3 thoughts on “The Impersonal Divine”

  1. Hi,
    I’ve been pondering this question of “God” for quite awhile now, reading about different concepts from different religions. I’m in resonance with the Hindu conception of it (the “brahman”): a Spirit of the World, which is pure Consciousness. Logically it is in everything and everything is in it (which goes well with Gnostic teachings about the Logos or the hermetic principle stating that “God thinks us”). I also read “Isis Unveiled”, and well, even after a few readings, I’m still reflecting^^

    However, how came that the Universe (or at least the material part of it), was born? Being “created” means there is a First Cause to that (what Mrs Blavatsky calls, I believe, Brahma-Dyaus) and that means the creator principle, or the Demiurge, actually WANTED to create something. I think the Principle of “Will” stands in contradiction with the (rightful) idea of a limitless God, therefore a God without characteristics. So isn’t there a contradiction?

    What is your view on that? Sorry if I asked a dumb question or got into an endless, unsolvable debate. I will meditate on that also, and ask directly to the Source, maybe I’ll get an answer.

    Sincerely yours!

    1. Hello Paul, your question is not foolish at all.

      We would suggest the articles “Understanding the Logos” (https://blavatskytheosophy.com/understanding-the-logos/) and “The Three Logoi” (https://blavatskytheosophy.com/the-three-logoi/) though, just to clear up any possible potential confusion as to the relation between Brahman, which is the Absolute, and the Logos, which is not absolute.

      Brahman, Parabrahm, or whatever one may call It, is described in Theosophy as the Causeless Cause, while the Logos in its first degree is called the First Cause. But I don’t see how the existence of the First Cause necessitates the notion of either the Absolute or the Logos WANTING to bring the Universe into existence.

      The Logos is not a Being or an Entity but a Principle, the One All-Ensouling Light and Life of the Universe. The process of universal evolution is an automatic one, at least in its initial stages, and proceeds in accordance with absolute immutable impersonal LAW, for Theosophy teaches that “Deity is Law” and “Law is Deity.”

      I don’t know whether this helps to clarify things at all but perhaps those two articles referred to will do so. Thank you for your input!

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