The Founding, Purpose and Development of the World Service Intergroup
by Gordon Davidson
The Origins of WSI
The World Service Intergroup
(WSI) was developed from a series of meditative inspirations received
during the period of February through April 1995. During this period, I
was inspired with the idea of inviting founders and leaders of esoteric
groups from around the world to gather together for a Conclave in
Washington DC in the spirit and purpose of a conclave held by the
Hierarchy. This was to consider the state of collaborative esoteric
group work in the world, and explore what could be done to improve its
potency and usefulness to the Plan, working together in a spirit of
cooperation and goodwill.
When I first received this idea
I wondered why anyone would come to a meeting that I called, since I was
relatively unknown to most esoteric groups. As a further spur to taking
action, I received more inspiration in the form of ideas for a letter to
send to all invitees that would hopefully inspire them to attend such a
meeting with all the investment of time and financial resources this
implied. The invitational letter outlined the following purposes:
“1) To bring together a
meditating group in one location who can together build and anchor an
energetic pathway into the Earth to assist the Externalization of the
Hierarchy and the Reappearance of the Christ.
2) To build a group aura that
provides an opportunity for Hierarchical impression of the worldwide
group with the next phase of the Hierarchy’s ever emerging plans.
3) To hold in-depth, focussed
discussion and planning sessions for the coordination and synthesizing
of the worldwide esoteric work so that all participating groups are
working with a united intent, a unified focus and a shared rhythm.
4) To learn from the experience
of disciples in the worldwide group, so that the work can go forward
with greater effectiveness and power around the world.”
I was still wondering if this
would really work, but I had learned to give priority to ideas from
meditation that carry the energy of inspiration. My spiritual partner
and companion, Corinne, was very supportive and encouraging of this
effort, so I began calling a few leaders and people in the esoteric
movement who I thought might be interested. I will never forget what
Angelia Robberts, from the Wisdom Synthesis Center, said to me when I
first called her with this idea. Angelia had been the convenor of
several international conferences focused on Seed Groups, and she was a
pioneer in bringing groups together. When I told her about my
inspiration to call together esoteric groups in the Bailey, Theosophical
and Agni Yoga traditions for an international conclave in Washington her
response was, “I will not pollute your aura with doubt.” She became a
supporter and co-worker of the intergroup work in the early years, and
was invaluable in giving me the benefit of her experience in calling
esoteric groups together.
The next person I contacted was
a close co-worker of many years, Avon Mattison, of Pathways to Peace in
San Francisco, who, because of her deep and long experience in bringing
together NGOs at the United Nations, immediately saw the significance
and value of such an effort. She has offered WSI her potent subjective
capacities and wise counsel ever since. I then approached Tom Carney of
Arcana Workshops in Los Angeles, who carefully listened with an open
mind and heart to the vision and inspiration for the Conclave, and after
meditating upon it, gave it his unqualified and powerful inner and outer
support from that day forward, which continues to this day.
Niels Bronsted, an esoteric
teacher from Esoteric Center Copenhagen, with a vast knowledge of the
teaching, deeply and strongly responded to the call in the first letter.
He became a strong advocate and co-worker in all the Conclave work, and
has brought a regional version of it to Scandinavia. Rudolf Schneider,
from the Institute for Planetary Synthesis in Geneva, a tireless
planetary networker who is constantly weaving groups around the world
together with lines of light and inspiration, was another ‘early
adopter” who immediately and fully supported this idea.
In addition, Helen Frankland
from the International Network of Esoteric Healers in the UK has given
her steady and deep inner support; Barbara Valocore from the Lifebridge
Foundation in New York has demonstrated tireless commitment and offered
financial assistance; and Steve Nation, from Intuition in Service in New
Zealand, has provided deep and loving wisdom in reaching out to
humanity. All these servers have been essential to the founding and
aligned development of WSI.
