Questions And Comments
Concerning The Mental Plane
1. What Is
The Will?
The will is a
fundamental attribute of the spirit; it is an aspect of the universal Fire
element. As a quality, the will expresses itself only in the content or goal
of the wish. Most of us simply make an effort and wish to attain something,
but we do not possess the right power to make that wish manifest. That is
why we continue to wish. The
power of the will is the quantity through which we achieve, produce, carry
out and maintain what we aim for and what we wish for.
2. What Is
Belief?
Belief is a
quality. In general, its foundation is a particular belief, whether in the
existence of God or of something else. The quantity of a manifested belief
is a power that expresses itself in an absolute and unshakable conviction
that what we believe in will positively become a reality. Belief as a power
is a complement; it is the organ that bears the impulsive part of the will.
The manifested belief is the highest aspect of the Akasha principle.
3. Aspects
Of The Intellect And Intelligence, Memory And Discernment.
The Ability To Recognize And Differentiate. Intellect or
intelligence is a fundamental attribute of the eternal spirit. It is an
aspect of the universal Air element on the mental plane. Intelligence or
intellect can be measured and is therefore quantitative. Through it we
understand, recognize, differentiate, judge and remember everything. The
quality of the intellect, intelligence, is the substance (content) which the
intellect works on. Generally, it has its physical seat in the chest, where
the Air element is located and where it is at work. In accordance with
Indian philosophy, the seat of the intellect, together with the will, is in
the head, between the eyebrows, in the astral body. Memory is an aspect of
the intellect. Its quality is the substance (thoughts, events, pictures,
impressions, perceptions etc.) which it draws from its reserves.
4. What Are
Feelings, Life And Love?
Feelings, life
and love are all aspects of the universal Water element as a fundamental
attribute of the eternal spirit on the mental plane. Feeling is a quality
that expresses itself in pleasant, unpleasant, ugly, pure and many other
feelings. Its quantity, for example, is the aggregate of normal feelings
which are controlled by the will, or passionate, uncontrolled, quick or very
weak, hardly perceptible feelings. It expresses itself on all planes
depending on the content and the power of the effect.
Life is the result of the work of the elements in the tetrapolar magnet on
all planes. The qualitative life reflects in a human being through polarized
radiation of the elementary attributes. For the astral plane, see
information on the aura (pp. 26, 32, 45). Qualitative life expresses itself
in the temporary (i.e. in a particular length of time):
a. in time and space on the material plane,
b. in space on the astral plane, and
c. in eternity, without time and space, on the mental plane....
