The Secret Doctrine is the accumulated wisdom of the ages, and its cosmogony alone is the most stupendous and elaborate system .
.
But modern science believes not in the “soul of things,” and hence will reject the whole system of ancient cosmogony.
.
It is useless to say that the system in question is no fancy of one or several isolated individuals.
.
That it is the uninterrupted record covering thousands of generations of seers whose respective experiences were made to test and to verify the traditions passed orally by one early race to another, of the teachings of higher and exalted beings, who watched over the childhood of humanity.
.
That for long ages, the “wise men” of the fifth race ... had passed their lives in learning, not teaching.
.
How did they do so?
.
It is answered: by checking, testing, and verifying in every department of nature the traditions of old by the independent visions of great adepts;
.
i.e., men who have developed and perfected their physical, mental, psychic, and spiritual organisations to the utmost possible degree.
.
No vision of one adept was accepted till it was checked and confirmed by the visions – so obtained as to stand as independent evidence – of other adepts, and by centuries of experiences.’ (SD 1:272-3)
.
But modern science believes not in the “soul of things,” and hence will reject the whole system of ancient cosmogony.
.
It is useless to say that the system in question is no fancy of one or several isolated individuals.
.
That it is the uninterrupted record covering thousands of generations of seers whose respective experiences were made to test and to verify the traditions passed orally by one early race to another, of the teachings of higher and exalted beings, who watched over the childhood of humanity.
.
That for long ages, the “wise men” of the fifth race ... had passed their lives in learning, not teaching.
.
How did they do so?
.
It is answered: by checking, testing, and verifying in every department of nature the traditions of old by the independent visions of great adepts;
.
i.e., men who have developed and perfected their physical, mental, psychic, and spiritual organisations to the utmost possible degree.
.
No vision of one adept was accepted till it was checked and confirmed by the visions – so obtained as to stand as independent evidence – of other adepts, and by centuries of experiences.’ (SD 1:272-3)
‘
For thousands of years, one initiate after another, one great hierophant succeeded by other hierophants, has explored and re-explored the invisible universe, the worlds of the interplanetary regions, during long periods when his conscious soul, united to the spiritual soul and to the ALL, free and almost omnipotent, left his body.
.
The mysteries of life as well as of death, of the visible and invisible worlds, have been fathomed and observed by initiated adepts in all epochs and in all nations.
.
They have studied these during the solemn moments of union of their divine monad with the universal Spirit, and they have recorded their experiences.
.
A definite science, based on personal observation and experience, corroborated by continuous demonstrations, containing irrefutable proofs, for those who study it, has thus been established.’ (BCW 5:50-1)
.
And for those of you who wish to know for yourself then read it even if the terms used are unfamiliar.
.
It is our history.
.
And yes it is really how it is, the truth about us, where we came from, how we got here, and what is coming.
For thousands of years, one initiate after another, one great hierophant succeeded by other hierophants, has explored and re-explored the invisible universe, the worlds of the interplanetary regions, during long periods when his conscious soul, united to the spiritual soul and to the ALL, free and almost omnipotent, left his body.
.
The mysteries of life as well as of death, of the visible and invisible worlds, have been fathomed and observed by initiated adepts in all epochs and in all nations.
.
They have studied these during the solemn moments of union of their divine monad with the universal Spirit, and they have recorded their experiences.
.
A definite science, based on personal observation and experience, corroborated by continuous demonstrations, containing irrefutable proofs, for those who study it, has thus been established.’ (BCW 5:50-1)
.
And for those of you who wish to know for yourself then read it even if the terms used are unfamiliar.
.
It is our history.
.
And yes it is really how it is, the truth about us, where we came from, how we got here, and what is coming.
No comments:
Post a Comment