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The Spirit aspect lies concealed at the heart of the lotus, in due course of time to stand revealed when the Manasadevas have done their work. The will that persists forever is there. The consciousness aspect embodying the love-wisdom of the divine Ego as it reveals itself by the means of mind is predominantly there, and in the nine petals and their vibratory capacity lies hid all opportunity, all innate capacity to progress, and all the ability to function as a self-conscious unit, that entity we call Man.
The Father in Heaven is to be revealed through the Christ, the Son, by the method of incarnation made possible through the work of the Holy Spirit. All of this is brought about by the intelligent sacrifice of certain cosmic Entities who offer Themselves up in order that Man may be free.
4. When these three events have occurred, the light or fire that circulates along the manasic triangle is withdrawn to the center of the lotus, and this prototype of the future Antahkarana disappears. The threefold energy of the petals, the atoms and the jewel is now centralized because impulse must now be generated which will produce a downflow of energy from the newly made Causal vehicle into the three worlds of human endeavor.
5. The Agnishvattas construct the petals out of their own substance, and proceed to energize the permanent atoms with their own positive force so as to bring the fifth spirilla into full activity and usefulness.
As we have seen, the work of the Agnishvattas on the Mental plane resulted in a downflow of force or energy from the Monad (or Spirit) and this, in conjunction with the energy of the lower quaternary produced the appearance of the body of the Ego on the Mental plane. In ordinary electric light, we have a faint illustration of the thought I seek to convey. By the approximation of the two polarities, light is created. By an analogous type of electrical phenomena, the light of the Monad shines forth, but we have to extend the idea to the subtler planes, and deal with seven types of force or energy in connection with the one polarity and with four in connection with the other.
The Manasadevas are the cosmic prototypes of our solar Angels, who embody as much of that will and purpose as they can work through in one incarnation. They work, therefore, with Egoic groups and only with mental units of the separated identities after they have individualized. Their work might be described as follows:
Primarily, they bring about the union of the divine Ego and the lower personal self. This has been dealt with. Secondly, they work through the mental units, impressing upon the atom that portion, microscopic as it may be, of the logoic purpose which the individual can work out on the Physical plane. At first their influence is unconsciously assimilated, and the man responds to the plan blindly and ignorantly. Later, as evolution proceeds, their work is recognized by the man in a conscious cooperation with the plan of evolution. After the third initiation, the will or purpose aspect predominates.
Individualization, a form of Initiation: From the most esoteric standpoint "Man is a Deva;" he is Spirit and Deva substance, united through the work of conscious Deva energy. He unites within himself the three aspects of the Deity. He is, while in objectivity:
The Brahma aspect, that in which the Not-Self or material aspect is apparent and predominant. This covers the subhuman stages, and the first three cycles of the Personality Life:
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