(For a better understanding, I
recommend you read first:
There, the Masters explain that
Humanity evolves in the Earth through seven immense periods of time called Rounds.
At the beginning of the first
round, humans exist in an ethereal and unconscious form, with all his seven
principles included in them, but still in a germinal state (and we can say that
at that moment the man is like a “cosmic seed”).
And the humans are going to
develop these seven principles over the course of the seven rounds.
Until reaching in the seventh
round in a state of development, consciousness and total fulfillment where
humans have become what we might call “god-men”. The humans in the seventh
round will have turned into active divine adult beings.
And this process of cosmic
evolution of humans through the seven rounds, I illustrate it with the image that
I put below, and we are currently in the fourth round:
But the Masters of Wisdom pointed
out that in each of these rounds, humanity will develop on Earth, through seven
great periods of existence known as The
Root-Races, and therefore a more exact image would be the following:
And the reason why I put the
root-races in the form of "V" is explained below.
MATERIALIZATION AND SPIRITUALIZATION
In the course of the seven
rounds, during the first half there is a process of densification of the planet
where the Earth is materializing more and more, and in the second half of the
seven rounds, there is the inverse process of sublimation of the planet where
the Earth is becoming more and more spiritualized.
And this process of
materialization and spiritualization of the Earth through the seven rounds, I
illustrated them with this image that I put below where the Earth appears at
the beginning in an ethereal form, with all its attributes still in the germinal
state (and we can say that the Earth at that moment was like a “cosmic seed” but
at a planetary level).
And at the end of the seventh
round, only the “skeleton” of the planet will remain because all the life that
developed on Earth will have been sublimated and ascended to higher levels of
existence.
And the reason why I put the root-races
in the form of "V", it is because the same process happens with
humanity, but in a staggered way, with intermittent materializations and
spiritualizations in each round.
ROUNDS AND NIRVANA
Now, it must be pointed out that this
image that I put above is not exactly accurate. I put like this because at the
beginning I thought that humanity arose from the Nirvana (in an embryonic state
at the beginning of the first round) to begin its evolutionary development
through a process of undulating materialization until the middle of the fourth
round. And then, there, the humanity does the reverse process of
spiritualization undulating, until reaching its maximum development as “god-men”
in the seventh round.
And at the end of that seventh
round, humanity was once again entering into Nirvana, while life
definitely left the planet.
So, I believed before that humanity left Nirvana at the
beginning of the first round and only re-entered in Nirvana until the end of
the seventh round.
But now that I have studied
Theosophy more deeply, I have discovered that the process of getting out of
Nirvana, then begin a process of materialization and later do a process of spiritualization,
to finally re-enter in Nirvana, this process is repeated in each round.
The difference is that at the end
of the first six rounds, humanity enters in a “partial Nirvana” while the Earth
enters into a period of temporally rest. And instead at the
end of the seventh round, humanity enters into a larger Nirvana and the planet “dies”.
To give you an analogy, it is as
if humanity was a diver who can not do all his work of evolution in a single underwater
diving, and that is why he does it in seven underwater divings (which are the
seven rounds). In the first four, he manages to immerse himself deeper and
deeper into the matter, while in the last three he does the reverse course.
(And for your information, in
fact, all the life that takes place on the planet enters into Nirvana, and not
only humans, but every being will enter on the vibratory level that he has reached,
and that is why the Nirvana of a human is not compared to the Nirvana of an
animal or a vegetable.)
COMPOSITION OF THE ROOT-RACES
On that subject Blavatsky
explained the following:
« 1. There are seven Rounds in
every manvantara; this one is the Fourth, and we are in the Fifth Root-Race, at
present.
2. Each Root-Race has seven
sub-races.
3. Each sub-race has, in its
turn, seven ramifications, which may be called Branch or family-races.
4. The little tribes, shoots, and
offshoots of the last-named are countless and depend on Karmic action. Examine
the “genealogical tree” hereto appended, and you will understand.
The illustration is purely
diagrammatic, and is only intended to assist the reader in obtaining a slight
grasp of the subject, amidst the confusion which exists between the terms which
have been used at different times for the divisions of Humanity.
It is also here attempted to
express in figures — but only within approximate limits, for the sake of
comparison — the duration of time through which it is possible to definitely
distinguish one division from another. It would only lead to hopeless confusion
if any attempt were made to give accurate dates to a few; for the Races,
Sub-Races, etc., etc., down to their smallest ramifications, overlap and are
entangled with each other until it is nearly impossible to separate them.
