Theos-Talk Archives (July 2003 Message tt00258)

Tuesday, July 22, 2003

Dear M.

You send two quotes:


1
"Mind is a name given to the sum of the states of Consciousness
grouped
under Thought, Will, and Feeling..."	S.D. I, pg 38

and


2
"FREE WILL CAN ONLY EXIST IN A MAN WHO HAS BOTH MIND AND
CONSCIOUSNESS, which act and make him perceive things both within
and without himself."	Trans. 25



Also you mention "the ORIGINAL WILL." and the "will" with
"color."


Let me see if this would help.

1
The ORIGINAL WILL is universal and eternal. It surrounds us (as
it is an aspect of the ONE SPIRIT) even now, and will continue
forever.

"Will is that which governs the manifested universes in eternity.
Will is the one and sole principle of abstract eternal Motion, or
its ensouling essence...It is [ "the first of all powers...the
property of all spiritual beings and displays itself in them the
more actively the more thy are freed from matter."
Glos, p. 370.

"The great Universal Idea willed and the cosmos sprang into
existence." Isis I 144.

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Coming down to mankind and the "will" which is a part of his
SPIRITUAL NATURE. It is "power," and is only "colored" when a
man-mind gives it a direction by DESIRING something. It is not
at that time the "original will."

["[Patanjali's Yoga Sutras]...propositions imply that the will is
not wholly dependent on the mind, but is separable from it;
and...that knowledge exists as an abstraction. The will and mind
are only servants for the soul's [Higher Manas] use, but so long
as we are wrapped up in material life and do not admit that the
real knower and only experiencer is the soul, just so long do
these servants remain usurpers of the soul's sovereignty...there
is a constant struggle between the Lower and the Higher Self..."
Pat. p. xiii.

"...Will is a spiritual power, function or attribute constantly
present in every portion of the Universe. It is a colorless
power, to which no quality of goodness or badness is to be
assigned, but which may be used in whatever way man pleases...In
ordinary life it is not man's servant, but, being then guided
solely by desire, it makes man a slave to his desires. Hence the
old cabalistic maxim, "Behind Will stands Desire." Pat. p. xiv

"...the human Will is all powerful and the Imagination is a most
useful faculty with a dynamic force. The Imagination is the
picture-making power of the human mind...it may be trained.
[then] it is the Constructor in the Human Workshop...it makes a
matrix in the Astral substance through which effects objectively
will flow. It is the greatest power, after Will, in the human
assemblage of complicated instruments...the Imagination [evolves]
in the Astral substance an actual image or form which may be then
used in the same way as an iron molder uses a mold of sand for
the molten iron. it is therefore the King faculty, inasmuch as
the Will cannot do its work if the Imagination be at all weak or
untrained."	Ocean, 139


2
Regarding color:"

It is called "colorless" because it is not involved in desire of
a limited personal kind (such as one find in the average man-mind
today.

"...Will is a spiritual power, function or attribute constantly
present in every portion of the Universe. It is a colorless
power, to which no quality of goodness or badness is to be
assigned, but which may be used in whatever way man pleases...In
ordinary life it is not man's servant, but, being then guided
solely by desire, it makes man a slave to his desires. Hence the
old cabalistic maxim, "Behind Will stands Desire." Pat. p. xiv


3

"Mind is a name given to the sum of the states of Consciousness
grouped
under Thought, Will, and Feeling..."	S.D. I, pg 38


This describes the area in man's consciousness where the will is
used.

"...the human Will is all powerful and the Imagination is a most
useful faculty with a dynamic force. The Imagination is the
picture-making power of the human mind...it may be trained.
[then] it is the Constructor in the Human Workshop...it makes a
matrix in the Astral substance through which effects objectively
will flow. It is the greatest power, after Will, in the human
assemblage of complicated instruments...the Imagination [evolves]
in the Astral substance an actual image or form which may be then
used in the same way as an iron molder uses a mold of sand for
the molten iron. it is therefore the King faculty, inasmuch as
the Will cannot do its work if the Imagination be at all weak or
untrained."	Ocean, 139



4

"FREE WILL CAN ONLY EXIST IN A MAN WHO HAS BOTH MIND AND
CONSCIOUSNESS, which act and make him perceive things both within
and without himself."	Trans. 25


The human stage of evolution marks the cross roads of decision.
Man decides whether he will continue an immortal and eternal
existence as a CREATIVE FORCE in cooperation with Nature's
constructive aims, or, whether he will obstruct this vast
benevolent and compassionate urge and pit his selfish
independence and isolation against the UNIVERSAL WILL. See
these:

"...the metaphysics of Occult physiology and psychology postulate
within mortal man an immortal entity, "divine Mind," or Nous,
whose pale and too often distorted reflection is that which we
call "Mind" and intellect in man--virtually an entity apart from
the former during the period of every incarnation--we say that
the two sources of "memory" are in these two "principles."

"Man is the one free agent in nature. His intelligence makes him
free.

Will is not directly free elsewhere in nature; the law of Karma
adjusts the encroachments of matter on the flow of the Will,
which is the Power of Spirit. Only in the human kingdom, with
the birth of intelligence, Will becomes free; and, thus, at
last, Karma finds the aid of an agent independent of itself,
instead of a passive instrument for its compensating operations.
Thus, even the "Law of Laws" offers itself to become the servant
of man."	STUDIES IN THE S D, p. 129

"This raising of himself [Lower Manas] into an individual power
does in reality identify him with the nobler forces of life and
make him one with them. For they stand beyond the powers of this
earth and the laws of this universe. Here lies man's only hope
of success in the great effort; to leap right away from his
present standpoint to his next and at once become an intrinsic
part of the divine power as he has been an intrinsic part of the
intellectual power, of the great nature to which he belongs. He
stands always in advance of himself...It is the men who adhere to
this position, who believe in their power of progress, and that
of the whole race, who are the elder brothers, the pioneers."	L
on P. p. 55


"...the disciple is expected to deal with the snake, his lower
self, unaided; to suppress his human passions and emotions by
the force of his own will."

"He can only demand assistance of a Master when this is
accomplished, or...partially so. Otherwise the gates and windows
of his soul are blurred and blinded, and darkened, and no
knowledge can come to him."	L on P. p. 63


"But for those who have the power to separate themselves from
[the herd of men] he [the Master] is always at hand. And for
those who are strong enough to conquer the vices of the personal
human nature...he is consciously at hand, easily recognized,
ready to answer..."

"But this conquering of [the lower] self implies a destruction of
the qualities which most men regard as not only indestructible
but desirable...The instinct of self-defense and of
self-preservation is part of it; the idea that one has any right
or rights...the pleasant concept of self-respect and of
virtue...They are drawn from the traditions of the Great
Brotherhood...Through all time the wise men have lived apart from
the mass..." L on P p. 73-4

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I hope these will make the meanings clearer .

Best wishes,

Dallas


-----Original Message-----
From: Munise
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 6:13 AM
To: study@blavatsky.net
Subject: Re: Will...

Hi,

This is what I was trying to make clear in my mind. I guess this
quote can
represent "original will"

"Mind is a name given to the sum of the states of Consciousness
grouped
under Thought, Will, and Feeling..."
S.D. I pg 38

This quote is with color:
"FREE WILL CAN ONLY EXIST IN A MAN WHO HAS BOTH MIND AND
CONSCIOUSNESS, which act and make him perceive things both within
and without himself." Trans. 25

For me there appears the difference.

Best regards
Munise


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