Ray 2: Love - Wisdom

QualityAttractionInclusionCohesionIllumination

SymbolsCircleHeartSpiralOwl

EnergyRoundRadiatoryMagneticReceptive

Wise

Nurturing

The Buddha inContemplation.

The Wisdom sideof the second ray.

The Teaching Ray

Spiral cyclic motion

“Right use of slow action”.

Indigo blue – the exoteric colour of the 2nd rayLight blue – the esoteric colour of the 2nd ray

Light

Peaceful, soothing

Love

Heart, cross

Soft, circular

Soft and Gentle

Group Consciousness

FearfulnessWorryInadequacy

Ray 2: Love - Wisdom• Demonstration - “Right use of slow action”. Spiral cyclic.• Symbols - heart, circle, Christ, Buddha, cross (even armed)• Animal - dove, owl, turtle, snail, deer, blue bird, robin, wolf,

dolphin, whale• Country - Brazil (P), USA (S), Great Britain (S), Canada (S)• Institutions - schools, universities, hospitals, healing centres,

The Red Cross, the Center for Esoteric Studies• Vocational tendencies - teaching, psychology, psychotherapy,

human resources, healing, nursing, rehabilitation• Persons - Robert Browning, Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, Albert

Schweitzer, Benjamin Spock, Parmahasna Yogananda, Dalai Lama, Florence Nightingale, Princess Diana

• Period 800 BC – 200 AD Buddha, Confucius, Lao Tzu, Pythagoras, Plato, Christ

• Colour - exoteric: indigo blue with a tinge of purple- esoteric: light blue – colour of this solar system – sky is blue

Ray 2: Love - Wisdom• Learning style - contemplative, intuitive, wise use of

slow action, looks for complete picture, absorptive, studious

• Teaching style - patient; teaches by examples, emphasizes group sharing, invites questions, evocative

• Gem - sapphire, quartz• Planets - Jupiter (largesse, expansive), • Zodiacal signs - Gemini (wisdom, brotherhood = love =

twins), Virgo (preparing the form or vessel for the birth of the hidden Christ), Pisces (compassion), our solar system. (Venus)

• Day - Thursday (from Zeus and Jupiter, Thor)• Plants - aloe vera (healing properties), blue-flowering

plants• Music - Pacabel’s Canon

Ray 2 Distributed through…

Signs:Gemini, Virgo, Pisces

Planets:Venus, Jupiter

Ray 2STRENGTHS

Understanding Wisdom

Empathy, sympathy and compassionSensitivity

Receptivity and impressionabilityLove of pure truth

Intuitive lovePatience

InclusivityAspiration for a completed point of view

TactSerenity

Power to teach and illuminePower to heal through love

Ray 2WEAKNESSES

from love:Love of being loved

Attachment Over-sensitivity and vulnerability

Lack of self-confidence; inferiority complexNon-assertive, passiveness

Fearfulness, cautiousOver-protective or guarding

Over-inclusive, boundary issuesSelf-pity, inadequacy

Love of comfort and security; Attachment to comfort zonesSlow to action

Cold and indifferent to others - insulation

from wisdom:Over-absorption in study

Intellectual prideContempt for mental limitations in others

Ray 2 — Love / Wisdom

+Serene, Patient

Understanding, EmpatheticCaring / Nurturing

Kind / GentleInclusiveTactful

Scholarly

CompassionGift of Understanding and WisdomTeach others lovingly and wisely

HealingThe Light

Bring /IlluminationPower to Save

Soul ExpressionPersonality Expression

Emotional Body

EnergyRoundRadiatoryEmanatingExpansiveMagneticCohesiveReceptive

SymbolsCircleHeartSunOwlDeerDolphin

Over- sensitiveNebulous feelings

OverwhelmedEmotionally Aloof

Receptive, SensitiveCool to Warm

Calm, ResponsiveDepth of feeling

—Fearful, Timid

Self-pityBoundary issues

Aloof for protectionContempt for mental limitations

of others

QualityAttraction/RepulsionLoveWisdomInclusion NurturanceIllumination Healing