NIRVANA
Nirvana
A Study in
Synthetic
Consciousness
by
George Sidney
Arundale
First published 1926
Dr Arundale was International President of
the Theosophical
Society (Adyar) from 1933 to 1945
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The Staff
&
The Servers
I. THE STAFF
FROM “MAN: WHENCE, HOW AND WHITHER”
BY ANNIE BESANT AND C. W. LEADBEATER
When the Human Kingdom is traversed, and man stands on the
threshold of His superhuman life, a liberated Spirit, seven paths open before
Him for His choosing: He may enter into the blissful omniscience and
omnipotence of Nirvana, with activities far beyond our knowing, to become,
perchance, in some future world an Avatara, or divine Incarnation; this is
sometimes called “taking the Dharmakaya vesture “. He
may enter on the “Spiritual Period” - a phrase covering unknown meanings, among
them probably that of “taking the Sambhogakaya
vesture”.
He may become part of that treasure-house of spiritual forces on
which the Agents of the Logos draw for Their work,
“taking the Nirmanakaya vesture”. He may remain a
member of the Occult Hierarchy which rules and guards the world in which He has
reached perfection. He may pass on to the next Chain, to aid in
building up its forms. He may enter the splendid Angel or Deva Evolution.
He may give Himself to the immediate service of the Logos, to be
used by Him in any part of the Solar System, His Servant and Messenger, who
lives but to carry out His will and do His work over the whole of the system
which He rules.
As a General has his staff, the members of which carry his
messages to any part of the field, so are These the
Staff of Him who commands all, “Ministers of His that do His pleasure”. This
seems to be considered a very hard Path, perhaps the greatest sacrifice open to
the Adept, and is therefore regarded as carrying
with it great distinction. A member of the General Staff has no
physical body, but makes one for Himself by Kriyashakti
- the “power to make” - of the matter of the globe to which He is sent. The
Staff contains Beings at very different levels, from that of Arhatship upwards.
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II. THE SERVERS
I REFER my readers to the exhaustive account given of these
workers in The Lives of Alcyone by Annie Besant and C.
W. Leadbeater, in the “Foreword”. This “Foreword” may also be found in The
Theosophist, September, 1913.65]
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THEOSOPHY
NIRVANA
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