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	* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/immortality Immortality] in Theosophy World		* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/immortality Immortality] in Theosophy World
			* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/amrita Amrita] in Theosophy World

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	'''Immortality''' is normally defined as the ability to live forever, to enjoy eternal life. Many religions affirm the possibility of spiritual immortality, that is, the unending existence of a person in a nonphysical state such as a [[soul]].		'''Immortality''' is normally defined as the ability to live forever, to enjoy eternal life. Many religions affirm the possibility of spiritual immortality, that is, the unending existence of a person in a nonphysical state such as a [[soul]].

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	<blockquote>Let us say I begin my immortality at the present fourth Round, i.e., having become a full adept (which unhappily I am not) I arrest the hand of [[Death]] at will, and when finally obliged to submit to it, my knowledge of the secrets of nature puts me in a position to retain my consciousness and distinct perception of Self as an object to my own reflective consciousness and cognition; and thus avoiding all such dismemberments of [[principle]]s, that as a rule take place after the physical death of average humanity, I remain as [[Koot Hoomi\|Koothoomi]] in my [[Ego]] throughout the whole series of births and lives across the seven worlds and Arupa-lokas until finally I land again on this earth among the [[Root-Race#Fifth Root-Race\|fifth race]] men of the full [[Round#Fifth Round\|fifth Round]] beings. I would have been, in such a case — "immortal" for an inconceivable (to you) long period, embracing many milliards of years. And yet am "I" truly immortal for all that? Unless I make the same efforts as I do now, to secure for myself another such furlough from Nature's Law, Koothoomi will vanish and may become a Mr. Smith or an innocent Babu, when his leave expires. There are men who become such mighty beings, there are men among us who may become immortal during the remainder of the Rounds, and then take their appointed place among the highest [[Chohan]]s, the [[Planetary Spirit\|Planetary conscious "Ego-Spirits"]].<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 211.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Let us say I begin my immortality at the present fourth Round, i.e., having become a full adept (which unhappily I am not) I arrest the hand of [[Death]] at will, and when finally obliged to submit to it, my knowledge of the secrets of nature puts me in a position to retain my consciousness and distinct perception of Self as an object to my own reflective consciousness and cognition; and thus avoiding all such dismemberments of [[principle]]s, that as a rule take place after the physical death of average humanity, I remain as [[Koot Hoomi\|Koothoomi]] in my [[Ego]] throughout the whole series of births and lives across the seven worlds and Arupa-lokas until finally I land again on this earth among the [[Root-Race#Fifth Root-Race\|fifth race]] men of the full [[Round#Fifth Round\|fifth Round]] beings. I would have been, in such a case — "immortal" for an inconceivable (to you) long period, embracing many milliards of years. And yet am "I" truly immortal for all that? Unless I make the same efforts as I do now, to secure for myself another such furlough from Nature's Law, Koothoomi will vanish and may become a Mr. Smith or an innocent Babu, when his leave expires. There are men who become such mighty beings, there are men among us who may become immortal during the remainder of the Rounds, and then take their appointed place among the highest [[Chohan]]s, the [[Planetary Spirit\|Planetary conscious "Ego-Spirits"]].<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 211.</ref></blockquote>

	==~~Online~~ resources==		== Additional resources ==

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			* [https://www.theosophy.world/encyclopedia/immortality Immortality] in Theosophy World

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	*[https://archive.org/download/1193_20191126/1193.mp3# Life, Death and Immortality] by N. Sri Ram		*[https://archive.org/download/1193_20191126/1193.mp3# Life, Death and Immortality] by N. Sri Ram

