Dear Gail:
The subject is “The Lofty Teachings.” The Lofty Teachings are not always secret; it’s that the mass cult man doesn’t look at them in the proper way. He isn’t interested in knowing what might be given him in the esthetical way, while he is still in the body.
When one rises above the consciousness of the body, then he may find many different viewpoints of spiritual matters which had never occurred to him heretofore. Yet the teachings are secret — a paradox as usual — which is always existent in the spiritual truths. Spiritual Truth itself is a paradox, and you must come to know it in this manner until you are ready to accept; then suddenly you know that Truth is not a paradox, but it was yourself who was the paradox — and you were looking at it in that manner.
The Lofty Teachings are those of the saints, saviors and savants. They are the pure utterances which dropped from the lips of these higher ones. You can be assured of the fact that none ever were able to take down the utterances of Christ, Buddha and other saviors without coloring them. St.
Paul was one of the worst for putting his own interpretation into the words of Jesus. You find that no disciple ever wrote the pure truth — but wanted to use the gospel as his own to the development of personal power — and, yet, so many disciples of so many saviors have this ambition. If you are at all in doubt, study the history of the Catholic Church — it has one of the worst examples of the development of power in the history of this world. Buddha’s disciples wanted to do the same but were kept from it by the fact that the Buddha had foreseen this and made rules to hold down any personal
ambition among the generations to come who worshipped the Buddha. However, Tibet was a place where the politics of power reigned in the Buddhist monasteries, and the King’s regents have always been great political powers — when I speak of the King’s regents — I mean the Dalai Lama.
The Lofty Teachings will contain, as the basic principle, the Sound Current. You will find this teaching in every mystery teaching in the world. If it is not there you can be assured that the teaching is not a true teaching, and if the teacher doesn’t recognize or give any sufficient reason for not recognizing it, then you can be certain that he is not aware of it, nor does he recognize it. I am sure that almost every mystic teaching does give the Sound Current. Some of those who are not aware of the Sound Current are:
Spiritualism, Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Swedenborgism, and a few others with which you have probably by now become acquainted.
Since the Sound Current comes from the center of all things, then it is the essence of the Lofty Teachings. Tulsi Das, one of the great Masters, during the middle ages was a true follower of the Lofty Teachings; so was Shamus-i-Tabriz, one of the greats whom many do not know, yet his name will keep creeping up throughout all the history of the true teachings. This individual was gifted with the ability to leave his body at will, for he could come and go at will. Once when he heard that four assassins were going to kill him at a certain place, he left his body and appeared to them. When they tried to stab him and their knives stuck nothing, it frightened them so badly they gave up to the police, asking for protection. He lived in Persia, during the eighth century B.C., and there left a few scattered teachings. I have some in my notes.
Now one of the most interesting points at this particular stage is to discuss briefly what the metaphysicians keep
talking about, that is — the ‘we-feeling,’ the ‘we-ness’ of all.
You have noticed this as an expression in people’s dialogues.
“We must accept this principle, or we suffer the consequence!” This is typical of their thinking — which is typical of this century. There is no usness in the higher planes
— we do not exist as a togetherness like McCall’s Magazine of Togetherness program. It is simply that we don’t exist as most people think — and as many of the beginners in spiritual training believe. There is a first experience of the cosmic path in which the individual sees himself as a part of all. But the mistake is that he gathers to himself the thought that we is the basis of this experience. It certainly isn’t, for the experience has only gained him an insight into the area of getting into the astral plane — but just a little way — not completely inside.
The feeling of universality, being all in one and one in all, is false — rather a deceptive state of cosmic understanding.
You and I, speaking in the terms of oneness, must understand that it is the “I” that counts, and not being a member of a team. The individual must be that which is the ultimate ending. In other words, the closer the individual comes to God, or the Absolute, the more individualistic he becomes.
It is only that person (the Jivatma) who is sunk in this materialistic universe who wants to include all in his own problems or his troubles by saying that “We must abide by this law, because it helps all!” You must realize that that person is trying to include you as his contemporary because he is troubled and wants the companionship of another to share his mood. Remember the article on Yang and Yin.
The closer that one comes to the Absolute, I repeat again, the more individualistic he becomes. The more individualistic one becomes in his thinking and in his closeness to the Absolute, the lonelier he becomes. He
doesn’t speak in the terms of we anymore for he is accepting the full load of the responsibility of his own karma, or the duties laid upon him through his actions. He is the highest of individuals! The Absolute doesn’t train Its favorite children to become automatics like the materialistic world does. He who is favored by God to become the true child of God is a complete individualistic person, I mean, Jivatma. A person may act as if he is an individual, but if you look at him closely you might find that he is actually a person bound by the cords of materialism and he is struggling to get loose, and his eccentricities are not true freedom. I rather doubt if you will find over a half-dozen true individuals in your lifetime — those who have true freedom.
Therefore the individual Jivatma is that one who can do as he pleases, go where he pleases and act as he pleases under all circumstances. He can be free of any action, yet he can indulge in it without losing himself to its entangling coils — like food, sex, or any of the passions. He can be angry but he is not lost in anger but mocks-up anger because the position demands it and it is expected of him. He acts in any capacity desired merely because the position demands it, but it has nothing to do with him inwardly.
All who follow the Lofty Teachings recognize them by intuition and never have to struggle over what they may be.
He knows by trusting his inner senses, and can give them the test; he is versed in the art of knowledge of the esoteric teachings and will be able to disperse them to others without cost, or any reward.
More later.
Paul
80. Sight Without Eyes