Arvindus

• Title: Questions, Can the Mental Unit Rise to the Flame of the Egoic Lotus?
• Author: Arvindus.
• Publisher: Arvindus.
• Copyright: Arvindus, 2021, all rights reserved.
• Index: 202101041.
• Edition: html, first edition.

Content

• Question
• Answer
• Notes
• Bibliography

Question

I have been reading your text about the evolution of the egoic lotus and the petals on your website.¹ I would like to ask you something. Is it possible during the evolution of the soul that the mental unit rises through the antahkarana to the base of the egoic lotus, within the flame?

Answer

In the advanced stages of human evolution a fusion takes place between the lower, concrete mind and the higher, abstract mind.^{2, 3} The essence of the mental unit is absorbed or abstracted into the flame of the egoic lotus, and the shell, so to speak, of the mental unit is burned up by the solar fire of the soul.⁴ This corresponds on its own level with what is called 'the ascension' in the ageless wisdom.⁵ So in essence the mental unit indeed does rise (ascend) into the flame during the evolution of the soul. But we should keep in mind that it is an abstraction (along the symbolical vertical line) and not a concrete movement (along a symbolical horizontal line). This answer can also be derived from the publication itself, under the subparagraph 'Destruction' (and its corresponding notes).⁶

Notes

1. 'Ageless Wisdom, The Egoic Lotus', Index: 201305241.
2. Alice A. Bailey, The Rays and the Initiations, A Treatise on the Seven Rays, Volume V, in: Twenty-Four Books of Esoteric Philosophy, (CD-ROM, Release 3), Lucis Trust, London / New York, 2001, p. 518. "This asserts the fact that the Universal Mind, the higher mind and the lower concrete mind are blended through the projected antahkarana."
3. Ibidem, p. 537. "At the same time, the higher mind is impressing the lower mind and drawing it into a higher fusion with itself."
4. Alice A. Bailey, A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, in: Twenty-Four Books of Esoteric Philosophy, (CD-ROM, Release 3), Lucis Trust, London / New York, 2001, p. 506. "To state the whole in terms of fire: The causal body is produced by means of the positive life, or fire, of the Spirit (electric fire) meeting the negative fire of matter, or "fire by friction"; this causes the blazing forth of solar fire. This central blaze inevitably in due course burns up the third fire, or absorbs its essence, and is itself eventually blended with the fire of Spirit and passes out of objective display."
5. Alice A. Bailey, From Bethlehem to Calvary, in: Twenty-Four Books of Esoteric Philosophy, (CD-ROM, Release 3), Lucis Trust, London / New York, 2001, Ch. Six.
6. 'Ageless Wisdom, The Egoic Lotus', Destruction.

Bibliography

• 'Ageless Wisdom, The Egoic Lotus ', Index: 201305241.
• Alice A. Bailey, A Treatise on Cosmic Fire, in: Twenty-Four Books of Esoteric Philosophy, (CD-ROM, Release 3), Lucis Trust, London / New York, 2001.
• Alice A. Bailey, From Bethlehem to Calvary, in: Twenty-Four Books of Esoteric Philosophy, (CD-ROM, Release 3), Lucis Trust, London / New York, 2001.
• Alice A. Bailey, The Rays and the Initiations, A Treatise on the Seven Rays, Volume V, in: Twenty-Four Books of Esoteric Philosophy, (CD-ROM, Release 3), Lucis Trust, London / New York, 2001.