These pioneering souls, along
with the members of the International Advisory Council, which we
established two years later, were able to recognize the value of a new
idea and approach to the world esoteric work. The International Advisory
Council includes Marina Bernardi, Comunita’ Di Etica Vivente, Italy;
Bruce
Davidson, Sirius Community, Massachusetts; Joleen DuBois, White Mountain
Education Group, Arizona; May East, The Findhorn Foundation, Scotland;
Carmen
Santiago, New Thought Foundation, Venezuela; Alice Schneider, Institute
for Planetary Synthesis, Geneva; and Dr. Jaime Treiger, Avatar
Foundation, Brazil. They have been the keystones upon which the work of
the WSI has been built. Without their active and tireless support, and
the recognition of the significance of this idea by all the
international members, nothing would have happened, and the WSI would
not exist today.
The First Conclave in
Washington, DC
Our first meeting in Washington
DC on Wesak, May 1-5, 1996, was held at our center, The Center for
Visionary Leadership, with 70 people representing over 25 groups crowded
into a meeting room for 50. Luckily the Fire Department never knew we
were there! We shared the vision for WSI, of bringing groups into closer
inner and outer cooperation, sharing and learning from each other, and
working together to facilitate the Externalization and the Reappearance
of the Christ. The keynote could be described as, “Developing intergroup
esoteric work in the world that serves the next cycle of plans of
the Hierarchy.” There was a very high frequency spiritual energy and
much joy, with a palpable sense of significance at this initial
gathering. It was also the “getting to know you” phase of this
intergroup work, and there were different and diverse ideas presented of
what we should be doing together. Since that initial meeting there have
been many long and deep conversations about what the WSI should be and
how it should function, and we now have clear unanimity about the
purposes of WSI as originally set out in the first letter. Yet, we all
recognize that as a living entity in constant evolution, we must always
be open to change, growth and redefinition.
We all agreed from the
beginning that we would not build a large infrastructure or even see
ourselves as an organization. We have held WSI more as a living
organism, an open space where esoteric groups can meet, learn and grow
together to make all the member groups’ work more potent, both in their
meditative power and their effective outer service to humanity. We
have deliberately kept the organism etheric, so that it is built more of
the energies of light, goodwill and shared purpose than through an
extensive outer form. Through our group meditations aligning with
Hierarchy and Shamballa and linking with humanity, we are developing a
united auric field. Developing relationships at our annual Conclaves
have now blossomed into shared intergroup projects, some of which span
multiple continents. We see this expanding and developing in the future
as more groups are choosing to participate in this etheric network/auric
field of shared joy and cooperation in the work.
Los Angeles 1997
The second conclave was held in
Los Angeles in May 1997 during the Gemini Full Moon, with Arcana
Workshops as the hosting group. The keynote was: “May the power of
Shamballa shower new life on all kingdoms of life on earth revealing the
synthesis that IS.” At this meeting we discussed esoteric approaches to
transforming world consciousness in politics, culture, education, media
and money. We also began to develop plans for more active cooperation
between the groups. The idea of esoteric teachers exchanging their
knowledge and wisdom by teaching at each other’s centers around the
world was launched at this meeting. Six years later, this work is
becoming a reality, as members of WSI are teaching and sharing at
various member’s centers around the world, including Tijuana, Mexico,
Copenhagen, Denmark, Poggio del Fuoco, Italy, Findhorn, Scotland, Los
Angeles, California and other locations. We also decided that we would
hold as many meetings as possible in one of the five planetary centers
-- New York, London, Geneva, Darjeeling and Tokyo-- to add our
meditative energy to each of those centers, which are so key for the
Externalization and the Reappearance of the Christ. We also instituted a
crisis alert meditation system for the WSI to apply meditative energy
when crises are occurring in human consciousness. We also agreed to
develop a website, which today can be found at www.synthesis.tc.
