Theos-Talk Archives (September 1999 Message tt00077)

I can see Nick that your own orientation includes the "Masters" as well as
the concept of "shadows" and incarnate beings...

My only point here is that an Aurobindo for instance you have a life that
can be examined from his contacts with people the world over... you have
interactions with him in diaries and so on... He is a historical personage
and his thoughts are still relevant today. His associations with people are
recoded in diaries... We are free to examine him ... his behaviour... his
thoughts...

 The Masters are shadowy as you have stated... and none of the records that
I have seen of their sightings corresponds to a substantive reality or
historical personage.. they appear here ... they appear there... somewhat
in the manner of an Elvis or a sprite... but none are living entities in
the world as we know it, so yes I've seen the reports as recorded and read
Leadbeater's material as well and as much of the Mahatma letters as I would
care to read and they are still shadowy by any definition....

Channeling does figure in here Nick as the concept was embraced by many
early theosophists in their spiritualist adventures. The voluminous
material suggests to me that there is much "nonsense" as you have described
it going on to the present day, and still associated with the very Masters
such as Morya and the others can be found in the Church Triumphant of Ms.
Prophet and others, this does I think cast a disreputable light on the
whole matter.

In Friendship,


Art Gregory


lgregory@discover.net




















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