The Function of Substance

(An extract from the N.S. Study Guide)

The White Magician and/or Disciple is a co-participant in the creative process. She or he works with consciousness to formulate a Divine Intent, and then passes that formulated intent to substance.

Creating the outer activity of service is the job of the Substance Aspect, or that portion of the Mother Aspect that is receptive to that formulated intent. This Body Receptive consists of the incarnate portion of the group life that is receptive to that portion of The Plan. The receptive group consists of aspirants, and other responsive members of the New Group of World Servers.

The persona equipment of the body receptive (i.e., group mental, astral, and etheric bodies, and the group brain) create the actual forms of expression for that intent. The group creates the mental, astral, and physical-dense forms that humanity recognizes and responds to.

The Disciple moves an intent into form only when there is no body receptive. When a disciple finds an intent that is ready to be precipitated, but has no body receptive, he precipitates it himself. He formulates that intent into mental, astral, and physical-etheric substance. Pausing to radiate it outward at each step, and await a response. If there is no response, then (according to his karmic responsibility), he may build an outer form for that intent and build a body receptive for it.

Each of the sub-planes plays a different part in the creative process. The astral is the vehicle of force that puts substance into motion. The mental is the vehicle of creative mind that gives direction and focus to the moving substance. The physical-etheric and physical-dense are the form of appearance for the created substance, and the field of experience for the creating consciousness.

Body	Vehicle of . . .	Function . . .
Mental	The Creative Mind	Direction and Focus
Astral	Force or Motivation	Motion of Substance
Physical –Etheric	Intelligent Activity	Field of Experience

Throughout this creative process the disciple must be careful to remain detached from his creation, or he will inadvertently identify with it, thus trapping a portion of his self in that newly created form.