The Causal Body and the Ego - Canadian Theosophical Association

The Causal Body and the Ego by Arthur E. Powell
CHAPTER VI
THE ATTACHMENT OF THE ATOMS:
I. HIGHER TRIAD
The Second Outpouring not only, as we saw in the proceeding chapter, streams, forth into the five
planes, thereby bringing into existence the elemental and other kingdoms of life, but it brings also with it
into activity the Monads, who while ready to begin their evolution, have been waiting on the Anupadaka,
plane until the matter of the planes was prepared for them.
To say that the Monads "go forth" would be somewhat inaccurate. It is rather that they shine forth,
sending out their rays of life. They themselves remain ever "in the bosom of the Father" , while their liferays
stream out into the ocean of matter, appropriating there, as we shall see in full detail presently the
materials necessary for their evolution in the lower planes.
The shining forth of the Monads has been graphically described by H.P.
Blavatsky, thus: "The primordial triangle [i.e.., The three faced Monad of Will,
Wisdom, and Activity] as soon as it has reflected itself in the "Heavenly Man"
[i.e..,Atma, Buddhi, Manas] the highest of the lower seven - disappears,
returning, into "Silence and Darkness".
The Monads themselves, therefore remain ever beyond the fivefold universe,
and in that sense are spectators. They dwell beyond the five planes of matter.
They are the Self, standing Self-conscious, and Self determined. They reign in
changeless peace and live in eternity. But, as we have seen, they appropriate
matter, taking to themselves atoms of various planes.
The Monads are of seven types or "rays" just as matter also is of seven types
or rays. The process by which the seven types arise is as follows: The three
aspects of consciousness of the Logos or Universal Self, are Will [Ichchha],
Wisdom [Jnanam], and Activity [Kriya]. The three corresponding, qualities in
matter are Inertia [Tamas], Mobility [Rajas] and Rhythm, [Sattva].
These are related as follows: The Aspect of Will imposes on matter the quality of Inertia or Tamas, the
power of resistance, stability, quietude.
The Aspect of Activity gives to matter its responsiveness to action, Mobility, or Rajas.
The Aspect of Wisdom gives to matter Rhythm or Sattva, harmony. DIAGRAM VII shows these
correspondences.
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