THE CA C A US USA A L BOD B ODY Y (The Egoic Lotus) (1) (1) In consi co nsidering dering the causal body (this "Tem " Temple ple of the Soul"), Soul" ), we are are dealing dealing s pecifically with the vehicle of manifesta manifestation tion of a solar s olar Angel who is its inform info rming ing life li fe and who is in process proc ess of constructing co nstructing it, of perfecting perfecting it, and of enlarging it, and thus thus reflecting reflecting on a tiny scale the work of the Logos Logo s on His own plane. (3 – 1110 ). (2) The causal body is a collection of permanent atoms, three in all, enclosed in an envelope of mental essence . . . There Therefore fore,, you have have at the mome oment of indiv individua idualisat lisation, ion, which which is the the term term used to expres expres s this hour ho ur of contact, on the third subplane subpl ane of the ment mental al plane, a point of light, l ight, enclosing three atoms, and itself enclosed in a sheath of mental matter. The work then to be done consists consis ts of: 1. Causing that point of light to become a flame, by steadily fanning the spark and feeding the fire. 2. Causing Caus ing the causal causal body bo dy to grow and expand, expand, from being being a colourless colo urless ovoid, holding ho lding the Ego like a yolk within the egg-shell, to a thing of rare beauty, containing within itself all the colour of the rainbow. This is an occult occul t fact. fact. The causal body will palpitate palpitate in due course of time, with an inner irradiation, and an inner glowing flame that will gradually work its way from the centre to the periphery. It will then pierce through that periphery, using us ing the body (that (that product of millennia of lives of pain and endeavour) endeavour),, as fuel for its i ts flames. It will burn all up, it will mount toward the Triad, and (becoming one with that Triad) Triad) will be re-a re-absorbe bsorbed d into into the the spiritua spirituall consciousness, consciousness, – will carry c arry with with it – using heat as the symbol – an intensi intensity ty of heat or quality of colour col our or o r vibration, vibration, that before before were lacking. There Therefore fore,, the the work work of of the the Personalit Personality y – for we have to to view vi ew all from fro m that that angle until egoic vision may be ours, – is first firs t to beautify, beautify, build and expand the the causal body; bo dy; s econdly to withdraw within it the life of the Personality, P ersonality, sucking sucki ng the good out of the personal life, and storing it in the body of the Ego. We might term this the Divine Vampiris Vampirism m, for always always evil evil is but the the other other side s ide of good. go od. Then, having accomplished this, come c omes s the application application of o f the flame flame to to the causal body itself, and the joyous s tanding tanding by whils t the the work of destruction goes on, and the Flame Flame – the live inner man, and the spi spirit rit of divine life – is s et free, free, and mounts mounts to its source. s ource. (2 –30/1). (3) The content of the causal body, is the accumulation by slow and [Page 37] gradual process, proces s, of o f the good in i n each each life. li fe. The building proceeds slowly s lowly at first, but towards towards the end of incarnat inc arnation ion – on the Probationary P robationary P ath ath and on the Path of Initiation – the work proceeds rapidly. The structure has been reared, and each stone quarried in the
personal life. On the Path, in each of its two divisions, the work of completing and beautifying the Temple proceeds with greater rapidity . . . (2 – 32 ). (4) At a later stage upon the Path of Initiation, the causal body also disappears, and the initiate stands free in the three worlds. The astral body and the causal or soul body are – in the language of esotericism – supplementary to reality. They have had a temporary reality during the evolutionary process, but (having served their purpose, and having endowed man with certain required assets – consciousness, feeling, sensitivity, and ability to establish and register contact) they pass away, and the initiate remains, possessed of power over form, and a fully awakened consciousness. He is a soul, and the fusion is complete.
(Extracts from Alice Bailey Books)
