The
Second Ray, a Ray of Resistance
By Eric L Lundgaard
All rays of Consciousness are divine and etheric. They neither exist nor don’t exist. As I have learned to identify rays of
consciousness, a pattern emerged in individuals’ behavior associated with the
identified rays. This paper is an
attempt to improve the understanding of the rays based on my observations, and
is particularly important since the second ray of consciousness is the author’s
ray and most of the world is second ray.
Second ray behavior is the most interesting since it is dramatic and
influences the behavior of international relations. The United States of America, my home country
is a second ray soul nation since over half of its citizens have this ray of
Consciousness. Most of the behavior of
our nation is predicated upon the second ray. I will begin speaking of the
individuals I observed and move to a more global perspective concerning the
second ray.
A little
background for this discussion since Theosophy has been around since the late
1800’s. It all started in India with the
Hindu understanding. This paper is best
viewed from the perspective of the Ashtavakra Gita which is a dialogue from
India between Ashtavakra and Janaka on the nature of soul, reality and
perception. It offers a version of
non-dualistic philosophy. All is One.
All is Divine. When I say Consciousness, I mean what we
generally refer to as God here in the United States of America. Another definition is the permanent
unchanging Entity which pervades all living beings, all matter and all space
has been called the Indweller. The body is impermanent; it comes and goes, but
the Indweller remains forever the same. In the world, which may be thought of
as the body of God, God Himself is the Indweller. God and the Self are one and
the same. All of this is consistent with the Ashtavakra Gita. Let me take a cue from Alice Bailey in her
book, Initiation Human and Solar,
1922. All of what we are and do comes
from Consciousness as an interaction of each individual in the Monad. We are clearly divine and need to understand
this in order to receive the blessing of this treatise since Consciousness is
constantly giving us information through the rays of Consciousness.
My understanding is derived from the fourth level initiation
described by Ms. Bailey in her book. Dana Vilandre has a unique perspective
that I will mention here since it is important to recognize that second ray
souls can choose to ignore some of the messages that come from
Consciousness. That’s what A Course in
Miracles (ACIM) does for mankind; it offers a perspective that will allow one
to see the world in a new way; more fourth ray than second ray. As a second Ray
soul becomes more advanced in age (less Karma) we allow the world to be
accepted by ourselves more easily. That
soul also realizes that it is it that can change to find a better place in the
world rather than the other way around. ACIM
doesn’t claim to do this, it just guides you to choose acceptance rather than
resistance, which is more what fourth ray is already doing. ACIM guides one to
perception that is more like the fourth ray of Consciousness and less
judgmental of the world. That also implies something for the world which is
becoming more divine. The fourth ray of
consciousness is more the model of love in the new divine Age of Aquarius. Fourth Ray doesn’t have as much judgment of
the world and has very little in fact except that it keeps itself out of
trouble and makes sure that it’s able to make a living and enjoy relationships.
That’s pretty much what everybody does here on planet Earth, keep themselves
out of trouble and out of harm’s way enjoy relationships and taking care of
themselves especially in the Maslow hierarchy sense that they are fulfilling
their needs. Fourth ray allows one to accept the world better relatively
speaking than the other rays of Consciousness.
The second ray is on the other end of the continuum of acceptance from
the fourth ray.
Due to my initiation, I am able to identify rays of
consciousness and inform people about their essence. Those I have informed have the underlying
reason why their personality and behavior looks a certain way to me. I have
close second, third, fourth and seventh ray soul friends. The third and fifth rays are so close in
behavior that I will call them all third rays.
Those with second ray consciousness generally aren’t as receptive to
this information unless they have a similar understanding to the one I have
developed in this document. Most reading
this paper will have second ray consciousness. My understanding is probably
unique but it has aspects that are similar to what was written before and is therefore a continuation of this work. Most of
those understandings shifted significantly when mankind was given a dose of new
realization and energy in the New Age which began at Wesak, 2010.
I have a second Ray soul, fifth ray personality, and third
ray mind. These aspects, for me, have little to do with what I am offering here
but must be mentioned since they obviously are part of the way I send and
received information throughout my life. I guess that made me very focused since both
of my personality and my mind are the third and fifth rays which are similar.
For the most part, when a person hears about himself, he realizes that there’s
some reason he is the way he is and accepts that that is just the way it
is. He has found his reason for being
the way he is in his understanding of the world. It is often astrology, an energetic aspect,
or some other belief or experience that an individual has had that he believes
is creating his consequent personality. There really doesn’t need to be a
reason for people being the way they are. Assigning a reason is tantamount to
assigning blame. The second ray is a
little different. The individual with
second ray Consciousness does not like change as much as other rays of
Consciousness. It is the most resistant of all the rays of Consciousness. I call it the glue of Society and Culture. The
second ray soul in social context will want to fit in or control the situation.
Therein lays one difficulty that I’m having offering something new in the
United States of America is that it is a second ray soul nation prone to
consistency and having difficulty changing.
