The parallelizing S7 torsion in gauged N=8 supergravity

Using the parallelizing S7 torsion as an ansatz we investigate two solutions of gauged N=8 supergravity with SO(7) invariance. Supersymmetry is uniformly broken. We calculate the masses for these solutions which are both unstable. Certain apparent discrepancies with the results obtained by spontaneous compactification of d=11 supergravity are discussed. We establish that the compactification on the parallelized S7 has an SO(7) invariance and clarify the issue of supersymmetry breaking. The lack of stability in d=4 indicates that this d=11 solution is unstable