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The Aquarian Theosophist
Volume V, No. 1 November 17, 2004

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Cycles in Eternity
QUESTION: — (2) Taking the middle
of a period of activity between two
pralayas, i.e., of a manvantara —
what I understand to happen is this. K HARMONY K
Atoms are polarized in the highest “...harmony can never become harm-
region of spiritual efflux from behind
ful, and it cannot be abused.”
the veil of primitive cosmic matter.
H. P. Blavatsky, “What Is Theosophy”
The magnetic impulse which has
accomplished this result flits from “Life itself has speech and is never
one mineral form to another within
the first sphere till having run the
silent. And its utterance is not, as you that
round of existence in that kingdom of are deaf may suppose, a cry: it is a song.
the first sphere it descends in a Learn from it that you are part of the har-
current of attraction to the second mony; learn from it to obey the laws of the
sphere. harmony.”
— Light On The Path
ANSWER: — (2) Polarize themselves during Items from Summing Up section, Vol. I of The Secret Doctrine
the process of motion and propelled by the There is but one indivisible and ab-
irresistible Force at work. In Cosmogony solute Omniscience and Intelligence in the
and the work of nature the positive and the Universe, and this thrills throughout every
negative or the active and passive forces atom and infinitesimal point of the whole
correspond to the male and female finite Kosmos. (p. 277)
principles. Your “spiritual efflux” comes
not from “behind the veil” but is the male The whole order of nature evinces a
seed falling into the veil of cosmic matter. progressive march towards a higher life.
The active is attracted by the passive There is design in the action of the seem-
principle and the Great Nag, the serpent ingly blindest forces. …What is called
emblem of the eternity, attracts its tail to its “unconscious Nature” is in reality an
mouth forming thereby a circle (cycles in aggregate of forces manipulated by
the eternity) in that incessant pursuit of the
negative by the positive. Hence the emblem T ABLE OF C ONTENTS
of the lingam, the phallus and the kteis. The Cycles in Eternity 1
one and chief attribute of the universal Harmony 1
spiritual principle — the unconscious but The Global Village 5
ever active life-giver — is to expand and The Coffee Klatch 9
shed; that of the universal material principle Correspondence 12
to gather in and fecundate. Unconscious As a Man Thinketh — III 15
Damadar on Madame Blavatsky 18
and non-existing when separated, they
The One Element 22
become consciousness and life when Is History Repeating Itself? 22
brought together. (ML-13) WQJ on Masters of Wisdom 23
Intro to Study of Isis Unveiled 24
The Test of the Three Cups 27
Free Will and Fate 27
The Torch-Bearers 28
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semi-intelligent beings (Elementals)
guided by High Planetary Spirits, (Dhyan
Chohans), whose collective aggregate
forms the manifested verbum of the un-
The Intelligence Of Harmony2
manifested LOGOS, and constitutes at one Karen Douglas
and the same time the MIND of the Uni-
verse and its immutable LAW. (277-78) It has become my firm belief that the
significance of the crop circle mystery
Real Kosmos is like the object lies within our experience of them and
placed behind the white screen upon which our interaction with them, more spe-
are thrown the Chinese shadows, called cifically, our ability to become sensitive
forth by the magic lantern. The actual enough to that process that we might,
in turn, make some valid interpretation
figures and things remain invisible, while
of them.
the wires of evolution are pulled by the
unseen hands… (278) I am also becoming increasingly
aware that, perhaps, the only instruments
The whole Kosmos is guided, con- that might be truly valid in this search for
trolled, and animated by almost endless significance might be our own five senses.
series of Hierarchies of sentient Beings, Plus maybe one other, which we currently
each having a mission to perform… (p. 274) know little of, but one which the crop circles
could (by their very nature) be seen to be
“Man can neither propitiate nor particularly designed to evoke.3
command the Devas,” it is said. But, by
What is happening inside the crop formations?
paralyzing his lower personality, and arriv-
Crop circles have been occurring in
ing thereby at the full knowledge of the
large numbers since the late 1970s and in
non-separateness of his higher SELF from
that time we have taken just about every
the One absolute SELF, man can, even measuring instrument known to man inside
during his terrestrial life, become as “One them to see if we can discover how they are
of Us.” (p. 276) made and where they might originate from.
Thus it is, by eating of the fruit of We have used electrostatic volt-meters, gei-
ger counters, magnetometers and a plethora
knowledge which dispels ignorance, that
of other less than conventional equipment,
man becomes like one of the Elohim or the
including metal detectors! But, at the begin-
Dhyanis; and once on their plane the Spirit ning of the 21st Century, for all our measur-
of Solidarity and perfect Harmony,1 which ing, we still have very little clue as to what
reigns in every Hierarchy, must extend might be occurring.
over him and protect him in every particu-
lar. (p. 276) Out of all that has been tried there is
one instrument which has proved reliable in
The chief difficulty which prevents providing solid data; the simple and humble
men of science from believing in divine as
well as in nature Spirits is their material- 2
This article is being used by permission. If you
ism…. It is on the acceptance or rejection have access to the internet, go to
of the theory of the Unity of all in Nature, http://www.temporarytemples.co.uk/default-
artcl.html There you will find a slide show of 40
in its ultimate Essence, that mainly rests among the hundreds of crop circles that have been
the belief or unbelief in the existence recorded. It is an eloquent testimony to the
“intelligence of harmony”!
around us of other conscious beings be- 3
A theosophist would probably say Intuition is
sides the Spirits of the Dead. (p. 276) evoked, or, if we remember that the human body
is a vast piano chorded with a double set of
strings: silver in one mode — catgut in another,
1
All underlining has been added. then the article becomes self-explanatory.
measuring tape. The amount of information ancient stone circles (i.e.. sacred
about the size, dimensions, and proportions places/spaces).
of crop circles that has been accumulated
with this device is enormous. This modest I have commented extensively about
apparatus has one major advantage over all geometry, looking at the underlying nature
its contemporaries in that it can not only of number in all things and the direct rela-
provide us with material about construction tionship between number, shape, vibration
and design, but also, more importantly, it and sound. I looked at the science of Cy-
can present us with a wealth of information matics (the science that links vibration, fre-
about the possible meaning of these enig- quency, shape and sound) and came to the
matic shapes. realisation that it was possible that the crop
circles could have a direct vibrational effect
There is, however, another instrument on the human being. It was, therefore, the
of sorts that is extremely sensitive to the shapes of the crop circles themselves, their
crop circles and has registered thousands of sizes, proportions and harmonies that could
effects over the years. That instrument is be in some way responsible for the experi-
the human being itself. How many times ences reported within them.
have we all heard the stories of people’s
Understanding the experience
experiences and impressions of the crop
I feel that to understand the nature of
circles they have visited? In fact, there was
the experiences which the crop circles evoke
an entire day conference devoted to the very
is to understand their significance for us.
subject last summer. Whilst it is obvious on
This understanding would perhaps also shed
one level that our experience of the crop
light on the importance of the entire phe-
circles is a very important one to us, on an-
nomenon. I also feel that if I can understand
other level there is part of us which needs
the process by which this happens, I might
the rational physical explanation of those
be able to understand the reason for the in-
experiences and of the crop circles them-
teraction. In other words, why do we feel so
selves.
compelled by this subject? If I am saying
A change of mind that crop circle shapes, by the nature of their
I decided a couple of years ago that I design, mathematics, geometry and therefore
would let that go for a while. My experi- their vibration, can directly influence the
ence within the crop circles and their land- human being, I guess what I really need to
scapes has been the very thing that has kept know now is, how does this happen?
me enthused by this phenomenon for so
Emotional engagement
long. It was also this kind of direct experi-
There is yet another important relation
ence of a crop circle that stirred me so much
of this family; music. Music is a combina-
many years ago and first inspired me to be-
tion of tones and sounds that can also be
come involved on a deeper level with this
numbers and shapes. They are all part of the
subject
same family group. Music evokes complex
But, over those years, I have fre- emotional responses from the human being,
quently found myself back at the same it can literally take us from the depth of de-
point; what is it about the circles, what is it spair to the heights of ecstasy, it can be a
that enables this to happen, that evokes these beautiful, mystical, and sometimes spiritual
kinds of feelings within us? I think it was experience. The interaction between music
this line of thought that finally got me to the and the listener is an involved one, whereby
point of beginning to see crop circles as sa- the listener becomes empathetic to the
cred spaces, or more specifically it was this sounds he is hearing. It seems music has a
feeling that evoked the ‘temporary temples’ way of transmitting itself into the emotional
analogy. I saw my experience of them as part of the listener. And whilst music can be
parallel to those of temples, cathedrals and an intellectual pursuit on many levels,
ie., the technicality of the player or com- underestimated. Alone, the notes are but
poser, its value lies very much in its ability notes, however, when woven together skill-
to inspire us or convey to us something of fully and with feeling, they create harmoni-
the emotions or thoughts of the composer. ous relationships, which appeal directly to
In this way, the talent of the composer lies in the emotions. It is the difference between
his ability to be able to translate his feelings listening to random notes being played, and
with some accuracy into sounds, sounds a skillfully-crafted symphony.