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	<blockquote>Let us say I begin my immortality at the present fourth Round, i.e., having become a full adept (which unhappily I am not) I arrest the hand of [[Death]] at will, and when finally obliged to submit to it, my knowledge of the secrets of nature puts me in a position to retain my consciousness and distinct perception of Self as an object to my own reflective consciousness and cognition; and thus avoiding all such dismemberments of [[principle]]s, that as a rule take place after the physical death of average humanity, I remain as [[Koot Hoomi\|Koothoomi]] in my [[Ego]] throughout the whole series of births and lives across the seven worlds and Arupa-lokas until finally I land again on this earth among the [[Root-Race#Fifth Root-Race\|fifth race]] men of the full [[Round#Fifth Round\|fifth Round]] beings. I would have been, in such a case — "immortal" for an inconceivable (to you) long period, embracing many milliards of years. And yet am "I" truly immortal for all that? Unless I make the same efforts as I do now, to secure for myself another such furlough from Nature's Law, Koothoomi will vanish and may become a Mr. Smith or an innocent Babu, when his leave expires. There are men who become such mighty beings, there are men among us who may become immortal during the remainder of the Rounds, and then take their appointed place among the highest [[Chohan]]s, the [[Planetary Spirit\|Planetary conscious "Ego-Spirits"]].<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 211.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Let us say I begin my immortality at the present fourth Round, i.e., having become a full adept (which unhappily I am not) I arrest the hand of [[Death]] at will, and when finally obliged to submit to it, my knowledge of the secrets of nature puts me in a position to retain my consciousness and distinct perception of Self as an object to my own reflective consciousness and cognition; and thus avoiding all such dismemberments of [[principle]]s, that as a rule take place after the physical death of average humanity, I remain as [[Koot Hoomi\|Koothoomi]] in my [[Ego]] throughout the whole series of births and lives across the seven worlds and Arupa-lokas until finally I land again on this earth among the [[Root-Race#Fifth Root-Race\|fifth race]] men of the full [[Round#Fifth Round\|fifth Round]] beings. I would have been, in such a case — "immortal" for an inconceivable (to you) long period, embracing many milliards of years. And yet am "I" truly immortal for all that? Unless I make the same efforts as I do now, to secure for myself another such furlough from Nature's Law, Koothoomi will vanish and may become a Mr. Smith or an innocent Babu, when his leave expires. There are men who become such mighty beings, there are men among us who may become immortal during the remainder of the Rounds, and then take their appointed place among the highest [[Chohan]]s, the [[Planetary Spirit\|Planetary conscious "Ego-Spirits"]].<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 211.</ref></blockquote>

			==Online resources==
			===Audio===
			*[https://archive.org/download/1193_20191126/1193.mp3# Life, Death and Immortality] by N. Sri Ram

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	<blockquote>The word "immortality" has for the initiates and occultists quite a different meaning. We call "immortal" but the one Life in its universal collectivity and entire or [[Absolute]] Abstraction; that which has neither beginning nor end, nor any break in its continuity. Does the term apply to anything else? Certainly it does not.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 211.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The word "immortality" has for the initiates and occultists quite a different meaning. We call "immortal" but the one Life in its universal collectivity and entire or [[Absolute]] Abstraction; that which has neither beginning nor end, nor any break in its continuity. Does the term apply to anything else? Certainly it does not.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 211.</ref></blockquote>

	However, one can qualify the concept of immortality and limit it to a certain period of time, to a particular evolutionary [[cycle]]. For example, an [[Adept]] may be so developed as to be able to remain aware during the [[pralaya]] between the present and the next [[Round]]s. ~~The~~ development may be so extended to be able to remain aware during the pralayas ~~between~~ future and more advanced Rounds:		However, one can qualify the concept of immortality and limit it to a certain period of time, to a particular evolutionary [[cycle]]. For example, an [[Adept]] may be so developed as to be able to remain aware during the [[pralaya]] between the present and the next [[Round]]s, instead of falling into an unconscious nirvana as is the case of those less developed. This development may be so extended to be able to remain aware during the pralayas in future and more advanced Rounds:

