by Robert Wilkinson
I gave you these insights about the karma of nations offered in the Agni Yoga works about 15 months ago. I’m reprinting it as we are closing in on the most important election of our lifetime, if not the history of the nation. Just as individuals have karma, so do nations, and so do the leaders of nations. This is a battle between the Light and the chaos of darkness destroying all that has been built before now. What follows was written about 90 years ago about national karma.
The entire Agni Yoga collection is one of the true jewels of metaphysical philosophy. I’ve been into those teachings since 1981, and can state that each paragraph in every one of those works is a condensed dose of "straight knowledge" that cuts to the beauty of one of the infinite facets of the Jewel of Truth.
This piece comes from the book titled Fiery World - Book 1 written in 1933:
144. Much is going on roundabout and especially where there is a Magnet. The Teacher forewarns that nowadays the most unusual conflicts may be expected, so crowded have the lower strata of the Subtle World become. People have decided to fill the Subtle World with great numbers that are arriving before their normal time. No one has thought what the consequences will be for the people themselves. It is impossible to slaughter millions of people with impunity, without setting up a most grave Karma. Even if the karma is not a personal one, so much the worse, because it increases the Karma of nations and of the whole planet.
What has been said about peace-makers is the more correct, since because of them there arises a proper attitude toward the future. The lower strata of the Subtle World must not be filled with the horrors of uncompleted karma. One should not think that this will have no reaction upon the condition of the planet. But the principal cause is that no one thinks about the Subtle World at all. The isolation is most frightful; precisely the dark force exults at each alienation.
While there are many passages referencing the karma of nations and how it relates to individuals, this one paragraph jumped out at me. Just because you’re sensing tense psychic energy doesn’t mean anything’s wrong with you. You’re just picking up the global tension.
This comes from Brotherhood written in 1937:
126.Never before have we held discourses under such tension. Never has Earth been so enshrouded in brown gas. Never has the planet been so flooded with hatred. It is unthinkable not to sense the convulsions of nations; therefore, when I speak about care toward health I have in mind the unusual state of affairs throughout the world. It is regrettable that the nations do not think about the condition of the world. Much energy is being wasted. Do not think that the special tension comes only from private circumstances; it vibrates in conformity with the conditions in the world. The psychic energy is tensed, ready for both reception and repulsion. The spirit senses thoughts manifested in the Subtle World.
These next two come from the same source. I added these since they are pertinent to the global tension.
389. People are astonished at the existence of the Higher World. They do not wish to acknowledge its influence upon the events of earthly life. Events are accelerating. Vortices of happenings do not allow humanity to come to its senses. Man deems himself the creator of the New World. Contemporary leaders think that they are building the New World, but it enters no one’s mind that their New World is a grimace of the old. The New World proceeds by new paths.
489. Many have heard about the Kumaras, but few have rightly understood about them. This manifestation is something superearthly—thus do people say, but they forget with what labor the attainment is built. Scholars are already beginning to understand how a human personality enters into the pantheon of heroes. By the same path also are the qualities of the Leaders of humanity accumulated. If they do not pass through earthly sufferings, they cannot respond to people’s sufferings. If they do not experience the sweat of toil, they cannot guide people in their labor. Self-abnegation, mercy, compassion, courage are forged in life. Nothing abstract can mold the strength of the spirit. Thus let people understand the Kumaras as the true Leaders.
And in the piece I gave you in 2017, I referenced this gem from the book titled Hierarchy, written in 1931:
417. Each spirit creates its own karma. Each nation builds its own Karma. Certainly nations are looking for a leader, because even an established prestige cannot sustain those people who think erroneously. Neither gold nor vulgar, glamorous names, nor piles of inapplicable counsels will save a nation. Verily, the fiery thought, the fiery spirit of the leader will provide new ways. Therefore, let the star of the Spiritual Leader shine brightly at the time of cosmic perturbations. Thus, let the great Realm of Light rise upon the ruins of the old world.
As I gave you then, we are ALL "Spiritual Leaders" because we all are consciously connected to the One Life/Light that shines eternally. Nothing can stop our Light from shining. "And we all shine on....."
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