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These are <u>foolish</u>, <u>insane</u> ideas of yours about [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Upasika]] – Henry – wretched thoughts — the <u>mirage</u> thrown upon your brain by some of those who surround you. '''You are [turning?] the work of 10 years. You are slaughtering your own future, thereby. Know [now?] that unless you master such vile, sinful, suspiciions about the <u>innocent</u> – unless you get | |||
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'''rid of them – that all the offers made by you in the direction pointed out to you by Upasika to [?] in N.Y. & Pensylvnia – that all such [?] shall go to <u>naught</u>. The [notion?] [?] to their very care the faults of your most meritorious actions & that [?] [?] shall reach me not in the tree of your life. [?] [?] to the ground – <u>dust</u> & <u>ashes</u>.''' Do not take as an excuse your honesty. <u>Honesty</u> without <u>justice</u> is like a drunken watchman's bull's eye – made but to throw light on his own distorted features leaving all around him in greater darkness still. ''' The woman is <u>innocent</u> I tell you. She suffers [?] which cannot be interfered with, but the charges which [?] to make up the [instment?] – are all false. [?] <u>lies</u>, <u>forgery</u>, <u>conspiracy</u>, [?]''' You wrong [?] her from be- | |||
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ning to end. You have <u>never</u> understood Upasika, nor the laws thro’ which her <u>apparent</u> life has been made to work – since you knew her. You are ungrateful and unjust and even cruel. You take <u>[[maya]]</u> for reality & reality for illusion. | |||
I have said and shall say no more, | I have said and shall say no more, & now if you don’t listen & believe what I now tell you I shall have to turn [[Karma|<u>Karma</u>]] into a new direction. | ||
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Revision as of 22:41, 23 February 2020
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Written by: | Morya |
Received by: | Henry Steel Olcott |
Sent via: | unknown |
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Received on: | 1884 |
Other dates: | unknown |
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This letter is Letter No. 47 in Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, Second Series. Mahatma Morya rebukes Henry Steel Olcott for misunderstanding Helena Petrovna Blavatsky.[1]
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Page 1 transcription, image, and notes
NOTE: Bold text was omitted from the published version. These are foolish, insane ideas of yours about Upasika – Henry – wretched thoughts — the mirage thrown upon your brain by some of those who surround you. You are [turning?] the work of 10 years. You are slaughtering your own future, thereby. Know [now?] that unless you master such vile, sinful, suspiciions about the innocent – unless you get |
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rid of them – that all the offers made by you in the direction pointed out to you by Upasika to [?] in N.Y. & Pensylvnia – that all such [?] shall go to naught. The [notion?] [?] to their very care the faults of your most meritorious actions & that [?] [?] shall reach me not in the tree of your life. [?] [?] to the ground – dust & ashes. Do not take as an excuse your honesty. Honesty without justice is like a drunken watchman's bull's eye – made but to throw light on his own distorted features leaving all around him in greater darkness still. The woman is innocent I tell you. She suffers [?] which cannot be interfered with, but the charges which [?] to make up the [instment?] – are all false. [?] lies, forgery, conspiracy, [?] You wrong [?] her from be- |
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ning to end. You have never understood Upasika, nor the laws thro’ which her apparent life has been made to work – since you knew her. You are ungrateful and unjust and even cruel. You take maya for reality & reality for illusion. I have said and shall say no more, & now if you don’t listen & believe what I now tell you I shall have to turn Karma into a new direction.
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Context and background
Mr. Jinarajadasa provided these notes about this letter:
1 Received in 1884. One further letter was received by H.S.O. Letter XIX in the First Series, on August 22, 1888.[2]
Physical description of letter
The original of this letter is preserved at the Theosophical Society, Adyar, Chennai, India.