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Dec 31, 2005 05:01 AM
by W.Dallas TenBroeck
12/31/2005 4:20 AM Dear Jerome and S F RE: MONADS (continued) >From TRANSACTIONS OF THE BLAVATSKY LODGE pp. 13 - 15 -- I read: Q. The difference between the animal and man from this point of view seems to he that the former is born more or less with all its faculties, and, generally speaking, does not appreciably gain on this, while the latter is gradually learning and improving. Is not that really the point? A. Just so; but you have to remember why: not because man has one "principle" more than the tiniest insect, but because man is a perfected animal, THE VEHICLE OF A FULLY DEVELOPED MONAD, SELF-CONSCIOUS AND DELIBERATELY FOLLOWING ITS OWN LINE OF PROGRESS, whereas in the insect, and even the higher animal, the higher triad of principles is absolutely dormant. Q. Is there any consciousness, or conscious being, to cognize and make a division of time at the first flutter of manifestation? In his Lecture on the Bhagavat Gita, Mr. Subba Row, in speaking of the First Logos, seems to imply both consciousness and intelligence. A. But he did not explain which Logos was referred to, and I believe he spoke in general. In the Esoteric Philosophy the First is the unmanifested, and the Second the manifested Logos. Iswara stands for that Second, and Narayana for the unmanifested Logos. Subba Row is an Adwaitee and a learned Vedantin, and explained from his standpoint. We do so from ours. In the Secret Doctrine, that from which the manifested Logos is born is translated by the "Eternal Mother-Father"; while in the Vishnu Purana it is described as the Egg of the World, surrounded by seven skins, layers or zones. It is in this Golden Egg that Brahma, the male, is born and that Brahma is in reality the Second Logos or even the Third, according to the enumeration adopted; for a certainty he is not the First or highest, the point which is everywhere and nowhere. Mahat, in the Esoteric interpretations, is in reality the Third Logos or the Synthesis of the Seven creative rays, the Seven Logoi. Out of the seven so-called Creations, Mahat is the third, for it is the Universal and Intelligent Soul, Divine Ideation, combining the ideal plans and prototypes of all things in the manifested objective as well as subjective world. In the Sankhya and Puranic doctrines Mahat is the first product of Pradhana, informed by Kshetrajna "Spirit-Substance." In Esoteric philosophy Kshetrajna is the name given to our informing EGOS. Q. Is it then the first manifestation in our objective universe? A. It is the first Principle in it, MADE SENSIBLE OR PERCEPTIBLE TO DIVINE THOUGH NOT HUMAN SENSES. But if we proceed from the Unknowable, we will find it to be the third, and corresponding to Manas, or rather Buddhi-Manas. TRANSACTIONS OF THE BLAVATSKY LODGE pp. 13 - 15 ---------------------------------------------------------- Fohat, therefore, is spoken of as the synthetic motor power of all the imprisoned life-forces and the medium between the absolute and conditioned Force. IT IS A LINK, JUST AS MANAS IS THE CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN THE GROSS MATTER OF THE PHYSICAL BODY AND THE DIVINE MONAD WHICH ANIMATES IT, BUT IS POWERLESS TO ACT UPON THE FORMER DIRECTLY." TRANSACTIONS OF THE BLAVATSKY LODGE p 134 ----------------------------------------------------------- Best wishes, Dallas ======================================================= -----Original Message----- From: Jerome Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 12:10 PM To: Subject: Re: MONADS The text is a puzzle - The HUMAN monads emanate from one of the (7?) Dhyani Buddhas, which Transactions emphasizes as being very important and being involved with the higher principles only. jw ========================================== On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 06:23:56 -0800 "W.Dallas TenBroeck" <dalval14@earthlink.net> writes: 12/30/2005 5:49 AM Dear S F In regard to the antiquity of the MONADS I based my statements on the SECRET DOCTRINE -- which has many interesting points on these Monads: -- MONAD does not progress or develop S D I 174-5 fn., 177; II 199, each is a world to itself I 107, 119, 630, II 79, 154, 167, 242, EVERY CELL IS A Monad I 630 fn Monad is force and matter I 623 universal I 623, 632; II 80, 186, gradual individualization of Monad I 178-9 human & animal monads II 81, 94, 102-3, 168, 175, 185-6 indivisible I 631-4 jivatmas I 132 infinitude of I 289, 632, may refer to atom, solar system I 21 pass through CIRCLE OF NECESSITY II 57fn, 303, 318fn, pre-existent in world of emanations II 111, 167, 289fn, spontaneously self active I 631 "mineral" monads I 176-9 ATOM SPIRITUAL I 58-9. 543; II 588, apperceptive monads inform them I 632, omniscience in every I 277, fill all space (universal) I 633, force & monads I 511-2, evolutionary journey of I 183, 268, 522, 620 primordial I 148, 455, self-consciousness of every I 107, 567, 569, 670, 7 planes of existence I 150, Vibration I 2, 455, 633, will rebecome the ALL I 268, FROM THE PRIMORDIAL I 731 Our modern science recognizes, for instance, the probable indestructibility of the "atom." THEOSOPHY speaks of the indestructibility of the MONADS. While they are not the same, the similarity is in description: Best wishes, Dallas ========================================