Stanza VII
1. Behold the beginnings of sentient formless life. First the Divine, the one from the Mother-Spirit; then the Spiritual; the three from the one, the four from the one, and the five from which the three, the five, and the seven. These are the three-fold, the four-fold downward; the “mind-born” sons of the first Lord; the shining seven. It is they who are thou, me, him, oh Lanoo. They, who watch over thee, and thy mother earth.
2. The one ray multiplies the smaller rays. Life precedes form, and life survives the last atom of form. Through the countless rays proceeds the life-ray, the one, like a thread through many jewels.
3. When the one becomes two, the threefold appears, and the three are one; and it is our thread, oh Lanoo, the heart of the man-plant called Saptaparna.
5. The spark hangs from the flame by the finest thread of Fohat. It journeys through the Seven Worlds of Maya. It stops in the first, and is a metal and a stone; it passes into the second and behold – a plant; the plant whirls through seven changes and becomes a sacred animal. From the combined attributes of these, Manu, the thinker is formed. Who forms him? The seven lives, and the one life. Who completes him? The five-fold Lha. And who perfects the last body? Fish, sin, and soma…..
“Mr. Old: Question 8 (Page 260 – end of second paragraph). If our globe is in its Kama-rupic state, in what state was it during the First, Second, and Third Rounds?
Mme. Blavatsky: That is a modest man, and he asks very easy things, to which extremely answers can be given. Count from what you will, it is always the Kama-rupic state, since it is right in the middle. From above or below it will become rupa. It is the middle thing; but, if we count from the races – for the evolution of the globes has to begin by the highest, or seventh – the second will correspond to the second, and so on.
We call it Kama-rupic because there are no words to express the corresponding states. If from round we turn to races, it will be easier, and it is explained in The Secret Doctrine; everything is explained there, how with every race you acquire new facility.
In the Fifth Race we have attained the highest intellectuality in this round; but in the Sixth Round or the Fifth Round, the Fifth Race will be a thousand times more intellectual yet. Take it all on analogy. Now, gentlemen, let us have questions, and I am ready to answer you.
Mr. Old: What is the meaning of the second plane mentioned here (page 262 note)?
Mme. Blavatsky: That is what I say. You ask me in three years that! Now, you had better ask questions, and we will make the conversation general.
(The Proceedings then closed.)”
H. P. Blavatsky
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