Theos-Talk Archives (October 1998 Message tt00121)

>>> The individual units of mankind remain 100 times longer in the
>>> transitory spheres of EFFECTS than on the globes ...
>>>
>>> -- page 173 (3rd), 177 (2nd)
>>
>>This implies in the long run that we have a 100 to 1 ratio of
>>being in incarnation to being disincarnate, although much of that
>>out-of-body time may be in the interglobe obscurations. Perhaps
>>the same ratio applies, in some sense, to the between lifetime
>>periods?
>
>
>Eldon, don't you have it just backward here? Shouldn't it be 100 to 1
>ratio of being dis-carnate to being incarnate? BTW, this quote from
>the MLs is where G de Purucker got his idea of 100 years in devachan
>for each year lived on Earth.

Jerry:

Yes, it's 100 times as long in the spheres of effects as
it is which incarnate/embodied in a sphere of causes.

As to the question of how much Purucker knew, I think he
knew a lot more that he said publically, and limited himself
to elaborate on what was previously taught or hinted at,
rather that give out a lot of new ideas. That's different
than what you seem to suggest, which is that Purucker got
what he knew *just* from reading the books.

-- Eldon