Presented here are extracts from the Alice Bailey writings, which may be of some use to yo

Presented here are extracts from the Alice Bailey writings, which may be of 
some use to you, as they have been to us.

                          THE LORD BUDDHA HAS SAID

that we must not believe in a thing said merely because it is said; nor 
traditions because they have been handed down from antiquity;nor rumors, as 
such;nor writings by sages, because sages wrote them; nor fancies that we 
may suspect to have been inspired in us by a Deva (that is, in presumed 
spiritual inspiration); nor from inferences drawn from some haphazard 
assumption we may have made; nor because of what seems an analogical 
necessity; nor on the mere authority of our teachers or masters.  But we 
are to believe when the writing, doctrine, or saying is corroborated by our 
own reason and consciousness.  "For this", says he in concluding, "I taught 
you not to believe merely because you have heard, but when you believed of 
your consciousness, then to act accordingly and abundantly."
 (Secret Doctrine by HP Blavatsky, Vol III, page 401 -,
 quoted in AABs first book, Initiation Human and Solar)

One of the most important points of the Bailey material is to inform 
Humanity of the existence of vaster realms of thought and being, things 
which are starting now to trickle into human consciousness.   One of these 
was the existence of the Spiritual Hierarchy of the planet.  This 
Hierarchy, composed of men and women who are in contact with the Plan of 
God, and are consciously working towards its manifestation.  Here is what 
is said about it in Initiation Human and Solar.

"This Hierarchy of forces has four pre-eminent lines of work: -       
   
      .  To develop self-consciousness in all beings. 
      .  To develop consciousness in the three lower kingdoms
      .  To transmit the will of the Planetary Logos
      .  To set an example to humanity

   The fourth thing that men need to know and to realize as a basic fact is 
that this Hierarchy is composed of those Who have triumphed over matter, 
and Who have achieved the goal by the very self-same steps that individuals 
tread today.  These spiritual personalities, these adepts and Masters, have 
wrestled and fought for victory and mastery upon the physical plane, and 
struggled with the miasmas, the fogs, the dangers, the troubles, the 
sorrows and pains of everyday living.  They have trodden every step of the 
path of suffering, have undergone every experience, have surmounted every 
difficulty, and have won out.  These Elder Brothers of the race have one 
and all undergone the crucifixion of the personal self, and know that utter 
renunciation of all which is the lot of every aspirant at this time.  There 
is no phase of agony, no rending sacrifice, no Via Dolorosa that They have 
not in Their time trodden, and herein lies Their right to serve, and the 
strength of the method of Their appeal.  Knowing the quintessence of pain, 
knowing the depth of sin and of suffering, Their methods can be exquisitely 
measured to the individual need; yet at the same time, Their realisation of 
the liberation to be achieved through pain, penalty, and suffering, and\d 
Their apprehension of the freedom that comes through the sacrifice of the 
form by the medium of the purificatory fires, suffices to give Them a firm 
hand, an ability to persist even when the form may seem to have undergone a 
sufficiency of suffering, and a love that triumphs over all setbacks, for 
it is founded on patience and experience.  These Elder Brothers of Humanity 
are characterised by a love which endures, and which acts ever for the good 
of the group;
by a knowledge which has been gained through a millennia of lives, in which 
They have worked Their way from the bottom of life an of evolution well 
nigh to the top; by an experience which is based on time itself and a 
multiplicity of personality reactions and interactions; by a courage which 
is the result of that experience, and which, having itself been produced by 
ages of endeavour, failure, and renewed endeavour, and having in the long 
run led to triumph, can now be placed at the service of the race; by a 
purpose which is enlightened and intelligent, and which is co-operative, 
adjusting itself to the group and hierarchical plan and thus fitting in 
with the purpose of the Planetary Logos; and finally They are distinguished 
by a knowledge of the power of sound.  This final fact is the basis of that 
aphorism which stated that all true occultists are distinguished by the 
characteristics of knowledge, dynamic will, courage, and silence. 
  
