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== General description == | == General description == | ||
In Mme. Blavatsky's teachings the Causal Body is [[Manas#Higher manas|higher Manas]] illuminated by [[Buddhi]], forming the [[Ego]] that passes from one incarnation to another: | In Mme. Blavatsky's teachings the Causal Body is defined as [[Manas#Higher manas|higher Manas]] illuminated by [[Buddhi]], forming the [[Ego]] that passes from one [[reincarnation|incarnation]] to another: | ||
<blockquote>It is the Buddhi-Manas which is called the Causal body, (the United 5th and 6th Principles) and which is Consciousness, that connects it with every personality it inhabits on earth.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Key to Theosophy'' (London: Theosophical Publishing House, [1987]), ???.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>It is the Buddhi-Manas which is called the Causal body, (the United 5th and 6th Principles) and which is [[Consciousness]], that connects it with every [[Principle#Individuality and personality|personality]] it inhabits on earth.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Key to Theosophy'' (London: Theosophical Publishing House, [1987]), ???.</ref></blockquote> | ||
<blockquote>Speaking of Manas, the "causal body," we may call it -- when connecting it with the Buddhic radiance -- the "HIGHER EGO".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Key to Theosophy'' (London: Theosophical Publishing House, [1987]), ???.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>Speaking of Manas, the "causal body," we may call it -- when connecting it with the Buddhic radiance -- the "HIGHER EGO".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Key to Theosophy'' (London: Theosophical Publishing House, [1987]), ???.</ref></blockquote> | ||
Speaking of the different kinds of "doubles" or subtle bodies she wrote: | |||
<blockquote>The third | <blockquote>The third is the true Ego, called in the East, by a name meaning “causal body” but which in the trans-Himalayan schools is always called the “Karmic body,” which is the same. For [[Karma]] or action is the cause which produces incessant rebirths or “[[reincarnation]]s.” It is not the [[Monad]], nor is it Manas proper; but is, in a way, indissolubly connected with, and a compound of the Monad and Manas in [[Devachan]].<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. X (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 219.</ref></blockquote> | ||
<blockquote>The “thought power” or aspect of the Mayavi or “Illusion body,” merges after death entirely into the causal body or the conscious thinking EGO. The animal elements, or power of desire of the “Dream body,” absorbing after death that which it has collected (through its insatiable desire to live) during life; i.e., all the astral vitality as well as all the impressions of its material acts and thoughts while it lived in possession of the body, forms the “Spook” or Kama rupa.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. X (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 220.</ref></blockquote> | After [[death]], the mental elements of the personality fitted to enter in Devachan are absorbed in the causal body: | ||
<blockquote>The “thought power” or aspect of the [[Māyāvi-Rūpa|Mayavi]] or “Illusion body,” merges after death entirely into the causal body or the conscious thinking EGO. The animal elements, or power of desire of the “Dream body,” absorbing after death that which it has collected (through its insatiable desire to live) during life; i.e., all the astral vitality as well as all the impressions of its material acts and thoughts while it lived in possession of the body, forms the “Spook” or Kama rupa.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. X (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 220.</ref></blockquote> | |||
==According to Besant and Leadbeater == | ==According to Besant and Leadbeater == | ||
==Online resources== | ==Online resources== | ||
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===Books=== | ===Books=== | ||
*[http://hpb.narod.ru/CausalBody1.htm# The Causal Body - Part 1] and [http://hpb.narod.ru/CausalBody2.htm# Part 2] by A. E.Powell | *[http://hpb.narod.ru/CausalBody1.htm# The Causal Body - Part 1] and [http://hpb.narod.ru/CausalBody2.htm# Part 2] by A. E.Powell | ||
== Notes == | |||
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[[Category:Theosophical concepts]] | [[Category:Theosophical concepts]] | ||
Revision as of 18:03, 17 April 2013
General description
In Mme. Blavatsky's teachings the Causal Body is defined as higher Manas illuminated by Buddhi, forming the Ego that passes from one incarnation to another:
It is the Buddhi-Manas which is called the Causal body, (the United 5th and 6th Principles) and which is Consciousness, that connects it with every personality it inhabits on earth.[1]
Speaking of Manas, the "causal body," we may call it -- when connecting it with the Buddhic radiance -- the "HIGHER EGO".[2]
Speaking of the different kinds of "doubles" or subtle bodies she wrote:
The third is the true Ego, called in the East, by a name meaning “causal body” but which in the trans-Himalayan schools is always called the “Karmic body,” which is the same. For Karma or action is the cause which produces incessant rebirths or “reincarnations.” It is not the Monad, nor is it Manas proper; but is, in a way, indissolubly connected with, and a compound of the Monad and Manas in Devachan.[3]
After death, the mental elements of the personality fitted to enter in Devachan are absorbed in the causal body:
The “thought power” or aspect of the Mayavi or “Illusion body,” merges after death entirely into the causal body or the conscious thinking EGO. The animal elements, or power of desire of the “Dream body,” absorbing after death that which it has collected (through its insatiable desire to live) during life; i.e., all the astral vitality as well as all the impressions of its material acts and thoughts while it lived in possession of the body, forms the “Spook” or Kama rupa.[4]
According to Besant and Leadbeater
Online resources
Articles
- Causal Body at Theosopedia
Books
- The Causal Body - Part 1 and Part 2 by A. E.Powell
Notes
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Key to Theosophy (London: Theosophical Publishing House, [1987]), ???.
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Key to Theosophy (London: Theosophical Publishing House, [1987]), ???.
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. X (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 219.
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Collected Writings vol. X (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1988), 220.