Today is June 4, 2025 – Wednesday, Mercury’s (4) day.
Reading from Externalization of the Hierarchy (blue book).
Preparing each day to be present awake & aware at the Gemini Solar Festival (at the time of the full moon) next Wedneday (around midnight).**
Today, Wednesday – Ray 4 day – seeing (with the Soul’s eyes), the beauty in all things, the harmony seeking to be revealed, the urge to balance opposing tendencies, the Art of Living.
At some point for each of us, as we study here what is posted – the astrology, both personality & esoteric astrology (influences from constellations, signs, planets, stars, etc.), as we integrate the idea, reality & fact of the Seven Rays (stars in the Big Bear – Ray 1) & Sirius (Ray 2)& the Pleiades (Ray 3) (stary of Alcyone, Earth’s star) & their influences, we begin to “sense” in the self & others, the energy of the specific Rays.
Thus in all that I write here, I add the numbers which are the Rays & over time, we integrate this information. We don’t need to memorize, We just over time integrate it into our minds & hearts & bodies. Each day, the posting is also a meditation.

Ray 4.
And so, today, Wednesday, is ruled, governed, protected and directed by Ray 4 (Harmony at the heart of conflict & chaos).
This is the purpose – seeking harmony, for discussion, seeking common ground, communicating, listening, ambassadorship – using Goodwill, creating Right Human Relations in all of our interactions, personal & national.

Sun & Jupiter in Gemini (2).
Moon (4) entered Libra (3) this morning at 6:38am (PT).
Libra Moon & Gemini Sun/Jupiter.
Air signs. Communication signs.

Moon traveling today opposes Saturn & Neptune, & trines Pluto.
In depth transformative feelings felt today.

This evening Venus (5) sextiles (2 signs apart) Jupiter (2) (Aries/Gemini).
A friendly intelligent & loving evening tonight.

Tomorrow, Venus (5) enters its home sign of Taurus (4).
The Art of Living becomes apparent. We seek beauty.
Friday is VERY complex, multilayered, multifaceted.
the moon is busy making contact w/ the planets.

Sunday is Pentecost, Mercury (4) joins Jupiter (2) & Mercury later enters Cancer (1/3). The conversations, the subject of our conversations change from Gemini (2) to Cancer (3).

Next Wednesday is the Gemini (2) solar festival.
What happens then?
Here is information from the blue books (Externalization of the Hierarchy) on the Gemini Festival.
Each day, ’til next Wednesday we are preparing to be present to the Gemini energies & to the Christ standing in for humanity. We stand with Him. Preparing the Way for humanity & for the Reappearance.

From Ext. Hier. beginning at page 439.
At the time of the June Full Moon, the Hierarchy, under the guidance of the Christ, will let loose this will-to-good upon humanity, producing seven great results, according to the seven subrays of this first Ray of Will or Power:
1. Power will be given to the disciples of the world and the initiates among men, so that they can direct efficiently and wisely the coming process of rebuilding.
2. The will-to-love will stimulate the men of goodwill everywhere so that hatred will gradually be overcome and men will seek to live together cooperatively. This will take some time, but the inner urge is there and subject to stimulation.
3. The will-to-action will lead intelligent people throughout the world to inaugurate those activities which will lay the foundation for a new, better and happier world.
4. The will-to-cooperate will steadily increase also. Men will desire and demand right human relations – a result more general than that produced by the activity of the first three aspects of this ray, but which will be a natural outcome of this activity.
5. The will-to-know and to think correctly and creatively will become an outstanding characteristic of the masses. Knowledge is the first step towards wisdom.
6. The will-to-persist (which is an aspect of devotion and idealism) will become a human characteristic – a sublimation of the basic instinct of self-preservation. This will [441] lead to a persistent belief in the ideals presented by the Hierarchy, and the demonstration of immortality.
7. The will-to-organize will further a building process which will be carried forward under the direct inspiration of the Hierarchy. The medium will be the potency of the will-to- good of the new group of world servers and the responsive goodwill of mankind.

