The Infinite Soul

Compilations from the transcripts of the original Michael Teachings group.

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This is a small compilation on the nature of the Infinite Soul.  There is a great deal of information on Jesus in TOMG transcripts, as the last avatar for the Infinite Soul, which has been left out of the teaching in general.  The point here is to gather specifics about the effects of the presence of the Infinite Soul, as well as cosmological significance in MT.

 

General Cosmological Info

The Causal plane was discussed at this point, and Sarah Chambers said that she gathered that there was a high Causal body and a low Causal body, and that Michael says that he is a Causal being.

• That is essentially correct.  There is growth and evolution necessary on the Causal plane as well as the Astral.  There is a difference, though.  This entity [Michael] still perceives self and something apart from self, although still a part of self, so this entity cannot be said to be all of everything there is.  The high Causal body [Transcendental Soul] does not perceive even this minute separation evidently.  This is where the difference lies.  Beyond the Physical Plane, the evolution concerns perception of the Tao.  [08/26/1973]

 

Question: What is meant by the high planes?

• By “high planes,” we refer to the Causal [plane] and beyond [Mental plane, Messianic plane, Buddhaic plane]. [10/08/1974]

 

Sarah Chambers:  The Transcendental and Infinite Souls do not manifest in a physical body.

• That is essentially correct.  The high Causal body [Transcendental Soul] manifests only in times of social or religious unrest.  Then if the revolution does not come about, the high Mental body [Infinite Soul] manifests and brings the Logos to bear.

[snip of unrelated material]

• The Infinite Soul manifested through the physical forms of Lao Tsu, Sri Krishna, Siddhartha Gautama and Jesus — no others.
• The Transcendental Soul has manifested through Socrates, Zarathrustra, through Muhammed, and through Mohandas Gandhi [and some others: Amenhotep-Akhenaten, for instance]. [09/18/1973]

 

There was discussion about the Transcendental and Infinite souls and their place on the reincarnational cycle; about the possibility of the Transcendental soul manifesting through RB, etc.

• That is oversimplification.  The Transcendental Soul is only such when it is manifest on the Physical plane, as is the Infinite Soul.  The high Causal body [Transcendental Soul] is capable of displacing many souls at once.  This will occur within the next decade.  Many must sit at the feet of living masters.  You are now living in a large, complex society.  A Jewish carpenter would hardly be apropos. [10/08/1974]

 

ET:  I am confused about which souls inhabit what planes after the physical level.  I would like more information about this

• There are, of course, seven planes in all, each with seven levels.  Beyond the Astral Plane is the Causal Plane with seven levels: three low, one mid Causal Plane level upon which we reside, and three higher levels upon which reside the high Causal bodies — the Transcendental Souls contiguous with this plane; and the Mental Plane is the Akashic Plane, which is a photographic record of all history.  Some very high adepts have access to this plane.  On the Mental Plane resides the Infinite Soul and the low and mid-mental bodies.  Beyond this is the Buddhic Plane and upon this level are all of those souls who have achieved physical communion with the Tao.  Beyond this, of course, [is] the Tao.  [11/29/1973]

 

EM:  There was an impression that the soul is entrapped in this physical body, and I disagree with that answer, and my opinion was expressed regarding this: there is one Infinite soul, and we are each manifestations of the same soul, and I fail to see how the Infinite soul can be trapped in a finite body.

• All souls, or Fragments, as we choose to call them for now, are of course, a part of the universal creative force, which we call the Tao.  However, when this fragmentation occurs and the physical cycle begins, this Fragment is remote from the Tao, and remote from what we call the Infinite Soul.  We think that we have a problem with semantics here.  Let us use an analogy and perhaps this will become crystal clear.  Imagine the Atlantic ocean as the whole; imagine filling ten test tubes, then sealing them so that they are both water tight and air tight; then imagine dropping them back into the ocean.  They are a part of the whole, yes, but unless some outside force liberates them, they are remote from the source and trapped in an effective prison.  This same way the soul is trapped in the body.  The body is very limited in what it can do.  You [EM is in a wheelchair] should understand this really better than the others.  The soul in its true spiritual state has no limitations or handicaps.  [12/20/1973]

 

EM:  Whereby Jesus’ statement “I can do nothing”?

