Theos-Talk Archives (April 2003 Message tt00068)

Tuesday, April 15, 2003

Dear Friend:

In the BHAGAVAD GITA Krishna speaks of the "kingly faculties" or the
virtues that are universal to all of us. He addresses Arjuna his
pupil and shows the universal and impersonal character of the Universe
and of Karma that ever acts there, adjusting all things.

Additionally he gives the heredity of SPIRITUAL TEACHING at the
beginning of the 4th chapter and therein mentions the Raj-Rishis --
the Kingly ascetics and divine Instructors of mankind.

If we take into account the 7 principles of Man and the universe. we
find that Krishna represents the UNIVERSAL ONE SPIRIT.

In Man this would be the MONAD ( Atma-Buddhi).

Arjuna, is then the Mind ( MANAS). And as in all of us the Manas is
dual it serves as a living, sensitive link between the Monad and its
material environment -- the PERSONALITY.

The Lower Manas (Kama-Manas) is the combined sensitive emotional
quality of mind plus feelings, desires and passions. In other words,
Arjuna embodied in the form as pupil of Krishna the divine Self.

The power of choice is the MANASIC King Faculty, and every being at
its own level on the ladder of evolution, exercises an administrative,
comparable power (depending on the development of the mind therein) --
so it makes its own progress as it goes -- either to obey the great
law of Karma or to try to distort or to thwart it.

What is apparent to me is that the "divine heritage" is common to all.

What we do with it is a matter that generates Karma for us, good or
bad.

Our motives and choices make the difference.

That which is sadly lacking these days is an accurate knowledge of the
difference between virtue and vice.

H P B has addressed this -- here are some extracts from her writings:

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SPIRITUAL PROGRESS by H. P. Blavatsky
H. P. B. Articles, II p. 110


"...the Esoteric Doctrine...in every age...donned a fresh garment,
different both in hue and texture to that which preceded; yet in every
one of them we find the fullest agreement upon one point--the road to
spiritual development.

One only inflexible rule has been ever binding upon the
neophyte... ---the complete subjugation of the lower nature by the
higher...

...all religions and all philosophies are but the variants of the
first teachings of the One Wisdom, imparted to men at the beginning of
the cycle by the Planetary Spirit

The true Adept, the developed man, must, we are always told,
become--he cannot be made. The process is therefore one of growth
through evolution, and this must necessarily involve a certain amount
of pain.

The main cause of pain lies in our perpetually seeking the
permanent in the impermanent, and ... acting as if we had already
found the unchangeable... just as we fancy we have taken a firm hold
upon the permanent, it changes...and pain results.

...the idea of growth involves also the idea of disruption: the inner
being must continually burst through its confining shell or
encasement, and such a disruption must also be accompanied by pain,
not physical but mental and intellectual.

The trouble that comes upon... we shall see... that we are trying to
burst through our shell at its one vulnerable point; that our growth,
to be real growth...[is] in all directions at once, regularly and
imperceptibly....every crushing pain is caused by the expansion of
some neglected part...rendered more difficult by the effects of the
cultivation bestowed elsewhere.

Evil is often the result of over-anxiety, and men...are not content to
leave well alone, to do always just what the occasion demands and no
more; they exaggerate every action and so produce karma to be worked
out in a future birth.

One of the subtlest forms of this evil is the hope and desire of
reward....and ...so leaving the door open to anxiety, doubt, fear,
despondency--failure.

The goal of the aspirant for spiritual wisdom is entrance upon a
higher plane of existence; he is to become a new man, more perfect in
every way than he is at present, and if he succeeds, his capabilities
and faculties will receive a corresponding increase of range and power

...the Adept becomes endowed with marvellous powers...the natural
accompaniments of existence on a higher plane of evolution

...the T S was founded to...rekindle the torch of truth...and to keep
that truth alive by the formation of a fraternal union of mankind. It
desires to promote the spiritual growth of every individual who comes
within its influence...The real seership and adeptship which is
accompanied by true psychic development (lokothra), once reached, is
never lost.

In too many cases the members of the Theosophical Society content
themselves with a somewhat superficial study of its books, without
making any real contribution to its active work.

Right thought is a good thing, but thought alone does not count for
much unless it is translated into action...it only depends on his own
will, to make that something an accomplished fact.

...branches must study for themselves; books are to be had, and the
knowledge there put forth must be practically applied by the various
members: thus will be developed self-reliance and reasoning powers.

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I hope this may prove to be of help

Best wishes,

Dallas

-----Original Message-----
From: Nisk
Sent:	Tuesday, April 15, 2003 7:46 AM
To:
Subject:	Re: Maharaj... (Great King)


One is reminded of the King faculty that mankind has sort of overused
to the
point nobody seems to even like kings anymore or at least one might be
afeared to say that Kings were from a Divine heritage. Not too many of
those
around today, i'm afraid.

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>
> Subject: Notes on Maharaja of Benares

> From: Gopi Chari
> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 01:04:32 -0400
>
> Quote of the Day (for April 14):
>
> In other words - "THERE IS NO RELIGION (OR LAW) HIGHER THAN
TRUTH" -
> SATYA NASTI PARO DHARMAHA" - the motto of the Maharajah of
> Benares, adopted by the Theosophical Society.

- Secret Doctrine Vol I intro page xli. >
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> I studied at the Benares Hindu University in the city of Benares
(also
> called Kashi the holiest Hindu place).
> I used to see the big walled fort of the Maharaja (king). Once a
year we
> used to go and see Dashahra festivities at the fort (open to
public)
> where they exhibited all his elephants and all the pageant.
>
> The royalty is historically known to exist from before Buddha's
time. As
> a matter of fact, there is a story that the Maharajah is known to
have
> been proud of telling about Buddha. Apparently, there used to be
forest
> in an area called Saranath (where Buddha gave his first teachings
and a
> very holy Buddhist place) from where the royalty used to hunt a
deer for
> the dinner table of Maharaja. One day Buddha himself came in the
form of
> a deer and volunteered to go to Maharaja. When the deer was brought
to
> the Maharaja, he told Maharaja that they can kill him and eat.
Maharaja
> was partial to Buddhist teachings any way and from then on the
Maharaja
> family is not allowed to cook meat in the Palace.
>
> Kashi raja is always part of all of the ancient religious stories
in
> India and the Royalty still exists!

> So is Kashmir !
>
> Gopi