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The Nature of Death
"Death, if we could but realize it, is one of our most practiced activities. We have died many times and shall die again and again. Death is essentially a matter of consciousness. We are conscious one moment on The Physical Plane, and a moment later we have withdrawn onto another Plane (The Astral) and are actively conscious there. Just as long as our consciousness is identified with the form aspect, death will hold for us its ancient terror. Just as soon as we know ourselves to be Souls and find that we are capable of focusing our consciousness or sense of awareness in any form or on any Plane at will or in any direction within The Form of God, we shall no longer know death."
"There is no death. There is, as you know, entrance into fuller life. There is freedom from the handicaps of the fleshly vehicle. The rending process so much dreaded does not exist, except in the cases of violent and sudden death, and then the only true disagreeables are an instant and overwhelming sense of imminent peril and destruction and something closely approaching an electric shock. No more!"
"Death is, literally, the withdrawal from the heart (4th Chakra) and from the head (7th Chakra) of 2 streams of energy (life-force stream and consciousness stream), producing consequently complete loss of consciousness and disintegration of the body. Death differs from sleep in that both streams of energy are withdrawn. In sleep, only the thread of energy (consciousness stream) which is anchored in the brain is withdrawn, and when this happens the man becomes unconscious. By this we mean that his consciousness or sense of awareness is focused elsewhere (on The Astral Plane). His attention is no longer directed towards things tangible and physical but is turned upon another world of being and becomes centered in another apparatus or mechanism (the astral body). In death, both the threads are withdrawn or unified in the life thread. Vitality ceases to penetrate through the medium of the bloodstream, and the heart fails to function just as the brain fails to record, and thus silence settles down. The house is empty."
"Death is undertaken at the direction of The Ego (The Higher Self) no matter how unaware a human being may be of that direction. The process works automatically with the majority, for when The Soul withdraws its attention the inevitable reaction on The Physical Plane is death, either by the abstraction of the dual threads of life and reason energy or by the abstraction of the thread of energy which is qualified by mentality, leaving the life stream still functioning through the heart (4th Chakra) but there being no intelligent awareness (comatose state)."
"In the case of highly developed human beings, we often find a sense of pre-vision as to the death period. This is incident upon Egoic (Soul) contact and awareness of the wishes of The Ego. It involves sometimes a knowledge of the very day of death, coupled to a preservation of self-determination up to the final moment of withdrawal. In the case of Initiates, there is much more than this. There is an intelligent understanding of the laws of abstraction, and this enables the one who is making the transition to withdraw consciously and in full waking awareness out of the physical body and so to function on The Astral Plane. This involves the preservation of continuity of consciousness so that no hiatus occurs between the sense of awareness on The Physical Plane and that of the after-death state."
"In 2 places in the human body (aetheric body) there are orifices of exit, if I may use so cumbersome a phrase. One opening is in The Solar Plexus (3rd Chakra), and the other is in the brain at the top of the head (7th Chakra). Protecting both is a closely woven web of aetheric matter, composed of interlacing strands of life energy."
"During the process of death, the pressure of the life energy beating against the web produces eventually a puncturing or opening. Out of this the life force pours as the potency of the abstracting influence of The Soul increases. In the case of animals, of infants, and of (unevolved) men and women who are polarized entirely in the physical and astral bodies, the door of exit is The Solar Plexus, and it is that web which is punctured, thus permitting the passing out. In the case of mental types, of the more highly evolved human units, it is the web at the top of the head in the region of the fontanelle which is ruptured, thus again permitting the exit of the thinking, rational being."
"A 3rd exit is now in temporary use. Just below the apex of the heart another aetheric web is found covering an orifice of exit. We have, therefore, the following situation:
1. The exit in the head used by the intellectual type, by the disciples, and by The Initiates of the world.
2. The exit in the heart used by the kindly, well-meaning man or woman who is a good citizen, an intelligent friend, and a philanthropic worker.
3. The exit in the region of The Solar Plexus used by those whose animal nature is strong."
"The time comes inevitably to all incarnated beings when The Soul demands liberation from the body and from form life, and Nature has her own wise ways of doing this. Disease and death must be recognized as liberating factors when they come as the result of right timing by The Soul. It must be realized by students that the physical form is an aggregate of atoms, built into organisms and finally into a coherent body, and that this body is held together by the will of The Soul. Withdraw that will onto its own Plane or (as it is occultly expressed) 'let The Soul's eye turn in another direction', and in this present cycle disease and death will inevitably supervene."
