Bruce,
This is an extremely
painful, and unfortunate step you have taken ... to
post such a thing. Although part of me feels that
such a post really doesn't deserve the graces of a response, another part of me serves to remind that -
we decide whether or not to take such assaults
personally.
And yes, this amounts to an assault. It is a form -
not even a subtle form - of spiritual warfare. As such, the least of what HPB deserves is
my best effort to provide a SHIELD, for my friend,
you know not whereof you speak.
Simply repeating the unsubstantiated
rumours of others is not very forthright. Inasmuch as you
perhaps feel that you need to issue others a
warning, I can appreciate your Good intentions, your Goodwill, and give you the
benefit of the doubt ... but LET THIS STOP HERE, please.
If you wish to talk about
this process of temporary abeyance, or
interruption, which must
sometimes, though
rarely occur between an advanced student and his or her Spiritual Master, read up on
Jiddu Krishnamurti. You will find that,
following his rejection of the Masters - and his choice to interrupt the process of Overshadowing from Maitreya (the Christ, the World Teacher), just such an hiatus became
necessary.
Now on the one hand, what
I have just said can be WITNESSED by all, and the
PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING, as the expression goes. Read for yourself. Krishnamurti came to
"FORGET" his own earlier, Theosphical experiences, and BY HIS OWN ADMISSION there came about
severe lapses in his memories, which are most curious in someone so
otherwise enlightened or spiritually progressed.
In Occult terminology, Krishnamurti was a
4th Degree Initiate, an Arhat, although he chose to advance along the
Deva line, and this forced his work with
Maitreya to come to a close. He occultly
set himself adrift, and the
process you mention in connection with HPB became necessary,
for his own protection and that of others.
Now, unfortunately, what you say about HPB is UNSUBSTANTIATED,
nor can you provide any EVIDENCE for what you say ... since it is no more than
wild speculation and a vicious lie.
HPB, until the very day of her death, was a
strong supporter of the Work she had initiated in the physical world. Amazingly, one of the resident Catholics here, Thomas, has advanced
yet further vicious lies (TOTALLY unsubstantiated) suggesting that HPB recanted of her Theosophical "allegiances" upon her deathbed and
embraced Roman Catholicism.
She was, of course, right up until her crossing over, and perhaps even afterwards as well (
continuing even unto the PRESENT DAY, in certain ways), the EMISSARY, or
Messenger, for a certain Branch of the Occult Brotherhood,
the Trans-Himalayan.
Further, since ALL BRANCHES of the Brotherhood are connected and
WORK IN HARMONY, your speculation about a
schism between either HPB,
or the Trans-Himalayan Branch ... and the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor ...
are likewise, PURELY UNSUBSTANTIATED. (In fact, I'm not convinced yet that
Max Theon's H.B. of L. bears
any resemblance to the true article, the
real McCoy ... but I remain OPEN to the possiblity until I learn otherwise!)
My friend, I do not know your motive,
only your error. I will not stand by, and watch you -
or anyone - launch such BASE ATTACKS, which are really no more than an effort to
topple one presumed spiritual authority, and then SUPPLANT that authority with another - be that Heindel, Tomberg, Steiner, or whomever.
I do not go around saying,
Heindel, Steiner, etc. were a bunch of crackpots,
erring because they spouted off too much about occult topics. The fact that HPB spoke
openly and plainly about certain things was
a part of her work, and was further, the satisfactory fulfilment of her role, working directly under the Guidance and Instruction of
her Teachers.
HPB's own Masters are the ones -
as Nick has so clearly pointed out, several times - who APPEALED to Their `Chief' (the
Maha Chohan) for permission to attempt to bring the Occult Teachings to the West during the 2nd half of the 19th Century. And the experiment, as history records,
was only partially successful.
Yet the burden of responsibility
was owned by Masters M and KH, while `
The Secret Doctrine,' as the dictated work
primarily from Master DK (
`the Tibetan Master'), fell
completely in line with the Spiritual Impulse initiated by the Occult Hierarchy at the
close of the Century - the key year being 1875 (the year of the Founding of the Theosophical Society).
What authors such as
Valentin Tomberg apparently fail to understand, is that
the Occult Hierarchy of our planet - speaking of such
as a whole - does not operate according according to such a
limited perspective and capacity to appreciate the evolutionary plan, as applies to most of us. Rather, the Christ and Masters are accustomed to taking into account a point of view which
brings into awareness the relative progress of Humanity across the centuries, even millennia!
Christ spoke of the
Plans for the Aquarian Era,
even during His Work at the start of the Piscean. He could well see the future, yet He struggled with the daunting task that lay before Him -
as recorded for all of Humanity to witness in the episode at the Garden of Gethsemane.
So, in Tomberg's criticism of HPB, for apparently
failing to deliver a useful practical Occultism to the West (see
this article, mentioned in a post to another thread) ... it becomes clear that Mr. Tomberg is simply
not acquainted with the
modus operandi of the Spiritual Hierarchy.
He views the first wave of
Theosophical Inspiration, the wave of effort that began a larger Movement, as if it were an
isolated instance, a one-time event. Tomberg fails to see, or is apparently unaware, that the Work of the Masters with HPB was
not meant to be the end-all, be-all, of modern Occultism. And
nor is any of Their possible work with Steiner, Heindel,
et al.
"Round 2" of the Masters' Work, for many a disciple at least - and from one angle in terms of
Humanity as a Whole, can be understood via the Tibetan Master's further work with Alice Bailey, from
1919 to 1949. Other Teachings, too, as those of Agni Yoga from the Master M./Helena Roerich, and Master R./Lucille Cedercrans, have issued forth from the Hierarchy, while those of
Messengers or students like Heindel, Steiner, Hodson, have been presented alongside.
ALL are part of the Inspiration that Humanity needs
from God, forming in the collective what
the Tibetan calls "the Restoration of the Mysteries." This, as well as
the Externalization of the Hierarchy, are accompanying the Christ's Reappearance in the
outer world of Humanity. And all three can be though of together as
the Reappearance of the Christ, and as New Spiritual Revelation.
A pity that those who cannot see the above
progression have to resort to
slander, and to
wild, invented ideas to try and
downplay the contributions of Humanity's
modern Prophets (for such HPB
veritably was!) ... only so that they can
prop up their own, idolized versions.
Bruce, I'm ASHAMED you'd stoop so low. Please convince me that you've simply committed an
error in judgment, and that perhaps you
just weren't thinking when you posted this nonsense. I expect MORE from someone who speaks of
modern Christian Esotericism, and claims to be familiar with (let alone sympathetic to) Theosophical ideas!
The only people here who are
occultly imprisoned, would be those who have only traded
one set of dogma for another -
regardless of what
title we give to the 2nd set. Personally, I have not problems
considering what Wisdom those such as Max Heindel or Rudolf Steiner have to share, as I can see how it fits into the greater picture of
part of the New Revelation.
So again, Bruce, please demonstrate that you are
above simply trying to
knock down the Teachings of someone you don't always agree with, simply by launching an ad hominem attack ... and restore my good faith that YOU ARE BETTER THAN THAT!
Namaskar,
~andrew
