The Path, Vol. I.—1886-'7.: A Magazine Devoted to the Brotherhood of Humanity, Theosophy in America, and the Study of Occult Science, Philosophy, and Aryan Literature.Various
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The Path, Vol. I.—1886-'7.: A Magazine Devoted to the Brotherhood of Humanity, Theosophy in America, and the Study of Occult Science, Philosophy, and Aryan Literature.
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“Brahman, the Being existing in Itself, is the form of all wisdom and
of all the worlds without end. All the worlds are made only one with
It, because they are through Its Will. That eternal Will is innate in
all things. It reveals Itself in the emanation (or creation), in the
preservation, and in the destruction (which is also a re-creation),
and in the movements and forms, of Time and Space.” The Atharva-Veda
says:—“All the gods are in (Brahman) as cows in a cow-house. In the
beginning Brahman was this (universe). It created gods. Having created
gods, It placed them in these worlds, viz: Agni in this world, Vāyu in
the atmosphere, and Surya in the sky.[126] And in the worlds which are
yet higher, It placed the gods which are still higher. Then Brahman
proceeded to the higher sphere.” This is explained by a commentator
to be Satyaloka,[127] the most excellent limit of all the worlds.
In the “Taitteriya Brāhmana” it is; “Brahman generated the gods,
Brahman (generated or emanated) this entire world. Within It are all
these worlds. Within It is the entire universe. It is Brahman who is
the greatest of beings. Who can vie with It.” Brahman (neuter) is the
only real eternal true essence; when It passes in to actual manifested
existence It is called Brahma; when It develops Itself in the universe
It is called Vishnu, and when It again dissolves Itself into simple
being, It is called Siva; all the other deities are only symbols or
manifestations of the eternal neuter Brahman.[128]
The Vishnu Purana says: “Glory to Brahman, who is addressed by that
mystic word AUM,[129] who is associated eternally with the triple
universe (heaven, sky, earth), and who is one with the four Vedas.
Glory to Brahman, who both in the destruction and renovation of the
universe is called the great and mysterious cause of the intellectual
principle, who is without limit in time or space, and exempt from
diminution and decay, etc. To that supreme Brahman be for ever
adoration.”
In its highest development, the doctrine of the Vedas is a rational
and philosophical pantheism, combined with the most ideal, pure, and
absolute monotheism, that the mind can conceive. The doctrines as to
Brahman (neuter) in their higher conceptions, are similar in many
respects to the exalted ideas as to the Ain Soph or Non Ego, of the
Kabbalah.
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