Theos-Talk Archives (April 2003 Message tt00151)

Sunday, April 27, 2003

MAHATMA LETTERS on GOD


Dear Friends:

To better answer this I think the dates of the said letters and
the names of the recipients ought to be considered carefully.

At what point was "Master Serapis" involved in the early
THEOSOPHICAL MOVEMENT? And with whom? Did he pass on that
responsibility? Was the language he employed appropriate to the
time, place and group that he addressed?

Is it indicated anywhere that various Masters oversee various
areas of occult and disciple activity?

Was a change made that introduced "Masters KH and M" to oversee
the THEOSOPHICAL MOVEMENT ? Was this explained?

Have the letters that were published in "LETTERS FROM THE MASTERS
OF WISDOM, 2nd Series," been verified recently with the
originals? I have a copy of the book and also a note that these
ought to be proofed with the originals.

It seems to me we ought to inquire:

What are the attributes of GOD UNIVERSAL ?

Are they the same or different from the various Theological or
Tribal Gods ?

[Christianity, Christian sects, Roman church, Eastern Orthodox,
Syrian-christian, St. Thomas Church, Protestantism (various
sects), Methodism, Calvinist, Episcopalian, Islam, Shiite,
Sunnite, Sufis, Hinduism, (Yoga, Tantric, Shaivite, Vaishnavite,
etc.) Buddhism, ( Mahayana, Hinayana, etc...) etc...]

What is essential? That which divides or that which unites
through a consideration of similarities (synthesis) ?

Best wishes,

Dallas

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-----Original Message-----

From: Daniel H. Caldwell
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 8:18 PM
To:
Subject: Koot Hoomi versus Serapis on "God"???


Koot Hoomi stated in THE MAHATMA LETTERS:
[p. 32, Barker Edn.]

"Neither our philosophy nor ourselves believe in a God, least of
all
in one whose pronoun necessitates a capital H. . . . Our doctrine
knows no compromises. It either affirms or denies, for it never
teaches but that which it knows to be the truth. Therefore, we
deny
God both as philosophers and as Buddhists. We know there are
planetary and other spiritual lives, and we know there is in our
system no such thing as God, either personal or impersonal.
Parabrahm
is not a God, but absolute immutable law, and Iswar is the effect
of
Avidya and Maya, ignorance based upon the great delusion. The
word 'God' was invented to designate the unknown cause of those
effects which man has either admired or dreaded without
understanding
them, and since we claim and that we are able to prove what we
claim -
- i.e. the knowledge of that cause and causes we are in a
position to
maintain there is no God or Gods behind them."
[M L, Barker, p. 32]

Letter 10 in the first 3 editions.



Compare the above with what Master Serapis stated in several
letters
found in


LETTERS FROM THE MASTERS OF WISDOM, Second Series:

"God's blessing upon thee, Brother mine." (letter 8)
"may the benediction of Truth and the Divine Presence of Him the
Inscrutable be upon thee." (letter 10)
"God's blessing be upon you, " (letter 11)
"God's blessing on thee, Brother." (letter 13)
"God's blessings on you." (letter 14)
"God's blessing upon thee, Brother mine." (letter 15)
"God lead thee, Brother mine, and may He crown thy noble efforts
with
success." (letter 17)

Notice Serapis' use of pronouns with a capital H.

How does one reconcile the above views with KH's emphatic
statement
which reads:

"Our doctrine knows no compromises. It either affirms or denies,
for
it never teaches but that which it knows to be the truth."

Daniel H. Caldwell
BLAVATSKY STUDY CENTER/BLAVATSKY ARCHIVES
http://blavatskyarchives.com