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Initiation, Human and Solar - Chapter XVI - The Imparting of the Secrets | ||||
The subjects on which this secret throws a flood of
light are:
On a lesser scale, and in relation to the microcosm, the following subjects are illuminated when the initiate receives the second great secret, or the fourth which includes the earlier lesser ones:
One could go on emphasizing the multiplicity of matters which the mystery of polarity, when revealed, makes clear to the initiate, but the above suffices. This secret concerns primarily the Vishnu, or second aspect. It sums up in one short phrase the totality of knowledge gained in the Hall of Wisdom, as the earlier secrets summed up the totality achieved in the Hall of Learning. It deals with consciousness and its development by and through the matter aspect. It concerns literally the unification of the self and the not-self till they are verily and indeed one. At the fifth initiation the great secret which concerns the fire or spirit aspect is revealed to the wondering and amazed Master, and he realizes in a sense incomprehensible to man the fact that all is fire and fire is all. This secret may be said to reveal to the Initiate that which makes clear to him:
As this Shiva, or first, aspect is the one which will arrive at perfection, or, rather, come within the reach of comprehension within the next solar system, it profits not to continue considering this secret. The following tabulation may make the whole matter clearer to the mind of the student: [175] |
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Secret of | Initiation | Logos Concerned | Source of Energy |
Planes |
Fohat | Third | Brahma Creator | Physical Sun | Seven, Six, Five |
Polarity | Fourth | Vishnu Preserver | Subjective Sun | Four, Three |
Fire | Fifth | Shiva Destroyer | Central Spiritual Sun | Two |
As the student will
observe, the source of the particular energy concerned is one aspect of the sun. At the sixth and seventh initiations two more secrets are revealed, one - a lesser secret - preparing the way for the revelation of the fourth. Only four secrets of a major order are revealed to initiates on this planet, and herein lies the clue to our position in the scheme of solar evolution. There are only five secrets altogether, of a major kind, revealed in this solar system, owing to the fact that this is a system wherein pre-eminently the fifth principle of mind forms the basis of unfoldment. This fifth revelation is only imparted to those who pass to the Schemes of synthesis. [176] |
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