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THE MONAD IN EVOLUTION Perhaps a slightly more definite conception of Atma-Buddhi may be obtained by the student, if he considers its work in evolution as the Monad. Now Atma-Buddhi is identical with the universal Over-soul, “itself an aspect of the Unknown Root”, the One Existence. When manifestation begins the Monad is “thrown downwards into

PRINCIPLES 6 and 7, ATMA BUDDHI, THE SPIRIT As the completion of the thought of the last section, we will look at Atma-Buddhi first in its connection with Manas, and will then proceed to a somewhat more general view of it as the “Monad.” The clearest and best description of the human trinity, Atma-Buddhi-Manas, will

THE HIGHER MANAS The immortal Thinker itself, as will by this time have become clear to the reader, can manifest itself but little on the physical plane at the present stage of human evolution. Yet we are able to catch some glimpses of the powers resident in it, the more as in the lower Manas

SUBTLE FORMS OF THE FOURTH AND FIFTH PRINCIPLE The student will already have fully realised that “an astral body” is a loose term that may cover a variety of different forms. It may be well at this stage to sum up the subtle types sometimes inaccurately called the astral that belong to the fourth and

MANAS IN ACTIVITY We have already seen that the fifth principle is dual in its aspect during each period of earth-life, and that the lower Manas united to Kâma, spoken of conveniently as Kâma-Manas, functions in the brain and nervous system of man. We need to carry our investigation a little further in order to

PRINCIPLE 5, MANAS, THE THINKER, OR MIND We have reached the most complicated part of our study, and some thought and attention are necessary from the reader to gain even an elementary idea of the relation held by the fifth principle to the other principles in man. Chúng ta đã đạt đến phần phức tạp

THE QUATERNARY, OR FOUR LOWER PRINCIPLES Diagram of the Quaternary; transitory and mortal; see Secret Doctrine, Volume I, page 262 [The etheric double is here named the Linga Sharira, a name now discarded in consequence of the confusion caused by employing a well-known term in Hindu philosophy in an entirely new sense. Before her departure

PRINCIPLE 4, THE DESIRE BODY In building up our man we have now reached the principle sometimes described as the animal soul, in Theosophical parlance Kâma Rûpa, or the desire-body. It belongs to in constitution, and functions on, the second or astral plane. It includes the whole body of appetites, passions, emotions, and desires which