Lesson 14: Transition To Fourth Density


In the previous Lesson 13, we talk about the concept the Cassiopaeans call "The Wave." Even though we do not, from the present perspective, know exactly how such a transition would work nor what the end state of such would be, people often ask about this matter. So, presented here is combined material from channeled sources and tradition, in an attempt to shed Light on this. We recognize that we cannot speak on this with certainty or authority and are bound to be only fragmentary and partial in what understanding we may have.

There appears to be a certain benchmark that a being must meet in order to pass from Third Density incarnations to Fourth Density ones. Additionally, it seems that in some cases this can take place while in the body. This benchmark is described in a variety of ways, but all descriptions raise more questions than they answer. We will look at diverse aspects mentioned by different sources below.

Ra (The Law of One) says that one must be either over 50% STO (Service To Others) or over 95% STS (Service To Self) to qualify. These are equally difficult for the human, which by nature fluctuates somewhere in between. Fluctuating in between only qualifies one for more of the same, in the hope that enough experience eventually drives one to CHOOSING either polarity.

The Cassiopaeans emphasize simply LEARNING THE LESSONS, acquiring basic OVER and INNERstandings and dealing with karma. Learning the lessons involve becoming practically proficient at SEEing the world and navigating in it while not becoming caught in its ways. The Sufis say 'to be in the world but not of it.'

Separating emotions which propel one onwards from those which LIMIT is a lesson to be LEARNED and PRACTICED. A certain quality of EMOTIONAL STRUCTURE is important.

Mastery of little I's is practically necessary because the 50% STO or 95% STS-ness is hardly possible without GREAT internal and external consistency. One must have BE-ing and capacity for DO-ing to manifest these.

SEE-ing the UN-seen means, among other things, DISCERNING the often subtle difference between STS and STO in practical life. Without this discernment of the invisible, CONSISTENTLY CHOOSING one over the other is hardly possible. This is a skill and practice is necessary.

Mouravieff and Ouspensky speak of the possibility of attaining all the development possible to the human form. This is the end of the 4th Way, when one has become 'man 7,' in possession of a permanent individuality and voluntary access to all states of consciousness humanly possible. Such attainment is virtually unknown in history and even recognizing such would be problematic. The legendary Fulcanelli may have attained something of the sort but then we do not have a biography to study. In terms of historical figures, Ra names Genghiz Khan and St Francis of Assisi as mid-term graduates for STS and STO respectively. We get the idea that such attainment is extremely rare.

Many speak of a BALANCE of centers or functions as a necessary condition for graduation. We could say that the lessons are learned only when they form a balance that is not overly weighted on one side nor is anything skipped. Ra speaks of the balance and intensity of the rays or chakras. STO is balanced but STS graduates by a sort of omission, by skipping the heart chakra or higher emotional center and directly going to the higher intellectual functions for accessing 'magical' powers.

The 4th Way says the same in different words, after all, even the name of Gurdjieff's institute was the Institute for Harmonious Development of Man. The lower centers must be balanced and brought under the control of the magnetic center, which fuses with the higher emotional center and finally opens the higher intellectual center. Opening the higher intellectual center by other means is black magic and is no part of the 4th Way.

The relationship of harvestability with unusual psychic powers is unclear. Mouravieff writes that such powers may manifest insofar as the specific SERVICE of the individual so requires, to each in a different way but that they are in no way an end in themselves. The one power which is ESSENTIAL is the instinctive recognition between TRUTH and FALSEHOOD, which forms as one gains access to the Higher emotional center. Ra says that opening the 'gateway to intelligent infinity' is a criterion, which pretty much amounts to the 4th Way idea of accessing the Higher intellectual center. This in turn has to do with a specific psychic metabolism of 'higher hydrogens.'

There is much talk about physical effects and substances and practices for SPEEDING UP one's ascension. The 'enlightening virtues' of monoatomic gold are a case in point. We see all such techniques as sidestepping the basic issue of LEARNING and APPLYING LESSONS and MANIFESTING one's individual gifts on the side of CREATION, whichever these may be.

