Theos-Talk Archives (December 2006 Message tt00873)

Hello Marie,
I am glad you liked it. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Anand Gholap

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, MarieMAJ41@... wrote:
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>  Anand, thank you for this....I spent a very nice evening reading
this. Happy Holidays!
>  
> Marie
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: AnandGholap@...
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:28 AM
> Subject: Theos-World Adept (AnandGholap.Net-Online Theosophy)
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> 
> [ http://www.AnandGholap.net/Theosophy_Pamphlet-Anand_Gholap.pdf -
Important 
> pamphlet for studying and spreading Theosophy]
> 
> " It is often asked whether an ordinary man who met a Master on the
physical 
> plane would instantly recognize Him as such. I do not see any reason
why he 
> should. He would certainly find the Adept impressive, noble,
dignified, holy and 
> serene. He could hardly fail to recognize that he was in the
presence of a 
> remarkable man; but to know certainly that that man was an adept it
would be 
> necessary to see His causal body, which of course the ordinary man
could not do. 
> In that causal body the development would show by its greatly
increased size, 
> and by a special arrangement of the colours, which would differ for
each of the 
> seven great types. But all this would be quite out of the reach of
the ordinary 
> man whom we are postulating.
> 
>   Adepts have no definite external peculiarities by which They may be 
> recognized, though there is a great calmness and benevolence common
to Them all; 
> Their faces are stamped always with a joyous serenity, the peace
which passeth 
> all understanding. Most of Them are distinctly handsome men, because
Their 
> physical bodies are perfect, for They live in an absolutely hygienic
way, and 
> above all They never worry about anything. In the case of most of us
there is 
> still a great deal of karma of various kinds to be worked out and
among other 
> things this modifies the appearance of our physical bodies. In Their
case all 
> karma is long ago exhausted, and consequently the physical body is a
perfect 
> expression on the physical plane of the Augoeides or glorified body
of the Ego. 
> Not only therefore is the body of a Master usually splendidly
handsome, but also 
> any new body that He may take in a subsequent incarnation will be an
almost 
> exact reproduction of the old one, because there is nothing to
modify it." 
> 
> Complete book can be read at
> http://www.AnandGholap.net/Inner_Life_Vol_I-CWL.htm
> 
> Best regards.
> Anand Gholap
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