Session 23 | Secrets of the Mahatma Letters

Paul Benedict and Terry Hunt explore the teachings offered in the theosophical text, "The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett".
00:00 KH awaked from Samadhi on December 24, 1881
05:41 Stainton Moses replies to Sinnett
10:12 Moses was a trance medium
15:03 Moses disagrees with Sinnett's claims re mediumship
17:12 Who is Imperator?
22:41 Why does Imperator use the imperial "we"?
27:01 Astral entities often impersonate important individuals
29:02 Lies and deception can't exist on higher mental plane
33:38 The medium Eglinton will try to contact the Brothers
37:16 Does Moses know what a "Brother" is?
39:58 The Mahatmas have no plans to respond to Moses
46:43 Letter 39 - Sinnett misses another opportunity
51:50 Letter 40 - Morya constantly with Sinnett
1:01:32 Letter 42 - Impulsiveness can be a hindrance
1:04:58 Why Adepts remain out of sight
1:15:00 Personal relations of little importance to Mahatmas
❇️Link to a PDF of the Mahatma Letters (not the chronological version): tinyurl.com/yck6wcx8
As soon as you click the link, it automatically downloads the pdf.
❇️Link the Theosophy.wiki: theosophy.wiki/
On the landing page (once you select the language) there is a button to open the section on the Mahatma Letters, along with images of all the original letters in the British Library.
❇️Link to Human Constitution chart and book "Ancient Wisdom for A New Age: A Practical Guide for Spiritual Growth" by Terry Hunt & Paul Benedict newrajayoga.com/book

[@AmalYoungblood]

How exactly did KH travel through the universe? Was it his soul, his spirit or his higher consciousness?

[@newrajayoga]

That's a very good question... and of course the answer requires an acceptance of the "saptakosha" model or "constitution" of a human... which is, the seven "layers" or "dimensions" or "bodies" that make us a complete being. Our physical body, brain, and 5 senses are all part of our physical body. Yoga philosophy (and theosophy) teach that we also have a pranic body, emotional / astral body, lower mental body, higher mental body, buddhic / intuition body, and our atmic / pure spiritual aspect. When we speak of our "soul" or our "higher self", that usually refers to the same thing... which is also known as the "higher mental" body or "vijñanamaya kosha" in some traditions. This is most likely the aspect of KH that was active during his "retreat" or "initiation" of 90 days. We don't know for sure, but it stands to reason that any of his "lower" faculties would have been dormant / resting because the adepts perform most of their work in that realm on a regular basis. That's how they send positive influence to the world, to prominent leaders, to situations... and that's largely how they communicate amongst themselves and with their higher students (although they likely use the lower mental realm as well, to transmit and receive concrete information like data, language, specific instructions). To summarize, you are right, it was very likely that his "soul consciousness" was being initiated, taught, guided, endowed with consciousness while his physical body, pranic body, emotional body, and lower mind were "asleep" back on earth.

[@AmalYoungblood]

@@newrajayoga Thank you for this dissertation on the subject. You do make it understandable and so very intereting!