Category: Making Of The Universe

2/02/18 “Suppose a man by sending out a thought of bitter hatred and revenge has helped to form in another the impulse which results in a murder; the creator of that thought is linked by his karma to the committer of the crime, although they have never met on the physical plane, and the wrong [...]

2/02/18 “Desires – because they are outgoing energies that attach themselves to objects – always attract the man towards an environment in which they may be gratified. Desires for earthly things, linking the soul to the outer world, draw him towards the place where the objects of desire are most readily obtainable, and therefore it [...]

2/02/18 “The second great class of energies is composed of our desires – our outgoings after objects that attract us in the external world; as a mental element always enters into these in man, we may extend the term “mental images” to include them, although they express themselves chiefly in astral matter. These in their [...]

2/01/18 “This same man that we are considering, however, affects others by his thoughts. For these mental images that form his own mental body set up vibrations, thus reproducing themselves in secondary forms. These, generally being mingled with desire, take up some astral matter, and I have therfore elsewhere called these secondary thought-forms astral mental [...]

2/01/18 “All these faculties together form the mental body for his opening life on earth, and his brain and nervous system are shaped to give this mental body expression on the physical plane. Thus the mental images created in one life appear as mental characteristics and tendencies in another, and for this reason it is [...]

2/01/18 “Let us now take in order the divisions already set out under which karma may be studied. Three classes of causes, with their effects on their creator and on those he influences. The first of these classes is composed of our thoughts. Thought is the most potent factor in the creation of human karma, [...]

2/01/18 “It will be seen that the study of karma is one of much complexity; however, by grasping the main principles of its working as set out above, a coherent idea of its general bearing may be obtained without much difficulty, and its details can be studied at leisure as opportunity offers. Above all, let [...]