I have expressed in these few simple terms the results of the planned determination of the two Great Lords which must take shape and emerge at the time of the May and June Full Moons.
Also DK ended this section with this paragraph…

(p.445):
May He Whom we all love and serve, the Master of all Masters and the undying Friend of Mankind shed His light upon your way and evoke your trust, your understanding and your help in His task – climaxing this year – of leading humanity into the light of a new day.
And now we know more & are more prepared.
love, Risa
Note: what did people learn today, what was important, how does this help us to prepare for the Gemini Festival? Respond via email to risagoodwill@gmail.com – love Risa 

Mountains suddenly blossomed in flowers.
Shavuot (Sha-voo-ot, pronounciation) Jewish Festival.
Festival of Weeks (7 weeks since Passover).
Note: an understanding of Ray 7 – ritual & order.
Via the Festival of Shavuot (harvest festival).
Shavuot –
A Harvest Festival (first spring fruits & grains taken to the Temple) in the Jewish culture & religion.
The 10 Commandments given, the laws for the Aries Age.
“And the mountains suddenly blossomed into flowers!”
Sudden unexpected transformation, as in spring, when the
spring flowers book, the leaves unfurl in green.
This “blossoming” is what occurred when the Torah was given.
The beginning of the Aries Age!
Mount Sinai suddenly blossoming with flowers and plants as a sign of divine presence and revelation.
In celebration, during Shavuot, synagogues & Jewish homes are decorated with flowers, blossoms, colors, plants & greenery.

The mountains suddenly blossomed!
Poetic way of expressing the importance of the giving of the 10 Commandments (part of the Torah, first five books of the Bible) to Moses on Mt. Sinai by the Lord –
Laws for the Age of Aries.
The new laws for the Hebrew people (for all people), walking thru the desert for 40 years as the new age of Aries began.
The laws & rules for the Aries Age (which are relevant today).

Today, Monday, first day (of 2/3 days) of the Festival of Shavuot.
Chag Samea (Happy Festival in Hebrew).

Monday, a new week begins of things yet to be.
June 2, 2025 – We are in the middle
of a solar flare & geomagnetic storm.
Some people aren’t sleeping, & some people are
in pain due to the flares & storm.
Today, Virgo moon – we tend to our health & healing.
Moon/Saturn, moon/Neptune, moon Pluto today!
Structure, refinement, depth of transformation.
It’s not an easy, gentle subtle day today!

This giving of the Torah (& 10 commandments) – the Jewish people entered into a covenant with G-d.
The Torah (Jewish Laws) is compared to milk, making foods with milk and dairy – meals enjoyed on Shavuot symbolizing the nourishment and life-giving qualities of the Torah.

The Book of Ruth (& Naomi & Boaz – ancestors of Jesus in the House of David) (a love story, loyalty, perseverance), which takes place at harvest time, is read on Shavuot. Many stay up all night studying the Torah and other texts to deepen their understanding of the religious teachings received on Mount Sinai.
Mt. Sinai was in the desert. It was a miracle when the mountains suddenly blossomed in flowers as the Torah was given to Moses. The Sinai desert adorned with flowers blooming!

Festivals are rituals and ritual is Ray 7, anchoring heaven on earth. There is a fusion, blending & coordination of spirit infusing form & matter – infusion of spirit into matter. Then spirit & matter vibrate at the same rate. There is a transformation of matter (like the mountains blossoming!). A reorientation of purpose & direction. An alchemical process of change occurs – from lead to gold!

The 7th Ray (ritual, order, magic/manifestation) is associated with the 7th (lowest) plane of manifestation – the physical plane on the Constitution of Man (COM). Its purpose (7th Ray purpose) is to brng out into objective appearance all latent spiritual qualities contained with a form. Festivals, Ray 7, thus in their symbols, represent the spiritual essence & qualities within the ritual. A radiation is formed, a fusion of spirit & matter. The 7th Ray (as in rituals) is an outer reflection of the potencies of Ray 1 (Will, Purpose, Creation, Power). Ray 7 extrenalizes Will & Power (Ray 7) through Law & Order. Ray 7 changes the forms that are no longer useful to the plan of creation & creativity.