	<blockquote>Let us say I begin my immortality at the present fourth Round, i.e., having become a full adept (which unhappily I am not) I arrest the hand of Death at will, and when finally obliged to submit to it, my knowledge of the secrets of nature puts me in a position to retain my consciousness and distinct perception of Self as an object to my own reflective consciousness and cognition; and thus avoiding all such dismemberments of ~~principles~~, that as a rule take place after the physical death of average humanity, I remain as Koothoomi in my Ego throughout the whole series of births and lives across the seven worlds and Arupa-lokas until finally I land again on this earth among the fifth race men of the full fifth Round beings. I would have been, in such a case — "immortal" for an inconceivable (to you) long period, embracing many milliards of years. And yet am "I" truly immortal for all that? Unless I make the same efforts as I do now, to secure for myself another such furlough from Nature's Law, Koothoomi will vanish and may become a Mr. Smith or an innocent Babu, when his leave expires. There are men who become such mighty beings, there are men among us who may become immortal during the remainder of the Rounds, and then take their appointed place among the highest ~~Chohans~~, the Planetary conscious "Ego-Spirits."<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 211.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Let us say I begin my immortality at the present fourth Round, i.e., having become a full adept (which unhappily I am not) I arrest the hand of [[Death]] at will, and when finally obliged to submit to it, my knowledge of the secrets of nature puts me in a position to retain my consciousness and distinct perception of Self as an object to my own reflective consciousness and cognition; and thus avoiding all such dismemberments of [[principle]]s, that as a rule take place after the physical death of average humanity, I remain as [[Koot Hoomi\|Koothoomi]] in my [[Ego]] throughout the whole series of births and lives across the seven worlds and Arupa-lokas until finally I land again on this earth among the [[Root-Race#Fifth Root-Race\|fifth race]] men of the full [[Round#Fifth Round\|fifth Round]] beings. I would have been, in such a case — "immortal" for an inconceivable (to you) long period, embracing many milliards of years. And yet am "I" truly immortal for all that? Unless I make the same efforts as I do now, to secure for myself another such furlough from Nature's Law, Koothoomi will vanish and may become a Mr. Smith or an innocent Babu, when his leave expires. There are men who become such mighty beings, there are men among us who may become immortal during the remainder of the Rounds, and then take their appointed place among the highest [[Chohan]]s, the [[Planetary Spirit\|Planetary conscious "Ego-Spirits"]].<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 211.</ref></blockquote>

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	'''Immortality''' is normally defined as the ability to live forever, to enjoy eternal life. Many religions affirm the possibility of spiritual immortality, that is, the unending existence of a person in a nonphysical state such as a soul.		'''Immortality''' is normally defined as the ability to live forever, to enjoy eternal life. Many religions affirm the possibility of spiritual immortality, that is, the unending existence of a person in a nonphysical state such as a [[soul]].

	The esoteric view places emphasis on the continuity of consciousness. [[Koot Hoomi\|Mahatma K.H.]] ~~defined~~ "~~complete~~ or true immortality~~" as the~~ unlimited ''sentient'' existence ~~with~~ no breaks and stoppages, ~~with~~ no arrest of ''Self''-consciousness. ~~Immortal~~ is he "whose distinct consciousness and perception of Self under whatever form — undergoes no disjunction at any time not for one second, during the period of his Egoship".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 211.</ref> In this view, no individual entity could be truly immortal, because its consciousness will be dissolved at a certain point:		The esoteric view places emphasis on the continuity of consciousness. [[Koot Hoomi\|Mahatma K.H.]] wrote "Complete or true immortality, which means an unlimited ''sentient'' existence, can have no breaks and stoppages, no arrest of ''Self''-consciousness". He added that immortal is he "whose distinct consciousness and perception of Self under whatever form — undergoes no disjunction at any time not for one second, during the period of his Egoship".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 211.</ref> In this view, no individual entity could be truly immortal, because its individual consciousness will be dissolved at a certain point, even if at the coming of a [[Pralaya\|maha-pralaya]]:

	<blockquote>The word "immortality" has for the initiates and occultists quite a different meaning. We call "immortal" but the one Life in its universal collectivity and entire or [[Absolute]] Abstraction; that which has neither beginning nor end, nor any break in its continuity. Does the term apply to anything else? Certainly it does not.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 211.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>The word "immortality" has for the initiates and occultists quite a different meaning. We call "immortal" but the one Life in its universal collectivity and entire or [[Absolute]] Abstraction; that which has neither beginning nor end, nor any break in its continuity. Does the term apply to anything else? Certainly it does not.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 211.</ref></blockquote>

	However, one can qualify the concept of immortality ~~within~~ a ~~limited~~ period of time. For example, an [[Adept]] may be so developed as to be able to remain aware during the [[pralaya]] between the present and the next [[Round]]s. The development may be so extended to be able to remain aware during the pralayas between future and more advanced Rounds:		However, one can qualify the concept of immortality and limit it to a certain period of time, to a particular evolutionary [[cycle]]. For example, an [[Adept]] may be so developed as to be able to remain aware during the [[pralaya]] between the present and the next [[Round]]s. The development may be so extended to be able to remain aware during the pralayas between future and more advanced Rounds:

