Re: Adi-Buddhi
Nov 23, 2008 09:58 AM
by Augoeides-222
Christina,
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Regards,
John
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From: "christinaleestemaker" <christinaleestemaker@yahoo.com>
Better in the same time, then after you were born;)
-- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Martin <Mvandertak@...> wrote:
>
> I was born in 1959 May 28th, and at that time the Russians sent the
first monkey into space...ain't that funny....
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> --- On Sun, 11/23/08, christinaleestemaker
<christinaleestemaker@...> wrote:
> From: christinaleestemaker <christinaleestemaker@...>
> Subject: Theos-World Re: Mahatma letter 59
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, November 23, 2008, 11:03 AM
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> Hi Martin, how Cosmic or comic it can be.
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> Do you understand all in the letter 59.
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> I read it many times and figured out the satvika into
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> the circle, as it is the triangle (triade) makes through the
circle
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> its trianglepoints the perfect square.
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> And the psychological test they use in Germany for people wanted to
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> enjoy university they do the test with circles,triangles and
squares
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> to see a persons phsychological constitution.
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> By the way who is de seeres or the lady they mentioned in this
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> letter, who understand all without the book or knowledge they gave?
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> I think HPB, but am not sure.Do you know that?
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> Christina
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> --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, Martin <Mvandertak@ ...> wrote:
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> > I once did some course with the A>A>B> group...I asked what is
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> Ishvara (KRSHN or Christ):
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> > then I got an answer it is the comic universal Love...(without
the
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> 's '). The fool after the great Arcana...
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> > --- On Sat, 11/22/08, christinaleestemake r
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> <christinaleestemak er@> wrote:
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> > From: christinaleestemake r <christinaleestemak er@>
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> > Subject: Theos-World Re: Mahatma letter 15 page 88, 89.
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> > To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com
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> > Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 2:54 PM
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> > A little FUN if I see I touched letter S after A in
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> Atma Buddhi,
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> > a buddhi with astma, real lauchable, sorry for that, for the well
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> > readers under us.
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> > Christina
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> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, "christinaleestemak er"
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> > <christinaleestemak er@> wrote:
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> > > Well yes, I have the book in two languages and as I read the
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> Dutch
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> > > more and more I have the conclusion that masters write well,
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> > because
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> > > they wrote the so called parabrahm in its version with Maya
gives
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> >
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> > > Iswar,the creative principle - a power commonly called God
which
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> >
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> > > disappears and dies with the rest when pralaya comes.
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> >
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> > > And after they call it Adi Buddhi with its periodically
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> manifesting
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> > > Divinity.and that periodically is AStmaBuddhi, so the book is
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> right.
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> >
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> > > After reading in Dutch it shows me the AdiBuddhi WITH.
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> >
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> > > It is not easy to read well I see.So there is no press mistake
in
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> > > this way.
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> > > Here comes the pages from on line edition:
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> > > http://www.theosoci ety.org/pasadena /mahatma/ ml-con.htm
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> > > Letter No. 15
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> > > [Transcribed from a copy in Mr. Sinnett's handwriting.
K.H.'s
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> > > repies are in bold type. -- ED.]
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> > > From K.H. to A.O.H. Received July 10th, 1882.
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> > > (1) Does every mineral form, vegetable, plant, animal, always
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> > contain
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> > > within it that entity which involves the potentiality of
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> > development
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> > > into a planetary spirit? At this present day in this present
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> earth
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> >
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> > is
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> > > there such an essence or spirit or soul -- the name is
immaterial
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> > in
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> > > every mineral, etc.
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> > >
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> > > (1) Invariably; only rather call it the germ of a future
entity,
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> >
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> > > which it has been for ages. Take the human foetus. From the
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> moment
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> > of
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> > > its first planting until it completes its seventh month of
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> >
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> > gestation
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> >
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> > > it repeats in miniature the mineral, vegetable, and animal
cycles
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> > it
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> >
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> > > passed through in its previous encasements, and only during the
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> > last
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> > > two, develops its future human entity. It is completed but
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> towards
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> >
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> > > the child's seventh year. Yet it existed without any increase
or
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> >
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> > > decrease aeons on aeons before it worked its way onward,
through
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> >
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> > and
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> > > in the womb of mother nature as it works now in its earthly
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> > mother's
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> > > bosom. Truly said a learned philosopher who trusts more to his
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> >
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> > > intuitions than the dicta of modern science. "The stages of
man's
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> >
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> > > intra-uterine existence embody a condensed record of some of
the
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> >
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> > > missing pages in Earth's history." Thus you must look back at
the
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> >
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> > > animal, vegetable and mineral entities. You must take each
entity
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> > at
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> >
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> > > its starting point in the manvantaric course as the primordial
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> >
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> > cosmic
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> >
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> > > atom already differentiated by the first flutter of the
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> manvantaric
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> >
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> > > life breath. For the potentiality which develops finally in a
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> >
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> > > perfected planetary spirit lurks in, is in fact that primordial
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> >
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> > > cosmic atom. Drawn by its "chemical affinity" (?) to coalesce
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> with
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> >
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> > > other like atoms the aggregate sum of such united atoms will in
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> > time
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> >
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> > > become a man-bearing globe after the stages of the cloud, the
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> >
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> > spiral
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> >
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> > > and sphere of fire-mist and of the condensation, consolidation,
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> >
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> > > shrinkage and cooling of the planet have been successively
passed
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> > > through. But mind, not every globe becomes a "man bearer." I
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> simply
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> >
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> > > state the fact without dwelling further upon it in this
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> connection.
