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Excerpts from An Astrological Triptych, Dane Rudhyar
©1978
"The fundamental task of humanity during the coming decades and centuries is
. . . the development of a type of human being able to assume safely and constructively
the responsibility which the management of power entails . . . To assume this responsibility,
not for their own individual or group advantage, but for the welfare of the whole;
to assume it freely, consciously, joyously - indeed, as gods-in-the-making this must
be the way of men and women of tomorrow, if humanity is to survive." (p. 75)
"The New Age humanity can only be true to its high destiny if the men and women
who are to be roots and flowers of its civilization succeed in incorporating within
their lives and their philosophy the idea of "service"; if they seek no
greater glory than to be know as "servants" of humanity." (p. 76)
"Spirit . . . is no respecter of goodness or sentiment. What has to be uttered,
what has to be revealed, will be manifested." (p. 76)
"How will we meet this God of Power? . . . Shall we seek to impose our will
and our concepts upon a resistant and sullen world, or shall we so act as 'servants
of humanity' that hearts and minds everywhere will turn toward us in gratitude and
renewed hope?" (p. 77)
"Whoever seeks to hold power for powerís sake, or for the self-centered
use of power, finds himself . . . on the highway to destruction. Power can bring
wholesome fruits only to those who hold it in trust for the Whole and, with it, serve
the Whole. Monopoly on power in whatever form can only lead to eventual self-destruction."
(p. 77)
"Men have yet thoroughly to learn this lesson. They will learn it only when
this eventuality of self-destruction ceases to be remote and vague . . . " (p.
77)
"Spirit does not compel; but facts do. It is therefore necessary that facts
be made so compelling that men at long last recognize that all power is of the Whole,
belongs to the Whole, and is entrusted to individuals, only in order that they may
manage its release with clear-cut and specialized efficiency for the sake of the
Whole." (p. 77)
"Everything that is basically human flows from the common root of our humanhood
into the myriad of channels opened will, the vision and the skills of [individuals]
of courage and of thought everywhere. Yet, to those that are first belongs the unparalleled
opportunity to serve as vehicles for the original and originating downpour of the
creative spirit, whence comes all power on earth as in heaven." (p. 78)
"This downpour of creative spirit is the essential characteristic of the
new era which carries the astrological signature of Aquarius. The one task of those
. . . who have this signature imprinted upon their individual selfhood is to gain
the ability to release this power that flows down from high altitudes . . . to release
it not for profit, but in service, as the heart releases blood which floods its left
ventricle - that the entire body be nourished with the vital oxygen and with the
potent chemicals of the endocrine glands." (p. 78)
"What is needed is a spiritual purpose. What is needed is that individuals become
conscious of the evolutionary goal next ahead for humanity. What is needed is a total
identification of the human imagination and will with this goal, and the faith that
makes such an identification WORK." (p.80)
"The Aquarian . . . in us all must reach that noble station human development
and become 'the Servant' Humanity is the Great Orphan. It must be fed with power.
Power must be given purpose. And there can be only one true purpose: peace."
(p. 81)
"Power is not to be clung to, and neither is love. Power is to be used. Love
is to be used. Life is to be used. All that is ours to touch, to feel, to experience
is to be used, to be managed. It must be managed to serve a purpose that is true,
real, divine - simply because it is an evolutionary purpose that alone makes sense.
Nothing makes sense which does not go forward in greater, deeper, nobler, more inclusive
creative activity; and all motion forward demands that power be summoned, used and
managed." (p. 81)
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