Theos-Talk Archives (September 2001 Message tt00005)

Saturday, September 01, 2001


Dear Friends:

Amnesia in reincarnation is explained in Theosophy by the
separation after death of all the impresses left in memory on the
skandhas (little-lives) which, in the period of Kama-loka are
reviewed by the IMMORTAL EGO ( ATMA-BUDDHI-HIGHER MANAS)
immediately after physical death ( period a few hours to a few
weeks ) and separated into two categories.

The separation consists in dividing the personal and selfish
impression-memories from the Individual-altruistic and virtuous
memories. The latter are carried into Devachan for extensive
review and a building into the permanent character of the
IMMORTAL PILGRIM (EGO) The KEY TO THEOSOPHY (HPB) explains
this very carefully.

The following clearly expresses the path of return to earth-life:

""The place where the line of involution and evolution meet is
the incarnation of the descending gods--ourselves--in the highest
evolved form. The analogy is seen in any reincarnation. The
consciousness leaves the body, which goes to pieces on its own
plane. When the real man returns, he has to wait until the lower
lives have built up a form for him into which he may enter, this
form being built under the impress given by the real man in other
lives. A Manvantara is an enlarged and expanded similar process.
We came from the Moon, where we had evolved form to a degree. At
pralaya all things stopped evolution of form; on
re-manifestation, the lower lives or "builders" began to build up
as before, and as their impress and previous building admitted.
When the form of man had reached the highest previous point
reached, the Kumaras, or real men, overshadowed and entered to
carry on the evolution further. "They, and no other, are we."
Crosbie in F P, p. 98-9

The new physical body being rebuilt from the "matter stuff"
(monads of lesser experience) of previous lives, used by the Real
man, no longer carry a defined and clear image of previous
personalities -- and the physical brain of the infant, being new,
"amnesia" is the result. But the EGO, the Real man, remembers.
If the matter to be reused in the new incarnation has been
purified by right livelihood in the past life, then, if needed, a
recollection and remembrance of previous personalities may arise.
Mr. Judge speaks of this [see LETTERS THAT HAVE HELPED ME (1946,
U L T Edn.) p. 250, 254, 119 -- "the astral man does not
re-incarnate except in exceptional cases."

Best wishes,

Dallas]

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-----Original Message-----
From: D---N----
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 9:34 AM
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Subject: Another outlook.... MEMORY OF PAST LIVES

Might I suggest this site , as it has a good approach to a
linkage of the
earthly term amnesia and reincarnation and is a fascinating
approach to an
ongoing "problem" in humanity's structure. (although the author
,somewhat,
disavows any connection to Theosophy , per say , he seems to us
to be going in
a good direction , in the opinion of this poster))
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