Theos-Talk Archives (December 2002 Message tt00447)

Dec 13 2002


Dear Erica:

This is indeed interesting:

I seem to detect a feeling of despair considering the time factor
involved in a general change in the direction that humanity may take
towards success or failure -- change being some indication of this.

This is natural (?) since we (when awake and deliberately thinking
with our present material brain) view most things from the point of
view of the present personality immersed in material memories of our
present incarnation.

But following theosophical philosophy this can be transcended.

The MIND ( Manas ) which is undying, and is a "ray" from UNIVERSAL
MAHAT enables this. It as CONSCIOUSNESS pierces through all the
planes, from the spiritual to the material, and serves to unite the
experiences on any plane. For it there are no barriers. But you may
not agree with me on this, yet, it is something to consider carefully.

Look in MAHATMA LETTERS on pp 241-2 (Barker) Letter XXXI, and p.
362 (middle of the page) Letter LXV I read there that the Maters do
not despair. They continue to work unceasingly. Should we not do so
also ?

What aim shall we take ?

Of course if we read the fate of the future as depicted on p. 47
(Letter IX) one has to be careful. The word is "EGOS" (the personal
Egos) not Divine Monads that perish.

It is the aggregation around the Monads (the personal temporary
construct) that has failed to rise above selfishness, isolation and
personal desires that fails. What do they fail in? They fail to see
the universal verities and the virtues so important to any science and
to any individual "advance." Truths grasped intellectually are of no
value unless used daily practically. The Personality has to
deliberately impersonalise and universalise itself -- then only can it
survive in the eternity.

Think of all who manage to pass through the trial and succeed. That
is what THEOSOPHY works for. For the successes there is Buddhaship
and Universal Consciousness We all have that right now to some
degree. Some encourage it and some stamp it out.-- they are the total
materialists, and for them there is no personal hope for a continued
future -- they have to begin again in a future Manvantara. [H P B
explains this in the KEY TO THEOSOPHY (HPB) ]

In our study there are many things we ought to bring together. H P B
has deliberately scattered her hints because they ought to "kick in"
when a certain stage of comprehension is reached and also, a certain
degree of perception of the reality of universal FUNDAMENTALS. It is
as though she wrote in cycle -- cycles that correspond to our own
"awakenings."

Look at the phrase: " No adept has ever penetrated beyond the veil of
primitive Kosmic matter. The highest, the most perfect vision is
limited to the universe of FORM and MATTER."(p. 47)

Look at the composition of the MONAD -- a LIFE-UNIT -- It is ATMA,
or a ray impartite with its SOURCE, pure undying SPIRIT. This is
placed in juxtaposition, and yet inextricably mixed, with MATTER.
Between these two is the eternal intermediary MANAS -- the UNIVERSAL
MIND MAHAT's "ray." What is BUDDHI, but that matter which has become
purified and universalized, and alone can serve as a "vehicle" for
the SPIRIT. It is purified matter / substance. [ See SUDDHA SATTVA in
H.P.Blavatsky's Glossary, p. 311. ]

This means (to me) a vehicle of Matter has so purified itself that it
can provide a "vase" for SPIRIT ( see the GAYATRI VERSE ) Every
human who tries to understand this is enabled to see the same
potential "vase" in himself -- not of physical, but of meta-physical
"matter." The inner "God" of each of us is the HIGHER SELF -- not
outside but burning away, and purifying by the proximate opportunity
we all have, when we turn our ardent aspirations towards it. That is
what we have to learn. If you have a copy of H P B's TRANSACTIONS OF
THE BLAVATSKY LODGE then look and read the pages between 64 and 78.
There are some most valuable hints there. BLAVATSKY: Collected Works
(TPH) Vol. 10, pp 254 - 265. (as I recall)

Let me offer to you to read an old article:

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A COMMENTARY ON THE GAYATRI

Unveil, O Thou who givest sustenance to the Universe, from whom all
proceed, to whom all must return, that face of the True Sun now hidden
by a vase of golden light, that we may see the truth and do our whole
duty on our journey to thy sacred seat.
- The Gayatri
I have adopted a translation as above, which is excellent in its
giving of the meaning of this verse. What is the Gayatri? It is the
sacred verse of the Hindus and begins with Om, their sacred word and
letter. Its first words are: Om, Bhur, Bhuvah!

The first word contains in it a declaration of the three periods of a
Manvantara and the three powers of that great Being who alone Is. Of a
manvantara it is the beginning, the middle, and the end, and the three
powers are Creation (or manifesting), Preservation (or carrying on),
and Destruction. The three first words, Om, bhur, bhurvah, draw
attention to and designate the three worlds. The whole verse is an
aspiration in the highest sense. Every Brahman at his initiation is
further instructed in this verse, but from giving that I am
necessarily excused, as I cannot give it in a way in which I have not
received it.

Unveil is the cry of the man who is determined to know the truth and
who perceives that something hides it from him. It is hidden by his
own Karmic effects, which have put him now where the brain and the
desires are too strong for the higher self to pierce through so long
as he remains careless and ignorant. The cry is not made to some
man-made god with parts, passions, and attributes, but to the Self
above who seeth in secret and bringeth out to light. It is directed to
that on which the Universe is built and standeth, - no other than the
Self which is in every man and which sitteth like a bird in a tree
watching while another eats the fruit.

