Theos-Talk Archives (January 2004 Message tt00081)

Hi Paul,

Well, Chuck's comments notwithstanding ("locked, bolted, having 
fun...") and I do agree with the fun part, joy being the watchword, I 
hesitate to make such a judgement..
> 
> According to HPB, it came along again in 1975 (some opportunity, not
> identical in nature necessarily.) And while no one can agree on who
> or what that last-quarter message or messenger was exactly, I do think
> about this notion often. Why? Because there seemed to be a spiritual
> vitality to the 70s-90s, an openness to fresh new (or old) ideas, an
> enthusiastic seeker mentality, that is no longer present. As an
> example, I observed a tremendous energy on the Internet in its early
> years among practitioners of diverse spiritual paths. None of these
> fora have the same level and quality of energy they did back in the
> mid-90s.

Perhaps from the microcosmic view I could agree with your assessment. 
Constant change is here to stay. But from the larger point of view, 
maybe that of the student of occultism, it is difficult if not 
impossible to say that what appears to be the case really describes 
its limits. Certainly the 60's and 70's seemed characterized by a 
tremendous foment of spiritual questing, such as has not been seen in 
the West before. Extreme conditions always create their own backlash, 
and conditions now may partake of such a phenomena. But how do we 
know what is really going on? The real stuff happens interiorly. I 
look at the internet now, at what the young people I know, for 
instance, are doing, learning, thinking, talking about. I see a vast 
opening of their minds and hearts, augmented by this new freedom of 
communication which is really trans-global. It is as if the sacred 
fire of electricity has applied itself to illumination of its 
children, humanity. Certainly there are lots of misuses and 
manipulations of the media, but it might be bigger than that. Perhaps 
it would be fair to say that besides (or even because the of) the 
inevitable backlash is a new dispensation, a raising of the vibration 
of the whole, which could continue to resonate like a tidal wave, 
rearranging forever the old order, which, after all, is on the way 
out. 

Too fanciful? What do you think?

What do you think about the possibility that an opportunity cycle 
has
> recently closed?

That could definitely be true, considering that opportunity cannot 
last forever. We did just have the end of the century and the end of 
the millennium. Definite cycles, both. We either take advantage of 
opportunities when the come or we don't. But after the actual 
opportunity cycle closes, there is the working out of all the complex 
design of acceptance, implementation, manifestation.

Best wishes,
Adelasie