| Rays, 609:action is finally tested: 1. The Initiation of Renunciation - 4th Initiation The Principle ofRays, 614:clarified, and humanity is being led from one renunciation to another, until some day the humanRays, 614:take the fourth initiation and the Great Renunciation will be accepted; this step, lying far aheadRays, 614:is slowly being generated and the habit of renunciation can eventually be stabilized; this capacityRays, 614:are the preparatory stages for the Initiation of Renunciation, just as the effort to serve one'sRays, 618:which precedes the clarification and the renunciation of obstructions. But there will come a pointRays, 639:to liberation. The great initiation of the Renunciation, plus the many smaller renunciations, isRays, 639:into harmony and peace. Conflict produces: War - Renunciation - Liberation. Humanity is subjectedRays, 650:previous incarnation, through the Initiation of Renunciation, and has established within himself aRays, 665:symbology of the fourth initiation, that of the Renunciation, has application; men face theRays, 686:the history of all initiates. Initiation IV. - Renunciation. Freedom from all self-interest, andRays, 692:the Major Initiations Initiation IV - The Great Renunciation or Crucifixion This initiation ofRays, 692:Renunciation or Crucifixion This initiation of renunciation (called "The Crucifixion" by ChristianRays, 693:three initiations. Now, being liberated through renunciation, he needs no longer to undergo theRays, 694:on this cross, the disciple passes from one renunciation to another until complete freedom andRays, 695:given to this fourth initiation: the Great Renunciation. One tremendous experience is vouchsafed toRays, 695:hast Thou forsaken me?" But he makes the needed renunciation, and the causal body, the soul body,Rays, 695:and disappears. This is the culminating renunciation and the climaxing gesture of ages of smallRays, 695:gesture of ages of small renunciations; renunciation marks the career of all aspirants andRays, 695:the career of all aspirants and disciples - renunciation, consciously faced, understood andRays, 695:I have hinted earlier to you that this fourth or Renunciation Initiation is closely linked with theRays, 696:(that of the Refusal) has in it no element of renunciation. It is not a refusal to hold, for theRays, 696:In connection with this Initiation of Renunciation there are some most interesting correspondencesRays, 696:of them together and show how this Initiation of Renunciation is of supreme importance to humanityRays, 696:fourth kingdom. First of all, this great act of renunciation marks the moment when the disciple hasRays, 696:and for purposes of service. I prefer the word "renunciation" to the word "crucifixion" because theRays, 697:stands liberated. Each initiate who makes this renunciation and undergoes the consequentRays, 697:the Christ. The initiate is lifted up by his renunciation - which he makes through the "blood ofRays, 697:to note that the Master Jesus underwent the renunciation initiation whilst at the same time theRays, 697:there comes a cosmic repetition of the Renunciation experience, this time [698] devoid of theRays, 698:obligations." Therefore, at the Great Renunciation, the three lower centers reach a point of utterRays, 699:all the teaching anent the Crucifixion or the Renunciation Initiation, both in the East and in theRays, 701:that the initiate works as he makes the Great Renunciation and is transferred thereby to theRays, 702:I would ask you to ponder this Initiation of Renunciation, remembering ever in your daily life thatRays, 702:ever in your daily life that this process of renunciation, entailing the crucifixion of the lowerRays, 702:is only the Eastern term for our word "renunciation." That is the practical use of such informationRays, 703:he leaves all such motives behind (a minor renunciation) and his one aim, in seeking liberation andRays, 703:Buddha prepared the way for the Initiation of Renunciation or of Crucifixion by His teaching andRays, 704:connected with the fourth and fifth initiations: Renunciation, producing crucifixion and leading toRays, 715:only becomes possible after the Initiation of Renunciation. At that time the initiate says, inRays, 718:to express the initiations concerned have been: Renunciation. Ascension. Revelation. All theseRays, 719:undergoing these initiatory experiences. The renunciation is being imposed by circumstances and isRays, 719:be illustrated by pointing out that the Great Renunciation becomes possible because, for manyRays, 722:There again - as in the fourth Initiation of Renunciation - the human element of suffering isRays, 731:causal or soul body at the great Initiation of Renunciation. This process of death and resurrectionRays, 741:does upon what I have just given anent the Great Renunciation (see pages 602-614) and itsRays, 741:based upon a forced and not upon a spontaneous renunciation (as is the case in the true experienceRays, 741:(as is the case in the true experience of the Renunciation Initiation); they will lead neverthelessRays, 742:study present-day happenings from the angle of renunciation and resurrection. I would like first ofRays, 749:revelation which will inevitably follow man's renunciation of the material values. The prevalentReappearance, 23:us when He came before the true meaning of Renunciation or of the Crucifixion; this time HisReappearance, 26:this point, He passed through the Gethsemane of renunciation. The greater, the larger and the moreReappearance, 52:is more accurately called in the East) the Great Renunciation, [53] Christ, for the first time,Reappearance, 87:- those of the Transfiguration and the Renunciation (or Crucifixion). As esotericists know, theReappearance, 115:right human relations, relinquishment, renunciation, submission to existent facts, and obedientReappearance, 127:but the mass reflection will be that of the renunciation (though this does not mean that the massesReappearance, 129:so many of the sons of men accepting the great Renunciation that world effort will be on the same |
