Theos-Talk Archives (May 2005 Message tt00400)

Saturday, May 14, 2005

Dear Sherry:

Re: Intelligent Light


May I add to that which friend Lenny says?

The Spiritual Ego (The Real Thinker within) is an immortal being. It is
sometimes represented by an effulgence -- a light. The color and nature of
that light varies with the power of thought innate to each person.

As an immortal, it has always existed. The reason why it lives and uses
many personalities in a long line of reincarnations stretching back for
thousands and millions of years, is that it decided very long ago that it
would sacrifice (make
sacred) its happiness, bliss and well-being for the sake of the many
life-atoms that actually make up all its many "personalities" and the
succession of "bodies, names, forms." that it has used.

It is like a divine star, like the Sun of our solar system, and is located
in the CORE of our being, just like the Sun is located at the center of our
system and gives life and warmth to the planets and all that lives on them.

The SUN always gives continually, and hopes, as beings come and go on the
planets that some will research, using their minds, and through that search,
become wise enough to understand its purpose, and by reflex analogy, seek
for the "Sun" that shines, hidden in their own individual center. It is
like a living symbol of life.

But the Sun we see, is not the TRUE SUN which lives in the CENTER of the
Universe and is only represented for us by that which we see: the physical,
visible sun. If we could see it unshielded, we could not live in these
bodies, so the Real Sun covers itself with a veil, like a vase of golden
light. The ancient Hindus had a verse expressing this called the "Gayatri."

The responsibility of improving our own Personal natures is essentially
ours. No gift, or prayer or petition can improve another. Each has to
decide to change for themselves.

What does Theosophy do? It offers an integrated view of the Universe, of
our solar system, of our Earth and of ourselves. This is called UNIVERSAL
BROTHERHOOD.

It holds the position that every life-atom, whether it is enclosed in
mineral, plant, animal or a human form has a spiritual center and there it
is at unity with the SPIRITUAL WHOLE and the ONE UNIVERSAL SELF. For an
immense period of years these immortals (called also Monads) experience all
the phenomena of evolution, and continually they grow in intelligence, and
eventually become humans (Minds) with the responsibility of making free
choices. The nature of their innate "light" also changes as this progress
occurs. 

The "forms" of various kinds on the evolutionary spiral ladder, demonstrate
the development of consciousness and intelligence from a general state into
a progressively more focused and powerful INDIVIDUAL. Self-consciousness is
attained in the human form, and then it goes further as it develops for
itself, by study, experiment and search, UNIVERSAL SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS.

Eventually in the human stage, MIND is developed and with that the FREEDOM
to Choose. This is because with Mind, the power to observe the workings of
nature (visible and invisible) develops. It is equivalent in our analogy to
the "golden Vase of light" that the true Sun creates so as to protect and
nurture living creatures everywhere. It stands between the physical (form,
matter) and the SPIRITUAL FIRE of TRUTH.

The energies that create a form, are natural indeed, but they lack the
"fire" of SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS. The Mind has three broad stages: 1 as a
pupil, 2. as a thinker, 3. as a Seer of all Wisdom. Mankind is in the
position of being between stages 1 and 2. It recognizes the 3rd position of
the Wise. In seeking to become Wise it studies Nature.

Nature already contains all. Nature runs always by law. Nature is
impersonal, just, kind, life-supportive, and sensitive to the needs of every
one of its smallest components, as to those of its greatest.

Mankind being of the stage of opening self-consciousness is impelled to
discover what his environment holds for him and what his powers are.

Theosophy is like a blue-print map which opens some of the areas of 
research for individual tracing and verification.  

Thus any of the question you may ask leads to a review of the doctrines 
of Theosophy and to a practical evaluation of them in our own minds before
we employ them for experimentation.

There is of course far more to this, and no doubt there will be more
questions and contributions on this important subject.

Best wishes, 

Dallas


PS

In the SECRET DOCTRINE are some references to consult:

INTELLIGENCE. 

Absolute light, & heat I 85 
buddhi (wisdom) & universal I 256 
cosmic, active II 596, 597n 
Fohat (light, electricity) is guiding I 216, 493; II 330
one indivisible, in universe I 277 
pervades matter II 649 
time & universal I 62 
waters of wisdom flow into I 239
primordial substance & I 601 
set laws into motion I 594 
stars ruled by II 352
animate centers of being I 634; II 34 
within the Cosmic Soul I 530 
elements ruled by I 146, 535n, 594 
free, rebellious II 79 
invisible & visible I 133 


LIGHT

Occult Catechism on I 120 
absolute, is darkness I 69-70, 201, 337; II 95, 489 
comes fr darkness I 40-1; II 485-6, 488, 492 
darkness & I 70, 450; II 162, 412-14 
adepts know every phase of I 516 
Aditi or primordial I 672; II 107 
aspect of universal motion I 147 
cosmic desire becomes absolute I 201 
cosmic principle of II 41, 233, 239 
discribed I 41, 70, 481-9, 579-80; II 37-40 
electricity & I 508-9, 579-80 
force, vibration I 483 ; heat & I 2-3, 515n; II 130 
infinite ocean of I 481; is cold flame I 82 
of Logos, Christos I 216; II 33, 38 
minerals are, crystallized & immetallized II 169 
nature of, not understood I 493 
noumenal, phenomenal I 145-6, 259n 
primordial, dual I 344; II 36-7, 130, 216,
produces no evil II 490 
shadow &, exist eternally II 214 
sons of I 31, 106, 138-9, 196, 239, 481, 572, 575 
spirit & matter I 481 
spiritual, how men put out II 413 
Sun not cause of I 580 
svara &, (Subba Row) I 270n 
three kinds of II 37-8 
true source of I 621n ; ultimate causes of, I 514-17 
unknown, & Logos II 703 &n
creative, generative II 233 
daiviprakriti I 136-7, 293, 430 &n; II 38 
everything created thru I 430 
link betw matter & thought I 137n 
Light of, or fire self II 570 
seven, & monads I 120, 122, 433 ; six, fr a seventh II 625 

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-----Original Message-----
From: leonmaurer
Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 10:46 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Re: Looking for A Blavatsky Comment

Sherry,

I think you are talking about light being the "carrier" of intelligence or 
knowledge.  

Scientists know that light can be modulated with vibrational patterns that 
represent information or knowledge-- such as the information or intelligence

carried by radio waves that can be converted back to sounds of words and
music as well as TV pictures. 

Thus, if HPB talks about light being intelligent, I think she meant this
same 
thing; That it is the "medium" of all knowledge, both Cosmic and Human. In 
one sense, then, light can be considered as having intelligence as a 
fundamenetal aspect of its nature. In another sense, since everything is
fundamentally made up of "light," our individual intelligence, as well as
the intelligence of all the "lives" within us can be said to be "rooted in
light."

Since, the intelligence or knowledge of the universe that represents karmic 
information as well as its cosmic construction blueprints is carried by the 
first rays of light emanating from the abstract motion (spinergy) of the
Absolute 
Laya Point... This is what HPB implied throughout the entire Secret Doctrine

-- as light being "intelligent"... 

CUT