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Part 3	RE: :THOUGHT, MIND and NEW MATTER DISCO

BOOK IV.


THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF ISOLATION 



1. Perfections of body, or superhuman powers are produced by birth, or by
powerful herbs, or by incantations, penances, or meditations. 

The sole cause of permanent perfections is meditation performed in
incarnations prior to that in which the perfection appears, for perfection
by birth, such as the power of birds to fly, is impermanent, as also are
those following upon incantations, elixirs and the like. But as meditation
reaches within, it affects each incarnation. It must also follow that evil
meditation will have the result of begetting perfection in evil. 

2. The change of a man into another class of being-such as that of a
celestial being-is effected by the transfusion of natures. 

This alludes to the possibility-admitted by the Hindus-of a man's being
altered into one of the Devas, or celestial beings, through the force of
penances and meditation. 

3. Certain merits, works, and practices are called "occasional" because they
do not produce essential modification of nature; but they are effective for
the removal of obstructions in the way of former merit, as in the case of
the husbandman who removes impediments in the course of the irrigating
stream, which then flows forward. 

This is intended to further explain Aphorism 2 by showing, that in any
incarnation certain practices [e.g. those previously laid down] will clear
away the obscurations of a man's past Karma, upon which that Karma will
manifest itself; whereas, if the practices were not pursued, the result of
past meditation might be delayed until yet another life. 

4. The minds acting in the various bodies which the ascetic voluntarily
assumes are the production of his egoism alone.

5. And for the different activities of those various minds, the ascetic's
mind is the moving cause. 

6. Among the minds differently constituted by reason of birth, herbs,
incantations, penances, and meditation, that one alone which is due to
meditation is destitute of the basis of mental deposits from works. 

The aphorism applies to all classes of men, and not to bodies assumed by the
ascetic; and there must always be kept in view the doctrine of the
philosophy that each life leaves in the Ego mental deposits which form the
basis upon which subsequent vicissitudes follow in other lives. 

7. The work of the ascetic is neither pure nor dark, but is peculiar to
itself, while that of others is of three kinds. 

The three kinds of work alluded to are (1) pure in action and motive; (2)
dark, such as that of infernal beings; (3) that of the general run of men,
pure-dark. The 4th is that of the ascetic. 

8. From these works there results, in every incarnation, a manifestation of
only those mental deposits which can come to fructification in the
environment provided. 

9. Although. the manifestation of mental deposits may be intercepted by
unsuitable environments, differing as to class, place, and time, there is an
immediate relation between them, because the memory and the train of
self-reproductive thought are identical. 

This is to remove a doubt caused by Aphorism 8, and is intended to show that
memory is not due to mere brain matter, but is possessed by the incarnating
ego, which holds all the mental deposits in a latent state, each one
becoming manifest whenever the suitable bodily constitution and environment
are provided for it. 

10. The mental deposits are eternal because of the force of the desire which
produced them. 
In the Indian edition this reads that the deposits remain because of the
"benediction." And as that word is used in a special sense, we do not give
it here. All mental deposits result from a desire for enjoyment, whether it
be from a wish to avoid in the next life certain pain suffered in this, or
from the positive feeling expressed in the desire, "may such and such
pleasure always be mine." This is called a "benediction." And the word
"eternal" has also a special signification, meaning only that period
embraced by a "day of Brahma," which lasts for a thousand ages. 

11. As they are collected by cause, effect, substratum, and support, when
those are removed, the result is that there is a non-existence of the mental
deposits. 

This aphorism supplements the preceding one, and intends to show that,
although the deposits will remain during "eternity" if left to
themselves-being always added to by new experiences and similar desires-yet
they may be removed by removing producing causes. 

12. That which is past and that which is to come, are not reduced to
non-existence, for the relations of the properties differ one from the
other. 

13. Objects, whether subtile or not, are made up of the three qualities.
[Gunas [

The "three qualities" are Sattwa, Rajas, Tamas, or Truth, Activity, and
Darkness: Truth corresponding to light and joy; Activity to passion; and
Darkness to evil, rest, indifference, sloth, death. All manifested objects
are compounded of these three. 

14. Unity of things results from unity of modification. 

15. Cognition is distinct from the object, for there is diversity of
thoughts among observers of one object. 

16. An object is cognized or not cognized by the mind accordingly as the
mind is or is not tinted or affected by the object. 

