Theos-Talk Archives (June 2012 Message tt00033)

Dr Ramanujachary, I thank you for your series of posts, "An Approach to Understand Theosophy." I found them concise yet full of meaning for me. Are these an introduction to a larger body of work, like a book, or are they meant to stand alone?

Don

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> ommenting on the four principles that constitute 'the
> Links of Golden Chain' which should bind humanity into one family, one
> Universal Brotherhood viz. universal unity and causation, Human solidarity, the
> Law of Karma and Reincarnation, Madame Blavatsky has the following to say:
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> the present state of society, especially in so-called countries, we are
> continually brought face to face with the fact that large numbers of people are
> suffering from misery, poverty and disease. Their physical condition is
> wretched, and their mental and spiritual faculties are almost dormant. On the
> other hand, many persons at the opposite end of the social scale are leading
> lives of careless indifference, material luxury, and selfish indulgence. Neither of these forms of existence is mere
> chance. Both are the effects of the
> conditions which surround those who are subject to them, and the neglect of
> social duty on the one side is most closely connected with the stunted and
> arrested development on the other. In sociology, as in all branches of true
> science, the law of universal causation holds good. But this causation
> necessarily implies, as its logical outcome, that human solidarity on which
> Theosophy so strongly insists. If the action of one reacts on the lives of all,
> and this is the true scientific idea, then it is only by all men becoming
> brothers and all women sisters, and by all practicing in their daily lives true
> brotherhood and true sisterhood, that the real human solidarity, which lies at
> the root of the elevation of the race, can ever be attained. It is this action
> and interaction, this true brotherhood and sisterhood, in which each shall live
> for all and all for each, which is one of the fundamental Theosophical
> principles that every Theosophist should be bound, not only to teach, but to
> carry out in his or her individual life.
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> What Madame Blavatsky said a hundred and more years
> back is still the prevailing human situation. Yet there is a definite
> appreciation of the fact that Social justice has to be reestablished, that the
> eternal verities of Life, the laws of Nature are not to be sidelined or
> neglected. That these should guide and mould the human conduct and behavior is
> widely accepted. Yet, this realization is to go deep into the human
> consciousness. Statements as illustrated hereunder mark the attitude of a
> theosophical life:
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> giving to others more than to oneself
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> Personal exertion
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> welfare of those who suffer, personal sympathy,
> forethought and assistance in their troubles and needs -- are the theosophical
> ideas of charity.
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> Madame Blavatsky affirms that 'the work for humanity'
> which is the original program of the Society shall be carried out through out
> the ages to come, and few individuals shall always be available to get trained
> in this direction. In her own words, 'the main, fundamental object of the
> society is to sow germs in the hearts of men and women which may, in time
> sprout, and under more propitious circumstances lead to a healthy reform,
> conducive of mere happiness to the masses than they have hitherto enjoyed.' 
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> "Earth will be a heaven in the twenty-first
> century in comparison with what it is now," was the aspiration
> expressed by her in the last decade of the nineteenth century. It is for each
> one of us to see and make this a 'fact'
> rather than 'a mere ideal or a set goal.' Needless to say, the right understanding,
> both verbal and practical, of Theosophy
> alone will make this happen. Here lies our responsibility as members of this
> noble organization. Let us rededicate ourselves to live up to that aspiration
> without waiting for an external stimulation. It is only the Inner Urge, the Antar-Spurti that works this
> wonder. ## (End of the Series)
>  Dr N C Ramanujachary
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> Literature is for Portrayal of Philosophic Ideas.
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> Dr N C Ramanujachary(Srivirinchi)
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