K.H. Letter to Annie Besant
(written in 1900)
To Annie Besant
A psychic and a pranayamist who has got confused by the vagaries of the members.
The T.S. and its members are slowly manufacturing a creed. Says a Thibetan
proverb 'credulity breeds credulity and ends in hypocrisy'. How few are they who
can know anything about us. Are we to be propitiated and made idols of... The
intense desire of some to see Upasika reincarnate at once has raised a
misleading Mayavic ideation. Upasika has useful work to do on higher planes and
cannot come again so soon. The T.S. must safely be ushered into the new
century...no one has a right to claim authority over a pupil or his conscience.
Ask him not what he believes.. .The crest wave of intellectual advancement must
be taken hold of and guided into Spirituality. It cannot be forced into beliefs
and emotional worship. The essence of the higher thoughts of the members in
their collectivity must guide all action in the T.S__We never try to subject to
ourselves the will of another. At favourable times we let loose elevating
influences which strike various persons in various ways. It is the collective
aspect of many such thoughts that can give the correct note of action. We show
no favours. The best corrective of error is an honest and open-minded
examination of all facts subjective and objective...The cant about 'Masters'
must be silently but firmly put down. Let the devotion and service be to that
Supreme Spirit alone of which each one is a part. Namelessly and silently we
work and the continual references to ourselves and the repetition of our names
raises up a confused aura that hinders our work__ The T.S. was meant to be the
corner-stone of the future religions of humanity. To accomplish this object
those who lead must leave aside their weak predilections for the forms and
ceremonies of any particular creed and show themselves to be true Theosophists
both in inner thoughts and outward observance. The greatest of your trials is
yet to come. We are watching over you but you must put forth all your strength.
K.H.
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