The Secret Doctrine Volume 3.pdf

Word
Tala
Atala
Vitala
means
place
no place
some change for the better: i.e., better for matter, in that
more matter enters into it, or, in other words, it becomes
more differentiated. This is an ancient Occult term.
Sutala
Karatala
Rasâtala
Mahâtala
Pâtâla
good, excellent, place.
something that can be grasped or touched (from kara, a
hand): i.e., the state in which matter becomes tangible.
place of taste; a place you can sense with one of the
organs of sense.
exoterically “great place”; but, Esoterically, a place
including all others subjectively, and potentially including
all that precedes it.
something under the feet (from pada, foot), the upâdhi, or
basis of anything, the antipodes, America, etc.
Each of the Lokas,
places, worlds,
states, etc.,
corresponds with
and is transformed
into
five
(exoterically) and
seven (Esoterically)
states or Tattvas, for
which there are no
definite names. These in the main divisions cited below make up the forty-nine Fires:
5 and 7 Tanmâtras, outer and inner senses.
5 and 7 Bhûtas, or elements.
5 and 7 Gnyânendryas, or organs of sensation.
5 and 7 Karmendryas, or organs of action.
These correspond in general to States of Consciousness, to the Hierarchies of Dhyân
Chohans, to the Tattvas, etc. These Tattvas transform themselves into the whole
Universe. The fourteen Lokas are made of seven with seven reflections: above,
below; within, without; subjective, objective; pure, impure; positive, negative; etc.
Explanation of the States of Consciousness
Corresponding to the Vedântic Classification of Lokas
7. Atala The Ãtmic or Auric state or locality: it emanates directly from ABSOLUTENESS,
and is the first something in the Universe. Its correspondence is the Hierarchy of nonsubstantial
primordial Beings, in a place which is no place (for us), a state which is no
state. This Hierarchy contains the primordial plane, all that was, and will be, from the
beginning to the end of the Mahâmanvantara; all is there. This statement should not,
however, be taken to imply Kismet: the latter is contrary to all the teachings of
Occultism.
Here are the Hierarchies of the Dhyâni Buddhas. Their state is that of Parasamâdhi,
of the Dharmakâya; a state where no progress is possible. The entities there may be
said to be crystallized in purity, in homogeneity.
6. Vitala. Here are the Hierarchies of the celestial Buddhas, or Bodhisattvas, who are
said to emanate from the seven Dhyâni Buddhas. It is related on earth to Samâdhi, to
the Buddhic consciousness in man. No adept, save one, can be higher than this and
live; if he passes into the Ãtmic or Dharmakâya state (Alaya) he can return to earth
no more. These two states are purely hyper-metaphysical.
5. Sutala. A differential state corresponding on earth with the Higher Manas, and
therefore with Shabda (Sound), the Logos, our Higher Ego; and also to the Manushi
Buddha state, like that of Gautama, on earth. This is the third stage of Samâdhi
(which is septenary). Here belong the Hierachies of the Kumâras—the Agnishvattas,
etc.
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