10: Form: "The model according to which nature does its external work.—S. D., II, 107; see S. D., I, 619.
1. Divine ideation passes from the abstract to the concrete or visible form.
a. The objective is an emanation of the subjective.—S. D., I, 407.
b. Impulse is Spirit energy causing objectivity.—S. D., I, 349, 683.
c. The Logos renders objective a concealed thought.—S. D., II, 28.
2. Three things required before any form of energy can become objective:—S. D., I, 89.
1. Privation....Separation.  Initial impulse.  Energy.  Will.
2. Form....Quality or shape.  Nature.  Love.
3. Matter....Objective sphere.  Intelligent activity.
See S. D., III, 561.
3. Life precedes form.—S. D., I, 242.
a. The Thinker ever remains.—S. D., II, 28.
b. Force of life is the transformation into energy of the thought of the Logos.—See S. D., III, 179.
4. Spirit evolves through form and out of form.—S. D., I, 680.
a. Spirit has to acquire full self-consciousness.—S. D., I, 215
b. Form imprisons Spirit.—S. D., II, 775.
c. The principle of limitation is form.—S. D., III, 561.
d. Spirit informs all sheaths.—S. D., I, 669, note.
e. Spirit passes through the cycle of Being.—S. D., I, 160.
5. The devas are the origin of form.—S. D., I, 488.
They exist in two great groups:
a. The Ahhi are the vehicle of divine thought.—S. D., I, 70.
b. The Army of the Voice.—S. D., I, 124.
They are the sum-total of the substance of the four higher planes and of the three lower.
6. There is a form which combines all forms.—S. D., I, 77, 118.