Theos-Talk Archives (December 2006 Message tt00127)

There is no talisman  better, or more powerful,  than good karma. 

And good karma results from fulfilling one's duty towards one's own 
higher self. That, on its turn, needs the development of the prajna 
paramitas mentioned in "The Voice of the Silence". A stimulating 
challenge, no doubt.  

Carlos. 


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Cass Silva <silva_cass@...> wrote:
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> HPB had an insignia ring>  Isn't the TS seal a talisman?
> Cass
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> carlosaveline <carlosaveline@...> 
wrote:                                  Dear Friends, 
>  Can we have talismans along the path? 
>  Take a look at the opening of a vigorous article: 
>  "Ever since the birth of orthodoxy, of exoteric religion and of 
black magic, thousands upon thousands of years ago, two predominant 
vices have held sway over the minds of men—Doubt and Hypocrisy. In 
pure Occultism, White Magic or Divine Wisdom, these two are known as 
unpardonable sins. The first anthropomorphists who worshipped form 
and matter were the creators of these two vices, which invariably go 
together."
>  "Doubt is ever rooted in the doubt of and about one's own Higher 
Self and Inner God. Hypocrisy is related to the lower personal self. 
The self of matter is like a woman with many paramours—innumerable 
expressions of hypocrisy—who ever doubts the very existence of 
virgin chastity or marital fidelity."
>  "Hypocrisy is the human psychological aspect of the metaphysical 
Maya; the great Buddha taught that life has coverings which give to 
our existence and problems false meanings and so veil the Light of 
Nirvana that its very existence is doubted."
>  "Hypocrisy is pardonable in the ordinary man whose upbringing—
social, religious and educational—keeps him in crass ignorance about 
the God within him. Anthropomorphism and Atheism, i.e., religious 
orthodoxy and scientific orthodoxy, blind him; however different 
these two orthodoxies, they produce the same result—doubt in regard 
to the Divinity which abides, albeit in a slumbering state, in the 
heart of every man."
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>  The title of the article is "Duty - The Royal Taliman". 
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>  It was published in the monthly paper magazine "The Theosophical 
Movement", India.   
>  You can read all of it at 
>  http://www.teosofia.com/Mumbai/7606duty.html
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>  Regards,    Carlos. 
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