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Re: Theos-World Keeping the Link Unbroken

Dec 01, 2008 03:50 PM
by Martin


Exactly, but it is there! What is time?

--- On Tue, 12/2/08, christinaleestemaker <christinaleestemaker@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: christinaleestemaker <christinaleestemaker@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Theos-World Keeping the Link Unbroken
To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 12:43 AM










    
            Fifth round is far away from the fifth rootrace!!!



--- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, Martin <Mvandertak@ ...> wrote:

>

> True, let's face the 5th rootrace for what it is for now, so we can 

get rid of this illusion Pralaya...

> 

> --- On Mon, 12/1/08, christinaleestemake r 

<christinaleestemak er@...> wrote:

> From: christinaleestemake r <christinaleestemak er@...>

> Subject: Re: Theos-World Keeping the Link Unbroken

> To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com

> Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 4:02 PM

> 

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>             When the whole world should be ready for that???

> 

> As Mahatma's wrote the struggle will even go on into the fifth 

round.

> 

> But we need to give eye-openers again, again and again, so that 

more 

> 

> and more people will understand and see the difference.

> 

> That is why (till now) there has been given enough literature to 

make 

> 

> that happen.

> 

> Christina

> 

> 

> 

> --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, Erica Letzerich 

<eletzerich@ ...> 

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> wrote:

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> >

> 

> > KEEPING THE LINKUNBROKEN

> 

> > Erica L. Georgiades

> 

> > [Lecture delivered at the Theosophical Society in Greece - Lodge 

> 

> Hypatia.]

> 

> > 

> 

> > Memories written on pages of the past bring us images able to 

touch 

> 

> us so deep that many times our eyes are filled with tears. This is 

> 

> what happened to me when I read an issue of The Theosophist, 

> 

> containing articles describing the passing away of H.P.B., and the 

> 

> honor paid to her by some theosophists. H.P.B. is undoubtedly the 

> 

> mother of the Theosophical movement and was a remarkable woman.

> 

> > 

> 

> > After H.P.B. passed away a great interrogation point was left. 

> 

> Where are the Mahatmas, who really were them? Why they did not 

> 

> contacted any theosophist after she passed away. Was the 1900's 

> 

> letter original or not? Such questions remain without answers until 

> 

> today and probably will remain for centuries to come. The option 

left 

> 

> to many theosophists was so to embrace through faith, through 

study, 

> 

> through fidelity to H.P.B., the existence of the Mahatmas. And so 

was 

> 

> done. But there is something more important than to prove the 

> 

> existence of the Mahatmas and know who they really were or are, 

more 

> 

> important than any phenomena that impressed early theosophists, and 

> 

> this is the Theosophical cause for which H.P.B. and many other  

> 

> theosophists lived and died for. It is on this cause we must 

focus.  

> 

> > 

> 

> > Looking back at the 19th century we see early theosophical 

> 

> writings, presenting a large base for study and reflection. 

> 

> Syncretism, ecumenism, and a great effort to comprehend the occult 

> 

> the unexplained is extensively found in the theosophical writings. 

We 

> 

> also see the great neo-platonic spirit revived with the foundation 

of 

> 

> the Theosophical Society. In the very writings of H.P.B., we see 

how 

> 

> gradually she changes her approach and style, from the publication 

of 

> 

> Isis Unveiled to the publication of the Secret Doctrine we see a 

> 

> great turn into theosophical teachings, which with the latter is 

> 

> presented in the form of a system.   We also see comparative 

studies 

> 

> as a basic theosophical approach. To try to gather the pearls of 

> 

> wisdom from different

> 

> > philosophical, religious traditions and to present it to the 

> 

> public, showing them there is no reason for religious fanaticism. 

> 

> Showing that Truth is but one though dressed with different 

garments, 

> 

> throughout different ancient world cultures religious and 

> 

> philosophical traditions.  Not minimizing the importance and 

> 

> relevance of every religion, but pointing out the importance of 

their 

> 

> preservation and deeper understanding by their followers. The T.S. 

> 

> raised its voice against religion oppression and fanaticism, 

against 

> 

> blind superstition and fears resulted from the misinterpretation of 

> 

> scriptures and promoted by the clergy of different religions. 

