Black and Blue, and Red and Yellow, and Brown and even White, all had come from One Light. Crystal-clear once they all had been clad. Yet, Time in its twists and the pains of the heart had altered their attire. So masked and hidden their starlight now was, they all came to believe poles apart they were in their like and paths — even though every night the symphony of the stars sang to them otherwise.

The New Day transformed that. The rising Sun phased their timelines into one, and it shone its light deep inside through their colored masks. Unclad they all felt with its light, and many rushed to hide while others to mar that which was revealed by the daylight. But the Morning would have none of that — in the light they had to face their stars!

Before long, though, one by one recognized the beauty of their lights, and together they came to restore with their colors a One Light new in its kind. And this was the sign the stars and The Powers had awaited in patience and foresight — the Prodigal Pilgrim was now on their way back to The One!

And it came to pass. Hand in hand, and facing the Light, and with a clear mind knowing the want of their heart, their lives Humans re-made in the image of that. To reveal The One in a new Light was now their path, and with music and song and the beauty that comes from the heart they were ready to do that.

And thus the Song of the Earth to the stars and the heavens the New Ones rose to new heights. And with this The Powers could now proceed with their Plans — Time and Space were about to take a new path, unlike those they had trodden so far.

Commentary

The message contained in the beautiful symbolism of this Stanza VIII is plain and direct, and difficult to miss. It first addresses the mysterious origin of Diversity in Humans, revealing its causes. Then, it tells us that Diversity has done its work, and that now is the time to return to that unity that characterized us before our journey through Time and Space began. And at the end, it tells us what is going to happen once we bridge all divisions and start working together.

Let’s comment on these points.

The subject of Diversity is, without doubt, one of the most pressing subjects calling our attention in the present times, to the point that in every land and in every nation people today cannot ignore its reality. This fact in itself tells us that the Dawn of the Sixth Age is now with us.

But Diversity in its essence is not about race, gender, cultural background, religious persuasion, economic wellbeing, education, evolutionary development, and the like. These all are effects in Time and in Space of a deeper, planned Diversity.

As the Stanza reminds us, in the beginning we were, in our essence, One Light — colorless and crystal-clear. However, something happened that split this One Light in a spectrum of colors; then, as Time went by and as our experiences as form-bound beings mounted, each of those colors, in turn, split into other spectra of colors. And this is where we find ourselves today, at the furthermost place from our origin and at the greatest degree of diversity as Humans — our only path now is to turn around and start the journey of return to unity.

In the Stanza, the symbolism of the expression “One Light” means that, before we started journeying through Time and Space, we were Pure Being, one sole expression of The One Source of All — endowed with all the divine Aspects and Attributes of The One, but at the same time unaware of the extent and reach of those Powers and Qualities. We were like a child who is born as a music prodigy but who has never composed, played or sung anything.

Every expression of The One Source of All — and there are countless of them — is sourced (i.e. launched into Be-ing) to enrich the Universe and make of it ‘more’. Yet, to add beauty to this grand symphony of creation, each expression of The One is free to choose how it will proceed to do that. And it was thus that we, Cosmic Humanity, were sourced as One Ray of Light to enrich the Universe in a unique way, a way that we ourselves would choose. And we chose, but we chose something seldom chosen — we chose to make of ourselves diverse, to make of our One Ray a spectrum of rays as we traveled through Time and Space, learning more about our potential, with the goal of making of the richness of ‘Unity in Diversity’ our contribution to the Universe.

And so the path we have chosen is in itself, both, an effect of that planned Diversity and a means to become more diverse. We planned timelines that were diverse in themselves, with some of us starting first the journey of identity-discovery, others starting somewhat later, and still others much later — and this explains the diversity of evolutionary states in humanity that we experience on Earth. We also planned to experience Diversity on all the levels and dimensions offered by Space — and this explains the multi-dimensional constitution of our form as Space-bound beings, with energies and substances that span from the less refined and most dense at the Matter level to the most refined at the Spirit level.

