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The Psychology of the Monad
07.11.01
- Origin
The monad must have existed by definition
at the start of the manifested universe and be present at the end. The
monad is a spark of the One Life, and as such is both indestructible and
in a certain sense, indivisible from the One Life itself. Certainly many
of the human monads currently incarnated on our Earth had experience in
the previous solar system. Whether they also had experience in previous
universes must lie outside our study.
So to all
intents and purposes the monad, in its essential life is not separate
from the universal Life. What we think of when we consider the monad however,
is different than this. We are taught to locate the monad on the monadic
plane and see it as the ultimate source of life for our soul and our personality
incarnate on Earth. This of course is true, but it is also a long way
from the whole truth about the monad. From the perspective of the cosmic
astral plane for example, a human monad on the monadic plane of the cosmic
physical plane has ‘fallen’ into physical incarnation. It forms
part of the physical incarnation of a Planetary Logos, of a Solar Logos
and of a Cosmic Logos.
When the monadic
life is released from incarnation it follows a ‘path of return’
via the seven cosmic Paths to higher cosmic planes, and eventually finds
it’s ‘home’ within the identity
of a Cosmic Logos on the cosmic monadic plane. What is it then that ‘travels’
this path of monadic return? A distinction needs to be made between the
monadic body upon the monadic plane and the monadic ‘life’ which
uses that body - just as we need to make a distinction between the soul
and the causal body.
The
use of the term ‘consciousness’ is correctly applied to the
soul and to the spiritual triad. When we speak of the monad we
are speaking about ‘identification’ – the transfer, expansion,
translation and transformation of identity. The monad forms a part of
the ‘Life’ thread of the greater being in which it lives rather
than the ‘Consciousness’ thread. This distinction is important.
In trying to understand the psychology of the monad therefore, we must
lift our sight from the development of the ‘Consciousness thread’
- the antahkarana - to the development of the ‘Life thread’
- the sutratma.
In the microcosm
man, the Consciousness thread is anchored in the soul and the Life thread
in the heart. After the Third Initiation the monadic force is able to
reach (at times) from the monad, via the spiritual triad, directly to
and through the etheric heart centre located on the second ether. Certain
‘atoms’ of etheric matter composing
the heart centre are able to respond to the monadic Life force and transmit
this into their environment.
We must consider
this process in the macrocosm if we are to understand something of the
role of the monadic life in this vast entity. The human monad forms part
of one of the centres of a Heavenly Man. The Heavenly Man forms part of
a Grand Heavenly Man, a Solar Logos. A Solar Logos forms part of a Cosmic
Logos. It is the capacity of the monad for ‘identification’
which will make possible the transfer of energy from a Cosmic Logos on
his own plane, the cosmic monadic, to his heart chakra
on the systemic monadic plane. This sentence is worthy of your deep
consideration.
Let me give
you an example in the microcosm. An etheric
chakra is composed of three types of substance,
each of which is responsive to three different types of energy. The outer
‘ring’ of the chakra is responsive
to personality energy, the middle ‘ring’ to soul energy and
the inner ‘ring’ to monadic energy.
If
we apply the same model on the cosmic planes we can see that the ‘heart’
centre of a Cosmic Logos is also composed of three different types of
cosmic etheric substance, responsive to three
different types of energies through three different ‘identifications’:
In the same way that the causal body is three-fold,
the monad also carries within it the capacity for three different types
of ‘identification’. The cosmic sutratma
is built in ‘Life’ as a result of the alignment between the
wills of three interrelated identities. In the microcosm, the will of
the monad, soul and personality are aligned. In the macrocosm the will
of the Planetary Logos, Solar Logos and Cosmic Logos are aligned. It is
this fact that is behind the statement that the human kingdom is meant
to serve as an outpost of light within the universe. It is a cosmic light
that is referred to, and this ‘light’ will be seen when the
lesser two lights have been well established.
As you might expect, there is a relationship
between the first three subplanes of the monadic
plane, the three types of monad, and the three rings of the cosmic chakra.
Third Ray monads are particularly responsive to the will
of the Planetary Logos and were particularly active in the first solar
system and on the Moon Chain within this scheme. We must remember that
this planet is not a sacred planet and is in fact known as a ‘divine
rebel’. This means that there is a misalignment between the will
of the Planetary Logos and that of the Solar Logos. The Planetary Logos
is taking the Second cosmic Initiation, seeking to master his astral body
and bring his activities into alignment with the will of the soul. This
misalignment expresses itself in the struggle of purpose and direction
between what we call ‘Moon Chain egos’ and ‘Earth humanity’.
We are seeing the struggle between the Third and Second Rays – the
rays of the Earth’s personality and soul. We are further told that
the aim of our Planetary Logos is to carry some part of the will of the
Solar Logos into physical expression, and this he is scheduled to accomplish
in the next solar system.
The Solar Logos is taking the Third
cosmic Initiation. At this Initiation the energies of the personality
and the soul are fused and a conscious rapport is established with the
monad.
The monad of the Solar Logos is the Cosmic Logos. Therefore
we might imagine a time within the third system when the planetary will,
the solar will and the Cosmic Logoic will are
all brought into alignment. What will then be revealed?
The analogy in the microcosm is the
alignment of personality, soul and monadic will. This releases “Life
more abundant”. (TCF, p.125) On
the planet the alignment is between Shamballa, Hierarchy and Humanity.
When the energy in this triangle circulates we have the appearance of
the ‘Saving Force’ wielded by the Lords of Liberation. What
the cosmic equivalent to this ‘Saving Force’ is we have no idea.
In the human system,
the alignment between the ‘three wills’ releases buddhi
in full measure as the “Life more abundant” through the personality.
On the planetary level, the alignment of the ‘three wills’ releases
‘cosmic buddhi’ as the ‘Saving
Force’. This is the revelation of the fourth Quality of deity that
lies behind the Qualities of Intelligence, Love and Will already recognised. In a cosmic sense, might the energy released be
a ‘universal buddhi’ coming from galactic
heavenly men which have cosmic logoi
serving as their heart chakra?}
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