which when heard can be understood empa-
Empathy, relationship and shape
thetically, and experienced as a feeling when
Translate these ideas to the subject of
heard by the listener. Musical harmonies are
shape and number and we can begin to see
extremely pleasing to the ear, they evoke
the significance of relationship and harmony
feelings of well-being and uplift, in other
to the crop circles. We find harmonious
words, an emotional response. In turn, emo-
relationships in the geometry of the forma-
tional feelings can then stimulate physical
tions. For instance, we have seen the golden
sensations, tingling, dizziness, tears, depend-
section or proportion used with regularity in
ing on how we feel.
crop circle design. The golden proportion
Empathy divides a line so that the lesser is to the
Empathy is an interesting and little greater as the greater is to the whole. It is
understood human ability. It is the ability to found everywhere in nature and throughout
emotionally understand. It is not to be con- ancient architecture. What is so interesting
fused with sympathy, which is the ability to about the golden proportion is that it is not
identify with another or their situation. To just some irrational or arbitrary number, it is
empathise is to translate what is being said fundamentally a relationship, and more than
or conveyed into a feeling which can then be that, it is a harmonious relationship. One
understood. We all understand feelings. length being to the other as the other is to
Joy, pain, rejection, jealousy are familiar to the whole, not equality as we normally ex-
us all, we know what they feel like without perience it, but a harmonious relationship
any explanation, they are a universal experi- between two lengths. Equality is in fact
ence, common to all human beings. In some only one form of harmony.
ways feelings are a universal language
amongst humans, which underlie most of When we begin to understand the role
our communications and interactions. Mu- of relationships and harmonies and their
sic appeals to this part of us, to the emo- effect on the human being, it is not much of
tions, it identifies with a commonality a leap of imagination to see that shapes,
amongst listeners, their ability to recognise sizes, proportions and harmonies of the crop
and understand emotions, hence the univer- circles can have much the same effect on us
sal attraction it has for us. It matters not the as music.
language of the opera singer, we can all feel The question is, why?
the emotion of the music to which she sings I think the human being has a unique
and therefore understand implicitly the ability to be empathetic to relationships and
meaning of her story. harmonies. The emotional response that we
can have to music is a direct illustration of
However, what is key here, is that it is
our ability to recognise harmonious relation-
not the notes (individually) which evoke the
ships and to respond to them emotionally. It
responses from us, rather it is their relation-
is, in fact, a sort of intelligence of harmony,
ship to one another. More specifically, it is
it is the thing within us that creates our need
the harmonies that are created when notes
for beauty, mystery and spirit in our lives.
are arranged and played together that evoke
Harmony, as we have already discovered,
our emotional-self. The importance of the
can be a beautiful, mystical and spiritual
idea of relationship and harmony cannot be
experience, just like the crop circles.
The Intelligence of Harmony ears. In this way, whatever the origin of the
So, why do harmonious relationships crop circles, their design specifically elicits
have this effect upon us? This is a more this response from us, it calls into use our
difficult question to answer, but my feeling ability to recognise and respond to relation-
is that it has to do with the very core of who ship and harmony. In many ways it almost
we are as human beings. The answer could seems as though the significance of the for-
also partly lie back in the traditions of ge- mations is to re-awaken this sleeping part of
ometry, or more specifically, sacred geome- our being, by direct stimulation.
try. The idea that there are certain propor-
tions and harmonies that are considered sa- Re-defining
cred could give us a clue. Is it because the We have become so ignorant of this
effect they have upon us engender a sense of part of ourselves that we now experience it
the divine? The golden proportion in par- as strange effects, attributed to a crop circle
ticular is illustrative of the profound mystery energy, when, it is my belief, the answer is
of life, it shows us in graphical form the way much closer to home. The shapes of the
in which all living things grow and form. crop circles do not just transcribe informa-
The golden proportion is at the centre of the tion, they transmit it, directly in the hearts,
design of life itself - all living things in fact minds and spirits of all those who interact
contain this proportion. In the case of the with them.
golden proportion, the resonant feeling con-
In this way the mystery of the crop
veyed is of a distinctly spiritual nature rather
circles can never be an insular thing, it can-
than solely emotional. In truth, relationship
not be solely a matter of investigation and
and harmony are of a spiritual nature in
physical evidence. It is something much
themselves, they are the mechanisms by
more wide reaching and requires of us an
which all things are designed and woven
ever opening mind that is able to seek out
together, in a grand design by the phenome-
new directions and possibilities; and a reali-
non of synchronicity, rather than random
sation that the crop circle is only the begin-
coincidence. Synchronicity is intimately
ning, and where we go from there, is, as
related to relationship and harmony; it is the
always, up to us.
direct effect of these principles at work. In
Karen Douglas
this sense the intelligence of harmony is the
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tual. If this was simply a matter of respond-
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November Discussions Socrates. These soi disant “makers of
facilitated by the articles of history” never stop to consider that
occultists are like Dragon’s Teeth: They sweeping statements about racial and na-
spring up anew from the very spot where tionalist theories and movements in Europe
you think you buried them! and elsewhere and to put these things BE-
SIDE what HPB says, and to ASSUME that
Lady in Center Booth: Coffee-maker did there is some kind of causal relationship be-
you ever stop to consider that historians of a tween them. There are claims that HPB
certain class pander to the prejudices still was "influenced" by particular movements,
existing in their readers, and thereby build without any evidence to support such as-
sumptions. And when other people have
for themselves a career. Therefore the
adopted HPB's ideas to support their
audience they get will not be a gauge for the twisted notions, there is an assumption that
“truth” in their writings. HPB somehow CAUSED this to happen.
And so on.
However, Time will test K. Paul
Johnson’s material alongside that of The arguments all seem to reflect a lot
Madame Blavatsky. She has a headstart, for of reading and knowledge, but without a
her material has already outlived quite an real sense of how legitimate arguments
army of critics. work logically. So any "conclusions"
which are drawn do not have a logical base
Time is the best test, for then everyone to support them. They are all conjecture,
sees for himself the fruits produced by the backed up with more conjecture.
tree of KPJ and that of HPB.
I have selected just one short para-
Quark at the Oblong Table: Dear Madam graph below to illustrate what I mean, but
at the Center Table, and Student as well, I this one could be multiplied with almost
every paragraph I read in the site:
think the best proof of KPJ’s worth or lack
of it is to go get a paragraph written by him The "article" your email refers to says
and inspect it as Bruce F. Macdonald did: the following:
SUBJECT: Bruce F. MacDonald on "In the case of the true history of HPB and
the "History of Theosophy" and Paul John- the Masters what astonishes me in the discus-
son's remarks — [Fri, 30 Mar 2001] sion between some of the ortodox theosophists
above versus the research by Paul Johnson is
Daniel,1 I am not a "Theosophist" but why would some Theosophical historians be-
am someone who has explored many relig- lieve without any questioning (no parapsy-
ions and systems, have lived in many parts chological or other scientific research even has
remotely ever been able to confirm these) su-
of the world and have done research on the perstitious notions like that Blavatsky's "Ma-
history of colonialism. I have read over hatmas" would be able to appear or disappear at
some of the articles in the website ["History will in various places, and the same for the ap-
of Theosophy" http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a7502210/ ] pearance or disappearance of physical objects
and find that they are not terribly "historic." like letters and so on. The obvious answer is
that this has nothing to do with their being his-
I am not objecting on the basis of be- torians and everything to do with their being
ing offended by any of the things claimed Theosophists. The burden of proof, from their
there. Much of what is written there is un- mindset, is always on anyone who would doubt
supported claims, coincidences, by-the-way or contradict Blavatsky or her close associates
references to bits and snippets of letters and on such matters."
documents.
I'll take this a little at a time:
There is an awful lot of assumed con-
"In the case of the true history of HPB
clusion under the supposed arguments. So,
and the Masters . . ."
in talking about race, for instance, the
writer seems to think it is sufficient to make It would seem to me from a historic
perspective that one cannot ever claim to
1
This was an e-mail interchange between Bruce have a "true history of HPB and the Mas-
MacDonald and Daniel Caldwell. — ED., A.T.
ters," and any historian in the present perstition." Again, this is a logical fallacy
should know that. There is always bias, of ridicule of the opponent before evidence
and the historian, including those writing is presented, to try to sway the emotion of
for the website on which this appears, the hearer. This is another logical fallacy,
should be aware of that. They are not pre- that of ridicule, rather than argument. In
senting "truth" but an interpretation of data, fact, the claim is patently wrong. There
and they need to present it clearly, logically ARE accounts in para-psychological litera-
and fully, not with innuendo and assump- ture of these appearings and disappearings.
tion.
There are a number of well supported
Next part of the sentence: accounts of "translocation," for instance, of
a number of historical personages as well as
"what astonishes me in the discussion the teleportation of objects (the Russians
between some of the ortodox [sic] theoso- did a number of these experiments), the ap-
phists above versus the research by Paul pearing and disappearing of objects, espe-
Johnson is why would some Theosophical cially in cases of poltergeists. And much
historians believe without any questioning more similar evidence can be found in the
(no parapsychological or other scientific re- parapsychological literature. So the as-
search even has remotely ever been able to sumed ridicule in the term "supersition,"
confirm these) superstitious notions like has no logical backing for it, and is in fact
that Blavatsky's "Mahatmas" would be able contradicted by the research of many scien-
to appear or disappear at will in various tists working in the area.
places, and the same for the appearance or
disappearance of physical objects like let- The next sentence:
ters and so on."