"It is, in reality, the resolution of the form nature into its component parts and basic essence. Disease is essentially an aspect of death. It is the process by which the material nature and the substantial form prepares itself for separation from The Soul."
The Technique of Dying
"I deal only with those points which will make for an easier passing over of the transient soul. First, let there be silence in the chamber. It must be remembered that the dying person may usually be unconscious. This unconsciousness is apparent but not real. In 900 cases out of a 1,000 the brain awareness is there with a full consciousness of happenings, but there is a complete paralysis of the will to express and complete inability to generate the energy which will indicate aliveness. When silence and understanding rule the sick room, the departing soul can hold possession of its instrument with clarity until the last minute and can make due preparation."
"Later, when more anent color is known, only orange lights will be permitted in the sick room of a dying person. Orange aids the focusing in the head, just as red stimulates The Solar Plexus, and green has a definite effect upon the heart (chakra) and life-force stream."
"Certain types of music will be used when more in connection with sound is understood. At the exact moment of death if a person's own note is sounded, it will coordinate the 2 streams of energy and eventually rupture the life thread, but the knowledge of this is too dangerous to transmit as yet and can only later be given."
"It will be found also that pressure on certain nerve centers and on certain arteries will facilitate the work, and this science of dying is held in custody, as many students know, in Tibet. Pressure on the jugular vein and on certain big nerves in the region of the head and on a particular spot in the medulla oblongata will be found helpful and effective."
"Mantric phrases will also be employed and definitely built into the consciousness of the dying person by those around him or employed deliberately and mentally by himself. The steady use of The Sacred Word (AUM) chanted in an undertone or on a particular key to which the dying man will be found to respond may later constitute also a part of the ritual of transition, accompanied by the anointing with oil."
"The top of the head of the dying man should also symbolically point towards The East, and the feet and hands should be crossed. Sandalwood only should be burned in the room, and no incense of any other kind permitted, for sandalwood is the incense of The 1st or Destroyer Ray, and The Soul is in process of destroying its habitation."
The Act of Restitution
"The fear complex of Humanity finds its point of entrance into man's consciousness through the act of dying. Failure to survive is the basic fear, and yet it is the commonest phenomenon upon the planet. The act of dying is the great universal ritual which governs our entire planetary life, but only in The Human Family and faintly, very faintly, in The Animal Kingdom is the reaction to fear found."
"All the processes of incarnation, of life in form, and of restitution (by the activity of the principle of death), of matter to matter and soul to Soul are carried forward under The Great Universal Law of Attraction. The Law of Attraction governs the process of dying as it governs all else in manifestation. It is the medium through which restitution is brought about and by which the human soul (the incarnate personality) is periodically reabsorbed into The Overshadowing Soul."
"Under The Law of Attraction, The Soul, at the close of a life cycle and with full intention, exerts its attractive power in such a manner that it offsets the attractive power inherent in matter itself. This is a clear definition of the basic cause of death. Where no Soul contact has been consciously established, as in the case of the majority of people at this time, death comes as an unexpected or sadly anticipated event. Yet, it is a true Soul activity."
"Could you but see a little further into the matter, you would learn that death releases the individual life into a less cramped and confined existence and eventually, when the death process has been applied to all the 3 vehicles (physical, emotional, and mental) in The 3 Worlds (Physical, Astral, and Mental), into the life of universality. This is a point of inexpressible bliss."
"The Law of Attraction brings about the imbalance which results in the act of disintegration, thus overcoming form, as far as the human being is concerned, and brings this about in 3 phases to which we have given the names:
a. Restitution, resulting in the dissolution of the body (physical and aetheric) and the return of its elements, atoms, and cells to their originating source.
b. Elimination, involving the same basic process in relation to the forces which have constituted the astral body and the mental vehicle.
c. Absorption, the mode whereby the human soul (personality) is integrated into its originating Source, the overshadowing Universal Soul. This is an expression of The 1st Aspect (Divine Will)."
"The words, 'earth to earth and dust to dust', so familiar in the burial rituals of The Occident, refer to this act of restitution and connote the return of the physical body elements to the original reservoir of matter and of the substance of the vital form (aetheric form) to the general aetheric reservoir. The words, 'the spirit shall return unto God Who gave it', are a distorted reference to the absorption of the soul (personality) by The Universal Soul."
