Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00379)

This is History, though interesting.  

The issue for us now is, are we seriously decided to live the philosophy of Theosophy in our lives? 

A firm, sincere  decision in that direction will always open some inner doors -- and accelerate some karma, too. 


Carlos. 


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Data:Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:49:16 -0000

Assunto:Theos-World H.P.B.: "....a pledge of secrecy . . . is binding till death...."

> H.P.B.: "....a pledge of secrecy . . . is binding till death...."
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> I give below from H.P. Blavatsky's 1888 "Pledge Folder", the
> following part of the pledge of the E.S.T.S.:
> 
> "I pledge myself to preserve inviolable secrecy as regards . . . all
> confidential documents."
> 
> And under the Rules of the Esoteric Section, notice the wording
> about the pledged E.S. student preserving and maintaining the:
> 
> "...Secrecy of the documents of the Section...."
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> "...unless absolved from such secrecy by the Head of the Section."
> 
> Consider the above also in the light of what HPB said about the
> pledge in THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY:
> 
> "...To any man or woman with the slightest honourable feeling a
> pledge of secrecy taken even on one's word of honour, much more to
> one's Higher Self -- the God within -- is binding till death....But
> if it [the pledge] does not bind as far as this [that is, till
> death], what use is a pledge at all? How can anyone expect to be
> taught secret knowledge, if he is to be at liberty to free himself
> from all the obligations he had taken, whenever he pleases? What
> security, confidence, or trust would ever exist among men, if pledges
> such as this were to have no really binding force at all? . . . As
> well expressed [by Jasper Niemand] in the N. Y. 'Path' . . . on this
> subject, 'A pledge once taken, is for ever binding in both the moral
> and the occult worlds. If we break it once and are punished, that
> does not justify us in breaking it again, and so long as we do, so
> long will the mighty lever of the Law (of Karma) react upon us.' (The
> Path, July, 1889.)"
> 
> SUMMARY:
> 
> H.P.B. writes that "a pledge of secrecy taken ... to one's Higher
> Self -- the God within -- is binding till death."
> 
> Therefore the honorable ES student who has taken such a pledge
> should "preserve inviolable secrecy as regards . . . all confidential
> documents . . ." UNLESS "absolved from such secrecy by the Head of
> the Section."
> 
> Otherwise, "what use is a pledge at all? How can anyone expect to be
> taught secret knowledge, if he is to be at liberty to free himself
> from all the obligations he had taken, whenever he pleases?"
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> See the full pledge of 1888 at:
> http://blavatskyarchives.com/espage3.htm
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> See complete set of rules at:
> http://blavatskyarchives.com/espage2.htm
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> See more of HPB's comments on the pledge in THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY at:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/37005
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> Daniel
> http://hpb.cc
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