Theos-Talk Archives (March 2003 Message tt00353)

“Disputes and conflict is ditthi-mana. Therefore the
Buddha taught us to let go of views. Don't allow mana
to cling to those views beyond their relevance.”


How may someone to progress on the path, if not have
faced his dark sites? How may someone to progress in
the path if not have awaken and enlighten the dark
corners of his/her soul? How may someone to progress
if he/her does not know deeply his or her nature? How
can someone to progress if still has believes?
Necessarily will remain a silent faith on the unknown,
nothing else. 

When one wants to accelerate this process, attending
the call of his soul he will be tested friend. Facing
situations in life and conflicts in the inner self.
The real strength and power arises when someone
recognize and face his/her own weakness. This is hard
dear friend! Have you faced yours? I would advice
nobody to try; it’s not a “game for children in the
kindergarten”. You may not understand what am I
talking about, because of the limitations of the
language.

I am not denying the teachings of the Great Ones, this
would be blindness, I am not in favour or against any
teacher, and I am not a follower of Krishnaji.
Actually the love I have for Madame Blavatsky and for
the Master is too deep to allow me to be in favour or
against any other sincere try made by someone to break
the veils of Maya. Of course I am against any kind of
teaching with leads deeper into anger, racism etc.

I go further even Krishnaji’s followers aren’t able to
understand what he was talking about. Many of them
also within Kama-Manas take his teachings as a body of
truth and the best truth. Is this a reaction of a mind
still rooted deeply on kama? 

What I see as result of many persons trying to follow
a series of techniques and methodology is that they
are more nourishing the Kama-Manas, instead to
overtake it. It’s very easy friend when everything is
apparently correct into someone’s life to keep on
making prayers, meditation, concentration exercises
etc. Of course results will flourish, but still within
kama-manas such results will be rooted. 

After one have open the inner gates, things change in
a way no description in words can be done. 

“A mind filled with craving is not wholesome, a mind
filled with aversion is not wholesome, and a mind
filled with ignorance is not wholesome. When the mind
is concentrated with the help of an object of craving,
aversion or ignorance, it will achieve concentration,
but it will be neither balanced nor equanimous. Such
concentration of the mind is not proper, not pure, and
not conducive to happiness. Concentration that is
dependent upon craving, aversion or ignorance is the
absorption of an unbalanced mind-how can it be
beneficial?”

Annie Besant, as you mentioned about the way Blavastky
advice her to start exercising on “Dharana”. I will
tell you such try sincerely made, but with a mind
still rooted on Kama-Manas will lead eventually into
the development of lower Siddhis, and an apparent
balance of the mind. Don’t forget that Annie Besant
strong expression of a mind still rooted on Kama-Manas
was her try to make out of Krishnamurti the new
Messiah and the creation of a new world religion.

I am sure you are aware that she closed down the
German Section, expelling from the Theosophical
Society 2.000 members because they didn’t want to
accept Krishnaji as the new messiah. See history shows
that human nature to change it’s the most difficult
task, doesn’t matter what techniques one may follow
and practice, what believes one may hold, any motion
arising within kama-manas will reflect intolerance
towards the ones that have other believes, and the
need to hold himself or herself within a body system
of knowledge leading to disunion, intellectual
antagonism, etc. 

Erica Letzerich


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