17. The modifications of the mind are always known to the presiding spirit,
because it is not subject to modification. 

Hence, through all the changes to which the mind and soul are subject, the
spiritual soul, Ishwara, remains unmoved, "the witness and spectator." 

18. The mind is not self-illuminative, because it is an instrument of the
soul, is colored and modified by experiences and objects, and is cognized by
the soul. 

19. Concentrated attention to two objects cannot take place simultaneously. 

20. If one perception be cognizable by another, then there would be the
further necessity for cognition of cognition, and from that a confusion of
recollection would take place. 

21. When the understanding and the soul are united, then self-knowledge
results. 

The self-knowledge spoken of here is that interior illumination desired by
all mystics, and is not merely a knowledge of self in the ordinary sense. 

22. The mind, when united with the soul and fully conversant with knowledge,
embraces 
universally all objects. 

23. The mind, though assuming various forms by reason of innumerable mental
deposits, exists for the purpose of the soul's emancipation and operates in
co-operation therewith. 

24. In him who knows the difference between the nature of soul and mind, the
false notion regarding the soul comes to an end.

The mind is merely a tool, instrument, or means, by which the soul acquires
experiences and knowledge. In each incarnation the mind is, as it were, new.
It is a portion of the apparatus furnished to the soul through innumerable
lives for obtaining experience and reaping the fruit of works performed. The
notion that the mind is either knower or experiencer is a false one, which
is to be removed before emancipation can be reached by soul. It was
therefore said that the mind operates or exists for the carrying out of the
soul's salvation, and not the soul for the mind's sake. When this is fully
understood, the permanency of soul is seen, and all the evils flowing from
false ideas begin to disappear. 

25. Then the mind becomes deflected toward discrimination and bowed down
before Isolation. 

26. But in the intervals of meditation other thoughts arise, in consequence
of the continuance of old impressions not yet expunged. 

27. The means to be adopted for the avoidance and elimination of these are
the same as before given for obviating the afflictions. 

28. If the ascetic is not desirous of the fruits, even when perfect
knowledge has been attained, and is not inactive, the meditation technically
called Dharma Megha-cloud of virtue-takes place from his absolutely perfect
discriminative knowledge. 

The commentator explains that, when the ascetic has reached the point
described in Aphorism 25, if he bends his concentration toward the
prevention of all other thoughts, and is not desirous of attaining the
powers resulting just at his wish, a further state of meditation is reached
which is called "cloud of virtue," because it is such as will, as it were,
furnish the spiritual rain for the bringing about of the chief end of the
soul-entire emancipation. And it contains a warning that, until that chief
end is obtained, the desire for fruits is an obstacle. 

29. Therefrom results the removal of the afflictions and all works.

30. Then, from infinity of knowledge absolutely free from obscuration and
impurity, that which is knowable appears small and easy to grasp. 

31. Thereupon, the alternation in the modifications of the qualities, having
accomplished the soul's aim-experience and emancipation-comes to an end. 

32. It is then perceived that the moments and their order of precedence and
succession are the same. 
This is a step further than Aphorism 53, Book III, where it is stated that
from discrimination of ultimates of time a perception of the very subtle and
recondite principles of the universe results. Here, having arrived at
Isolation, the ascetic sees beyond even the ultimates, and they, although
capable of affecting the man who has not reached this stage, are for the
ascetic identical, because he is a master of them. It is extremely difficult
to interpret this aphorism; and in the original it reads that "the order is
counterpart of the moment." To express it in another way, it may be said
that in the species of meditation adverted to in Aphorism 53, Book III, a
calculative cognition goes forward in the mind, during which, the
contemplator not yet being thoroughly master of these divisions of time, is
compelled to observe them as they pass before him. 

33. The reabsorption of the qualities which have consummated the aim of the
soul or the abiding of the soul united with understanding in its own nature,
is Isolation. 

This is a general statement of the nature of Isolation, sometimes called
Emancipation. The qualities before spoken of, found in all objects and which
had hitherto affected and delayed the soul, have ceased to be mistaken by it
for realities, and the consequence is that the soul abides in its own nature
unaffected by the great "pairs of opposites"-pleasure and pain, good and
evil, cold and heat, and so forth. 

