Theos-Talk Archives (March 1998 Message tt00268)

Dear Dallas:

Well said. What I wrote I quoted from my memory.

I recall having read about HPB being constantly pestered by members and non
members alike with varying requests to be communicated to the Masters.

It is a pity that many tend to substitute Masters in the place of their
favourite God or Goddess and continue to try to deal with them in that
relationship.

While so much information is available for the seeker so that one can put
them into practice and such practice, in my opinion, will automatically
lead to a better understanding what has been said in many of the early
Theosophical material, much of which have been authored thru HPB or
authored by the Masters.

Thanks for the feedback and reassurance that my understanding is proceeding
in right direction.

mkr

PS: When sometimes I look at my "bad" Karma, and look around what many
others are facing, I no longer cry about mine. I have shared this view of
life with many acquaintances without using Theosophical terminology and
many have appreciated it. Such a view avoids any need to request "help" to
deal with our Karma.

At 02:34 PM 3/30/1998 -0800, you wrote:
>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. =20
>
>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
>                                                            =20
>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
>>=20
>> N.Malcom wrote:
>> >=20
>> > 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
>> >=20
>>=20
>> >From what I have read, here are the facts relating to HPB.
>>=20
>> 1. Adepts/Masters who did have a physical body did communicate
>with her
>> telepathically quite frequently.
>>=20
>> 2. Adepts/Masters are also used HPB's physical body =96 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.
>>=20
>> Hope this clarifies.
>>=20
>> Mkr
>>=20
>theos-talk@theosophy.com
>>=20
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