"The obvious answer is that this has
There are a number of fundamental nothing to do with their being historians
logical fallacies in this paragraph. First it is and everything to do with their being The-
very subtle in contrasting what it calls the osophists. The burden of proof, from their
"discussion" of the theosophists and the mindset, is always on anyone who would
"research" of Paul Johnson. This attempt to doubt or contradict Blavatsky or her close
persuade through emotional innuendo is a associates on such matters."
basic fallacy. It assumes at the first that
Theosophists do not do research and that Here again is another logical fallacy.
Johnson is somehow superior because he This is an "ad hominum" argument. That
does research. Actually, it is the nature of is, the argument is that because these peo-
the arguments and how the researcher ple are Theosophists they cannot see
(Theosophist or Johnson) uses the results of clearly. That kind of argument is the same
the research that are important. Theoso- as saying, "Because this person is
phists do a great deal of research as well, so white/black/Chinese/Aboriginal they cannot
the contrast is false. argue their position clearly." That is obvi-
ously a fallacy. Again, this is an attack on a
Next this passage sets up a "straw group of people, trying to discredit them,
man" (a concept from logic which assumes without presenting any evidence to the ef-
an opponent where there is none, so that the fect that they are in fact blinded by their
person attacking the straw man need not ar- bias. The early part of this "article" tries to
gue logically). Thus the straw man here is identify the Theosophists as rabid funda-
"ortodox [sic] theosohpists [sic]." (I was mentalists, thus discrediting them and their
amazed by the number of basic grammati- arguments further. However, the argu-
cal and spelling errors on the site.) These ments there are equally as fallacious.
Theosophists are the villains who are going
to be discredited. As well, the burden of proof IS always
on anyone who wants to make an argument
Then the paragraph, before it presents or present a position. Proof is not just in-
any evidence, assumes that the belief that nuendo or assumption or loose association
Mahatmas can appear and disappear is "su- of ideas. Proof has to present evidence
logically in such a way as to demonstrate bends back again and returns to earth, bringing
that an argument is valid and that the evi- a higher type of humanity in its vortex.”
dence is sufficient to support the conclu-
sions. Pause Reflection — vortex — it catches things
and draws them in. What gets drawn in?
I must say that logically and histori-
cally, what I have read on the "History of “As it approaches nearer and nearer to our
Theosophy" website, is not convincing at planet, the Emanation becomes more and more
all, and leads me to think that it is not mak- shadowy, until upon touching the ground it is as
ing much of a contribution to the discussion black as night.”
and that Paul Johnson needs to work on his
logic before assuming that his supposed ar- Ever watch a science teacher illustrate with
guments support anything at all. Perhaps I carbon, dry ice and various elements combined
just read the wrong things, but it hasn't been in a bit of cheese cloth to form a simulation of
helpful, and has been full of all sorts of comet-making, and declare when the
logical fallacies, bias and innuendo, and I cheesecloth is removed “That’s how it is made.”
think readers should be aware of this error
in the way Johnson tends to present his It never ceased to amaze me that he left out one
"conclusions." They are not logically con- thing — Himself. He could have left all those
sistent at all, and so do not present anything ingredients on the table for 500 years and no
comet would have formed in and of itself from
which counters the current interpretations.
just those things. It took his intelligence to form
Peace, the "comet". So whose intelligence(s) was
Bruce MacD involved in forming the visible Universe? It
[Bruce F. MacDonald] takes force to make things happen and there is
no force without a cause.
The bolded words are my interjections
CORRESPONDENCE Laura
Dear Friends at the A.T.:

Thanks for the geometry in the October issue, it This October issue will help liven the Isis
will be fun to contemplate and so well presented, discussion.
what a treat!
Applying that geometry to the first page of Isis
Unveiled where it states:
“There exists somewhere in this wide world an Friends and Fellows,
old Book — so very old that our modern I thought you may want to read this. It's the
antiquarians might ponder over its pages an full text of Farnaz Fassihi's "private" e-mail dispatch
indefinite time, and still not quite agree as to the from Baghdad. By now some of you have probably
nature of the fabric upon which it is written. It is heard of her.
the only original copy now in existence. The
most ancient Hebrew document on occult Fassihi is the Wall Street Journal's correspon-
dent in Baghdad. A few days ago she wrote a private
learning — the Siphra Dzeniouta — was
e-mail to friends and family describing both her life
compiled from it, and that at a time when the
as a reporter ("Being a foreign correspondent in
former was already considered in the light of a
Baghdad these days is like being under virtual house
literary relic. One of its illustrations (how was it
arrest") and the situation there (her conclusion: "If
illustrated?) represents the Divine Essence
under Saddam it was a 'potential' threat, under the
emanating from ADAM1 LIKE A LUMINOUS
Americans it has been transformed to 'imminent and
ARC PROCEEDING TO FORM A CIRCLE;
active threat'"). The text is devastating, and given
(nautilus comes to mind, It is said that God
that it was NOT intended for publication, it is proba-
Geometrizes! Do We?!) and then, having
bly the most candid and credible piece of reporting
attained the highest point of its circumference
we've got out of Baghdad recently. Let me add (ac-
(What determines that?), the ineffable Glory
cording to Tim Rutten's column in the Los Angeles
Times, who has obtained on-the-record quotes from
1
In the sense of Anthropos or Humanity. — ED., A.T. the WSJ editor on this) that the Wall Street Journal is
now recalling Fassihi for a "long-planned vacation" Saddam it was a 'potential' threat, under the
that will extend until past November 2nd. Which Americans it has been transformed to 'im-
means that she's barred from writing about Iraq until
after the US election. Here is the full text of her
minent and active threat,' a foreign policy
"private" e-mail (which was first published on the failure bound to haunt the United States for
Poynter Institute website). — decades to come. Iraqis like to call this
mess 'the situation.' When asked 'how are
From: [Wall Street Journal reporter] Farnaz Fassihi
Subject: From Baghdad [Sent Tuesday October 5, 2004]
things?' they reply: 'the situation is very
bad." What they mean by ‘situation’ is this:
Being a foreign correspondent in the Iraqi government doesn't control most
Baghdad these days is like being under Iraqi cities, there are several car bombs go-
virtual house arrest. Forget about the rea- ing off each day around the country killing
sons that lured me to this job: a chance to and injuring scores of innocent people, the
see the world, explore the exotic, meet new country's roads are becoming impassable
people in far away lands, discover their and littered by hundreds of landmines and
ways and tell stories that could make a dif- explosive devices aimed to kill American
ference. Little by little, day-by-day, being soldiers, there are assassinations, kidnap-
based in Iraq has defied all those reasons. I pings and beheadings. The situation, basi-
am house bound. I leave when I have a very cally, means a raging barbaric guerilla war.
good reason to and a scheduled interview. I In four days, 110 people died and over 300
avoid going to people's homes and never got injured in Baghdad alone. The numbers
walk in the streets. I can't go grocery shop- are so shocking that the ministry of health —
ping any more, can't eat in restaurants, can't which was attempting an exercise of public
strike a conversation with strangers, can't transparency by releasing the numbers —
look for stories, can't drive in any thing but a has now stopped disclosing them. Insur-
full armored car, can't go to scenes of break- gents now attack Americans 87 times a day.
ing news stories, can't be stuck in traffic,
can't speak English outside, can't take a road A friend drove thru the Shiite slum of
trip, can't say I'm an American, can't linger Sadr City yesterday. He said young men
at checkpoints, can't be curious about what were openly placing improvised explosive
people are saying, doing, feeling. And can't devices into the ground. They melt a shal-
and can't. There has been one too many low hole into the asphalt, dig the explosive,
close calls, including a car bomb so near our cover it with dirt and put an old tire or plas-
house that it blew out all the windows. So tic can over it to signal to the locals this is
now my most pressing concern every day is booby-trapped. He said on the main roads
not to write a kick-ass story but to stay alive of Sadr City, there were a dozen landmines
and make sure our Iraqi employees stay per every ten yards. His car snaked and
alive. In Baghdad I am a security personnel swirled to avoid driving over them. Behind
first, a reporter second. the walls sits an angry Iraqi ready to deto-
nate them as soon as an American convoy
It's hard to pinpoint when the 'turning gets near. This is in Shiite land, the popula-
point' exactly began. Was it April when the tion that was supposed to love America for
Fallujah fell out of the grasp of the Ameri- liberating Iraq.
cans? Was it when Moqtada and Jish Mahdi
declared war on the U.S. military? Was it For journalists the significant turning
when Sadr City, home to ten percent of point came with the wave of abduction and
Iraq's population, became a nightly battle- kidnappings. Only two weeks ago we felt
field for the Americans? Or was it when the safe around Baghdad because foreigners
insurgency began spreading from isolated were being abducted on the roads and high-
pockets in the Sunni triangle to include most ways between towns. Then came a frantic
of Iraq? Despite President Bush's rosy as- phone call from a journalist female friend at
sessments, Iraq remains a disaster. If under 11 p.m. telling me two Italian women had
been abducted from their homes in broad now been reallocated for improving security,
daylight. Then the two Americans, who got a sign of just how bad things are going here.
beheaded this week and the Brit, were ab-
ducted from their homes in a residential Oil dreams? Insurgents disrupt oil
neighborhood. They were supplying the flow routinely as a result of sabotage and oil
entire block with round the clock electricity prices have hit record high of $49 a barrel.
