Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt01489)

Apl 22 2005

Dear C:

Every human being is a seven-fold DHYANI (Wise-one) in potential.  

We are born with a knowledge of laws of karma and of right from wrong. As
children and youths this takes a while to become fully grasped. Our
parental guidance is supposed to assist in this. So too in the "spiritual
life" everyone has an inner "tutor" - his own HIGHER SELF - that does this.
Can it make itself heard - that is the significant question?   

We embody all the potentials of the entire Universe. True or false?

If true, a real Sage who is utterly harmless and benevolent, can alone be
trusted with the "secrets" of Nature. "Nature" (as a word-idea) is only a
synonym for Deity or God, and it certainly transcends our small ideas of the
singularity and special nature of our little Earth and of our present
physical selves.  

All of us -- He/she, etc. of any race, or place, or time, KNOWS right from
wrong because of the BUDDHI principle (WISDOM) interior to every one of us.
We call it the VOICE OF CONSCIENCE. It is the same with everyone, it comes
from the interior HIGHER SELF - the Spirit. Spirit is ubiquitous - present
everywhere. So to are the forms of matter needed by all to incarnate into. 

Our early education tends to place "God" outside of us, rather than its
actuality of being EVERYWHERE - hence, and primarily, it is INSIDE of us, as
the closest access to GOD that we all have -- and share -- as it is the
same "God" for all.  

Why do we excuse our acting as less than gods? What are we afraid of? Loss
of respect, wealth, health, family, and so on? [Look at the story of
Jesus - he risked and maintained being "different."  

A more modern example 60, 70 years back was Gandhi - the less he "owned,"
the more powerful was his impact as an impartial, independent and moral
example on his people and on everyone he dealt with.  

It the history of our present THEOSOPHICAL MOVEMENT, we have HPB as an
example of the same kind of devotion that places no value on the "world's"
opinions and regard. In everything she writes or of what is said of her
this emerges.

The "Master," in all cases, and ourselves, is the "inner GOD -- ATMA."  

The VOICE OF CONSCIENCE is that protection we all have immediately - before
we chose to act. Do we listen? . But, who wants to hear or understand this
as a fact ? 

That "protection is never withdrawn."   

If we should deserve the company and attention of a "Master of Wisdom," then
don't you think it is because we are doing work in our world which they can
approve of on the basis of universal and impersonal spiritual principles?
And is such work not for general benefit ?

The various religions, and so called occult schools, thrive on separating
Man (the human MIND - MANAS - the "chooser") from BUDDHI (wisdom) and the
true DEITY or GOD that is in ourselves (as in all else) -- I mean the ATMA
- THE ONE SPIRIT. They perpetuate ignorance, and because the average person
is fearful, they pretend to have special powers to dissipate the karma of
bad past choices and the certainty of exact retribution - which we all KNOW
will inevitably come to us. We all know this. No escape. No priest can
buy our pardon! [As a confidence-man, Bishop Eusebeus did a tremendous job
on Emperor Constantine. ]

Now if they had such powers why would they sell them ? No one asks that. So
the sly and crafty ever prey on the ignorant and the credulous. And they
defend themselves from probing inquiries and any revealing of the true state
of affairs.

You mention "temptations." We created these in the past by wrong and bad
choices that were selfish and designed to provide special benefits for
ourselves at the expense of others. It was a repudiation of the universal
SPIRIT and of the brotherhood that is implicit in all honest and sincere,
virtuous relationships.

Look at the exchanges we read over this network. How many of them reflect
the use and consideration of virtue as an essential? We have almost
forgotten how to define virtue and most of us have a tendency to scoff and
scorn it. Is that true and useful humor?

Is that not a very severe "temptation?"	

How is it that this fact is so difficult to understand ?

You speak of "fore warning and knowledge." Where is this lacking? It is
all around us and within. We all know far more than we practice. But
usually we have not organized it, nor have we taken stock of what we know
and can do, when we will to do it. 

Look at most of us, brought up in the Christian tradition. Do we know what
JESUS said and taught? Do we understand and ask about that? Do we seek to
apply the virtues he exemplified? If not, why not ? Why do we accept
anyone else's views? If we can read, then independently studying the SERMON
ON THE MOUNT ought to open our eyes (mentally).  

But usually our whole life has been one where dependence and trust in
"authority" has been instilled in us. Why?  

I observe everywhere (and I have travelled around the world a couple of
times) that a knowledge of right from wrong is taken in every country and
be every religious group, to be universal in matters of custom, behaviour,
and "law." Why ? No one ever reads all the statutes before crossing a
frontier, and even so, how many would remember or honestly apply them? 

But this question had best be answered by introspection. No one can take on
the burden of answering for another, who, in any case, is always and forever
a FREE CHOOSER. If, for instance, we would say we are Christians, then why
do we not live (or try to) and work like Jesus did?  

Of course the same applies to all other religions equally - and the
important thing (which anyone can discover) is that at their base every
religion teaches identical morals and virtues - what has made for a lot of
trouble after the original Teacher has left the scene, are the various kinds
of rites, customs and rituals which priestcrafts have devised. It is the
old "Divide and Rule" plot.  

THEOSOPHY teaches self-discipline through independent understanding.

The best protection is a simple idea, to be applied individually:

CEASE FROM EVIL. DO GOOD.   

THIS IS THE LAW ETERNAL.

It will be found to include, as a necessary basis, the fact that we are
immortals (as spiritual entities using physical bodies temporarily). We
Reincarnate life after life. 

The Universe is GOD in its entirety - God is NOT(as a being) separate from
any part of it, nor is there any DEVIL (as a being) in which evil is
focussed.  

Omnipresence, omniscience and omnipotence are the given qualities of the
DIVINITY - GOD. If we apply those uniformly, then all divisive and selfish
motives vanish.

Yet, in a strange way our selfishness and desire for ease and personal
isolation from harm and stress, has created for each of us an image (and the
fearful impression in terms of torture) of a terrible being. It is a
psychic reflection from the astral light [some have called it a "Dweller"]
of what we might look like to a Sage who is able to see into the depth of
both our minds and hearts - just as we can do when we meditate. [Sounds
like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.]

THEOSOPHY teaches us we (the MANAS-MIND) are both the Sage and the "sinner."
We are united forever and it is up to us (as the free-mind-chooser) to live
and direct our living to either side of this strange and terrible equation.

Best wishes, 

Dallas

==================================
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Of Cass Silva
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 4:37 PM
To: Subject: Re: Sorcery and problems on the Path


Dear Mark,

My understanding is that the disciple, when on the path, is protected by the
master, until the time, he must face the "temptation" himself. However, the
initiate, when on the path proper, has been armed with fore-warning and
knowledge? The choice is his.
Regards
Cass