London 1998
Our third conclave in London in
April, 1998, during the Aries Full Moon, was held in a hotel near the
airport at the same time as a Star Trek convention! Meeting in a first
ray center, the keynote for the Conclave was “The secret of the will
lies in the recognition of the divine nature of man…it is also closely
tied in with the recognition of the unconquerable nature of goodness and
the inevitability of the ultimate triumph of good.” There we discussed
how we could actually help prepare the way for the Christ including
speaking about political and economic events from a spiritual point of
view; promoting the “Code of Humanity” produced by one of our member
groups; publicizing positive solutions to human problems; and supporting
mediators among opposing parties. At this meeting we also began
developing a “Spiritual Vision Statement” focalized by Jan and Steve
Nation.
Geneva 1999
Geneva, Switzerland for the
Wesak Festival in May, 1999 was the site of our fourth conclave, hosted
by the Institute for Planetary Synthesis. It was here that we developed
an opening ritual of lighting seven candles for each of the seven rays
and sounding the word of power for each ray, closing the ceremony by
sounding the Great Invocation in various languages. Since we were in the
planetary heart center our keynote was “Love governs the Way into the
Life of the Hierarchy and is the foundation for all approach to, and
appreciation and acceptance of truth.” It was here that the idea came to
us that we are creating a heart center within the New Group of World
Servers, a lotus with a jewel radiating out will and purpose. We see
this heart center as a bridge between Hierarchy and the NGWS, serving
the function of strengthening, protecting and nurturing the NGWS.
One group member received an
impression that we should use first ray energy to try and unblock some
of the crystallized financial energy locked up in the vaults of the many
banks so present in Geneva. We then did a group meditation directing the
first ray to move money into channels of lighted world service. It was
one of the most powerful meditations of that conclave, and members had
images of vaults bursting open and money pouring out to assist the
forces of light! Another high point of that conclave was developing new
techniques for reaching the public with the truths of the Ageless
Wisdom, including bumper stickers. The winning entry was “Good is
Inevitable, so Join the Winning Team!”
New York 2000
In April, 2000 we met during
the Aries Full Moon in New York focusing on the descent of the Shamballa
Force in the year 2000, with the keynote, “The Shamballa force is in
reality Life itself; and Life is a loving synthesis in action.” We also
used the Six Laws and Principles of the New Age to lead us towards
creating a vision of how these principles might create patterns for the
New Civilization humanity will be constructing over the next 2500 years.
A few of the multitude of ideas regarding the Shamballa force that
impressed the group were: it signifies humanity leaving adolescence to
mediate between the higher and lower kingdoms; it is a power taking
humanity to a neutral zone where you see a different world which gives a
new vision; the forces of destruction and synthesis are working at the
same time, and if the motive is wrong we will have synthesis that brings
destruction; every individual and group will have to ask what is my/our
purpose? We also worked with the energy of synthesis during that
conclave to create a shared intergroup keynote that all the groups would
use as they chose in the coming year. The keynote was “Creating world
unity, peace and plenty through universal thinking, unifying love and
synthesizing will.”
Darjeeling 2001
The Conclave in Darjeeling,
India during Wesak in May 2001, was one of the most potent and
challenging of all our meetings. For months prior to our meeting the
entire area was closed because of strikes and terrorism by local
separatist rebels. Participants had to take multiple plane flights from
around the world, followed by a four hour bus ride up 7,000 feet of
winding switchbacks in the Himalayan hills, which left many participants
sleepless and jet lagged. The usual Indian stomach problems afflicted
some members, and we even had Chinese spies trying to psyche out what we
were doing. But in spite of all this, from the first meditation there
was a tremendous potency to our work, being so close to the Himalayas,
the inspiring abode of the Masters, which we could see from our hotel.
The focus of this conclave was
on the Conclave of Decision of the 6th degree Chohans, who met at Wesak,
2001 to make their final decision related to the 6th initiation, and to
decide what energies to release to humanity, producing great changes for
our modern civilization. The quality and direction of these changes
would be determined by the response of humanity to the opportunities and
challenges presented by the energies being released. The focus of our
meditations was to be receptive to impressions from this great Decision.
The synthesis of meditation impressions from all participants was
written up as the “Darjeeling Declaration,” which became a potent, and
later a somewhat controversial document for those who were not in
attendance. The synthesis of impressions about the Great Decision was as
follows:
“The Great Decision for
humanity is whether it will tread the lighted Way and choose to throw
off the shackles of all that binds it to the lower realms and liberate
itself into the freedom of the Spirit.