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> > > The great difficulty in grasping the idea in the above process
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> lies
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> > > in the liability to form more or less incomplete mental
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> conceptions
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> > > of the working of the oneelement, of its inevitable presence in
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> > every
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> >
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> > > imponderable atom, and its subsequent ceaseless and almost
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> > > illimitable multiplication of new centres of activity without
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> >
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> > > affecting in the least its own original quantity. Let us take
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> such
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> > an
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> >
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> > > aggregation of atoms destined to form our globe and then
follow,
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> > > throwing a cursory look at the whole, the special work of such
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> > atoms.
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> >
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> > > We will call the primordial atom A. This being not a
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> circumscribed
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> >
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> > > centre of activity but the initial point of a manwantaric whirl
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> of
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> >
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> > > evolution, gives birth to new centres which we may term B, C,
D,
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> >
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> > > etc., incomputably. Each of these capital points gives birth to
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> > minor
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> >
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> > > centres, a, b, c, etc. And the latter in the course of
evolution
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> > and
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> >
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> > > involution in time develops into A's, B's, C's, etc., and so
form
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> > the
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> > > roots or are the developing causes of new genera, species,
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> classes,
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> > > etc., ad infinitum. Now neither the primordial A and its
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> companion
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> >
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> > > atoms, nor their derived a's, b's, c's, have lost one tittle of
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> > their
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> > > original force or life-essence by the evolution of their
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> >
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> > derivatives.
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> >
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> > > The force there, is not transformed into something else as I
have
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> >
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> > > already shown in my letter, but with each development of a new
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> > centre
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> >
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> > > of activity from withinitself multiplies ad infinitum without
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> ever
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> >
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> > > losing a particle of its nature in quantity or quality. Yet
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> > acquiring
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> > > as it progresses something plus in its differentiation. This
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> > "force"
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> >
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> > > so-called, shows itself truly indestructible but does not
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> correlate
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> > > and is not convertible in the sense accepted by the Fellows of
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> the
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> > > R.S., but rather may be said to grow and expand into "something
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> > else"
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> > > while neither its own potentiality nor being are in the least
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> > > affected by the transformation.
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> > > ***[ is page 88] in the book
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> > > Nor can it well be called force since the latter is but the
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> > > attribute of Yin Sin (Yin Sin or the one "Form of existence"
also
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> > Adi-
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> > > Buddhi or Dharmakaya the mystic, universally diffused essence)
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> when
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> > > manifesting in the phenomenal world of senses namely only your
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> old
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> > > acquaintance Fohat. See in this connexion Subba Row's article
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> > "Aryan
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> > > Arhat Esoteric Doctrines" on the seven-fold principles in man;
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> his
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> > > review of your Fragments, pp. 94 and 95. The initiated Brahmin
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> > calls
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> > > it (Yin Sin and Fohat) Brahman and Sakti when manifesting as
that
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> >
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> > > force. We will perhaps be nearer correct to call it infinite
life
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> > and
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> > > the source of all life visible and invisible, an essence
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> > > inexhaustible ever present, in short Swabhavat. (S. in its
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> > universal
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> > > application, Fohat when manifesting throughout our phenomenal
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> world
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> > > or rather the visible universe hence in its limitations) . It
is
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> > > pravritti when active, nirvritti when passive.
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> > > ***[This is page 89 the part I thought AdiBuddhi was wrong, but
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> > they
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> > > say Adi Buddhi with its periodically and that peridically is
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> > > AtmaBuddhi]
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> > > Call it the Sakti of Parabrahma, if you like, and say with the
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> > > Adwaitees (Subba Row is one) that Parabrahm plus Maya becomes
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> Iswar
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> >
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> > > the creative principle -- a power commonly called God which
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> >
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> > > disappears and dies with the rest when pralaya comes. Or you
may
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> > hold
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> > > with the northern Buddhist philosophers and call it Adi-Buddhi
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> the
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> > > all-pervading supreme and absolute intelligence with its
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> > periodically
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> > > manifesting Divinity -- "Avalokiteshvara" (a manwantaric
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> > intelligent
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> > > nature crowned with humanity) --
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> > > the mystic name given by us to the hosts of the Dyan Chohans
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> > > the solar Dyan Chohans or the host of only our solar system)
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> taken
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> > > collectively, which host represents the mother source, the
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> > aggregate
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> > > amount of all the intelligences that were are or ever will be
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> > > on our string of man-bearing planets or on any part or portion
of
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> > our
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> > > solar system. And this will bring you by analogy to see that in
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> its
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> > > turn Adi-Buddhi (as its very name translated literally implies)
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> is
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> > > the aggregate intelligence of the universal intelligences
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> including
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> > > that of the Dyan Chohans even of the highest order. That is all
I
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> > > dare now to tell you on this special subject, as I fear I have
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> > > already transcended the limit. Therefore whenever I speak of
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> > humanity
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> > > without specifying it you must understand that I mean not
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> humanity
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> >
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> > of
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> > > our fourth round as we see it on this speck of mud in space but
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> the
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> > > whole host already evoluted.
