Theos-Talk Archives (August 2002 Message tt00047)

In a message dated 08/04/02 7:58:58 AM, global-theosophy@adslhome.dk (M. 
Sufilight) writes:

>The saying goes: The initiated walks in the world, but is not of the world.
>One could say that to ParaBrahman or the Initiated "the Fundamental 
principles"
>is only an inferior or lower kind. To base ones view ONLY on these 
>"Fundamental principles" - would certianly be wrong OR of a lower level.

If the so called "Initiated" is one who has traveled the "theosophical path" 
toward the attainment of enlightenment -- then that initiate is a 
"Theosophist" who could not have gotten to where he can be one with Parabrahm 
unless he fully accepted, right from the start to the end of his path, the 
truths of the three Fundamental Principles of Theosophy -- as outlined by HPB 
in the PROEM of the SD. 

If the "fundamental principles" were of an "inferior or lower kind" (of 
truth, presumedly) -- then, the path of that "initiate" would have been a 
false one, and his/her being "not of the world" would be just a figment of 
his/her own imagination. 

Naturally, there is more to attaining enlightenment than solely a belief in 
the fundamental principles. It takes long and arduous study and effort as 
well as application over many lifetimes to achieve such a state of awakening 
as well as prove to oneself the validity of those principles. Therefore, 
they would always continue to stand as the rock upon which all knowledge of 
ultimate reality would rest -- without contradiction and with perfect 
consistency -- linking spirit with matter in one grand symmetry. 

If that were not so, then the "initiate" HPB, whom we follow as the 
"messenger of the Masters," would have changed them to suit a different 
understanding of the reality which those initiates, adepts and masters, as a 
group, experience... (And which we, as a group, must understand and 
experience similarly, if we are to ever become initiates, as well as 
side-by-side "workers" or "companions" in the common cause of attaining 
"Universal Brotherhood" for all of mankind -- the ultimate goal of the 
theosophical movement.) 

LHM