The Decision of the Arhats is
to provide the energy to humanity to make this possible despite whatever
upheavals and destruction this may cause in humanity. For destruction of
the form is preferable to the death of the spirit and the living death
of souls in bondage. Power will flow to all that liberates humanity from
its chains and power will be removed from all that enslaves the Spirit.
The time has come for humanity to be free.
The Externalization and
Reappearance is beginning now and the true government, led by disciples
and initiates, will be in place by 2025.”
It is very interesting to
re-read this document today in the light of the events of September 11,
2001.
Other impressions that emerged
from the Darjeeling Conclave were three things that Hierarchy needs
accomplished: the clarification of the mental plane, purification of the
emotional plane, and circulation on the etheric/physical plane. Some
responsibilities of disciples that emerged from our meditations were:
remain receptive to the impulses of the Hierarchy; identify the ashram’s
note wherever it is sounded; remember that truth works; always temper
will and power with love; embody and inculcate the joy of service as a
code of ethics for all; stand in Divine Will and let that Will direct
all our wills for the creation of a new world social order; and be aware
of unexpected opportunities and recognize that the impossible is
becoming possible.
After the conclave we decided
to distribute the energies we received by visiting two local centers of
light: the World Goodwill Center in Darjeeling and the meditation room
of the Tibetan refugee center.
Tokyo 2002
In March, 2002 during the Full
Moon of Aries we met in Tokyo to carry forward the thread of continuity,
our consistent group work to contribute to building the planetary
antahkarana, which had reached a new level at the Darjeeling conclave.
The WSI group has now become a magnetic and radiatory agent wherever it
goes, and it has become important that we fulfill this function
consciously, as we have an impact on the region where we work each
year.
We realized that Tokyo as a
planetary center is gradually awakening, and as it awakens the Japanese
people will take their rightful place within the community of nations.
Our presence there as a group could assist this awakening, and also aid
in bringing China and Russia into the world community in a constructive
way. Thus our focus in Tokyo was to stand as a worldwide intergroup
presence to receive the inflowing Divine energies and ideas, and to
circulate especially the linking, blending and fusing aspects of the 2nd
ray, combined with the 4th ray, helping to create harmony in the region.
We also focused on meditating
on and seeding humanity’s mental field with the three principles of
Goodwill, Unanimity and Essential Divinity as the foundations for the
new civilization. Some impressions from the group meditations were as
follows:
Goodwill and the Will to
Good: like an electrical current which produces a magnetic field
around a wire, so the electric will to good, when animating the human
mind, produces the magnetic field of goodwill; goodwill is God’s Will;
goodwill builds with light substance and is the substantial material of
the Plan, and substands the effort to bring peace and freedom to
humanity.
Unanimity: Unity in
diversity is the slogan of humanity, and it needs to become conscious.
Chaos theory looks right into the heart of diversity and reveals unity.
Unanimity is of the soul, which creates the container, or form, to hold
diversity. Group process needs the balance of dynamic leadership and
diversity, which the UN exemplifies.
Essential Divinity through
the Three Rays of Aspect
Ray 1: We assert the
fact, the Divine Will rules. The rulership of the Lord of the World is
complete, and it is only a matter of time and timing until His Will is
fully asserted over all kingdoms of life. The inevitability of the
completion and fulfillment of the Plan is assured. As that Will beats
down and through humanity any resistance to the all encompassing Will
and Love will eventually be absorbed, assimilated and activated in the
Plan.
Ray 2: Together we see
the greatest light, the highest good of all. It is the shared vision of
the good of everyone and every kingdom that guides all disciples as they
work. Brotherhood is becoming an established fact in human consciousness
and all that stands in the way of this great truth will be swept away.
