Understanding a
“Republic of Conscience”
Carlos Cardoso Aveline
Carlos Cardoso Aveline
Helena P. Blavatsky’s portrait, if she had lived to be seventy
years old; part of a painting by Dutch artist J. D. Ross
(1875-1952)
There is still a pseudo-theosophy
which, since it was created by Annie Besant in the beginning of the 20th
century, has been inspiring a rather authoritarian, ritualistic version of the
theosophical movement.
It is probably for this reason
that it is not always easy for the general public to clearly see what is the
relationship between the true theosophical movement and democracy. Many do not
know what does theosophy have to say about Nazism, Fascism and other forms of
authoritarian action.
In order to obtain a clear
view of the matter, perhaps one should remember some facts of history. They
give us hints about the mysteriously dynamic link between H.P. Blavatsky’s work
in the 19th century and human situation in the first part of 21st century. There
are interesting “coincidences” and some numerological signs which can be
organized in five items.
1) Helena Blavatsky
worked to build the conceptual foundation of a universal brotherhood of mankind
which is inseparable from the feeling of respect for each people, each culture,
and every individual. At the occult level, it is no coincidence that the end of
the World War II in Europe and the victory of democratic countries against
Nazism are celebrated precisely in the same day and month when the founder of
the theosophical movement closed her incarnation. H.P. Blavatsky, who lived for
Universal Brotherhood, died 8th of May, 1891. The War ended 8th of May,
1945.
2) Harry Truman, the
president of the USA who led the final moments in the Second World War, was
born precisely in May 8th, 1884. He was the 33rd president.
3) The Theosophical Movement
was founded in 1875 in the city of New
York. The United Nations Organization was created in 1945, exactly seven decades or seventy years later. The
U.N. Headquarters is established precisely in New York, that is, the same city
where the movement was founded.
4) The United Nations
Chart starts with a vigorous proclamation of the first objet of the
theosophical movement - Universal Brotherhood. Far from perfection as it is, the
theosophical movement is an inner seedling of universal brotherhood just as the
U.N. is its outer seedling. It’s no use accusing seedlings of not being adult
trees.
5) The creation of
the thesophical movement in 1875 served indeed as an occult model or archetype
for the U.N. But the conception of the movement was not an entirely new
process. The USA, as a motherland, was a deep source of inspiration for the structure of the theosophical movement. H.P.B.
wrote:
“Born in the United States,
the Society was constituted in the model of its Motherland. The latter,
omitting from its Constitution the name of God lest it should afford a pretext
one day to make a state religion, gives absolute equality to all religions in
its laws. All support and each is in turn protected by the State. The Society,
modelled upon this Constitution, may fairly be termed ‘A Republic of
Conscience’.” [1]
So if now and then the public policies
of the U.S. government reflect negative aspects of present human karma and seem
to be wrong and unfair in many an aspect, it may be wise to give it a few more
centuries, perhaps a few thousands of years, before we get too frustrated.
Meanwhile, we can take care of
our own, and somewhat still precarious “Republic of Conscience”, that is, the
theosophical movement, the inner seedling of universal brotherhood.
Are we doing our homework
in the best way we can? Are we a healthy collective source of
inspiration for the rest of human process? Are we free from “kings”, “popes”,
“bishops” - and “candidates to these roles” in the movement as a whole?
There is probably no occult
separation between different theosophical groups, in this “republic of
conscience”; and this absence of inner separation creates a common responsibility for each one and
for all of us.
That responsibility may include
a significant part of the fate of mankind in the decades and centuries
ahead.
NOTE:
[1] “Theosophical
Articles”, H.P. Blavatsky, “Theosophy Company”, Los Angeles, 511 pp., 1981,
volume I, p. 53. Also published at the “Collected
Writings”, Helena P. Blavatsky, TPH, India/USA/UK, Volume II, page 104. The
text from which comes this paragraph is
entitled “What Are the Theosophists?”.
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On the role of the
theosophical movement in the ethical awakening of mankind, read the book “The
Fire and Light of Theosophical Literature”, by Carlos Cardoso Aveline.
Published in 2013
by The Aquarian Theosophist, the volume has 255 pages and can be
obtained through Amazon Books.
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