Sun 249to unfold into the higher levels. Our earth has got a Sun-
centre on it and this is Shamballa. A yogi has to contact
Shamballa through the aid of the Hierarchy. This contact
comes from the head-centre of man. For this reason, the
head-centre is called the point of the highest illumination
of his Sun. When man stands on earth, his head points to
his meridian. For this reason, his meridian, is called the
place of his initiation. When the Sun is at its meridian,
man gets the link with the Hierarchy. Every living being
has got a Sun-centre in him, which is his own
consciousness as, “I am”. This is the centre of his circle
(horizon or point of view). This centre has its counterpart
in the Sun-centre of our solar system. “One Sun is
observed by all beings as one for each”, says the
Bha-gavatha.
The individual and the universal Sun-centres are
supplementary in nature. They are like the two legs of a
compass. They are concealed in the square, that connects
the four cardinal points starting from the meridian of
every living being. As soon as a being is born, there is this
square. Man stands at the centre of the square and
neutralises it when he finds himself at the centre of the
circle. Before this, he has to master all the sciences and
arts of the world and has to obtain a thorough
comprehension of the geometry of the universe. All the
wisdom of creation is revealed through the fourth part of
the circle. The whole drama of this universe is revealed
by the Sun only in its fourth part. The Sun is the conductor
of the mysteries of creation. All great rituals of the world
abound in the solar symbolism. The higher mysteries of
creation are presided over by this Master of the East. On
the mental plane, they are all copied by the lunar deity to
form the set of the lesser mysteries, which are but the
substituted forms of the higher.