• He could do nothing.  That is true of all, without the other forces holding the universe together — all of these combined are necessary to perpetuate the cycles.  Knowing how it happens does not give you cart blanche to go and do it.  Many people were disappointed in Jesus because he did nothing physical about their woes.  This will be the case again.  The Infinite Soul does not come to lead the troops.  The Infinite Soul comes to bring the Logos to bear.  It is up to you to listen and take your own action.  [11/22/1973]

 

ET:  I would like to ask more questions on the books about the “Masters of the Far East,” by Thomas Spaulding, whom I’ve asked about before.  I’ve read 4 of the 5 volumes now.  There is good teaching information there.  He said he was talking in person to Jesus and Mohammed and other Old Souls.  He went to Asia, Tibet, in the early l900s or late 1800s, where he was taught to teleport.  I would like a comment and also to ask if he really was talking to Jesus and Mohammed as he implied.

• The high Mental body spends time with all adepts.  Some see the Infinite Soul in several transcendental forms.  This is usually because the perceptions of physically tied adepts are not keen enough to perceive that much of the synthesis.  They, like some of you, see the reintegration as loss of self and bemoan this.  He saw his own perception of the fragmentation of the Infinite Soul.   [01/03/1974]

 

Historical Information on Infinite Souls.

ET:  Was Ahura Mazda special?  He’s an Indian hero.

• This was an ancient term denoting the manifestation of the high Mental body [Infinite Soul].  The fact that we accept namelessness quite casually, even on this plane, is almost incomprehensible to most of those on the Physical Plane, since names have become the principal method of identity, even ascendancy.  [09/27/1973]

 

RH:  When love is turned on, this in itself puts you on a high.  Maybe that’s “man #4” [balanced man] according to Gurdjieff and it is not permanent.

• The love of the Logos or agape permeated the being of Jesus even prior to the manifestation.  He lived for the Word.  The quest for spiritual liberation took precedence over all things, sometimes to his despair prior to manifestation.  This was an Emotionally Centered Mercury-Saturn.  He was passionate and sensual.  When others rejected his opinions, he was astonished.  [10/06/1973]

 

The next question was also lost, but it concerned the fact that John [the Baptist] was presumably a reincarnation of Elias.

• You are correct, Elias was a part of the Infinite Soul at the time of the manifestation.  The Causal body evolved.  The high planes each have seven levels.  The fragments integrate at different times.  When the integration takes place, evolution supervenes.   [09/18/1973]

 

RH:  I’ve read much on the crucifixion and have never been able to figure out why it happened.

• He was a threat to Joseph Caiphas who was getting rich on temple funds, and there was a suitable pawn available in the person of the Judean governor who was a coward and who was already in trouble with [Roman Emperor] Tiberius over other things.  The Infinite Soul cares nothing about the physical body and when it was realized how the deck was stacked, it was seen as a convenient way to speedily fulfill the prophesy.   [11/22/1973]

 

We read at this point from Matthew 5:1-12 concerning the “beatitudes” — Blessed are the meek, merciful, peacemakers, they that mourn, hunger after righteousness, the poor in spirit, etc.

• Substitute for the word “blessed” the word “fortunate.”  The emphasis here is on simplicity.  By “meek,” we don’t speak of cowardice, but rather an inwardness of purpose.  Those “poor in spirit” refer to those who recognize within themselves the lack of spiritual guidance and seek this.  This passage is warning against complacency that heralds the downfall, of the degradation of humanity.  The “barbarians” can be used symbolically here as the materialistic existentialists who deny other dimensions beyond the Physical Plane and devote themselves to the pursuit of Maya.  They are indeed unfortunate, in that they incur much adverse karma.  One must keep in mind the audience to which the man Jesus spoke, and the scribes who wrote the account, before passing judgment on the words.  These people believed in a very literal, very personal God who monitored every move they made, and was for the most part stern and disapproving.
• Greek thought had much influence on the man Jesus, particularly Epicurus, but it would have been impossible for him to espouse the words of this pagan philosopher from the porticoes of the temple.  Then when the Infinite Soul manifested, the Logos was brought to bear in the language of the times, transcribed by a Roman tax collector [Matthew] and an Emotionally Centered Greek physician (Luke).  Epicurus had a most profound influence on all of the philosophy of the time, surpassing that of the Stoic, Zeno.  This philosophy was made to order for the Sadducees, who also appealed to this young man’s sensitive nature.  The Epicurean thought pattern is what you all are striving to accomplish.  [snip]    [12/25/1973]

 

EM:  If we were together in Rome and we are again now, what is our purpose?

• There is indeed a purpose.  This teaching is one of spiritual growth.  This teaching was offered to you before and you rejected it, as many did.  Now it is up to you to hear it now or wait another two thousand years.  It is essential that you complete this Monad.  We do not particularly care how long it takes you.  We shall be around [as a mid-Causal teacher] for at least that long.

What is so special about every two thousand years?

