Theos-Talk Archives (August 2008 Message tt00161)

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ALTRUISM, THE ESSENCE OF THEOSOPHY

“He who does not practise altruism; he who is not prepared to share his last morsel with a weaker or poorer than himself; he who neglects to help his brother man, of whatever race, nation, or creed, whenever and wherever he meets suffering, and who turns a deaf ear to the cry of human misery; he who hears an innocent person slandered, whether a brother Theosophist  or not, and does not undertake his defence as he would undertake his own – is no Theosophist.” 

         Quoted by H. P. Blavatsky in Lucifer, November 1887








The power to know does not come from book-study nor from mere philosophy, but mostly from the actual practice of altruism in deed, word, and thought; for that practice purifies the covers of the soul and permits that light to shine down into the brain-mind. As the brain-mind is the receiver in the waking state, it has to be purified from sense-perception,  and the truest way to do this is by combining philosophy with the highest outward and  inward virtue.

H. P. Blavatsky, Conversations on Occultism

For real Theosophy IS ALTRUISM, and we cannot repeat it too often. It is brotherly love, mutual help, unswerving devotion to Truth. If once men do but realize that in these alone can true happiness be found, and never in wealth, possessions, or any selfish gratification, then the dark clouds will roll away, and a new humanity will be born upon earth. Then, the GOLDEN AGE will be there, indeed.

H.P. Blavatsky, Our Cycle and the Next


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M. Sufilight


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Point Loma Publications 
  To: theos-talk 
  Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 6:55 PM
  Subject: Theos-World Inner Group Teachings of HPB


  The complete printed edition of 'The Inner Group Teachings of H.P. Blavatsky, 1890-1891' compiled and annotated by H.J. Spierenburg with historical intro. by Daniel H. Caldwell and H.J.Spierenburg is available from Point Loma Publications, Inc. It can be found on the Wisdom Traditions - Point Loma Publications website and directly ordered there:

  http://wisdomtraditions.com/plpfiles/blavatsky.html


   

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