Theos-Talk Archives (December 2006 Message tt00620)

Dear Friends, 


"Do we not try to attain unity in the wrong way? What is unity? 
H.P.B. tells us in The Theosophical Glossary that brotherhood is a 
fact, physically and spiritually; but it must become so 
intellectually. Is this a hint as to how unity can be attained—unity 
of minds and of ideas?"

Thus an article starts in the ULT-India magazine "The Theosophical 
Movement".  And it goes on: 

"Robert Crosbie applied this idea in the Declaration of the U.L.T. 
The only basis for union, he said, was "similarity of aim, purpose 
and teaching." Any one or two of these is not sufficient for real 
union; all three must be present. This lies at the root of the old 
teaching: 'Come out from among them, and be ye separate.' This 
means, not isolation, but union with those having the same aim, 
purpose and teaching."

One must admit: 

"Unity per se can never be worked for. It exists or it does not 
exist; it is an unseen inner bond, a magnetic similarity. What we 
have to do is to recognize it as such 'intellectually.' We may all 
have a common aim and purpose, but unless we agree as to the 
teachings, i.e., those ideas by which we live, we cannot in truth be 
magnetically united, however much we may pretend to be."


See the rest of this inspiring text clicking at 


http://www.teosofia.com/Mumbai/7101union.html



Best regards,  Carlos.