Theos-Talk Archives (November 2001 Message tt00146)

--- dalval14@earthlink.net wrote:
> Friday, November 09, 2001
> 
> 
> Re: Our present position on the ladder of
> Rounds and
> Races
> 
> 
> Dear Friend MKR... Mic ... and others ....
> 
> A most curious and interesting topic. How can we
> make
> application in our own lives?
> 
> 
> As I look at the problem you present it seems to me
> to involve
> almost the whole of our Philosophy. In my studies I
> bring up to
> consider, the following, and it will be for you to
> decide if that
> which I perceive there is also what H P B and the
> Masters who
> co-authored The SECRET DOCTRINE meant to say. Of
> necessity I
> only take up a few main points. Each student will
> have developed
> their own views and these ought to be considered
> also. In final
> fact, each makes up their own minds as to what is
> reality and
> what is the best expression of truth they wish to
> hold in their
> memories. We all have similar problems and we are
> all
> co-students, seeking to know deeper and fuller what
> the
> historical and Scientific, and Philosophical
> teachings of
> Theosophy represent.
> 
> There is much for us all to learn, and as I am not
> sure I know or
> can present all that is fair and accurate, I would
> ask you to
> consider the following: And, also, for that reason,
> I would
> recommend as a prior study (if not already done) 
> the 300 pages
> of the KEY TO THEOSOPHY (HPB) -- as it presents the
> main points
> of evolution that concern us at this stage of our
> ethical and
> moral development, vis a vis the 7 Principles. If
> one also
> studies the 200 pages of the OCEAN OF THEOSOPHY
> (Judge) one
> acquires in addition, a synthetic (coherent and
> cohesive,
> logical) view of the wisdom that The SECRET DOCTRINE
> presents.
> Both books deserve close attention. They are
> "on-line" at
> http://www.blavatsky.net .
> 
> Considering the question, and as I look at a portion
> of the
> available information: --
> 
> Can we start by looking at the diagram on SECRET
> DOCTRINE, Vol.
> I, p. 200, and also from time to time, referring to
> the some of
> the material (taken from the INDEX to The SECRET
> DOCTRINE ) on
> the subject of "Rounds, Globes and Races," it would
> appear that
> the "Races," "Globes," "Rounds," etc..., are
> measures of time.
> During these periods the host of humanity develops
> the use and
> control of the 7 Principles and their relative
> faculties. These
> designations would then, rather not serve us, today
> as a
> designation of the quality and growth, or capacity,
> of our
> present cutting edge of mankind's progress..
> 
> As I see it: Mankind is made up of Units of
> consciousness
> (Monads). As {Atma-Buddhi} conjoined, they are
> eternal beings
> and share directly in the Wisdom of the Universe as
> it many
> "rays."
> 
> But the Monads we now call "human" (ourselves), came
> from the
> same common, distant past in the SPIRITUAL sense,
> and have since
> then been through all the many kinds of "forms" in
> the common
> experiences of evolution, which has enabled them to
> grow in
> Intelligence, and become INDIVIDUALIZED. {This
> process is
> described in detail in SECRET DOCTRINE, Vol. I. 
> The STANZAS
> give us a quick overview, but the Commentary that H
> P B offers,
> gives the step by step details. As "Students Of
> Theosophy," we
> ought to familiarize ourselves with The SECRET
> DOCTRINE , as our
> present incarnation has offered us the inestimable
> boon of being
> closely incarnated to the SOURCE of WISDOM which
> Theosophy
> represents for the whole of Mankind. }
> 
> 
> If I read the S D correctly, there exists in fact,
> three lines of
> evolution ( S D I 181 ) conjoined in Man: 1. The
> SPIRITUAL, 2.
> the Intellectual, and 3. the physical. Every
> explanation is
> vital to our progress in WISDOM.
> 
> If we read what H P B presents to us in S D I 
> 570-575, we will
> note that all Monads are divided into 7 classes --
> and bear a
> relationship direct to one of the 7 Primordial
> Dhyani Buddhas
> responsible for the overseeing of the re-creation of
> the
> Universe. This basic 7 x 7 pattern is important to
> understand.
> But it neither defines nor limits the potentials of
> any one
> Monad.
> 
> We have the whole pattern to learn, use and develop
> as active
> brotherly faculties in our own character. Their
> multiplicity is
> AN INDICATION OF our potential UNIVERSALITY, and not
> of any
> personal limitation. The present is ephemeral and
> ends with our
> physical death. The continuing REINCARNATING EGO
> gathers the
> fruit of our life and continues in its majestic
> progress towards
> the Goal of SUPREME PERFECTION at the end of the
> Manvantara. Let
> us try and see what The SECRET DOCTRINE revels to
> us.
> 
> The FIRST SEVEN are the Creative Dhyani Buddhas. In
> turn they
> each have 7 hosts of Monads that belong to their
> hierarchy. Each
> of us is in one of these 7 hosts. But we are not
> limited to that
> alone, since there are 7 other qualities
> (Principles) that with
> the ORIGINAL 7 form a kind of "grid:"
> the Primeval SEVEN -- symbolized by the interlaced
> TRIANGLES, is
> itself seven-fold.
> 
> 7 x 7 = 49. This is symbolized by the 49 (50)
> "FIRES" which are
> a part of us [ the 49 are synthesized in the 1,
> making a total of
> 50 ].
> 
> As we progress through the vast pattern of evolution
> (S D I
> 200) we see the Sacred Four (as a cube) developing, 
> the 7 x 7 x
> 7 = 343. [See S D II 600 footnote] But this is
> only to say
> we have much to learn and far to go, as I see it. 
> If we are
> serious students, then the rest of the "spare
> moments" of this
> incarnation will be well spent if we study and the
> diffuse to
> others what we have learned.
> 
> The present emphasis in Theosophical doctrine, is to
> draw our
> attention to the Karmic effect of all our choices. 
> Our entire
> individual progress depends on our understanding
> that all
> evolution (including our own) is under the immutable
> and
> 
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