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[6:06:57 PM] Thuan Thi Do: CHAPTER XVI
COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE
The causal body consists of matter of the first, second and third sub-planes
of the mental plane. The student will recollect that an atom of mental matter
contains 49 to the 4th, or 5,764,801 - approximately , say, 5 ¾ millions –of
"bubbles in koilon".
In ordinary people the causal body is not yet fully active, and consequently
only that matter which belongs to the third sub-plane is vivified. As the ego
during the long course of his evolution, unfolds his latent possibilities,
the higher matter is gradually brought into activity; but it is only in the
perfected men whom we call Adepts, or Master, that it is developed to its
fullest extent.
It is difficult to describe a causal body fully, because the senses belonging
to the causal world are altogether different from and higher than those we
employ at the physical level. Such memory of the appearance of a causal body,
as it is possible for a clairvoyant to bring into his physical brain,
represents it as ovoid, that being, in fact, the shape of all the higher
bodies, and as surrounding the physical body of the man, extending to a
distance of about 18 inches from the surface of the physical body.
A human being, who has just individualised from the animal kingdom, has a
causal body of minimum size.
In the case of primitive man, the causal body resembles a bubble and gives
the impression of being empty. It is a mere colourless film, just sufficient,
apparently, to hold itself together and make a reincarnating entity, but no
more. Although it is filled with higher mental matter, this is not yet
brought into activity, and so it remains colourless and transparent. As the
man develops, this matter is gradually stirred into alertness by vibrations
which reach it from the lower bodies. This comes but slowly, because, the
activities of man in the earlier stages of his evolution are not of a
character to obtain expression in matter so fine as that of the causal body.
But, when a man reaches the stage where he is capable either of abstract
thought, or of unselfish emotion, the matter of the causal body is aroused
into response.
The vibrations thus aroused show themselves in the causal body as colours, so
that instead of being a mere transparent bubble, it gradually becomes a
sphere filled with matter of the most lovely and delicate hues, an object
beautiful beyond all conception.
The student will be familiar with the meaning of the various colours, from
his study of the same phenomenon in the astral and mental bodies. Thus pale
rose expresses unselfish affection; yellow indicates high intellectual power;
blue betokens devotion; sympathy is expressed by greenand luminous lilac-blue
typifies the higher spirituality. These same colours in the denser bodies
are, of course, far less delicate and also less living.
Although, in the course of his evolution in the lower worlds, a man often
introduces into his vehicles qualities which are undesirable, and entirely
inappropriate for his life as an ego—such , for example, as pride,
irritability,sensuality,- yet none of these can be expressed in the causal
body. Diagram XXIV may help to make clear the reason for this important
phenomenon. Each section of the astral body acts strongly upon matter of the
corresponding mental sub-plane. Hence, as the coarser vibrations of the
astral body are expressed only in the lower sub-planes of the astral world,
they will affect the mental body only, not the causal body.
The causal body therefore, is affected only by the three higher portions of
the astral body, and the vibrations in those portions represent only good
qualities.
The practical effect of this is that the man can build into his ego, that is,
nothing but good qualities.. The evil qualities which he develops are from
the point of view of the ego, only transitory, and must be thrown aside as
the man advances, because he no longer has within him matter which can
express them.
[6:07:19 PM] Thuan Thi Do:
For coloured illustrations of causal bodies at various degrees of
development, the student is referred to Man Visible and Invisible, by
C.W.Leadbeater, as follows-:
Causal body of Savage [Plate V, page 66] Causal Body of average man [Plate
VIII, page 91] Causal Body of developed man [Plate XXI, page 118] Causal Body
of Arhat [Plate XXVI, page 138]
As already said, the causal body of an undeveloped savage is like a gigantic
soap-bubble, transparent yet iridescent. It is almost empty in appearance,
what little there is within it representing certain qualities which may
already have been evolved within the Group-Soul, of which it previously
formed, a part. The faint indications of these rates of vibrations are
observable within the young causal body as dawning gleams of colour.
It might perhaps have been thought that the causal body of a primitive man
would be very small at first.; but this is not the case; his causal body is
the same size as any other; it does at later stage increase in size, but not
until it has first been vivified and filled with active matter.
In the case of an average man, there is a distinct increase in the content of
the great ovoid film. A certain amount of exceedingly delicate and ethereal
colour now exists within it, though it is still less than half filled.
Something of the higher intellect is visible, and something of the power of
devotion and unselfish love. There is also a faint tint of that exceedingly
delicate violet which indicates the capacity of love and devotion turned
towards the highest ideal, and also a faint hint of the clear green of
sympathy and compassion.
