These Avatars appear rarely; and when They do, the effectiveness and results of Their work are great.  They issue forth into manifestation via the centre at Shambhalla, because They are an expression of the will nature of Deity; They embody divine purpose; the energy pouring through Them and transmitted by Them is focussed through the Lord of the World; They can only be reached by the united voices of the Hierarchy and of humanity speaking in unison; Their service is evoked only by realized need, and only after those who call Them forth have added to their faith strenuous action and have done their utmost, alone and unaided, to overcome evil.

They never descend lower the mental plane, and the main emphasis and attention of Their work is directed to the Hierarchy; the Hierarchy is Their transmitting agency; They occasionally reach those thinking people, focussed on the mental plane, who have clear vision, potent resolve, directed will and open minds, plus of course, essential purity of form.  These Avatars express the Will of God, the energy of Shambhalla, and the impulse lying behind divine purpose.  When They do come forth, it will be the destroyer aspect of the first ray of power which They will express; They bring about death—the death of all old and limiting forms and of that which houses evil.  Their work will, therefore, fall into two categories:

a.      They will destroy the forces of evil, using the agency of the Forces of Light.

b.     They will reveal as much of the divine purpose as humanity is able to grasp through its best minds and most dedicated aspirants; They will clarify the vision of the world disciples and of all who have the disciplined will-to-know and who are dedicated to and expressive of the will-to-good.  This knowledge and this will are needed in the coming period of readjustment.

How They will bring the present evil conditions to an end and how They will destroy the present evil state of materialistic aggression I may not reveal.  It is not yet certain that human development and understanding and the massed intent of humanity will be adequate to the needed demand and strong enough to call Them forth.  Time alone can determine that.  God grant that aspirants and disciples of the world will awaken to the opportunity and the imminent and waiting possibility.  The plight of vast groups of people upon the planet today lies heavy upon the heart of the Hierarchy.  But to bring release and the Appearance of the Power that can liberate, human cooperation is needed.

When the Avatar comes He will convey to humanity something for which we have as yet no true name.  It is neither love nor will as we understand them.  Only a phrase of several words can convey something of the significance and then only feebly.  This phrase is “the principle of directed purpose.”  This principle involves three factors:

a.      Understanding (intuitive and instinctual, but intelligently interpreted) of the plan as it can be worked out in the immediate future.

b.     Focussed intention, based on the above and emphasizing an aspect of the will, hitherto     undeveloped in man.

c.     Capacity to direct energy (through understanding and intent) towards a recognized and desired end, overcoming all obstacles and destroying all that stands in the way.  This is not destruction of forms by force such as is now being imposed on the world, but a destruction brought about by the greatly strengthened life within the form.  Only the next one hundred years will reveal the significance of this statement and then only if the massed intent of the people evokes this Avatar of Synthesis during the next twelve months.  I have called this Being by this name because it expresses the quality and the objective of the force He brings and wields.

 I realize the difficulty of this subject and perhaps may simplify the matter by a brief summation:

A great cosmic Avatar can come if the Hierarchy and humanity can stand together with massed intent.

a.      He will descend into the three worlds of human endeavour, but no nearer than the mental plane.

b.     He will transmit a cosmic energy whose quality is Synthesis.  This will express itself through harmony and unity, producing necessarily understanding, promoting goodwill, and eventually ending the separative, isolating tendencies of mankind.

c.     His note and vibration can only be sensed by those whose individual note is also synthesis and whose life objective is the will-to-good.  These are consequently the Members of the Hierarchy, the disciples and aspirants of the world and a few of the men of goodwill.

The whole problem before the Hierarchy and humanity today, in connection with the coming Avatar, can be summed up in the following four questions:

Can He bring the energy of synthesis with Him,

thereby bringing about rapid changes?

This depends upon his His being overshadowed by the Avatar of Synthesis and upon that Avatar being evoked through the demand and the massed intent of humanity, aided by the Hierarchy.

Will the demand of the people be strong enough

to evoke the higher potency, or will it be too feeble

because of the failure of the world disciples and

aspirants to focus this massed intent throughout

the planet?

Will the higher overshadowing not take place and

only the lesser Avatar come to institute a slower

method of gradual reform?

This slower method will be necessitated only if and because humanity will have demonstrated its inability to call forth and receive the higher measure and more potent vibration of divine energy.  It is entirely for the decision of the world disciples and aspirants; not the decision of poor bewildered, deluded humanity.  Will the world disciples and aspirants appreciate the crisis and opportunity?  They have not yet, as a whole, done so.