Theos-Talk Archives (November 2012 Message tt00087)

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Thank you kindly Dr N C Ramanujachary.
I feel your passion for this subject.  Thank you kindly for sharing.

Initiation,  to the properly prepared is an excellent experience of home coming.
As the sanctuaries of the inner self reach out to each to others, does the human soul yearn to once more dwell its own peace and harmony.

Since the fall of Adam has mankind longed to return to the feelings of bliss in Eden.
Presently bound by logic and reason does the soul of sentient beings traverse this delusion of duality in search of truth, of lost unity.

Who could or should condemn any attempt to enable the willing student to learn?


A Masonic initiation is no different to any other formal introduction to a group of likeminded people.
Itâs not the act or the words.  Itâs what is going on in the heart and mind of an initiate.

Is this world, or these lives we live so pointless?
Is there emotional magic in the engagement of the true scope of the human mind.
Does this universe exist as an symphony of unimaginable intelligent forces, endlessly creating this eternal now?


We must choose   ââââââââ.    Initiation is one of many bold steps of choice.


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From: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:theos-talk@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ramanujachary nallanchakravarti
Sent: 23 November 2012 3:57 AM
To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: theos-talk Initiation



The matter of Initiation discussed here is not something connected with 'fees'  'certification' and advancement thro' commercial agencies.

Literature is for Portrayal of Philosophic Ideas.

Dr N C Ramanujachary(Srivirinchi)

Besant Gardens, The Theosophical Society, Adyar, Chennai 600 020

Phone: 044/24913584, Mobile: 9444963584

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well.

&nbsp;&nbsp; The question that ar ises about that is how many people have seen the fee schedule that iterates the fee c harged for each and every degree level of advancement 1 thru 33 plus the additional enhanced degree's? Each has a certific and badge fee

&nbsp;and can add up to quite&nbsp; bit.&nbsp;I have seen at least one fee schedule years ago. You have no advancement until the fee's are paid.

Regards John

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Subject: Re: theos-talk Initiation

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I tend to agree on your view there MKR.

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Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 3:54 PM

Subject: Re: theos-talk Initiation

Talk about initiation and all the occult matters in theosophical circles

seem to have put a lot of misconceptions in the minds of many inquirers in

the public.It also seem to have relegated the principal object of

Brotherhood. The amount of misconception that is there reminds me of an

inquirer contacting a masonic organization asking how much it would cost to

get a diploma of an Adept.

MKR

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Ramanujachary &lt; srivirinchi@PprXOLfVj6cdkWASHTL5spy984pGLStMrd68cEQ_drnlXrBq8KLVs5En17lS7oFKJO0JpmymO-zun5Mo.yahoo.invalid<mailto:srivirinchi%40rediff.com> &gt;wrote:

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&gt;

&gt;

&gt; Initiation

&gt;

&gt; `Initiation', the term, has a wider and immense meaning than that could be

&gt; conveniently and verbally communicated. It is easy to say that the word is

&gt; derived from the Latin term `initiatio' (= admission to the mysteries).

&gt; Bernard Jones describes it as `the reception accorded to the candidate at

&gt; the moment of entering the Lodge, must be much the same as that which all

&gt; candidates, not necessarily Masonic, have met anytime through thousands of

&gt; years.'

&gt; Madame Blavatsky explaining the term `Initiate' says, `It should be stated

&gt; at the outset that there is a great difference between the verbal and

&gt; substantive form of the word. A professor initiates his student into the

&gt; first elements of some science, a science in which that student can become

&gt; an adept, in other words versed in his specialty. On the contrary, an adept

&gt; in occultism is at first instructed in religious mysteries, after which, if

&gt; he does not fail during the terrible initiatory trials, he becomes as

&gt; INITIATE (=initiated into the Greater Mysteries). She also says this term

&gt; is synonymous with `Hierophant'(=he who explains the Greater Mysteries),

&gt; and continues, `Masons, with more respect for the dead letter which kills,

&gt; than for the spirit which quickens, have applied the term `Initiate' to all

&gt; their neophytes or candidates in all degrees of Masonry, the highest as

&gt; well as the lowest.'

