Theos-Talk Archives (March 1998 Message tt00266)

March 30th 1998

Dear Doss:

Yours of the 29th re: Masters.

I believe that your answer is absolutely correct in regard to the
Masters, and to this we could add quoting from one of HPB's early
letters to Mr. Sinnett that the Masters who had accepted the
responsibility of assisting in the forming of the T S and in
contacting some of the fellows who deserved in under karma should
not be pestered with petty requests of a private sort.

They are not "Gods," in the sense of beings who will interfere or
break the laws of karma for anyone or at any time.  They are ruled
by Karma as are all, so it remains for each to work out his or her
own destiny in the light of the teachings already given.

If we, as Their students ( I mean HPB and the Masters') do not
study and apply what they taught, and wander off in other
directions, how can we expect them to respond ?

I will add also that in HPB's LETTERS TO A.P.SINNETT will be found
plenty of hints on their relations to the fellows, and on the
occult basis for Theosophy to be learned and applied.

With best wishes as always,			Dallas

                                                        W. Dallas
TenBroeck

dalval@nwc.net

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> From: "M K Ramadoss" <ramadoss@eden.com>
> Subject: Re:masters???
> Date: Sunday, March 29, 1998 9:30 PM
>
> N.Malcom wrote:
> >
> > I've been reading the posts with some increasing anxiety about
the amount
> > of mental "shoving" going on. I'm also confused. In the quote
about Olcott
> > describing HPB as directing the spirits instead of being
controlled by
> > them...this quote doesn't have anything to do with the Masters
does it? I
> > thought HPB always insisted the Masters were living men. If so,
she didn't
> > do any "channeling" from the Masters, it would have been more a
form of
> > telepathic communication wouldn't it, from living brain/mind to
living
> > brain/mind? I'm not as studied as most on this list, and
perhaps she did
> > have communication with a
> > deceased Master, but didn't she also warn against trying to
communicate
> > with the dead? Wasn't that the whole big "fight" between
Theosophy and the
> > Spiritualist?  Just asking-- Nancy
> >
>
> >From what I have read, here are the facts relating to HPB.
>
> 1. Adepts/Masters who did have a physical body did communicate
with her
> telepathically quite frequently.
>
> 2. Adepts/Masters are also used HPB's physical body – she
consciously
> stepped out of the body to let an Adept temporarily make use of
her body
> to speak or write. HPB was fully aware of what was going on and
the
> Adept made use of her body only with her explicit permission.
Adepts did
> not control her in the traditional sense of one person
controlling
> another.
>
> Hope this clarifies.
>
> Mkr
>
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