Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00926)

Below is K.H. Letter to C.W. Leadbeater
--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Pedro Oliveira <prmoliveira@y...> 
wrote:
> Last spring – March the 3rd – you wrote a letter to me
> and entrusted it to "Ernest". Tho' the paper itself
> never reached me – nor was it ever likely to,
> considering the nature of the messenger – its contents
> have. I did not answer it at the time, but sent you a
> warning through Upasika.
> 
> In that message of yours it was said that, since
> reading Esot. Bud: and Isis your "one great wish has
> been to place yourself under me as a chela, that you
> may learn more of the truth." "I understand from Mr.
> S." you went on "that it would be almost impossible to
> become a chela without going out to India". You hoped
> to be able to do that in a few years, tho' for the
> present ties of gratitude bind you to remain in this
> country. Etc.
> 
> I now answer the above and your other questions.
> 
> [1] It is not necessary that one should be in India
> during the seven years of probation. A chela can pass
> them anywhere.
> 
> [2] To accept any man as a chela does not depend on my
> personal will. It can only be the result of one's
> personal merit and exertions in that direction. Force
> any one of the "Masters" you may happen to choose; do
> good works in his name and for the love of mankind; be
> pure and resolute in the path of righteousness [as
> laid out in our rules]; be honest and unselfish;
> forget your Self but to remember the good of other
> people – and you will have forced that "Master" to
> accept you.
> 
> So much for candidates during the periods of the
> undisturbed progress of your Society. There is
> something more to be done, however, when theosophy,
> the Cause of Truth, is, as at the present moment on
> its stand for life or death before the tribunal of
> public opinion – that most flippantly cruel,
> prejudiced and unjust of all tribunals. There is also
> the collective karma of the caste you belong to – to
> be considered. It is undeniable that the cause you
> have at heart is now suffering owing to the dark
> intrigues, the base conspiracy of the Christian clergy
> and missionaries against the Society. They will stop
> before nothing to ruin the reputation of the Founders.
> Are you willing to atone for their sins? Then go to
> Adyar for a few months. "The ties or gratitude" will
> not be severed, nor even become weakened for an
> absence of a few months if the step be explained
> plausibly to your relative. He who would shorten the
> years of probation has to make sacrifices for
> theosophy. Pushed by malevolent hands to the very edge
> of a precipice, the Society needs every man and woman
> strong in the cause of truth. It is by doing noble
> actions and not by only determining that they shall be
> done that the fruits of the meritorious actions are
> reaped. Like the "true man" of Carlyle who is not to
> be seduced by ease – "difficulty, abnegation,
> martyrdom, death are the allurements that act" during
> the hours of trial on the heart of a true chela.
> 
> You ask me – "what rules I must observe during this
> time of probation, and how soon I might venture to
> hope that it could begin". I answer: you have the
> making of your own future, in your own hands as shown
> above, and every day you may be weaving its woof. If I
> were to demand that you should do one thing or the
> other, instead of simply advising, I would be
> responsible for every effect that might flow from the
> step and you acquire but a secondary merit. Think, and
> you will see that this is true. So cast the lot
> yourself into the lap of Justice, never fearing but
> that its response will be absolutely true. Chelaship
> is an educational as well as probationary stage and
> the chela alone can determine whether it shall end in
> adeptship or failure. Chelas from a mistaken idea of
> our system too often watch and wait for orders,
> wasting precious time which should be taken up with
> personal effort. Our cause needs missionaries,
> devotees, agents, even martyrs perhaps. But it cannot
> demand of any man to make himself either. So now
> choose and grasp your own destiny, and may our Lord's
> the Tathgata's memory aid you to decide for the best.
> 								
K.H.
> 
> 
> 
> (The above letter was received by C.W. Leadbeater in
> London, on 31 October 1884. Source: LETTERS FROM THE
> MASTERS OF THE WISDOM, First Series, edited by C.
> Jinarajadasa.)
> 
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