Causal Vehicle – Traou an Dour

Comte de Saint Germain and Mayavi-rupa

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From Wikipédia

Le comte de Saint-Germain, né probablement entre 1690 et 1710 (en 1691 selon la légende) et mort le 27 février 1784 à Eckernförde, est un aventurier du XVIIIe siècle, musicien, peintre et polyglotte, réputé alchimiste.

Personnage mystérieux entouré de légendes, la tradition alchimique lui attribue la paternité de l’œuvre ésotérique La Très Sainte Trinosophie. Réputé immortel, il a inspiré de nombreuses œuvres littéraires et artistiques jusqu’à nos jours.

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Potentiel descendant caché de quelque personnalité royale

Sa naissance n’a pu être conjecturée que sur la base de quelques témoignages épars, dont celui de son ami le prince Frédéric II de Hesse-Cassel, qui laissent supposer qu’il était l’enfant illégitime, né en 1696, du prince François II Rákóczi de Transylvanie et de la princesse Violante-Béatrice de Bavière, de la maison de Wittelsbach, épouse (veuve en 1713) de Ferdinand de Médicis, prince de Florence et qu’il fut élevé à Florence par le grand-duc de Toscane Jean-Gaston de Médicis, beau-frère de la seconde. Quoi qu’il en soit, certains virent en lui le descendant caché de quelque personnalité royale, et dans cette filiation supposée la raison de son intimité avec le roi Louis XV. Ainsi a-t-on pu également reconnaître en lui l’enfant naturel de la reine d’Espagne Marie-Anne de Neubourg, et d’un noble, le comte de Melgar. Ces liens de parenté, dont aucun n’est avéré, expliqueraient le train de vie aisé qu’il a toujours mené, son éducation et sa culture. En effet, outre ses connaissances certaines en chimie, Saint-Germain est reconnu par ses contemporains comme un homme de très grand savoir, musicien habile et peintre de qualité.

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Un laboratoire d’alchimie au château de Chambord

Résidant à Londres, où il brille dans les salons comme musicien, Saint-Germain est arrêté comme espion jacobite, en 1743. Il quitte la capitale britannique en 1746, et on perd sa trace pendant 12 ans. Pour certains, il se retire en Allemagne où il se consacre à ses recherches chimiques et alchimiques. Pour d’autres, il voyage jusqu’en Inde et au Tibet : aucune preuve de ces périples n’est avancée, mais on constate plus tard, en effet, que le comte a une profonde connaissance de l’Orient. Arrivé à Paris au début de 1758, sur les instances du maréchal de Belle-Isle, adepte enthousiaste de son élixir de longue vie, il écrit aussitôt à Marigny, directeur des Bâtiments du Roi, en déclarant : « J’ai fait dans mes terres la plus riche et la plus rare découverte qu’on ait encore faite. J’y ai fait travailler avec une assiduité, une constance, une patience qui n’ont peut-être pas d’exemple, pendant près de vingt ans. » Il conclut avec cette requête assortie d’une promesse : « L’objet de tant de soins obtenu, je viens volontairement en offrir le profit au Roi, mes seuls frais déduits, sans lui demander autre chose que la disposition libre d’une des maisons royales, propre à établir les gens que j’ai amenés d’Allemagne pour mon service », sur quoi Marigny lui attribue le château de Chambord, alors inhabité. Saint-Germain installe ses assistants, ses ouvriers et son laboratoire dans les communs. Pourtant, il est plus souvent à Paris qu’à Chambord. Il se fait présenter à la marquise de Pompadour, qui l’introduit auprès du roi Louis XV. Celui-ci apprécie immédiatement le brillant personnage qui, très vite, devient l’un de ses familiers.

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I have read accounts whereby this gentleman appears to have loads of jewels and to manifest without the use of doors. He is the 7^th ray master, par excellence. He is still “around” some three hundred years later and a major part of the hierarchical effort.

If he as a Master has the ability to project a Mayavi-rupa vehicle there would be no need for him to use doors. With such control, he could manifest gemstones at will. The 7^th ray is the ray of the Alchemist.

People interpret immortality as the physical body living forever. Immortality means not being mortal, not reincarnating and therefore never “dying” again. If there is no causal vehicle mortality has ended.