from their generator to win friends. The Who did this war exactly benefit? Was it
abductors grabbed one of them at 6 a.m. worth it? Are we safer because Saddam is
when he came out to switch on the genera- holed up and Al Qaeda is running around in
tor; his beheaded body was thrown back Iraq? Iraqis say that thanks to America they
near the neighborhoods. The insurgency, we got freedom in exchange for insecurity.
are told, is rampant with no signs of calming Guess what? They say they'd take security
down. If any thing, it is growing stronger, over freedom any day, even if it means hav-
organized and more sophisticated every day. ing a dictator ruler. I heard an educated
The various elements within it — baathists, Iraqi say today that if Saddam Hussein were
criminals, nationalists and Al Qaeda — are allowed to run for elections he would get the
cooperating and coordinating. I went to an majority of the vote. This is truly sad. Then
emergency meeting for foreign correspon- I went to see an Iraqi scholar this week to
dents with the military and embassy to dis- talk to him about elections here. He has
cuss the kidnappings. We were somberly been trying to educate the public on the im-
told our fate would largely depend on where portance of voting. He said, "President
we were in the kidnapping chain once it was Bush wanted to turn Iraq into a democracy
determined we were missing. Here is how it that would be an example for the Middle
goes: criminal gangs grab you and sell you East. Forget about democracy, forget about
up to Baathists in Fallujah, who will in turn being a model for the region, we have to
sell you to Al Qaeda. In turn, cash and salvage Iraq before all is lost." One could
weapons flow the other way from Al Qaeda argue that Iraq is already lost beyond salva-
to the Baathists to the criminals. My friend tion. For those of us on the ground it's hard
Georges, the French journalist snatched on to imagine what, if anything, could salvage
the road to Najaf, has been missing for a it from its violent downward spiral. The
month with no word on release or whether genie of terrorism, chaos and mayhem has
he is still alive. been unleashed onto this country as a result
of American mistakes and it can't be put
America's last hope for a quick exit? back into a bottle.
The Iraqi police and National Guard units
we are spending billions of dollars to train. The Iraqi government is talking about
The cops are being murdered by the dozens having elections in three months while half
every day — over 700 to date — and the of the country remains a 'no go zone' — out
insurgents are infiltrating their ranks. The of the hands of the government and the
problem is so serious that the U.S. military Americans and out of reach of journalists.
has allocated $6 million dollars to buy out In the other half, the disenchanted popula-
30,000 cops they just trained to get rid of tion is too terrified to show up at polling
them quietly. stations. The Sunnis have already said
they'd boycott elections, leaving the stage
As for reconstruction: firstly it's so open for polarized government of Kurds and
unsafe for foreigners to operate that almost Shiites that will not be deemed as legitimate
all projects have come to a halt. After two and will most certainly lead to civil war. I
years, of the $18 billion Congress appropri- asked a 28-year-old engineer if he and his
ated for Iraq reconstruction only about $1 family would participate in the Iraqi elec-
billion or so has been spent and a chunk has tions since it was the first time Iraqis could
to some degree elect a leadership. His re-
sponse summed it all: "Go and vote and risk to say, "One man is an oppressor because
being blown into pieces or followed by the many are slaves; let us despise the slaves."
insurgents and murdered for cooperating The truth is that oppressor and slave are
with the Americans? For what? To practice cooperators in ignorance, and, while seem-
democracy? Are you joking?" ing to afflict each other, are in reality afflict-
ing themselves. A perfect Knowledge per-
Farnaz ceives the action of law in the weakness of
the oppressed and the misapplied power of
the oppressor. A perfect Love, seeing the
suffering which both states entail, condemns
As A Man Thinketh neither. A perfect Compassion embraces
by James Allen both oppressor and oppressed.
[CONTINUED FROM Vol. IV, ISSUE 12,] He who has conquered weakness, and
has put away all selfish thoughts, belongs
neither to oppressor nor oppressed. He is
Chapter Five free.
The Thought-Factor in A man can only rise, conquer, and
Achievement achieve by lifting up his thoughts. He can
only remain weak, and abject, and miserable
by refusing to lift up his thoughts.
All that a man achieves and all that he Before a man can achieve anything,
fails to achieve is the direct result of his own even in worldly things, he must lift his
thoughts. In a justly ordered universe, thoughts above slavish animal indulgence.
where loss of equipoise would mean total He may not, in order to succeed, give up all
destruction, individual responsibility must animality and selfishness, by any means; but
be absolute. A man's weakness and a portion of it must, at least, be sacrificed.
strength, purity and impurity, are his own, A man whose first thought is bestial indul-
and not another man's. They are brought gence could neither think clearly nor plan
about by himself, and not by another; and methodically. He could not find and de-
they can only be altered by himself, never velop his latent resources, and would fail in
by another. His condition is also his own, any undertaking. Not having commenced
and not another man's. His suffering and his manfully to control his thoughts, he is not in
happiness are evolved from within. As he a position to control affairs and to adopt
thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so serious responsibilities. He is not fit to act
he remains. independently and stand alone, but he is
limited only by the thoughts which he
A strong man cannot help a weaker chooses.
unless the weaker is willing to be helped,
and even then the weak man must become There can be no progress, no
strong of himself. He must, by his own ef- achievement without sacrifice. A man's
forts, develop the strength which he admires worldly success will be in the measure that
in another. None but himself can alter his he sacrifices his confused animal thoughts,
condition. and fixes his mind on the development of his
plans, and the strengthening of his resolution
It has been usual for men to think and and self reliance. And the higher he lifts his
to say, "Many men are slaves because one is thoughts, the more manly, upright, and
an oppressor; let us hate the oppressor." righteous he becomes, the greater will be his
Now, however, there is among an increasing success, the more blessed an enduring will
few a tendency to reverse this judgment, and be his achievements.
The universe does not favor the the result of definitely directed thought, are
greedy, the dishonest, the vicious, although governed by the same law and are of the
on the mere surface it may sometimes ap- same method; the only difference lies in the
pear to do so; it helps the honest, the mag- object of attainment.
nanimous, the virtuous. All the great
Teachers of the ages have declared this in He who would accomplish little must
varying forms, and to prove and know it a sacrifice little. He who would achieve much
man has but to persist in making himself must sacrifice much. He who would attain
more and more virtuous by lifting up his highly must sacrifice greatly.
thoughts.
Intellectual achievements are the re-
sult of thought consecrated to the search for
knowledge, or for the beautiful and true in Chapter Six
life and nature. Such achievements may be
sometimes connected with vanity and ambi- Visions and Ideals
tion but they are not the outcome of those The dreamers are the saviors of the
characteristics. They are the natural out- world. As the visible world is sustained by
growth of long an arduous effort, and of the invisible, so men, through all their trials
pure and unselfish thoughts. and sins and sordid vocations, are nourished
Spiritual achievements are the con- by the beautiful visions of their solitary
summation of holy aspirations. He who dreamers. Humanity cannot forget its
lives constantly in the conception of noble dreamers. It cannot let their ideals fade and
and lofty thoughts, who dwells upon all that die. It lives in them. It knows them in the
is pure and unselfish, will, as surely as the realities which it shall one day see and
sun reaches its zenith and the moon its full, know.
become wise and noble in character, and rise Composer, sculptor, painter, poet,
into a position of influence and blessedness. prophet, sage, these are the makers of the
Achievement, of whatever kind, is the afterworld, the architects of heaven. The
crown of effort, the diadem of thought. By world is beautiful because they have lived;
the aid of self-control, resolution, purity, without them, laboring humanity would per-
righteousness, and well-directed thought a ish.
man ascends. By the aid of animality, indo- He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a
lence, impurity, corruption, and confusion of lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize
thought a man descends. it. Columbus cherished a vision of another
A man may rise to high success in the world, and he discovered it. Copernicus
world, and even to lofty altitudes in the fostered the vision of a multiplicity of
spiritual realm, and again descend into worlds and a wider universe, and he re-
weakness and wretchedness by allowing vealed it. Buddha beheld the vision of a
arrogant, selfish, and corrupt thoughts to spiritual world of stainless beauty and per-
take possession of him. fect peace, and he entered into it.
Victories attained by right thought can Cherish your visions. Cherish your
only be maintained by watchfulness. Many ideals. Cherish the music that stirs in your
give way when success is assured, and rap- heart, the beauty that forms in your mind,
idly fall back into failure. the loveliness that drapes your purest
thoughts, for out of them will grow all de-
All achievements, whether in the lightful conditions, all heavenly environ-
business, intellectual, or spiritual world, are
ment; of these, if you but remain true to world-wide influence and almost unequaled
them, your world will at last be built. power. In his hands he holds the cords of
gigantic responsibilities. He speaks, and lo!
To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to lives are changed. Men and women hang
achieve. Shall man's basest desires receive upon his words and remold their characters,
the fullest measure of gratification, and his and, sunlike, he becomes the fixed and lu-
purest aspirations starve for lack of suste- minous center around which innumerable
nance? Such is not the Law. Such a condi- destinies revolve. He has realized the Vi-
tion of things can never obtain - "Ask and sion of his youth. He has become one with
receive." his Ideal.