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> > > Yes as described in my letter -- there is but one element and
it
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> is
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> > > impossible to comprehend our system before a correct conception
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> of
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> > it
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> >
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> > > is firmly fixed in one's mind. You must therefore pardon me if
I
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> > > dwell on the subject longer than really seems necessary. But
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> unless
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> > > this great primary fact is firmly grasped the rest will appear
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> > > unintelligible. This element then is the -- to speak
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> metaphysically
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> > > -- one sub-stratum or permanent cause of all manifestations in
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> the
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> > > phenomenal universe. The ancients speak of the five cognizable
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> > > elements of ether, air, water, fire, earth, and of the one
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> > > incognizable element (to the uninitiates) the 6th principle of
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> the
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> >
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> > > universe -- call it Purush Sakti, while to speak of the seventh
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> > > outside the sanctuary was punishable with death. But these five
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> are
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> > > but the differentiated aspects of the one. As man is a seven-
fold
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> > > being so is the universe -- the septenary microcosm being to
the
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> > > septenary macrocosm but as the drop of rainwater is to the
cloud
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> > from
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> > > whence it dropped and whither in the course of time it will
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> return.
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> > > In that one are embraced or included so many tendencies for the
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> > > evolution of air, water, fire, etc. (from the purely abstract
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> down
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> > to
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> >
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> > > their concrete condition) and when those latter are called
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> elements
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> > > it is to indicate their productive potentialities for
numberless
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> > form
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> > > changes or evolution of being. Let us represent the unknown
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> >
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> > quantity
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> > > as X; that quantity is the one eternal immutable principle --
and
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> > A,
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> > > B, C, D, E, five of the six minor principles or components of
the
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> > > same; viz., the principles of earth, water, air, fire and ether
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> >
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> > > (akasa) following the order of their spirituality and beginning
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> > with
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> >
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> > > the lowest. There is a sixth principle answering to the sixth
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> > > principle Buddhi, in man (to avoid confusion remember that in
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> > viewing
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> > > the question from the side of the descending scale the abstract
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> All
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> >
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> > > or eternal principle would be numerically designated as the
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> first,
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> >
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> > > and the phenomenal universe as the seventh, and whether
belonging
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> > to
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> >
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> > > man or to the universe -- viewed from the other side the
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> numerical
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> >
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> > > order would be exactly reversed) but we are not permitted to
name
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> > it
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> >
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> > > except among the initiates. I may however hint that it is
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> connected
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> >
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> > > with the process of the highest intellection. Let us call it N.
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> And
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> >
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> > > besides these, there is under all the activities of the
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> phenomenal
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> >
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> > > universe an energizing impulse from X, call this Y.
Algebraically
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> > > stated, our equation would therefore read A+B+C+D+E+N+ Y=X.
Each
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> of
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> >
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> > > these six letters represents, so to speak, the spirit or
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> >
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> > abstraction
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> >
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> > > of what you call elements (your meagre English gives me no
other
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> >
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> > > word). This spirit controls the entire line of evolution,
around
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> >
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> > the
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> >
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> > > whole manwantaric cycle in its own department. The informing,
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> >
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> > > vivifying, impelling, evolving cause,behind the countless
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> >
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> > phenomenal
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> >
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> > > manifestations in that department of Nature. Let us work out
the
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> >
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> > idea
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> >
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> > > with a single example. Take fire. D -- the primal igneous
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> principle
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> >
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> > > resident in X -- is the ultimate cause of every phenomenal
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> >
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> > > manifestation of fire on all the globes of the chain. The
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> proximate
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> >
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> > > causes are the evoluted secondary igneous agencies which
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> severally
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> >
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> > > control the sevendescents of fire on each planet. (Every
element
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> >
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> > > having its seven principles and every principle its seven sub-
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> >
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> > > principles and these secondary agencies before doing so, have
in
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> >
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> > turn
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> >
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> > > become primary causes.) D is a septenary compound of which the
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> >
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> > > highest fraction is pure spirit. As we see it on our globe it
is
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> in
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> >
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> > > its coarsest, most material condition, as gross in its way as
is
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> >
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> > man
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> >
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> > > in his physical encasement. In the next preceding globe to ours
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> >
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> > fire
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> >
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> > > was less gross than here: on the one before that less still.
And
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> so
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> >
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> > > the body of flame was more and more pure and spiritual less and
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> >
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> > less
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> >
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> > > gross and material on each antecedent planet. On the first of
all
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> >
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> > in
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> >
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> > > the manwantaric chain, it appeared as an almost pure objective
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> >
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> > > shining -- the Maha Buddhi, sixth principle of the eternal
light.
