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1. "The Causal Body is, from the standpoint of The Physical Plane, no body, either subjective or objective. It is, nevertheless, The Center of The Egoic Consciousness (of The Soul) and is formed of the conjunction of buddhi and manas. It is relatively permanent and lasts throughout the long cycle of incarnations and is only dissipated after The 4th Initiation (The Renunciation or Crucifixion) when the need for further rebirth on the part of a human being no longer exists."
2. "In considering The Causal Body, we are dealing specifically with The Vehicle of manifestation of a Solar Angel (Soul or Higher Self) Who is its informing life and Who is in process of constructing It, perfecting It, and of enlarging It."
3. "The Causal Body is a collection of permanent atoms, 3 in all, enclosed in an envelope of mental essence. When animal man had reached a point of adequacy, when his physical body was sufficiently coordinated, when he had an emotional or desire nature sufficiently strong to form a basis for existence and to guide it by means of instinct, and when the germ of mentality was sufficiently implanted to have donated the instinctive memory and correlation of ideas that can be seen in the average domesticated animal, then the descending Spirit judged the time ripe for taking possession of the lower vehicles (Individualization or The Ensouling of the human species)."
"The Lords of The Flame (Those Who had come with Sanat Kumara from Venus, the first Members of The Spiritual Hierarchy) were called in, and They effected the transfer of polarization from the lower atom of The Triad (of The Monad) to the lowest atom of the personality. Even then The Indwelling Flame (The Higher Self) could come no lower than the 3rd subplane of The Mental Plane. There the 2 met and became 1, and The Causal Body was formed. All in Nature is interdependent, and The Indwelling Thinker (The Soul) cannot control in The 3 Lower Worlds (Physical, Astral, and Mental) without the aid of the lower self (the personality)."
"Therefore, you have at the moment of Individualization, which is the term used to express this hour of contact on the 3rd subplane of The Mental Plane, a point of Light enclosing 3 atoms and itself enclosed in a sheath of mental matter."
"The work of the personality is firstly to beautify, build, and expand The Causal Body and secondly to withdraw within It the life of the personality, sucking the good out of the personal life and storing it in The Body of The Ego (The Soul). The life essence is garnered into The Divine Storehouse."
"The content of The Causal Body is the accumulation, by slow and gradual process, of the good in each life. The building proceeds slowly at first, but towards the end of incarnation, on The Probationary Path and on The Path of Initiation, the work proceeds more rapidly. The structure has been reared and each stone quarried in the personal life. On The Path, in each of its 2 divisions, the work of completing and beautifying The Temple proceeds with greater rapidity."
4. "The Probationary Path precedes The Path of Initiation or Holiness and marks that period in the life of a man when he definitely sets himself on the side of The Forces of Evolution (The Brotherhood of Light) and works at the building of his own character. He takes himself in hand, cultivates the qualities that are lacking in his disposition, and seeks with diligence to bring his personality under control. He is building The Causal Body with deliberate intent, filling any gaps that may exist, and seeking to make It a fit receptacle for The Christ Principle."
5. "The permanent atoms are enclosed within the periphery of The Causal Body, yet that relatively permanent body is built and enlarged, expanded and wrought, into a central receiving and transmitting station by the direct action of the centers (the chakras), and of the centers above all. Just as it was The Will Aspect (The 1st Aspect or Ray of The Godhead) that built The Solar System, so it is the same force in the man that builds The Causal Body. By the bringing together of Spirit and matter and their coherence by means of the spiritual will, The Causal Body is being produced. The Causal Body is but The Sheath of The Ego (Soul)."
6. "The Causal Body is The Vehicle of The Higher Consciousness, The Temple of The Indwelling God (The Soul), which seems of a beauty so rare and of a stability of so sure a nature that when the final shattering comes (at The 4th Initiation) of even that Masterpiece of many lives, bitter indeed is the cup to drink and unutterably bereft seems the unit of consciousness."
7. "The disciple builds The Bridge (The Antahkarana) which links The Spiritual Triad (The Monad), The Causal Body (of The Higher Self), and the personality. When this is done, The Egoic Body (Causal Body) has served its purpose. The Solar Angel (Higher Self) has done its work, and the form side of existence is no longer needed. The Man enters into The Consciousness of The Monad, The One. The Causal Body disintegrates; the personality fades out, and illusion is ended. This is the consummation of The Great Work, and another Son of God has entered into The Father's Home (The Monad)."
"That He may go out from there into the world of phenomena in order to work with The Plan is probable, but He will not need to undergo the processes of manifestation (conception, gestation, and birthing) as Humanity does. He can then construct for the work his body of expression (the mayavirupa). He can work through and with energy as The Plan dictates."
8. "The Ego (Soul) is a Great Solar Angel Who is the medium of expression for The Monad or Pure Spirit, just as is the personality for The Ego on the lower Level. From the point of view of man in The 3 Worlds (Physical, Astral, and Mental), this Ego or Solar Lord is eternal. He persists throughout the entire cycle of incarnation, just as the personality persists during the tiny physical life cycle. Nevertheless, this period of existence is only relatively permanent, and the day dawns when the life which expresses itself through the medium of The Ego, The Thinker, The Solar Lord or Manasadeva (all synonyms), seeks to loose itself from even this limitation and to return to The Source (The Monad) from which It originally emanated."
"The life then, which manifested as a Solar Angel and which through inherent energy held together through long ages The Form Egoic (Causal Body), withdraws itself gradually, and the form slowly dissipates. The lesser lives of which it has been constituted return to the general fount of Deva Substance. Similarly in the case of the personality, when The Life Egoic withdraws, the 3-fold lower self dissipates. The little lives which form the body of what has been called the lunar self (the personality which is a reflection of The Solar Self) are absorbed into the general reservoir of Deva Substance of a lower vibration to that which composed The Body Egoic."
"Through the application of The Rod of Initiation (by The Hierophant of The Initiation), the work of separating the spiritual self from The Higher Self is furthered, and the imprisoned life gradually escapes, whilst The Causal Body is slowly absorbed or dissipated. This has led to the expression of 'the cracking of The Causal Body' at each Initiation and to the idea of the inner central fire gradually breaking through and destroying the confining walls and also of the destruction of The Temple of Solomon through the withdrawal of The Shekinah. All these phrases are symbolic wordings and are attempts to convey to the mind of Man fundamental truth from different angles."
"By the time The 4th Initiation (The Renunciation) has been reached, the work of destruction is accomplished. The Solar Angel returns to his own place, having performed his function, and the solar lives seek their point of emanation. The life within the form mounts up, then, in triumph to the bosom of its 'Father in Heaven' (The Monad), just as the life within the physical body at the moment of death seeks its Source, The Ego, and this likewise in 4 stages:
a. By the withdrawal from the dense physical body.
b. By the withdrawal from the aetheric body.
c. By a later vacating of the astral body.
d. A final leaving of the mental body."
"Another way of emphasizing the same truth is to regard The Egoic Body as a lotus and to picture it as a lotus with 9 petals, hiding within these petals a central unit of 3 petals. These, in turn, secrete the central life or the 'jewel in the lotus'. As evolution proceeds, these 3 circles of 3 petals each gradually unfold, having a simultaneous effect on one or other of the central 3. These 3 circles are respectively the petals of Sacrifice, Love, and Knowledge. At Initiation The Rod is applied to the petals in a scientific manner and regulated according to Ray (of The 7 Rays) and tendency. This brings about the opening of the central bud, the revelation of the jewel, the withdrawal of that jewel from the casket which has so long shielded it, and its transference to 'The Crown', as it is occultly called, meaning its return to The Monad from whence it came."
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