Dream lofty dreams, and as you And you, too, youthful reader, will re-
dream, so shall you become. Your Vision is alize the Vision (not the idle wish) of your
the promise of what you shall one day be. heart, be it base or beautiful, or a mixture of
Your Ideal is the prophecy of what you shall both, for you will always gravitate toward
at last unveil. that which you secretly most love. Into your
hands will be placed the exact results of
The greatest achievement was at first
your own thoughts; you will receive that
and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in
which you earn, no more, no less. Whatever
the acorn; the bird waits in the egg; and in
your present environment may be, you will
the highest vision of the soul a waking angel
fall, remain, or rise with your thoughts, your
stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.
Vision, your Ideal. You will become as
Your circumstances may be unconge- small as your controlling desire; as great as
nial, but they shall not long remain so if you your dominant aspiration.
but perceive an Ideal and strive to reach it.
In the beautiful words of Stanton
You cannot travel within and stand still
Kirkham Dave, "You may be keeping ac-
without. Here is a youth hard pressed by
counts, and presently you shall walk out of
poverty and labor; confined long hours in an
the door that for so long has seemed to you
unhealthy workshop; unschooled, and lack-
the barrier of your ideals, and shall find
ing all the arts of refinement. But he dreams
yourself before an audience — the pen still
of better things. He thinks of intelligence, of
behind your ear, the ink stains on your fin-
refinement, of grace and beauty. He con-
gers — and then and there shall pour out the
ceives of, mentally builds up, an ideal condi-
torrent of your inspiration. You may be
tion of life. The vision of the wider liberty
driving sheep, and you shall wander to the
and a larger scope takes possession of him;
city — bucolic and open mouthed; shall
unrest urges him to action, and he utilizes all
wander under the intrepid guidance of the
his spare time and means, small though they
spirit into the studio of the master, and after
are, to the development of his latent powers
a time he shall say, 'I have nothing more to
and resources.
teach you.' And now you have become the
Very soon so altered has his mind be- master, who did so recently dream of great
come that the workshop can no longer hold things while driving sheep. You shall lay
him. It has become so out of harmony with down the saw and the plane to take upon
his mentality that it falls out of his life as a yourself the regeneration of the world."
garment is cast aside, and with the growth of
The thoughtless, the ignorant, and the
opportunities which fit the scope of his ex-
indolent, seeing only the apparent effects of
panding powers, he passes out of it forever.
things and not the things themselves, talk of
Years later we see this youth as a full- luck, of fortune, and chance. See a man
grown man. We find him a master of certain grow rich, they say, "How lucky he is!" Ob-
forces of the mind which he wields with serving another become intellectual, they
exclaim, "How highly favored he is!" And silent with the consolation that she herself
noting the saintly character and wide influ- would confide the secret to me when she
ence of another, the remark, "How chance would find me worthy of it. I thought it must
aids him at every turn!" be some great Indian Adept that had as-
sumed that illusionary form. But there a
They do not see the trials and failures difficulty occurred to me. I knew that she
and struggles which these men have volun- received letters from her aunts and that she
tarily encountered in order to gain their ex- communicated with persons almost in every
perience. They have no knowledge of the part of the globe. I could not therefore rec-
sacrifices they have made, of the undaunted oncile my belief, as I thought she would then
efforts they have put forth, of the faith they have to practise the illusion all over the
have exercised, that they might overcome world. Various explanations sug- gested
the apparently insurmountable, and realize themselves to me except the right one. I was,
the Vision of their heart. They do not know however, right (as I have subsequently as-
the darkness and the heartaches; they only certained) in my original conception that
see the light and joy, and call it "luck"; do she is some great Indian Adept. At vari-
not see the long and arduous journey, but ous times I talked to her about these adepts,
only behold the pleasant goal, and call it because that is the, only subject I am inter-
"good fortune"; do not understand the proc- ested in, although I fear I am not, and
ess, but only perceive the result, and call it shall not be for many years to come or
"chance." perhaps in this life, worthy of their com-
pany. Since I was a child of seven years,
In all human affairs there are efforts,
my inclination has almost always been in
and there are results, and the strength of the
this direction. I always thought of retiring
effort is the measure of the result. Chance is
from this world and giving myself up to de-
not. "Gifts," powers, material, intellectual,
votion. I also expressed several times to
and spiritual possessions are the fruits of
Madam my intention of retiring from this
effort. They are thoughts completed, objects
world and studying this philosophy
accomplished, visions realized.
which alone can make man happy in the
The vision that you glorify in your true sense of the word. But then she usually
mind, the Ideal that you enthrone in your asked me what I would do there alone.
heart - this you will build your life by, this She said that instead of gaining my object I
you will become. would become perhaps insane by being
alone in the jungles without anybody to
guide me; that I was foolish enough to think
that by going into the jungles I could fall
Damadar On Madame in with an adept; and that if I really
Blavatsky wanted to gain my object I should have
to work in the Society and when the
About a month after I joined the Soci- Higher ones whom I dare not mention
ety I felt as it were a voice within myself by any other names, and who had
whispering to me that Madam Blavatsky is started this Society, would be satisfied
not what she represents herself to be. It then with me, they would themselves call me
assumed the form of a belief in me which away from the busy world and teach me
grew so strong within a short time that four or in private. And when I foolishly asked
five times I thought of throwing myself at her her many times to give me the names
feet and beg her to reveal herself to me. But and addresses of some of our Brothers
then I could not do so because I thought it she said to me once: — "One of our
would be useless, as I knew that I was quite Brothers has told me that as you are
impure and had led too bad a life to be much after me, I better tell you once for
trusted with that secret. I therefore remained all that I, being a European, have no
right to give you any information about was doing a part of my duty as a Theoso-
them; but if you go on asking Hindus phist. -Consequently I wrote thus to my most
what they know about the matter, you revered Guru: — 'As directed by you I
might hear of them; and one of those have neither let him (Swamiji) know what
Higher ones may perhaps throw himself I know of him' nor what my true intentions
in your way without your knowing him, are. He seems to think that I work in the
and will tell you what you should do." Society to make money. I have as yet kept
Having received these orders I had but to him in the dark as regards myself and conse-
obey and wait; although having an implicit quently am myself groping in the dark,
confidence in H. P. Blavatsky I also knew expecting however, enlightenment on the
that I would have my object fulfilled only subject from you."
through her, and through, her alone. I
thereupon asked one or two of my Hindu Shortly afterwards Madam and Col.
friends, who were inclined in this direc- Olcott accompanied by two or three Euro-
tion, if they knew any such persons. One of pean members of our Society joined me at
them said he had seen two or three such Benares. To my great surprise, when asked
men but that they -were not quite what by Madam, Swamiji mentioned the place
he thought "Raja Yogis." He also told me where "Maji" resided and offered to take us
that he had heard of a man who had ap- there, adding that he knew her well and that
peared several times in Benares but that she very often came to see him. The Europe-
nobody knew where he lived. My disap- ans who had come to Benares from Allaha-
pointment grew bitter and more bitter but bad were Mr: Sinnett, the Editor of The Pio-
I never lost the firm confidence I have neer ( a government organ and one of the most
that adepts .do live in India and can still influential newspapers in India), and his
be found among us. Shortly afterwards I wife, and Mrs. A. Gordon, the writer of
was ordered to Benares to see Swamiji the article "Missions in India" in the
on that business of the Ritual. January number of The Theosophist, the
wife of a Colonel in Bengal, also .a The-
A few months before we left Bom- osophist; who had come on purpose from
bay, Pandit Mohunlal Vishnulal Pandea, Calcutta to Allahabad — thus crossing all
one of the Councillors of our Society, had India — to be initiated. They all wanted
written to Madam that there lived in to see some great phenomenon performed by
Benares a woman called Maji" who prac- Madam, and especially the former two had
tised Yoga and was his Guru. I had come down to Benares for that purpose, as
known from Madam that Swamiji also Madam had refused to show them any such
knew that science and that he knows thing unless permitted by Swamiji. Swami
"Maji." Being, however, ordered not to let having declined to grant the permission asked
him know what I knew of him, I could not for, was consulted by Madam and Col.
say to him anything directly but when I Olcott as to the best way of satisfying these
made indirect references to these things, two persons, as it was found that the inter-
he pretended to laugh at me for believing ests of the Society would be greatly increased,
in the powers attained by a Yogi. And if the full sympathy of Mr.: Sinnett was se-
when I asked him if he knew a woman cured, who had already done so much for us
named "Maji," he replied: — If there by making the Viceroy issue an order pub-
be such a woman here at all, she is not lished in the November Number of T h e
known." Whenever I asked him anything Theosophist, which set us all right in the
in regard to these matters, he gave evasive public estimation, and who had made the
answers. I was disappointed when I saw that Viceroy promise to write to Madam a letter
all my expectations in going to Benares were approving of the plan of the Society, which
but castles in the air. I thought that I had will be published in the next number. It
gained nothing except the consolation that I was then resolved that we should see "Maji"
for the purpose. But when we went the next not therefore a woman but a real Hindu
day to her she gave the same reply as Fakir in the body of a woman. It is but
Swamiji that it — was too sacred a science one by one that I gathered all these par-
to be thus treated as a "Tamasha" (Show). ticulars. In his former body, this Fakir had
Madam could not accompany us at that time studied the Yoga science for 65 years, but
as she did not feel well, but when we told his study having been arrested and in-
" M a j i " accordingly, she turned a glance of complete at the time his body was disabled
significance at Col. Olcott who returned it, and consequently unequal to the task he had
thereby asking her to remain silent, as they to perform, he had to choose this other one.