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> >
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> > Our
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> >
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> > > globe being at the bottom of the arc where matter exhibits
itself
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> >
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> > in
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> >
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> > > its grossest form along with spirit -- when the fire element
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> >
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> > > manifests itself on the globe next succeeding ours in the
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> ascending
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> >
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> > > arc it will be less dense than as we see it. Its spiritual
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> quality
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> >
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> > > will be identical with that which fire had on the globe
preceding
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> >
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> > > ours in the descending scale; the second globe of the ascending
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> >
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> > scale
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> >
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> > > will correspond in quality with that of the second anterior
globe
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> >
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> > to
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> >
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> > > ours in the descending scale, etc. On each globe of the chain
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> there
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> >
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> > > are seven manifestations of fire of which the first in order
will
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> >
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> > > compare as to spiritual quality with the last manifestation on
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> the
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> >
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> > > next preceding planet: the process being reversed, as you will
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> >
>
> > infer,
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> >
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> > > with the opposite arc. The myriad specific manifestations of
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> these
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> >
>
> > > six universal elements are in their turn but the offshoots,
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> >
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> > branches
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> >
>
> > > or branchlets of the one single primordial "Tree of Life."
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > Take Darwin's genealogical tree of life of the human race and
>
> >
>
> > others
>
> >
>
> > > and bearing ever in mind the wise old adage, "As below so
above"
>
> --
>
> >
>
> > > that is the universal system of correspondences -- try to
>
> >
>
> > understand
>
> >
>
> > > by analogy. Thus will you see that in this day on this present
>
> >
>
> > earth
>
> >
>
> > > in every mineral, etc., there is such a spirit. I will say
more.
>
> >
>
> > > Every grain of sand, every boulder or crag of granite, is that
>
> >
>
> > spirit
>
> >
>
> > > crystallized or petrified. You hesitate. Take a primer of
geology
>
> >
>
> > and
>
> >
>
> > > see what science affirms there about the formation and growth
of
>
> >
>
> > > minerals. What is the origin of all the rocks, whether
>
> sedimentary
>
> >
>
> > or
>
> >
>
> > > igneous. Take a piece of granite or sandstone and you find one
>
> >
>
> > > composed of crystals, the other of grains of various stones
>
> >
>
> > (organic
>
> >
>
> > > rocks or stones formed out of the remains of once living plants
>
> and
>
> >
>
> > > animals, will not serve our present purpose: they are the
relics
>
> of
>
> >
>
> > > subsequent evolutions while we are concerned but with the
>
> >
>
> > primordial
>
> >
>
> > > ones). Now sedimentary and igneous rocks are composed, the
former
>
> >
>
> > of
>
> >
>
> > > sand gravel and mud, the latter of lava. We have then but to
>
> trace
>
> >
>
> > > the origin of the two. What do we find? We find that one was
>
> >
>
> > > compounded of three elements or more accurately three several
>
> >
>
> > > manifestations of the one element, -- earth, water and fire,
and
>
> >
>
> > that
>
> >
>
> > > the other was similarly compounded (though under different
>
> physical
>
> >
>
> > > conditions) out of cosmic matter -- the imaginary materia prima
>
> >
>
> > > itself one of the manifestations (6th principle) of the one
>
> >
>
> > element.
>
> >
>
> > > How then can we doubt that a mineral contains in it a spark of
>
> the
>
> >
>
> > > One as everything else in this objective nature does?
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > (2) When the pralaya commences what becomes of the Spirit that
>
> has
>
> >
>
> > > not worked its way up to man?
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > (2) . . . The period necessary for the completion of the seven
>
> >
>
> > local
>
> >
>
> > > or earthly -- or shall we call it -- globe-rings (not to speak
of
>
> >
>
> > the
>
> >
>
> > > seven Rounds in the minor manwantaras followed by their seven
>
> minor
>
> >
>
> > > pralayas) -- the completion of the so-called mineral cycle is
>
> >
>
> > > immeasurably longer than that of any other kingdom. As you may
>
> >
>
> > infer
>
> >
>
> > > by analogy every globe before it reaches its adult period, has
to
>
> >
>
> > > pass through a formation period -- also septenary. Law in
Nature
>
> is
>
> >
>
> > > uniform and the conception, formation, birth, progress and
>
> >
>
> > > development of the child differs from those of the globe only
in
>
> >
>
> > > magnitude. The globe has two periods of teething and of
>
> capillature
>
> >
>
> > > -- its first rocks which it also sheds to make room for new --
>
> and
>
> >
>
> > > its ferns and mosses before it gets forest. As the atoms in the
>
> >
>
> > body
>
> >
>
> > > change [every] seven years so does the globe renew its strata
>
> every
>
> >
>
> > > seven cycles. A section of a part of Cape Breton coalfields
shows
>
> >
>
> > > seven ancient soils with remains of as many forests, and could
>
> one
>
> >
>
> > > dig as deep once more seven other sections would be found
>
> >
>
> > > following. . . .
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > There are three kinds of pralayas and manwantara: --
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > 1. The universal or Maha pralaya and manwantara.
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > 2. The solar pralaya and manwantara.
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > 3. The minor pralaya and manwantara.
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > When the pralaya No. 1 is finished the universal manwantara
>
> begins.
>
> >
>
> > > Then the whole universe must be re-evoluted de novo. When the
>
> >
>
> > pralaya
>
> >
>
> > > of a solar system comes it affects that solar system only. A
>
> solar
>
> >
>
> > > pralaya = 7 minor pralayas. The minor pralayas of No. 3 concern
>
> but
>
> >
>
> > > our little string of globes, whether man-bearing or not. To
such
>
> a
>
> >
>
> > > string our Earth belongs.
