The Power of Thoughts
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According to the text, which element is associated with the choleric temperament?

  • Earth
  • Water
  • Air (correct)
  • Fire
  • According to the text, which element is associated with the sanguine temperament?

  • Air (correct)
  • Earth
  • Fire
  • Water
  • According to the text, which element is associated with the melancholic temperament?

  • Air
  • Fire
  • Water (correct)
  • Earth
  • According to the text, which element is associated with the phlegmatic temperament?

    <p>Earth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the name of the center of the soul located in the umbilical region?

    <p>Manipura</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which term is used in Indian philosophy to refer to the awakening of the charkas?

    <p>Kundalini yoga</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the astral plane often designated as?

    <p>The fourth dimension</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the origin of light, sound, color, rhythm, and life in all things created?

    <p>Akasa principle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which principle causes what is thriving, compound and preserving in the soul?

    <p>Earth principle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the connecting link between the body and soul?

    <p>Astral matrix</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the astral body do with the help of the bodily senses?

    <p>Receive perceptions of the physical world</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What would happen to the astral body without any activity of the spirit in the soul?

    <p>It would be without life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT one of the elemental qualities of the immortal spirit?

    <p>Watery principle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the role of the four-pole magnet in understanding the immortal spirit?

    <p>It aids in understanding the four elemental qualities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a property associated with the fiery principle of the spirit?

    <p>Memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the subtlest substance in the human body, according to the text?

    <p>Mental od</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which plane is bound to time and space?

    <p>The material plane</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the origin of each thought according to the text?

    <p>The world of ideas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of ideas have pure elements and pure polar emanations?

    <p>Abstract ideas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between an ideal form and an elemental being?

    <p>An ideal form is based on one or several ideas, while an elemental is not</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the positive explanation for tales of saints being seen in different places at the same time?

    <p>The saints can project their astral bodies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what determines the density-degree of the astral plane?

    <p>The spiritual maturity of the deceased beings inhabiting the astral plane</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what are elementaries in the astral plane?

    <p>Entities with one or only very few qualities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is the purpose of larvae in the astral plane?

    <p>To feed on the emanation of passions produced in man</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, who is entitled to speak of an absolute truth?

    <p>Only those who know and master the absolute laws of the microcosm and macrocosm</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT mentioned as an aspect of absolute truth in the text?

    <p>Ignorance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what should be done with non-professionals when it comes to higher kinds of truth?

    <p>Keep silent and not argue</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what does it mean to 'cast not your pearls before swine'?

    <p>To avoid wasting valuable information on those who will not appreciate it</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what does truth have the capacity to do?

    <p>Differentiate between knowledge and wisdom</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, who should an adept impose their truth on?

    <p>Those who are not yet ripe for it</p> Signup and view all the answers

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