alone had then felt Madam's presence near In his present body he is 53 years, and conse-
them. Maji "then said that though she had quently the “Inner Maji” is 118 years old.
never visited Europeans, she would herself She then asked Madam whether she knew: that
come to see Madam once or twice before our they had had the same man for their "
departure from Benares. Mr. and Mrs. Sin- Guru." But Madam desiring her to give some
nett being thus disappointed were talking at proofs of what she said to me, she readily
night about the matter with Madam and Col. furnished them. She said that Madam's
Olcott. Mrs. Gordon also formed one of the Guru was born in Punjab but generally lives
company. During the course of conversation in .the Southern part of India, and especially
someone made reference to flowers and im- in Ceylon. He is about 300 years old and
mediately afterwards a sound was heard as of has a companion of about the same age,
something dropping from above. It was though both do not appear even forty. In
found that a number of flowers were thrown a few centuries he will enter the body of a
by invisible hands on the table around which "Kshatriya" (the Warrior. caste among the
they were all sitting. When I had gone to Hindus) and do some great deeds for India,
Swamiji a short time before the occurrence, I but the time had not yet come. When
found him in an unusual state, such as he Madam and Col. Olcott had gone last
was always in, whenever explaining the summer to Karley Caves, they saw a certain
Ritual. And I found that the phenomenon Sannyasi with a five-legged cow, who took
exactly corresponded to the time when I saw Col. Olcott aside and gave him the The-
Swamiji in the strange state of "Samadhi" osophical grip. He had then told Col. Ol-
described to you above: "Samadhi" being, cott that he was "Maji's" disciple. I com-
as you perhaps know, that state when the municated this fact on this occasion to “Maji”
adept leaves his body. There was therefore who laughed and replied that it was none
no doubt left for me as to what and how it other than Madam's Guru in the Fakir's
had happened. The next day Mr. and body, who had given Col. Olcott the
Mrs. Sinnett left, for Allahabad and we grip, and that if we were to see that
three with Mrs. Gordon remained at Benares. Fakir again, he would not be able to give us
The next day came "Maji" (who never the sign again, as he was for the time being,
speaks of herself but as "This body") to see taken possession of, by Madam's Guru
Madam, and I alone was then with them, as who often performs such things. Then she
Col. Olcott and Mrs. Gordon had gone with went home, promising to see us again before
Swamiji to see the girls` school. I then gath- our departure.
ered from what she said that she had been
first in the body of a Fakir who, upon having I must state here that about a fort-
his hand disabled by a shot he received while night before I left Bombay Madam had
he passed the Fortress of Bhurtpore, had to asked me how I knew that it was not an Indian
change his body and choose the one that adept who took occasional possession of her
was now "Maji." A girl about seven years body and who did all these things which are
of age was dying at that time and so, before attributed to her. My inference then is that
her death, this Fakir had entered her the real H. P. B. is nothing but either a para-
body and taken possession of it. " M a j i " is lyzed soul or a dead body under the control
of some adept. I shall now continue the anywhere, I may wander about here and there
thread of my account. for years together but that will be quite use-
less. I must' stop entirely with Madam and
" M a j i " then came for the second time lay my full and only confidence in her. She
and on this occasion all of us were present told me to work in the Society and practise
except Swamiji and Madam who came af- regularly twice a day what Madam had or-
terwards. Col. Olcott then asked " M a j i " dered me to do. In every respect I must act in
some questions about Madam. And "Maji" obedience to her instructions: Then she told
said that Madam was not what she seems to me that I should go- once with Madam to the
be. Her interior man had already been twice mountains of Ganged where these adepts usually
in a Hindu body and was now in his third. live and even if I were not to see any-
She also said that until that time she had body the first time, the magnetized air in
never seen a European but, having got the which they live, will do me much good.
information from her Guru, about Madam, She said that they do not generally stop
she had come to see her. I then asked her if in one place but always shift from one place
the real H. P. B. was still in the body, but she to another. They however, all meet together
refused to answer that question, and only on certain days of the year in a certain place
added that she herself, "Maji" was inferior near Bhadrinath in the Northern part of India, of
to Madam. She then told Col. Olcott that he which you can read in the January Theosophist.
had once been a young Hindu in the She remarked that as India's sons are becoming
Southern part of India, but had died and more and more wicked, they (these adepts)
had to be reborn again. She then explained have gradually been .retiring more and more
to us the meaning of the action of the Fakir in toward the north of the Himalaya Moun-
having brought a five-legged cow at Karli tains. I have written here as far as I can :
when he saw Col. Olcott there and gave recollect what "Maji" had told us
him the Theosophical grip. She said that
every person has a right to repeat the Gayatri You will thus have seen of what a
Mantram which consists of three "Padas" great consequence it is for me to be always
(Metres) but a Brahmachari has a right to with Madam. From the beginning I felt all
repeat one "Pada" more while a Yogi could that "Maji" had told me. Only two or three
repeat as many as he liked and thereby per- days after I applied for .admission into the
form wonders. Thus a Yogi has a right to Society I said to H. P. B., what I
repeat a Mantram consisting of five "Padas" really felt, that I regarded her as my bene-
which is equal to "Om Tat Sat," and as the factor, revered her as my Guru and loved her
word "Pada" also means a foot or a leg, he more than a mother. Ever since I have as-
had purposely brought a five-legged cow to sured her of what I then told her. And now
signify this meaning. And she moreover said "Maji" tells me the same thing, strengthens my
that this symbol was with Madam on her seal- faith and asks me to confide in her (Madam).
ring, although neither she (Madam) nor any And when I afterwards consulted Swamiji in
of us had intimated to "Maji" the fact. regard to myself, he, without my telling
You will have thus seen how Indian instruc- him a word of what "Maji" had said to me,
tions are conveyed by means of symbols and urged me to do the very same thing, that is to
one who can decipher the ancient Aryan sym- say, to put my faith in H. P. B. All along
bols will find a vast field to be explored. She I have felt and do still feel strongly as if I
first tried to tempt me, trying to make me re- had already once studied this philosophy
linquish my object; but when all this failed, with Madam and that I must have been once
she told me that if I wanted to make any her most obedient and humble disciple. This
spiritual progress and see any of our Broth- must have been a fact or else how can you
ers, I must depend entirely for that upon account for the feeling created in me about
Madam. None else was competent to take me her only after seeing her not more than three
through the right path. If I were to go alone or four times. . . . .
4. THE BUILDING OF GREAT
ARMAMENTS WHEN THE REAL
EMEMY WAS WITHIN — THE
The One Element DECAY OF INDIVIDUAL
RESPONSIBILITY.
The Occultists recognize but One
Element which they divide into seven 5. THE DECAY OF RELIGION;
parts, which include the five exoteric FAITH FADING INTO MERE
elements and the two esoteric ones of FORM, LOSING TOUCH WITH
the ancients. As to that Element, they LIFE, LOSING POWER TO GUIDE
THE PEOPLE.
call it, indifferently, matter or spirit,
claiming that as matter is infinite and We are at the end of a cycle
indestructible and Spirit likewise, and as
and the beginning of another, or
there cannot exist in the infinite
Universe two omnipresent Eternal in the words of the Master:
elements, any more than two We are at the end of a cycle—
Indestructibles or Infinites can exist — geological and other—and at the
hence Matter and Spirit must be one. beginning of another. Cataclysm is
“All is Spirit and all is Matter,” they to follow cataclysm. The pent-up
say: Purusha-Prakriti are inseparable forces are bursting out in many
and the one cannot exist without the quarters; and not only will men be
other. (“Theosophy & Spiritism”) swallowed up or slain by thou-
sands, “new” land appear and “old”
subside, volcanic eruptions and
Is History Repeating Itself? tidal waves appall; but secrets of an
unsuspected Past will be uncovered
One of the most widely read books to the dismay of Western theorists,
of all time is The Decline And Fall Of The and the humiliation of an imperi-
Roman Empire. written in 1788 by
ous science. This drifting ship, if
Edward Gibbon. It sets forth five basic
reasons why that great civilization watched, may be seen to ground
withered and died. these were: upon the upheaved vestiges of an-
cient civilizations, and fall to pieces.
1. THE UNDERMINING OF THE We are not emulous of the
DIGNITY AND SANCTITY OF THE prophet’s honours: but still, let this
HOME, WHICH IS THE BASIS FOR stand as a prophecy. (“Sakya-
HUMAN SOCIETY. muni’s Place in History”)
2. HIGHER AND HIGHER TAXES; ————
THE SPENDING OF PUBLIC
MONEY FOR FREE BREAD AND
CIRCUSES FOR THE POPULACE.
3. THE MAD CRAZE FOR PLEASURE;

SPORTS BECOMING EVERY YEAR
MORE EXCITING, MORE BRUTAL,
MORE IMMORAL.
