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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SLIDE THEMES
Topic 1: “Man, God and the Cosmos”
[23 Slides]
Modern developments
in technology have brought great comforts to mankind, relieving us
from drudgery and the vagaries of the environment. They enhanced both the
scope and the variety of our sensory enjoyment. Above all, they have
afforded us an increasing amount of leisure time. In the wake of all these,
however, the human being seems to have somehow lost the quality of depth,
and meaning to his existence. Those of us who are serious enough have been
wondering whether there is any significance, purpose to this universe, to
life—or is it just ‘make merry while you live!’
From time immemorial arcane knowledge about
the Universe and Man has existed in the custody of a Hierarchy of advanced
Beings, Rishis and was termed Gupta Vidya or Ancient Wisdom.
The esoteric Teachings of all religions down the ages reflect this great
knowledge. This knowledge reveals that there is a Great Plan—the Plan of
evolution of Consciousness. Doubtless, the scope of the Plan is so vast,
utterly transcending the ambits of human experience. But the advantage of
knowing the whole Plan is that it immediately helps us in understanding our
own place and role in the Divine Scheme—and more importantly and
practically, it helps us regain the direction which we have lost in
the welter of the ceaseless materialistic pursuits.
We,
therefore, trace out in this Theme a panoramic view of the entire
Manifestation of the Universe, the Elemental Kingdoms of Nature and the idea
of Group-souls, the appearance of Man, his constitutive ‘Principles,’ the
process of Death and Rebirth, Karma and its operation, the goal and
direction of the Human Consciousness, and glimpses of the super-human
stages.
Topic 2 : “Prâna
and the Chakras”
[22 Slides]
The Etheric Double is the
vehicle of Prâna, the Life Force emanating from the Sun. How the
sevenfold Prâna from the Sun constitutes what are called the
Vitality Globules is depicted. The Etheric Double forms the first link
in the bridge between the physical or brain consciousness and the higher
states of consciousness. Therefore a knowledge of its structure and
functioning, especially of the Chakras or Force-centers located in
it, should be of vital interest to the student of the Ancient Wisdom.
An account of how the Chakras
specialize the five Prânas (vital airs) and distribute through out
the body is given. The seven principal Chakras are illustrated and
described. The Health Aura is introduced. The modifications that take
place in the Prânic flow, in the case of a person who has made
progress on the spiritual path, are shown.
Topic 2: “The Super-physical Bodies”
[12 Slides]
The physical body
is the grossest vehicle the human being possesses. The Etheric
Double, though made up of subtle matter, is still physical. Man also
possesses an organized vehicle, the Astral Body, which enables him to
experience desires, passions and emotions. Especially, how the various human
emotions show up in the Astral vehicle is illustrated.
The Mental
Body, with which man thinks is made up of the matter of the four Rûpa
sub-levels of the Mental Plane, and the Causal Body, of the three
Arûpa sub-levels. Causal body is the seat of the re-incarnating Ego
or Soul. The developments that take place, in the case of spiritually
advanced Beings, are shown.
Topic 7: “Evolution through Chains and
Rounds”
[17 Slides]
The Ancient Wisdom teaches us
Ø
That there is the Law of
Periodicity—cyclical forthcoming and return, and the ceaseless
alternation of Activity and Quiescence,
Ø
The existence of the
Septenary System, and
Ø
The Duality of evolution,
which affects both Consciousness and the vehicles it uses.
In some strange way the number 7 seems to be
deeply laid in the architecture of the Universe. Therefore Man follows the
same pattern throughout his life cycle. The Earth on which he lives, as
well as all the planets of the Solar System, follow the same Law, with a
period of activity technically called Manvantara, followed by a
period of rest, Pralaya.
Human life on
Earth is divided into seven Root Races, each developing a particular
Principle in the constitution of Man. Each Root Race, in turn is
sub-divided into seven sub-races with different shades of evolutionary
emphasis.
This series of
slides depicts the Evolution of Life through the Planets, Rounds and Chains
of Planets and beyond; passing from the three Elemental Kingdoms, the
Mineral, the Plant, the Animal, the Human Kingdoms to the lofty
Dhyâni-Chohanic Kingdoms.
Topic 6 : “The Vanguard of Humanity”
[14 Slides]
The Ancient Wisdom
contains seven Teachings concerning MAN.
(1)
That man in his spiritual nature is a divine, immortal, imperishable
being: for him there is no death;
(2)
The purpose of his existence is spiritual evolution to the stature of
the Perfect Man. This knowledge can give direction to his whole life;
(3)
That human perfection is achieved by means of successive lives on
Earth;
(4)
That the whole process is governed by Law;
(5)
That attainment is utterly certain for all;
(6)
That men and women have already attained perfection. Perfect Men
actually exist on this planet. Perpetually They help Humanity, both
individually and as a Race; and
(7)
Discipleship of a Master is a practical possibility for modern
man.
