Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00038)

Dear friends,

On 7/22 Jake Jaqua posted a review of "Kuthumi on Selfhood"
(Malibu: Summit University Press, 1969). I like to respond in two
ways. First by giving a reaction to the review, and
secondly by posting one of the messages from the book so you can
decide for yourself if the review is fair or not.


This is the message:

>From "Kuthumi on Selfhood," pp.177-180, from the series "Pearls
of Wisdom," Vol. 12  No. 41

Vaivasvata Manu  -  October 12, 1969


The Hierarchical Principle of a Chaste Intent,
the Law of the Wheel within the Wheel,
and the Cutting Edge of the Sword of the Spirit


To All Who Would Understand and Serve the Intent of Hierarchy:
Most of the seething unrest that permeates the atmosphere of the
planet
today is a manifestation of that human selfishness which seeks to
manipulate men.  This type of control works through cleverness of
wit
and sophistication that always takes into account man's
susceptibility
to pride and what is referred to as “snob appeal.”  People are
being
forced by their own vanities and emotions into the position of
being
manipulated, and they have allowed themselves to become puppets
of their
own limited imaginations.

The Great White Brotherhood is currently seeking effective means
of
bridging the chasm between popular opinion and the progressive
instruction which the masters seek to convey to mankind.  Thus it
is our
hope to restore a climate of spiritual receptivity that may be
accelerated into a golden-age understanding that will promote
peace and
harmony upon earth.

The hungers in the hearts of men for spiritual bread gnaw at
their
serenity and often drive them to commit acts of which they are
later
ashamed.  Humanity's destructive momentums of self-condemnation
are
often shifted to a collective scapegoat or to an individual who
becomes
the target of the personal malice of millions.

The solutions to mankind's present problems are not apparent to
those
who are embroiled in them.  These problems are compounded on the

one
hand by an extreme narrow-mindedness, and on the other by a
fanatical
liberalism.  To have what we may term a hard core of
knowledgeable
disciples upon the planet, who are devoted to enlightened
humanistic
interests, does not guarantee that the remainder of the
population will
adopt the correct attitudes which will bring about improved
conditions
in human relations.

We must be able to use those in different states of spiritual
awareness,
according to their highest capacities, who will act as mediators
in the
world of form.  These must act neither on the basis of fear nor
on that
of misguided love, but on the hierarchical principle of a chaste
intent.
This is the intent whose only goal is the enlightenment of
humanity and
the creation of a broad spectrum of tolerances that will not be
found so
far afield of true freedom as to give no voice to the
discrimination of
the Christ mind.

Naturally, we are interested in all people.  And we are
interested in
establishing a rapport between differing modes of spiritual
thought that
will bring about a long overdue synthesis of understanding,
including a
codification of religious terminologies with a view to making
what we
may term “the occult” more easily assimilable by an evolving
humanity.
It is unfortunate that through the years many have been used to
complicate the structure of the teachings which we have sought to
build
as a bridge of comprehension over which a bewildered and seeking
humanity might pass.