WQJ on Masters of Wisdom Now some have said, "Surely a Master

could come here and do a very charitable act
The Masters of Occultism do not act without any evil being possible. There can
specifically with individuals unless karma be no evil or danger in charity". But as
requires it in the case of obscure or undevel- above said, the Master could not so act here
oped ones, and personal development com- on this plane as a Master and avoid the rush
bined with karma demands it in other in- of all the forces of nature which would be
stances. disturbed by His presence or set into activ-
ity, and His otherwise charitable act would
Here is what is given by them as to then be turned into one of a harmful sort. It
their nature and condition in part. They are is even so with ourselves in smaller meas-
in consequence of evolution, and great effort ure, for we can do good acts at the wrong
continued through many lives, now at the time and place which may have very dire
point physically, mentally, and spiritually consequences. Statistics of mendacity alone
where we shall be in the very far distant will show this, for there we see that an act
future. They are said by H.P.B., their latest charitable in itself may be sometimes pro-
messenger, to be "men, only higher and ho- ductive of evil and an encouragement to the
lier than we . . . living men". lazy. Or a case where one person has to be
allowed to suffer for the greater good of
This has been hastily construed to many.
mean they are like us in so many ways as to
be able at any time without any resultant The sending of a letter by a Master has
dangers to mix with us and help us on this very strong currents in all directions as re-
plane. They are, truly, living men, but not sult, but His actual appearance has far larger
such as ourselves. They have bodies, but scope of effects. In the latter case all the
these bodies are made of the most highly forces and currents of such a being play
refined and spiritualized matter; matter of upon the one looked at and seeing the Mas-
which we have but slight conception. In ter. Instances have been known where faint-
those bodies all the forces of nature belonging, sleep, coma, and the like have been the
ing to man, and these mean the very highest consequence on the physical plane. Indeed,
expression of the great forces of nature, con- in all such cases no ordinary senses would
stantly play and must have corresponding be left in the person visited, so that the visit
effect upon any one who may come in their would come to nothing.1
direct range. In our bodies these forces act,
it is true, but in a very weak and harmless How would the effects manifest on
manner, and also in such strength as may be this plane in an individual? By stirring up
resisted by all on the same plane of devel- his whole nature from bottom to top, exclud-
opment. But the difference between us and ing now from the inquiry all disturbances on
the Masters in this respect is the same as that the physical system. The nature so being
between a puff of wind and the explosion of upturned, all the evil in it has to come up
dynamite, or between an ordinary human together with the good, and yet no time
thought and the electric flash. available to counteract old evil tendencies.
Then it is likely that the evil would have the
Therefore, if a Master were to come to
1
us or were to send us a letter done by him- But some may ask, "What of the recounted visit
to Col. Olcott in 1875"? This was not an
self, we should be exposed to the force of appearance in the Adept's body. It was an
the powerful currents belonging to him, and illusionary one in his Mayavi rupa sufficiently
must then be able to meet those con- strong to make the subject see the Master for all
practical purposes, and besides it was for a
sequences and ward them off…. great object and was beyond question one of
those cases where the Master took all needful
precautions, since much was to flow from it, as
we all know.
upper hand, as we are now chiefly in the
kama plane of development. The result
would be in most cases that doubts impossi-
ble to solve would arise, fear might super-
vene, superstition would come on, and at An Introduction to the Study of
last the state mentally might be worse than Isis Unveiled – By HP Blavatsky
before. If there were hereditary or other
seeds in the line of mental unbalancing, in- Sunday, June 6, 2004 7:00 –8:001
sanity might result. Or if the nature under-
neath were in fact quite evil, as is very often “THE AUTHOR2
so, then crime could easily be gone into, Dedicates these Volumes
following on mental disturbance. It would, TO THE
in fact, be the same as exciting the "pledge THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
fever" to highest and most enormous propor- WHICH WAS FOUNDED AT NEW YORK, A.D. 1875,
tions. The mere physical receipt of a letter
TO STUDY THE SUBJECTS ON WHICH THEY TREAT”
from the Master in itself as a piece of paper
“All public knowledge of, or even be-
received has no effect. But that is not all lief in, the actual existence of perfected
that happens when a letter is sent by anyone, Men, the Mahatmas, or Great Souls, had for
no matter whom. A letter full of malice, long centuries been lost to humanity, both
hatred, or sensuality carries with it all those in the Orient and in the Occident. The Wis-
forces and ideas, and must affect the recipi- dom-Religion, as the accumulated knowl-
ent one way or another. I have known cases edge gained through aeons of spiritual and
where persons have written sensual letters to intellectual evolution, was not even
another, not so on their face, but intended dreamed of by mystics of the West, while
for that, and sensual ideas have been aroused in the East the belief everywhere prevailed
by them. Then the recipient has to throw that the Rishis of old had departed from this
earth at the commencement of its Kaliyuga
these off. But with a Master, no matter how
or Dark Age and would not return till mil-
good and grand the letter may be, the forces lenniums hence when a new Golden Age
and currents of the Master go with it the would be inaugurated” (I, Isis Unveiled,
same as with ordinary letters, only with ten- Blavatsky).
fold power. These forces are good, but act-
ing on us the question is who we are, how “When the contents of the work are
we think, what is our real nature, and what considered and the attendant circumstances
will be the result. The result will be in ac- weighed, ISIS UNVEILED offers to the
cordance with our nature. Our nature is thoughtful mind a spiritual and intellectual
known to be small, mean, weak, and often phenomenon of the first magnitude. With-
bad. Hence we get no letters. For if what is out it, the Theosophical Movement as well
said above were not true, then the Masters as the Theosophical Society would have
would be sending all the time letters and been still-born. Without it, her Secret Doc-
epistles to the prominent workers, instead of trine can no more be grasped than can alge-
confining themselves, as they properly do, to bra without a knowledge of arithmetic. Her
certain occasions when help needed can be writings are not discrete works, any one of
given without any ill effects. Did they send which can be studied apart from the rest, but
letters constantly, then all of us, being upset one continuous serial unfoldment of so
and inflamed continually, would be soon
broken down and unable to do any work, 1
This is a lecture which was set up for publication. I
and thus on a small scale evolution would be think originally we had the author’s name, but it
stopped. (Echoes…, vol. iii, 437-39) has been lost. Should any of the subscribers
recognize it, let us know and we will give due
credit. It may have come from Laura in London
Ontario, Canada — ED., A.T.
2
HPB
much of the Wisdom-Religion as her Mas- “There is such a knowledge [Occult
ters….considered ample for the needs of the Knowledge], and it is far beyond what we
greatest minds until 1975, when contingent call reason; for reason is merely working
upon the use made of what she provided, the from premises to conclusions, whereas
knowledge is direct cognition. We do not
next Messenger may add further material for
reason about the things we know. We do
future building upon the foundations laid by not have a reason about all the knowledge
her. ISIS UNVEILED and the Secret Doctrine we have attained in the past; when we are
are integral; both are parts of one stupen- on the plane of Knowledge, we know with-
dous whole” (II, Isis Unveiled, Blavatsky). out any reasoning whatever. This goes far
deeper than most people imagine… This is
Experience => True Knowledge
direct cognition — Occult Knowledge. It is
The only way to experience is through to be gained by the recognition and con-
occupying a temporary form. It is in this scious use of the powers of the Inner Self…
way that we move through different states of it is gained by what we call Intuition — the
consciousness. True knowledge/wisdom is acquired knowledge of the past. Occult
not gained by just reading. Knowledge enables one absolutely to de-
termine what is the nature and essence of
Knowledge has to be more than just anything regarded” (107, Universal Theosophy,
recognition or recall. It involves sticking Crosbie).
our hands in the pot and getting dirty. We
have to take it apart and put it back together “A poet is someone who holds an idea for
again. We have to see the whole to be found you until you can make it your own”
in the parts. A mechanic can’t just memorize (Emerson).
each part of a car alone, he must understand The Mahatmas/Masters/Adepts are
how they all fit together as a whole. necessary in helping us gain true knowl-
edge or understanding. We are all inter-
“If it is knowledge that is known, there
connected and learning together. We can’t
must be Those who know it; there could be
learn alone. The Masters have already
no knowledge without the knowers of
checked, tested, and verified before passing
it…[we are] limited only by the limitations
their knowledge on to us. Before we pass
we ourselves place around it [true occult
knowledge on to others, we must also
knowledge] through choice or through ig-
check, test and verify what we have
norance” (102, Universal Theosophy, Crosbie).
learned. This is done by experience, lead-
“Our search for knowledge is almost ing by example, living what we are learn-
ing:
universally a looking for something
outside. We are looking for “Once, long ago, a boy said to his
information, for instruction, in the mother, “Mother, I don’t know if I believe
Theosophy is true.” And she replied, “Why
thoughts of other men, in the ideas
would you believe it, son? Either you know
of other peoples, which, in this school it, or you don’t know it. Theosophy is not
of Occult Knowledge, is not to be believed but learned, then proved by
knowledge at all. The only knowledge each one for himself by doing it” (v, The
we have is that which we gain for Eternal Verities, A Student).
ourselves, and within ourselves, as “Introception”, a term coined by
actual experience. External facts and Franklin Wolff, defined as “the power
information can never give us any whereby the Light of consciousness turns
upon itself towards its source”. When this
understanding whatever of the
occurs, a state of high indifference arises,
higher, more divine parts of our which is described as “consciousness-
nature” (104, Universal Theosophy, Crosbie). without-an-object-and-without-a-subject”,
from which both the subjective and objec-
tive dimensions of reality arise” (83, Authen- …Seeing Buddha-nature requires that
tic Knowing, Baruss). we…completely be each moment, so that
whatever activity we are engaged in —
“Knowledge is to come from intro- whether we are standing right here, right
spection, psychological change – possibly now, doing nothing at all. (Everything Zen,
brought about by meditation or a spiritual Charlotte Joko Beck).
way of life — and modes of understanding
superior to rational thought” (p. 31, Authen-
tic Knowing, Baruss). CONTEMPLATING WHAT
WE READ => TRUE LEARNING
Intuition surfaces in our desire to help
If all knowledge comes from direct experience,
others, when we are trying to explain what
then what is the value of the word alone, in the
we already know to someone else. What book?
else causes intuition to surface?
