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Statement
The
dominant and core activity of Cardiff Theosophical Society
is to
promote and assist the study of Theosophical Teachings
as
defined by the writings of Helena
Petrovna Blavatsky,
William Quan Judge, Alfred Percy Sinnett and
their lineage.
This
Mission Statement does not preclude non Theosophical
activities
but these must be of a spiritual nature
and/or
compatible with the Objects of the Society.
Cymdeithas Theosoffi
Caerdydd
Datganiaid Cenhadaeth
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dominyddol a chraid Cymdeithas Theosoffi Caerdydd
yw hyrwyddo a chynorthwyo
astudiaeth Dysgeidiaeth Theosoffical
fel y diffinir gan ysgrifau
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky,
William Quan Judge, Alfred
Percy Sinnett a’u llinach.
Nid yw’r datganiad
cenhadaeth yn atal gweithgareddau
ddi-theosoffical ond rhaid
iddynt fod o natur ysbrydol
a/neu yn chymharus
Amcanion y Cymdeithas.
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Nature is infinite
in space and time -- boundless and eternal, unfathomable and ineffable. The
all-pervading essence of infinite nature can be called space, consciousness,
life, substance, force, energy, divinity -- all of which are fundamentally one.
2) The finite and the infinite
Nature is a unity
in diversity, one in essence, manifold in form. The infinite whole is composed
of an infinite number of finite wholes -- the relatively stable and autonomous
things (natural systems or artefacts) that we observe around us. Every natural
system is not only a conscious, living, substantial entity, but is
consciousness-life-substance, of a particular range of density and form.
Infinite nature is an abstraction, not an entity; it therefore does not act or
change and has no attributes. The finite, concrete systems of which it is
composed, on the other hand, move and change, act and interact, and possess
attributes. They are composite, inhomogeneous, and ultimately transient.
3) Vibration/worlds within worlds
The one essence
manifests not only in infinitely varied forms, and on infinitely varied scales,
but also in infinitely varying degrees of spirituality and substantiality,
comprising an infinite spectrum of vibration or density. There is therefore an
endless series of interpenetrating, interacting worlds within worlds, systems
within systems.
The energy-substances
of higher planes or subplanes (a plane being a particular range of vibration)
are relatively more homogeneous and less differentiated than those of lower
planes or subplanes.
Just as boundless
space is comprised of endless finite units of space, so eternal duration is
comprised of endless finite units of time. Space is the infinite totality of
worlds within worlds, but appears predominantly empty because only a tiny
fraction of the energy-substances composing it are perceptible and tangible to
an entity at any particular moment. Time is a concept we use to quantify the
rate at which events occur; it is a function of
change and motion,
and presupposes a succession of cause and effect. Every entity is extended in
space and changes 'in time'.
All change (of
position, substance, or form) is the result of causes; there is no such thing
as absolute chance. Nothing can happen for no reason at all for nothing exists
in isolation; everything is part of an intricate web of causal interconnections
and interactions. The keynote of nature is harmony: every action is
automatically followed by an equal and opposite reaction, which sooner or later
rebounds upon the originator of the initial act. Thus, all our thoughts and deeds
will eventually bring us 'fortune' or 'misfortune' according to the degree to
which they were harmonious or disharmonious. In the long term, perfect justice
prevails in nature.
Because nature is
fundamentally one, and the same basic habits and structural, geometric, and
evolutionary principles apply throughout, there are correspondences between
microcosm and macrocosm. The principle of analogy -- as above, so below -- is a
vital tool in our efforts to understand reality.
All finite systems and
their attributes are relative. For any entity, energy-substances vibrating
within the same range of frequencies as its outer body are 'physical' matter,
and finer grades of substance are what we call energy, force, thought, desire,
mind, spirit, consciousness, but these are just as material to entities on the
corresponding planes as our physical world is to us. Distance and time units
are also relative: an atom is a solar system on its own scale, reembodying
perhaps millions of times in what for us is one second, and our whole galaxy
may be a molecule in some supercosmic entity, for which a million of our years
is just a second. The range of scale is infinite: matter-consciousness is both
infinitely divisible and infinitely aggregative.