Who would want to keep a worn out vehicle for centuries? Strange logic…

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Mayavirupa

The Mayavirupa is literally the illusory form; it is the body of temporary manifestation which the Adept creates on occasion through the power of the will and in which He functions in order to make certain contacts on the physical plane and to engage in certain work for the [human] race. CF 761

Mayavi Rupa. Sanskrit, “Illusive Form.” It is the body of manifestation created by the adept by an act of will for use in the three worlds. It has no material connection with the physical body. It is spiritual and ethereal and passes everywhere without let or hindrance. It is built by the power of the lower mind, of the highest type of astral matter. IHS 221

…The stage wherein–after the fourth initiation–there is direct unbroken relation between the Monad, via the Triad, and the form which the Master is using to do His work among men. This form may be either His temporary personality, arrived at along the normal lines of incarnation, or the specially created form to which Theosophists give the technical but cumbersome word “mayavirupa.” It is the “true mask, hiding the radiant light and the dynamic energy of a revealed Son of God.” RI 50-51

He [the initiate] can work through a physical body (with its subtler sheaths) or not, as he sees fit. He realizes that he, as an individual, no longer needs a physical body or an astral consciousness, and that the mind is only a service instrument. The body in which he now functions is a body of light which has its own type of substance. The Master, however, can build a body through which He can approach His incoming disciples and those who have not taken the higher initiations; He will normally build this body in semblance of the human form, doing so instantaneously and by an act of the will, when required. The majority of the Masters who are definitely working with humanity either preserve the old body in which They took the fifth initiation or else They build the “mayavirupa” or body of maya, of physical substance. This body will appear in the original form in which They took initiation. This I personally did in reference to the first case; i.e., preserving the body in which I took initiation. This the Master K.H. did in creating a body which was made in the form in which He took the fifth initiation. RI 705

The Master Jesus on the Cross could not respond to any saving process (even had He desired to do so) because the soul body–as is always the case at the fourth initiation–was destroyed; there was nothing to respond to the evocative power of an outside person, interested or loving. As an adept and as one in whom monadic consciousness was firmly established, the powers then available to Jesus could not be used in the saving of His physical body. At the same time, it must be remembered that He would have no desire to save it, because He now possessed the power (demonstrated later in the Gospel story) to create a body at will in order to meet His needs. EH 654

Some of the Masters will create what is called in the language of the East the “mayavirupa”–a vehicle of expression which is built of atomic physical and astral substance and of concrete mental substance. This They can create at will, use at will and cause to vanish at will; Their problem is not, therefore, so acute in the matter of appearing and of reappearing as is that of the initiate who cannot thus create to suit his purpose and his service. EX 697

Applicants for initiation and initiates up to the third initiation use both the sutratma and the antahkarana, employing them as a unit. The power of the Triad begins to pour through, thus energizing all human activities upon the physical plane, and vitalizing in ever increasing degree the man’s thought forms. The key to the formation of the Mayavirupa is found in the right comprehension of the process. CF 959-960 [See also: ENA 31]

The three aspects of the will, as focused in the Spiritual Triad, are now in full expression; the initiate is animated by Purpose, but faces still greater evolutionary developments; of these I do not need to speak, as they concern divine aspects as yet unknown and unregistered by man. The reason for this complete ignorance is that the vehicles of any man below the third initiation contain too much “impure matter” to record the impact of these divine qualities. Only the “created body” (the mayavirupa) of an initiate of the fourth initiation can begin to register these divine impacts; it is therefore a waste of our time to consider even the possibility of their existence. RI 317

The soul then prepares itself for the coming fourth initiation. This is basically a monadic experience and results–as you know–in the disappearance or destruction of the soul vehicle or causal body, and the establishment, therefore, of a direct relation between the monad on its own plane and the newly created personality, via the antahkarana. EH 518

The causal body is itself eventually done away with when the pupil takes the fourth initiation and can freely create his own body of manifestation. LOM 275

In the mode whereby the liberated disciple can now create a body for physical plane contact and for service in the three worlds–this time not under the Law of Necessity but under the Law of Service, as understood by the initiate. EH 505

The fourth initiation marks the complete realization of this relation by the initiate. It enables him to say: “I and my Father are one.” It is for this reason that the crucifixion, or the Great Renunciation, takes place. Forget not that it is the soul that is crucified. It is Christ Who “dies.” It is not the man; it is not Jesus. The causal body disappears. The man is monadically conscious. The soul-body no longer serves any useful purpose; it is no more needed. Nothing is left but the sutratma, qualified by consciousness–a consciousness which still preserves identity whilst merged in the whole. Another qualification is creativity; thus consciousness can be focussed at will on the physical plane in an outer body or form. This body is will-created by the Master. RI 455

When the antahkarana is built, and the mental unit is superseded by the manasic permanent atom, and the causal body disappears, then the adept knows that the lower mind, the mental body, is also an illusion and is, for him, non-existent. There are then–as far as his individual consciousness is concerned–only three focal points or anchorages (both of these expressions are inadequate to express the full meaning):

1. Humanity, in which he can focus himself at will through the medium of what is called technically the “mayavirupa”–a bodily form which he creates for the fulfillment of monadic purpose. RI 481