> 

> > 

> 

> > The T.S. entered the arena in the 19th century; offering equal 

> 

> rights, for men and women. Accepting members of any religious and 

> 

> philosophical background any culture, any country. Showing to the 

> 

> Western world; the greatness of the Eastern religious and 

> 

> philosophical teachings. Early theosophists were on the vanguard of 

> 

> their society and in fact many centuries ahead the 19th century.  

Now 

> 

> in the 21st century are we theosophists ahead? Are we theosophists 

> 

> managing to go on with their great work started in the 19th 

century? 

> 

> My reply to that is no. One of the reasons for that is the 

> 

> theosophical conservatism, which appeared sometime after one of the 

> 

> last greatest leaders of the T.S. passed away, Annie Besant.

> 

> > 

> 

> > In the booklet written by Michael Gomes The Dawning of the 

> 

> Theosophical Movement, we see there was nothing as conservatism 

> 

> between the pioneers of the Theosophical Movement. They would do 

> 

> things; that still today one most probably would feel reluctant of 

> 

> even thinking to do. We are in the 21st century, the bravery the 

> 

> courage, the challenges the pioneers of the Theosophical Movement 

> 

> presented for the society of the 19th century, remains so long as 

> 

> memories for us. It seems we did not learn the great lessons the 

> 

> pioneers of the Theosophical Movement left for us. We are 

comfortable 

> 

> closed on our lodges and Sections, having discussions within our 

own 

> 

> group of people who presents no challenges. Many others are just 

> 

> embracing the so called "New Age" practices and adding it in their 

> 

> activities, from the "Awakening of the Inner Child", to courses on 

> 

> "Hatha Yoga". Today in some Sections of the T.S. one can find 

> 

> everything provided by any third

> 

> >  category new age center. And in these Sections somehow our great 

> 

> objects seem to be resting for while at Hypnos Cave.

> 

> > 

> 

> > The world more than ever needs the healing influence of the 

> 

> Theosophical Spirit. Thepromotion of our three objects is a must in 

> 

> the 21st century. Since

> 

> > the dawn of the new millennium we see materialism growing as weed 

> 

> on wild fields. Violence and poverty increases every day followed 

by 

> 

> religious

> 

> > fanaticism. Even mediumism which H.P.B. fought so much against is 

a 

> 

> much stronger phenomenon nowadays than it was in the 19th century. 

> 

> > Can't you hear the silent cry of humanity springing out of this 

> 

> chaos? If you stop for while, in silence and center your attention 

in 

> 

> your heart, I am sure you will be able to perceive that. You will 

see 

> 

> we theosophists have a great workto do, and time has no mercy upon 

> 

> us. Let not arrive a day when future

> 

> > generations will look behind and seeing what we have done, will 

> 

> say: why, why they did not try harder. Let's try to offer the best 

we 

> 

> can now. Let's not fear the judgment of the weak, and the criticism 

> 

> of the full. Let not conventionalities be a barrier for the work 

and 

> 

> care not of what people has to say about you or what you do.  We 

all 

> 

> carry potentially within us the power the dreams the hopes of our 

> 

> theosophist' s ancestors. We may not be linked to them by blood 

line, 

> 

> but we are connected to them by a much stronger link the 

theosophical 

> 

> link. 

