The Stanzas of Dzyan ~ Examining Stanza II

In the first Stanza, we learned of the Great Mother’s breath, a profound visualization where She exhales out the universe, inhaling it back upon completion, essentially describing how life exists within the Great Mother’s breath. Stanza II continues to describe that process.

 

1. … Where were the Builders, the Luminous Sons of Manvantaric Dawn?… In the Unknown Darkness in their Ah-hi Paranishpanna. The Producers of Form from No-Form—the Root of the World—the Devamâtri and Svabhâvat, rested in the Bliss of Non-Being.

2. … Where was Silence? Where the ears to sense it? No, there was neither Silence nor Sound; naught save Ceaseless Eternal Breath, which knows itself not.

3. The Hour had not yet struck; the Ray had not yet flashed into the Germ; the Mâtripadma had not yet swollen.

4. Her Heart had not yet opened for the One Ray to enter, thence to fall, as Three into Four, into the Lap of Mâyâ.

5. The Seven were not yet born from the Web of Light. Darkness alone was Father-Mother, Svabhâvat; and Svabhâvat was in Darkness.

6. These Two are the Germ, and the Germ is One. The Universe was still concealed in the Divine Thought and the Divine Bosom. (1007-1015)

 

Of course, the initial issues with The Secret Doctrine are the language barrier, even with Madame Blavatsky’s provided translation, my lack of familiarity with Sanskrit terms is an obvious impediment to my understanding. So I’m grateful that others have taken it upon themselves to compile this incredible work.

Theosophy Wiki has a Blavatsky Portal which has been extremely useful and the link to that site is below.

Stanza II begins with the Bliss of Non-Being, the resting place of the Luminous Sons of Manvantaric Dawn. The Rays of Creation have not yet emanated from the Great Mother. There was no Silence or Sound. Only the Ceaseless Eternal Breath of the Great Mother as she waits.

The Kybalion discusses seven hermetic principles of which one is the Principle of Polarity. Silence and sound are at opposite ends of the same spectrum, an idea of completeness inherent within both. The Ra channeling speaks to the same notion when they refer to themselves in the unified sense. There exists only self and other-selves. All are of the One. So opposites, positive and negative, are, in fact, part of the same unified thought-form.

The Hour had not struck; the Ray had not yet flashed into the Germ; the Matripadma had not yet swollen. We’re still at the genesis of the forming force of the universe, the process of creation not yet begun.

The Seven Rays spoken of by Blavatsky in The Secret Doctrine appear to come into play in the 4th line of the Stanza with the mention of the One Ray or the Ray of the Monad. At least that’s how I interpret it. It mentions the falling of the Three into Four which also describes the flow of the Seven Rays themselves, the four emanating from the 3rd Ray of Active Intelligence. But as her Heart had not yet opened for the One Ray to enter, our descent into form has not begun.

And in the 5th section, we’re still not there yet as the Rays are not yet born from the Web of Light. The Great Mother, embodying both Father-Mother energies, remains in Darkness, the sixth section defining them as the Germ and as One.

The Stanzas provide such a beautiful description of the desire of the Great Mother to know more and the process involved in creation. We are so much more than religions teach. The One expresses Herself as the many to know more while still existing as One. We emanate from the All, the Great Mother, to whom we return when she draws back her breath.

Blessings!

 

References:

1. Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna. The Secret Doctrine (Complete). BookMasters. Kindle Edition
2.  The Seven Stanzas. Theosophy Wiki.
3. The Law of One
4. The Kybalion