KARMA
A Study in
Karma
by
Annie Besant
Published in
1917
The Three Fates
"God
created man in His own image," says a Hebrew Scripture, and the Trinities
of the great religions are the symbols of the three aspects of the divine
consciousness, reflected in the triplicity of the
human. The first Logos of the Theosophist, the Mahadeva
of the Hindu, the Father of the Christians, has Will as predominant, and shows
forth the power of sovereignty, the Law by which the universe is built. The
Second Logos, Vishnu, the Son, is Wisdom, that all-sustaining and all-pervading
power by which the universe is preserved. The Third Logos, Brahma, the Holy
Spirit, is the Agent, the creative power by which
the universe is brought into manifestation. There is
nothing in divine or human consciousness which does not find itself within one
or other of these modes of Self-expression.
Again, matter
has three fundamental qualities responsive severally to these modes of consciousness, and without these it could no more be
manifested than Consciousness could express itself without its modes.
It has
inertia (tamas), the very foundation of all, the
stability necessary to existence, the quality
which answers to Will.
It has
mobility (rajas), the capacity to be moved, answering to Activity. It has
rhythm (sattva), the equaliser
of movement (without which movement would be chaotic, destructive), answering
to Cognition.
The Yoga
system, considering all from the standpoint of consciousness, names this
rhythmic quality "cognisability," that which
makes that matter should be known by Spirit.
All that is
in our consciousness, affecting the environment, and all the
environment affected by our consciousness, make up our world. The interrelation
between our consciousness and our environment is our karma.
By these
three modes of consciousness we spin our individual karma, the universal
interrelation between Self and Not-Self being specialized by us into this
individual interrelation As we rise above separateness, the individual again
becomes the universal interrelation, but this universal interrelation cannot be
transcended while manifestation endures.
This
specializing of the universal, and the later universalizing of the special make
up of the "world’s eternal ways" – the Path of Forthgoing to gather
experience, the Path of Return, bringing the sheaves of experience home; this
is the Great Wheel of Evolution, so relentless when seen from the standpoint of
Matter, so beauteous when seen from the standpoint of Spirit.
"Life is not a cry, but
a song."
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Preface
Theosophy and the Masters General Principles
The Earth Chain Body and Astral Body Kama – Desire
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