BROTHER OF OLD:

In dealing with the rays which control and dominate your life I would remind you that it is your first ray mind that gives you undoubted mental influence. This is felt most strongly [152] by all who contact you. Being, definitely in touch with your soul (which is in its turn under second ray influence) you have a combination of forces which is definitely useful, both to yourself and others. Your mental body is governed by the first ray.

Your astral body is as definitely a second ray aggregation of energies and hence the influence of love which you carry everywhere with you. I would remind you, however, that when the soul and the astral body are both on the same ray, there is presented always an engrossing problem of balance. There will be, in such cases, a tendency to a lack of balance in the total effect of the equipment and with this - as well you know - you have constantly to deal.

The physical body is of the seventh ray type but it is so controlled by your fourth ray personality that - in a most peculiar sense - it has little life of its own. It is negative to an amazing extent and this again constitutes a definite problem. Your rays, therefore, are:

1. The soul or egoic ray - the second Ray of Love-Wisdom.
2. The personality ray - the fourth Ray of Harmony through Conflict.
3. The ray of the mind - the first Ray of Power or Will
4. The ray of the astral body - the second Ray of Love-Wisdom.
5. The ray of the physical body - the seventh Ray of Ceremonial Order or Magic