Theos-Talk Archives (July 1998 Message tt00131)

At 12:02 AM 7/8/1998 +0100, you wrote:
>M K Ramadoss <ramadoss@eden.com> writes
>>>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?
>
>Very.  If true we would have no Red Cross, no shelters for the
>homeless, hardly any nurses - I could go on.  However, there is always
>the possibility that action ("help") on the physical plane IS part of the
>larger plan - HPB's own behaviour suggests that it is, as Doss remarks.
>
>Hindus and Buddhists all believe more or less in versions of
>reincarnation and karma.  They all give alms, also.  If they didn't, then
>their monasteries would never survive.
>
>Alan

A Hindu and Buddhist monks survive on alms from the public and are to go
hungry if they find none. The public in the East consider it a duty to give
alms to anyone who asks. Alms is not restricted to monks. This has another
practical result. A hungry man may break into my auto or home and do a $500
damage to get $10 for food -- people in the US have been killed in
robberies for $10.

...doss