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Two days after Blavatsky’s death in 1891, the ''New York Herald'' published this editorial about her work. | Two days after Blavatsky’s death in 1891, the ''New York Herald'' published this editorial about her work. | ||
<blockquote>No one in the present generation has done more toward reopening the long sealed treasures of Eastern thought, wisdom and philosophy. No one certainly has done so much toward elucidating that profound wisdom-religion wrought by the Orient, and bringing into the light those ancient literary works whose scope and depth have so astonished the Western world. Careful observers of the time long since discerned that the tone of current thought in many directions was being affected by the work of Madame Blavatsky. | <blockquote> | ||
No one in the present generation has done more toward reopening the long sealed treasures of Eastern thought, wisdom and philosophy. No one certainly has done so much toward elucidating that profound wisdom-religion wrought by the Orient, and bringing into the light those ancient literary works whose scope and depth have so astonished the Western world. Careful observers of the time long since discerned that the tone of current thought in many directions was being affected by the work of Madame Blavatsky. | |||
A broader humanity, a more liberal speculation, a disposition to investigate ancient philosophies from a higher point of view have no indirect association with the teachings of the Theosophical Society. Thus Madame Blavatsky has made her mark upon the time.<ref>Ibid., pp. 486–87.</ref> | |||
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Thus, El Morya, through Madame Blavatsky, has made his mark upon the time. | Thus, El Morya, through Madame Blavatsky, has made his mark upon the time. | ||
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The Maha Chohan has said: | The Maha Chohan has said: | ||
<blockquote>It is well to have an ongoing relationship with a spiritual book and the mentors who have delivered it, whereby in those lines that you read, in those teachings you receive, you are reminded again and again that the hours and the days are the opportunity of time and space to regain what you have lost and to come up higher and beyond that level of [[adeptship]] that you had attained to prior to your compromising yourself in this way or that. | <blockquote> | ||
It is well to have an ongoing relationship with a spiritual book and the mentors who have delivered it, whereby in those lines that you read, in those teachings you receive, you are reminded again and again that the hours and the days are the opportunity of time and space to regain what you have lost and to come up higher and beyond that level of [[adeptship]] that you had attained to prior to your compromising yourself in this way or that. | |||
So know, beloved, as you read perhaps ''The Mahatma Letters'' and understand the sternness of some of us as we have dealt with humankind and various individuals who attempt to destroy our efforts, there is at times a certain gruffness in the masters.... | |||
Beloved ones, you must know that your pride must regularly be tested to see whether it is still there! You must know whether you retain personal pride by how you react to remarks that you consider to be disrespectful or challenging or demeaning.... | |||
I do not say that you should not be bold before the world yet humble before your God. But I ask you to remember that we can only go so far with you when you have mapped out in your consciousness and have such a set grid around you of what you think the Path is, what you think the Guru-chela relationship is.<ref>The Maha Chohan, “Conquer Pride and Receive the Gifts of the Holy Spirit,” {{POWref|48|2|, January 9, 2005}}</ref> | |||
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== For more information == | == For more information == | ||