All natural systems
consist of smaller systems and form part of larger systems. Hierarchies extend
both 'horizontally' (on the same plane) and 'vertically' or inwardly (to higher
and lower planes). On the horizontal level, subatomic particles form atoms,
which combine into molecules, which arrange themselves into cells, which form
tissues and organs, which form part of organisms, which form part of
ecosystems, which form part of planets, solar systems, galaxies, etc. The
constitution of worlds and of the organisms that inhabit them form 'vertical'
hierarchies, and can be divided into several interpenetrating layers or
elements, from physical-astral to psychomental to spiritual-divine, each of
which can be further divided.
The human
constitution can be divided up in several different ways: e.g. into a trinity
of body, soul, and spirit; or into 7 'principles' -- a lower quaternary
consisting of physical body, astral model-body, life-energy, and lower thoughts
and desires, and an upper triad consisting of higher mind (reincarnating ego),
spiritual intuition, and inner god. A planet or star can be regarded as a
'chain' of 12 globes, existing on 7 planes, each globe comprising several
subplanes.
The highest part of
every multilevelled organism or hierarchy is its spiritual summit or
'absolute', meaning a collective entity or 'deity' which is relatively
perfected in relation to the hierarchy in question. But the most 'spiritual'
pole of one hierarchy is the most 'material' pole of the next, superior
hierarchy, just as the lowest pole of one hierarchy is the highest pole of the
one below.
Each level of a
hierarchical system exercises a formative and organizing influence on the lower
levels (through the patterns and prototypes stored up from past cycles of
activity), while the lower levels in turn react upon the higher. A system is
therefore formed and organized mainly from within outwards, from the inner
levels of its constitution, which are relatively more enduring and developed
than the outer levels. This inner guidance is sometimes active and
selfconscious, as in our acts of free will (constrained, however, by karmic
tendencies from the past), and sometimes it is automatic and passive, giving
rise to our own automatic bodily functions and habitual and instinctual
behavior, and to the orderly, lawlike operations of nature in general. The
'laws' of nature are therefore the habits of the various grades of conscious
entities that compose reality, ranging from higher intelligences (collectively forming the universal mind) to
elemental nature-forces.
10)
Consciousness and its vehicles
The core of every
entity -- whether atom, human, planet, or star -- is a monad, a unit of consciousness-life-substance,
which acts through a series of more material vehicles or bodies. The monad or
self in which the consciousness of a particular organism is focused is animated
by higher monads and expresses itself through a series of lesser monads, each
of which is the nucleus of one of the lower vehicles of the entity in question.
The following monads can be distinguished: the divine or galactic monad, the
spiritual or solar monad, the higher human or planetary-chain monad, the lower
human or globe monad, and the animal, vital-astral, and physical monads. At our
present stage of evolution, we are essentially the lower human monad, and our
task is to raise our consciousness from the animal-human to the spiritual-human
level of it.
Evolution means the
unfolding, the bringing into active manifestation, of latent powers and
faculties 'involved' in a previous cycle of evolution. It is the building of
ever fitter vehicles for the expression of the mental and spiritual powers of
the monad. The more sophisticated the lower vehicles of an entity, the greater
their ability to express the powers locked up in the higher levels of its
constitution. Thus all things are alive and conscious, but the degree of
manifest life and consciousness is extremely varied.
Evolution results
from the interplay of inner impulses and environmental stimuli. Ever building
on and modifying the patterns of the past, nature is infinitely creative.
12) Cyclic
evolution/re-embodiment
Cyclic evolution is
a fundamental habit of nature. A period of evolutionary activity is followed by
a period of rest. All natural systems evolve through re-embodiment. Entities
are born from a seed or nucleus remaining from the previous evolutionary cycle
of the monad, develop to maturity, grow old, and pass away, only to re-embody
in a new form after a period of rest. Each new embodiment is the product of
past karma and present choices.
Nothing comes from
nothing: matter and energy can be neither created nor destroyed, but only
transformed. Everything evolves from preexisting material. The growth of the
body of an organism is initiated on inner planes, and involves the transformation
of higher energy-substances into lower, more material ones, together with the
attraction of matter from the environment.
