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A Treatise on Cosmic Fire - Section Two - Division E - Motion on the Plane of Mind |
Some idea of the complexity governing the periodical
manifestation of a human being may be gathered by a consideration of the forces which
bring human units into manifestation, which produce individualization; this is, after all,
the appearing of a third stream of energy in conjunction with two others. A man is the
meeting ground of three streams of force, one or other preponderating according to his
peculiar type. Let us briefly enumerate these factors and thus get some idea as to the complexity of the matter:
These three methods bring us to the fourth factor which must be remembered, that of the three modes of motion which powerfully affect the incarnating jivas. The Sons of Mind are distinguished by the three qualities of matter as has been earlier brought out, and they have been generically called:
These qualities are the characteristics of the three major Rays, and of the three Persons of the Godhead; they are the qualities of consciousness - material, intelligent, and divine. They are the predominating characteristics of the chains of which our earth is one. Earth
Planetary Scheme The factors which we have considered as affecting the different incarnating units have
a vital effect on their cyclic evolution, and the ray and the three main types produce
varying periodic appearance. Certain statements have been made in occult books as to the
length of time varying between incarnations. Such statements are in the main inaccurate,
for they make no allowance for Ray difference, and permit of no calculations as to whether
the human unit involved is a unit of inertia, a sattvic point, or a rajasic entity. No
hard and fast rule can be laid down at this time for the general public, though such rules
exist, and are governed by seven different formulas for the three main types. Within this
sevenfold differentiation, exist many lesser, and the wise student refrains from dogmatic
assertion on this most peculiar and difficult subject. The fringe of the matter has but
been touched upon here. It should be remembered that in the earlier stages of incarnation,
the unit is governed mainly by group appearance, and comes into incarnation with his
group. As time progresses and his own will or purpose becomes more distinctive, he will at
times force himself into manifestation independently of his group, as will other group
units, and this leads to an apparent confusion which is detrimental to the surface
calculations of the superficial student. When this is the case, the particular unit
concerned has his record transferred into another file in the hierarchical archives, and
becomes what is occultly termed "a self directed point of fire." He is then
strongly individualized, entirely self-engrossed, free of [1149] all group sense, except
the earthly affiliations to which he adheres from the instinct of self-protection and
personal well-being. In this stage he remains for a vast period of time, and has before
him the mastering of a later stage in which he returns to the earlier group recognition on
a higher turn of the spiral. |
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