>From this the whole Universe proceeds out into manifestation. The
ancients held that all things whatsoever existed in fact solely in the
idea, and therefore the practitioner of Yoga was taught - and soon
discovered - that sun, moon, and stars were in himself, and until he
learned this he could not proceed. This doctrine is very old, but
today is adopted by many modern reasoners. For they perceive on
reflection that no object enters the eye, and that whether we perceive
through sight or feeling or any other sense whatever all objects are
existing solely in idea. Of old this was demonstrated in two ways.

First, by showing the disciple the actual interpenetration of one
world by another. As that while we live here among those things called
objective by us, other beings were likewise living in and among us and
our objects and therein actually carrying on their avocations,
perceiving the objects on their plane as objective, and wholly
untouched by and insensible to us and the objects we think so
material. This is no less true today than it was then. And if it were
not true, modern hypnotism, clairvoyance, or clairaudience would be
impossible. This was shown by a second method precisely similar to
mesmeric and hypnotic experiments, only that to these was added the
power to make the subject step aside from himself and with a dual
consciousness note his own condition. For if a barrier of wood were
erected in the sight of the subject which he clearly perceived and
knew was wood, impervious to sight and an obstacle to movement, yet
when hypnotised he saw it not, yet could perceive all objects behind
it which were hidden in his normal state, and when he pressed against
it thinking it to be empty air and feeling naught but force, he could
not pass but wondered why the empty air restrained his body. This is
modern and ancient. Clearly it demonstrates the illusionary nature of
objectivity. The objectivity is only real relatively, for the mind
sees no objects whatever but only their idea, and at present is
conditioned through its own evolution until it shall have developed
other powers and qualities.

The request made in the verse to unveil the face of the True Sun is
that the Higher Self may shine down into us and do its work of
illumination. This also spreads forth a natural fact unknown to
moderns, which is that the sun we see is not the true sun, and
signifies too that the light of intellect is not the true sun of our
moral being. Our forefathers in the dim past knew how to draw forth
through the visible Sun the forces from the True one. We have
temporarily forgotten this because our evolution and descent into the
hell of matter, in order to save the whole, have interposed a screen.
They say in Christian lands that Jesus went into hell for three days.
This is correct, but not peculiar to Jesus. Humanity is doing this for
three days, which is merely the mystical way of saying that we must
descend into matter for three periods so immense in time that the
logarithm of one day is given to each period. Logarithms were not
first known to Napier, but were taught in the pure form of the
mysteries, because alone by their use could certain vast calculations
be made.

Which is now hidden by a vase of Golden Light. That is, the light of
the True Sun - the Higher Self - is hidden by the blood contained in
the vase of the mortal body. The blood has two aspects - not here
detailed - in one of which it is a helper to perception, in the other
a hindrance. But it signifies here the passions and desires, Kama, the
personal self, the thirst for life. It is this that veils from us the
true light. So long as desire and the personality remain strong, just
so long will the light be blurred, so long will we mistake words for
knowledge and knowledge for the thing we wish to know and to realize.
The object of this prayer is that we may carry out our whole duty,
after becoming acquainted with the truth, while we are on our journey
to thy Sacred Seat. This is our pilgrimage, not of one, not selfishly,
not alone, but the whole of humanity. For the sacred seat is not the
Brahmanical heaven of Indra, nor the Christian selfish heaven acquired
without merit while the meritorious suffer the pains of hell. It is
that place where all meet, where alone all are one. It is when and
where the three great sounds of the first word of the prayer merge
into one soundless sound. This is the only proper prayer, the sole
saving aspiration.
AN OBSCURE BRAHMAN
Path, January, 1893
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I hope this proves to be of help,

Best wishes,
Dallas

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-----Original Message-----
From: Erica L
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002
To:
Subject: Re: The Apotheosis of Humanity and present day Political
Backstabbing


"How can students of Theosophy offer principles that
might serve statesmen to balance the world, save the
poor and keep peace? "

Dear Dallas this question formulated by you always
intrigates me.
I think that students of Theosophy can't offer
principles which may help a better world, but only
real theosophists, and as you might know they are very
few.
There is a difference between theory and practice, one
can know and study Theosophy, but this will not make
him a Theosophist...
One of the Masters in the Mahatma Letters, mention
that human nature takes millions of years to change...
The inner development and the qualities required for
one to be a Theosophist are rooted in eternal thruths
that very few people can touch or have a glimpse. It's
a difficult path...

There are some practical tools, that one who has
ability can use to influence stastesmen: writing with
logic, without dogma. Offering information which may
inspire. But there is a great enemy: ignorance and
egoism which is expressed even in the political system
which exists today.
We don't have a political system build upon principles
which are noble and could really help a better
development of humanity as a whole. The capitalism,
communism, etc is't a falacy...
A pratical change to happen, and help humanity
necessarily has also to happen in the systems which
are rulling the world. This is a challenge that very
few can undertake...

best regards

E L