Ray 3: Purpose itself am
I, aligning laws within the greater law. Humanity must learn to live by
law, within spiritual law. This great awakening and liberation is
accelerated as disciples live within the law, transmit the law through
being and anchor the law through the word. This prepares the way for the
Masters and the Christ to extend the rule of law, the Kingdom of God,
when they appear on earth.
Essential Divinity in
Shamballa, Hierarchy and Humanity
Shamballa: The
fulfillment of humanity’s realization of its Divinity is held in
Shamballa as an aspect of the essential purpose. For when this is
achieved humanity and the earth will become a radiant center in the body
of the Solar Logos. Within Shamballa this purpose has already been
fulfilled, and the Great Beings stand and wait for humanity to realize
this purpose through time.
Hierarchy: Essential
Divinity, the Christ principle within humanity, is the focal point of
all the Hierarchy’s work with humanity. It guarantees the success of the
Plan, for its full outworking will eventually bring Monadic light into
full expression in matter, and the loving wisdom of Deity will be
radiated on and through earth.
Humanity: The essential
Divinity of humanity ensures that in time each human being will become
their Divine self, expressed as loving concern for the welfare and
evolution of all lives on the planet, establishing brotherhood on earth,
the brotherhood of men, Masters, angels and the kingdoms of
nature.
After the conclave, we
distributed the energies received by visiting and meditating in a nearby
Japanese Buddhist temple and gardens, and visiting the Joh-Rei Center in
Atami.
Fulfilling Our Purpose
In reviewing our founding
purposes, we can see that we have made significant progress towards
fulfilling each of them: First, we convene annually, usually in one of
the five planetary centers, an international group of representatives of
esoteric groups. Our primary focus is intensive group meditation work
that contributes to building the planetary antahkarana and an energetic
pathway for the Externalization and the Reappearance.
Our second purpose is also
being achieved through meditation by creating a group auric field upon
which higher impressions can be received and then interpreted by the
group. Meditations on focused themes are followed by sharing of
impressions by all group members. As a world intergroup, we seek to be
open to new impressions about priorities of the Hierarchy today. One of
our key impressions is that we have to find innovative ways to translate
the teachings into language that is accessible to humanity, and
disseminate the teachings using all modern communication technologies.
After each conclave, these impressions are synthesized and offered as an
annual conclave report to the world esoteric group.
We also recognize that we must
respond to the current issues humanity is grappling with by offering the
relevant principles of the teaching to address these issues. Thus we
hold meditation alerts when there is a crisis in the Middle East,
threats of war in Iraq, or a need to strengthen the United Nations.
Our third purpose of holding
focused discussions for coordinating the worldwide esoteric work is well
underway. In an atmosphere of goodwill, friendship and co-discipleship,
we have had intergroup dialogue about issues such as:
· How do we create a
reflection in the world of the Ashram in the way we work and create
together?
· What does the incoming 7th
ray energy mean for us regarding how we organize ourselves and fund
the work?
· How do we develop a
worldly-wise esotericism that uses all modern communication
technologies to help struggling humanity see its current issues in the
light of the ageless wisdom?
And the fourth dimension of our
purpose, to learn from the experience of other disciples in the
worldwide group, is being fulfilled through the many sharings that
continuously take place, both at the conclaves and between them,
regarding new methods and ideas for reaching humanity with the Ageless
Wisdom teachings. We are planning multiple opportunities for groups to
share their work at our upcoming conclave at the Findhorn Foundation in
Scotland in June 2003 at the Gemini Full Moon Festival with intergroup
panels presenting on a variety of themes. These will include: Soul And
Personality Integration And Fusion; Meditation and Subjective work;
Approaches to Antahkarana Work; Esoteric Healing; Group Integration and
Fusion; Money and Manifestation of the Work; The Significance, Purpose
and Future of Intergroup Work; Preparation for the Externalization of
the Hierarchy and the Reappearance of the Christ; and Approaches for
Developing the Ageless Wisdom Schools. All members of the 32
co-sponsoring groups are invited to this gathering, where we expect the
world esoteric group to take a major step forward into greater service
to Humanity, Hierarchy and the Great Plan.
