The 7 Divine Wills
Introduction:
The history of humanity’s knowledge of the 7 Rays is a long and varied one, as were and are its teachers. To that history and teachings we now add this information in the hopes of advancing humanity’s knowledge and helping everyone to move farther along in their evolutionary journey to Wholeness.
The 7 Divine Wills are the highest possible energies carried on the 7 Rays of Life. The Great Beings Who embody the Rays also carry as Their higher expression these Divine Wills, making the very highest and finest energies of our Creator available to us. Like the Rays, there are 3 Wills of Aspect and 4 Wills of Attribute. The Wills of Aspect are the Will to Initiate, the Will of Cohesion, and the Will to Adapt, while the Wills of Attribute are the Will to Bridge, the Will to Know, the Will to Aspire, and the Will to Express Divinity. (See “Aspect” and “Attribute” in the Glossary for the basic explanation of these terms.) As a brief sum-up, the Wills of Aspect carry the primary Qualities and the Concepts they embody, while the Wills of Attribute focus on ~ and emphasize ~ specific Qualities and Concepts of the Wills of Aspect.
Additionally, the Ancient Wisdom, Theosophy, and other metaphysical teachings generally divide the Rays into two groups which they have labeled the hard line ~ Rays 1, 3, 5, and 7 and the soft line ~ Rays 2, 4, and 6. Theos prefers to call them the Love line, (Rays, 2, 4, 6), and the Consciousness line, (Rays 1, 3, 5, 7).
Founding members of the TAM group were first introduced to the study of the 7 Qualities of Divine Will, (also referred to here as “the Wills”), through the work of Sanaya Roman and her Guide, Orin. It was Orin who suggested that some of us participating on the Divine Will Forums would one day expand on their work in our own, unique way.
And so we have.
Theos has given us a great deal of information on the Wills, clarifying and emphasizing certain Qualities of each Will according to Their purposes, broadening our understanding of the energies radiated through each Will, and showing us how the Wills work through Cycles. When Theos decides we’re ready to teach another online course on Divine Will using this expanded information, we will announce it on the Blog, as well as in other obvious places on this site.
In order to participate in those classes, you must first complete a basic course on Divine Will before you can sign up for them. There are several ways in which you can accomplish this, either by reading through the information on the 7 Qualities of Divine Will on the www.orindaben.com website and/or purchasing their downloads or CDs, and/or you can join their online study group, and/or you can listen to the Divine Will journeys ~ in order ~ here on The Elevator. (There are two different versions stemming from two different classes held locally in 2019 and 2020 ~ use your intuition to determine which version is right for you.)
Please Note: Theos frequently uses different names, (from those given by Orin), for all the Divine Wills and their use of these different names is always a hint as to some Quality of the Divine Will they wish to emphasize in relationship to the subject at hand. For example, Theos variously calls the Will to Express Divinity: the Will to Build Divine Forms, the Will of Right Thought, the Will of Right Speech, the Will of Right Relationship, the Will of Right Timing, and there are others. Just be Aware of this gentle help as you read through the information on the Divine Wills provided onsite.
And speaking of emphasizing, we’d like to emphasize the Truth that this brief ~ very brief ~ treatise on the 7 Divine Wills is meant mainly as an introduction to some of the Qualities of the Wills with the hope that you will pursue a deeper familiarity with these Divine Wills, either here as part of the TAM group or elsewhere.
Like our information on Astrology, the information presented here on the 7 Divine Wills is far from comprehensive or complete. Our purpose in including this information is to help you get started by learning those Qualities our experience has taught us are the most helpful for the beginning student. As with all the Wills, invoking and evoking ~ what we call “transmitting” ~ the energies of any Divine Will is part of a process of transformation … transforming the situation, event, circumstance, person, or relationship, as well as the person doing the invoking/evoking.
Why there are no keywords for these 7 Divine Wills like there are for the Planets, Signs, Houses, etc. in Foundational Astrology? In one definite sense, there are a lot of “moving parts” in learning Astrology ~ without keywords for each one of those moving parts, the beginner would be hopelessly bogged down and progress would be incredibly difficult. Divine Will does not necessarily have “moving parts,” instead their Qualities are concepts and processes.
The Truth is, reducing the Qualities of the Divine Wills to simple keywords degrades the Wills ~ to be boiled down to a few words or catch-phrases loses vital understanding of exactly how the Wills are active in our processes of transformation. The Wills themselves are processes that shape and mold the energies being transmitted in such a way as to reach for the highest and best that can be had under the prevailing circumstances. With this understanding, we have omitted a keyword section for each Divine Will.
As your study of these Divine Wills deepens, you will begin to learn ~ and Understand ~ more of the subtle energies within the Wills and how to Rightly Direct Them to all the aspects of your life. In our own experience, there is nothing more transformative ~ or more positive in outcome ~ than transmitting Divine Will to anything and everything under the Sun.