Theos-Talk Archives (December 2001 Message tt00023)

Dallas, I am not sure what you mean here. I view the principles as general 
principles, not as things. buddhi is not primordial matter - which is 
prakriti - but rather the general principle of form. Here is how I see it:

atma - the principle of subjectivity
buddhi - the principle of objectivity
manas - the principle of conscious mentation
kama - the principle of desire

Thus I have a mind and you have a mind, both of which are individual 
manifestations of the general principle of manas. etc etc When you or I die, 
our minds will die too, but manas will keep on going. Principles are not 
born, nor do they die. But over time, they do evolve and change.

Is this different from your own view?

Jerry S.
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Just a question one might have but it would seem the principles , if we are 
to regard them as Eternal would never change , per say , but it is "we" the 
monads that change our relationship to those principles as we progress and 
evolve.
Is time eternal?
Does time change at its root?
Does a ray of sunlight change when the sun is not shining?
If we equate rays with principles then , where do they go if the core essence 
is not shining?
Just some thoughts on the matter.