When an organism
has exhausted the store of vital energy with which it is born, the coordinating
force of the indwelling monad is withdrawn, and the organism 'dies', i.e. falls
apart as a unit, and its constituent components go their separate ways. The
lower vehicles decompose on their respective subplanes, while, in the case of
humans, the reincarnating ego enters a dreamlike state of rest and assimilates
the experiences of the previous incarnation. When the time comes for the next
embodiment, the reincarnating ego clothes itself in many of the same atoms of
different grades that it had used previously, bearing the appropriate karmic
impress. The same basic processes of birth, death, and rebirth apply to all entities, from atoms to humans to stars.
14) Evolution and involution of worlds
Worlds or spheres,
such as planets and stars, are composed of, and provide the field for the
evolution of, 10 kingdoms -- 3 elemental kingdoms, mineral, plant, animal, and human
kingdoms, and 3 spiritual kingdoms. The impulse for a new manifestation of a
world issues from its spiritual summit or hierarch, from which emanate a series
of steadily denser globes or planes; the One expands into the many. During the
first half of the evolutionary cycle (the arc of descent) the energy-substances
of each plane materialize or condense, while during the second half (the arc of
ascent) the trend is towards dematerialization or etherealization, as globes
and entities are reabsorbed into the spiritual hierarch for a period of
nirvanic rest. The descending arc is characterized by the evolution of matter
and involution of spirit, while the ascending arc is characterized by the
evolution of spirit and involution of matter.
In each grand cycle
of evolution, comprising many planetary embodiments, a monad begins as an
unselfconsciousness god-spark, embodies in every kingdom of nature for the
purpose of gaining experience and unfolding its inherent faculties, and ends
the cycle as a self conscious god. Elementals ('baby monads') have no free
choice, but automatically act in harmony with one another and the rest of
nature. In each successive kingdom differentiation and individuality increase,
and reach their peak in the human kingdom with the attainment of
selfconsciousness and a large measure of free will.
In the human
kingdom in particular, self-directed evolution comes into its own. There is no
superior power granting privileges or handing out favours; we evolve according
to our karmic merits and demerits. As we progress through the spiritual
kingdoms we become increasingly at one again with nature, and willingly
'sacrifice' our circumscribed selfconscious freedoms (especially the freedom to
'do our own thing') in order to work in peace and harmony with the greater
whole of which we form an integral part. The highest gods of one hierarchy or
world-system begin as elementals in the next. The matter of any plane is
composed of aggregated, crystallized monads in their nirvanic sleep, and the
spiritual and divine entities embodied as planets and stars are the electrons
and atomic nuclei -- the material building blocks -- of worlds on even larger
scales. Evolution is without beginning and without end, an endless adventure
through the fields of infinitude, in which there are always new worlds of
experience in which to become selfconscious masters of life.
There is no absolute
separateness in nature. All things are made of the same essence, have the same
spiritual-divine potential, and are interlinked by magnetic ties of sympathy.
It is impossible to realize our full potential, unless we recognize the
spiritual unity of all living beings and make universal brotherhood the keynote
of our lives.
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Cardiff
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Mission
Statement
The
dominant and core activity of Cardiff Theosophical Society
is to
promote and assist the study of Theosophical Teachings
as
defined by the writings of Helena
Petrovna Blavatsky,
William Quan Judge, Alfred Percy Sinnett and
their lineage.
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Mission Statement does not preclude non Theosophical
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Cymdeithas Theosoffi
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Datganiaid Cenhadaeth
Mae’r gweithgaredd
dominyddol a chraid Cymdeithas Theosoffi Caerdydd
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astudiaeth Dysgeidiaeth Theosoffical
fel y diffinir gan ysgrifau
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky,
William Quan Judge, Alfred
Percy Sinnett a’u llinach.
Nid yw’r datganiad
cenhadaeth yn atal gweithgareddau
ddi-theosoffical ond rhaid
iddynt fod o natur ysbrydol
a/neu yn chymharus
Amcanion y Cymdeithas.
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