Theos-Talk Archives (November 2002 Message tt00072)

Nov 5 2002


Dear Wry and Friends:

H P B in an old article [LE PHARE DE L'INCONNU -- "The Beacon Light
on the Unknown" wrote:


P.	Let a dozen determined and united Theosophists get together. Let
them work together, each one according to his taste, along this or
another line of universal science, if he so prefers, just as long as
each is in sympathy with his neighbor. This will be beneficial even
to ordinary members who do not care for philosophical research. If
such a group, selected on the basis of esoteric rules, were formed
among mystics alone; if they pursued truth, helping each other with
whatever light they may have, we guarantee that each member of such a
group would make more progress in the sacred science in one year, than
he would make in ten years on his own.


P.	Those who desire to succeed in abstract or practical Theosophy must
remember that disunity is the first condition of failure.


P.	In Theosophy, what is required is emulation and not rivalry,
otherwise, he who boasts of being the first, will be the last. In true
Theosophy, it is the least who becomes the greatest.


P. 440	...unite in little groups of from three to seven...uneven in
numbers... a group, however little cohesion it possesses, forming a
single united body, wherein the senses and perceptions of those who
work together complement and mutually help each other, one member
supplying to another the quality in which he is wanting,--such a group
will always end by becoming a perfect and invincible body. "Union is
strength."

P.	"Preach altruism, keep unity, mutual understanding and harmony in
your groups, all of you who place yourselves among the neophytes and
the seekers after the ONE TRUTH," other Teachers tell us. "Without
unity, and intellectual as well as psychic sympathy, you will arrive
at nothing. He who sows discord, reaps the whirlwind."

Fn.	[Eliminate] the illusion of the personality of the Ego, placed by
our egotism in the first rank...it is necessary to assimilate the
whole of humanity, live by it, for it, and in it, in other terms,
cease to be "one," and become "all" or the total.

P. 438	Theosophy is a descendant in direct line of the great tree of
universal GNOSIS, a tree ...which, ...gave shelter ...to all the
temples and ...nations of the earth. That Gnosis represents the
aggregate of all the sciences, the accumulated wisdom of all the gods
and demi-gods incarnated in former times upon the earth...We believe
in Avatars and in divine dynasties, in the epoch when there were, in
fact, "giants upon the earth"

P. 438	"What then is your religion or your belief?" ..."The TRUTH," we
reply. The truth wherever we can find it...our greatest ambition
[is]...to reconcile the different religious systems, to help each one
to find the truth in his own religion, while obliging him to recognize
it in that of his neighbour.

P. 439	Theosophy being the way that leads to truth, in every religion,
as in every science, occultism is, so to say, the touchstone and
universal solvent. It is the... light thrown by this torch can be
discerned only by the eye of the awakened soul--by our spiritual
senses; it blinds the eye of the materialist.

P. 444	Theosophy is synonymous with Gnana Vidya, and with the
Brahma-Vidya of the Hindus, and again with the Dzyan of the
trans-Himalayan adepts, the science of the true Raj-Yogis, who are
much more accessible than one thinks.

Fn.	Vidya... the knowledge of Brahm, that is to say, of the God that
contains all the gods.

P. 439	[Who is a] saviour...He who dissipates the darkness of
ignorance by the help of the torch of science, thus discovering to us
the truth, deserves that title as a mark of our gratitude...Such an
one awakens in our benumbed souls the faculty of distinguishing the
true from the false, by kindling a divine flame, hitherto absent, and
he has the right to our grateful worship, for he has become our
creator.



Additionally these seem to be wise ideas to consider:


P. 440-1	Theosophy is the white ray, from which arise the seven
colours of the solar spectrum, each human being assimilating one of
these rays to a greater degree than the other six. It follows that
seven persons, each imbued with his special ray, can help each other
mutually. Having at their service the septenary bundle of rays, they
have the seven forces of nature at their command. But it follows also
that, to reach that end, the choosing of the seven persons who are to
form a group, should be left to an expert,--to an initiate in the
science of occult rays...[ But here ] esotericism runs the risk of
being accused of mystification. Still, orthodox science furnishes a
proof of the truth...and we find a corroboration in physical and
materialistic astronomy. The sun is one, and its light shines for
every one

Fn.	Symbology of colours. The Language of the prism, of which "the
seven mother colours have each seven sons," that is to say, forty-nine
shades or "sons" between the seven which graduated tints are so many
letters or alphabetical characters. The language of colours has,
therefore, fifty-six letters for the Initiate. Of these letters each
septenary is absorbed by the mother colour, as each of the seven
mother colours is absorbed finally in the white ray, Divine Unity
symbolized by these colours.