"It is in the deliberate issuing of the command by The Soul (Higher Self or Solar Angel) upon its own Plane to its shadow (the personality) in The 3 Worlds that The Soul learns to express The 1st and Highest Aspect of Divinity (The Will), and this at first and for a very long time solely through the process of death."
"The aetheric forces are first of all withdrawn into the surrounding extension of the aetheric ring-pass-not prior to that final dissipation which leaves the man free to stand as a human soul within the ring-pass-not of his astral vehicle. Even when the withdrawal of the aetheric body from occupation of the dense physical body has been accomplished, death is not yet complete. It still awaits a secondary activity of The Will of The Soul. This secondary activity will result in all the aetheric forces dissolving into an emanating source which is the general reservoir of forces."
"Remember that The 5 Centers (Chakras) up the spine are not within the physical body but are found at certain distinctive points in the paralleling aetheric substance (aetheric body). They are at least 2 inches away from (anterior to) the physical spine. The 3 Head Centers are also outside the dense physical body. I would remind you also that this is equally true of the many minor centers as well as of The Major Centers with which we are so familiar."
"In normal cases of death from disease, the withdrawal is slow and, where the malignancy of the disease has not caused too great deterioration of the physical organism involved, there is the possibility of a return for a shorter or a longer period of time. This frequently happens, especially when the will to live is strong or the life task remains as yet unaccomplished and is not correctly concluded."
"The physical elemental (which is the name given to the integrated life of the physical body) and The Soul, as It seeks to withdraw and dissolve the sumtotal of the combined energies of the aetheric body, are in violent conflict, and the process is often fierce and long. It is this battle which is being waged during the long or short period of coma which characterizes so many death beds."
"In the case of the ordinary man where death is intended, the battle between the physical elemental and The Soul is a distinctive factor. It is occultly called 'a Lemurian departure'. In the case of the average citizen where the focus of the life is in the desire (astral) nature, the conflict is between the astral elemental and The Soul, and this is given the name of 'the death of an Atlantean'. Where disciples are concerned, the conflict will be more purely mental and is oft focused around the will-to-serve and the determination to fulfill a particular aspect of The Plan (of Sanat Kumara) and the will-to-return in full force to The Ashramic Center (of his Master). Where Initiates are concerned, there is no conflict but simply a conscious and deliberate withdrawal."
"The death process can be seen as one which primarily concerns the aetheric body. There is first of all the collecting and the withdrawing of the aetheric substance so that it no longer interpenetrates the dense physical organism. It is at this point in the experience of the withdrawing soul (personality) that the 'word of death' is spoken, and it is prior to the enunciation of this word that a return to physical living can be possible and the withdrawn aetheric forces can again interpenetrate the body. Relationship with all the withdrawn forces is, up to this point, retained via the head or the heart or the solar plexus."
"All this time the consciousness of the dying man is focused in either the emotional (astral) body or the mental vehicle, according to the point in evolution. He is not unconscious as the onlooker might infer but is fully aware within himself of what is occurring. If he is strongly focused on Physical Plane life and if that is the dominating desire of which he is the most aware, he may then intensify the conflict. You will then have the physical elemental battling furiously for existence, the desire nature fighting to retard the processes of death, and The Soul intent upon the work of abstraction and of restitution."
"The prison house of the flesh is dissolved by the withdrawing of the light and life. The 49 fires (49 lesser chakras) within the physical organism die down. Their heat and light are absorbed into the 21 minor points of light (21 minor chakras). These, in their turn, are absorbed by The 7 Major Centers of energy. Then the 'word of return' is uttered, and the consciousness aspect, the quality nature, the light and energy of the incarnating man are withdrawn into the aetheric body. The life principle withdraws, likewise, from the heart (chakra)."
"This entire process of the focusing of the spiritual elements in the aetheric body with the subsequent abstraction and consequent dissipation of the aetheric body would be greatly hastened by the substitution of cremation for burial." (see "Cremation")
"Death consists in the steady and scientific abstraction of the vital body (aetheric body) out of the dense physical body, leading eventually to an elimination of all Soul contact in The 3 Worlds (Physical, Astral, and Mental)."
