Theos-Talk Archives (January 1997 Message tl00215)

On Thu, 9 Jan 97, John Straughn <JTarn@envirolink.org> wrote:

>As we go up from the body to the paramatman(supreme self) we have >several souls(vehicles) and egos.  The body, then the astral soul which >carries the beast ego, then the Human soul which carries the personal ego, >then the higher human soul which carries the human ego, then the spiritual >soul and the divine each, in turn, carrying its own ego.  At the highest is the >Supreme self.  (I don't know if I am a believer of this heirarchy as of yet, but >I'm thinking about it:))  

The idea that there is an infinite hierarchy, with neither highest nor
lowest, makes the most sense to me.  There may be limited levels of
attainment within each kingdom, but that only means that more advanced
kingdoms can always be found, for the lowest elemental on downwards, and
for the God of the limited, known universe, on upwards.