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > Besides this within a minor pralaya there is a condition of
>
> >
>
> > planetary
>
> >
>
> > > rest or as the astronomers say "death," like that of our
present
>
> >
>
> > moon
>
> >
>
> > > -- in which the rocky body of the planet survives but the life
>
> >
>
> > > impulse has passed out. For example. Let us imagine that our
>
> earth
>
> >
>
> > is
>
> >
>
> > > one of a group of seven planets or man-bearing worlds more or
>
> less
>
> >
>
> > > eliptically arranged. Our earth being at the exact lower
central
>
> >
>
> > > point of the orbit of evolution, viz., half way round -- we
will
>
> >
>
> > call
>
> >
>
> > > the first globe A, the last Z. After each solar pralaya there
is
>
> a
>
> >
>
> > > complete destruction of our system and after each solar p.
begins
>
> >
>
> > the
>
> >
>
> > > absolute objective reformation of our system and each time
>
> >
>
> > everything
>
> >
>
> > > is more perfect than before.
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > Now the life impulse reaches "A" or rather that which is
destined
>
> >
>
> > to
>
> >
>
> > > become "A" and which so far is but cosmic dust. A centre is
>
> formed
>
> >
>
> > in
>
> >
>
> > > the nebulous matter of the condensation of the solar dust
>
> >
>
> > > disseminated through space and a series of three evolutions
>
> >
>
> > invisible
>
> >
>
> > > to the eye of flesh occur in succession, viz., three kingdoms
of
>
> >
>
> > > elementals or nature forces are evoluted: in other words the
>
> animal
>
> >
>
> > > soul of the future globe is formed; or as a Kabalist will
express
>
> >
>
> > it,
>
> >
>
> > > the gnomes, the salamanders, and the undines are created. The
>
> >
>
> > > correspondence between a mother-globe and her child-man may be
>
> thus
>
> >
>
> > > worked out. Both have their seven principles. In the Globe, the
>
> >
>
> > > elementals (of which there are in all seven species) form (a) a
>
> >
>
> > gross
>
> >
>
> > > body, (b) her fluidic double (linga sariram), (c) her life
>
> >
>
> > principle
>
> >
>
> > > (jiva); (d) her fourth principle kama rupa is formed by her
>
> >
>
> > creative
>
> >
>
> > > impulse working from centre to circumference; (e) her fifth
>
> >
>
> > principle
>
> >
>
> > > (animal soul or Manas, physical intelligence) is embodied in
the
>
> >
>
> > > vegetable (in germ) and animal kingdoms; (f) her sixth
principle
>
> >
>
> > (or
>
> >
>
> > > spiritual soul, Buddhi) is man (g) and her seventh principle
>
> (atma)
>
> >
>
> > > is in a film of spiritualized akasa that surrounds her. The
three
>
> >
>
> > > evolutions completed: palpable globe begins to form. The
mineral
>
> >
>
> > > kingdom fourth in the whole series, but first in this stage
leads
>
> >
>
> > the
>
> >
>
> > > way. Its deposits are at first vaporous soft and plastic, only
>
> >
>
> > > becoming hard and concrete in the seventh ring. When this ring
is
>
> >
>
> > > completed it projects its essence to globe B -- which is
already
>
> >
>
> > > passing through the preliminary stages of formation and mineral
>
> >
>
> > > evolution begins on that globe. At this juncture the evolution
of
>
> >
>
> > the
>
> >
>
> > > vegetable kingdom commences on globe A. When the latter has
made
>
> >
>
> > its
>
> >
>
> > > seventh ring its essence passes on to globe B. At that time the
>
> >
>
> > > mineral essence moves to globe C and the germs of the animal
>
> >
>
> > kingdom
>
> >
>
> > > enter A. When the animal has seven rings there, its life
>
> principle
>
> >
>
> > > goes to globe B, and the essences of vegetable and mineral move
>
> on.
>
> >
>
> > > Then comes man on A, an ethereal foreshadowing of the compact
>
> being
>
> >
>
> > > he is destined to become on our earth. Evolving seven parent
>
> races
>
> >
>
> > > with many offshoots of sub-races, he, like the preceding
kingdoms
>
> >
>
> > > completes his seven rings and is then transferred successively
to
>
> >
>
> > > each of the globes onward to Z. From the first man has all the
>
> >
>
> > seven
>
> >
>
> > > principles included in him in germ but none are developed. If
we
>
> >
>
> > > compare him to a baby we will be right; no one has ever, in the
>
> >
>
> > > thousands of ghost stories current, seen the ghost of an
infant,
>
> >
>
> > > though the imagination of a loving mother may have suggested to
>
> her
>
> >
>
> > > the picture of her lost babe in dreams. And this is very
>
> >
>
> > suggestive.
>
> >
>
> > > In each of the rounds he makes one of the principles develop
>
> fully.
