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Tablet Three
<1>Below a brief explanation of the
relationship between the individual and his external world in
general will be described:
<2>The
Self or
Soul or
Atman
("I am") is the controller
of the three levels of the unit
mind, which are the
three gunas. <3>The
satva guna is the
decision-making (reasoning) part of this
unit consciousness. The
raja guna is the recognizing part of the unit
mind, and the
tama guna is the
screen. This part made by the
tama guna is called
the
Chitta or projective
part.
<4>It is a protoplasmic (etheric) form which is affected by
the messages received from the senses. Through this screen, the
projection of the object of the senses to the
mind occurs. It is then
recognized by the raja part (Ahamtattva)
and decisions are made by the
satva guna part (Mahatattva).
<5>After the
Chitta
receives the required information from the senses, the recognizing
part (raja guna)
through the
self, will realize what
these messages are. Then according to the state of consciousness of
that individual and under the influence of the
satva guna,
decisions will be made as to how to react. <6>The message of
how to react according to the information received from the senses
will be given to the raja (pranic) part to perform.
<7>According to the decision made in the
reasoning part of the mind
(Mahatattva), the
proper action will be transmitted to the active part (Ahamtattva)
and from there through the nervous system to the proper organ, to
carry out the order.
<8>The nervous system and the brain are
entirely different than the
mind. The nerves carry the messages from the external world and
internal organs to the
Chitta, with the help of
the Pancha tatwa.
<9>Pancha tatwa
is that thing which carries the sensations to the
Chitta. It can be called the electrical form as messages which
bring the senses to the
Chitta. They are one
kind of
prana (electricity).
<10>The brain is a storage unit which
contains experiences and learning of the present lifetime, and it
will degenerate after death. <11>However, the reactions of
the actions and memories of each lifetime also remain in the
Universal Mind
or the
unconscious mind
(the collective mind in the universe,
Akashic Records).
<12>The crudest part of the
mind (Chitta),
or fine ether, is directly connected to the
ethereal body (astral
body) which contains the first five
chakras in the human body (there are seven
chakras in the body). With this, the mind is connected to these
chakras also. The decision-making part of the
mind receives messages from these
chakras on how to react to the situation. <13>When the
person's consciousness is in the lower centers, the decisions tend
to be directed more toward selfishness and animality. Through
spiritual progress, as the person develops to higher centers (higher
sheaths), the decisions become more universally oriented and less
self-centered (not from fear or passion or selfishness). <14>Even
the information stored in the brain will be used according to the
level of consciousness of that person. According to that level, the
decision-making part of his
mind will demand a proper reaction from the mutative part.
<15>This
astral body (ethereal
body) is linked to the material body through
prana (the
breath
of life).
Prana is absorbed mostly
through the nostrils and lungs. <16>However, if a person
develops the ability to control this element in the universe, it can
be observed, directed, or used by will. Without
prana there would be no
link between the
ethereal body and
physical body (aerial, luminous, liquid, and solid parts of the
body). <17>Then the physical body would become unsuited for
the Soul and its
mind, and they would leave
the body (that is when death occurs). <18>In other words, if
the
Soul, for any reason,
withdraws its
prana from the body it
resides in, then death occurs and no link remains between the
Soul and the body.
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