Theos-Talk Archives (September 2002 Message tt00170)

Sept 25 2002

Re Jesus and His Teachings

Dear Larry:

I took note of the mysterious "Q" but cannot yet find
anything directly linking that mysterious personage ( as
also the "Teacher of Wisdom" ) to any one that has
historical recognition in scholarly circles.

As I see it, there will always be almost too much of a focus
on securing some "personal identification." I mean a NAME.
As though that lends to any statement some special value.

The real value, philosophically and ethically, is the nature
of the thought or explanation given in those words. That
alone is the true "cachet d'excellence."

It is difficult to accept this by most, because it requires
from them their thought contribution and a reference to the
moral desideratum interior to them.

It is difficult to see that the only "path" from where we
average people are to proceed to the realm of TRUTH where
the Masters dwell, is by a strict following of the ethical
injunctions contained in the word BROTHERHOOD. We have to
live it and apply it all the time.

Consider:

1 We are all immortals. We have always incarnated
together. We are in the same "school."

2. We live -- all of us -- in the ONE SPIRITUAL
ESSENCE.

3. That essence is in all planes and divisions of what
we call manifestation, or evolution.

4. Intellectually, it is represented by the concept of
LAW and of a multitude of laws -- which make for the
inter-relation and integration of all beings of whatever
kind and on whatever plane of being.

5. Our individuality (our "freedom") manifests in us
principally a "desire." In that reposes our sense of
"separateness." It belongs to the plane of "personality" --
our "mask" for this incarnation: our desires, and passions,
and needs, and wants. It is of a far grosser quality than
the merely physical or its astral counterpart. Our sense of
"freedom," when exaggerated, makes us try to be different
from our fellows to compete instead of cooperate.

6. Evil commences when our exaggerated "freedom" drives
us in competition to excesses: emulation is twisted into
ambition. As examples (this being the worst side of the
coin), let me offer the following: We can see this all
around us. 1. Selfishness, 2. ignorance and doubt, 3.
blind-faith, 4. passion and anger, 5. hatred, 6. lust,
7. ambition and fame, 8. haughtiness and pride, 9.
self-righteousness, and 10. the fear of being found wrong,
(and being made responsible).

Direction and knowledge of excellence is translated into
dominance and by power a misuse of rule. Acquisition and
training in regard to facts in nature, is twisted into the
use of knowledge for personal power, and that is then used
for greed, (instead of unselfish sharing and assistance) --
that which is love and friendship -- is vitiated by lust.
Instead of generosity and benevolence we find an increase of
careless selfishness, and a disregard of the rights and
careful assistance we owe to others. This leads to crime,
war, and temporary domination, since only MIGHT can overcome
might, and when directed even for a "just cause" it
destroys, where it ought to heal. All beings desire to
live, each in their own way, and the perversion of this by
the strong and the sly, leads to the slaughter house and to
the taking of life for food -- starvation, hunger, drought
are the result.

6. The only cure is to recognize that we never die but
reincarnate. Karma operates and we receive from Nature the
exact result of our actions.

7. Earth is a School and the lessons are tolerance and
brotherhood.

8. The goal for every human is a knowledge of TRUTH --
wisdom. And its application -- as a distribution to
others -- is a mandatory requirement.

9. The Great Adepts, Masters, Teachers are Men who have
achieved this.

10. They are the original Teachers who oversee the
re-establishment of Earth-schools at every new Manvantara.
They are still with us.


If we desire to know the Masters, the Teachers, Jesus, or
any of the hundreds of great Men and Women who have served
us in the past -- the Rishis and the Buddhas and the
Dhyanis, we need to look for their teachings. And we need to
understand them, so we can make our own applications here
and now.

With Reincarnation is Karma, the universal law of
compensation and of justice -- as we do, so shall we
receive. This is inescapable. He cannot hide anything from
Nature or the Law. We are held responsible for all we do,
say and think.

What a change this would make if adopted.

One asks for Jesus' teachings. THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
embodies most if not all of them.

Those who desire to deserve the appellation "Christian,"
need to do that, and not merely talk about it.

Best wishes,

Dallas

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-----Original Message-----
From: Larry F Kolts [mailto:llkingston2@juno.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 3:33 AM
To: study@blavatsky.net
Subject: [bn-study] RE: Saying of Jesus I and Early church
history.


On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 20:04:08 -0400 Larry F Kolts
<llkingston2@juno.com>
writes:
> Dear Dallas,
>
> That was a wonderful introduction to the subject.
>
> Modern Biblical scholars differ in some regards to what
you have
> presented but the do agree that there was earlier "gospel"
material
> than that which we now have and that the earlier material
was used a
> the source for the canonized gospels. Scholars often refer
to this
> as the "Q" source. Could this be the Hebrew Book of
Matthew referred
> to? Scholars believe that Mark was the first complied from
these
> earlier sources and that Matthew and Luke or variation of
Mark.
> Doesn't really matter which of the three came first, but
it IS clear
> that the three are very closely related and together are
called the
> "synoptic gospels" while John is much different and of
later origin.
> Also, most feel that Matthew, Mark and Luke as we now have
them were
> prepared a missionary tracts for different audiences,
Matthew to the
> Jews, Mark to the Romans and Luke to the Greeks. Also that
whoever
> wrote Luke also wrote Acts of the Apostles. Of course any
of these
> scholars only have what is now in front of them to go by,
the oldest
> manuscripts dating into the second century. They can only
speculate
> on what the original "autographs" contained. So H.P.B.
comes through
> again with hidden knowledge not had by the world at large.
>
> Larry
>

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