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These are ''foolish'', ''insane'' ideas of yours about [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Upasika]], Henry, wretched thoughts — the ''mirage'' thrown upon your brain by some of those who surround you...  
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These are <u>foolish</u>, <u>insane</u> ideas of yours about [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Upasika]] &ndash; Henry &ndash; 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> &ndash; unless you get


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. . . You wrong her from beginning 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 and reality for illusion.
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'''rid of them &ndash; that all the offers made by you in the direction pointed out to you by Upasika to [?] in N.Y. & Pensylvnia &ndash; 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 &ndash; <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 &ndash; 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?] &ndash; 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 &ndash; 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, and now if you don’t listen and believe what I now tell you I shall have to turn [[Karma|''Karma'']] into a new direction.
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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Quick Facts
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Written by: Morya
Received by: Henry Steel Olcott
Sent via: unknown 
Dates
Written on: unknown
Received on: 1884
Other dates: unknown
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Sent from: unknown
Received at: 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.

M

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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.

Publication history

Commentary about this letter

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Notes

  1. C. Jinarājadāsa, Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, Second Series (Adyar, Madras,India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1925), 89-90.
  2. C. Jinarajadasa, 89.