We are thus not only diverse as a collective, but also each of us is diverse within oneself — yet, this diversity ‘within’ and ‘without’ is not a handicap or a limitation but is our wealth.

All the outer, perceivable expressions of Diversity — race, gender, culture, religious persuasion, economic wellbeing, education, evolutionary development, etc. — are just that, expressions of our accumulated psychological, mental and spiritual wealth as One Humanity, a wealth we can assess and access only through the eyes of love, goodwill and understanding.

The second point addressed by Stanza VIII — that Diversity has done its work and now is the time to return to unity — explains the historical moment we have been living in the past few centuries and that is climaxing in the present time.

The overall message of the "Stanzas of the Dawn" is that we, as One Humanity, are now living a dual moment in Time: the ending of a stage in our journey of identity-discovery (the Fifth Age), and the beginning of a stage ‘unlike’ those we have traveled so far (the Sixth Age) — ‘unlike’, because it will take us to the stars and beyond, and because it will require of us to get in touch with our deepest essence.

The great lesson of the stages we have traveled so far has been for each of us to discover oneself and the extent of one’s possibilities and potential.

The great lesson ahead of us in the new stage is to discover ourselves and the extent of our possibilities and potential.

The Light of the New Dawn, which we have been living since right before the Renaissance, has brought to our attention, progressively but surely, the fact of Diversity. The discovery and the spread of knowledge regarding all the lands and peoples of the Earth; the widespread contact with all the many peoples and cultures we now enjoy; the unveiling of the great diversity that characterizes the natural world revealed by science; the advances in traveling and communication which reduced the distances between each other to a minimum; the universality of opportunities of education for all; the discovery of the Earth’s place and her relationships in Space; etc. — all these advances have been possible because of the Light of the New Dawn; they have been and are the result of a planned intention to make of us, individually and collectively, aware of the richness of our Diversity as the One Humanity of planet Earth.

And now that the Morning has broken, the realization and the attraction to come together as One Humanity are growing in our hearts and minds like a fire impossible to stop. The movements everywhere towards democratic participation in government that have characterized the past 250 years; the many coordinated efforts to heal the divisions within societies, between peoples and among nations; the intense preoccupation everywhere with the economy and with finding just and fair ways that benefit all; the quiet revolution in spirituality, which is rejecting and leaving behind the tyranny of dogmas, doctrines and religious impositions, and which is embracing all human beings, the natural world and divinity as One; the growing attraction for traveling to other lands, to meet other peoples and to experience other cultures; etc. — all these collective aspirations, movements and efforts have come to be because the Morning of the New Day has already broken, reminding us that it is time to make of the many ‘colors’ a One Light.

We are, thus, already on our way from the many to the One — from ‘separation in Diversity’ to a ‘Unity in Diversity’ — and nothing and no one can stop this from happening, since it is the will of our collective Soul, a will supported by the Cycles of Time.

As for what the future has for us once we will arrive at a worldwide coordinated effort to live and work together as One Humanity, Stanza VIII tells us that, then and only then, events will fast unfold that will facilitate for us to achieve those goals, and which will reveal to us powers, qualities and insights we as yet don’t realize we have.

Not every Human on Earth has to come simultaneously to the point of wanting and of working towards togetherness. What is needed is a critical mass and a more focused intention and efforts in the direction of accepting ourselves as One Humanity, together with taking concrete steps towards re-organizing our lives — as individuals, societies and nations — based on that acceptance. Then, certain collectives of Beings from the stars, and Those Powers Who guide and travel with us the journey of identity-discovery, will release certain energies upon the Earth and will unveil in us and in the natural world powers and qualities we didn’t know we have.

This is our path ahead, the promise of the New Day, the message of Stanza VIII. Suffering, lack and separation will fade away from our consciousness and lives. They have already finished their work of teaching us Diversity. From now on, our journey is just a remembering of our essential nature as One Light and of using together for the greatest good of All the richness each has learned.