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5 Planes of Existence
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Five Planes of Manifestation
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PLANTS
Symbols of simple instincts and feelings growing
upward to the light.
“And both Matro and Matroyao changed from the shape of a plant into
the shape of a man, and the breath went spiritually into them, which
is the soul." - The Bundahis, Ch. XV. 5. (Zoroastrian)
The mind and emotion-principles undergo the transformation from the
simple feelings and instincts into human ideas and emotions; and
this being accomplished, the spirit of the one Self, the Spark of
the Divine Life, entered in and became theirs. And so the human race
was launched upon its evolution.
"Wherever the scattered seed pushed upward out of the dark bosom of
the earth and unfolded itself in a plant, in its blossom and its
fruit, Mani beheld the triumphant evolution of the principle of
light, gradually working its way onward to freedom from the bondage
of matter."-Neander, Church History, Vol. II. p. 214.
"Underneath the surface of the earth just now thousands of bulbs are
beginning to be stirred by the breath of springtime. Hitherto they
have lain buried and hidden in darkness and corruption, but they
each hold enough of the life of the universe to be able to respond
to the rays of the sun of heaven which penetrate to their
prison-house. The time of summer flowers is not yet, but pale green
shoots are appearing above ground, and despite the set-backs of
occasional frost and snow and biting winds, will grow and strengthen
till they burst into bloom and become part of the glory of the
sunshine itself. To do this they must free themselves from the earth
while assimilating to their own higher ends all the good it has to
give ; or, rather, this is what the mysteriously operating universal
life is already doing within them. And so it is with the soul. As
Christ frees us from the bondage of the flesh we unfold into the
light of God and reflect the eternal glory, assimilating to that end
all the force and wisdom our earthly probation can supply. The
struggle is not evil; but to submit to our present conditions
without a struggle, and without seeking to give expression to our
latent divinity, would be an evil indeed." - R. J. CAMPBELL, Serm.,
The Song of the Redeemed.
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See Also
BONDAGE
GOSHURUN
HERB
HOMA
LIGHT
LOTUS
Matro
Ru
SEED (good)
SEKER
SOMA
TREE
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