Theos-Talk Archives (July 1998 Message tt00120)

M K Ramadoss wrote:
> If one cannot help, get out of the way.

Dear doss:
Well received comments.  Thanks.
As a result of the postings on the List, last night my husband got out
the HPB "bible" and read some passages to me.  Nothing she said was
different than the majority of comments on the List about compassion,
ascendency by example.
One thing that my husband said, that *I* think is *his* interpretation
of her words, was that, "this brotherhood, this ascended state can only
be achieved on a higher plane, not here in the physical."
Did HPB imply this?

If one comes to believe that she meant that, then one would stay "out of
the way".  One would not believe that help in the physical was possible,
or that action was even "help".  One would believe it was ego
satisfaction.  One would come to the conclusion that whatever has to
happen will happen as part of the larger plan that we have no control
over.

Interesting?

I understand what you mean by your above statement, but I don't think
one can "get out of the way".  I think that every circumstance presented
to one is involvement by default, and that every action manifests the
future.  In fact, I think that if no-one was able to "get out of the
way", this whole process would start working again, instead of being
stalled as it now is generally.

> PS: The analogy I use is this. When you see someone injured on the road,
> you just stop and help any way you can. I don't try to investigate why and
> how. May be too simplistic an approach. It has worked for me.

This used to be my approach too, and even as short a time as 15 years
ago, stopping to help did not generally put the helper in any danger.
Nowadays one stands just as much chance of being sued for "helping"
instead of being appreciated.  It's a stress.  The intuitive reaction is
to simply stop and help.  The brain can list all the reasons why not.

I think *that* internal conflict is why I decided the only way was to
return to a state of being that included the occult, otherworlds, more
than the physical.  To be a "help", it seemed to me that one needed to
be able to see beyond the moment, to glimpse the threads of Karma.
It's a difficult task.
Cheers
Annette