposing the human's attempts to connect with the soul that operates primarily through the higher mental (5.3 to 5.1).
