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| A Treatise on Cosmic Fire - Section Two - Division D - Thought Elementals and Fire Elementals |
| 2. Solar Avatars: These avatars are of three
types though there are really many more. They are also extra-systemic visitors, and are
mainly concerned with certain processes in the system, among others the administration of
the law of cause and effect, or of karma. They embody the karma of the past kalpas as far
as our Logos is concerned, and give the initiatory impulse to the processes of adjustment,
of expiation and of recognition as it concerns the present system as a whole. One such
Entity, the "Karmic Avatar" appeared upon the second logoic vibration, being
swept in on the second Breath; He has stayed until now: He will remain with us until all
the schemes have entered upon their fifth round, and are nearing their "Judgment
Day." At that time, He can withdraw, leaving the planetary Logoi concerned to fulfil
the karmic purpose unwatched. The vibratory impulse will then be so strong and the
realization of the buddhic principle so consciously vivid that nothing can then arrest the
onward march of affairs. Under Him work a number of cosmic entities who, as stated in the Secret
[725] Doctrine, 41 have the privilege of "passing the
ring-pass-not"; these are, nevertheless, not avatars for They are Themselves evolving
through the administration of karma. It is Their work, and opportunity to progress. An avatar can learn nothing from the place of His appearance. His work is to apply the force of some type of electrical energy to substance in one of its many grades, and thus bring about anticipated results. Another type of solar avatar, Who can be seen appearing in the schemes, has relation to the heart center of a planetary Logos, and appears on the higher planes (never on the lower) when the heart activity is making itself felt, and when the energizing process is seen to bring about three things:
It is this planetary phenomenon which produces (in connection with the fourth kingdom in nature) the throwing open of the door of initiation to man. Such avatars do not come in connection with any particular Hierarchy but only in relation to the total system. They produce the blending of the colors, and the synthesis of the units in their groups. At the initiation of a planetary Logos, an avatar may appear in His scheme on the seventh globe from that cosmic center or star which is ensouled by the particular Rishi Who (in the constellation of the Great Bear) is His cosmic prototype. This is, for the Entity concerned, the taking of a physical form, for our higher planes are but matter from Their standpoint. This has been emphasized frequently, as its significance is not yet sufficiently grasped. By means of the appearance of this Avatar on the seventh globe, the planetary Logos is [726] enabled to preserve continuity of cosmic consciousness even when in physical incarnation; this solar avatar performs the same function for the planetary Logos as the Guru does for His disciple. He makes certain events possible by means of the stimulation and protection of His aura, and He acts as a transmitter of electrical energy from the cosmic center. We must be careful to hold this analogy very lightly, for the real work accomplished cannot be grasped by man. This avatar has naturally a direct effect upon the centers of the Heavenly Man and therefore upon the units or human Monads, but only indirectly and upon the Monad on its own plane. This influence meets with little response from the Monad until after the third Initiation when its conscious life becomes so strong that it grips afresh its egoic expression in one direction, and awakens to planetary realization in another. This type of avatar appears only at the time of the initiation of a planetary Logos. The number of initiations taken by a planetary Logos in this system vary from two to four. 41 These are the Lipika Lords. See S. D., I, 157. |
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