El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20

on. PAUL tells US that man has a
y spiritual and a physical body.
Theosophy teaches that man has seven
bodies. As in all worlds OF nature
there IS the septenary plan 20 with
mans bodies which number seven In
the following order. beginning with
the lower and leading upward; The
physical. astral. lower and higher
mental. causal. buddhic and pure
spirit.
It Is however, only with the first
three that man Of the present evolu-
ton with the exception OF a minor
lily Of advanced egos-of which there
are always a few in each age-has
anything 20 do.
Each Of these bodies works on a
plane corresponding 20 its own Vi
bratiouss each OF these planes nayins
seven subdivisions OF It's own maLLeI
and while the vibrations Of the high
er interpenetrate and can descend
through the lower. the latter cannot
ascend OF overlap the higher Win the
exception OF the highest subdivision
OF the lower which internenetrates
the lowest subdivision Of the next
higher body
Has Little Knowledge.
The advice Of the ancient philos-
opher, Man, know thyselt." applied
20 all Of these bodies and their 1unc-
tioning on their reseptcive planes
And down through the ages rings a
prophetic warning for the present
day man. For the average man Of
today knows little or nothing Of these
subtler or finer bodies.
He recognizes that he possesses
physical body, or as he generally puts
IL, this body OF bone and muscle
flesh and blood is myself, the man.
To suggest to him that his statement
Is not true. that the physical body 70
merely the instrument through which
the real man, or reincaruarlng ego
functions on the material plane and
without which no experiences could
be gained. Is as a rule an altogether
new thought
The average man knows nothing o.
the care Of this physical instrument
through which the spirit works. The
physical body in order % be able %
respond 20 the vibrations o. these
higher worlds which are all about Us
must be kept pure and clean-the
Christ said, cleanliness Is next 20
goodness" and He meant just that
led on pure food and drink which
eliminates flesh OF any kind, alconollc
drinks, even coftee ana tea Wnien
excite the nervous system; must pc
given q proper amount OF rest and
must be kept free OF degrading pas Z
sions. then. and then only, can mans
body give out the pure tones f.
nature intends for all and tultill the I
saying Of the Christ, God made man l
in His own image"
Chaotic Mass o. Color.
The astral body Is the body Of de- Z
slres and passions and is in a con- I
slant state OF change responding ID I
its vibrations 20 every thought OF
man. To clairvoyant sight the astral Z
body Of the average man presents a z
chaotic mass OF Hurky color with f
underlined lines; while that o. the
developed or spiritual man shows
clear, beautiful shades OF rose. blue. 4
yellow. green and violet, all with clear F.
cut outlines, each color in its own
place in the astral body
The astral world is that surround I
ing Us on every side. interpenetratinE .
every physical II is the realm which .
we enter iH1mediately after death Of
the physical and where We remain Z
until the desires and passions Of tne f
lower man are purified or exhausted I
when he passes on to the Joys OF the 7
mental plane
The real nan or ego works on this
plane every night while his physical .
body sleeps and OF course In accord -
ance with his knowledge Of the higher .
life he is able % function with great /
er or less success
Nan Has Two Bodies.
In the mental world the man has I
two bodies Ia which lives the lower
and the higher mind bodies or the I
higher and lower manas with which .
students Of theosophy soon become Il
familiar. The matter OF which the t
mind body IS composed is OF an eL-
ceedingly rare and subtle kind The Il
senses which belong TO the mind I
world. differ very greatly from the +.
undsrstandinE OF the word senses" n
known 20 physical man. but the MIND I
contacts the things OF It's own Wcrld
as 10 were directly over its entire
surface. II
A trained student working IN the I
mind world and wishing TO commun- 4
icate with another student. the mind
speaks At once BY color sound and \
form. so that the complete thought I
is conveyed as a coiored and musical I
picture Instead OF only a fragment \
OF e being shown. as Is done on the u
plane BY the symbols We
call words. Ii
Grows ~ Thoughts. II
The mind body grows by thoughts
30 the theosophist realizes that II he
would have a pure and beautiful
body on the mental plane he must
HnnrrrrNH- ZACH