1900 Letter from Master K.H.
Dec 25, 1996 05:51 PM
by M K Ramadoss
I am re-posting the famous 1900 Letter from Master K.H. It appears that as
far as TS is concerned, it is relevant today as it was relevant in 1900.
Many here has seen this letter and those who have not seen it may find it
interesting.
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THE 1900 LETTER
A psychic and a pranayamist who has got confused by the
vagaries of the members. The T.S. and its members are slowly
manufacturing a creed. Says a Thibetan proverb "credulity
breeds credulity and ends in hypocrisy." How few are they who
can know anything about us. Are we to be propitiated and made
idols of. IS THE WORSHIP OF A NEW TRINITY MADE UP OF THE
BLESSED M., UPASIKA AND YOURSELF TO TAKE THE PLACE OF EXPLODED
CREEDS. WE ASK NOT FOR THE WORSHIP OF OURSELVES. THE DISCIPLE
SHOULD IN NO WAY BE FETTERED. BEWARE OF AN ESOTERIC POPERY. The
intense desire to see Upasika reincarnate at once has raised a
misleading Mayavic ideation. Upasika has useful work to do on
higher planes and cannot come again so soon. The T.S. must
safely be ushered into the new century. YOU HAVE FOR SOME TIME
BEEN UNDER DELUDING INFLUENCES. SHUN PRIDE, VANITY AND LOVE OF
POWER. BE NOT GUIDED BY EMOTION BUT LEARN TO STAND ALONE. BE
ACCURATE AND CRITICAL RATHER THAN CREDULOUS. THE MISTAKE OF THE
PAST IN THE OLD RELIGIONS MUST NOT BE GLOSSED OVER WITH
IMAGINARY EXPLANATIONS. THE E.S.T. MUST BE REFORMED SO AS TO BE
AS UNSECTARIAN AND CREEDLESS AS THE T.S. THE RULES MUST BE FEW
AND SIMPLE AND ACCEPTABLE TO ALL. No one has the right to claim
authority over a pupil or his conscience. Ask him not what he
believes. ALL WHO ARE SINCERE AND PURE MINDED MUST HAVE
ADMITTANCE. The crest wave of intellectual advancement must be
taken hold of and guided into spirituality. It cannot be forced
into beliefs and emotional worship. The essence of the higher
thoughts of the members in their collectivity must guide all
action in the T.S. and E.S. We never try to subject to
ourselves the will of another. At favourable times we let loose
elevating influences which strike various persons in various
ways. It is the collective aspect of many such thoughts that
can give the correct note of action. We show no favours. The
best corrective of error is an honest and open-minded
examination of all facts subjective and objective. MISLEADING
SECRECY HAS GIVEN THE DEATH BLOW TO NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS. The
cant about "Masters" must be silently but firmly put down. Let
the devotion and service be to that Supreme Spirit alone of
which one is a part. Namelessly and silently we work and the
continual references to ourselves and the repetition of our
names raises up a confused aura that hinders our work. YOU WILL
HAVE TO LEAVE A GOOD DEAL OF YOUR EMOTIONS AND CREDULITY BEFORE
YOU BECOME A SAFE GUIDE AMONG THE INFLUENCES THAT WILL COMMENCE
TO WORK IN THE NEW CYCLE. The T.S. was meant to be the corner-
stone of the future religions of humanity. To accomplish this
object those who lead must leave aside their weak predilections
for the forms and ceremonies of any particular creed and show
themselves to be true Theosophists both in inner thoughts and
outward observance. The greatest of your trials is yet to come.
We watch over you but you must put forth all your strength.
K.H.
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PS:
In 1900 a B. W. Mantri of India, wrote a letter to Annie
Besant, then in England, dated August 22. When A.B. opened it
she found on its back some lines in the well-known blue
pencilling of the MASTER K. H. In the volume published in 1919
by the Theosophical Publishing House of Adyar this letter and
the blue penciled lines are reproduced and are included in all
subsequent reprintings. (Letter 46, p.99. Letters from the
Masters of Wisdom, first series, 4th, 5th, 6th edition.) In the
1948 printing Mr. C. Jinarajadasa adds some historical comments
and includes also some letters newly found and never before
printed from K.H. to Laura Holloway. H.P.B., and Olcott.
The penciled lines from K.H. To Mrs. Besant in the 1900
letter, however, were never published in completeness, as
ellipses dots indicate, the editors omitting certain lines they
considered too private for public reading.
The following now is the complete Letter, earlier omissions
being indicated in bold letters. The earnest student will study
these omissions which in context reveal the Master's fuller and
clear advise. The time indeed may be propitious for their
disclosure. The first sentence evidently has reference to Mr.
B. K. Mantri.
--Ed.
[Excerpted from The Eclectic Theosophist, No. 101,
September/October 1987]
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