Ray 7 – works with Ray 3 (archtypal ideas) & anchors them into the world (form & matter). Thus mind is the lens, the mental aspects of ritual, its preparations, & its actions, is the Will (Ray 1) to bring the essential ideas (Ray 3), using concrete knowledge & essential ideas (Ray 5) to manifest (Ray 7) in daily life. We use thought forms in manifesting something, in rituals. Thought forms are building blocks. In ritual we thing, we act, we shift, we create, we adjust, we release into material expression the thought forms that we want to express. This is the work of interconnection between the Rays.
And so Ray 7 fuses & blends all these mechanisms, synthesizing Rays 1 2 3 4 5 & 6 to bring forth a ritual that is sustaining, harmonizing, cohesive & synthetic.
Involved in ritual is both Mercury & Uranus (higher octave of Mercury). Archtypes & great Ideas precipitate & filter down into the collective & individual consciousness via rituals. Social concepts, history, beliefs, values & ideals are all brought forth in rituals via Ray 7. They fuse & become part of the collective on the material plane.

If Ray 2 (Jupiter) is summoned during rituals, the energy contained within Ray 7 brings forth goodwil, oirginality of ideas and the love, thru contact, benefits and lifts up the community as a whole. Ray 7 in ritual unifies, there is a sense of security & nurturance. We come to understand the purpose of ceremony, organization, things done properly and in order. Rituals are unifying. A unification of the inner life, expressing itself intelligently & with love on earth. Risa

In rituals.
The rate of vibration, Soul/personality, heaven/earth, monad/personality, etc. – In ritual, the atoms vibrate within the body on higher & higher levels. The light breaks thru the Ring Pass Not, & we then begin to radiate light, & this radiation, activity unifies those participating in ritual. And “frees the imprisoned parts in the other individual receiving that light.”

Heaven to earth – increase of radon in the mineral kingdom.

Uranus enters Gemini July 7th – 7/7 – Transmutation related to radiation. Uranus at 0 Gemini July 7th. The fixed star Alcyone, our solar system circles Alcyone (major star in the Pleiades, the first solar system when matter was impregnated with intelligence), Uranus & Alcyone will be one on that day. These energies expand the light in the etheric template within humanity.

Gemini – the sign of Friendship – of Brotherhood.
Gemini – the One into two (two brothers).
The the two into One – a paradox.
Friendship, Brotherhood & Service.

What is brotherhood? What is Service?
Today – the last day of May – today is May 31st, 2025.
Gemini Sun, Leo Moon – air & fire – a combustable day today.
Saturday – Saturn’s day – an intelligent day.
Gemini, Ray 2, Leo, Rays 1, 5 & 2. A love wisdom day too.
Both loving, wise & intelligent.
Which describes Disciples.

In Gemini, the One Existence becomes Two.
The entire creation we know of is based on opposites – male and female, spirit and matter, light and darkness, here & there, you & me. The entire theme, yin/yang is that of duality.
Which is what Gemini demonstrates (each sign has a task).

Duality exists through the apparent opposites.
Disciples stand at the apex of the triangle, looking down into the duality – understanding its purpose.
Sometimes we get caught in one or the other.
If we find ourselves drawn into the multiplicity (one side or the other) without understanding their unity, we end up in the conflict of duality.
Then we are in the throes of Ray 4 – conflict, chaos – which at its very heart is harmony – the Oneness.

Gemini is about friendship, brotherhood – esoteric Masonry term.
We are to be a “friend”, a “brother” to everyone.
Be a Friend to everyone says the Masters of Wisdom.
A friend to all the Kingdoms – mineral plant animal human & angelic.
We learn how to do this over time.
It is the harmonious way of living, part of the Art of Living.
Authentic friendship, brotherhood.

Brotherhood is the highest state to be of a person who is cultivated in the true spiritual sense, and it is the most sublime aspect of Hierarchy. The Hierarchy stands behind us as a great strength when we strive for brotherhood, offering the self (personality self) to the Soul, which then becomes Service to the world.

How do we define the word “Service”?
Service is the spontaneous result of personality/Soul contact.
The Soul infused personality.

Service is often defined from the angle of personality (me, mine, to have, to desire). But service from the spiritual & esoteric point of view, can be defined as the spontaneous effect of soul contact.
The personality is the physical body, emotional body, lower brain mind.
When the personality is in contact with the Soul, directed by the Soul, this contact is so definite and fixed that the life of the soul can pour through into the instrument (personality) which the soul must use upon the physical plane.
This is how the nature/energy/love/wisdom/intelligence/will of the soul can demonstrate (via the personality) in the world of human affairs.

