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DHRUVA, AS THE TRUNK (BODY) OF THE SACRIFICIAL MAN

A symbol of the lower nature having as appendages or limbs the soul-qualities which are to be outspread as evolution proceeds.

“That guhu (spoon) further is to him no other than yonder sky, and the upabhrit this atmosphere, and the dhruva this same earth. Now it is from this earth that all the worlds DIONYSUS originate; and from the dhruva, there- fore, the whole sacrifice proceeds." - Sata. Bráh.

The causal-body (guhu) is the vehicle of buddhi (sky), and the mental-body (upabhrit) of the higher mind (air). The lower nature (earth) is the arena of the soul's activities, and it is through these activities that the ego becomes conscious upon all the planes. From the lower nature, therefore, the whole sacrifice of the lower for the higher proceeds. That is, the Divine Spark or Ego, having through its descent into matter, become strongly attached to the lower nature, it is only by the offering up of that nature, quality by quality, through suffering and effort, that the ego can finally liberate itself from the fetters which hold it captive to the lower planes of illusion (the worlds).

See Also

ALTER (fire)
APPENDAGES
ARCHETYPAL MAN
ARENA
BODY OF OSIRIS
EARTH
FETTERS
GUHU
LIMBS
MEMBERS
SACRIFICE
SACRIFICER
SRUVA
UPABHRIT