Theos-Talk Archives (December 2006 Message tt00463)

Friends, 

Is it possible for man to achieve liberation in his present physical life? What are man's limitations to shed the fetters of lower worlds?

"The Theosophical Movement", the ULT magazine,  answers to the question: 

"Theosophy teaches that Liberation or Moksha is not the highest goal of spiritual life. Our motive must be to achieve liberation from the chain of births and deaths, reach perfection, and renounce the peace and bliss of Nirvana in order to help other suffering beings. This is described as the Path of Renunciation. In this sense, is it possible to achieve liberation? Yes, certainly. What a man has done, others too can do. We have shining examples of Buddha, Shankaracharya, Jesus, Mahavira and many more. Perfectibility is inherent in man, teaches Theosophy. Man is not born in sin. We are like a king asleep, and dreaming that he is a beggar. He only has to wake up to re-become the king that he is, in reality. To become liberated is to become karmaless. As the Bhagavad-Gita says, we are all the time acting. And every action must bring its result, good, bad or indifferent, depending on the nature of action, the motive behind the action and the inner state of the man. All our actions have a motive..." 

To read the rest of the answer at the January 2005 edition of TTM, click at  

http://www.teosofia.com/Mumbai/7503questions.html . 

Best regards,  Carlos. 


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