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A Treatise on Cosmic Fire - Section Two - Division C - The Egoic Ray and Solar Fire
Every atom is a focal point of force, the force of substance itself, the life or vitality of the third aspect, the [528] life of that cosmic Entity Who is to the Logos the negative aspect of electricity.

Every form 73 and aggregate of atoms, is simply a force center produced by the action of positive force and its interaction with negative energy. It is the vitality of the second aspect working in conjunction with the third, and producing - in time and space - that illusion or maya which temporarily blazes forth, and attracts attention, creating the impression that matter is a concrete something. There is no such thing as concretion in reality; [529] there is only force of different kinds, and the effect produced on consciousness by their interplay.

Back of all forms and of all substances (as yet but little contacted and realized) lies a third type of force, which utilizes these two other factors to produce eventual harmony, and which is itself on its own plane the sumtotal of the second. It can be called:

  1. The one synthesizing Life.
  2. Electric fire.
  3. The point of equilibrium.
  4. Unity or harmony.
  5. Pure Spirit.
  6. Dynamic Will.
  7. Existence.

It is a Force, working through a dual manifestation of differentiated force, through the energy of matter, the coherency of forms, through force centers, and force points. It is FOHAT in triple demonstration, of which the final or third is as yet unknown and inconceivable.

This brings me to the consideration of the fact earlier stated that the mental unit possesses but four of the streams of force. Each of the streams of force in the permanent atoms vibrates to the note of a particular subplane, and serves as the medium for the vitalization of the matter of the subplane, which is built into any particular body around a permanent atom. It is the force of the Heavenly Man as it animates the cells of His form, and holds them as a coherent unity. Here it must be remembered that, from the point of view of the microcosm, the aspect of pure Spirit or of Electric Fire remains in this solar system as an abstraction. A man can attain group consciousness; he can vibrate to the note of the Heavenly Man in Whose body he is a cell; he can demonstrate in relative perfection fire by friction and solar fire, but it remains for a later mahamanvantara to reveal [530] the true nature of Spirit. Therefore in man, functioning in the human family, this fact is apparent and the correspondence to be seen. Until he passes out of the three worlds, and until he becomes a Master of the Wisdom, he has this truth concealed in these three aspects. The mental is not a septenary permanent atom, but only responds to four types of force, and not to the entire range of vibrations. Herein lies a reason for tolerance. Until a man is coming consciously under the control of the Ego and is beginning to sense the vibration of the manasic permanent atom, it is useless to expect him to respond to certain ideals, or to grasp certain aspects of truth. The mental unit suffices for his need, and no bridge exists between it and the manasic permanent atom.

Two and a half planes are concerned with the evolution of man, per se, in the fourth kingdom, and he only begins to transcend them as he nears the Path and treads it. From the standpoint of average man in physical incarnation, the egoic consciousness, within the causal periphery, is as abstract as is the Logos viewed as the Dweller within the system. These two and a half planes are of peculiar interest to the Logos, as they embody:

  • That which, for Him, lies below the threshold of consciousness.
  • Those centers from which logoic kundalini is turning.
  • That which is not considered a principle.
  • That which is gradually passing into obscuration.

It is impossible to enlarge further upon this mystery.

73 Forms.

  1. Divine ideation passes from the abstract to the concrete or visible form.
    1. The objective is an emanation of the subjective. - S. D., I, 407.
    2. Impulse is spirit energy causing objectivity. - S. D., I, 349; S. D., I, 683.
    3. The Logos renders objective a concealed thought. - S. D., II, 28.
  2. Three things required before any form of energy can become objective - S. D., I, 89.
    1. Privation - Separation. Initial impulse. Energy. Will.
    2. Form - Quality or shape. Nature. Love.
    3. Matter - Objective sphere. Intelligent activity. See S. D., III, 561.
  3. Life precedes form. - S. D. I, 242.
    1. The Thinker ever remains. - S. D., II, 28.
    2. Force of life is the transformation into energy of the thought of the Logos. - See S. D., III, 179.
  4. Spirit evolves through form and out of form. - S. D., I, 680.
    1. Spirit has to acquire full self-consciousness. - S. D., I, 215.
    2. Form imprisons spirit. - S. D., II, 775.
    3. The principle of limitation is form. - S. D., III, 561.
    4. Spirit informs all sheaths. - S. D., I, 669 note.
    5. Spirit passes through the cycle of Being - S. D., I, 160.
  5. The devas are the origin of form. - S. D., I, 488.
    They exist in two great groups:
    1. The Ahhi are the vehicle of divine thought. - S. D., I, 70.
    2. The Army of the Voice. - S. D., I, 124.
      They are the sumtotal of the substance of the four higher planes and of the three lower.
  6. There is a form which combines all forms. - S. D., I, 118. See S. D., I, 77.
    This Form is the sumtotal of all that is manifested, or the entire solar sphere or system. This contains:
    1. The ten planetary schemes and all that is therein.
    2. All the lesser interplanetary bodies.
    3. The deva and human evolutions.
    4. The kingdoms of nature everywhere.
    5. The involutionary and evolutionary Gods.
    6. Every atom of substance on every plane.
  7. All forms are destroyed periodically.
    Read carefully S. D., I, 397-401.
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