Man's Place in the Universe: A Summary of Theosophic Study, by the Author of the Story of AtlantisTheosophical publishing Society, 1902 - 132 psl. |
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Man's Place in the Universe– A Summary of Theosophic Study, by the Author of ... W. Scott Elliott Visos knygos peržiūra - 1902 |
Pagrindiniai terminai ir frazės
ages animal kingdom ANNIE BESANT arupa aspirant astral body astral plane astral vehicle atom attain become bliss body-The Buddhic C. W. LEADBEATER causal body chain of worlds chapter character constitutes course death desire Devachanic period Devachanic plane downward arc earth earth-life elemental kingdom Esoteric Christianity etheric evil evolving existence experiences expressed fourth round full consciousness G. R. S. MEAD globe H. P. BLAVATSKY human kingdom individual Kama Loca Karma Karmic life-wave lower kingdoms lower mental body lowest Lunar Pitris Mânas Manwan ment mental plane mental vehicle mind monadic essence normal evolution outpouring passed past lives pathway of initiation physical body physical brain physical plane plane-The Pralaya race reached realised realms rebirth recognised reincarnation return to incarnation rupa level scheme of evolution sciousness seven Solar Logos Solar system soul spirit sub-plane Theosophical Society Theosophy thought tion upward arc vehicles of consciousness vesture vibrations wantara whole wisdom
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116 psl. - Seek it not by any one road. To each temperament there is one road which seems the most desirable. But the way is not found by devotion alone, by religious contemplation alone, by ardent progress, by selfsacrificing labor, by studious observation of life. None alone can take the disciple more than one step onward. All steps are necessary to make up the ladder.
113 psl. - There are in this loud stunning tide Of human care and crime, With whom the melodies abide Of the everlasting chime ; Who carry music in their heart Through dusky lane and wrangling mart, Plying their daily task with busier feet, Because their secret souls a holy strain repeat.
121 psl. - Know, O Disciple! that those who have passed through the silence, and felt its peace, and retained its strength, they long that you shall pass through it also. Therefore, in the Hall of Learning, when he is capable of entering there, the disciple will always find his master.
116 psl. - All steps are necessary to make up the ladder. The vices of men become steps in the ladder, one by one, as they are surmounted. The virtues of man are steps indeed, necessary — not by any means to be dispensed with. Yet, though they create a fair atmosphere and a happy future, they are useless if they stand alone, The whole nature of man must be used wisely by the one who desires to enter the way.
117 psl. - ... slowly develops his intelligence, to reach to the life beyond individuality. When he knows that for this his wonderful complex separated life exists, then, indeed, and then only, he is upon the way. Seek it by plunging into the mysterious and glorious depths of your own inmost being. Seek it by testing all experience, by utilizing the senses in order to understand the growth and meaning of individuality, and the beauty and obscurity of those other divine fragments which are struggling side by...
117 psl. - But he is only so when he grasps his whole individuality firmly, and, by the force of his awakened spiritual will, recognises this individuality as not himself, but that thing which he has with pain created for his own use, and by means of which he purposes, as his growth slowly develops his intelligence, to reach to the life beyond individuality. When he knows that for this his wonderful complex separated life exists, then, indeed, and then only, he is upon the way.
9 psl. - That is because it is impossible to give any attention to occultism without making a definite choice between what are familiarly called good and evil. The first step in occultism 'brings the student to the tree of knowledge. He must pluck and eat; he must choose. No longer is he capable of the indecision of ignorance. He goes on, either on the good or on the evil path. And to step definitely and knowingly even but one step on either path, produces great Karmic results.
10 psl. - The mass of men walk waveringly, uncertain as to the goal they aim at; their standard of life is indefinite ; consequently their Karma operates in a confused manner. But when once the threshold of knowledge is reached, the confusion begins to lessen, and, consequently, the Karmic results increase enormously, because all are acting in the same direction on all the different planes;" for one who embraces this knowledge " cannot be half-hearted, nor can he return when he has passed the threshold.
117 psl. - The whole nature of man must be used wisely by the one who desires to enter the way. Each man is to himself absolutely the way, the truth, and the life. But he is only so when he grasps his whole individuality firmly, and, by the force of his awakened spiritual will, recognizes this individuality as not himself, but that thing which he has with pain created for his own use, and by means of which he purposes, as his growth slowly develops his intelligence, to reach to the life beyond individuality.