One of the messages that we must get across, with the help of our
disciples, is the practicality of the councils of the Great White
Brotherhood.  The most complex problems are seen through our eyes
as
resolvable through reasonability, affability, and mankind's own
willingness to implement the solutions we offer.  Therefore, in
the
final hours of this year, we enlist the aid of the students in
spreading
abroad the good news of the higher teachings of Christ to all who
will
give ear to the voice of God that still speaks in the wilderness
of
humanity's consciousness, saying:  “Prepare ye the way of the
Lord.”
We cannot condone the actions of those who thrive upon the poison
of
malicious gossip, nor do we hold guiltless those who spread lies
about
others.  If those who consider themselves to be among the
vanguard of
the spiritual forces of the world are to remain effectively
aligned with
the hierarchy in their outer service, they must hold to the
cardinal
principles of virtue in their dealings with one another.  At the
same
time, they must exhibit internally an attitude of compassionate
comprehension toward those whose zeal at the beginning of the
Path
causes them to feel, albeit sometimes rashly, that they are more
efficient standard-bearers than those who have for many years
been
continuously engaged in a form of service to humanity.
It is not necessary for a student on the Path to judge the merit
of
another disciple or of another movement in order to be effective
in his
own particular calling.  We of the hierarchy are not so much
concerned
that people work together in the same avenue of expression as we
are
that they learn to concentrate their energies and their attention
on the
purification of their individual worlds and whatever avenue they
have
chosen as an outlet for their expression of the Christ.  Only
when
individual man has resolved his personal problems by improving
his
attitude toward his fellowmen can he become an effective mediator
in the
arena of world action where he will encounter many schools of
thought.
The time has come for visionaries to understand that it is not
necessary
for them to build a house in which all of the people of the world
can
live.  These must understand what we have termed the Law of the
Wheel
within the Wheel. EN2 This law has to do with the interchange of
the
microcosm and the Macrocosm, and it reveals that all
manifestation must
be patterned “as above, so below.”  Pur et simple this means that
any
endeavor, regardless of its size, can manifest the same cardinal
virtue
of sincerity which the Brotherhood advocates; for all who would
embrace
the truth can learn to outpicture within their own field of
service an
aspect of the design of the universal temple.
Millions can drink from one spring if the water be pure; for
there joy
is conveyed, and this is the purpose of our Brotherhood.  Men and
women
do not need to be joined together as an incongruous pile of
lumber
haphazardly nailed together.  But they do need the essential
spiritual
conveyances of service and of technique which bring peace to the
heart
and expand their knowledge of the mysteries of the Christ.
Working with
the central purposes of hierarchy, they will then draw forth the
necessary harmonizing factors that will make all life one.  On
the other
hand, attempts to integrate religious groups and ideas often
bring about
a segregation of both, as people, through encounter, may become
less
tolerant of one another and less inclined to accept one another's
concepts and goals.

Evolution, in a spiritual sense, comes either gradually or
suddenly to
men; and it is difficult for those in either category to
appreciate the
progress of those in the other.  How wise was he who said, “With
all thy
getting get understanding.”  The business of educating humanity
along
the spiritual path is a great necessity at the present hour;
therefore,
we are most concerned with the cutting edge of the sword of the
Spirit
that is held in the hand of the devotee, for it is the correct
implementation of the Word, referred to in the Scriptures as the
“sword
of the Spirit,”  that is all important to the evolving soul.
Whether you fight under one flag or another, as long as you are
true to
yourself and to the activation of the power of faith within your
heart,
as long as you are unfolding the principles of higher wisdom and
removing the impediments of dogmatic interpretation that have
prevented
your acceptance of truth through the years, as long as you are
amplifying a selfless love that recognizes what is real in the
scientific manifestation of being, you are a part of our
vanguard.  We
want you to feel, each and every one of you, that the need for
individual spiritual unfoldment is paramount.  Then we want you
to see
the value of collective associations and examinations of truth
that
follow the theme of the hour which must ever be acknowledged as
Christly
discrimination.

Many rash deeds are done in the name of altruism whereas, if a
little
foresight had been exercised, much pain would have been spared to
the
self and to others.  Our concerns, then, lie in the forward
movement of
mankind in a service that is guided by the wholeness of cosmic
reasonability and justice and in a purity that is free from
personal
pride, a purity that adheres with maximum effort to the
principles of
honesty for which there are no substitutes.

As it has been said, “God give us the freedom to do the right as
we see
it.”  May we, then, call forth in all of you the blessing of
freedom to
see with the eyes of the Spirit the vision of one man transposed
to
become one world.  For only through the life patterns of the
Masters of
Wisdom, only through living in keeping with the pure truth of
being will
man and what he does become permanent.  He will not have to
backtrack or
to recycle old errors, for he will have transcended the world and
all
that's in it.

Press on.  Keep on keeping on.  Only victory lies ahead!

For the hierarchy, I remain graciously

Vaivasvata Manu


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1. Isa. 40:3; Matt. 3:3.
2. Ezek. 1:16.
3. Prov. 4:7.
4. Eph. 6:17.