Theos-Talk Archives (August 2001 Message tt00250)

Measures taken by an Ego to repress tendency , eliminate defects , and to 
counteract by setting up different causes will alter the sway of Karmic 
tendency.
Aphorisms on Karma
Theosophy teaches that taking this aphorism to "heart" would prepare the 
ground for the solution given below.
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Cool stuff!! :)
--- Cheryl Frank <clf14@cornell.edu> wrote:
> I generally liked this interpretation very much,
> except what would it 
> mean if a person intentionally kills another
> person? How would the 
> replacement work, if it could work?
> 
> Cheryl Frank
> 
> >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.
> >77777777777777777777777
> >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.(see Aphorism above)