Andrew,
I think you are saying that we all must find a teacher who will guide us, a teacher who will try to convince us to believe ideas we presently refuse to believe. At such times, we must be ready to discard our belief systems and trust our teacher to change our belief systems from ours to his. (Is that what you are saying?)
Nick,
I think yes, but only inasmuch as we are able to tentatively accept that the Teacher and ourselves already
share in the One Truth. Such is a Mystery far greater than any of us individually (may grasp), as even all of the Theosophical writings of the Ages (including Vedas, Gospels, etc.) cannot encapsulate.
On the plane of the Soul the Master knows us both as we already are - essentially
a SOUL (and ALL Souls are Immortal, as Socrates points out) - the Master and the Soul being ONE. We are, each and all, at some
stage of growth along the long, slow but guaranteed process - or Journey - of realizing outwardly our Soul's unique and Innermost potential. As St. Paul put it, this is: "Christ in us, the Hope of Glory."
A Master of the Wisdom would never ask us to jump off of a cliff needlessly, so the proverbial Lemming-type of questions are really a waste of time. That said, no Master will instruct us, certainly to the point of a specific command or injunction, until and unless
we ourselves are at the proper stage of Soul unfoldment and personality self-discipline. This prevents karmic problems, including the denial of growth to the student in question. So, I'm fairly certain none of the Great Ones is simply seeking a puppet, or yet another parrot, within the world of men.
I think it would be easy to speak, almost
ad infinitum, about some of the conditions of living pertaining to Mahatmas, advanced chelas and so forth. The Masters have allowed this information to become known, yet it only finds proper value and perspective when we fit it into the right context. Some of the Teachings given, such as those concerning the true age (physically speaking) of such & such a Master (living in Tibet, or Europe, or Lebanon) ... will thus amount to little, if we cannot see what relevance this has upon ourselves, our world and the future of Humanity.
Likewise, to know the previous incarnations of the Galilean Adept, as well as those which have followed ... is useless, misleading or confusing information - even for esotericists (perhaps
especially so) - if we don't have a good grasp on
why this information has been given out. I truly doubt that it was
just to add to the Mystery, or ... to keep us guessing!
Anyway, I'm fairly certain that every Master there is, first & foremost our own SOUL, would far prefer that we continue to ASK questions, than that we prematurely or glamorously adopt some kind of new spin on Ancient Truth, simply because it escapes the trickery and nonsense which modern theology has had to heap upon its own inaneness and absurdity. Sure, there are wonderful and satisfying answers - to the Gospel story, and to many other modern religious mysteries or conundra - but just because they may be easier to swallow doesn't mean we have really progressed much ... if all they do is
rest more easily with our gut feelings, or
hunch, about "what really probably happened," etc.
I'm not saying this is a bad start. Just that we have to be careful not to mistake the
Beginnings of the spiritual Path for any kind of END. The best example in modern times that I know of, is pretty much 99.9% (flip it, for clarity) of Christians (Catholic, Fundamentalist, or anywhere else on the spectrum) who say something about
Jesus of Nazareth being the Way, Truth, Life, answer, etc. Especially where it all just kind of boils down to JESUS, this one word, or name, a placeholder for
that enigmatic historical personage ... we can often observe a kind of automatic short-circuiting of people's ability to THINK, let alone rationally or clearly, about the subject.
Notice, however, that the same kind of thing can and does occur, almost any time folks get going about the glamorous topic of out-of-body projection, travel or near-death experiences. While the body of literature is a little less
canonical, it nevertheless draws all sorts of
finality to people's minds, as if we've already mastered the topic and its implications ... even while MOST of us have probably NEVER actually experienced astral consciousness in the same way, to the same degree or capacity, that we experience PHYSICAL awareness every day!
What is it about the UNKNOWN, including what the Roman Catholics call
the Mysteries, which implies that we CANNOT, SHOULD NOT and
BETTER NOT dare ASK!!! This, on top of what Jesus almost
begged his own Followers to do! I suspect he encouraged them literally
by the multitudes to KEEP asking questions, even while respecting Tradition and keeping Humble before TRUE spiritual Authority - which concept is all but lost on the majority of `believers' today. Never did Christ try and SHUT DOWN this kind of Right Inquiry, by frightening the
Little Ones, or spooking them in general about
the Mysteries.
Christ
OPENLY TAUGHT as much as the people of that time & region could handle ... regarding both the Lesser and Greater Mysteries. The former have long been accessible to those who earnestly sought, and we should well know (as esotericists) that the latter are
also open to us, if we but inquire ~ and properly prepare ourselves to receive Them. There are definite, sometimes strict observances (of conduct and character - such as the Noble Eightfold PATH) which dictate when and how we may receive these various Mysteries. But
nowhere are we taught or told that it is fundamentally taboo to SEEK out greater Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding and Guidance. At worst, we are admonished if we do so for
personal gain, i.e. strictly for the advancement of the separated self.
So, I think we ARE asked to increasingly try and
see things the way the Masters see them, but this doesn't mean our grasp on it all will change radically overnight ... or even for several lifetimes. That said, I figure it's just a convenient partial truth (of people's OWN choosing) that many folks still aren't aware of dozens of visiting civilizations, present within our Earth's atmosphere
every single day ... as well as HOSTS of Devas (co-Dwellers on Earth) outnumbering Human Jivas by more than 2 to 1. 140 billion Angel-Souls vs. 60 billion Human ones is something that makes me stop and think, every now & then. I sure hope we don't piss them off to the extent that `Nature' has to wreak the kind of havoc upon the planet (including human settlements) that results in widescale Destruction. This, of course, is still
largely up to US!
Master Morya makes a reference to the ARK of the New Civilzation already being prepared (here, the FUTURE Manu is speaking, I dare say). He says, tongue in cheek, that He
hopes it will be a larger Ark than that of Noah!
Feliz Navidad!!!
