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HPB Quote for the Month: “ The WISDOM-RELIGION was ever one, and being the last word of possible human knowledge, was therefore, carefully preserved. It preceded by long ages the Alexandrian Theosophists, reached the modern, and will survive every other religion and philosophy.”
—The Key to Theosophy p. 7-8
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February 2026
Quote for the Month: “Every spiritual effort is a good action.”—Robert Crosbie
The Theosophical Movement, Vol. 20, No. 9, July 17, 1950
To complain of being too young or too old to undertake the life of devotion is to forget what one is as an Eternal Soul. What concern has the Eternal with age? What care the Masters whether one’s body is 20 years old or 100, whether it is male or female, rich or poor, pleasantly surrounded or living in the most sordid circumstances? All such considerations pertain to the purgations of matter, with which the Masters have nothing to do. Their concern is with the welfare of the inner man—that he assume his rightful position of grace and divinity, that he live in the aura of his timeless Self. In the eyes of the Master, a disciple is known by the light of his soul, not by the activity of his body, by purity of mind and heart, not by the fervour of his emotions, by Will and effort, not by promises or intentions.
Few individuals, in their lives, show signs of purpose or design. Few are so ordered in their thinking or living that they are in any way prepared to carry through in the pursuit of their heart’s desire. Where is the man, for example, who meets the programme of a day’s activity with plan or preparation? Where is the individual who takes time out to determine the order of importance in the things he desires or is required to do? Where is the person who takes an inventory of himself, so as to weed out the visionary and unnecessary, to make room for the practical and real? For the most part, we neglect, throughout the whole of our lives, that which we feel most duty-bound to do. We indulge the desires of the flesh while we postpone the opportunities of Soul—awaiting a tomorrow that never comes.
It has been said, if you wish something done, ask a busy man to do it. The truth of this adage traces undoubtedly to the fact that a busy person does not procrastinate or make excuses—but acts. Having established the habit of doing, he is awake and ready for every occasion. It is not that other people do not possess the same power to do, or that their ability is necessarily inferior to that of the Doer—but simply that they have failed to use their power and ability. Victims of materialistic philosophies and religions, they rely too much upon externals, upon the force of circumstances or the whim of a personal saviour.
Do you not feel the fruit of your spring and summer begin to ripen, to harden its seed within you? Do not your thoughts begin to acquire consistency as well as flavor and ripeness? How can we expect a harvest of thought who have not had a seed-time of character? Already some of my small… Read More
Near the cave in which was born the Saviour of the world grew three trees—a pine, an olive, and a palm. On that holy eve when the guiding star of Bethlehem appeared in the heavens, that star which announced to the long-suffering world the birth of Him, who brought to mankind the glad tidings of… Read More
So for this Law to execute to it’s perfection we need agents of it’s execution i.e. Karmic Agents and in one way all of us are Karmic agents either conscious or not. All of us are each others Teacher in this School of Life. And all situations which we face exits for our learning. The moment we learn the lesson the situation will change since the purpose is fulfilled.
We realize that we cannot live in isolation, even though we may try to isolate ourselves on the physical we cannot completely isolate on the Astral and Mental.
But then if we go back to our previous thought that death is the fact of life. Then we may logically understand that the whole premise of only “One Life” doesn’t make sense. Which also explains that why we are born in different family, have different parents, different bodily attributes, different situation and different experiences in life. Which means there has to be some purpose of life and the whole grand cosmos must exist for a reason. We are here to learn, realize something we are here to restore the lost harmony. The very fact that we are in a human form and on this planet makes it clear that we are connected with the whole of humanity. Hence from this perspective we are brothers and sisters. But the moment we ask this question “Who am I” it opens the pandoras box . . . Now even if we apply a simple logic we can see that our physical body dies but then if there is reincarnation then “I” actually continues to live. Who am I? we may think I is the soul or the Atman. But Adi Shankaracharya one of the greatest esoteric teachers of India has said that we are none of our bodies and we are the Atman and later he also adds the idea that there is nothing like my Atma or your Atman. This leads to a life changing and eye opening experience. If I’m not this body, if in reality I’m the Atman and if there is no my Atma or your Atma then it means that there is only “One Atman” or one “Pure Consciousness” which is reflected in all beings. This forms the higher basis of universal brotherhood. How can I the Atman harm, think bad or act disharmoniously for myself or of anyone else. It is the same light shining in all. I am in all and all are in me and we are ONE. The bodily coverings are different, the different ratios and proportions of Gunas lead to different personalities but the substratum of all is same which is our reality.
Which also means that every thought, speech and act of ours impacts the whole and the whole in turns impacts each one. Which means we cannot rise or fall in isolation. Which means each one of us has to put in individual effort to raise ourselves in turn raising the whole. It is either all or none.
The propositions of Great Teachers like Jesus, Krishna, Buddha, Plato, Muhammad and so many others have universal and eternal relevance. Rightly understood Divine Wisdom addresses itself to any and all problems that humanity faces. Theosophy purports to have the answer for each and every predicament, trouble, struggle or issue that plagues society and torments the individual. These solutions ae buried in universal principles. It is not a panacea for easy answers and overnight solutions but Theosophy instead points to critical ideas like karma and reincarnation to explain the hardships and inequities of human life. These principles, when rightly understood, are necessary for the proper application of human therapeutics. Every problem has internal causes, is explainable, and with wisdom new cycles can be initiated leading to spiritual growth and equilibrium.
