UNITY
All forms, from atoms to men, that give expression to life in their way, come into being, then disintegrate, but the Life remains. Although for purposes of study we divide the field of Esoteric Science into various aspects, it must constantly be reaffirmed that the aspects are facets of a UNITY. Everything in the universe, visible and invisible, is, was, and ever will be one absolute essence, from which all starts, and into which everything returns.
All existence is ONE THING. This ONE THING is variously called the One Life, the One Reality; it is the source of Being, and of all beings; it is in everything - in fact, it is everything, for there is nothing else. ... the root of all nature, objective and subjective, and everything else in the universe, visible or invisible, is, was and ever will be one absolute essence, from which all starts, and into which everything returns ... [1] In all subsequent study, this fundamental fact must never be lost from sight; all forms that come into being, from atoms to men, are animated by the same Life; the forms disintegrate, the Life remains. We human beings are one with it; our life is that Life. Explaining how Theosophy views "God, Soul and Man", Mme Blavatsky states: In their origin and in eternity, the three, i.e. God, the soul and man, like the universe and all therein, are one with the absolute unity, the unknowable deific essence ... [2]Although for purposes of study we divide the field of Esoteric Science into various aspects, it must constantly be reaffirmed that the aspects are facets of a UNITY. The moment one lets this idea slip from the mind, "... (and it is most easy to do so when engaged in any of the many intricate aspects of the Esoteric Philosophy) the idea of SEPARATION supervenes, and the study loses its value". [3]
[1] The Key to Theosophy III, 43
[2] The Key to Theosophy VI, 83
[3] The Bowen Notes, 9
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