Theos-Talk Archives (February 2008 Message tt00307)

a perfect reply...



On 24 Feb 2008 at 4:37, nhcareyta wrote:

> Thank you Adelasie
> 
> "Compassion is no attribute. 
> It is the LAW of LAWS-- eternal Harmony, 
> Alaya's SELF; 
> a shoreless universal essence, 
> the light of everlasting Right, 
> and fitness of all things, 
> the law of love eternal. 
> 
> The more thou dost become at one with it, 
> thy being melted in its BEING, 
> the more thy Soul unites with that which IS, 
> the more thou wilt become 
> COMPASSION ABSOLUTE."
> 
> Voice of the Silence H P Blavatsky 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "adelasie" <adelasie@...> wrote:
> >
> > Friends,
> > 
> > Perhaps we could consider the possibility of the "teacher" of the 
> > present 2000 year avataric cycle is the heart of humanity itself. 
> If 
> > we accept that we, the collective race, are at a crossroads in our 
> > evolution, that we have reached the make or break it time, and that 
> > the impulse of the avataric message has been given to the hearts of 
> > all mankind, then we may be able to see that the opportunity is 
> > available to all. Can we live a life of altruism? Can we be 
> examples 
> > to the world's disenfranchised, those who suffer the retribution of 
> > eons of man's inhumanity to man? Can we make a decision to practice 
> > brotherhood, the Golden Rule of antiquity, handed down to us in 
> these 
> > pivotal times as a guidepost? If I would not want others to do so 
> to 
> > me, then I will not do so to them? Can we realise, and behave 
> > accordingly, that all life is one, that the least of us has the 
> power 
> > to affect the greatest? It's worth a try.
> > 
> > Adelasie
> > 
> > On 24 Feb 2008 at 3:17, nhcareyta wrote:
> > 
> > > Dear Frank
> > > 
> > > Thank you for your reply.
> > > 
> > > Mr Schuller wrote, "On September 7, 1875, Helena 
> > > Petrovna Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott founded 
> > > the Theosophical Society. 
> > > They were directed to do so by two eastern Adepts 
> > > or Masters, Morya and Koot Hoomi.(1)  Besides its 
> > > three official objects (1a), the mission of the 
> > > Theosophical Society was to prepare the world for 
> > > the coming of a great spiritual teacher, expected 
> > > in the last quarter of the 20th century."
> > > 
> > > When I agreed with your statement, they "did not...worked 
> > > towards the 1975 messenger" you wrote, "not so" and 
> > > introduced that Dr Purucker, Iverson Harris and Emmett 
> > > Small taught and wrote about this.
> > > 
> > > If this is what Dr Purucker or others said years after the death 
> of 
> > > Madame Blavatsky then I respectfully disagree with their 
> > > interpretation. 
> > > 
> > > Mr Schuller is referring to Madame Blavatsky and her 
> > > teachers "mission" through the formation of the 
> > > Theosophical Society by virtue of the substantiating 
> > > quote he uses from the Key to Theosophy, and the word 
> > > "was" in the sentence quoted.
> > > 
> > > So reiterating, I don't accept the premise that the 
> > > deliberate "mission" of Madame Blavatsky and her 
> > > teachers' Theosophical Society was to "...prepare the 
> > > world for the coming of a great spiritual teacher." 
> > > 
> > > My concern is one of emphasis.
> > > 
> > > Where Madame Blavatsky referred to the possibility of 
> > > a "new torch-bearer of Truth" it was in the following 
> > > terms:
> > > 
> > > "If the present attempt, in the form of our Society, 
> > > succeeds better than its predecessors have done..."
> > > 
> > > Please note the word "if."
> > > 
> > > And:
> > > 
> > > "If the Theosophical Society survives and lives true 
> > > to its mission, to its original impulses through the 
> > > next hundred years..."
> > > 
> > > Note again the word "if."
> > > 
> > > In other words, if the Society (members) abides by 
> > > its objects (those of 1889) and lives up to its 
> > > "mission" of alleviating suffering, and popularizing 
> > > "...a knowledge of theosophy" (their version of theosophy) 
> > > then possibly, a new teacher may arrive.
> > > 
> > > As the next passage confirms:
> > > 
> > > "In Century the Twentieth some disciple more informed, 
> > > and far better fitted, may be sent by the Masters 
> > > of Wisdom..." S.D Vol 1 "Introduction"	
> > > 
> > > Please note the word "may."
> > > 
> > > So whichever way we perceive it, there were/are many 
> > > conditions attached to the arrival of a new teacher. 
> > > 
> > > From my perspective then Madame Blavatsky and her 
> > > teachers' "mission" through their Theosophical 
> > > Society was not specific preparation for the arrival 
> > > of a new teacher 100 years hence, despite the cyclic 
> > > potential for this to occur. 
> > > 
> > > They and their Society were working with the conditions 
> > > of the day and they knew that karma would decide 
> > > whether or not there would be another attempt a century 
> > > later.
> > > 
> > > It was and is for each of us as Theosophical students, 
> > > and humanity as a whole, to earn whatever arises pursuant 
> > > to the law of karma, not to look forward to a future 
> > > teacher or saviour as Mr Schuller's and others' emphasis 
> > > may construe in the minds of many.
> > > 
> > > This perception of what Madame Blavatsky wrote can 
> > > lead to many unhelpful attitudes and practices 
> > > including the potential for a messianic craze such 
> > > as happened in the Adyar Theosophical Society.  
> > > 
> > > I suspect the same danger lurks to this day.
> > > 
> > > Regards
> > > Nigel
> > > 
> > > 
> > >
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