Theos-Talk Archives (June 2002 Message tt00099)

Dear Friends;

Could we try reversing that question:

How can corrupt politicians stand what Theosophy teaches ?

Most politicians would say: Please do not let others know what I have
done.

Save me from having to bear the pain of my wrong doings.


{Which implies that they/we knew they were wrong when they/we did
them, and we now hope that silence and secrecy will prevail, and our
selfish, evil actions or words will remain hidden. In other words we
ask God, who
is just and supreme, to connive at our baseness and evil. That does
not sound right.)

I do not wish to discount those charitable and selfless politicians
who are truly dedicated to serve their fellows.

The one concept that has been forgotten is: All one can do that i
valuable in life is to serve others. In business we serve with advice
or product distribution -- all service. This is vitiated when the
greed and pride factors overcome the service and brotherhood factors.

And can any one expect a just and true system of living if we
constantly expect Nature to be unjust ?

Do we truly expect God (or NATURE) to be UNJUST ? (I am using the
word "GOD" to imply a set of impartial rules which guard and harmonize
everything in life for all.)

Our ideas about justice, fairness, charity, compassion and the nature
of GOD and his supposed powers are very strange -- and they need to be
carefully examined.

Now let us look at the Theosophical view-point.

1.	God (Nature as a whole) is the UNIVERSAL IMPARTIAL AND IMPERSONAL
SPIRITUAL DEIFIC
PRINCIPLE. The spiritual ideals underlie all surface differences and
appearances.

2.	It pervades ( is omnipresent) the whole of the Universe and all
nature on our Earth.

3.	It supports all life, and is therefore impersonal, impartial, just,
fair, and supports life in all creatures including good and bad
humans.

4.	Since the PRESENCE OF GOD (and NATURES' RULE) is universal, every
least creature (let us call it an "atom" or a "monad" is an
indestructible, eternal LIFE in which a "ray" of the ONE SPIRIT is
present.

5.	This universal presence of SPIRIT/God in all creatures makes
BROTHERHOOD the ONE LAW of all life.

6.	We cannot entertain the idea of "separateness" or of "selfishness"
and hope to live peacefully and in secret evil lives. { SPIRIT/God
in its omnipresence is also said to be omniscient -- to know
everything ) So there are NO SECRETS to the all-seeing eye of the one
SPIRIT is immanent in the whole of Nature and in every single
creature.

7.	Of what use is it to do evil and hurt or torture others if the only
result is that the universal Law of NATURE (God) as Life notes our
depredations, and, turning educative, reflects those same faults,
hurts, tortures back on to us, so that WE FEEL THE EXACT RESULTS of
all the harm and pain we have generated.

8.	The sole reasonable conclusion is: DO GOOD at every turn and to
all.

And thus, our lives and works are positive and active prayers, and
bring about the peace of harmony everywhere.

If we have to pray, then let us pray to the God within -- to that
Divine Fragment secreted in the "heart" of our consciousness and
intelligence. ( S D I 280 fn) Let us assure ourselves that idealism
and excellence are present and not lost or abandoned because
superficially people have been deprived of these ideas for their
consideration from a very early age in their lives.

Best wishes,

Dallas

-----Original Message-----

From: Morten Sufilight
Sent:	Wednesday, June 19, 2002 3:26 AM
To:	theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject:	Re: Theos-World questions that trick us

Hi all,

A view:
It is to make one say (or meditate) - ooh no - NOT THIS NOT THAT again
and again.

A question:
So how is Theosophy doing on corrupt politicians ?

from
Sufilight