Theos-Talk Archives (October 2006 Message tt00347)

Carlos, you wrote:

> Again an out-of-context sentence. 
> 
> Instead, I  have always heard and read that we have ... a Monad, a 
higher self, and a divine self within.  And an Antahkarana. 
> 
> I hope that does not irritate Daniel too much.
> 
> See "The Light in the Path".  The light within, and so on. 

Carlos, why would the teaching about "a Monad, a higher self, and a 
divine self within" etc. irritate me at all???  Or too much???

OBTW I wasn't taking anything out of context.  Only bringing forth 
the comment apparently written by Mr. Judge which reads:

"It has been well said by H.P. Blavatsky that 'each one has a 
potential black magician within.'...."

And asking that interested readers might consider this quote in 
COMPARISON with what Julia Ver Planck quotes from a Master's letter:

"What is our present Duty? Hear the words of the Master. 'Judge
the action, not the person. You never know the true motives. Never
judge human nature on its lowest level. Every one has a potential
Dugpa in him.' "

Julia adds a footnote to this quote:

"Dugpa, black magician; one devoted wholly to self. This [quotation
above] and other quotations [later in this same article] are from
the private letters of the Adept."

And then I was giving Jake's previous assessment of the Master's 
quote.

Jake's assessment was:

"Pure dugpa BS!..."

"The pseudo-teacher says that 'each of us has a dugpa inside
of us.'"

But see all the relevant material at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/36478
and
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/36511

BOTTOMLINE:  I was just wondering if Jake ALSO considered the quote 
attributed to H.P. Blavatsky as "pure dugpa BS".

Again, Carlos, you comment:

> What is the psychological need, then, to visualize "black 
magicians" within??? 
> 
> Is it a sympton perhaps? 

Good grief, Carlos!  Are you suggesting that someone is recommending 
anyone to visualize "black magicians" within????

These are simply quotes from THE PATH in 1889.  And I think students 
have a right to discuss them and try to assess such statements as 
those made by Jake.

Daniel
http://hpb.cc