In her book "A Treatise on Cosmic Fire" (1925), meditation teacher Alice Bailey wrote that: "The separative and maleficent thoughts of man are largely responsible for the savage nature of wild beasts, and the destructive quality of some of nature's processes, including certain phenomena, such as plague and famine." If true, then we must ask: Is the COVID19 pandemic crisis forcing humanity to face the problem of purification?

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"For the aspirant on the way of life....The work of cleaning out the atmosphere of thought, of barring fast the doors of thought to hate and pain, to fear and jealousy and low desire, must first precede the conscious work of building. See to thy aura, oh traveler on the way." A Treatise on White Magic (1934)[i].

The Thoughts of Men

In her book A Treatise on Cosmic Fire (1925), meditation teacher Alice Bailey wrote that: "The separative and maleficent thoughts of man are largely responsible for the savage nature of wild beasts, and the destructive quality of some of nature's processes, including certain phenomena, such as plague and famine." If this assertion is true, then we must ask: Is the crisis of the COVID19 pandemic forcing humanity to face the problem of purification?

Purity

All Transcendental Meditation teachers are taught the following ancient passage: "Whether pure or impure; whether all places are permeated by purity or impurity; whoever opens himself to the expanded vision of unbounded awareness, gains, inner and outer purity." Simply, this passage asserts that for human beings purity is a goal.

The Aura: Planetary and Individual

The above rule of magic says: "See to thy aura...."

A sensitive named Eve Wilson wrote an article entitled: The Planetary Aura - Part III. There she said:

Our planet is a living Being with an eternal spirit, soul and a physical body to house them. Her aura is the energy field that surrounds, interpenetrates and creates her physical body, which is also our home.

The scientifically observable aspects of the planet's aura are called the atmosphere, which is an appropriate term on a lot of levels. The atmosphere is necessary to sustain life; it both protects us from harmful cosmic radiation and maintains breathable air and moisture. An atmosphere is also a term for the quality of energy we sense around a person or place.

On March 16, 2020, Jeff McMahon, a writer for Green Tech, who writes about "climate change, technology and energy" published an article entitled: "Coronavirus Lockdown Likely Saved 77,000 Lives in China Just by Reducing Pollution." In the article he said:

"....a Stanford University scientist"....Earth Systems Professor Marshal Burke used data from U.S. government sensors in four Chinese cities to measure levels of PM2.5, the tiny particulate matter considered the primary cause of death from air pollution....

Two months of pollution reduction "likely has saved the lives of 4,000 kids under 5 and 73,000 adults over 70 in China," [Burke wrote] on G-Feed, a blog maintained by seven scientists working on Global Food, Environment and Economic Dynamics"....Burke tested his prediction with a more conservative mortality calculation and still emerged with 1,400 kids and 51,700 elderly saved....

Burke cautions that his calculation is a prediction of mortality impacts, not a measurement...."But the calculation is perhaps a useful reminder of the often-hidden health consequences of the status quo," he writes, that is--"the substantial costs that our current way of doing things exacts on our health and livelihoods."

COVID-19 might help us see those costs more clearly, he says.

"More broadly, the fact that disruption of this magnitude could actually lead to some large (partial) benefits suggests that our normal way of doing things might need disrupting."

Article photographs of the Earth's Troposphere show NO2 levels dropping and the skies clearing: over China and Italy. Arguably, a process of purification occurring.

In 1950, Alice Bailey discussed the individual aura, in her book entitled Telepathy. She wrote:

There is a true teaching in the statement in The New Testament that "the shadow of Peter passing by healed...." The control of the Christ over His aura was such that "He knew when virtue had gone out of Him"--He knew, therefore, that healing energies had poured through one of his centers to a needy person or group of persons....One radiant, creative life, consciously using the heart or the throat centers, can carry inspiration to hundreds....You must however, bear in mind that these centers are brought into activity by the cultivation of certain major virtues, and not by meditation or concentration upon the centers. They are brought automatically into the needed radiatory condition by right living, high thinking and loving activity."

Swami Sri Yukteswar, states in his book The Holy Science:

Moral courage is strengthened by observances of Yama (morality or self-control) and Niyama (religious rules).

Yama comprises non-injury to others, truthfulness, non-stealing, continence, and non-covetousness. Niyama means purity of body and mind, contentment in all circumstances, and obedience....

Rage, Rights and Masks

So isn't it interesting that wearing a mask in public has become a moral, and political-rights issue contesting whether "high thinking and loving activity" should be the norm?

Professor Seth Gilman, in his article: Why Are Masks Triggering Conflict and Rage? Reports that:

Anger has also filled online bulletin boards here in the suburbs of Philadelphia, with people posting rage-filled comments.... Grocery store employees have been verbally assaulted for asking shoppers to wear masks, a man at a Dollar Tree store wiped his face on an employee's shirt when she asked him to wear a mask, and there has been at least one mask-related murder.

Until recently, generally, society has concluded that "purification" is a physical process. But this discussion reveals that the wise also see purification as a causal psychic process. And another word for "psychic purification" is HEALING.

Purification

Bailey says the "....thoughts of man are largely responsible for....the destructive quality of some of nature's processes, including certain phenomena, such as plague...." And Dr. Burke says, "Our normal way of doing things might need disrupting." Clearly, the evidence before us indicates a need to restore the discipline of purification.

Failing to practice "non-injury to others, truthfulness, and contentment," definitely causes violence--and arguably even plague. Violence alone compels the practice of Yama and Niyama. "Right living, high thinking and loving activity," are the only ways to compensate for violence. Freedom cannot grant the right to rage.

[i] By Alice Bailey

Authors Website: http://www.ericzlucas.com

Authors Bio:

Eric Z. Lucas is an alumnus of Stanford University (Creative Writing Major: 1972-1975), the University of Washington (1981: BA English Literature and Elementary Education) and Harvard Law School, J.D. 1986. Since law school he has been a public servant: a prosecuting attorney, a city attorney and a trial judge. Born in Spokane, Washington where his military family lived until the age of twelve, he still resides in Washington State. Married to his wife Beth since 1974, they have four adult children and two grandchildren. Further discussions of Eric's work are available on the website: The Path of Public Service. Eric is the author of the following books: a children's book entitled: "The Island Horse," November 2005; "The Tao of Public Service" published February 2013 by Balboa Press, and "All Lives Matter: Essays, On the Need for a New View of Citizenship" published by KindlePublishing e-book July 2015. Eric's books are currently available from: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Balboa Press and Self Discovery Publications directly or through the website listed below.