A Master Reveals Who,
After All, Can Be
Able To Understand the Law of Brotherhood
Carlos Cardoso Aveline
Able To Understand the Law of Brotherhood
* It is not difficult to make real progress along the spiritual path. A constant effort to do one’s best powerfully expands the positive aspects of human life. However, short term illusions should be rejected from the start in one’s practice of detachment, equilibrium, and discernment. And new levels of illusion will appear that and must be rejected from time to time as we learn about the truth.
* Concentration needs purification. And no one can purify his own consciousness from the astral garbage of modern times, except by having an elevated object of concentration for his soul. And the other way around: the pilgrim must purify himself, leaving aside the lower levels of mind and their usual rubbish, in order to be able to concentrate on something that is really worthy of his attention. Detachment is necessary in both processes. So is discernment.
* In the search for transcendent truth, the living structure of self-discipline allows the pilgrim to learn. One’s daily discipline must be outwardly flexible, so as to have inner stability. How to combine creativity and firmness, however, is a rather complex matter which depends on the right kind of attention and a correct observation of accumulated experience, from the point of view of one’s highest goal.
* Present humanity must avoid exaggerating the importance of the mental principle. All levels of life matter: thoughts and images cannot replace deep feelings and responsible actions. Due to the exaggeration of the mental world, we are surrounded in Western nations by mental noise and useless information.
* An excessive amount of unnecessary news actively misguides people. Real information is that which helps us live better, and which inspires the best in us.
* While carefully observing the world, the sensible pilgrim acts in that which depends on him. The main items in his agenda are, first, correctly managing his own mental and emotional atmosphere as he faces the challenges of life; and second, expanding his ability to develop right actions, here and now.
Who Can Understand Theosophy?
* A master of the wisdom wrote: “It is he alone who has the love of humanity at heart, who is capable of grasping thoroughly the idea of a regenerating practical Brotherhood who is entitled to the possession of our secrets. He alone, such a man - will never misuse his powers, as there will be no fear that he should turn them to selfish ends.” (Letter XXXVIII, p. 252, in “The Mahatma Letters”.)
The Practice of Silence in Daily Life
* Calm and silence must be daily cultivated in our century. That means leaving aside many attractive yet purposeless facts, novelties, challenges, invitations and expectations coming from outside.
* To be poor, to lead a simple life, to work with tranquillity, and to look like meaningless to others: these are significant factors, if you want to have time and energy to manage your own inner life, and be effective in your efforts to help a noble cause. A Master said that a sermon can be preached even through a stone (Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom).
* Choose one or two of the ideas from the above paragraphs which can be useful to you in practical ways. Take a minute to observe them in silence. Decide to keep them alive in your memory.
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The article “Thoughts Along the Road - 87” was published on the websites of the Independent Lodge of Theosophists on 26 August 2025. An initial version of it is part of the October 2022 edition of “The Aquarian Theosophist”, pp. 13-14.
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Helena Blavatsky (photo) wrote these words: “Deserve, then desire”.
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