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May 8th 2005 WHITE LOTUS DAY







HPB - An Allegory of Manifestation



[From an old Sanskrit Manuscript:]





"Toward the close of Pralaya (the intermediate period between

two "creations" or evolutions of our phenomenal universe), the

great IT, the One that rests in infinity and ever is, dropped its

reflection, which expanded in limitless Space, and felt a desire

to make itself cognizable by the creatures evolved from its

shadow.



The reflection assumed the shape of a Maharaja (great King).

Devising means for mankind to learn of his existence, the

Maharaja built of the qualities inherent in him a place, in which

he concealed himself, satisfied that people should perceive the

outward form of his dwelling. But when they looked up to the

place where stood the palace, whose one corner stretched into the

right infinitude, and the other into the left infinitude--the

little men saw nothing; the palace was mistaken by them for

empty space, and being so vast remained invisible to their eyes.



Then the Maharaja resorted to another expedient. He determined

to manifest himself to the little creatures whom he pitied--not

as a whole but only in his parts. He destroyed the palace built

by him from his manifesting qualities, brick by brick, and began

throwing the bricks down upon the earth one after the other.

Each brick was transformed into an idol, the red ones becoming

Gods and the grey ones Goddesses; into these the Devatas and

Devatis--the qualities and the attributes of the Unseen--entered

and animated them.



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HPB commented:





The outward form of idolatry is but a veil, concealing the one

Truth like the veil of the Saitic Goddess. [Isis I vi]



Only that truth, being for the few, escapes the majority... Yet,

while for the great majority the space behind the veil is really

impenetrable...those endowed with the "third eye" (the eye of

Siva), discern in the Cimmerian darkness and chaos a light in

whose intense radiance all shape born of human conception

disappears, leaving the all-informing divine Principle, to be

felt--not seen; sensed--never expressed.



This allegory shows polytheism in its true light and that it

rests of the One unity, as does all the rest...The direct [ and

the ] refracted rays of one and the same Luminary. What are

Brahma, Vishnu and Siva, but the triple Ray that emanates

directly form the Light of the World ?



The three Gods with their Goddesses are the three dual

representations of Purusha the Spirit, and Prakriti--matter; the

six are symbolized by Svayambhuva the self-existence,

unmanifested Deity. They are only the symbols personifying the

Unseen Presence in every phenomenon of nature."



Source: Note of HPB on Idolatry, 

Blavatsky: COLLECTED WORKS, Vol. 7, p. 272-4





"...founded his dwelling" show clearly that in Kabala, as in

India, the Deity was considered as the Universe, and was not, in

his origin, the extra-cosmic God he is now." SD I 92 fn





"I am the Ego seated in the Heart of all beings. I am the beginning, the
middle and the end of all existing things." -- Krishna

BHAGAVAD GITA 

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"...while the T S movement of today was distinctly under the care

of the Adepts, it was not the only one through which effect was

sought to be made on the race-thought and ethics, but that in

many different ways efforts were constantly put forward ...she

insisted that the T S wears the badge...of the Eastern and

Ancient Schools...the old and united Lodge of Adepts ...[It would

be reasonable to say]...that Brotherhood has the knowledge and

power... to use every agency which is in touch with humanity."

WQJ, Articles, Vol. I, p. 244





"...for those who have studied in the right way plenty of proof

has been offered; for others that proof exists within themselves.

The former class has had tangible evidence in the way of letters

and appearances of the Adepts before their eyes; the latter

concluded long ago that the Masters are necessities of

evolution...



in the West the idea of the existence of the Adepts

and of Their connection with our movement was first brought

forward in this century and in our Society by H.P.Blavatsky, who,

consistently throughout her career, has declared that the

Adepts--whom she was pleased to call her Masters--directed her to

engage in this work and have always helped and directed her

throughout... 



They have adopted the T S as one of Their agents in

this century for disseminating the truth about man and

nature...Their motive is to help the moral--and hence external --

progress of humanity, and their methods to work from behind the

scenes by means of agents suited for the work...the agency is not

restricted to one person, but that all sincere lovers of truth

are used to that end, whether they know it or not...the personal

effort put forth by the members will not account for the

spread-ing of the movement...As the Masters exist, so They help

us; and as we deserve, so will They repay."

(WQJ, Articles, Vol. II, pp. 79-80)





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Best wishes





Dallas





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