c. A Prophecy We might now, prior to
continuing with our subject, name the different chains of the Earth scheme. We must bear
carefully in mind the fact that these are simply names, affixed to the chains and globes
for the sake of clarity. As this subject is more widely studied it will inevitably be
found advisable to call the chains by their numbers, and to drop the names as at present
used:
- Neptune.
- Venus.
- Saturn.
- Earth.
- Mercury.
- Mars.
- Jupiter.
It is
necessary here to take the opportunity to sound a note of warning to students in
connection with the charts which have been inserted in the Treatise.
They depict only one cycle in logoic evolution, and cover only the present greater
period in the working out of which we are engaged. They might be roughly described as
embracing that period in the system which began for us in the middle of the third
root-race of this round and continues until the period called "the Judgment"
[390] in the coming fifth round. When that time comes our planetary Logos will have
attained the initiation which is His present goal; the fifth round of the Venusian scheme
will be closing, and the Venus scheme will begin to pass into obscuration, preparatory to
transferring her life to the synthesizing planet with which she is connected; Mercury will
be reaching the apotheosis of achievement, and with Mars and the Earth, will form a
systemic triangle. We are speaking here of schemes, and not of chains.
We must
recognize another triangle within the Earth scheme, of the chains called "the Earth
chain," the Venus chain, and the Mercurian chain, but this triangle entirely concerns
the centers of the planetary Logos of our scheme. A systemic formation of great importance
in the next round should be pointed out which will bring three schemes:
- The Earth scheme,
- Mars,
- Mercury,
into such a position in relation to each other that the following results will
eventuate:
- A systemic triangle will be formed.
- Logoic kundalini will circulate freely between these three points.
- A certain great logoic center will be vitalized and the attention of logoic kundalini
will pass from the present triangle in process of forming (the Earth, Venus, and a scheme
whose name it is advisable to withhold) to the other.
- An entirely new group of human beings will sweep into incarnation in our Earth scheme.
Three fifths of the present humanity, being on the Probationary Path, or the Path of
Initiation, at that time, will have their center of consciousness definitely on the mental
plane, [391] whilst two fifths will remain focused on the astral. There two fifths will
pass into temporary pralaya, preparatory to their transference to another scheme, as the
Earth scheme will no longer provide for them an adequate place of nurture.
Entities
will come in from Mars to the Earth scheme, and will there find their necessary field of
endeavor.
Mercurian
life will begin to synthesize, and to be transferred to its synthesizing planet. In the
case of Mercury this synthesizing planet is not Saturn, but one of the other two higher
major centers.
The
"Judgment Day" in the fifth round, or the point of attainment of our Heavenly
Man, will see a period of planetary strife on mental levels which will cause the present
world unrest to seem as nothing. As pointed out earlier, this present struggle has been to
test the ability of the entities within the present human forms to appreciate their mental
forces, and through the power of MIND to transcend feeling, or pain. The struggle in the
fifth round will be between higher and lower mind, and the battle ground will be the
causal body. 38 [392] The struggle now being waged on the planet is between a
few Egos (or the leaders of the many races who are necessarily in place and position owing
to their egoic polarization) and many personalities, who are swept into the vortex through
group association; it is necessarily terrific, and forces the destruction of the form. The
struggle in the fifth round, being on mental levels, will be between Egos and egoic
groups, each working consciously, and with intellectual application, to bring about
certain group results. It will result in the triumph (the ultimate triumph) of Spirit over
matter, in the driving out of certain groups as yet unable to shake themselves free from
the trammels of matter, and who prefer captivity to the life of the Spirit; it will mark
the beginning of the obscuration of our scheme, and the gradual passing into pralaya,
during the remaining two and a half rounds of our entire seven chains. It is an
interesting occult fact that our Earth should now be in her fifth round, and paralleling
the Venusian scheme, but the moon chain of our scheme saw a period of temporary
retardation of the evolutionary process of our Heavenly Man; it resulted in a temporary
slowing down of His activities, and caused "lost time," if such an expression
might reverently be permitted. The Lords of the Dark Face, or the inherent forces of
matter for a time achieved success, and only the fifth round of our chain will see their
ultimate defeat. The Venusian scheme also had its battleground, but the planetary Logos of
that scheme overcame the antagonistic forces, triumphed over material forms, and was
consequently in a position - when the right time came - to apply the needed stimulation or
an [393] increased fiery vibration to our Earth scheme. The fact that outside aid was
called in during the third root-race of this chain, and that the evolution of manas
brought about the individualization, in physical form, of the Avatar, needs to be pondered
on. The Divine Manasaputra, the Lord of the World, took form Himself through the driving
impulse of manas, inherent in His nature, and in some mysterious way this was aided by
another Heavenly Man of another scheme. His cooperation was required.
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The Causal Body. "This influence or force, or result, or whatever it may be
called, of the antecedent actions of man, forms as it were a seed, from which germinates
the plant, yielding good or bad fruit, to be eaten by him during his subsequent existence.
(Vishnu Purana I. XIX, 5). This seed is technically called the Karana Sarira, the causal
body (Paingala Upanishad II), as it is the cause of man's enjoyment or suffering. This
Karana Sarira is composed of the fifth Kosa (Anandamaya) of man and adheres to the soul so
long as the soul remains enveloped in the gross or subtle body (Sthula or Sukshma Sarira);
and vanishes entirely when the soul extricates itself from the trammels of the said two
bodies; for then, the soul attains its primeval purity, and burns up as it were every
trace of its combination with the body, including this causal body (Karana Sarira). This
happens when the soul is prepared for final emancipation, Moksha. Till then, of course,
the Karana Sarira, the seed, the result of prior actions, remains effective, and asserts a
strong controlling influence over man's actions."
- The Theosophist, Vol. VII, III, p. 59.
"An
ordinary person will by Vasana (Aroma or smell) repeat (In Jagra, the waking state) the
old story dreamt in a dream that has passed way. So also will he, who, investigating the
true nature of the self has attained to real knowledge, express himself and still will
never become Chidabhasa (chidabhasa is the reflection of atma in the Karana Sarira, which
is the vehicle of ignorance). He who has become a celestial being will nevertheless be
called 'man' till the causal body that has already died (by the birth of Pragna, or
wisdom) is completely consumed by the predominant fire of wisdom."
- Kaivalyanavanita, Part II, 31.
"By the rarest fire of True Wisdom the body of avidya (i.e. the causal body) will
be reduced to ashes."
- Kaivalyanavanita, Part I, 98. Copied from The Theosophist, Vol. VIII. |