Theos-Talk Archives (June 2005 Message tt00490)

> In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Frank Reitemeyer" wrote:

>> Remember the story of Narayan

> I understand that Masters are not able to eliminate karma.
> With which right should he then turn away a candidate.

They laid the rules themselves, or they seem to change the rules.
The involvement was made in childhood, when a candidate had no power 
to decline it. They took him for a probation and after several months 
or years said that he doesn't fit because he is married! Haven't they 
know it before?

Yet the Narayan's way of conduct described by HPB shows that he wasn't 
well-balanced, and obvoiusly it was the main cause. But was the Master 
sincere when he used that formal qualification, which he could use at 
the very first day with the same effect?

> Do you also charge your mother that you cannot play piano?

Everyone have some faculties and more or lesser extend. He may try to 
develop them and then succeed or fail. We cannot know it beforehand, 
and Masters too, so the need for probation. But marriage is quite 
other thing, it is an obvious fact, and there are formal requirements.

> the old habit to charge other people for their own faults.

It is not so bad as it seems. Knowing that all our problems are our 
own fault we may easily fall into depression and slow our progress 
down. While those who charge other people, think like that: Well, they 
hurted me but I'll revenge them! and go on cheerfully.

> To fail the initiation deliberate or half-deliberate and miss the 
> opportunity to help many people later on in favor to liberate a 
> temple slave is idiotic and not wise.

We cannot be sure that it is a school of right-hand at all, if they 
use such methods. Maybe it would be more clever to pass all the tests, 
and then and destroy the school and disclose all their secrets. :)

> It is the girl's karma that she is there and she has not a bad life. 

Then other people whom you propose to help later also have their own 
karma. Why should we help them?