As soon as the man begins to develop in spirituality, or even higher
intellect, a change takes place. The real individual then begins to have a
persisting character of his own, apart from that moulded in each of his
personalities in turn by training, and by surrounding circumstances. This
character shows itself in the size, colour, luminosity, and definiteness of
the causal body, just as that of the personality shows itself in the mental
body, except that the higher vehicle is naturally subtler and more beautiful.
In the case of the spiritually developed man, an enormous change is noticed.
The glorious iridescent film is now completely filled with the most lovely
colours, typifying the higher forms of love, devotion and sympathy aided by
an intellect refined and spiritualised, and by aspirations reaching ever
towards the divine. Some of these colours have no place in the physical plane
spectrum.
The inconceivably fine and delicate matter of such a causal body is intensely
alive and pulsating with living fire, forming a radiant globe of flashing
colours, its high vibrations sending ripples of changing hues over its
surface-hues of which earth knows nothing,---brilliant, soft and luminous
beyond the power of language to describe.
Such a causal body is filled with living fire, drawn from a still higher
plane, with which it appears to be connected by a quivering thread of intense
light -- the Sutratma—vividly recalling to mind the stanzas of Dzyan : "The
spark hangs from the flame by the finest thread of Fohat." As the soul
grows,and is able to receive more and more from the inexhaustible ocean of
Divine Spirit, which pours down through the thread as a channel, the channel
expands, and gives wider passage to the flood, till, on the next sub-plane,
it might be imaged as a water-spout connecting earth and sky, and higher
still as itself a globe, through which rushes the living spring, until the
causal body seems to melt into the inpouring light. As the stanza says: "The
thread between the watcher and his shadow becomes, more strong and radiant
with every change. The morning sunlight has changed into noonday glory. This
is thy present wheel, said the flame to the spark. Thou art myself, my image
and my shadow. I have clothed myself in thee, and thou art my vahan --to the
day " Be-With-Us ", when thou shalt re-become myself and others, thyself and
me."
It was said about that in the undeveloped man the causal body is at first
almost empty, and as the man develops, the ovoid gradually fills up. When it
is completely filled, not only will it commence to grow in size, but in
addition, streams of force will flow out in various directions. This, is in
fact, is one of the grandest characteristics of the developed man—his
capacity to serve as a channel for higher force. For his attitude of
helpfulness, and readiness, to give, make it possible for the divine strength
to descend upon him in a steady stream, and, through him, reach many who are
not yet strong enough to receive it directly.
Furthermore, from the upper part of the causal body there ascends a crown of
brilliant sparks, indicating the activity of spiritual aspiration, and of
course adding very greatly to the beauty and dignity of the man's appearance.
No matter how the lower man may be occupied on the physical plane, this
stream of sparks rises constantly. The reason for this is that once the soul
or ego of man is awakened upon his own level, and is beginning to understand
something of himself, and his relation, to the Divine, he looks ever upwards
to the source from which he came, quite irrespective of any activities which
he may be inspiring on lower planes.
It must be remembered that even the noblest personality is but a very small
and partial expression of the real higher self; so that as soon as the higher
self begins to look round him, he finds almost unlimited possibilities
opening before him, of which in this cramped physical life we can form no
idea.
This very upward rushing of spiritual aspiration which makes so glorious a
crown for the developed man, is itself the channel through which the divine
power descends: so that the fuller and stronger his aspirations become, the
larger is the measure of the grace from on high.
In the case of the causal body of an Arhat, i.e., of one who has passed the
Fourth of the great Initiations --the colours have two characteristics, which
are irreconcilable on the physical plane. They are more delicate and ethereal
than any that have been previously described, :yet at the same time they are
fuller, more brilliant and more luminous. The size of the causal body is many
times larger than that of the physical body, and there is displayed
magnificent development of the highest types of intellect, love and devotion,
great wealth of sympathy, and highest, spirituality.
The bands of colours are arranged now in concentric rings, while through
these, and extending beyond them, there are streams of white light,
radiating, outwards from the centre. The outrush of Divine influence is thus
enormously intensified, for the man has become an almost perfect channel for
the life and power of the Logos. Not only does the glory radiate from him in
white light, but all colours of the rainbow play round him, in ever changing
gleams like mother-ofpearl. Hence there is something in that radiation to
strengthen the highest qualities in every person who approaches him, no
matter what qualities may be. None can come within the range of his influence
without being the better for it; he shines upon all around him like the sun,
for like that luminary, he has become a manifestation of the Logos.
The causal body of the Adept or Master has enormously increased in size and
shines with a sun-like splendour far beyond all imagination in its glorious
loveliness. Of the beauty and form and colour here, as C.W.Leadbeater,
states, no words can speak, for mortal language has no terms in which those
radiant spheres may be described. Such a vehicle would be a separate study
itself, but one quite beyond the powers of any but those who are already far
on the Path.