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At the fourth initiation, the initiate is brought into the Presence of that aspect of Himself which is called “His Father in Heaven.” He is brought face to face with his own Monad, that pure spiritual essence on the highest plane but one, which is to his Ego or higher self what that Ego is to the personality or lower self….For the remainder of his appearances in the three worlds he is governed only by will and purpose, self-initiated, and creates his body of manifestation, and thus controls (within karmic limits) his own times and seasons. The karma here referred to is planetary karma, and not personal. IHS 117

This marks the fourth Initiation; after that Initiation, the Adept makes for Himself a body of manifestation, a free creation–there is nothing in Him to call into objectivity a body for use in the three worlds and evolved under the Law of Causes. LOM 11

The intuition (or buddhi) being the unifying principle and thus welding all, at the fourth initiation the lower vehicles go, and the adept stands in his intuitional body, and creates from thence his body of manifestation. LOM 339

Since buddhi is the unifying principle (or the welder of all), at the fifth initiation the adept lets the lower vehicles go, and stands in his buddhic sheath. He creates thence his body of manifestation. IHS 16-17

It must be remembered that a Master has no personality at all. His divine nature is all that He has. The form through which He works (if he is working through and living in a physical vehicle) is a created image, the product of a focussed will and the creative imagination; it is not the product of desire, as in the case of a human being. This is an important distinction and one which warrants careful thinking. The lesser lives (which are governed by the Moon) have been dispersed. They no longer respond to the ancient call of the reincarnating soul, which again and again has gathered to itself the lives which it has touched and colored by its quality in the past. The soul and the causal body no longer exist by the time the fourth initiation is undergone. What is left is the Monad and the thread, the antahkarana which it has spun out of its own life and consciousness down the ages and which it can focus at will upon the physical plane, where it can create a body of pure substance and radiant light for all that the Master may require. This will be a perfect body, utterly adapted to the need, the plan and the purpose of the Master. None of the lesser lives (as we understand the term) form part of it, for they can only be summoned by desire. In the Master there is no desire left, and this is the thought held before the disciple as he begins to master the significance of the fourth Rule. RI 101

If the deva, or solar Angel, is no longer attracted by matter, then there is no identification, and objective life is no longer the law of his existence. He identifies himself then with quality, or energy, and becomes an expression of the divine attributes. Objectivity may then ensue as a voluntary offering to the good of the group or planetary existence, but identification with the separated form is no longer the case. The human vehicle then created is as much a thought form in this case as any other particularized idea, and the greatest act of conscious magic is to be seen. All other magical creations are subsidiary to this. Through manipulation of negative and positive energy, thus bringing them to the point of equilibrium before informing them, the perfected body of the Adept is formed. CF 1013-1014

In the case of all avatars it is the will aspect which is brought into play, and which produces appearance–either the will of the perfected adept, such as the Buddha Himself, or (as in the case of the true Avatar, Who is, and Who has not achieved) the will of the planetary Logos or of the solar Logos, taking form for a specific purpose. It involves a higher display of the creative faculty than that displayed by the Adept in the creation of His body of manifestation, the Mayavirupa. CF 760-761

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The Difference Between Exoteric and Esoteric Psychology

I have read quite a few books on exoteric psychology. I have had cognitive behavioural therapy and talking psychotherapy. I am a qualified Myers Briggs practitioner and have employed this is multiple team and personal development scenarios. I have experienced Prozac, anti-anxiety drugs and monoamine oxidase inhibitors. The latter are usually only given as an inpatient, but because of my vegan diet at the time, there was much less risk with me. I have worked with shamanism and animal totems together with the notion of dreaming classes. I have also been trying to apply the esoteric psychology from the blue books opus for around two decades. What I am going to write here should be treated as discursive speculation. If it rings true for you fine, if not that is also fine. I am not bothered about being right or winning arguments.

The major difference between the two psychologies lies in the orientation of self. “Normal” psychology seeks to have a stable notion or identity with self, with the personality. In terms of Myers Briggs, personality I am an INFJ. This means that I am in general introverted getting energised by my inner world and overwhelmed by having to speak with / listen to others. Because I have a judging orientation, I like organisation, timing, planning and plans. My dominant function is introverted intuition. Nobody sees it, it is introverted. I am at the top of the scale for this. My second function is extroverted feeling. So, I can appear warm and caring. I do need to be alone more than most people can imagine and it is fine for me not to speak with anyone for a week.