DNA CHANGES are mentioned by the Cassiopaeans as being part of a transition to 4th Density. This would at least suggest that some DNA features have to do with the possibility. This is hardly surprising since heredity determines human capacities in general. The Cassiopaeans note that 'soul marries systematic construct when present,' in relation to the DNA and the soul having to be compatible for incarnation to take place.

The graduation is generally depicted as having to do with large scale external events, not only one's internal state. The Cassiopaeans suggest that Light from a past supernova would reach the Earth around the time of the transition, which would accelerate the progress of those with a sufficient degree of internal polarization. Also, the Wave is described as a specific discrete event facilitating the passage. Ra and the Cassiopaeans thus indirectly suggest that the near-absence of mid-term graduations cannot be directly extrapolated for estimating the size of the harvest. There are no estimates but ALL sources agree that the numbers are VERY SMALL in relation to the size of the population.

Ra describes the matching of a Soul to a Density as consisting of a walk towards an increasing Brightness of Light. The Soul stops at the point where the Light is too intense. There are discrete steps corresponding to the boundary between densities.

We get the idea that for an individual to make the grade based on one's own efforts is vanishingly rare, whether in the world or in a monastic setting. Effects and experiences may manifest but this does not yet make the difference. For the STS adept, working alone is in practice the only way since such a being ONLY SEEKS TO CONTROL AND NOT TO SHARE.

FOR STO, WORKING IN A GROUP IS NATURAL. AFTER ALL, ONE CANNOT SERVE OTHERS WITHOUT HAVING SIMILARLY ORIENTED OTHERS.

Serving STS-oriented beings, or serving the STS-ness in persons of mixed character only CONTRIBUTES to the principle of STS. Thus, there is great help to be received by BALANCED EXCHANGE. The exchange may then compensate for individual shortcomings, producing a GROUP ENTITY that meets the criteria even though not all individuals alone would.

There is no free ride however, since natural factors make it so that effective membership only exists when there is RECIPROCAL EXCHANGE of a requisite metaphysical quality. What this is will depend on specifics and we cannot draw a checklist. This idea corresponds to the Afrikan tradition of MA'AT and RECIPROCITY. Where one treats others as they would want to be treated, and the Ancient Afrikan practice of Communalism. In the words of Baba Mwalimu Baruti, "Communalism is a state of mind. It is the understood relationship between a much extended family that welcomes everyone with clean hands to eat out of the same pot. It is the expectation of love and fairness from all relations, and receiving it as if it were expected but unnecessary. "A cousin does not ask and is not refused anything."

'The best way of SERVICE To OTHERS (STO) is the CONSTANT attempt to seek to share the Love of THE GREAT MOTHER, as it is known to the inner self. This involves SELF-KNOWLEDGE and the ability to OPEN THE SELF TO OTHER SELVES WITHOUT HESITATION. This involves, shall we say, radiating that which is the Essence or the HEART of the individual. The best way for each seeker in Third-Density to be of Service To Others is UNIQUE to that entity. This means that the individual must then seek within themselves the intelligence of its own discernment as to the way it may BEST serve other-selves. This will be different for each.

From the Cassiopaeans:
"[...] What do you think? Remember, you learn on an exponential curve, once you have become "tuned in." This means that you become increasingly able to access the universal consciousness. Please learn to trust your increasing awareness. All who are present here are at one point or another on that cycle, or one point or another on that cycle of progression, some further along than others. If you properly network without prejudice, you may all wind up at the same point on this cycle. We also mean that you can access the universal consciousness to find the answers to otherwise unseen truths [...].

Life experiences REFLECT how one interacts with THE GREAT MOTHER. Those who are asleep are those of little Knowledge in terms of their interaction with the Creation. Some people think that the world exists for them to overcome or ignore or shut out. For those individuals, the worlds will cease. They will become exactly what they give to life. They will become merely a dream in the 'past.' People who pay strict attention to objective reality right and left, become the reality of the 'Future.'