• We are referring to the philosophical climate existing then, which has not existed since, until very recently.  This philosophical climate made the conditions right for the manifestations of the Infinite Soul.  If you wish some parallels between then and now, we will gladly expound.  The Infinite Soul manifests at times such as this when there is much philosophical stagnation, racial and religious strife, and the imminent destruction of that which binds society together.  [snip] [12/27/1973]

 

RH:  There was an offer by Michael to weave a tapestry of past lives.  Are they ready for that now?  Should we ask specific questions?

• There is no need to ask specific questions.  We would think you would examine your various reasons for evading this particular question.  It is an interesting phenomenon.  We have told you before that those of you now on the Physical plane, and others who have lived within the past three decades, and even perhaps most of those who lived in the past five decades, and all those who will live again in the next two decades, have all lived during what we choose to call the “cardinal points” of these cycles.  In other words, you have lived during the centuries in which the most sweeping changes have occurred: philosophically, spiritually, culturally and scientifically.  Five of you were present in the immediate area in each instance when the Infinite Soul manifested on this world.  Those five knew each other well, as their lives where interwoven at the time.  All of you had access to the words then and at the time of the last manifestation [of the Infinite Soul through Jesus].  All of you have been exposed to the occult brotherhood in the cradle of its existence; three of you becoming initiates but never adepts.  All of you have been, at one time, associated with the education of youth at a time when there were sweeping philosophical changes.  All of you have this in common.  You did not listen.  We have more.

Is Michael speaking of those people present in the room this evening, or of the entire group?

• We refer to members of this cadre, which included souls not in this room.  [10/19/1974]

 

JB asked about past lives.  He has an attraction to the American Indians, and wondered if he had lived in this capacity before.

• We would also tell you that this student also has heard the words before, four times in fact — at the feet of [Infinite Souls] Lao Tsu, Sri Krishna, Siddhartha Guatama, and the man Jesus, as well as from [Transcendental Souls] Socrates and Mohammed.  He did not choose to listen.  He may choose to this time.  [11/20/1974]

[From a larger session]:

• The work done here this evening is valuable.  We wish to continue.  The Infinite Soul manifested through the man Jesus and taught you to “resist no evil.”  We would concise this to say, “Resist not.”  All of resistance comes through the False Personality’s inadequate perception of reality.  For if you truly open the inner eye to perceive that which is, how can you resist being unconditionally loved: open your inner eye and see the beauty, energy and “rightness” of this.  Meditation is indeed the path for you, TL.  Pursue it with a newly-found diligence.  We are one.  Again, we say, until you finally understand that love is the highest truth and truth is the greatest good.    [12/28/1974]

 

AH:  Why did [Jesus] cry?  Was it because of what he saw in the future for people?

• The Infinite Soul is not bereft of emotion.  It was compassion.   [01/20/1974]

 

Infinite Soul and References to Modern Contexts

AH:  Look at the Jehovah’s Witnesses who come to the door.  They certainly have a certain amount of love and enthusiasm for Jesus.

• There is a certain amount of transference of eroticism in the “love of Jesus.”  In that situation, you are merely substituting the nonexistent lover with the personification of the Infinite Soul. [10/06/1973]

 

The tape recorder was turned off for a moment, but a question was asked about all of us being Old Souls.

• The exalted cycles are sparsely populated.  Sarah is right about the bell curve.  The majority of all creatures of reason are Young and Mature right now because of the closeness of the manifestation of the high Mental body [the Infinite Soul].  [08/26/1973]

 

There was discussion about the Transcendental and Infinite souls and their place on the reincarnational cycle; about the possibility of the Transcendental soul manifesting through Robert Burton, etc.

• That is oversimplification.  The Transcendental Soul is only such when it is manifest on the Physical plane, as is the Infinite Soul.  The high Causal body [Transcendental Soul] is capable of displacing many souls at once.  This will occur within the next decade.  Many must sit at the feet of living masters.  You are now living in a large, complex society.  A Jewish carpenter would hardly be apropos.

RC:  Will [the avatar for the Infinite Soul] be a Russian?

• The high Mental body will manifest.  Look around you; do you not think that this is necessary?  There is social and political unrest, internecine [mutually destructive] and interracial wars, religious schism — all existing simultaneously in a powder keg of nuclear power.  The manifestation will be a very different type.  The problems are not so different as they are more dangerous.

We discussed the present Israel-Syria conflict and the possibility of the destruction of ancient shrines.  ET asked for a comment on that conflict.

• What was occurring about two thousand years ago in Syria-Palestine?  We have told you that you are on a parallel time frame.  These very ancient enemies have better instruments of war now than then.  The book-burning threat is real.  The role has not been chosen, but it was in the past.   [10/08/1973]