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WOMAN
A symbol of the emotion-nature of the soul,
which is to be transmuted from the astral to the buddhic state.
"And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he
slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead
thereof; and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from the man,
made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And the man said,
this is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh she shall be
called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." - GENESIS. ii.
21-3.
And the Love-Wisdom within the soul caused a state of latency to
overtake the mind (man), so that it was for a time unable to carry
on its activities. And on the mind plane, one of the higher
sub-planes (rib) was specifically selected in accordance with the
Divine scheme, as the abode of the higher soul related to buddhi,
and thereon was the emotion-nature (woman) evolved; and this new
factor was brought into relation with the lower mind. And the mind
acknowledges the better half of itself to be now of its own
substance, and recognises in mind-emotion that which is apparently
dual within the mind itself.
"Auharmazd spoke to Mashya (man) and Mashyoi (woman): You are man,
you are the ancestry of the world, and you are created perfect in
devotion by me; perform devotedly the duty of the law, think good
thoughts, speak good words, do good deeds, and worship no demons.'
Both of them first thought this, that one of them should please the
other, as he is a man for him; and the first deed done by them was
this, when they went out they washed themselves thoroughly." -
Bundahis, Ch. XV. 6, 7.
“The Supreme uttered its commands to the evolving Soul through the
mind (man) and emotion (woman) nature. 'Keep true to the ideals
within you fulfil the law of your own evolution recognize the
three-fold nature, spiritual, ethical, and expressive, under-lying
your activities: and bow down before no unworthy object.'
Originally, mind and emotion were not in conflict, for desire had
not entered in. The first process which was undergone within thein
was the instinctive, automatic, fulfilling of their Own true natures
lawfully and rightfully. They acknowledged unconsciously the Supreme
source of their being. They acted truthfully (washed) in accordance
with the Divine Law of growth at this stage of involution on the
buddhi-manasic plane, prior to the fall.
"The woman was the first to sacrifice to the daêvas " - Zoroastrian
System.
The emotion-element in the soul is the first to be implicated
through desire (daêvas); just as signified in the Genesis story.
"Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection. But I permit
not a woman to teach, nor to have dominion over a man, but to be in
quietness. For Adam was first formed, then Eve; and Adam was not
beguiled, but the woman being beguiled hath fallen into
transgression; but she shall be saved through the child-bearing, if
they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety." -
1 TIM. ii. 11-15.
This symbolical Divine utterance has no erroneous reference to
persons of different sexes. It teaches indisputable truth, as does
all sacred scripture. The emotion-nature (woman) must be subject to
the dictates of the reasoning mind (man), or truth, justice, equity,
peace, mercy, are suppressed in the soul. The emotion-nature must
assert itself in an orderly manner, but it is not its function to
teach and lead. The mind (Adam) has first place, and functionally is
not affected by motives either from above or from below. On the
other hand the emotions (Eve) are functionally affected by the
Spirit above and by desire below. The salvation of the
emotion-nature is effected by its turning to the Holy Spirit, and
through purification (virginity) bringing forth the Christ in the
mind, whereby both mind and emotion are freed from desire, and the
consciousness rises to higher planes.
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