> 

> > 

> 

> > Once talking about the theosophical link which between other 

things 

> 

> is also the link of responsibility, duty and strength we are 

passing 

> 

> on from our theosophical ancestors it's suitable to remind a 

register 

> 

> made by Isabel C. Oakley describing what Blavatsky cried out few 

days 

> 

> before passing away:  "?keep the link unbroken; don't let my last 

> 

> incarnation become a failure".  Here we may ask why would Blavatsky 

> 

> utter these words? Her work wasn't a failure. Her books, especially 

> 

> the Secret Doctrine will remain for many as a source of inspiration 

> 

> and study for centuries to come. So what were the link and the 

> 

> failure H.P.B. was talking about? What is the nature of this link 

my 

> 

> friends? When we comprehend deeply the nature of the Theosophical 

> 

> Spirit we will be able to comprehend what is the nature of this 

Link 

> 

> and we will be able to see where lays the danger of failure.  It is 

> 

> clear the Theosophical Society and the work of H.P.B. was not 

> 

> directed to

> 

> >  few. Both her work and the Theosophical Society are dedicated to 

> 

> the spiritual awakening of

> 

> > Humanity. In order to comprehend what is this Great Theosophical 

> 

> Spirit it's not possible to ignore the literal meaning of the word 

> 

> THEOSOPHY. Divine Wisdom or Brahma Vidya is the literal definition 

of 

> 

> the Hellenic word Theosophy. Here we may ask my friends, can Divine 

> 

> Wisdom be taught?

> 

> > Theoretically we can teach that there is such a thing as 

Theosophy 

> 

> (DivineWisdom) but the realization and learning of real Theosophy 

> 

> comes essentially

> 

> > from within. Only those who are able to penetrate the depths of 

> 

> their soul, to perambulate in the labyrinths of the self, are those 

> 

> who will be able to learn THEOSOPHY. 

> 

> > 

> 

> > H.P.B. request to "keep the Link Unbroken" was not directed to 

the 

> 

> Theosophical Society itself. It was a request to every individual 

who 

> 

> truly aspires to become a theosophos. This is an ancient link which 

> 

> unities beings of all eras. Individuals able to sacrifice 

themselves 

> 

> for the well being of others; individuals who have realized 

THEOSOPHY 

> 

> from within. While we have theosophists between us who are able to 

do 

> 

> so, the link will be always kept unbroken. This Link my friends can 

> 

> be cultivated only from within can be kept alive only from within; 

> 

> its nature is essentially esoteric. One may adore

> 

> > H.P.B., may study only her writings, may promote only her 

> 

> teachings. He still won't be a theosophos, and will not be keeping 

> 

> the link unbroken.   Instead will be disseminating dogmatism and 

> 

> won't be any different from a fanatical religious follower. H.P.B. 

> 

> herself expressed a great syncretism and ecumenical spirit in all 

her 

> 

> writings. In fact this spirit was the very first great lesson she 

> 

> left to her students. This  does not mean one should not study her 

> 

> writings. In fact I think a greater effort into studying the Secret 

> 

> Doctrine should be made.  For in this work several keys are given 

for 

> 

> the

> 

> > eternal aspirants for the truth.

> 

> > 

> 

> > In an articleentitled "What Can We Do For Our Fellow-men" H.P.B. 

> 

> stated the following: "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. " Altruism is the second great lesson H.P.B. taught 

and 

> 

> in the Golden Stairswe find many relevant points that lead us into 

> 

> theTheosophical Spirit:

> 

> > 

> 

> > "a clean life, an open mind, a pure heart, an eager intellect, an 

> 

> unveiled spiritual perception,  a brotherliness for all, a 

readiness 

> 

> to give and receive advice and instruction, a courageous endurance 

of 

> 

> personal injustice, a brave declaration of principles, a valiant 

> 

> defense of those who are unjustly attacked, and a constant eye to 

the 

> 

> ideal of human progression and perfection which theSacred Science 

> 

> depicts these are the golden stairs up the

> 

> > steps of which the learner may climb to the Temple of Divine 

> 

> Wisdom." 

> 

> > 

> 

> > The Temple of "Divine Wisdom" is the "Temple of Theosophy". It is 

> 

> there, where we meet the Great Theosophical Spirit. It's only those 

> 

> who are truly treading the "Golden Stairs" which leads to the 

"Temple 

> 

> of Theosophy" who are real Theosophos. It's on their hands the 

> 

> responsibility to carry on the work which H.P.B. gave continuity 

(for 

> 

> others came before her) and so many others after her.  It's only 

them 

> 

> who are able to "Keep the Link Unbroken". Because their lives are 

> 

> deeply and truly dedicated to the goodness of all. They are in fact 

> 

> future Bodhisattvas. Every person known or unknown, who deeply and 

> 

> truly made an inner commitment to thread this path, becomes the 

> 

> thread in the needle of the "Teacher" and is keeping the link 

> 

> unbroken. Have no doubts my friends, the link has been kept 

unbroken 

> 

> by known and unknown theosophists. And will be kept for centuriesto 

> 

> come. 