>
> >
>
> > > In the first round his consciousness on our earth is dull and
but
>
> >
>
> > > feeble and shadowy, something like that of an infant. When he
>
> >
>
> > reaches
>
> >
>
> > > our earth in the second round he has become responsible in a
>
> >
>
> > degree,
>
> >
>
> > > in the third he becomes so entirely. At every stage and every
>
> round
>
> >
>
> > > his development keeps pace, with the globe on which he is. The
>
> >
>
> > > descending arc from A to our earth is called the shadowy, the
>
> >
>
> > > ascending to Z the "luminous" . . . We men of the fourth round
>
> are
>
> >
>
> > > already reaching the latter half of the fifth race of our
fourth
>
> >
>
> > > round humanity, while the men (the few earlier comers) of the
>
> fifth
>
> >
>
> > > round, though only in their first race (or rather class), are
yet
>
> >
>
> > > immeasurably higher than we are -- spiritually if not
>
> >
>
> > intellectually;
>
> >
>
> > > since with the completion or full development of this fifth
>
> >
>
> > principle
>
> >
>
> > > (intellectual soul) they have come nearer than we have, are
>
> closer
>
> >
>
> > in
>
> >
>
> > > contact with their sixth principle Buddhi. Of course many are
the
>
> >
>
> > > differentiated individuals even in the fourth r. as germs of
>
> >
>
> > > principles are not equally developed in all, but such is the
rule.
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > . . . Man comes on globe "A" after the other kingdoms have gone
>
> on.
>
> >
>
> > > (Dividing our kingdoms into seven, the last four are what
>
> exoteric
>
> >
>
> > > science divides into three. To this we add the kingdom of man
or
>
> >
>
> > the
>
> >
>
> > > Deva kingdom. The respective entities of these we divide into
>
> >
>
> > > germinal, instinctive, semi-conscious, and fully
>
> conscious). . . .
>
> >
>
> > > When all kingdoms have reached globe Z they will not move
forward
>
> >
>
> > to
>
> >
>
> > > re-enter A in precedence of man, but under a law of retardation
>
> >
>
> > > operative from the central point -- or earth -- to Z and which
>
> >
>
> > > equilibrates a principle of acceleration in the descending arc
--
>
> >
>
> > > they will have just finished their respective evolution of
genera
>
> >
>
> > and
>
> >
>
> > > species, when man reaches his highest development on globe Z --
>
> in
>
> >
>
> > > this or any round. The reason for it is found in the enormously
>
> >
>
> > > greater time required by them to develop their infinite
varieties
>
> >
>
> > as
>
> >
>
> > > compared with man; the relative speed of development in the
rings
>
> >
>
> > > therefore naturally increases as we go up the scale from the
>
> >
>
> > mineral.
>
> >
>
> > > But these different rates are so adjusted by man stopping
longer
>
> in
>
> >
>
> > > the inter-planetary spheres of rest, for weal or woe -- that
all
>
> >
>
> > > kingdoms finish their work simultaneously on the planet Z. For
>
> >
>
> > > example, on our globe we see the equilibrating law manifesting.
>
> >
>
> > From
>
> >
>
> > > the first appearance of man whether speechless or not to his
>
> >
>
> > present
>
> >
>
> > > one as a fourth and the coming fifth round being the structural
>
> >
>
> > > intention of his organization has not radically changed.
>
> >
>
> > Ethnological
>
> >
>
> > > characteristics however varied, affecting in no way man as a
>
> human
>
> >
>
> > > being. The fossil of man or his skeleton whether of the period
of
>
> >
>
> > > that mammalian branch of which he forms the crown, whether
cyclop
>
> >
>
> > or
>
> >
>
> > > dwarf can be still recognised at a glance as a relic of man.
>
> Plants
>
> >
>
> > > and animals meanwhile have become more and more unlike what
they
>
> >
>
> > > were. . . . The scheme with its septenary details would be
>
> >
>
> > > incomprehensible to man had he not the power as the higher
Adepts
>
> >
>
> > > have proved of prematurely developing his 6th and 7th senses --
>
> >
>
> > those
>
> >
>
> > > which will be the natural endowment of all in the corresponding
>
> >
>
> > > rounds. Our Lord Buddha -- a 6th r. man -- would not have
>
> appeared
>
> >
>
> > in
>
> >
>
> > > our epoch, great as were his accumulated merits in previous
>
> >
>
> > rebirths
>
> >
>
> > > but for a mystery. . . . Individuals cannot outstrip the
humanity
>
> >
>
> > of
>
> >
>
> > > their round any further than by one remove, for it is
>
> >
>
> > mathematically
>
> >
>
> > > impossible -- you say (in effect): if the fountain of life
flows
>
> >
>
> > > ceaselessly there should be men of all rounds on the earth at
all
>
> >
>
> > > times, etc. The hint about planetary rest may dispel the
>
> >
>
> > > misconception on this head.
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > When man is perfected qua a given round on Globe A he
disappears
>
> >
>
> > > thence (as had certain vegetables and animals). By degrees this
>
> >
>
> > Globe
>
> >
>
> > > loses its vitality and finally reaches the moon stage, i.e.,
>
> death,
>
> >
>
> > > and so remains while man is making his seven rings on Z and
>
> passing
>
> >
>
> > > his inter-cyclic period before starting on his next round. So
>
> with
>
> >
>
> > > each Globe in turn.