As I have spoken to individuals about their rays of
consciousness, I recognize that I do not have an informed audience. I know that my information is displacing an
understanding that already exists within each person I speak with. When I also speak
of their partner, there seems to be a better understanding, of the information
than just telling a person about themself. We enjoy believing that everyone is
experiencing the world just like us until we interact in relationship. That is most likely why individuals derive a
better understanding when hearing about their partner and the relationship than
solely about themselves. In spite of our beliefs it remains easier to identify
the behavioral aspects of another rather than our own.
Since the second ray of consciousness is the most prominent
one in the United States of America, it makes our perspective as a country
important to this discussion. Every country has a little different
understanding of what is important since the predominant ray of consciousness
prevails when decisions are made. The USA is the best country to observe for
information concerning the second ray since there are consistent behavioral
tendencies I will attempt to describe and it has more resources to carry out
its will and desires. Another
predominant second ray country is England since its personality ray is the
second ray. There are obvious similarities in the way both countries govern and
make decisions and both countries have at one time decided to be the most
important voice in a world context. The
second ray cares more than most rays and both England and the USA foreign
policies engender this understanding. Since both England and the USA have
second ray energy, they have a tendency to want a capitalist and democratic
world. This fact makes it a little more
difficult for us to leave the foreign countries that we have interests within
since we will feel that we have a need to continue to show them our good
intentions and support them by leaving and paying for our presence all over the
world.
Since both England and the USA have second ray energy, we
have a tendency to want a capitalist and democratic world. A human being can
only be radiant in their soul ray if they are not concerned about the rest of
their aspects of humanity that they are. That’s an odd thing to say since
there’s often conflicting information coming to a person with different rays of
Consciousness in the three aspects that I’ve chosen to discuss or work with. Writing
about those three aspects is unique in the human being from my perspective
since I don’t think anyone else has ever written about those three aspects as
they pertain to the observable personality. They come into play in all
situations that human being has including love, relationships, and all aspects
of humanity associated with giving and receiving information.
All of that indicates that there is something about the
second Ray that’s different than most other rays of consciousness in that it
feels rewarded having done what it did in wars in foreign countries because
those nations now have Western culture and a more Western understanding. Korea
may be most notable since it has automobile manufacturers and has a Western
industrial society. From a second ray perspective, we succeeded.
From my perspective,
there continues to be a high price in leaving our military bases all over the
world. We put a lot of people together
in those locations and our Western behavior sticks out very much since were
taller and lighter colored skin and we probably want our own way. They have
tolerated us for a long period of time. I’m reminded of the lady from England who
absolutely had to have me sit with her on the barge that was going up the river
in Bangkok, Thailand for a dinner cruise that I decided to take while I was in
Bangkok. I gladly obliged her but realize that Westerners always want
themselves to be expressed or realized in other countries. It’s how the second Ray
knows that it’s relevant and is probably a good way to describe the ray since
it doesn’t experience itself well unless it sees elements of itself outside of
itself. In other words its reality or understanding has to be present inside of
itself the same as it is outside of itself. In Theosophy as above as it is
below. The second Ray only deals well
with reality when it sees its understanding or itself outside of itself and
wants to create this either by changing itself are by changing the world. Our
foreign policy has been reflective of this attitude. The fourth Ray soul accepts better and
fortunately it’s the second most relevant ray in the United States of America.
The story gets interesting as I reflect upon my journey in
this lifetime since I have revered the seventh and forth ray souls are having more
expression than the second ray. I’m also recognizing a unique aspect of myself
that the fourth and seventh ray souls don’t have so much. It has to do with
expressing myself in the other lifetimes and this one as a singular or dual or
sometimes three expressions in one lifetime. Those souls have a different
aspect and character than mine. They are little more aloof than other souls
like me who have a conscience displayed more heavily in my understanding.
Conscience is a self-awareness that is automatic in a second ray soul. That’s
neither bad nor good. It’s just something to be aware of since I still reflect
upon myself introspectively, probably more than the fourth ray souls and definitely
more than the seventh ray souls which means that I am aware of myself more and
see others in the context of my behavior.
The fourth and seventh rays souls don’t do that so much,
especially the seventh ray which has its own barrier to reality since it is
always thinking that it’s doing divine work or it’s expressing itself
appropriately according to its understanding. Fourth Ray souls have more of a conscience
than the seventh ray and this is where it gets interesting since my ray of
consciousness has the greatest conscience of all. That’s right the second ray
soul has the greatest conscience of all. However, I must warn you! Beware of the second ray soul since it
interferes in others’ business way too much. That is what United States of
America is all about right now.
The United States is involved in a war overseas in
Afghanistan and one prior to this in Iraq that it had no business being
involved in. It is self-righteous in this understanding of the world since that
creation overseas was an abomination that began in the George W. Bush
administration. George Bush is a second ray soul. Those who believe in wars
like that don’t need to be continuing to lead us in government anymore since my
conscience is telling me war needs to end.
From a personal perspective all this is interesting since I
am putting myself in the position of writing about myself and my family, mostly
second ray Consciousness. They can be
very loving and at times difficult when asked to address new situations and
ideas. My children are interesting since
they both have second ray aspects of their personalities and fourth and seventh
ray souls.
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