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Atman or Atma
Theosophy: "...Atman or seventh principle ridded of its mayavic
distinction from its Universal Source - which becomes the object of perception for, and by
the individuality centered in Buddhi, the sixth principle... Nor is it the 'Spirit of
Buddhas present in the Church,' but the Omipresent Universal Spirit in the temple of
nature - in one case; and the seventh principle - the Atman in the temple - man -in the
other. " (Mahatma Letters, pp. 343-4, #59) "First of all, Spirit (in the sense of the Absolute, and
therefore, indivisible ALL), or Atma." (Key to Theosophy, p. 119) |
Neo-Theosophy: "The fifth plane, the nirvanic, is the plane of the
highest human aspect of the God within us, and this aspect is named by Theosophists Atma,
or the Self . It is the plane of pure existence, of divine powers in their fullest
manifestation in our fivefold universe - what lies beyond on the sixth and seventh planes
is hidden in the unimaginable light of God." (Annie Besant, Ancient Wisdom, p. 184) |