6th Ray of the Soul: Devotion and Idealism

6th Ray, Devotion-Idealism, indigo color.

The sixth ray is the ray of religions, dogmas, castes and priestly orders. It is the ray of Faith and devotion which when distorted, become strict dogmas and fanaticism. The fifth ray had gotten stuck believing it could describe everything according to science and felt the urge to expand its teachings by sharing them with the world. The sixth ray wants to remind you of the existence of laws that go far beyond the classic quantifiable and measurable scientific nature. The concept of religion, originally, before all the distortions suffered, was precisely this: remembering metaphysical laws that go beyond the measurable and quantifiable knowledge typical of the third and fifth rays.

Furthermore, the sixth ray wanted to remedy the reckless diffusion of knowledge typical of the predecessor ray and therefore the concept of caste was created. Each caste was allowed access only to certain information. The idea was this: an attempt was made to group the various evolutionary levels through classification into castes, thinking that a different degree of evolution could rigidly coincide with each cast. This, however, later proved to be incorrect. It is not given that a soul incarnated among the poorest, miserable and ignorant classes is automatically poorly evolved, or that it does not have the qualities to be able to understand and comprehend high-level concepts. Religious expertise was therefore relegated to the priestly orders, and only a few drops of knowledge, often poorly explained and intentionally distorted, were (and still are) imparted to the masses. The ways of life of individuals belonging to the sixth ray were very often used as a refuge to find a space of freedom that otherwise was not granted to them: many women chose monastic life to evade the forced "choice" between the slavery of being married off against their wanting, becoming slave women subjected to a tyrannical patriarchal power, and the alternative of having to prostitute themselves to be able to support themselves to provide their liberation from imposed marriages. They opted for a "divine marriage" by isolating themselves in monasteries where, at least there, they would have had the freedom, so to speak, to be able to be at peace without selling their life and body, in one way or another. Among the vicissitudes of the sixth ray it could also happen that destitute men and women used and "exploited" religious life as an economic lifeline that promised to support them by giving them food and shelter. In this way they found a place in society by occupying a role in the life of the convent, which required tasks to be performed. This could happen, however, only in certain monasteries, often dedicated to simplicity, poverty or even austerity.

The high political and ecclesiastical offices have always colluded with each other, supporting each other and protecting each other, allowing each to enrich themselves to the detriment of the people. Convents of a certain type certainly did not accept poor and indigent people, so much so that to be admitted into their seminaries, the father of the future priest had to give a substantial dowry to the convent. In more ancient times, before the present churches, the sixth ray manifested itself in those figures who exercised the monopoly on the power of pontiffs. Being a pontiff means being a bridge, a mediator, between the material and spiritual spheres, and that is what each of us can be. In the current era, an example of a working career closely linked to the frequency of the 6th ray is the judicial career. The judges decide who is right and who is not, they are dogmatic and, based on written and unquestionable laws, they inflict punishments depending on the severity of the crime committed (in theory). Even in this case, the profession of impartial and fair judge often undergoes great alterations and distortions, due to which impartiality, justice and fairness are set aside, leaving room for corruption and ill-intentioned management. In a general way, we can say that exponents of the undistorted 6th ray, strictly connected to its religious part, are: the Benedictine friars, an independent order that does not create bishops and cardinals; the Protestants, the Anglicans, the Mormons; Tibetan monks. All of them have as a common denominator the tranquility that nothing imposes and nothing pursues. There are no convictions and no one is burned or executed as many other religious circles did and still do.

A poem for the Sixth Ray:

Once upon a time there was a monastery
it embraced those who withdrew from the world
there was a vegetable garden and farming friars
and the living memory of what is intangible

there was a library where the ancient knowledge was kept
the secrets, the stories that most were not allowed to see
it was to protect them against scripted people
the precious secrets, must not be not squandered.

However, the black day came
when an orc disguised as a noble lord dressed in purple
took possession of the monastery
he knowledge relegated there was distorted and manipulated
so being able to tell people
clever lies with numbing power.