Sequence of Events
"I remind you that the points of final abstraction are 3 in number: the head (7th Chakra) for disciples and Initiates and also for advanced mental types; the heart (4th Chakra) for aspirants, for men of goodwill, and for all those who have achieved a measure of personality integrity and who are attempting to fulfill, as far as in them lies, The Law of Love; and the solar plexus (3rd Chakra) for the undeveloped and emotionally polarized persons."
1. "The Soul sounds forth a 'Word of Withdrawal' from its own Plane, and immediately an interior process and reaction is evoked within the man upon The Physical Plane. Certain physiological events take place at the seat of the disease in connection with the heart and affecting also the 3 great systems which so potently condition the physical man: the bloodstream, the nervous system in its various expressions, and the endocrine system."
"A vibration runs along the nadis (meridians or life-force channels). The nadis are the aetheric counterpart of the entire nervous system, and they underlie every single nerve in the entire physical body. They are the agents, par excellence, of the directing impulses of The Soul, reacting to the vibratory activity which emanates from the aetheric counterpart of the brain. They respond to the directing Word, react to the pull of The Soul, and then organize themselves for abstraction."
"The glands (endocrine), in response to the call of death, inject into the bloodstream a substance which, in turn, affects the heart. There the life thread is anchored, and this substance in the blood is regarded as 'death-dealing' and is one of the basic causes of coma and of loss of consciousness. It evokes a reflex action in the brain."
"A psychic tremor is established, which has the effect of loosening or breaking the connection between the nadis and the nervous system. The aetheric body is thereby detached from its dense sheath (physical body) though still interpenetrating every part of it."
2. "There is frequently a pause at this point of a shorter or longer period of time. This is allowed in order to carry forward the loosening process as smoothly and as painlessly as possible. This loosening of the nadis starts in the eyes. This process of detachment often shows itself in the relaxation and lack of fear which dying persons so often show. They evidence a condition of peace and a willingness to go, plus an inability to make a mental effort. It is as if the dying person, still preserving his consciousness, gathers his resources together for the final abstraction."
3. "Next, the organized aetheric body, loosened from all nervous relationship through the action of the nadis, begins to gather itself together for the final departure. It withdraws from the extremities towards the required 'door of exit' and focuses itself in the area around that door for the final pull of the directing Soul. All has been proceeding under The Law of Attraction up to this point, the magnetic, attractive Will of The Soul. Now another pull or attractive impulse makes itself felt. The dense physical body begins to respond to the attractive pull of matter itself. This has been called the earth pull."
"It will, therefore, be apparent that a dual attractive process is at this stage going on. The vital body is being prepared for exit, and the physical body is responding to dissolution. It might be added that a 3rd activity is also present. It is that of the conscious man, withdrawing his consciousness, steadily and gradually, into the astral and mental vehicles preparatory to the complete abstraction of the aetheric body when the right time comes."
"The man is becoming less and less attached to The Physical Plane and more withdrawn within himself. In the case of an advanced person, this process is consciously undertaken, and the man retains his vital interests and his awareness of relationship to others even whilst losing his grip on physical existence."
4. "Again a pause ensues. This is the point where the physical elemental can at times regain its hold upon the aetheric body. This elemental life will sometimes fight a battle lasting for days and weeks. When, however, death is inevitable, the pause at this point will be exceedingly brief, sometimes only for a matter of seconds. The physical elemental has lost its hold, and the aetheric body awaits the final tug from The Soul, acting under The Law of Attraction."
5. "The aetheric body emerges from the dense physical body in gradual stages and at the chosen point of exit. When this emergence is complete, the vital body then assumes the vague outline of the form that it energized and this under the influence of the thought-form of himself which the man has built up over the years. This thought-form exists in the case of every human being and must be destroyed before the 2nd stage of elimination is finally complete."
"Though freed from the prison of the physical body, the aetheric body is not yet freed from its influence. There is still a slight rapport between the 2, and this keeps the spiritual man still close to the body just vacated. Still interpenetrating the aetheric body are the integrated energies which we call the astral body and the mental vehicle, and at the center there is a point of light which indicates the presence of The Soul."
6. "The aetheric body is gradually dispersed as the energies of which it is composed are reorganized and withdrawn, leaving only the pranic substance which is identified with the aetheric vehicle of the planet itself. This process of dispersal is, as I have earlier said, greatly aided by cremation. In the case of the undeveloped person, the aetheric body can linger for a long time in the neighborhood of its outer disintegrating shell because the pull of The Soul is not potent and the material aspect is. Where the person is advanced and therefore detached in his thinking from The Physical Plane, the dissolution of the vital body can be exceedingly rapid."