&gt; She reminds the Masonic Gentlemen that `as far as esoteric Masonry is

&gt; concerned, nearly all its secrets have disappeared since Elias Ashmole and

&gt; his immediate successors. The destruction of the secrets was further

&gt; explained thus: `(it) was the result of a shameful pact between certain

&gt; Masons and the Church. An aged "brother," a great Kabbalist, has just died

&gt; here, whose grandfather, a renowned Mason, was an intimate friend of Count

&gt; de Saint-Germain, when the latter was sent, it is said, by Louis xv, to

&gt; England, in 1760, to negotiate peace between the two countries. The Count

&gt; de Saint-Germain left in the hands of this Mason certain documents relating

&gt; to the history of Masonry, and containing the key to more than one

&gt; misunderstood mystery. He did so on the condition that these documents

&gt; would become the secret heritage of all those descendants of the Kabbalists

&gt; who became masons. These papers, however, were of value to but two Masons:

&gt; the father and the son who has just died, and they will be of no use to

&gt; anyone else in Europe. Before his death, the precious documents were left

&gt; with an Oriental (a Hindu) who was commissioned to transmit them to a

&gt; certain person who would come to Amritsar, City of Immortality, to claim

&gt; them. It is also told, confidentially, that the famous founder of the Lodge

&gt; of Trinisophists, J M Ragon, was also initiated into many secrets by an

&gt; Oriental, in Belgium, and some say that he knew Saint-Germain in his youth.

&gt; This might perhaps explain why the author of the Tuileur general de la

&gt; Franc-Maconnerie, or Manual de l'Initie, affirmed that Elias Ashmole was

&gt; the real founder of modern Masonry. No one knew better than Ragon the

&gt; extent of loss of Masonic secrets, as he himself says: It is of the very

&gt; essence and nature of the Mason to seek light wherever he thinks he can

&gt; find it. In the meanwhile, they give the Masons the glorious title of

&gt; children of light, and they leave them enveloped in darkness.'

&gt; The terminology established in the Theosophical society, according to

&gt; Madame Blavatsky, is the correct one, because in every case these terms are

&gt; a faithful translation of their Sanskrit equivalents, almost as old as the

&gt; latest human race. `The truthful words of Ragon run thus: Initiation had

&gt; its cradle in India. It has preceded the civilizations of Asia and Greece,

&gt; and in refining the mind and the customs of people, it has furnished the

&gt; basis for all civil, political, and religious laws.' `The word Initiate is

&gt; the same as dwija, the twice born Brahmana. It means that initiation was

&gt; considered a birth into a new life.'

&gt; Initiation is a term akin to that in Sanskrit `Akshara-Abhyasa'. Akshara

&gt; is the word or thing that never diminishes or vanishes. It is the

&gt; `ineffable name', meaning `too great for words'. Abhyasa is `constant

&gt; practice' (incessant and undisturbed). The Initiation is the first step

&gt; which leads one to the last step invariably, if only the practitioner

&gt; (neophyte) is earnest and sincere in his search. A beginning is made and

&gt; the quest or journey to find out the genuine secrets is a continuous job

&gt; till it is achieved or accomplished. As Bharthari, the Sanskrit poet of

&gt; 16th century says, many do not make a beginning at all, some though

&gt; seemingly earnest in the beginning drop the effort in the middle - having

&gt; received certain peripheral rewards, and only a few carry the quest to the

&gt; meaningful end. He called the few `the real and strong'.

&gt; The neophyte is placed in the north-east corner as the foundation stone of

&gt; the building, and he grows rich in his knowledge and wisdom that he

&gt; eventually becomes the strong pillar. The Entered-Apprentices song has the

&gt; following stanzas:

&gt; Antiquity's pride/ we have on our side/ and it maketh Men just in their

&gt; station; /There's naught but what's good/ To be understood/ By a Free and

&gt; Accepted Mason.

&gt; Then join hand in hand, /Teach other firm stand,/ Let's be merry, and put

&gt; a bright Face on;/ what mortal can boast/ so noble a Toast,/As a Free and

&gt; an accepted Mason.

&gt; Secrets are so sacred that they are not amenable for communication. A

&gt; Mason is given only the `substituted secrets', and he has to arrive at the

&gt; genuine ones on his own. Secrets are veiled in symbols, glyphs and words.

&gt; It should not be difficult for a dedicated student who practices the three

&gt; dominating principles viz.; Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth to unravel

&gt; them. Proper preparedness at each stage of Learning is the key. Initiation

&gt; is the beginning as well as the consummation of the knowledge Divine.

&gt;

&gt; Dr N C Ramanujachary

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