Fn.	The senses, counting in the two mystic senses, are seven in
Occultism; but an Initiate does not separate these senses from each
other, any more than he separates his unity from Humanity. Every sense
contains all the others

P. 439	...we have but to remember one thing: symbols of divine truths
were not invented for the amusement of the ignorant; they are the
alpha and omega of philosophic thought.

P. 439	Having neither dogma nor ritual,--these two being but fetters,
the material body which suffocates the soul,--we do not employ the
"ceremonial magic"

P. 439	Theosophy being the way that leads to truth, in every religion,
as in every science, occultism is, so to say, the touchstone and
universal solvent. It is the... light thrown by this torch can be
discerned only by the eye of the awakened soul--by our spiritual
senses; it blinds the eye of the materialist.

P. 442	Theosophy...examines the reverse side of every apparent truth.
It tests and analyses every fact put forward by physical science,
looking only for the essence and the ultimate and occult constitution
in every cosmical or physical manifestation, whether in the domain of
ethics, intellect, or matter. In a word, Theosophy begins its
researches where materialists finish theirs.

P. 442-3	Theosophy, therefore, or rather the occult sciences it
studies, is something more than simple metaphysics...Theosophy rejects
the testimony of the physical senses entirely, if the latter be not
based upon that afforded by the psychic and spiritual perceptions.
Even in the case of the most highly developed clairvoyance and
clairaudience, the final testimony of both must be rejected, unless...
like that of our five senses, [it] should receive the imprimatur of
the sixth and seventh senses of the divine ego, before a fact can be
accepted by the true occultist.

P. 443	...physical science has not made a step towards the knowledge
of the real nature and constitution of matter


P. 439	...we have but to remember one thing: symbols of divine truths
were not invented for the amusement of the ignorant; they are the
alpha and omega of philosophic thought.

Fn.	[Eliminate] the illusion of the personality of the Ego, placed by
our egotism in the first rank...it is necessary to assimilate the
whole of humanity, live by it, for it, and in it, in other terms,
cease to be "one," and become "all" or the total.

P. 442	Theosophy...examines the reverse side of every apparent truth.
It tests and analyses every fact put forward by physical science,
looking only for the essence and the ultimate and occult constitution
in every cosmical or physical manifestation, whether in the domain of
ethics, intellect, or matter. In a word, Theosophy begins its
researches where materialists finish theirs.

P. 442-3	Theosophy, therefore, or rather the occult sciences it
studies, is something more than simple metaphysics...Theosophy rejects
the testimony of the physical senses entirely, if the latter be not
based upon that afforded by the psychic and spiritual perceptions.
Even in the case of the most highly developed clairvoyance and
clairaudience, the final testimony of both must be rejected, unless...
like that of our five senses, [it] should receive the imprimatur of
the sixth and seventh senses of the divine ego, before a fact can be
accepted by the true occultist.

P. 443	...physical science has not made a step towards the knowledge
of the real nature and constitution of matter

P. 445	"How can one learn this [Mystery] language?" ...study all
religions and compare them with one another. To learn thoroughly
requires a teacher, a guru; to succeed by oneself needs more than
genius: it demands inspiration...teaching the common origin of all
religions, and a common religion...the intention of the great Nazarene
was to restore the sublime science of ancient wisdom in all its
primitive integrity

P. 446	This numerical signification is one of the branches of the
mystery language, or the ancient sacerdotal language. This was taught
in the "Lesser Mysteries," but the language itself was reserved for
the high initiates alone. The candidate must...take an oath never to
divulge the higher doctrines to any one to whom the preliminary ones
had not already been imparted...and...was not ready for initiation.

P. 67	[ancient libraries beyond the Himalayas -- repositories of the
"intellectual treasures"... and guarded by] ...the [Brothers, the]
primitive interpreters of the divine Wisdom...

P. 67-8	Our Society is the tree of Brotherhood...[members] it depends
on them to make ...a bridge destined in the near future to carry the
humanity of the new cycle beyond the muddy waters of the deluge of
hopeless materialism...stretching to them a plank of safety.

P. 68	...the triple desire of the T S... Full and entire liberty of
conscience allowed to all, fraternity reigning between the rich and
the poor, equality recognized in theory and practice...The great
reform must take place without any social shocks... [diversity] is due
but to the personal Karma of each human being.

P. 88	...the immortal individuality...in him, emanates from the same
divine essence, as does that of his neighbours...the philosophic
truth that every Ego begins and ends by being the indivisible Whole,
[he] can not love his neighbor less than he does himself. But, until
this becomes a religious truth, no such reform can take place.

P. 69	Let those who are strongest show the road to those who are
weaker.


-----Original Message-----
From: wry
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 2:19 PM
To:
Subject: Re: Unity Group work

Do Theosophists ever work together as a group to create a certain
atmosphere
which encourages enquiry and inspires the development of an active
force in
individuals that is conducive to genuine spirituality, or is that
pretty
silly, too? What do you think?

Wry