"In dealing with this matter of the work of the occult Hierarchy, in a book 
for the general public, much must be left unsaid. The average man is 
interested and his curiosity is aroused by reference to these 
Personalities, but men are not yet ready for more that the most general 
information.  For those who, from curiosity, pass on to desire and seek to 
know the truth as it is, more will be forthcoming, when they themselves 
have done the necessary work and study.  Investigation is desired, and the 
attitude of mind which it is hoped this book will arouse might be summed up 
in the following words:  These statements sound interesting and perchance 
they are true.  The religions of all nations, the Christian included, give 
indications that seem to substantiate these ideas.  Let us therefore accept 
these ideas as a working hypothesis as to the consummation of the 
evolutionary process in man and his work upon the attainment of 
perfection.  Let us therefore seek for the truth as a fact in our own 
consciousness.  Every religious faith holds out the promise that those who 
seek with earnestness shall find that which they are seeking; let us, 
therefore, seek.  If by our search we find that all these statements are but 
visionary dreams, and profit not at all, leading us only into darkness, 
time will nevertheless not have been lost, for we shall have ascertained 
where not to look.  If by our search, on the other hand, corroboration 
comes little by little, and the light shines ever more clearly, let us 
persist until that day dawns when the light which shineth in darkness will 
have illuminated the heart and brain, and the seeker will awaken to the 
realisation that the whole trend of evolution has been to bring him this 
expansion of consciousness and this illumination, and that the attainment 
of the initiatory process, and the entrance into the fifth kingdom is no 
wild chimera or phantasm, but an established fact in the consciousness.  
This each man must ascertain for himself...and must find out within 
himself, remembering ever that the kingdom of God is within, and that only 
those facts which are realised within the individual consciousness as 
truths are of any real value.  In the meantime, that which many know, and 
have ascertained within themselves to be truths of an incontrovertible 
nature for them, may here be stated; to the intelligent reader will then 
arise the opportunity and the responsibility for himself their falsity or 
truth."
     Initiation Human and Solar, pp. 24-27


While the 'Bailey Books' were put out under AABs name, most of the books 
were actually written by one who is a part of the Hierarchy, who is called 
The Tibetan.  At the start of each of His books reads the following 
statement.

"Suffice it to say, that I am a Tibetan disciple of a certain degree, and 
this tells you but little, for all are disciples from humblest aspirant up 
to, and beyond, the Christ Himself...I am a brother of yours, who has 
travelled a little longer upon the Path than has the average student, and 
has therefore incurred greater responsibilities.  I am one who has wrestled 
and fought his way into a greater measure of light than has the aspirant 
who will read this article, and I must therefore act as a transmitter of 
the light, no matter what the cost.  I am not an old man, as age counts 
among the teachers, yet I am not young or inexperienced.  My work is to 
teach and spread the knowledge of the Ageless Wisdom wherever I can find a 
response, and I have been doing this for many years.  I seek also to help 
the Master M. and the Master K.H. whenever opportunity offers, for I have 
been long connected with Them and with Their work.  In all the above, I 
have told you much; yet at the same time I have told you nothing which 
would lead you to offer me that blind obedience and the foolish devotion 
which the emotional aspirant offers to the Guru and Master whom his is as 
yet unable to contact.  Nor will he make that desired contact until he has 
transmuted emotional division into unselfish service to humanity,-not to 
the Master.
  "The books that I have written are sent out with no claim for their 
acceptance. They may, or may not, be correct, true and useful.  It is for 
you to ascertain their truth by right practice and by the exercise of the 
intuition.  Neither I nor AAB is the least interested in having them 
acclaimed as inspired writings, or in having anyone speak of them (with 
bated breath) as being the work of one of the Masters.  If they present 
truth in such a way that it follows sequentially upon that already offered 
in the world teachings, if the information given raises the aspiration and 
the will-to-serve from the plane of the emotions to that of the mind (the 
plane whereon the Masters CAN be found) then they will have served their 
purpose.  If the teaching conveyed calls forth a response from the 
illumined mind of the worker in the world, and brings a flashing forth of 
his intuition, then let that teaching be accepted.  But not otherwise.  If 
the statements meet with eventual corroboration, or are deemed true under 
the test of the Law of Correspondences, then that is well and good.  But 
should this not be so, let not the student accept what is said."

A total of 24 books were produced, covering subjects from Esoteric 
Astrology to the Problems of Humanity.  They promote sane, practical, 
non-dogmatic approach to Truth.  Ever is the emphasis on unselfish service 
to Humanity as the way to finding that Truth.  

The books may be found in many bookstores, or ordered directly from the 
publisher,  Lucis Publishing, 113 University Place, NY, NY 10003.

If you have any questions about the work, please leave a note to the SYSOP, 
and he will be glad to help!  Good luck in your search, whichever way you 
take!