Esoteric
Glossary
Q, R, S
Quaternary
The fourfold lower self, or man, in the three worlds. There are various
divisions of this, but perhaps for our purpose the best is to enumerate the
four as follows:
1.. Lower
mind.
2.. Emotional
or kamic body.
3.. Prana, or
the Life Principle.
4.. The
etheric body, or the highest division of the twofold physical body.
Raja Lord
Angel who ensouls and is the controlling intelligence of a plane.
Raja yoga
True system of developing psychic and spiritual powers and union with the soul.
It involves the exercise, regulation and concentration of thought. It is the
"kingly science" and supercedes hatha and bhakti yoga. (see also
Yoga)
Ray One of
the seven streams of force from cosmic sources that enter our solar system and
condition all life within it, including all the kingdoms of nature on Earth.
The planets in the solar system are really the "vehicles" that pass
this energy on. Each individual has their own "ray make-up".
Reality That
which lies not in the tangible but what is to us intangible, unseen and
unheard. These three words indicate the goal and the problem of the disciple,
plus the resultant effect of conscious, intelligent spiritual work motivated by
love; the True and the Beautiful; the divine Purpose.
Reincarnation
Doctrine of cyclic rebirth by the evolving consciousness through all types of
environments in accordance with the Law of Karma. Reincarnation is implicit in
the manifested universe and is a basic and fundamental theme underlying
systemic pulsation.
Religion The
invocative appeal of humanity which leads to the evocative response of the
Spirit of God; the recognition by the part of its relationship to the Whole,
plus a constantly groing demand for increased awareness of that relation; that
which draws forth the recognition of the Whole that demand has been made. (see
Evocation)
Resurrection
To rise again; to return to an original state by rising. (see Soul)
Revelation
The synthesis of the divine expressive purpose; related to the will-to-good
which is, in its turn, a complete expression of the love nature of Deity.
Ring-pass-not
The limit of the field of activity of the central life force; the periphery of
the influence of the sun, both esoterically and exoterically understood; in the
average human being, it is the spheroidal form of his mental body which extends
considerably beyond the physical and enables him to function on the lower
levels of the mental plane. Term is normally used when referring to the orb of
energetic influence of an cosmic entity, like a Planetary or Solar Logos, but
it can also be applied to other forms of life. The existence of a ring-pass-not
is based on the Laws of Attraction and Cohesion that affect matter and energy
of different degrees, including what we know as the "spiritual
dimensions." These energies are gathered and held consciously
(particularly by higher initiates and above) in a state of cohesion, or
"point of tension," and they are used by these entities for purposes
of creation, reception and projection. We can also say the ring-pass-not is the
combination of the different energy sheaths that human or cosmic spirits gather
around themselves. In relation to our Planet, and the Solar System, the
ring-pass-not is the Cosmic Physical Plane.
Rishi The
seven Rishis are the Regents of the seven stars comprising the Great Bear. It
is the seven Rishis who mark the time and the duration of events in our
septenary life cycle. The seven stars of the Great Bear correspond to the seven
head centers of the One About Whom Naught May Be Said.
Root race One
of the seven major races that evolve upon a planet during a "world
period". Most Asian races belong to the 4th Atlantean rootrace, and most
of the west are of the 5th or Aryan rootrace. There are 7 subraces to each
rootrace, just as there are 7 subplanes to each plane.
Round A
periodical life-wave that pours through a globe, chain and scheme.
Sacrifice
Word comes from "Sacer" meaning "holy," and
"facere" - "to make," therefore "to make holy";
complete conformity with the will of God because the spiritual will of the
person and the divine will (as they recognize it in the Plan) is their own
will; the urge to sacrifice is the major determining impulse which impelled the
Soul of God Himself to enter into form life; sacrifice must not be regarded as
"giving-up" but rather as a "taking-over," through
identification; should signify a joyful process of making desire
"holy"; the achievement of a state of bliss and of ecstasy because it
is the realisation of another divine aspect; it has a mysterious relation to
the Law of Karma.
Samadhi
Complete detachment from the cells of the body and the emotions.
Sanat Kumara
The coherent force within the planet earth, holding, through His radiatory
influence, all forms and all substances in the planetary form so that they
constitute one coherent, energised and functioning whole; He is to the
Planetary Logos what the personality, plus soul, is to the disciple. The Lord
of the World; the etheric-physical expression of our Planetary Logos who dwells
on Shamballa. A great Being, who sacrificed Himself to become the personality
vehicle for the ensouling deity of our planet 18.5 million years ago. The
nearest aspect of God that we can know.
Sangha
Community of monks. One of 3 precious jewels that must be held by one wishing
to tread the path of Liberation.
Sanskrit
Ancient language of India, in which the sacred texts are written.
Scheme The
"system of worlds" that constitute the evolution of a Planetary Logos
- e.g. Earth, Venus etc. This system includes chains, globes and rounds, or
periodical life waves moving through it.
Senzar The
secret language or "mystery speech" of initiated adepts all over the
world. It is very ancient, and predates Sanskrit.
Septenary
Consisting of, or relating to, the number seven; our solar system as well as
the chakra system of humans and divine beings alike are septenary in
constitution. Indeed all manifestation is of a septenary nature; the three
major rays together with the four miinor rays form a septenary.