“Shalt thou abstain from action? Not
True words are not fine-sounding;
so shall gain thy soul her freedom. To reach Fine-sounding words are not true.
Nirvana one must reach Self-Knowledge, The good man does not prove by
and Self-Knowledge is of loving deeds the argument;
child” (33-34, The Voice of the Silence, Blavatsky).
And he who proves by argument is
“Behold! Thou hast become the Light, not good.
thou hast become the Sound, thou art thy True wisdom is different from much
Master and thy God. Thou art THYSELF the
object of thy search: the VOICE unbroken, learning;
that resounds throughout eternities, exempt Much learning means little wisdom.
from change, from sin exempt, the Seven (Tao Te Ching)
Sounds in one, THE VOICE OF THE SI-
LENCE” (24, The Voice of The Silence, Blavatsky). “The fish trap exists because of the
fish; once you’ve gotten the fish, you
One day [Master Ungo] said to the can forget the trap. The rabbit snare
congregation, “If you want to attain exists because of the rabbit; once
such a thing, you must be such a you’ve gotten the rabbit, you can
person. Since you are such a person, forget the snare. Words exist
why trouble about such a thing” because of meaning; once you’ve
(Shobogenzo, Zen Master Dogen, 1200-1253). gotten the meaning, you can forget
the words. Where can I find a man
There’s a story of three people who are
who has forgotten the words so I can
watching a monk standing on top of a hill.
After they watch him for a while, one of the have a word with him” (Chuang Tzu).
three says, “He must be a shepherd looking
for a sheep he’s lost.” The second person
says, “No, he’s not looking around. He “As the heat of a fire reduces wood
must be waiting for a friend.” And the third to ashes, the fire of knowledge
person says, “He’s probably a monk. I’ll burns to ashes all karma. Nothing
bet he’s meditating.” They begin arguing
over what the monk is doing, and eventu-
in the world purifies like spiritual
ally, to settle the squabble, they climb up wisdom. It is the perfection
the hill and approach him. “Are you look- achieved in time through the path
ing for a sheep?” “No, I don’t have any of yoga, the path which leads to the
sheep to look for.” “Oh, then you must be
waiting for a friend.” “No, I’m not waiting
Self within” (Chapter 4, 37-38, Bhagavad-Gita)
for anyone.” “Well, then you must be
meditating.” “Well, no. I’m just standing
here. I’m not doing anything at all.”
THE TEST OF THE THREE CUPS want to tell me about my student going to be
useful to me?"
Let him say what is true, let him say what
is pleasing, let him utter no disagreeable truth, "No, not really ......."
and let him utter no agreeable falsehood ; that
is the eternal law. [Manu, iv, 138] "Well," concluded Socrates, "if what
you want to tell me is neither Known to be
True, nor Good, nor even Useful, why tell it
to me at all?"
In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), The man was defeated and ashamed.
Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. This is the reason Socrates was a great phi-
One day the great philosopher came upon an losopher and held in such high esteem...
acquaintance who ran up to him excitedly
and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just
heard about one of your students?"
"Wait a moment," Socrates replied.
"Before you tell me I'd like you to pass a
little test. It's called the Test of Three Cups." Free Will And Fate
"Three Cups?"
“My heart is a puppet, a slave, like all
"That's right," Socrates continued. else, of fate,” [cried Her-Bak]
"Before you talk to me about my student
let's take a moment to pour out the dregs of The Sage waited for the storm of pri-
what you're going to say into the three cups, modial grief to abate. Then he lifted his
and see what is left" grave voice and Her-Bak seated himself,
trembling. “My son, there is error in what
The first cup is Truth. Have you made you have just said, Your heart, seat of
absolutely sure that what you are about to enlightenment, sia . . . is it not here KA1
tell me is true?" dwells? But your KA isn’t fate’s slave, for it
is no part of nature.2 All else on Earth or in
"No," the man said, "actually I just
heard about it and....." 1
In The Secret Doctrine Vol. II, p. 633, Ka is listed
as the Astral or Sidereal Man, while Cheybi is the
"All right," said Socrates. "So you Spiritual Soul. In this diagram Bai is given as the
don't really know if it's true or not." Intellectual Soul. The above quote is interesting
more for its remarks about “Fate and Freewill”
than its Egyptology!! The novel, Her-Bak Egyptian
Now let's try the second cup, the cup Initiate, has interesting ideas presented in a slap-
of Goodness. “Is what you are about to tell dash sort of way. Past cycles generally begin to
me about my student something good?" look quaint when resurrected in a new cycle. As
comments and aids to the new growth they are
useful, but quickly develop a kind of atavism if
"No, on the contrary...." taken as a yardstick for judging the correctness of
the new cycle. — ED., A.T.
"So," Socrates continued, "you want to 2
A similar statement in The Secret Doctrine, Vol. I,
tell me something bad about him, even 294-95: “All these Genii preside over mundane
though you're not certain it's true?" affairs, they shake and overthrow the constitution
of States and of individuals; they imprint their
likeness on our Souls, they are present in our
The man shrugged, a little embar- nerves, our marrow, our veins, our arteries, and
rassed. our very brain-substance . . . at the moment when
each of us receives life and being, he is taken in
charge by the genii (Elementals) who preside over
Socrates continued. "You may still births, and who are classed beneath the astral
pass the test though, because there is a third powers (Superhuman astral Spirits.) They change
perpetually, not always identically, but revolving in
cup — the cup of Usefulness. Is what you circles. They permeate by the body two parts of
Heaven, even the solar disc that lights us, is Her-Bak submitted a point. “Doesn’t
part of nature, but the spirit-soul, like divine liberty come about by itself little by little
Râ, is not. If the spark becomes conscious without intervention of man’s will, as
in your humanity it grows into a vital germ change comes about in species?
and through this, if you let it govern the
animal-human in you, you will be master of “It’s a remarkable achievement,” re-
your fate. The soul is not subject to the sponded the Sage, “to formulate two re-
stars.” sounding errors in one sentence. Freedom is
the fruit of personal effort to go beyond na-
Her-Bak: “But all my being suffers ture. As to the development of species,
their influences!” there is no such thing as physical evolution:
there is no progress except in the acquisition
“As you have just suffered the de- of consciousness. The existence of species
pressing experience of an eclipse, for the merely seems like a pattern of advance, pe-
instinctive self is subject to them. But as riodic and regular, with its renewings that
soon as animal man begins to obey his have similar but not identical characteristics.
higher self he only feels them as inclina- Every month, every decade, sees the birth of
tions, no longer compulsions. The soul is insects that hatch at the appointed hour: the
free and can alter its course. But I repeat, same law tells a bird to prepare a nest when
the condition of independence is submission the time to lay eggs approaches. (Her-Bak
to the immortal consciousness.” …, p. 125-26)
Her-Bak refused to accept hope with-
out certainty. “If my soul didn’t suffer the
influence of the eclipse, yet my lower self
rejected the higher . . . the result is the
same.”
The Torch-Bearers
“No. You obeyed it when it urged you
“The souls of people, on their way to
to examine your doubts. That is where free
Earth-life, pass through a room full of
choice lies. Your body will always feel the
lights; each takes a taper — often only a
influence of the stars: you will free yourself
spark — to guide it in the dim country of
when you learn to be neutral and follow the
this world. But some souls, by rare for-
instructions of your heart without letting
tune, are detained longer — have time to
things perturb you. This is the way of Maât.
grasp a handful of tapers, which they
The wonders that are spoken of it, the prom-
weave into a torch. These are the torch-
ises that are made, would be empty words
bearers of humanity — its poets, seers
had they no relation to this fact, that it liber-
and saints, who lead and lift the race out
ates the man who is conscious of such lib-
of darkness, toward the light. They are
erty from Fate.”
the law-givers and saviours, the light-
bringers, way-showers and truth-tellers,
and without them, humanity would lose
the Soul, that it may receive from each the im- its way in the dark.” — Plato
press of his own energy. But the reasonable part
of the Soul is not subject to the genii; it is de-
signed for the reception of (the) God, who enlight-
ens it with a sunny ray. Those who are thus illu-
mined are few in number, and from them the genii
abstain: for neither genii nor Gods have any
power in the presence of a single ray of God.† But
all other men, both soul and body, are directed by
genii, to whom they cleave, and whose operations
they affect. . . . . The genii have then the control
of mundane things and our bodies serve them as
instruments . . .”

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The Aquarian Theosophist

Volume V, No. 1 November 17, 2004

“LIBRERÍA Y DISCOTECA LATINA”

“ESTUDIOS Y PARTICIPACIÓN GRATUITOS United Lodge of Theosophists

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Oct 24 The Tidal Wave

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Dear Friends at the A.T.:

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