Normal psychology seeks to explain people in terms of social conditioning and to get the “patient” to comply with the socio-political norms of their peer group(s). Normal psychology is the psychology of the herd, whereby the patient fits without too much discomfort, with the expectations of your common or garden human. These expectations vary. Iran is not Holland; Jamaica is not Japan and Senegal is not Iceland. Normal psychology has many theories about sex and shagging. It can deem selfish ambition as a good thing. If you are not ambitious you may even get diagnosed with depression. Normal psychology does not delve over much into the notion of Soul. Normal psychology is the psychology of the mean, the average. Diverge too far from this and you are diagnosed with a personality disorder. Within this framework it is possible that I had delayed onset post-traumatic stress disorder because of a childhood incident involving drowning, hippos and a crocodile induced death. I have been known to do reckless things.

If you accept the notion of Soul, then one can conclude that normal exoteric psychology is incomplete. It has many wonderful and life saving uses but it does not address the evolution of an incarnating being.

Esoteric psychology is the psychology of how the Soul “seizes” the steering wheel of the lower personality vehicle. The “Self” or “Personality” first of all does not like a back seat driver and will overrule the conscience from time to time. It does not want to hand over the steering wheel. Inevitably then as the Soul tries to take control some measure of conflict, struggle and crisis occurs.

As a descriptor esoteric psychology suggests that awareness can be “centred” in the physical/etheric, the astral / emotional, mental/manasic, buddhic or atmic “planes”. It has the notion of raising the awareness up the ladder. The awareness is not fixed on one level but depending upon level of evolution can be found there for most of the time. If you are obsessed with the form or meat side of live you will do a lot of exercise and be interested in carnal encounters.

The idea is that over multiple lifetimes the Soul gets better and better at driving the lower vehicle creating for itself a more suitable vehicle. The awareness of a normal person with an undeveloped intellect would be very different to that of a university mathematics professor. The latter would be using abstract mind on a regular basis, but he/she may still be polarised on the astral/emotional plane and consequently prone to bouts of drama from time to time.

In esoteric psychology by the time one has “taken” the third initiation the personality vehicle is no longer in charge. The being is Soul infused. The being then builds the buddhic and atmic sheaths. So when the Soul or causal vehicle is destroyed the awareness does not dissipate. Because there is no longer a Soul or Causal Vehicle, a new piece of meat is no longer obligatory.

My mental vehicle is fifth ray or concrete knowledge, my personality as a whole is seventh ray ceremonial order or synthesis, my Soul second ray or love-wisdom.

The seventh ray is entrepreneurial, and I love making new things such as courses up. Depending on circumstance I can show seventh ray shamanism or write a business plan. I can show clear scientific thinking or deeply feeling love-wisdom compassion. My intuition comes not just from my INFJ personality vehicle but from the second ray Soul.

In a real sense the lower separative personality has to surrender. It gets all grand, egocentric and puffed up and then it has to kneel.

Esoteric psychology seeks to integrate the personality and then have it surrender. Exoteric psychology has no notion like this.

After the fourth initiation because there is no longer a causal vehicle, which is also separative to an extent, the awareness is no longer human. The awareness has echoes of its prior coloration but is now more monadic and therefore holistic, joined up, and universal. This is as opposed to the separate notion of ME held sacrosanct by the strong individualistic personality.

According to the suggestions for the New Age a very large part of humanity will undergo the process of personality integration, repulse and the full infusion.

In my case I would appear to change from an entrepreneurial scientist {5-7} to a love-wisdom buddhist {2}. The change would be a transfiguration. I would not behave like I used to.

This holds true for humanity at the end of the next evolutionary process, it will not behave as it once did

To Illustrate how this might apply to nations. Great Britain as a nation has a first ray personality and a second ray Soul. Have a look at these descriptors from Esoteric Psychology One in the light of recent events in the UK. Which qualities have been demonstrated in Westminster?

First Ray of Will or Power

Special Virtues:

Strength, courage, steadfastness, truthfulness arising from absolute fearlessness, power of ruling, capacity to grasp great questions in a large-minded way, and of handling men and measures.

Vices of Ray:

Pride, ambition, wilfulness, hardness, arrogance, desire to control others, obstinacy, anger.

Virtues to he acquired:

Tenderness, humility, sympathy, tolerance, patience,

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The Second Ray of Love-Wisdom

Special Virtues:

Calm, strength, patience and endurance, love of truth, faithfulness, intuition, clear intelligence, and serene temper.

Vices of Ray:

Over-absorption in study, coldness, indifference to others, contempt of mental limitations in others.

Virtues to be acquired:

Love, compassion, unselfishness, energy.

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I’ll speculate that the UK is demonstrating a poorly integrated first ray personality which fails to see the bigger picture. There are only faint hints of second ray vice coming through, whereas first ray vice is abundant.

In the fullness of time as humanity gets closer to soul infusion there will need to be a shift from the exoteric-SELF psychology to the esoteric-Soular psychology…