Theos-Talk Archives (May 1996 Message tl00357)

At 09:51 PM 5/5/96 -0400, you wrote:

>Hi Eldon.
>I'm not anti the doctrine but the following extract from the Notebooks of=
> Paul Brunton rang with me when I first read it: Notebook Seven (Healing of=
> the Self/The Negatives)  ... In the heart's deepest place, where the burden=
> of ego is dropped and the mystery of soul is penetrated, a man finds the=
> consciousness there not different in any way from what all other men may=
> find. The mutuality of the human race is thus revealed as existing only on=
> a plane where its humaness is transcended. This is why all attempts to=
> express it in political and economic terms, no less than the theosophic=
> attempts to form a universal brotherhood, being premature, must also be=
> artificial. This is why they failed...
>The next one  (from Notebook 11) I also found incisive.
>...The term "universal brotherhood" is idealistic but vague, pleasant=
> sounding =96 but windy. An attempt to form a society whose main object was=
> to become the nucleus of a universal brotherhood was made by the=
> Theosophists, and by less known cults. Moreover, they added constant talk=
> about "the  service of humanity" to their other prattle. Not only did all=
> such groups end in failure to actualize their ideal and in inability to=
> influence the remainder of mankind, but most ended in bitter disputes,=
> harsh quarrels, and internal fission. There are several different factors=
> behind such failures. The two which concern us here are first, lack of any=
> practical workable method  to implement the ideal, and second, belief in=
> the delusion that a group can do better what only an individual can do for=
> himself. This is where philosophy shows its superiority. In reference to=
> the first of these two factors, it teaches us exactly what we can do with=
> our bodies, our feelings, our thoughts, and our intuitions to bridge the=
> wide gap between ideals and their actualization. In reference to the second=
> factor, it proves that to practise individualism, self-reliance, is=
> essential to real progress.....
>Kind Regards
>Darrin
>Blavatsky Lodge, Sydney Australia
>
>Hi Darrin: I think Paul Brunton's work is far superior to most in the field
and infinitely superior to all post-Blavatskian Theosophical Writers That's
a marvelous quote.

alexis d.
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