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ASHES OF PLANTS SCATTERED ON THE WATER FOR THE BIRTH OF AGNI
A symbol of the preparation for the birth of the
indwelling Self in the lower nature of the soul.
"While meditating, the gods saw this,'Let us take the fire-pan down
to the water; for the water is the foundation of this universe:
having settled it thereon, we shall reproduce from out of the water
what there is of Agni's nature in this heap of ashes.'-They then
took it down and threw the ashes into the water; and in like manner
does this Sacrificer now take it down to the water. 'O divine
waters, receive ye these ashes, and put them in a soft and fragrant
place!'-that being consumed, matter has run its course. 'Bear it on
the waters, even as a mother bears her son.' 'In the waters, O Agni,
is thy womb, being in the plants' womb thou art born again. Thou art
the child of the herbs, the child of the trees, the child of all
that is, O Agni, thou art the child of the waters,-the child of the
universe.'"-Sata. Brâh., VI. 8, 2, 2-4.
The quiescent higher nature (the gods) then perceived that the time
had arrived for God to manifest directly in the lower nature. The
latent soul (fire-pan) is therefore to be brought down, as it were,
to the astral plane (water); for the Divine Reality operates through
the astral nature as a foundation for evolution. The soul, or higher
nature, being firmly connected with the lower, there will then be
reproduced from the astral nature what there is of spiritual quality
in the latent matter of the soul (the ashes). So the higher and the
lower natures were united for the expression of the Spirit. In like
manner the individuality now emanates the ego into the lower
vehicles at every incarnation.
O probationary existence, receive ye these latent higher qualities
and place them in a mental condition of gentleness and purity, that
becoming raised from latency, there may be no further need for the
life of matter on the lower planes ! Bear ye the germ of Spirit in
the purified lower nature, even as the virgin mother bears her
Divine Son. In the purified emotions (waters) is the matrix of the
Christ. In the transfigured emotion-nature (plants' womb) the Christ
is re-born. Thou O Christ-soul! art the child of the affections and
aspirations, and of all nature. For, O indwelling God! thou art
brought forth from out of the waters of life and the phenomenal
realm.
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