Theos-Talk Archives (March 2006 Message tt01484)

Dear Sufilight,

1) The name of the Master, in the "Initiate" series by Cyril Scott, is 
"Justin" Moreward Haig, not "Jerome", I guess. Take a look.

2) I fully agree with your comments and quotations.


Thanks, Carlos.

> From: "M. Sufilight" <global-theosophy@stofanet.dk>
> Reply-To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Theos-World How to help humanity...and altruism...
> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 17:44:22 +0100
>
> Hallo all,
>
> My views are:
>
> Blavatsky might have something to say, which many so-called theosophists
> completely forget.
>
>
> Let us help humanity!
>
> Blvatsky said:
> "How then can it be thought possible for a man to enter the
> "straight gate" of occultism when his daily and hourly thoughts
> are bound up with worldly things, desires of possession and power,
> with lust, ambition and duties, which, however honourable, are
> still of the earth earthy? Even the love for wife and family--the
> purest as the most unselfish of human affections--is a barrier to
> real occultism. For whether we take as an example the holy love of
> a mother for her child, or that of a husband for his wife, even in
> these feelings, when analyzed to the very bottom, and thoroughly
> sifted, there is still selfishness in the first, and an égoisme
> à deux in the second instance. What mother would not sacrifice
> without a moment's hesitation hundreds of thousands of lives for
> that of the child of her heart? and what lover or true husband
> would not break the happiness of every other man and woman around
> him to satisfy the desire of one whom he loves? This is but
> natural, we shall be told. Quite so; in the light of the code of
> human affections; less so, in that of divine universal love. For,
> while the heart is full of thoughts for a little group of selves,
> near and dear to us, how shall the rest of mankind fare in our
> souls? What percentage of love and care will there remain to
> bestow on the "great orphan"? And how shall the "still small
> voice" make itself heard in a soul entirely occupied with its
> own privileged tenants? What room is there left for the needs
> of Humanity en bloc to impress themselves upon, or even receive
> a speedy response? And yet he who would profit by the wisdom of
> the universal mind, has to reach it through the whole of
> Humanity without distinction of race, complexion, religion or
> social status. It is altruism, not ego-ism even in its most legal
> and noble conception, that can lead the unit to merge its little
> Self in the Universal Selves. It is to these needs and to this
> work that the true disciple of true Occultism has to devote
> himself, if he would obtain theo-sophy, divine Wisdom and
> Knowledge.
>
> The aspirant has to choose absolutely between the life of the
> world and the life of Occultism. It is useless and vain to
> endeavour to unite the two, for no one can serve two masters
> and satisfy both. No one can serve his body and the higher
> Soul, and do his family duty and his universal duty, without
> depriving either one or the other of its rights; for he will
> either lend his ear to the "still small voice" and fail to
> hear the cries of his little ones, or, he will listen but
> to the wants of the latter and remain deaf to the voice
> of Humanity"...
> (Article: OCCULTISM VERSUS THE OCCULT ARTS by H. P. Blavatsky, 1889)
>
> - - - - - - -
>
> I have though had some afterthought on this.
> The following might help to understand, that there various are levels
> of understanding and that a number of beginners not easily
> should be adviced to take step of a totally non-worldly kind.
>
> You all know that theosophy is Altruism at its core.
>
> The following describes another views upon the Blavatsky quote
> in the above:
> http://theosophy.com/theos-talk/200408/tt00369.html
> A minor excerpt:
> The text quoted is an excerpt of a lecture given by the so-called Initiate 
> named
> JMH - Jerome Moreward Haig. The subject of the lecture was something like
> "Love and its relation to maya. And how to strenghten you capacity for love 
> through meditation and other means".
>
> I do not hope, that the reader will underestimate the value, that the 
> content of the text could have.
> Here it is...JMH...is talking...
>
> ***
> As he neared the conclusion of his discourse he said: "Are there no other 
> methods for
> acquiring this attitude- other than the methods of meditation prescribed? 
> Personally I
> believe there are. Take the analogy of the blacksmith's arm; his right arm 
> is unusually
> strong and muscular, his left is weak and puny in comparison. Why is this? 
> Because he
> has developed the strength of his right arm by swinging the hammer; his 
> left he has
> only used as all people use it who are not ambidextrous. And it's just the 
> same with
> love- exercise the will to love, and you develop the capacity to love, so 
> that your
> whole love - nature becomes strong and enduring; love in the ordinary way 
> as people
> do who are merely attracted, and your love - nature remains weak and 
> sickly, and
> eventually dies altogether. For observe; love requires to be nourished from 
> within and
> not from without. As long as you are dependent on externals you'll never be 
> safe. Only
> when you make up your mind not to depend on those externals will you be 
> secure.
> (All three books can be found online here by a wellmeaning Seekers
> http://www.sanctusgermanus.net/books/books.html )
>
> from
> M. Sufilight with peace and love...
>
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>
>
>
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