About Service.
(paraphrase from)
Esoteric Psychology vol. 2, pp. 124-5.
Service is not a quality or a performance; it is not an activity towards which people must strenuously strive, nor is it a method of world salvage. This distinction must be clearly grasped…
Service is a life demonstration (a demonstration of life/livingness). Service is a soul urge, and is as much an evolutionary impetus of the soul as is the urge to self-preservation or to the reproduction of the species (which is a demonstration of the animal soul).

This is a statement of importance. It is a soul instinct, if we may use such an inadequate expression and is, therefore, innate and peculiar to soul unfoldment.

Service is the outstanding characteristic of the soul, just as desire is the outstanding characteristic of the lower nature (personality). Service is the urge to group good.

It cannot, therefore, be taught or imposed upon a person.
It is simply the first real effect, evidenced upon the physical plane, of the fact that the soul is beginning to express itself in outer manifestation via the personality (its vehicle).

Goodwill, love, care, listening, tending to those in need, being a friend – all are levels of Service.

Tomorrow – the Festival of Shavuot!
Suddenly the mountains blossomed with flowers!
When the Ten Commandments were given to Moses.

The Rules, Laws, Directions for the Aries Age.—

love, Risa

Note: The developmental stages of humanity are

seen in our religions rituals & the Ages. 

Writings from a Brother on the Path of Light.
Being a Divine Observer.
Today, Friday – under Sirius, the Great Bear & the Pleiades.
Under the Light of Gemini of Love/Wisdom.

Being a Divine Observer.
In our times of conflict & chaos.
In our times of change & transition – between two Ages –
In our times when the mind seeks to comprehend what is occurring.
What do disciples do? What is our stance? Who are we, what are out actions as Disciples?

We are the Divine Observers
(like the Divine Observe in Roerich’s painting – a Buddhist philosopher from the 13th century, observing the world with quiet observation, curiosity & thus understanding.

And so during these times & today.
May 30, 2025 – Friday – Gemini Sun (making contact, releasing Love – Ray 2). Cancer moon, then a 3 1/2 hour v/c – moon enters Leo at 1:17pm (PT). Mercury has passed thru the heart of the Sun. On its new journey now –

How to function as Observers during times of Change.
From a Brother on the Path of Light.
A helpful & useful courses of lighted action.
Being Divine Observers is vital for every member of the
ashram, as we are confronted with need, conflicts, wars, chaos, misunderstanding, polarities…etc.

1. Transfer (lift up) our consciousness up to the Soul – our Eternal Individuality:
We recite the Soul Invocation – it’s like the incantation (mantra) of the Vedas. Thus conducting the Initiation of Soul, the flowers of the chakras turning to lotuses.

“I am a soul. I am a being of spirit.
As such, I cannot be violated by anything
happening on the material plane.
I do not close my eyes – I perceive all the misfortune around me, but I am not affected by it.
No one and nothing can do me (my true self) any harm.
For I am the Soul. I am Light Divine. I am Love. I am Will.
I am Perfect in my Design. I am the Soul.”

See the beautiful painting “Tsong kha-pa” (13th century teacher, philosopher) by Nicholas Roerich. It depicts a wise man who watches the world with equanimity and serenity, observing what is going on beneath him in the lowlands (Earth). Only
with such a superior & observing mental attitude, not allowing ourselves to be affected or absorbed
by material circumstances, can we set about alleviating the omnipresent suffering. We are the World Servers & Saviors.
Our tasks.

2. As disciples of the Brotherhood we can visit our homeland in the Subtle World (the Soul), visit the ashram, at any time with intention, mental focus, heartfelt & in spirit and bow down to
our spiritual father. We visualize this with our great imagination.
And we are immediately uplifted. We then experience: that in the presence of the Lord & our great Teachers, all difficulties, fear, misalignments, sadness & sorrow varnish and they are turned into joy.

In Gemini –
We hear the words – “Be still & Know that I am God.”
And…in Gemini using our hands…
Our hands used only helpfulness. Gemini rules the hands, flower centers, fragrant, luminous, endowed with healing & benediction.