The sword stands as one of humanity’s greatest friends and foes. For many centuries it has been a useful tool that has kept civilizations alive and many times prosperous, it has been wielded by heroes and villains. The sword has been drawn by mortals in documented history, and by Angels and Gods on both sides of the battlefield in the many epic battles of our collective memories and imagination. The sword has saved many lives and has been the means for a transition into the afterlife. The sword as a symbol has been incorporated into national flags, banners, coats of arms, and many other emblems.

Humanity has been relying on the advantages that a sword brings to its survival, for that reason, it has made its presence in many myths and traditions, symbolizing concepts and ideas that have no limit but that of the imagination. It communicates both tangible concepts, and the subtle ones of the intuition. Such concepts have been kept alive by historical facts taught at institutions and transmitted via the spoken word and written interpretations.

The sword yields tremendous power, and as a spiritual weapon, it has been used by those worthy of its eternal might. As the legend of Excalibur told us, a sword that yields tremendous power waits patiently for the anointed warrior to rightly pull it out of its dormant state.

The time has come for such a Sword to move into the stage of human history, the time is right for such a Warrior to wield the Sword and release its eternal might into the world.

We know this sword as the Sword of Cleavage, we know the warrior’s name, he is Maitreya, “The benevolent companion”, “The Joyful, Friendly one”, “The Prince of Peace”.

The Sword of Cleave is an Energy, it is the manifestation of an aspect of Divinity, the out pour of a Divine Energy, that of the Love of the Logos (God, the Word). When this Energy is released, it cuts through the fog of illusion and brings Truth to the Light, it dispels illusion. This Energy is continuously released until the work is completed.

The Sword of Cleave is swift and subtle, it cuts without being noticed, life goes on without being aware that the Sword has been drawn and its Energy released, most of us will go on unaware of the new incoming force, life will “seem” the same until its manifestations are upon us, until the form begins to break down and fall apart.

One of the most powerful and noticeable consequences of the Energy of the Sword is that of polarization. Polarization is defined as:

“…a concept that comes from science, and it involves light, radiation, or magnetism moving in specific directions. Outside science, polarization usually refers to how people think, especially when two views emerge that drive people apart, kind of like two opposing magnets.” 

In Esoteric terms it could best be described this way:

The Energy being released by the Sword brings about many reactions around the world. It energizes and empowers everything, thus pushing all pairs of opposites further apart, until, as the Kybalion states “all paradoxes may be reconciled.” The Sword of Cleavage is here to make it so, to push the pair of opposites until they reconcile. Thesis, antithesis, and synthesis in manifestation.

Before that can be manifested, the opposing poles in every manifestation of human thought must continue moving further apart, until something breaks and opposites meet, then, a spark will be seen around the world. Such a breakdown of the world we thought we knew brings about tremendous energy for change. The sword swings upward, guiding the honest thoughts upward with it, empowering all, it will aid that which travels in the same direction, thus new ideas breakdown old concepts on their way upward, thus the new world begins to take form.

The Energy of Love is impersonal and impartial, it takes no sides, it just does the work. The Energy of Love is the creating force behind the cosmos.

Polarization has been happening around us for some time now, these days it has been traveling faster than before, opposing poles are out in the open and are constantly moving further apart, doing so abruptly and aloud, extreme points of view are manifesting themselves in a not so quiet way.

This breaking point should bring about right human relations. Humanity must wake up to the solution to the ills of polarization and separation; right human relations, and with that, sharing as the means to our survival and progress. We now have the opportunity to move away from the old ideas that have created an unjust world, one that is falling apart right in front of our eyes. We have a unique opportunity, never seen before, to create a new world built on top of great new paradigms, a new world built by fresh new concepts, aided by the wise voices of the Past. Not everything that is from our past should go, old values and discoveries can continue to penetrate our imagination and be part of the transformation.

Energies will continue to come in stronger by the day, they can only be put to right use in group formations. The Energy of Love, during this age of Aquarius, aids in the process of synthesis, a quality of the New Age. Groups can only progress together if their will and intentions are aligned with the Will of the Logos, and the Will of the Logos is to bring Spirit and matter closer and under the influence of Spiritual or Divine Will.

To fully understand right human relations, we need to have a different comprehension of time. We must view and interpret time as a relative concept. The current world situation, where we are required to alter our schedules and routines, and with no end in sight, provides an opportunity to explore the concept of time as we now see it in the western world; is there another way to look at it?

Benjamin Creme’s Master has given us a hint.

To this new world challenge, to this seemly impossible task, Maitreya comes and offers his Hand, He has done so before, and like the Sword he wields, He will offer his guiding Hand until the work is done, until the end of the age.