> 

> > 

> 

> > Still many theosophists who do not belong to Adyar (some do 

belong) 

> 

> say our Theosophical Society is a failure. They say the link was 

> 

> broken using the famous letter written by H.P.B. "Why I do not 

return 

> 

> to Adyar" to support their arguments. Many say the Theosophical 

> 

> Society is for long dead. If it was so why she would request a link 

> 

> that no long existed at the time to be kept unbroken? It was my 

> 

> friends because in fact this link was never broken. Thousand times 

I 

> 

> have heard from beloved friends such argument. Thousand times I've 

> 

> heard they say "why don't you do something else, why you waste your 

> 

> time and energy with the Theosophical Society Adyar? They failed. 

> 

> During the very time H.P.B. was stillalive they proved to be a 

> 

> failure."  For

> 

> > thisthousand times I reply and will reply to them, the 

Theosophical 

> 

> Society Adyar did not fail. The Theosophical Society is keeping on 

> 

> its work and will keep on its work for centuries to come. The 

> 

> Theosophical Society Adyar is THE major gateway for many to learn 

> 

> there is such a thing as THEOSOPHY. 

> 

> > Some also say that the Theosophical message is out there. People 

no 

> 

> longer need to be a member of the Theosophical Society to access 

it. 

> 

> This is of course an obvious fact. The Theosophical message was 

> 

> always out there. It was never property of any organization and 

never 

> 

> will be. The Theosophical message was out there throughout ages and 

> 

> much before the incarnation of the person we know as H.P.B. took 

> 

> place. The Theosophical message in fact is not a body of teachings, 

> 

> is not a specific system, cannot be classified, filed, dissected, 

and 

> 

> taught. The Theosophical message is within the heart of every REAL 

> 

> truth seeker. The Theosophical Society was not founded with the 

> 

> pretention to be the only place where one can find THEOSOPHY. On 

the 

> 

> contrary the Theosophical Society was founded to point out there is 

> 

> something like THEOSOPHYand to promote the Great Theosophical 

Spirit. 

> 

> > 

> 

> > The Theosophical Spirit between other things brings on its wings 

an 

> 

> understanding that we are family, and as so we must see each member 

> 

> of our Society truly as a brothers and sisters. All of us are 

subject 

> 

> to commit mistakes, errors.  Understanding this we must be able to 

> 

> forgive. We must comprehend that our Society will face up and 

downs, 

> 

> periods of conflicts, disharmony and harmony. From difficult 

moments, 

> 

> we learn the greatest lessons. We must not hold for any brother and 

> 

> sister negative feelings, we must not isolate any member of our 

> 

> family because his/heractions are not in accordance with what we 

> 

> think to be right or wrong.  

> 

> > 

> 

> > We must not allow our dedication to the Theosophical cause to be 

> 

> shaken. Life is made of good and bad moments. We must keep focused 

> 

> on  strengthening the work of our lodges, groups, sections etc. And 

> 

> most important of all we must cultivate our inner life. Without a 

> 

> truly active inner life, there is no esotericism, there is no 

> 

> interiorization, there will be only empty intellect decorated by 

> 

> beautiful words and fancy talking. Only those who have an active 

> 

> inner life and slowly come to know the truth of meditation are able 

> 

> to become the thread in the needle of the "Teacher". It's this 

thread 

> 

> that keeps the Link Unbroken. 

> 

> > 

> 

> > We know each person practices what feels inclined to. But when 

> 

> someone wants deeply something and applies a great will towards the 

> 

> aspired aim,  there is nothing in this world that can stop one 

> 

> achieving it. Especially when this will is driven by an altruistic 

> 

> urge to help humanity. In our case we are united to try to serve 

> 

> humanity through our Society. Let's not ever forget the major aim 

of 

> 

> our work, to help humanity the Great Orphan, and let's not forget 

> 

> also the great truth which follows it: when doing so in fact we are 

> 

> helping our own selves.

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