"Once it is accomplished, The Process of Restitution is over. The man is freed, temporarily at least, from all reaction to the attractive pull of physical matter. He stands in his subtle bodies (astral and mental) ready for the great act to which I have given the name, The Art of Elimination."
"The inner man remains himself. He is untouched and untrammeled. He is a free agent as far as The Physical Plane is concerned and is responsive now to only 3 predisposing factors:
a. The quality of his astral-emotional equipment.
b. The mental condition in which he habitually lives.
c. The voice of The Soul, often unfamiliar but sometimes well known and loved.
Individuality is not lost."
The Art of Elimination
"Few people are as yet so developed that the vehicle in which they find themselves after death (after Restitution) is largely composed of mental substance. Only disciples and Initiates who live mostly in their minds find themselves, after death, immediately upon The Mental Plane. Most people discover themselves upon The Astral Plane, clothed in a shell of astral matter (the astral body) and committed to a period of elimination within the illusory area of The Astral Plane."
"The Astral Plane has no factual existence but is an illusory creation of The Human Family. From now on, however, The Astral Plane will slowly become a dying creation, and in the final period of human history (during The 7th Root Race) it will become nonexistent."
"In Atlantean Days, The Astral Plane came into being. The mental state of consciousness was then practically non-existent. Many people are still Atlantean in consciousness, and when they pass out of the physical state of consciousness and discard their dual physical body (dense physical and aetheric), they are faced with the problem of elimination of the astral body. These are the undeveloped and average persons who, after the elimination of the kamic or desire body, have little else to do. There is no mental vehicle to draw them into a mental integration because there is no mentally focused potency."
"The Art of Elimination falls, therefore, into 3 categories:
1. As practiced by those people who are purely astral (emotionally focused) in quality and constitution. These we call 'kamic' people.
2. As practiced by those balanced people who are integrated personalities (emotional and mental) and who are called 'kama-manasic' individuals.
3. As practiced by advanced people and disciples of all grades who are mainly mental in their living focus. These are called 'manasic' subjects."
"The kamic person eliminates his astral body by means of attrition and vacates it via the astral correspondence to The Solar Plexus Center (3rd Chakra in the astral body). This attrition is brought about because all the innate desire and inherent emotion are, at this stage, related to the animal nature and the physical body, both of which are now non-existent."
"The kama-manasic individual uses 2 techniques. This would naturally be so because he eliminates, first of all, his astral body and then his mental vehicle. He eliminates the astral body by means of his growing desire for mental life. He withdraws gradually and steadily into the mind body, and the astral body esoterically 'drops away' and finally disappears. He then shatters the mental body by an act of the human will and also because The Soul is beginning to be slowly aware of its shadow. This process is relatively quick and is dependent upon the extent of the manasic influence."
"The manasic man, focused now in his mental body, has also 2 things to accomplish:
1. To dissolve and rid himself of any astral sediment which may be discoloring his translucent mental body. This he does by calling in increased Light from The Soul. It is Soul Light which, at this stage, dissolves the astral substance.
2. To destroy the mental body through the use of certain Words of Power. These Words are communicated to the disciple via The Ashram of his Master."
Immediately After Death
"Immediately after death and particularly if cremation has taken place, the man in his kama-manasic body is as much aware of and alert to his environment (on The Astral Plane) as he was upon The Physical Plane when alive. Forget not that a Plane is essentially a state of consciousness and not a locality."
"The man is engrossed with what engrossed his attention and involved the kamic principle (desire nature) during his incarnated experience. May I again remind you that there is now no physical brain to respond to impacts generated by the inner man and also that sex, as it is physically understood, is non-existent. The man in his astral body is now free from the strictly animal impulses which, upon The Physical Plane, are both normal and right but which now have no meaning to him in his kamic (astral) body."
"Taking the average man, what are his first reactions and activities after the restitution of the physical body to the universal reservoir of substance? Let me enumerate some of these reactions:
1. He becomes consciously aware of himself. This involves a clarity of perception unknown to the average man whilst in physical incarnation.