The Monad (Turîyâtma), existing on
the Anupâdaka Plane, puts forth a reflection of itself and acquires
vehicles on the lower Planes for the sake of gaining experience. The
Permanent Atoms and Principles get attached to the Monad with the help of
the seven Creative Hierarchies (Pitri Devas). These are Great
Hierarchies of Beings, Who attained to high levels of Spirituality in
earlier Evolutionary Schemes and assist the Human Monads in acquiring the
various Permanent Atoms and Principles.
The Fraternity of Initiates and Adepts on
this planet is sometimes referred to as The Inner Government of the World.
This Great Brotherhood is a reflection on Earth of the Supreme Deity as
Emanator, Preserver and Regenerator of the Universe. That One
Alone becomes manifest first as a Trinity, next as a Septenary, and then as
all the exuberant variety. There are Great Beings Who guide the entire
evolution—human as well as non-human. They are the Watchers, the Lords, the
Dhyânîs, the Manus, the Buddhas, and the
Bodhisattvas.
Topic 5
: “The Secret of Thought Power”
[25 Slides]
The physical body is the grossest
vehicle the human being possesses. The subtler bodies, namely, the Astral,
the Mental and the Causal bodies of man, appear as shimmering
and iridescent ovoids to clairvoyant sight. The various human emotions show
up as distinct colors and dynamic structures in the Astral vehicle. At the
present stage of human evolution thoughts are, to a great extent,
intricately interwoven with feelings and emotions. Thoughts are real and
concrete things on their Plane. They not only produce vibrations in the
surrounding matter of the Mental Plane, which traverse long distances and
act on sympathetically oriented Mental bodies of other individuals, they
also create exquisite and varied FORMS of distinct shape, color and with a
life of their own.
Thought-forms, being
discrete, act on other persons’ minds with great power and efficacy. We all
continually people the Mental Plane with these Thought-forms. These could
be of good as well as evil type. Therefore, every one of us is responsible
for the world of Thought-forms, and the subsequent mental impulses
discharged by these on all Humanity. An understanding of the nature of the
Thought-forms will greatly facilitate the cultivating and culturing of the
power of thought for helping others and uplifting Mankind.
Topic 3 : “The Mystery of Death and
Re-incarnation”
[14 Slides]
Death is a phenomenon which is of the
deepest interest to every one of us, since the one thing which is absolutely
certain in everyone's life is that one day one must die. Even so, there
seems to be no other subject which is full of misconceptions that are
serious. Mankind has suffered vast amount of utterly unnecessary sorrow,
misery and terror simply from its ignorance and superstition with regard to
this important question.
People
are sometimes inclined to think that after all, it does not matter much if
our ideas about death are distorted: one will find out the facts, they say,
when one dies any way. This opinion ignores the fact of the unnecessary
sorrow and anxiety of the survivors, and secondly, they don't realize that
the departed could easily have saved lot of trouble by having a previous
knowledge of the after death conditions.
Considerable information on the process of
death and the after-death states is available in the Ancient Teachings. An
understanding of these, will therefore, deprive death of its terror, anxiety
and sorrow.
The four lower Principles, which
constitute the perishable Personality (Dêhâtma), are renewed every
incarnation. The real Individual, the Self (Jîvâtma) continues in
the Causal Body, lasts throughout the Human stage.
Death is a process of successive withdrawal
from the physical Plane 'upwards.' The discarded Astral and Mental bodies
linger as Shells and gradually disintegrate. The respective Permanent Atoms
become dormant. All the gains from the experiences are stored in the Causal
body.
After a time of recluse in the Causal, when
time comes for the next incarnation, the Mental, Astral and the physical
Permanent Atoms get re-activated successively, in that order, each acquiring
matter of their respective Planes, conducive to the new incarnation and
gradually building them into bodies.
A class of Devas, the Recorders or the Lords
of Karma (Lîpikas), assist the individual in the process of coming
into a new incarnation by deciding the various parameters, with the
objective to enable one to grow steadily towards the Archetype, the Ideal
set by the God of the System. There is a Cause-and-Effect Law behind the
evolution of the human individual
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Thought-Forms, 1978
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Man, Visible and Invisible, 1971
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The Masters and the Path, 1973
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The Power and Use of Thought, 1997
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Pearson N.
Space, Time and Self, 1964
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The Etheric Double, 1971
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All books published by:
The Theosophical Publishing House
The Theosophical Society, Adyar
Chennai – 600020, India