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seven and the five, because that has been a source 

 of great dispute between some of our Hindu Pandits 

 and some of our Theosophists. In the universe, 

 taken as a whole, seven-fold is the life of Ishvara. 

 Beyond the tattva that we know as A'kasha, there 

 is that tattva which has been called Anupadaka, 

 and beyond that A'ditattva, the first. Those are 

 far beyond our knowing ; we cannot think so far. 

 For our life-evolution, the five mark the limit ; 

 and only the five, therefore, as a rule, are given in 

 the books which are to be studied to show you how 

 to evolve. 



Rapidly we must pass onward, then, to these 

 tattvas as, modifying themselves by aggregations, 

 and by disintegrations and re-combinations of these, 

 they make innumerable forms. The fundamental 

 conception is that there are as many basic forms of 

 atoms in the universe as there are tattvas. The 

 tattva of ancient science is the atom of modern 

 science, but modern science makes the mistake of 

 supposing that there is only one fundamental atom. 

 The truth is that modern science is only seeking to 

 get hold of the Prithivi Tattva, the lowest, or 

 physical, atom, and it has not yet recognized 

 even the existence of the four (or six) higher 

 atoms that stretch beyond. These atoms form 

 the regions of the universe. All that is physical 



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