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > And now as man when completing his seventh ring upon A has but
>
> >
>
> > begun
>
> >
>
> > > his first on Z and as A dies when he leaves it for B, etc., and
>
> as
>
> >
>
> > he
>
> >
>
> > > must also remain in the inter-cyclic sphere after Z, as he has
>
> >
>
> > > between every two planets, until the impulse again thrills the
>
> >
>
> > chain,
>
> >
>
> > > clearly no one can be more than one round ahead of his kind.
And
>
> >
>
> > > Buddha only forms an exception by virtue of the mystery. We
have
>
> >
>
> > > fifth round men among us because we are in the latter half of
our
>
> >
>
> > > septenary earth ring. In the first half this could not have
>
> >
>
> > happened.
>
> >
>
> > > The countless myriads of our fourth round humanity who have
>
> outrun
>
> >
>
> > us
>
> >
>
> > > and completed their seven rings on Z, have had time to pass
their
>
> >
>
> > > inter-cyclic period begin their new round and work on to globe
D
>
> >
>
> > > (ours). But how can there be men of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th and
>
> 7th
>
> >
>
> > > rounds? We represent the first three and the sixth can only
come
>
> at
>
> >
>
> > > rare intervals and prematurely like Buddhas (only under
prepared
>
> >
>
> > > conditions) and that the last-named the seventh are not yet
>
> >
>
> > evolved!
>
> >
>
> > > We have traced man out of a round into the Nirvanic state
between
>
> Z
>
> >
>
> > > and A. A was left in the last round dead. As the new round
begins
>
> >
>
> > it
>
> >
>
> > > catches the new influx of life, reawakens to vitality and
begets
>
> >
>
> > all
>
> >
>
> > > its kingdoms of a superior order to the last. After this has
been
>
> >
>
> > > repeated seven times comes a minor pralaya; the chain of globes
>
> are
>
> >
>
> > > not destroyed by disintegration and dispersion of their
particles
>
> >
>
> > but
>
> >
>
> > > pass in abscondito. From this they will re-emerge in their turn
>
> >
>
> > > during the next septenary period. Within one solar period (of a
>
> p.
>
> >
>
> > > and m.) occur seven such minor periods, in an ascending scale
of
>
> >
>
> > > progressive development. To recapitulate there are in the round
>
> >
>
> > seven
>
> >
>
> > > planetary or earth rings for each kingdom and one obscuration
of
>
> >
>
> > each
>
> >
>
> > > planet. The minor manwantara is composed of seven rounds, 49
>
> rings
>
> >
>
> > > and 7 obscurations, the solar period of 49 rounds, etc.
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > The periods with pralaya and manwantara are called by Dikshita
>
> >
>
> > "Surya
>
> >
>
> > > manwantaras and pralayas." Thought is baffled in speculating
how
>
> >
>
> > many
>
> >
>
> > > of our solar pralayas must come before the great Cosmic night
--
>
> >
>
> > but
>
> >
>
> > > that will come.
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > . . . In the minor pralayas there is no starting de novo --
only
>
> >
>
> > > resumption of arrested activity. The vegetable and animal
>
> kingdoms
>
> >
>
> > > which at the end of the minor manwantara had reached only a
>
> partial
>
> >
>
> > > development are not destroyed. Their life or vital entities,
call
>
> >
>
> > > some of them nati if you will -- find also their corresponding
>
> >
>
> > night
>
> >
>
> > > and rest -- they also have a Nirvana of their own. And why
should
>
> >
>
> > > they not, these foetal and infant entities. They are all like
>
> >
>
> > > ourselves begotten of the one element. . . . As we have our
Dyan
>
> >
>
> > > Chohans so have they in their several kingdoms elemental
>
> guardians
>
> >
>
> > > and are as well taken care of in the mass as is humanity in the
>
> >
>
> > mass.
>
> >
>
> > > The one element not only fills space and isspace, but
>
> >
>
> > interpenetrates
>
> >
>
> > > every atom of cosmic matter.
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > When strikes the hour of the solar pralaya -- though the
process
>
> of
>
> >
>
> > > man's advance on his last seventh round is precisely the same,
>
> each
>
> >
>
> > > planet instead of merely passing out of the visible into the
>
> >
>
> > > invisible as he quits it in turn is annihilated. With the
>
> beginning
>
> >
>
> > > of the seventh Round of the seventh minor manwantara, every
>
> kingdom
>
> >
>
> > > having now reached its last cycle, there remains on each planet
>
> >
>
> > after
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> >
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> > > the exit of man but the maya of once living and existing forms.
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> >
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> > With
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> >
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> > > every step he takes on the descending and ascending arcs as he
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> >
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> > moves
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> >
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> > > on from Globe to Globe the planet left behind becomes an empty
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> >
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> > > chrysaloidal case. At his departure there is an outflow from
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> every
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> >
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> > > kingdom of its entities. Waiting to pass into higher forms in
due
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> >
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> > > time they are nevertheless liberated: for to the day of that
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> >
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> > > evolution they will rest in their lethargic sleep in space
until
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> >
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> > > again energized into life in the new solar manwantara. The old
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> >
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> > > elementals -- will rest until they are called to become in
their
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> >
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> > turn
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> >
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> > > the bodies of mineral, vegetable and animal entities (on
another
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> >
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> > and
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> >
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> > > a higher string of globes) on their way to become human
entities
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> >
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> > (see
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> > > Isis) while the germinal entities of the lowest forms, and in
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> that
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> >
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> > > time of general perfection there will remain but few of such --
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> >
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> > will
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> >
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> > > hang in space like drops of water suddenly turned to icicles.
