Esoteric
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B – C
Beauty Beauty
is, after all, as much of divinity as can be expressed in any one form.
Being
Awareness, self-consciousness and self-expression, and of this the head and
brain are the exoteric symbols.
Black magic
The use of power and the manipulation of matter for selfish ends. Materialistic
focus of forces that negate the evolutionary urge. The moment that there is the
least tendency on the part of a group, or of an individual in a group, to force
an issue, to bring so much mental pressure to bear that an individual group is
helpless under the impact of other minds, you have what is called black magic.
Bliss The
nature of the spirit; the consummation of which the Monad bestows upon the
initiate.
Bodhisattva
Literally, "He whose consciousness has become intelligence or
buddhi." Those who need but one more life to become perfect buddhas. Name
of office Lord Maitreya, known in the west as the Christ. The World Teacher is
the Master of Masters and teacher of angels and humanity.
Brahma The
third aspect of the Hindu trinity - Siva (father/ray 1- will), Krishna (son/ray
2 - love) and Brahma (mother/ray 3 - intelligence)
Brain The
brain is like the eye of the soul, looking out into the physical world, in the
same sense the soul is the eye of the Monad, and in a curious and occult sense,
the fourth kingdom in nature constitutes on our planet, the eye of the
planetary Deity.
Brotherhood
An expression of the relation which the planetary Logos (on the cosmic mental
plane) bears to His personality as it expresses itself through the planet with
all its forms of life, upon the cosmic physical plane. This relationship is
focussed through Sanat Kumara Who is the individualised mind of that great
Life, the relation between forms, the manifestation of the unity of Life.
Buddha One
Who is "enlightened" and has attained the highest degree of knowledge
possible for humanity in this solar system. Last Avatar of the age of Aries.
Previous World Teacher who historically manifested through the Prince Gautama
around 500 BC. The Embodiment of Wisdom, he currently acts as the "Divine
Intermediary" between Shamballa and Hierarchy.
Buddhi (1)
The Universal Soul or Mind; the spiritual soul (the sixth principle) and
therefore the vehicle of Atma, the Spirit, which is the seventh principle, the
unifying principle of groups. (2) Buddhi is the Buddhic Plane, the 4th plane of
perception of pure intuition, reason or true Love, and the state that all
humanity is evolving toward.
Buddhism A
rational, deep and sphoisticated approach to human life which does not emphasize
something eternal but rather emphasizes personal responsibility for inner
development.
Causal body
It isn't really a body, objectively or subjectively, but is the centre of Egoic
or Soul consciousness, formed by the conjunction of buddhi and manas. It is
relatively permanent throughout our long series of incarnations, but is
destroyed after the 4th initiation is reached and we have achieved mastery over
the three lower worlds. This body is, from the standpoint of the physical
plane, no body, either subjective or objective: the centre of the egoic
consciousness and is formed by the union of buddhi and manas, or Love and Mind;
relatively permanent and lasts throughout the long cycle of incarnations, and
is only dissipated after the fourth initiation, when the need for further
rebirth on the part of a human being no longer exists.
Center and
periphery The closer one gets to realization, the clearer becomes the concept
that the point at that center and the periphery are one.
Center, head
The dynamic Agent of the extra-planetary Purpose, the expression of the divine
planetary Will as focussed in Shamballa. This is the energy of synthesis, the
source of all planetary life; it connotes essential Being.
Center, heart
The Agent of the Plan of evolution. This is the expression of divine Love or
pure Reason, the Hierarchy. It is essentially the energy of Attraction, the
kingdom of souls.
Center,
throat The agent of all three Aspects in relation to the three subhuman
kingdoms in nature, the expression also of the divine Intelligence, Humanity.
This is the center of the active mind and makes humanity the macrocosm of the
microcosm, the three subhuman kingdoms. Humanity is to these kingdoms what the
Hierarchy is to the fourth kingdom in nature, the human kingdom.
Centers
Whirlpools of force that swirl etheric, astral and mental matter into activity
of some kind; force vertices in matter which demonstrate as activity; centers
of existence.
Centers,
three planetary A closer linking of the three divine centers (Shamballa,
Hierarchy, Humanity) so that the flow of divine energy will be increasingly
unimpeded, and Purpose, Plan and their precipitation upon the physical plane
will be precipitated. These three centers are closely interrelated and must be
thought of as expressions of divine livingness, as embodying three stages in
the unfoldment of God's plan, and as constituting the tree magic centers -
heart, head and throat - in the body of the One in Whom we live and move and
have our being.
Chain Seven
"chains" of evolution within a planetary "scheme". There
are seven "globes" of evolution within a planetary chain.
Chakra
Sanskrit - "wheel or disc". An energy centre within one of the subtle
bodies, formed by the intersection of many "nadis" or strands of
etheric substance, forming the seven main chakras of the human being and the 22
minor chakras. There are also 343 "points of light" which correspond
to the acupuncture points. Chakras can be energy centres in the solar system or
the cosmos, or a human being. (see Our Magnetic Chakra System.)
Chela A
"disciple" or pupil of a spiritual teacher or Master.
Chohan Lord,
Master, a Chief, an Adept. A 6th degree initiate, a "Master of the
Wisdom". A custodian of one of the seven rays.
Christ The
World Teacher of humanity and angels alike, head of the Spiritual Hierarchy.
The Master of Masters. Embodier of the 2nd or Love aspect of Deity. Known as
Maitreya in the East. Set to "reappear" to fulfill His mission
started 2000 years ago.
Christ and
Buddha Together, the two sons of God - the one in the east and the other in the
west - present to humanity a complete and perfect representation of Deity.
