The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 2 of 4: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and PhilosophyBlavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
Religion
The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 2 of 4: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy
Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
Theosophy
The following order on parallel lines may be found in the evolution of the
Elements and the Senses; or in Cosmic Terrestrial “Man” or “Spirit,” and
mortal physical man:
1. Ether ... Hearing ... Sound.
2. Air ... Touch ... Sound and Touch.
3. Fire, or Light ... Sight ... Sound, Touch and Colour.
4. Water ... Taste ... Sound, Touch, Colour and Taste.
5. Earth ... Smell ... Sound, Touch, Colour, Taste and Smell.
As seen, each Element adds to its own characteristics, those of its
predecessor; as each Root‐Race adds the characterizing sense of the
preceding Race. The same is true in the septenary “creation” of man, who
evolves gradually in seven stages, and on the same principles, as will be
shown further on.
Thus, while Gods, or Dhyân Chohans (Devas), proceed from the First
Cause—which is not Parabrahman, for the latter is the ALL CAUSE, and
cannot be referred to as the “_First_ Cause,”—which First Cause is called
in the Brâhmanical Books Jagad‐Yoni, the “Womb of the World,” mankind
emanates from these active agents in Kosmos. But men, during the First and
Second Races, were not physical beings, but merely _rudiments_ of the
future men; Bhûtas, which proceeded from Bhûtâdi, “origin,” or the
“original place whence sprang the Elements.” Hence they proceeded with all
the rest from Prabhavâpyaya, “the place whence is the origination, and
into which is the resolution of all things,” as explained by the
Commentator on the _Vishnu Purâna_. Whence also our physical senses.
Whence even the highest “created” Deity itself, in our Philosophy. As one
with the Universe, whether we call him Brahmâ, Îshvara, or Purusha, he is
a Manifested Deity—hence “created,” or limited and conditioned. This is
easily proven, even from the exoteric teachings.
After being called the _incognizable_, eternal Brahma (neuter or
abstract), the Pundarîkâksha, “supreme and imperishable glory,” once that
instead of Sadaika‐Rûpa, “changeless” or “immutable” Nature, he is
addressed as Ekâneka‐Rûpa, “both single and manifold,” he, the Cause,
becomes merged with his own effects; and his names, if placed in Esoteric
order, show the following descending scale:
Mahâpurusha or Paramâtman: Supreme Spirit.
Âtman or Pûrvaja (Protologos): The Living Spirit of Nature.
Indriyâtman, or Hrishîkesha: Spiritual or Intellectual Soul (one with the
senses).
Bhûtâtman: The Living, or Life Soul.
Kshetrajña: Embodied Soul, or the Universe of Spirit and Matter.
Bhrântidarshanatah: False Perception—Material Universe.
The last name means something perceived or conceived of, owing to false
and erroneous apprehension, as a material form, but is, in fact, only
Mâyâ, Illusion, as all is in our physical universe.
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