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in the highest meditation, the Lower Manas is withdrawn into the Triad, which thus
becomes the Quaternary, the Tetraktys of Pythagoras, leaving what was the
Quaternay as the lower Triad, which is then reversed. The Triad is reflected in the
Lower Manas. The Higher Manas cannot reflect itself, but when the Green passes
upwards it becomes a mirror for the Higher; it is then no more Green, having passed
from its associations. The Psyche then becomes spiritual, the Ternary is reflected in
the Fourth, and the Tetraktys is formed. So long as you are not dead, there must be
something to reflect the Higher Triad; for there must be something to bring back to
the waking consciousness the experiences passed through on the higher planes. The
Lower Manas is as a tablet which retains the impressions made on it during trance.
The Turîya state is entered on the Fourth Path; it is figured in the diagram on p.478,
in the Second Paper.
Q. What is the meaning of a triangle formed of lines of light appearing in the midst of
intense vibrating blue
A. Seeing the Triangle outside is nothing; it is merely a reflection of the Triad on the
Auric Envelope, and proves that the seer is outside the Triangle. It should be seen in
quite another way. You must (Page 544) endeavour to merge yourself in it, to
assimilate yourself with it. You are merely seeing things in the Astral. “When the
Third Eye is opened in any one of you, you will have something very different to tell
me.”
Q. With reference to the “Pillar of Light” in a previous question, is the Auric Envelope
the Higher Ego, and does it correspond to the Ring-Pass-Not
[This question was not answered, as going too far. The Ring-Pass-Not is at the
circumference of the manifested Universe.]
Nidânas
Q. The root of the Nidânas is Avidyâ. How does this differ from Mâyâ How many
Nidânas are there Esoterically
A. Again too much is asked. The Nidânas, the concatenations of causes and effects
(not in the sense of the Orientalists), are not caused by ignorance. They are
produced by Dhyân Chohans and Devas, who certainly cannot be said to act in
ignorance. We produce Nidânas in ignorance. Each cause started on the Physical
Plane sets up action on every plane to all eternity. They are eternal effects reflected
from plane to plane on the “screen of eternity.”
Manas
Q. What is the septenary classification of Manas There are seven degrees of the
Lower Manas, and presumably there are seven degrees of the Higher. Are there then
fourteen degrees of Manas, or is Manas, taken as a whole, divided into forty-nine
Mânasic fires
A. Certainly there are fourteen, but you want to run before you can walk. First learn
the three, and then go on to the forty-nine. There are three Sons of Agni; they
become seven, and then evolve to the forty-nine. But you are still ignorant how to
produce the three. Learn first how to produce the “Sacred Fire,” spoken of in the
Puranas. The forty-nine fires are all states of Kundalinî, to be produced in ourselves
by the friction of the triad. First learn the septenary body, and then that of each
Principle. But first of all learn the first Triad (the three vital airs).
The Spinal Cord
Q. What is the sympathetic nerve and its function in Occultism Is it found only after
a certain stage of animal evolution, and would seem to be evolving in complexity
towards a second spinal cord.
Prâna and Antahkarana (Page 545) A. At the end of the next Round, Humanity will again
become male-female, and then there will be two spinal cords. In the Seventh Race
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