Theos-Talk Archives (September 2006 Message tt00165)

Hi Barbara and the rest of the list:

The "Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge" that I have is an edition  
published by the Pasadena T.S. and its pagination does not agree with  
the one published by U.L.T., for that reason I'm going to copy the Q.  
and A.

Q. What are the senses which act in dreams?

A. The senses of the sleeper receive occasional shocks, and are  
awakened into mechanical action; what he hears and sees are, as has  
been said, a distorted reflection of the thoughts of the Ego. The  
latter is highly spiritual, and is linked very closely with the  
higher principles, Buddhi and Atma. These higher principles are  
entirely inactive on our plane, and the higher Ego (Manas) itself is  
more or less dormant during the waking of the physical man. This is  
especially the case with persons of very materialistic mind. So  
dormant are the Spiritual faculties, because the Ego is so trammelled  
by matter, that It can hardly give up its attention to the man's  
actions, even should the latter commit sins for which that Ego--when  
reunited with its lower Manas--will have to suffer conjointly in the  
future. It is, as I said, the impressions projected into the physical  
man by this Ego which constitute what we call "conscience"; and in  
proportion as the Personality, the lower Soul (or Manas), unites  
itself to its higher consciousness, or Ego, does the action of the  
latter upon the life of mortal man become more marked.

Q. This Ego, then, is the "Higher Ego"?

A. Yes; it is the higher Manas illuminated by Buddhi; the principle  
of self-consciousness, the "I-am-I," in short. It is the Karana- 
Sarira, the immortal man, which passes from one incarnation to another.

These four paragraphs are from pp. 51-52 of my copy of the  
Transactions. It is in an Appendix to Chapter IV titled Dreams.

Regards, Rudy

On Sep 10, 2006, at 10:27 AM, bta1012003 wrote:

> Hi Rudy my friend:
>
> Can you supply a page number. I would like to read the page to get
> the context.
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> Thanks,
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> Barbara
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> > Dear Gary,
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> > If that is the case, how come that in Transactions it is said
> that
> > the Spiritual Ego pays for the transgressions of the personality.
> > Isn't there a contradiction? To me the Spiritual Ego is very close
> to
> > Buddhi since it is Manas illuminated by Buddhi.
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> > Rodolfo Don
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> > On Sep 10, 2006, at 7:54 AM, Gary Barnhart wrote:
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> > > Dear Carlos,
> > > Perhaps it may be beneficial to ask questions each day rather
> than
> > > present quotes. I am open to suggestions.
> > > Today's question:
> > > In ' The Key" HPB said that "atma and buddhi are beyond karma
> and
> > > are not conscious on this plane." What does this mean ?
> > >
> > > Gary B.
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