	<blockquote>Let us say I begin my immortality at the present fourth Round, i.e., having become a full adept (which unhappily I am not) I arrest the hand of Death at will, and when finally obliged to submit to it, my knowledge of the secrets of nature puts me in a position to retain my consciousness and distinct perception of Self as an object to my own reflective consciousness and cognition; and thus avoiding all such dismemberments of principles, that as a rule take place after the physical death of average humanity, I remain as Koothoomi in my Ego throughout the whole series of births and lives across the seven worlds and Arupa-lokas until finally I land again on this earth among the fifth race men of the full fifth Round beings. I would have been, in such a case — "immortal" for an inconceivable (to you) long period, embracing many milliards of years. And yet am "I" truly immortal for all that? Unless I make the same efforts as I do now, to secure for myself another such furlough from Nature's Law, Koothoomi will vanish and may become a Mr. Smith or an innocent Babu, when his leave expires. There are men who become such mighty beings, there are men among us who may become immortal during the remainder of the Rounds, and then take their appointed place among the highest Chohans, the Planetary conscious "Ego-Spirits."<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 211.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Let us say I begin my immortality at the present fourth Round, i.e., having become a full adept (which unhappily I am not) I arrest the hand of Death at will, and when finally obliged to submit to it, my knowledge of the secrets of nature puts me in a position to retain my consciousness and distinct perception of Self as an object to my own reflective consciousness and cognition; and thus avoiding all such dismemberments of principles, that as a rule take place after the physical death of average humanity, I remain as Koothoomi in my Ego throughout the whole series of births and lives across the seven worlds and Arupa-lokas until finally I land again on this earth among the fifth race men of the full fifth Round beings. I would have been, in such a case — "immortal" for an inconceivable (to you) long period, embracing many milliards of years. And yet am "I" truly immortal for all that? Unless I make the same efforts as I do now, to secure for myself another such furlough from Nature's Law, Koothoomi will vanish and may become a Mr. Smith or an innocent Babu, when his leave expires. There are men who become such mighty beings, there are men among us who may become immortal during the remainder of the Rounds, and then take their appointed place among the highest Chohans, the Planetary conscious "Ego-Spirits."<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 211.</ref></blockquote>

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'''Immortality''' is normally defined as the ability to live forever, to enjoy eternal life. Many religions affirm the possibility of spiritual immortality, that is, the unending existence of a person in a nonphysical state such as a soul.

The esoteric view places emphasis on the continuity of consciousness. [[Koot Hoomi|Mahatma K.H.]] defined "complete or true immortality" as the unlimited ''sentient'' existence with no breaks and stoppages, with no arrest of ''Self''-consciousness. Immortal is he "whose distinct consciousness and perception of Self under whatever form — undergoes no disjunction at any time not for one second, during the period of his Egoship".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 211.</ref> In this view, no individual entity could be truly immortal, because its consciousness will be dissolved at a certain point:

<blockquote>The word "immortality" has for the initiates and occultists quite a different meaning. We call "immortal" but the one Life in its universal collectivity and entire or [[Absolute]] Abstraction; that which has neither beginning nor end, nor any break in its continuity. Does the term apply to anything else? Certainly it does not.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 211.</ref></blockquote>

However, one can qualify the concept of immortality within a limited period of time. For example, an [[Adept]] may be so developed as to be able to remain aware during the [[pralaya]] between the present and the next [[Round]]s. The development may be so extended to be able to remain aware during the pralayas between future and more advanced Rounds:

<blockquote>Let us say I begin my immortality at the present fourth Round, i.e., having become a full adept (which unhappily I am not) I arrest the hand of Death at will, and when finally obliged to submit to it, my knowledge of the secrets of nature puts me in a position to retain my consciousness and distinct perception of Self as an object to my own reflective consciousness and cognition; and thus avoiding all such dismemberments of principles, that as a rule take place after the physical death of average humanity, I remain as Koothoomi in my Ego throughout the whole series of births and lives across the seven worlds and Arupa-lokas until finally I land again on this earth among the fifth race men of the full fifth Round beings. I would have been, in such a case — "immortal" for an inconceivable (to you) long period, embracing many milliards of years. And yet am "I" truly immortal for all that? Unless I make the same efforts as I do now, to secure for myself another such furlough from Nature's Law, Koothoomi will vanish and may become a Mr. Smith or an innocent Babu, when his leave expires. There are men who become such mighty beings, there are men among us who may become immortal during the remainder of the Rounds, and then take their appointed place among the highest Chohans, the Planetary conscious "Ego-Spirits."<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in chronological sequence'' No. 70C (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 211.</ref></blockquote>

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