“Once again let us take the idea man. In the language of which I speak, instead of the word ‘man,’ seven words are used, namely: man number one, man number two, man number three, man number four, man number five, man number six, and MAN NUMBER SEVEN. With these seven ideas people are already able to understand one another when speaking of man. Fragments: Four
“Man number seven means a man who has reached the full development possible to man and who possesses everything a man can possess, that is, will, consciousness, permanent and unchangeable I, individuality, immortality, and many other properties which, in our blindness and ignorance, we ascribe to ourselves. It is only when to a certain extent we understand MAN NUMBER SEVEN and his properties that we can understand the gradual stages through which we can approach him, that is, understand the process of development possible for us. Fragments: Four
“Man number six stands very close to MAN NUMBER SEVEN. He differs from MAN NUMBER SEVEN only by the fact that some of his properties have not as yet become permanent. Fragments: Four
“The knowledge of man number four is a very different kind of knowledge. It is knowledge which comes from man number five, who in turn receives it from man number six, who has received it from MAN NUMBER SEVEN. But, of course, man number four assimilates of this knowledge only what is possible according to his powers. But, in comparison with man number one, man number two, and man number three, man number four has begun to get free from the subjective elements in his knowledge and to move along the path towards objective knowledge. Fragments: Four
“The knowledge of MAN NUMBER SEVEN is his own knowledge, which cannot be taken away from him; it is the objective and completely practiced knowledge of All. “It is exactly the same with being. There is the being of man number one, that is, the being of a man living by his instincts and his sensations; the being of man number two, that is to say, the being of the sentimental, the emotional man; the being of man number three, that is, the being of the rational, the theoretical man, and so on. It is quite clear why knowledge cannot be far away from being. Man number one, two, or three cannot, by reason of his being, possess the knowledge of man number four, man number five, and higher. Whatever you may give him, he may interpret it in his own way, he will reduce every idea to the level on which he is himself. Fragments: Four
“In this case all the possibilities of man are actualized in the sun. This corresponds to what has been said before, namely, that MAN NUMBER SEVEN becomes immortal within the limits of the solar system. Fragments: Ten