TERM GIVEN BY THE
THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
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TERM GIVEN BY THE
ASCENDED MASTERS*
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1. Rupa,
Physical body
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Physical body
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2. Prana,
Life, or vital principle
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Life, or vital principle
Spirit, or essence of a person
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3. Linga sharira,
Astral body, etheric double
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Etheric double (astral shell), Ka.
A sheath that serves as the outer skin of the etheric,
mental, astral and physical bodies.
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4. Kama Rupa
Seat of animal desires and passions. This is the
center of the animal man, where lies the line of demarcation
which separates the mortal man from the immortal entity.
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Lower Etheric Body
Lower mental body
Lower desire body (lower astral
body)
Electronic belt
The four lower halves of the four lower bodies are
the Kama Rupa. This is the place of the subconscious
and unconscious records in the electronic belt.
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Line of Demarcation
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5. Manas
Mind, intelligence;
Higher human mind, whose light, or radiation, links
the monad for the lifetime to the mortal man.
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Holy Christ Self
Plus the higher etheric body, higher mental body
and higher desire body.
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6. Buddhi
The Spiritual Soul
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Atma-Buddhic Monad
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The Causal Body
The Body of First Cause, a replica
of the causal body of the Great Central Sun
The I AM THAT I AM
Centered in the Causal Body is the Atma-Buddhic Monad.
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7. Atma
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The soul resides in the seat-of-the-soul
chakra during life.
The seed atom resides in the thymus
with the spirit.
The Kundalini, or sacred fire, resides
in the Base-of-the-spine chakra.
The threefold flame resides in the
antechamber of the heart chakra, the Eighth Ray chakra.
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*Through Mark
and Elizabeth Clare Prophet
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