2. Time is now non-existent as we understand the term, and there ensues invariably a moment of direct Soul (Higher Self) contact. For a brief second The Soul responds, and the nature of the response is such that the man, standing in his kama-manasic vehicle, sees the experience of the past incarnation spread before him like a map. He records a sense of timelessness.
3. As a result of the recognition of these experiences, the man isolates those 3 which were the 3 major conditioning factors in the life which has gone and which also hold the keys to his future incarnation which he will next initiate. All else is forgotten, and all the lesser experiences fade out of his memory, leaving nothing in his consciousness but what are esoterically called 'the 3 seeds or germs of the future'. Seed 1 determines later the nature of the physical environment in which the returning man will find his place. Seed 2 determines the quality of the aetheric body as a vehicle through which The Ray Forces (of The 7 Rays) can make contact with the dense physical body. Seed 3 gives the key to the astral vehicle in which the man will be polarized in the next incarnation. It is this seed which brings the man again into relation with those he previously loved or with whom he had close contact.
4. Having completed this 'isolating of experience', the man will then seek and automatically find those whom the 3rd Seed influence indicates as possessing a constant part in the group experience of which he is an element, consciously or unconsciously. The man acts as he would on Earth in the company of his intimates and according to his temperament and point in evolution."
"These 4 activities cover varying periods of 'time' from the angle of 'those who live below', though there is no time recognized on the part of the man on The Astral Plane. Gradually the lure and glamor wear off, and the man enters into the stage where he knows, because the mind is now more incisive and dominating, that he is ready for the second death and for the entire elimination of the kamic body or of the kama-manasic vehicle."
"A man on The Inner Planes is not only as conscious of himself as an individual as he was on The Physical Plane, but he is also conscious in the same manner of the surrounding states of consciousness. His experience is far richer and fuller than he ever knew when in incarnation."
"On The Inner Side men know that The Law of Rebirth governs the experience process of physical plane living, and they realize then that prior to the elimination of the kamic, kama-manasic, or manasic bodies, they are only passing through an interlude between incarnations and that they consequently face 2 great experiences:
1. A moment wherein contact will be made with The Soul or Solar Angel.
2. After that contact, a relatively violent reorientation to earth life takes place, leading to what is called 'The Process of Descent and Calling' wherein the man:
a. Prepares for physical incarnation again.
b. Sounds his own true note into the substance of The 3 Worlds (Physical, Astral, and Mental Planes).
c. Revitalizes the permanent atoms which form a triangle of force within The Causal Body.
d. Gathers together the needed substance to form his future bodies of manifestation.
e. Colors them with the qualities and characteristics he has already achieved through life-experience.
f. On The Aetheric Plane arranges the substance of his vital body so that The 7 Centers take shape and can become the recipients of the inner forces.
g. Makes a deliberate choice of those who will provide him with the needed dense physical covering and then awaits the moment of incarnation."
Closing Comments
"With the undeveloped or the average man, The Soul plays a very small part in the death process beyond the contribution of a simple Soul determination to end the cycle of incarnated life prior to another return to The Physical Plane. The 'seeds of death' are inherent in the form nature and demonstrate as disease or as senility, and The Soul pursues its own interests on its own Plane until such a time as the evolutionary process has brought about a situation wherein the integration or close relation between Soul and form is so real that The Soul is deeply and profoundly identified with its manifesting expression."
"In the earlier lives of the incarnating Soul and for the majority of the cycles of life experience, The Soul is very slightly concerned in what is going on, however as time goes on and incarnation follows upon incarnation, the effect of the indwelling Soul Quality gradually evokes conscience and, through the medium of conscience, an awakening and finally an awakened consciousness is evoked. This demonstrates in the first instance as the sense of responsibility. It is this which gradually establishes a growing identification of The Soul with its vehicle, the lower triple man (physical, emotional, and mental)."
"The bodies become then steadily more refined. The seeds of death and of disease are not so potent. Sensitivity to inner Soul-realization grows until the time is reached when The Initiate-Disciple dies by an act of his spiritual will or in response to group karma or to national or planetary karma."
"When the disciple or The Initiate is identifying himself with The Soul and when The Antahkarana (Bridge from the lower self to The Higher Self) is built by means of the life principle, then the disciple discards the body at will at the demand of the spiritual will or through recognition of the necessities of The Hierarchy or the purposes of Shamballa (Home of The Spiritual Hierarchy and Sanat Kumara)."
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