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| A Treatise on Cosmic Fire - Section Two - Division C - The Egoic Ray and Solar Fire |
| Only when the soul aspect is studied by the
psychologist in its threefold essential nature will the mystery of consciousness become
apparent, and the nature of the three magnetic groups, in their various subdivisions with
their consequent effectual radiation become a factor in the public life. This concerns
itself with the definite development of the psyche under law, with the scientific
expansion of the consciousness, and will eventually bring about conditions wherein the
work, preliminary to the first initiation, will be purely exoteric, and no longer [525]
part of an esoteric process. In due course of time, it will be found that the self-induced
efforts whereby a man consciously prepares his centers for the application of the Rod of
Initiation at the first Initiation, will be the subject of books, and of lectures, and
form part of the ordinary thought of the masses. This again will eventuate in a cleavage
between the two groups in the middle of the fifth round. It must be remembered that this
cleavage will be part of a natural process, and not a drastic ruling, imposed upon an
unwilling people. The KNOWERS and the students of the Knowledge - actuated by group
consciousness, and working consciously - will separate themselves in group formation
from those who know not, and from those who care not. This cleavage will be
self-induced, and a natural outgrowth of the group life; it will in itself be of a
temporary nature for the fundamental aim in view will be the bringing about of an eventual
closer merging; it will mark primarily the line of demarcation between the lower four Rays
of consciousness, and the higher three. It is also a mystery hid in the relationship
between the four exoteric Kumaras (S. D., I, 116, 493; II, 112, 149.) and the esoteric
three, and from the point of view of man separates those who are developing the
consciousness of the Triad from those who as yet are living the life of the Quaternary. It
concerns those who respond to the solar Lords, distinguishing them from those who
recognize as yet only the control of the lunar Lords. In terms of Fire: those who warm
themselves by means of fire by friction and respond not to the heat of solar fire remain
within the cavern, thus living in the dark; whilst those whose being is irradiated by the
Sun of Wisdom, and who bask in the rays of solar heat dwell in the light, and enjoy an
ever increasing freedom, and vital existence. The true significance of the three aspects of Spirit is only becoming apparent to the initiate of high degree, [526] and cannot be expressed in words, nor comprehended by man before he has passed out of the human kingdom into the spiritual. Therefore, it is needless for us to pause here to consider it at greater length. We might sum up the matter in terms of the Old Commentary from which source H.P.B. quoted so often:
We can now resume our consideration of the mystery of the mental unit, and note wherein it differs from the other permanent atoms; we might then briefly summarize a mass of esoteric information anent the permanent atoms, which will suffice for many years to come as the basis of investigation for occult students. The permanent atoms, and their internal economy, will remain a mystery for a long time, and only a few general indications can here be given. The fundamental difference between the mental unit and the other two atoms consists in the fact that it contains only four spirillae instead of seven. This is brought about by the very facts of evolution itself, for the mental unit is the first aspect of the personality triad, or of man functioning in the human kingdom on the three lower planes. At his transference into the spiritual kingdom, these three aspects - the mental body, the astral body, and the physical body - are synthesized into the higher by a dual process:
A permanent atom is the positive nucleus or germ substance to the sheath wherein it is found. It is that which is the basis of form-building, and it is literally a vibrant point of force, emanating from the second aspect of the Monad, which aggregates to itself, and subsequently builds into form, the negative or third aspect. But it must here be remembered that this second aspect is itself dual, and that in considering the permanent atoms we are dealing with the feminine aspect of the second Person. The spirillae therefore are but streams of force, or second aspect vitality which circulates geometrically within the circumscribing wall of substance, composed of third aspect force or substance. What has been said of objectivity, or of the cosmic atom can be equally well predicated of the permanent atom of man the microcosm: "The primordial ray is the vehicle of the divine Ray." (S. D., I, 108.) Negative force forms a receptacle for positive force. Atoms are but force centers, and the centers as we know of them are but aggregates of force points which have reached a specific point in evolution, and are responding to the first great aspect in some degree, or to electric fire. This sentence, is one to be seriously pondered, for it holds hid much information for the student, and when duly comprehended will result in the light of knowledge being shed upon the problems of manifestation. It concerns the secret of the position of the different kingdoms of nature within the logoic body, and their place and part, for all depends upon the type of force which animates, upon the interplay of that force in substance, upon the dual, triple, or united aspect of force, and upon its septenary demonstration in form-building. |
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