As in the case of the causal body of an Arhat, the colours no longer move in
whirling clouds, but are arranged in great concentric shells, yet penetrated
everywhere by..
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[6:35:24 PM] Thuan Thi Do:
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[8:12:26 PM] Thuan Thi Do: STANZA I.
1. The eternal parent wrapped in her ever invisible robes had slumbered once
again for seven eternities.
[8:14:07 PM] Thuan Thi Do: PREMIERE PARTIE
—
L'EVOLUTION COSMIQUE
—
SEPT STANCES TRADUITES DU LIVRE SECRET DE DZYAN
AVEC COMMENTAIRES
Il n'existait rien : ni le ciel clair,
Ni la large voûte des cieux étendue au-dessus de nos
têtes.
Qu'est-ce qui couvrait tout ? Qu'est-ce qui abritait ?
Qu'est-ce qui cachait ?
Etait-ce l'abîme sans fond des eaux ?
Il n'y avait pas de mort – cependant rien n'était
immortel ;
Il n'y avait rien qui divisât le jour de la nuit ;
L'Un seul respirait sans souffle, de lui-même :
Depuis, il n'y a eu rien que Lui.
Les ténèbres régnaient, et tout, au commencement, était
voilé
Dans une obscurité profonde – océan sans lumière.
[8:18:49 PM] Thuan Thi Do:
http://www.sanctusgermanus.net/ebooks/Blavatsky%20La%20doctrine%20secrete%20-%20Tome%201.pdf
[8:20:27 PM] Thuan Thi Do: L'EVOLUTION COSMIQUE
—
EN SEPT STANCES
TIREES DU LIVRE DE DZYAN
STANCE I
1. La Mère Eternelle, enveloppée dans ses Robes à jamais Invisibles,
avait de nouveau sommeillé pendant Sept Eternités.
2. Le Temps n'était pas, car il dormait dans le Sein Infini de la
Durée.
3. Le Mental Universel n'était pas, car il n'y avait pas de Ah-hi pour
le contenir.
4. Les Sept Chemins de Béatitude n'étaient pas. Les Grandes Causes
de la Misère n'étaient pas, car il n'y avait personne pour les
produire, ni pour tomber dans leur piège.
5. Les Ténèbres seules remplissaient le Tout sans Bornes, car le
Père, la Mère et le Fils étaient de nouveau un, et le Fils ne s'était
pas encore réveillé pour la R
[9:20:00 PM] Thuan Thi Do: Arupa Raga means that desire for even higher
states of bliss of concentration. When you go beyond the 4 Rupa Jhanas, which
is the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th
[9:21:26 PM] Thuan Thi Do: Arupa Raga
Arupa Raga means that desire for even higher states of bliss of
concentration.
When you go beyond the 4 Rupa Jhanas, which is the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th
jhanas, you go into what are called the Arupa Jhanas. The distinction between
Rupa Jhanas and Arupa Jhanas is that Rupa Jhana means a state of absorbed
concentration to a form, whilst Arupa means space. Its basic sign is the
space sign. That is why it is called arupa – “formless.” The literal
translation is “formless.” Rupa is form and Arupa is formless. So when you
experience it you have a desire even for that and you find birth in the
Arupa Worlds. Arupa Worlds are not very productive. Only one sense base is
active in those places. Only the mind base. In the Brahma World, there are
three bases in action. The mind, the eye and the ear. In the Kama Worlds,
there are six bases in action. You have to add the nose, the tongue and the
body. These are the three worlds. The world of the senses, the world of form
and the world of formless.
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[9:22:28 PM] Thuan Thi Do: Rupa Raga
Now Rupa Raga means that desire for the states of tranquility, serenity,
collectedness, one pointedness of mind. The Pali word is “samadhi.” The
critical factor here is that when the five hindrances are tranquilised,
the mind goes into “samadhi” and there arises a certain clarity of mind,
there arises a serene joy, there arises a tranquility, a happiness of mind,
a comfort and an ease of mind. With the experience of that tranquility and
joy and that comfort, ease and happiness of mind, there also arises a desire
for that, and that desire is called Rupa Raga. As you keep developing this
serenity of mind, when you take to higher levels of absorbed concentration,
once again that desire arises for the 1st jhana, the 2nd jhana, the 3rd
jhana and 4th jhana which are the states of absorbed concentration. As a
result of this desire for those states of concentration, for those blissful
states, you find existence in the Brahma worlds. The cause or arising in the
Brahma worlds is a desire for these states of blissful concentration.
However, it is not as coarse as the desire for the pleasures of the senses.
This is more subtle, more refined and also as a result more difficult to
control, to identify. However, the meditator must identify this state and
if his mind is in that state, he also will be able to do so. He must then
with his right mindfulness keep controlling it. So you must understand Rupa
Raga in that manner.
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