Yet it must not be deduced that the philosophy results in a negation, or in
a coldness, such as our English word "Isolation" would seem to imply. The
contrary is the case. Until this state is reached, the soul, continually
affected and deflected by objects, senses, suffering, and pleasure, is
unable to consciously partake universally of the great life of the universe.
To do so, it must stand firmly "in its own nature"; and then it proceeds
further -as is admitted by the philosophy-to bring about the aim of all
other souls still struggling on the road. But manifestly further aphorisms
upon that would be out of place, as well as being such as could not be
understood, to say nothing of the uselessness of giving them. 


END OF THE FOURTH BOOK 

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Part 3  

Part 3 RE: :THOUGHT, MIND and NEW MATTER DISCOVERED
 

-----Original Message-----

From: Joe Fulton 
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:07 PM
To: 
Subject RE: : NEW MATTER DISCOVERED

It takes so much to get away from the mindset which wants separate "things".
Things, no things, all the same, no difference. Because there is order does
not mean that there are separate things...truly separate things would have
no order as they would have no relationship.

Joe 

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-----Original Message-----
From: W.Dallas TenBroeck [mailto:dalval14@earthlink.net] 
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 4:29 AM
To: study@blavatsky.net
Subject: [bn-study] RE: : NEW MATTER DISCOVERED


July 30 2005

Dear Kathy:

I wonder if this may not contains some ideas relevant to your query (below):

July 30 2005


RE: Maya

Dear Friends:

Concerning the observations made:

"Gerald wrote:

"The fact of the matter is that everything in conditional reality is an
aggregate and there simply is no such thing as a "one"
anything."

I read a passage recently along these lines and sums it up well:
"What we call 'I', or 'being', is only a combination of physical and mental
aggregates, which are working together interdependently in a flux of
momentary change within the law of cause and effect, and that there is
nothing permanent, everlasting, unchanging in the whole of existence". --

M. F.
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Dallas said:

Thinking over this, I would like to offer for consideration:


In the Universe all changes constantly. Agreed. Yet the "parts" of the
Universe retain and continually sustain an individuality of their own. 

As the Universe is immortal, so are they all immortals. But this
immortality is of "spirit-energy ?" and not of "matter." 

This atmosphere of continual change may be considered a "veil" to REALITY,
and designated "maya" in Buddhist philosophy, or elsewhere.

But the UNIVERSE is ONE, and as it includes all subsidiaries, may we not say
that those subsidiaries (Monads, ATMA-BUDDHI, or however defined) are in
essence of the same quality, capacity, potential and nature as the UNIVERSE
of which they form an indissoluble part ?

In their total aggregate may we not assume that they and the UNIVERSE are in
fact that ONE ? "As above, so below."

Whether mobile or static, it seems that the essential unity of any one
"part" may be correlated by analogy to all others as well as to the WHOLE,
the ONE ?

Since we have evidence all around us of cooperation, and a life-support
system in place, may we deduce that there are Laws and Rules established in
antiquity (however remote) that operate in the ONE UNIVERSE to protect and
promote every and all "parts" thereof ? [ S D I 157-8]

There are evidences of various states of matter relative to their energy
content and area of influence and existence / manifestation. - These, as
sub-divisions, have tentatively been called etherial, aeriform, gaseous,
vaporous, astral bodies and planes, and as condensation proceeds (perhaps
the inter-atomic spaces are universally reduced ?) liquids, semi-liquids,
crystalline and amorphous solids appear in all their vast variety and
infra-structures. 

The Theosophical view of the formation of worlds is traced in detail in the
pages of the SECRET DOCTRINE, Vol. I -- : An IDEAL (SPIRITUAL) Plan is
established (akasic and of "Jiva" (life-universal) and thereon, under the
Karma of the "parts [Monads]" condensation proceeds, and energy guides
thereafter all aspects of density and configuration. Matter as we know it is
progressively developed and distributed as needed.

[A useful diagram relative to this is given on S D I 200.]

The fist half of the Cycle of Manifestation seems to be expressible as :

Ex-spiritual, to Akasic Plan, to ethereal, airy forms, and, as density
increases, the individual form size condenses. [Solid matter - Globe D.]

