Theos-Talk Archives (October 2001 Message tt00413)

Thursday, October 25, 2001


Dear Peter:


The Section to be reviewed and commented on this week is from S D
I 67:

May I insert some observations below?


Dallas

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4. (Then) THE THREE (triangle) FALL INTO THE FOUR (quaternary).
THE RADIANT
ESSENCE BECOMES SEVEN INSIDE, SEVEN OUTSIDE (a). THE LUMINOUS EGG
(Hiranyagarbha), WHICH IN ITSELF IS THREE (the triple hypostases
of Brahma,
or Vishnu, the three "Avasthas"), CURDLES AND SPREADS IN
MILK-WHITE CURDS
THROUGHOUT THE DEPTHS OF MOTHER, THE ROOT THAT GROWS IN THE OCEAN
OF LIFE
(b).


DTB	When "manifestation" establishes itself under KARMA again the
first change is apparently characterized by the "curds" in SPACE.
A simultaneous event. A change of STATE or PLANE of the
vibration we call existence, manifestation, Manvantara, Life,
experience, progress, etc... This is for an entire UNIVERSE nd
for MANKIND of every man-bearing Globe (or Earth).

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(b) "The radiant essence curdled and spread throughout the
depths" of Space.
>From an astronomical point of view this is easy of explanation:
it is the
"milky way," the world-stuff, or primordial matter in its first
form. It is
more difficult, however, to explain it in a few words or even
lines, from
the standpoint of Occult Science and Symbolism, as it is the most
complicated of glyphs. Herein are enshrined more than a dozen
symbols.

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DTB	Possibly some of these are to be traced in the S D in Vol. I
pp. 4 to 6

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To begin with, the whole pantheon of mysterious objects,** every
one of them
having some definite Occult meaning, extracted from the
allegorical
"churning of the ocean" by the Hindu gods.

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DTB	This seems to be a study in metaphysics. S D I 4 - 6, 200.


VISIBLE And NEBULOUS MATTER

We do see "nebulosity" in most areas of the Galaxy, But it is
concentrated in some few areas.

This nebulosity which is self-luminous (or in some cases reflects
or transmits the LIGHT of a very potent STAR in or near it)
relates to our earth=bound physiological SIGHT.


INVISIBLE MATTER

Astronomical and astro-physical Science have been investigating
"dark matter" with a view to proving it is real.

In this connection they now theorize that about 90 to 95 % of the
"interstellar substance" is invisible to us. The Laws of Physics
and astrophysics in terms of astronomical and celestial balance
require this. But it cannot yet be determined or proved to our
physical senses.

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Besides Amrita, the water of life or immortality, "Surabhi" the
"cow of plenty," called "the fountain of milk and curds," was
extracted from this "Sea of Milk." Hence the universal adoration
of the cow and bull, one the productive, the other the generative
power in Nature: symbols connected with both the Solar and the
Cosmic deities.

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DTB	See in the THEOSOPHICAL GLOSSARY pp. 68 (Bull Worship), and
p. 88 (Cow Worship).
Other references: S D I 385, 657, II 93, 114, 533, 418fn,
ISIS UNVEILED I 138, II 235-6, 290fn, 430, 437-8, 452

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The specific properties, for occult purposes, of the "fourteen
precious things," being explained only at the fourth Initiation,
cannot be given here; but the following may be remarked. In the
"Satapatha Brahmana" it is stated that the churning of the "Ocean
of Milk" took place in the Satya Yug, the first age which
immediately followed the "Deluge."

As, however, neither the Rig-Veda nor Manu -- both preceding
Vaivasvata's "deluge," that of the bulk of the Fourth Race --
mention this deluge, it is evident that it is not the "great"
deluge, nor that which carried away Atlantis, nor even the deluge
of Noah, which is meant here. This "churning" relates to a period
before the earth's formation, and is in direct connection with
that other universal legend, the various and contradictory
versions of which culminated in the Christian dogma of the "War
in Heaven," and the fall of the Angels (see Book II., also
Revelations chap. xii.). The Brahmanas, reproached by the
Orientalists with their versions on the same subjects, often
clashing with each other, are pre-eminently occult works, hence
used purposely as blinds. They were allowed to survive for public
use and property only because they were and are absolutely
unintelligible to the masses. Otherwise they would have
disappeared from circulation as long ago as the days of Akbar.

[Footnote} ** The "Fourteen precious things." The narrative or
allegory is found in the Satapatha Brahmana and others. The
Japanese Secret Science of the Buddhist Mystics, the Yamabooshi,
has "seven precious things." We will speak of them, hereafter.

(SD I 67)

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DTB	The number 14 has various divisions.

It is 7 x 2 = 14	The duality of each plane or loka and their
correspondence to 7 "Talas" is given by H.P.Blavatsky in H P B
LETTERS TO A P SINNETT, see: pp. 240-250

Another set of divisions would be: 0 [] 1 + 2 + 1 = 4
[] 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 14


Best wishes,

Dallas

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