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This sentence must not be misunderstood as it is reported a little too vaguely. The “Spiritual Monad” is eternal because uncreate, but its “Individual persistence”—''in human form and bodies on this terrestrial chain or during the life-cycle'', lasts only “one manvantara.” This does not prevent the same Spiritual Monad starting at the end of Maha-pralaya (the Grand Age of Rest) into another ''higher and more perfect'' “life-cycle with the fruit of the accumulated experiences of all the personalities the “individual” Ego (''manas'') had informed. | This sentence must not be misunderstood as it is reported a little too vaguely. The “Spiritual Monad” is eternal because uncreate, but its “Individual persistence”—''in human form and bodies on this terrestrial chain or during the life-cycle'', lasts only “one manvantara.” This does not prevent the same Spiritual Monad starting at the end of Maha-pralaya (the Grand Age of Rest) into another ''higher and more perfect'' “life-cycle with the fruit of the accumulated experiences of all the personalities the “individual” Ego (''manas'') had informed. | ||
[Commenting on a sentence in Nizida’s ''The Astral Light'' (London: Theos. Publishing Co.) which ran: “The thought substance of the universe, i.e., the astral light . . .”] | {{Style P-Quote|[Commenting on a sentence in Nizida’s ''The Astral Light'' (London: Theos. Publishing Co.) which ran: “The thought substance of the universe, ''i.e''., the astral light . . .”]}} | ||
According to Occult teaching the Astral light is ''not'' the “thought substance” of the Universe, but the recorder of every thought; the universal mirror which reflects every event and thought as every being and thing, animate or inanimate. We call it the great Sea of Illusion, ''Maya''.— ({{Style S-Small capitals|Ed.}}) | According to Occult teaching the Astral light is ''not'' the “thought substance” of the Universe, but the recorder of every thought; the universal mirror which reflects every event and thought as every being and thing, animate or inanimate. We call it the great Sea of Illusion, ''Maya''.— ({{Style S-Small capitals|Ed.}}) | ||