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> They
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> >
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> > > will thaw at the first hot breath of a solar manwantara and
form
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> >
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> > the
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> >
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> > > soul of the future globes. . . . The slow development of the
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> >
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> > > vegetable kingdom provided for by the longer inter-planetary
rest
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> >
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> > of
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> >
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> > > man. . . . When the solar pralaya comes the whole purified
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> humanity
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> >
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> > > merges into Nirvana and from that inter-solar Nirvana will be
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> >
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> > reborn
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> >
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> > > in higher systems. The string of worlds is destroyed and
vanishes
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> >
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> > > like a shadow from the wall in the extinguishment of light. We
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> have
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> >
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> > > every indication that at this very moment such a solar pralaya
is
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> >
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> > > taking place while there are two minor ones ending somewhere.
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > At the beginning of the solar manwantara the hitherto
subjective
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> >
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> > > elements of the material world now scattered in cosmic dust --
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> >
>
> > > receiving their impulse from the new Dyan Chohans of the new
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> solar
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> >
>
> > > system (the highest of the old ones having gone higher) -- will
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> >
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> > form
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> >
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> > > into primordial ripples of life and separating into
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> differentiating
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> >
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> > > centres of activity combine in a graduated scale of seven
stages
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> of
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> >
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> > > evolution. Like every other orb of space our Earth has before
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> >
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> > > obtaining its ultimate materiality -- and nothing now in this
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> world
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> >
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> > > can give you an idea of what this state of matter is -- to pass
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> >
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> > > through a gamut of seven stages of density. I say gamut
advisedly
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> >
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> > > since the diatonic scale best affords an illustration of the
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> >
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> > > perpetual rythmic motion of the descending and ascending cycle
of
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> >
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> > > Swabhavat -- graduated as it is by tones and semi-tones.
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > You have among the learned members of your society one
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> Theosophist
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> >
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> > > who without familiarity with our occult doctrine, has yet
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> >
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> > intuitively
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> >
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> > > grasped from scientific data the idea of a solar pralaya and
its
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> >
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> > > manwantara in their beginnings. I mean the celebrated French
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> >
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> > > astronomer Flammarion -- "La Resurrection et la Fin des
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> >
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> > > Mondes" (Chapter 4 res.). He speaks like a true seer. The facts
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> are
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> >
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> > > as he surmises with slight modifications. In consequence of the
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> >
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> > > secular refrigeration (old age rather and loss of vital power),
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> >
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> > > solidification and desiccation of the globes, the earth arrives
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> at
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> >
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> > a
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> >
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> > > point when it begins to be a relaxed conglomerate. The period
of
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> >
>
> > > child-bearing is gone by. The progeny are all nurtured, its
term
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> of
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> >
>
> > > life is finished. Hence "its constituent masses cease to obey
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> those
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> >
>
> > > laws of cohesion and aggregation which held them together." And
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> >
>
> > > becoming like a cadaver which abandoned to the work of
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> destruction
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> >
>
> > > would leave each molecule composing it free to separate itself
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> from
>
> >
>
> > > the body for ever to obey in future the sway of new influences.
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> The
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> >
>
> > > attraction of the moon (would that he could know the full
extent
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> of
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> >
>
> > > its pernicious influence) would itself undertake the task of
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> >
>
> > > demolition by producing a tidal wave of earth particles instead
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> of
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> >
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> > an
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> >
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> > > aqueous tide.
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > His mistake is that he believes a long time must be devoted to
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> the
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> >
>
> > > ruin of the solar system: we are told that it occurs in the
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> >
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> > twinkling
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> >
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> > > of an eye but not without many preliminary warnings. Another
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> error
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> >
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> > is
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> >
>
> > > the supposition that the earth will fall into the sun. The sun
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> >
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> > itself
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> >
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> > > is first to disintegrate at the solar pralaya.
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> >
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> > >
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> >
>
> > > . . . Fathom the nature and essence of the sixth principle of
the
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> >
>
> > > universe and man and you will have fathomed the greatest
mystery
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> in
>
> >
>
> > > this our world -- and why not -- are you not surrounded by it?
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> What
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> >
>
> > > are its familiar manifestations, mesmerism, Od force, etc. --
all
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> >
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> > > different aspects of one force capable of good and evil
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> >
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> > applications.
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> >
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> > >
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> >
>
> > > The degrees of an Adept's initiation mark the seven stages at
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> which
>
> >
>
> > > he discovers the secret of the sevenfold principles in nature
and
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> >
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> > man
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> >
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> > > and awakens his dormant powers.
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > End of letter 15
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> >
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> > > Christina
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> >
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> > >
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> > >
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> >
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> > > --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, "Morten Nymann Olesen"
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> > > > Dear Christina
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> > > > My views are:
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> > > > I am not in possesion of this book and others are not.
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> >
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> > > > Are you able to make quotes from the relevant passages from
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> > > online version?
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