Theos-Talk Archives (August 2001 Message tt00035)

Below is a re-write of an offering from a theosophical student (we failed to 
keep his name in our storage of his text) , that , in our opinion , was very 
refreshing to hear the correct interpretation given to an "Eye for an eye , 
Tooth for a tooth" saying of the Initiate Moses.
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The "eye for an eye" is a law of REPLACEMENT, not revenge,
and a call for equal compensation, not equal loss.

If one blinds a man, he shall not be blinded, but to act as the
eyes
of the blinded man. Following the blind wherever he goes, and
helping
him to see with his own eyes.
If one breaks a man's hand, he shall himself not break his own hand or have 
his hand broken by others but he
shall act as the hands of the man with the broken hand as retribution.
If one
takes a
man's life, he shall act as a helper to the man's estate and family, 
To do the things that the man would do if he was
alive , also as retribution. (Ghandi stated a similiar injunction in recent 
times when a man told him during Ghandi's hunger strike that he (the man) had 
committed terrible crimes against his neighbor's (the muslims) and Ghandi 
advised him to go to the house of those he killed and offer and try to 
rebuild their homes and help the families.)

The teeth had occult signifigance back then (only really known in the inner 
circles but not widely represented to the masses )which had to do with a 
certain kind of strength in an individual and if that individual lost "tooth" 
one was , as a good neighbor, to help that individual with his own "tooth" 
,acting as a replacement for that loss.
This is verily the truth of an "Eye for an eye, Tooth for a tooth" as stated 
in mosaic law.
If this true meaning had not been misinterpreted by some people of that day 
and had that real meaning been known fully and acted upon as a scriptural 
injunction , Jesus would never of had to refute Moses and to be sure he 
would've even expanded on that theme(which he did in other ways ,Jesus , that 
is , such as "Do not to another that you would not have done unto to 
yourself")
We have ,unfortunately, forgotten many things pertaining to inner meanings 
and signifigances of archaic "doctrine" and this seems to underscore the 
recent discussions about the REAL meaning of spiritual truths versus the dead 
letter of sayings and actions of Initiates and Masters.