Concurrent with the development of the necessary materials is the
development of intelligence: natural impulses and expressions of attraction
and repulsion [Kama]; this gradually provides forms of increased ability
for Minds to use and inhabit. The process of "reincarnation" is employed for
this. [Mankind is at this stage at present.] [ S D I 181-2]

Mental development includes at first all adjustments to coexistence with the
natural impulses [Kama]. Chaotic impulses are brought into order.
[Kama-manas is encouraged to transform itself into Buddhi-Manas.] 

The capacity to think and the field of thought are then studied and brought
under control by each Mind-Unit [Monad] .

The perception of universal and impersonal rules of life, cooperation and
Law [Karma] now engage the conscious attention of the Thinker-Ego [the
Higher aspect of Kama-Manas], under the guidance of the tutoring Monad
[ATMA-BUDDHI]. [This accounts for the "Two Egos" in Man.]

Self-consciousness as a tool of study and observation gradually refined and
fine-tuned gives way to the orderly processes of discrimination, as WISDOM
(Universal Law in Operation: ) is perceived to be impersonally and
universally operative. 

The passionate and emotional character of the "lower Mind" [Kama-Manas] is
now fully controlled and it makes itself voluntarily docile, as it also
acquires the power to reason and perceives its own permanent existence (as
memory) depends on its fidelity (in every life) to Law as an expression of
continual living Virtue, or Wisdom in every and all actions (life and
living) .

When this portion of the program has been achieved, it proceeds to
consolidation and diffusion of these disciplines by progressive steps
through nature: physical to astral, astral to emotional and passion,
passion to dispassion and self-control, Acquirement of mental stability and
acuity leads to dispassion and discrimination, as BUDDHI {wisdom} is made
the dominant base for all actions. 

Nature having thus been "purified" and transformed into Mulaprakriti
(root-matter) it is possible for ATMA to manifest without veil (or maya) at
last. 

I wonder if this is of help?

Best wishes,

Dallas

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-----Original Message-----
From: Cass Silva
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:50 PM
To: 
Subject: RE: : NEW MATTER DISCOVERED

Dear Dallas,

I find this paragraphs particularly interesting.

"W.Dallas TenBroeck" <dalval14@earthlink.net> wrote:


July 27 2005

RE: : NEW MATTER DISCOVERED

Dear Mark and Friends:


What about "dark matter," and "black holes?"

Cass: We are made of star stuff - is this the embodiment of consciousness
on the physical plane?

HPB says: and being what we term the collective or the aggregate of
Cosmic Will on the
plane of the subjective Universe, unite together an infinitude of
monads-each the mirror of its own Universe-and thus individualize for the
time being an independent mind, omniscient and universal; and by the same
process of magnetic aggregation they create for themselves objective,
visible bodies, out of the interstellar atoms. 

Cass: Science has discovered that all atomic components vibrate with
specific frequencies. This vibratory nature has led to the Quantum
mechanics we use today, which states that the atomic components have a dual
nature of particle and of wave vibration. 


HPB	For atoms and Monads, (are) themselves the Radiations of primordial
nature. Atoms are called "Vibrations" in Occultism; also
"Sound"-collectively. 


Cass: Electrons group themselves in orbital layers and are in fact trapped
inside those energy levels. Electrons spin around the nucleus at a certain
distance from the nucleus and that distance forms a "potential pit" which
the electrons cannot easily jump from (say from one potential pit to
another). Each potential pit holds a certain number of electrons, S layer
holds 2, the P layer holds 4, the d layer holds 8 and the f layer holds 16.
Because they all move so fast science sometimes refers to them as electron
clouds.

HPB: He (Tyndall) has traced and recorded the rapidity of their motion
and transmission; the force of their impact; their setting up vibrations in
the tympanum and their transmission of these to the stolithes, etc.,
etc., till the vibration of the auditory nerve commences-and a new
phenomenon
now takes place: the subjective side of the process or the sensation of
Sound.


Cass: Can anyone please explain 'TYMPANUM, STOLITHES???

[Are these the small bones of the inner ear hearing mechanism? DTB
]



HPB: The waves and undulations of Science are all produced by atoms
propelling their molecules into activity from within. Atoms fill the
immensity of Space, and by their continuous vibration are that MOTION which
keeps the wheels of Life perpetually going. 


