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Apr 14, 2001 05:57 AM
by dalval14
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Saturday, April 14, 2001 DearFriend: The
exchange of ideas is not to impose any finality or supremacy, but rather to
investigate as far as possible the accuracy of some descriptive situation where
metaphysical and practical life meet. The cup is
not being “filled” but rather the questions and points of view (perspectives)
are being examined as best we can -- and also, compared with various systems of
philosophy, psychology, religion
and science when these present useful analogies or facts. The
discussions are indeed never-ending, as we study Nature, Karma, and ourselves,
as eternal beings and our freedom to make those decisions that will shape our
particular future -- and also affect the future of others. If we
consider ourselves and the rest of Nature as Physical Forms made up only of“Matter,”
we will all agree that they are ephemeral and deserve the appellation of “illusions.” But inherent in them is somethingthat
is not subject to change. The
constitution of the MONAD as a primary base is that it is a “unit of Life
Force.” It is described as a unit
of life and it is constituted of an indivisible bond of SPIRIT and PRIMORDIAL
MATTER. As such It is launched on
the individual path of SELF-discovery, when it emerges from the MONADIC
ESSENCE (S.D. I 619) and, it
becomes then crystallized, so to say.
Fromthat
point on it enters and experiences (AS A CONSCIOUS Individual -- AN EMBODIED MIND)
all the processes of evolution which are see embodied in a material form, in a
particularized vital force, as the lattice work of electro-magnetic energy
called astral matter (that underlies the physical), as personalized desire and
passion, as the Individual and ineradicable Mind and its many divisions, and
finally as a WISE HUMAN BEING (an Adept, a “Brother,” a BUDDHA) who then acts as a responsible and
brotherly Agent of Nature as a Whole.
At no
point is this lengthy pilgrimage truncated or ended. The ultimate goal is for the individualized “Life-Unit” is
to return as a CONSCIOUS AGENT FOR BROTHERHOOD AND GOOD which form the “Guardian
Wall” spoken of in the : THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE. H.P.B. in
the S.D. (Vol., II, p., 260 and
footnote speaks of 2 laws that eternally interact: 1. “The Occultists believe in an inherent law of progressive development,
and 2. [That this Law is] checked and modified…by
the Law of Retardation,
which imposes a restriction on the advance of all species when a Higher Type
makes its appearance. (seealso S.D.
II 172fn 197 289fn ) One may
surmise that the retardation occurs when one makes bad or evil choices. Progress is halted until harmony and
balance are restored. Might we not
assume that our presence here on our Earth is evidence of such a halting place
where the restoration of disturbed harmony is our prime duty? Thisseems
to indicate the importance of a balanced harmony -- or Karma of large groups in
action. We are inevitably drawn
into such vortexes, and we have to fight our ay out. The only tools we have are our MINDS which serve as a chink
in the wall of illusion, and let the Light of the ILLIMITABLE and the ULTIMATE
enter our dark cavern of false concepts.
[see S.D. I 175fn] Would not
the CORE and its ESSENCE be altruistic and therefore IDEAL metaphysical
concepts of perfection and excellence that serve as stable centers, in and
around which, the evolution of all Monads takes place? Could these not be called the Universal
Laws of Karma and of the Morality of ALTRUISM (which is a continual and practical
application of brotherhood?). Is
not MIND inherent in every Monad? As
Human Monads, are we not endowed with it? Is not the
“HEART” Doctrine that which continually urges us to choose the harmonious and
generous aspect of co-existence and cooperation? Does it not urge us to become wise? Fromour
physical and material living plane of perception this appears illustrated as
the “Point on the Horizon” that forever recedes on our path of pilgrimage --
and receding, it lures us forward to the IDEAL. It makes us search for the laws of such a concept and the
nature of ourselves as the vehicles of IDEALISM. Then it asks: “Why does this “Point on the Horizon” forever
recede? Moreto
the point, it says that if we did not already have such a view point inherent,
innate in us, we would neither have such a concept nor would we be influenced
to seek to understand it. Weought
to be able to explain this, as well as that nefarious influence that lures us
equally to selfishness, indifference, isolation and pleasurable leisure. We may
never fill the presently projected “Cup of Excellence,” but we may, through search
and meditation on metaphysical ultimates, assure ourselves of the fact thatwe
are those ETERNAL PILGRIMS, and the CUP (like the Holy Grail of fable) is the
never to be emptied plenum of WISDOM.
Our unity with the Spiritual nature is never severed, and the “cup” is
never filled entirely so long as we live for the benefit of ALL. But, at no time are we ever able to
bind and isolate TRUTH for ourselves alone. If that is attempted, its effulgence destroys the unworthy and
selfish form. In other
words, the Lower Manas (ours) apprehends TRUTH and WISDOM in this plane of material
“Here and Now,” though it may not be able to describe them, butfinds that it
can so modify its own living that it approaches ever nearer to BUDDHI and to
ATMAN the Ultimate Truth Of All, and make
them practical. . Best
wishes, Dallas ============================ -----Original Message----- Subject: progress/links? |