Theos-Talk Archives (February 1998 Message tl00243)

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> > A psychic and 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 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 be safely 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 mistakes of the past in the old religions must
> > not be glossed over with imaginary explanations.  The E.S.T. must
> > be reformed to 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 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 cornerstone 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.
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> > K.H.
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