Theos-Talk Archives (January 2004 Message tt00167)

Hallo all,


My views are:

I was just reading a bit.
I fail to understand what the difference is between the two groups in the following by Caldwell.
Maybe someone or Caldwell himself can be of any help.

I can however agree upon, that the original one is even today a more correct statement - on the words "sevenfold universe".
But both of them are in accord with the truth as far as I read and know.
Of course there is - NO real 'beyond' when we talk about Atma. Even Blavatsky talked about that. Annie Besant also knew that.

http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/thomas/thomasatma.htm

Theosophy: 
"...Atman or seventh principle ridded of its mayavic distinction from its Universal Source - which becomes the object of perception for, and by the individuality centered in Buddhi, the sixth principle... Nor is it the 'Spirit of Buddhas present in the Church,' but the Omipresent Universal Spirit in the temple of nature - in one case; and the seventh principle - the Atman in the temple - man -in the other. " (Mahatma Letters, pp. 343-4, #59)

"First of all, Spirit (in the sense of the Absolute, and therefore, indivisible ALL), or Atma." (Key to Theosophy, p. 119)
Neo-Theosophy:

"The fifth plane, the nirvanic, is the plane of the highest human aspect of the God within us, and this aspect is named by Theosophists Atma, or the Self . It is the plane of pure existence, of divine powers in their fullest manifestation in our fivefold universe - what lies beyond on the sixth and seventh planes is hidden in the unimaginable light of God." (Annie Besant, Ancient Wisdom, p. 184)






See also:
http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/thomas/thomasintro.htm


But, Great work Caldwell !


from
M. Sufilight with peace and love...

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