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Re: Five Elements and Five Senses

Mar 29, 2005 09:42 AM
by christinaleestemaker


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "bta1012003" <bta101@h...> wrote:
yes, it is a composition of my personal work on the seminars of the 
Theosophical Headcentre and books of Shri Aurobindo,Swami Sarasvati , 
Patanjali , Taimni and even Leadbeater as HPB and others.Also Annie 
Besant not to forget.
I make a complete work of that.
I have different maps to where I write the new things for making the 
complete picture of it.
Especially we learned much from the seminars on Yoga.
There are works (books)I wrote completely over to put it for ever in 
my mind and on the paper.
Isis II 590 you find a part of the thinkingpower and the working on 
the brain and higher plans as Samadhi, is the highest for the human 
on earth.
1. Dharana,Dhyana and Samadhi = Samyam, the combined three greatest 
discipline and complete filfullment of the Mental.
Also Annie Besant gives a lot of that principle.

Christina
> 
> Hi Christina:
> 
> Thank you for the information. Before I reply with some 
questions, 
> can you give me the source of this table?  
> 
> Barbara
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________________
> 
> > here I can give you a good table of contents
> > 
> > From earth to spirit:
> > 
> > 
> > element(Bhutás): - sense organ: - function - form:
> > 1 earth = prithvi tattva =nose (nashka) smell(ghanda)  
vast
> > 
> > The square in which are all the 5 senses working to hear,to feel, 
> to 
> > see, to taste and to smell.
> > 
> > 2. water = Jala = apas tattva - tongue(JHVA) - taste( 
> Rasa,Svada)-
> > liquit       
> > 
> > This form looks like half the moon and makes to hear,to feel, to 
> see 
> > and to taste . ( so no smell)
> > 
> > 3. Fire= Tejas=taijasa tattva - the eye(Chakshu) -the 
seeing -
>  
> > gas 
> > (Ranga=color)
> > (Rupa= form)
> > 
> > This makes the triangle with o hear,to feel and to see.( so no 
> taste 
> > and smell)
> >  
> > 4. Air= Vayu tattva - skin (Tvachã) - feeling-touch (Sparsha)  
> > double gas and etheric.
> > This forms the double triangle, 6 pointed star and the senses of 
to 
> > hear and to feel.( so no seeing,taste or smelling)
> > 
> > 5. Ether=Akasha tattva - ear (Karna) - the hearing(Shabda) - 
> > etheric.
> > This form is an Oval and produces only hearing.
> > 
> > 
> > After that we have 
> > 6. the Mind ( Anapudaka tattva)Puititary gland= hypofyse -Anja 
> Chakra
> > 
> > 7.Spirit ( Adi tattva) Pineal gland = Epifyse - Sahasrara 
> chakra
> > 
> > 
> > The corresponding chakras for the first 5 elements are : From 1 
> till 
> > 5:
> > 
> > 1= muladhara(rootchakra or tall-bone) 2= swadhisthana(sacral 
> centre) 
> > 3= manipura(solair centre) 4= anahata(heartcentre)ahamkara,citta 
> and 
> > jivatma.
> > 5= vicuddha(throat chakra) 
> > I hope I make it understandable for you.
> > Christina
> > 
> > 
> > > To the Theosophical Pundits:
> > > 
> > > I am trying to study the relationship between the five elements 
> and 
> > > the five senses. In Diagram V in Blavatsky: Collected 
> Writings, 
> > > Vol XII, pp 661. ( Apology for not knowing how to send the 
> > > link .) Leaving out other columns, the tabulation for the 
> senses 
> > > and elements is as follows:  
> > > 
> > > Elements	Senses	Organs of Sensation
> > > 
> > > 1.	Earth	Smell	Nose
> > > 2.	Water	Taste	Tongue
> > > 3.	Air	Sight	Eyes
> > > 4.	Fire	Touch	Organ of 
excretion
> > > 5.	Ether	Hearing	Ears
> > > 
> > > 6.	Divine Flame Jnana	Astral Body	
> > > and Heart
> > > 
> > > 7.	Akasa	The Highest	The Light of 
Kundalini
> > > Synthesis Sense
> > > 
> > > My questions are:
> > > 
> > > 1.	The correspondence for Air – Sight – Eyes does not 
make sense 
> > > to me. I would think Fire is closer to sight than air. Am I 
> > > missing something?
> > > 
> > > 2.	The correspondence for Fire – Touch – Organ of 
excretion also 
> > > makes no sense. Why organ of excretion? Also, I would think 
> that 
> > > touch is closer air.
> > > 
> > > 3.	And the Astral Body and Heart for the Divine Flame?  
Is HPB 
> > > using the word astral in a different way?   
> > > 
> > > 4.	I would think that Hearing comes before Sight, but 
this not 
> > how 
> > > it is tabulated.  
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I appreciate any light on this, 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > barbara






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