The human Race has been compared
to a tree, and this serves admirably as an illustration.
- The main stem of a tree may be compared to the root-race (A). (green)
- Its larger limbs to the various sub-races; seven in number (B). (red)
- On each of these limbs are seven branches, or family-races (C). (dark grey)
- After this the cactus-plant is a better illustration, for its fleshy “leaves” are covered with sharp spines, each of which may be compared to a nation or tribe of human beings.
»
(Secret Doctrine ll, p.434)
And as you can see the term RACE
in theosophy has another meaning than the etymological connotation that is
usually given, and corresponds rather to stages of evolutionary development of
all Humanity. And by evolution I do not mean only the physical aspect that
characterizes the ethnic races, but a more cosmic evolution that also implies
the development of the emotional, mental, conscience, spirituality, the
handling of the chakras and the kundalini, etc.
And when Theosophy speaks of
sub-races, it is NOT in a racist sense to mean that they are
"inferior" races, but that they are the components of the root-races.
While the ethnic races (the family races) are the components of the sub-races.
These terms have been much
manipulated to make people believe that theosophy supports racism, but when you
study Theosophy, you realize that on the contrary, Theosophy rejects racism
completely.
Because you can not want to hurt other humans, animals or the nature,
when you know that in essence we are ALL UNITED and that what you do to the
other by the law of karma is returned to you!
It would have been much better if
the theosophical instructors have used other words to avoid these
manipulations, and one possible suggestion would be the following:
- In each round humanity evolves on planet Earth through seven enormous periods of development (which are the seven root-races).
- And those enormous periods of development are in turn composed of great human civilizations (which are the sub-races).
- And those great human civilizations are in turn composed of ethnic races (which are the family-races).
- And those ethnic races are organized into nations and tribes (which are the thorns of the family tree).
And having explained all that, an
image that could better illustrate the seven root races that humanity goes
through during its development on Earth in this fourth round would be the
following:
We are in the Fifth Root-Race, at
present
RELEVANCE BETWEEN THE RACES
People tend to think that the new
root-races and sub-races begin just when their predecessor ends.
But in reality they are
intertwined, and the new root-races and sub-races begin to develop when their
predecessor is still in his brilliant glory.
And that is why Master Kuthumi
explains that:
« The aborigines [who are
currently in the latter part of their cycle and] who belong in their unalloyed origin
wholly to the highest and last branch of the fourth root-race [the Atlantean],
reached their highest civilization when the fifth root-race [the current one] had
hardly appeared in Asia, and that its first offshoot was yet a thing of the
future.
_ _ _
The predecessor sub-race
disappears and is usually extinguished when the new sub-race reaches its
majority. »
(Mahatma Letter 23B, p.154 and
150)
RACES AND SOULS
You not should think that the new
root-races and sub-races are constituted by new souls, but you have to understand
that they are the same human souls, but in new stages of development. The races
being only the collective instrument used by human souls to achieve their
development.
In other words, we (as
reincarnated egos) were the Atlantean race, and formerly we were the Lemurian
race, etc.
And in reality the races are not extinguished, but
transformed, and that is why Blavatsky
pointed out that:
« There is really no such thing
as a “future coming of races” because in reality there is neither COMING nor
PASSING, but eternal BECOMING. And the Fourth Root Race is still alive. So are
also the Third and Second and First. And I mean by this that their
manifestations on our present plane of substance are still present substance [since
each new race is formed and is the result of the previous races]. »
(Robert Bowen´s notes)
THE SEVEN ROOT-RACES OF
THIS FOURTH ROUND
- The First Root-Race is known as the “Self-born.”
- The Second Root-Race is known as the “Sweat-born” and the “Boneless.”
- The Third Root-Race is known as the “Lemurian Race.”
- The Fourth Root-Race is known as the “Atlantean Race.”
- The Fifth Root-Race is the current one.
- The Sixth Root-Race is as follows.
- The Seventh Root-Race is the last before finishing this fourth round.
Later I will detail about these
seven root-races. And about the root-races of the other rounds practically
nothing has been said.
IN SUMMARY
- Humanity evolves on Earth through 7 rounds.
- Each round is composed by 7 root-races.
- Each root-race is composed by 7 sub-races.
- Each sub-race is composed by 7 family-races.
- And each family-race is composed by several nations.
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