Causal body
Planes of existence Gross and subtle bodies | |
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Theosophy
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Full list 1. Mahaparanirvanic plane /Adi
2. Paranirvanic plane /Anupapaduka
3. Atmic plane
4. Buddhic plane 5 Causal/Intellectual plane
6. Emotional plane
7. Material-Ethereal plane
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Rosicrucian
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The 7 Worlds and the 7 Cosmic Planes | |
Thelema | |
Body of light | Great Work | |
Hermeticism | |
Hermeticism | Cosmogony | |
Surat Shabda Yoga
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Cosmology | |
Jainism | |
Jain cosmology | |
Sufism | |
Sufi cosmology | |
Hinduism | |
Kosas, Upadhis
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Buddhism | |
Buddhist cosmology | |
Gnosticism | |
Aeons, Archons | |
Kabbalah | |
Atziluth > Beri'ah > Yetzirah > Assiah Sephirot
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Fourth Way | |
The causal body, originally Karana-Sarira, is a
.Hinduism
Karana sarira or the causal body is the cause
According to other philosophical schools the causal body is not the atman, because it also has a beginning and an end and is subject to modification.[web 2] Shankara, not seeking a personal god, goes beyond Anandamaya Kosha in search of the transcendent Brahman.[4]
The Indian tradition identifies it with the Anandamaya kosha,[web 1] and the deep sleep state, as mentioned in the Mandukya Upanishad, where buddhi becomes dormant and all concepts of time fail, although there differences between these three descriptions.
Theosophy
In
Samael Aun Weor
In the tradition of Samael Aun Weor, it is taught that most people have only incarnated a fraction of the causal body or human soul. This fraction is known as the Essence or the Buddhata, which in humanity is bottled up in the psychological aggregates that constitute the ego. Samael Aun Weor states:
Thus, the various aggregates that are within ourselves represent different volitional impulses. There are, therefore, several wills within our psyche which fight against each other. The intellectual animal doesn’t have any autonomous, independent and unitotal will. There is no unity in the intellectual animal’s willpower. But when a man has created his Body of Conscious Will [causal body], he has individual willpower he can work with in the whole universe.[6]
The way to create the causal body is by working in the "Forge of Cyclops", that is, sexual alchemy between husband and wife.
See also
Notes
- ^ Compare kenosis and Juan de la Cross' Dark Night of the Soul.
References
- ^ Sharma 2006, p. 193.
- ^ a b Bahder & Bahder 2013.
- ^ a b Siddharameshwar Maharaj 2009, pp. 31–32.
- ^ a b Ranade 1926, p. 155–168.
- ^ Blavatsky, Helena. The Key to Theosophy. pp. 121, 174.
- ^ Samael Aun Weor. "Man and the Universe That Surrounds Him". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-03-25.
Sources
Published sources
- Bahder, Paul; Bahder, Carol (2013), Be Free From "Me": Vedanta Notes, Vision of Vedanta
- H. P. Blavatsky, Key to Theosophy
- Arthur E. Powell The Causal Body and the Ego online part 1, Part 2
- Sharma, Arvind (2006-09-09), A Primal Perspective on the philosophy of Religion, Springer, ISBN 9781402050145
- Samael Aun Weor, The Initiatic Path in the Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah, Thelema Press, (1978) 2007.
- Siddharameshwar Maharaj (2009), Master Key to Self-Realization. In: Master of Self-Realization. An Ultimate Understanding, Sadguru Publishing
- Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi, Los Angeles, CA: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1946, Chapter 43.
- Ranade, Ramachandra Dattatrya (1926), A constructive survey of Upanishadic philosophy, Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Web-sources
- ^ a b Divine life Society, Bases of Vedanta
- ^ Dr. S. Yegnasubramanian. "Tattva Bodha of Adi Shankara Part 2" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
External links
- Causal Body - Theosophical interpretations.