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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A Theosophist's viewpoint, presented to fellow Theosophists, at the Headquarters of The Theosophical Society, Adyar, Madras, December, 1939. THE WAR-AND AFTER WAT have I to say about the War? Many things indeed, though it is difficult to say it all briefly. For us, who believe in the Great Hierarchy of the Masters of the Wisdom, there are no chance happenings in the world. Darthquakes, devastations by sea and flood, wars, famines, all these happenings are not just events noted by the Masters. They are foreseen. Once the cause is known, the effect can be forecast. Therefore the Masters, who know what are the accumulations of the evil Karma generated by mankind, know that disaster and tragedy in various forms must be reaped by mankind. Since Karma cannot be annihilated, their task throughout the ages is to guide the forces of Karma so that they may do as little damage as possible to the plans for human betterment. Karma, which is generated by individuals, as also by masses of individuals like nations, can operate only through individuals and through nations. To guide the forces of Karma means to shape individuals and nations to become the recipients of the Karma, good and evil, created by them, and yet grow into something better. I will suggest to you by a simile what happens THE RESERVOIR OF GOOD AND EVIL Where a reservoir of water exists at any height, the water must eventually come down to the plain in one of two ways, first, through a number of little channels or rivulets, or secondly, by the reservoir giving way and creating a devastating flood. So long as the little channels function, all is well. But if the channels should become clogged, and especially if the height of the reservoir should rise through unexpected rains, the reservoir breaks, and disaster is the lot of those who live in the path of its flood waters. Mankind, unhappily, has a vast reservoir of evil Karma, the accumulation of ages. During each generation, the level of this reservoir is lessened by discharge through periodic calamities and disasters which man attributes to an unfeeling and merciless Providence. Why is it that when science has curbed various diseases, new forms appear? If tuberculosis is lessening, cancer is increasing... geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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