Service The
utilisation of soul force for the good fo the group; the spontaneous effect of
soul contact; a scientific mode of expressing love-wisdom under the influence
of one or other of the seven rays, according to the soul ray of the serving
disciple; an aspect of that divine energy which works always under the
destroyer aspect, for it destroys the forms in order to release; a
manifestation of the Principle of Liberation, and of this principle, death and
service constitute two aspects; service saves, liberates and releases, on
various levels, the imprisoned consciousness. The same statements can be made
of death. But unless service can be rendered from an intuitive understanding of
all the facts in the case, interpreted intelligently, and applied in a spirit
of love upon the physical plane, it fails to fulfill its mission adequately; a
soul instinct; may be effected upon the inner planes and on a large scale and
yet there may be no evidence of this upon the physical plane, except in the
beauty of a life lived. When the factor of spiritual illumination enters into
that service, you have those transcendent Lights which have illumined the way
of humanity and have acted like search-lights, thrown out into the great ocean
of consciousness, revealing to man the Path he can and must go upon. (see Death
and Principle of Liberation)
Service
(Group) Group service is simply the life of example. The best exponent of the
ageless Wisdom lives each day in the place where he is the life of the disciple;
he does not live it in the place where he thinks he should be.
Shamballa
Shamballa is simply a word conveying the idea of a vast focal point of energies
which are assembled and brought together by the Planetary Logos in order to
creat a manifestation adequate to His unfolding intention and planetary
service. Shamballa is a state of consciousness or a phase of sensitive
awareness wherein there is acute and dynamic response to divine purpose. This
Center is created by the Ray of Will or Power; its major activity is
bequeathing, distributing and circulating the basic principle of life itself to
every form which is held within the planetary ring-pass-not of the planetary
Life or Logos. From that Center, the will of God goes forth and the power of
God becomes the messenger of His will. The basic quality of Shamballa is
dynamic. Its mode of work is inspiration. it draws response but remains
immovable itself. It works not with the Law of Attrraction, but by the Law of
Synthesis, by a fiat of the Will, based on a clearly formulated purpose and
program. Also, the City of the Gods,"Shangri-La," said to be situated
in the Gobi desert, and where Sanat Kumara is "anchored" in etheric
substance.
Siddhis
Psychic powers developed through yogic practices. Many types.
Sirius Star
from which this solar system emanated - important for Earth in this cycle.
Solar Logos
The great entity incarnate as our solar system, the active, directing
Intelligence Who is working with definite purpose through His Seven Centres. The
planets in this Being's body represent its major "chakras."
Soul Neither
spirit nor matter but the relation between them. It is the middle or love
principle and that which reincarnates in different bodies - the Mediator or
Middle Principle; that entity which is brought into being when the spirit
aspect and the matter aspect are related to each other; neither spirit nor
matter but the relation between them; the link between God and His form;
another name for the Christ principle, whether in nature or in man; the
form-building aspect; the force of evolution itself. In the world of phenomenal
appearance, it is the creating agent, the major building factor, the
constructor of forms. Essentially it is light, both literally from the
vibratory angle, and philosophically from the angle of constituting the true
medium of knowledge; light symbolically, for it is like the rays of the sun,
which pour out into the darkness, through the medium of the brain, thus the way
of the human being becomes increasingly illumined. Spirit and matter, when
brought into a close rapport, necessarily exert an effect upon each other.
Matter, so-called, is energized or "lifted up" in the occult sense of
the term by its contact with spirit so-called. Spirit, in its turn, is enabled
to enhance its vibration through the medium of experience in matter. The
bringing together of these two divine aspects results in the emergence of a
third, which we call the soul, and through the medium of the soul, spirit
develops a sentiency and a conscious awareness and capacity to respond which
remains its permanent possession when the divorce between the two comes around
eventually and cyclically.
Spirit The
One Life back of all forms; the central energy which is the cause of all
manifestation; the word spirit is applied to that undefinable, elusive,
essential impulse or Life which is the cause of all manifestation; the breath
of Life; spirit is matter at its highest point of expression, and matter is
spirit at its lowest; life and will.
Spirit of
Peace A potent Entity and not an abstract concept, wielding forces hitherto
unfamiliar to our planet; a Being of tremendous cosmic potency; in a mysterious
sense, the Spirit of Equilibrium; He works with the Law of Action and Reaction.
Spiritual The
world of light and beauty, of order and purpose; all manifestions of life are
spiritual; the word relates to attitudes, to relationships, to the moving
forward from one level of consciousness to the next; related to the power to
see the vision; relates to the expansion of consciousness at whatever level;
all activity which drives the human being forward towards some form of
development - physical, emotional, intuitional, and so forth - is essentially
spiritual in nature and is indicative of the livingness of the inner divine
Entity.
Spiritual
Triad The expression of the Monad in the formless worlds; the vehicle of the
Monad.
Subjective
Realm A field which is vitally more real than is the objective, once it is
entered and known. It is a question of acceptance, first of all, of its
existence, the development of a mechanism of contact, the cultivation of the
ability to use this mechanism at will, and then inspired interpretation.
Substance The
principle underlying dense matter.
Sutratma The
"life" thread anchored in the heart - linking spirit, soul and body
via the "permanent atoms".
Synthesis The
method whereby comprehension is attained; the many becoming the One; an
attribute of the divine will and the outstanding quality of Deity.
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