It is becoming increasingly appreciated worldwide that there is an essential need for an adequate understanding of the present crisis with which mankind is faced and the implementation of necessary life-adjustments in accord with that understanding. It is being more widely recognised that only by constructive and benign thinking may we heal ourselves by rising above the dense and debilitating thought-clouds that we have unwittingly cultivated during an inimical past. Thinking has for ages been the most potent faculty available to mankind. It possesses equally the power to create or to destroy. It is a far-reaching fact that all suffering is due to disharmonious thinking, while all joy, peace and harmony is born from thoughts that are in alignment with universal law. Positive thinking is inclusive thinking, i.e., having due regard for the common good. The person who will know success during the birth of the New World lives not for self but for the world, since the order of the day is ultimately not for personal healing at all, nor is it even the search for greater personal happiness, but for intelligent preparation for the imminent world-initiation; a preparation that can only be realised in helpfulness, in service to others.

It should be understood, then, that especially at this time, having personal motives for self-healing is not only antagonistic to the true spiritual goal of the individual, humankind and the planet, but is also neglectful of the bountiful advantages available today in world service. Conversely, selfish spirituality is imitation spirituality and spells exclusion from the emancipating joy of the way to new light through altruistic activity and service: the distinctive keynote of the new way in the Aquarian age. And if this is insufficient to firmly encourage individuals to reconsider their self-oriented inclinations, then they may wish to bear in mind also that in the years ahead any self-seeking will draw the old, dying and unwholesome energies to themselves.

It would be most prudent indeed not to overlook the incredible potential for group spiritual unfoldment in the new age; no traditional spiritual practices are needed (yet may, of course, be helpful). The new energies are utilised for group-awakening by the active application of informed and appropriate attitudes toward that which is relevant today. The why and how of attunement to the new frequencies must be understood by all those who would arise joyously to greet the New Dawn. Conscientious attention should be given to the following statement by all serious spiritual aspirants: the portal of initiation leading to the New World may only be traversed in group formation; such is a law of the Aquarian age.