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Sep 11, 2006 01:49 PM
by carlosaveline


Thanks, Rudy!


Carlos. 


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Data:Sun, 10 Sep 2006 14:04:05 -0700

Assunto:Re: Theos-World Re: Todays Question?

> 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.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Barbara
> >
> > >
> > > Dear Gary,
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > Rodolfo Don
> > >
> > > On Sep 10, 2006, at 7:54 AM, Gary Barnhart wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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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