Civilization
The reflection in humanity of some particular cyclic influence, leading to an
initiation; the reaction of humanity to the purpose of any particular world
period; concerns the masses and the racial consciousness, while either culture
concerns the individual and the unseen spiritual.
Chohan A
Lord, Master, Chief, an Adept, an initiate Who has taken more inituations than
the five major initiations which make the initiate a Master of the Wisdom.
Clairaudience
Hearing on the astral plane. It means the ability to hear sounds of the astral
plane. It is a faculty that demonstrates throughout the entire astral body, and
a person hears all over their vehicle and not only through the specialized
organs, the ears, the product of physical plane action and reaction. This would
necessarily be so, owing to the fluidic nature of the astral body.
Color The
form assumed by force of some kind when that force is moving at a certain
measure and when its actions and movement is impeded or unimpeded by the
material through which it plays; originally, "color" meant a
"covering" (from the root "celare" - to cover or hide).
Co-measurement
Understanding what is great and what is small; what is distant and what is
near; what we can attain and what we would be fools to attempt. A true sense of
proportion.
Compassion
Love in action, fellowship in suffering; the right use of the pairs of
opposites; an expression of the spiritual light in humanity; the Law of
Compassion is the certainty of right relationship, of loving understanding, of
actively expressed love.
Concrete Mind
The form-building faculty; thoughts are things.
Conditioning
(Occultly) concerns the response innate and inherent, of matter or substance to
the pattern; conditioning provides the invluence and the conditions wherein the
best in the race can flower forth to a state of perfection.
Conscience The
exercise of the discriminative sense, developed as the mind assumes increasing
control.
Consciousness
Comes form the two Latin words "con" - with, and "scio" -
to know; literally, "that with which we know," the reaction of active
intelligence to the pattern.
Contact The
recognition of an environment, an area of the hitherto unknown, of that which
has somehow been evoked, of a something other which has made its presence felt.
Contemplation
An activity of the soul, detached from the mind, which is held in a state of
quiescence; the turning of the soul light upon that which is to be known or
investigated; the lull between two activities.
Cosmic
Intermediary A term given to the etheric body, which is part and parcel of the
universal ether. It is throught the etheric body that all the energies flow,
whether emanating from the soul, or from the sun, or from a planet. Along those
living lines of firey essence pass all the contacts that do not emanate
specifically from the tangible world.
Creativity
Creativity is a consequence of a particular state of mind and a specific state
of being; it signifies a point in evolution wherein the disciple is definitely
radioactive. He can no more help creating in some form or another than he can
help living.
Crisis Point
of examination as to strength, purpose, purity, motive and the intent of the
soul; such a point evokes confidence when surmounted, and produces greatly
expanded vision; crises are points which foster compassion and understanding,
points which release the light of wisdom within the field of knowledge and the
world is thereby enriched.
Culture The
approach of two ways - feeling and mind, sensitivity and thought; the attitudes
which will enable the individual to live as an intelligent, subjective being in
a tangible physical world (see Civilization).
Cycles The
ebb and lfow in individual and group experience; the periods in a cycle that
are of real significance are "the termini" and "those where
overlapping and merging occurs." At the points of merging cross-currents
occur creating chaotic conditions. At the middle part of a cycle the incoming
vibration stabilizes, and calm and apparent equilibrium results (see Crises).
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Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
The Secret Doctrine , Volume 2, Page 100
It is only by the attractive force of the contrasts
that the two opposites — Spirit and Matter — can be cemented together on
Earth, and, smelted in the fire of self-conscious experience and suffering, find
themselves wedded in Eternity.
The Secret Doctrine , Volume 2, Page 108
It is the motive, and the motive alone, which makes any
exercise of power become black, malignant, or white, beneficent Magic. It is
impossible to employ spiritual forces if there is the slightest tinge of
selfishness remaining in the operator .... The powers and forces of animal
nature can equally be used by the selfish and revengeful, as by the unselfish
and the all-forgiving; the powers and forces of spirit lend themselves only to
the perfectly pure in heart — and this is Divine Magic.
Isis Unveiled, Volume 1, Page 36
The Secret Doctrine , Volume 3, Page
14
Even ignorance is better than
Head-learning with no Soul-wisdom to illuminate and guide it.
The
Voice of the Silence, Page 43
Annotation - The
Path, May, 1888
The Secret
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incarnation of
his God; and when the sense of personal responsibility will be so
Isis Unveiled,
Volume 2, Page 374
It is the
motive, and the motive alone, which makes any exercise of power become
The Secret
Doctrine , Volume 2, Page 498
Isis Unveiled,
Volume 1, Page 36
From strength to
strength, from the beauty and perfection of one plane to the
greater beauty
and perfection of another, with accessions of new glory, of fresh
knowledge and
power in each cycle, such is the destiny of every Ego, which thus
becomes its own
saviour in each world and incarnation.
The Key to
Theosophy, Page 105
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Doctrine , Volume 1, Page 69
The mind
receives indelible impressions even from chance acquaintance or persons
Isis Unveiled,
Volume 1, Page 311
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A Student of
Katherine Tingley
Katherine Tingley (1847 -1929)Was the founder &
President
of the Point Loma Theosophical Society 1896 -1929
She and her students produced a series of informative
Theosophical works in the early years of the 20th
century
Elementary Theosophy Who is the Man?
Body and Soul
Body, Soul and Spirit Reincarnation
Karma The Seven in Man and Nature
The Occult World
By
Alfred Percy
Sinnett
The Occult World is an treatise on
the
Occult and Occult Phenomena,
presented
in readable style, by an early giant of
the Theosophical Movement.
Preface to the American Edition Introduction
Occultism and its Adepts The Theosophical Society
First Occult Experiences Teachings of Occult Philosophy
Later Occult Phenomena Appendix
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