HPB: As described by Seers-those who can see the motion of the
Interstellar shoals, and follow them in their evolution clairvoyantly-they
are dazzling,
like specks of virgin snow in radiant sunlight. Their velocity is swifter
than thought, quicker than any mortal physical eye could follow, and, as
well as can be judged from the tremendous rapidity of their course, the
motion is circular. . . . . Standing on an open plain, on a mountain summit
especially, and gazing into the vast vault above and the spacial infinitudes
around, the whole atmosphere seems ablaze with them, the air soaked through
with these dazzling coruscations. At times, the intensity of their motion
produces flashes like the Northern lights during the Aurora Borealis. The
sight is so marvellous, that, as the Seer gazes into this inner world, and
feels the scintillating points shoot past him, he is filled with awe at the
thought of other, still greater mysteries, that lie beyond, and within, this
radiant ocean. . . . . 


As the UNIVERSE is ONE, a condition of its causal and forceful embodiment in
forms of matter is occasional and cyclical.


M. Kaku, wrote this:	In his memoirs, Einstein wrote that he was disturbed
that his equations contained solutions that allowed for time travel. But he
finally concluded: the universe does not rotate, it ex-pands (i.e. as in the
Big Bang theory) and hence Goedel's solution could be thrown out for
"physical reasons." (Apparently, if the Big Bang was rotating, then time
travel would be possible throughout the universe!)

Then in 1963, Roy Kerr, a New Zealand mathematician, found a
solution of Einstein's equations for a rotating black hole, which had
bizarre properties. The black hole would not collapse to a point (as
previously thought) but into a spinning ring (of neutrons). 


The ring would be circulating so rapidly that centrifugal force would keep
the ring from collapsing under gravity. The ring, in turn, acts like the
Looking Glass of Alice. Anyone walking through the ring would not die, but
could pass through the ring into an alternate universe. Since then, hundreds
of other "wormhole" solutions have been found to Einstein's equations. These
wormholes connect not only two regions of space (hence the name) but also
two regions of time as well. In principle, they can be used as time
machines. 

Recently, attempts to add the quantum theory to gravity (and hence create a
"theory of everything") have given us some insight into the paradox problem.
In the quantum theory, we can have multiple states of any object. For
example, an electron can exist simultaneously in different orbits (a fact
which is responsible for giving us the laws of chemistry). Similarly,
Schrodinger's famous cat can exist simultaneously in two possible states:
dead and alive. So by going back in time and altering the past, we merely
create a parallel universe. So we are changing someone ELSE's past by
saving, say, Abraham Lincoln from being assassinated at the Ford Theater,
but our Lincoln is still dead. In this way, the river of time forks into two
separate rivers. But does this mean that we will be able to jump into H. G.
Wells' machine, spin a dial, and soar several hundred thousand years into
England's future? No. There are a number of difficult hurdles to overcome. 

First, the main problem is one of energy. In the same way that a car needs
gasoline, a time machine needs to have fabulous amounts of energy. One
either has to harness the power of a star, or to find something called
"exotic" matter (which falls up, rather than down) or find a source of
negative energy. (Physicists once thought that negative energy was
impossible. But tiny amounts of negative energy have been experimentally
verified for something called the Casimir effect, i.e. the energy created by
two parallel plates). All of these are exceedingly difficult to obtain in
large quantities, at least for several more centuries! 

Then there is the problem of stability. The Kerr black hole, for example,
may be unstable if one falls through it. Similarly, quantum effects may
build up and destroy the wormhole before you enter it. Unfortunately, our
mathematics is not powerful enough to answer the question of stability
because you need a "theory of everything" which combines both quantum forces
and gravity. 


At present, superstring theory is the leading candidate for such a theory
(in fact, it is the ONLY candidate; it really has no rivals at all). But
superstring theory, which happens to be my specialty, is still to difficult
to solve completely. The theory is well-defined, but no one on earth is
smart enough to solve 


HPB: The Universe in its organism is infinitely sensitive and so
Delicately balanced that the least component is considered and related to
the
cooperative inter-action of every other. 

Cass: I think also Jung refers to this as the collective unconscious,
because we all have an unconscious existence, this individual
unconsciousness is part of, and in fact makes up, the collective
unconscious. It is this we tune in to when remote viewing, or ESP,
clairvoyance, etc, the akashic. The source of all human knowledge.

Would be interested to hear something back from the scientifically minded.

Does anyone know what has happened to Leon, I am very concerned about his
absence?

Cass

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