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July 10, 2022
Text read by sister K.B.
THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL
BOOK 1
4. Up till now the inner man has identified
himself with his forms and with their active modifications.
These forms are the modifications
mentioned in the various translations, conveying the subtle [Page 12] truth concerning the infinite divisibility
of the atom; these are the veiling sheaths and rapidly changing transformations
which prevent the true nature of the soul becoming manifest. These are the externalities which hinder the
light of the inner God from shining forth, and which are occultly spoken of as
"casting a shadow before the face of the sun."
The inherent nature of the lives
which constitute these active versatile forms has hitherto proved too strong
for the soul (the Christ within, as the Christian puts it) and the soul-powers
have been prevented full expression. The
instinctual powers of the "animal soul," or the capacities of the
aggregate of lives which form the sheaths or bodies, imprison the real man and
limit his powers. These lives are intelligent
units on the involutionary arc of evolution, working towards
self-expression. Their objective is,
however, different from that of the Inner Man and they hinder his progress and
self-realization. He becomes
"enmeshed in their activities" and must free himself before he comes
into his heritage of power and peace and bliss.
He cannot attain "unto the measure of the stature of the fullness
of the Christ" (Eph. 4:13) until there are no modifications to be felt,
until the forms are transformed, their activities quieted, and their
restlessness stilled.
The student is urged to bear in
mind the nature of this aspect of evolution which is proceeding concurrently
with his own. In his right apprehension
of this problem comes realization of [Page 13]
the practical work to be done, and the embryo yogi can begin his work.
The lower forms are constantly and
ceaselessly active, endlessly assuming the forms of impulsive desires or
dynamic mental thought forms, and it is only as this "form-taking" is
controlled and the tumult of the lower nature stilled that it becomes possible
for the inner ruling entity to liberate himself from thraldom and impose his
vibration upon the lower modifications.
This is achieved through
concentration—the concentrated effort of the soul to hold steadily the position
of observer, or perceiver and of seer.
When he can do this the lower "spectacle" of the rapidly
changing forms of thought and desire fades away, and the realm of the soul, the
true field of soul knowledge, can be seen and contacted.
38.
Peace (steadiness of the chitta) can be reached through meditation on the
knowledge which dreams give.
The significant words in Sutra 38
are the phrase "the knowledge which dreams give" and in this
connection the commentary on Sutra 10 is of interest. The oriental occultist uses the word
"dream" in a much more technical sense than does the westerner and
this must be fully grasped by the aspirant.
To the oriental, the deepest dream condition is that in which the real
man is sunk when in physical incarnation.
This corresponds to that dream state which we recognize as caused by the
vibration of the cells of the physical brain.
Chaos, lack of continuity and ill regulated eventualities are present,
coupled with an inability to recollect truly and accurately when awake. This condition is physical plane
dreaming. [Page 86]
Then there is the dream condition in which the man participates when immersed
in sensuous perception of one kind or another, either of pleasure or of
pain. This is experienced in the astral
or emotional body. The knowledge given
by the physical plane condition is largely instinctual; that achieved through
the astral dream condition is largely sensuous.
One is racial and group realisation, the other is relative to the not-self
and to man's relation to the not-self.
There comes in again a higher state
of dream consciousness in which a faculty of another kind comes into play, and
this might be called the imagination, bringing its own form of knowledge. Imagination involves certain mental states
such as:
a. Memory of things as they have
been known, as states of consciousness,
b. Anticipation of things as they
may be known or of states of consciousness,
c. Visualisation of the imaginary
conditions and then the utilisation of the invoked image as a form, through
which a new realm of realisation may be contacted, once the dreamer can
identify himself with that which he has imagined.
In these three dream states we have
the condition of the thinker in the three planes in the three worlds, from the
state of ignorant savagery to that of the average enlightened man. It leads on then to a much higher state of
dream consciousness.
The true use of the imagination
necessitates a high degree of control and of mental power and [Page 87] where this is present leads eventually to
what is called the "state of samadhi." This is that condition wherein the adept can
put the entire lower man to sleep, and himself pass into that realm wherein the
"dreams of God" Himself are known, and in which knowledge of the
"images" which the Deity has created can be contacted and seen. Thus the adept can intelligently participate
in the great plan of evolution.
Beyond this state of samadhi lies
the dream state of the Nirmanakayas and of the Buddhas, and so on up the scale
of hierarchical life till that great Dreamer is known, who is the One, the only
Narayana, the Lord of the World Himself, the Ancient of Days, our Planetary
Logos. The student can only arrive at a
very dim understanding of the nature of these dream states as he studies the
idea conveyed in the earlier statement to the effect that, to the occultist,
life on the physical plane is but a dream condition.
(The
Light of the Soul, Book 1, [Sutra 4, pp. 12-13], [Sutra 38, pp. 86-87])
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