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Sounds
Q. Sound is an attribute of Ãkâsha; but we cannot cognize anything on the Ãkâshic
plane; on what plane then do we recognize sound On what plane is sound produced
by the physical contact of bodies Is there sound on seven planes, and is the
physical plane one of them
A. The physical plane is one of them. You cannot see Ãkâsha, but you can sense it
from the Fourth Path. You may not be fully conscious of it, and yet you may sense it.
Ãkâsha is at the root of the manifestation of all sounds. Sound is the expression and
manifestation of that which is behind it, and which is the parent of many correlations.
All Nature is a sounding-board; or rather Ãkâsha is the sounding-board of Nature. It is
the Deity, the one Life, the one Existence. (Hearing is the vibration of molecular
particles; the order is seen in the sentence, “The disciple feels, hears, sees.”)
Sound can have no end. H.P.B remarked with regard to a tap made by a pencil on
the table: “By this time it has affected the whole universe. The particle which has had
its wear and tear destroys some (Page 550) thing which passes into something else.
It is eternal in the Nidânas it produces.” A sound, if not previously produced on the
Astral Plane, and before that on the Ãkâshic, could not be produced at all. Ãkâsha is
the bridge between nerve cells and mental powers.
Q. “Colours are psychic, and sounds are spiritual.” What, assuming that these are
vibrations, is the successive order (these corresponding to sight and hearing) of the
other senses
A. This phrase was not to be taken out of its context, otherwise confusion would
arise. All are on all planes. The First Race had touch all over like a sounding board;
this touch differentiated into the other senses, which developed with the Races. The
“sense” of the First Race was that of touch, meaning the power of their atoms to
vibrate in unison with external atoms. The “touch” would be almost the same as
sympathy.
The senses were on a different plane with each Race; e.g., the Fourth Race had very
much more developed senses than ourselves, but on another plane. It was also a
very material Race. The sixth and seventh senses will merge into the Ãkâshic Sound.
“It depends to what degree of matter the sense of touch relates itself as to what we
call it.”
Prâna
Q. Is Prâna the production of the countless “lives” of the human body, and therefore,
to some extent, of the congeries of the cells or atoms of the body
A. No; Prâna is the parent of the “lives.” As an example, a sponge may be immersed
in an ocean. The water in the sponge’s interior may be compared to Prâna; outside is
Jîva. Prâna is the motor-principle in life. The “lives” leave Prâna; Prâna does not
leave them. Take out the sponge from the water, and it becomes dry, thus
symbolizing death. Every principle is a differentiation of Jîva, but the life-motion in
each is Prâna, the “breath of life.” Kâma depends on Prâna, without which there
would be no Kâma. Prâna wakes the Kâmic germs to life; it makes all desires vital
and living.
The Second Spinal Cord
Q. With reference to the answer to the question on the second cord, what is it that will
become a second spinal cord in the Sixth Race Will Idâ and Pingalâ have separate
physical ducts
A. It is the sympathetic cords which will grow together and form another spinal cord.
Idâ and Pingalâ will be joined with Sushumnâ, and they will become one. Idâ is on
the left side of the cord, and Pingalâ on the right.
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