Excerpts from "The Lives of Alcyone" by Annie Besant and CW Leadbeater
2B-Clear
C. W. Leadbeater
may be of interest/use to some here.
As the title suggests - the book cover's many incarnations of one
person, over a span of about 18 thousand years. The principle
character "Alcyone" had his last incarnation as Krishnamurti.
Many of the characters who are associated with him throughout the book
are now Masters of Wisdom.
Download as three pdf files for free:
http://www.anandgholap.net/Lives_of_Alcyone-AB_CWL.htm
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here are some excerpts:
The names of Those who constantly appear in this story as ordinary men
and women, but who are now Masters, may make those great Beings real
to some; They have climbed up to where They stand on the same ladder
of life up which we are climbing now; They have known the common
household life, the joys and sorrows, the successes and failures,
which make up human experience. They are not Gods perfect from
unending ages, but men and women who have unfolded within themselves
and have, along a toilsome road reached the superhuman. They are the
fulfilled promise of what we shall be, the flowers on the plant on
which we are the buds.------------- lIVES OF ALCYONE - INTRODUCTION P.
35
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We notice the epochs in which great groups of related egos are formed,
there scattering for centuries, millennia, their reunions and fresh
scatterings. And out of the whole grows a sense of security, of an
ever-ruling guidance, of Wisdom that plans, of Power that executes, of
the certain workingout of a great purpose,of agents chosen, tested,
accepted or dropped, opportunities offered, utilised, rejected, of a
sure onward evolution amid complexity of ebbs and flows. A single life
is seen into proportion, preceded and succeeded by many others. A
feeling of strength and dignity grows within the reader as he thinks:
"I too have a long past stretching behind me, I too a vast future
stretching in front." The troubles of the present lose their
seriousness when seen in the light of immortality; successes and
failures become passing incidents in a long panorama; birth and death—
how often have they been experienced ! He realises the profound truth
voiced by Shri Krishna that since the Dweller in the body ever cast
away outworn bodies and ever reclothed himself in new, “ therefore, O
son of Kunti, thou shouldest not grieve.”------------- LIVES OF
ALCYONE - INTRODUCTION P.34
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It is interesting to note how absolutely the Manu looks upon
everything that happens only from the point of view of the plan as a
whole. The Massacre of His new race is to Him by no means a matter of
regret; it is a necessary part of the scheme; and He so explains this
to His followers that they account it as honour to cooperate in the
work. We observe, not only on this but on many other occasions, that
physical death is not regarded by the Great Ones at all as it usually
is in the outer world. Our modern tendency is to consider it as the
greatest of all evils, to inflict it as the ultimate punishment; those
Leaders, who know so much more than we, account it merely as an
incident in the work which is being done, or sometimes as a reward for
a piece of work well performed. Well indeed would it be for us if we
could acquire this attitude of the Masters of the Wisdom, if we could
‘ watch with larger eyes’ and see the truth which lies behind the
illusory outer appearance. Then we should repose in utter trust upon
the wisdom of the Power divine, knowing that:
It slayeth and it saveth, nowise moved Except unto the working out of
the doom; Its threads are Love and Life; and Death and Pain The
shuttles of its loom. It maketh and unmaketh mending all; What it hath
wrought is better than had been; Slow grows the splendid pattern that
it plans Its wistful hands between. ------------
lIVES OF ALCYONE - INTRODUCTION P.51
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Twelve thousand years before the Christian era there existed in the
country which we now call Peru one of the most remarkable
civilisations that the world has ever seen. This is not the place to
give a full account of it; that may be found in the book Man: Whence,
How and Whither. Here it must suffice to say that under an absolute
autocrat who reigned by divine right, we find in full operation all
that is intelligent in the ideas propounded by the Socialists of to-
day, with the result that poverty was entirely unknown, and the
general average of public health and happiness was out of all
proposition higher than in any country at the present day. The
organisation was so perfect that death occurred almost only from old
age or accident, that no one needed to work after the age of forty-
five, that there was practically no law but that of public opinion,
and no punishment except the expulsion from the community of anyone
who by uncivilised behaviour was considered to have forfeited the
privilege of belonging to it.-----------------
This most marvellously successful of civilisations lasted unchanged
for thousands of years, much as did that of Egypt; but eventually it
became effete, as do all races after a sufficient lapse of time, and
the degenerate descendants of its mighty heroes were overcome by
another and far less developed nation. The conquerors, though in many
respects far inferior to those whom they displaced, had the grace to
recognise the advantages of that ideal form of government, and tried
to carry it on as far as they could. But they lacked the education,
the strength and intelligence of the men of old, and it was but a pale
reflection of the original glory of that mighty empire that was found
by the Christian barbarians who invaded the country four hundred years
ago, and perpetrated there perhaps the foulest crime of which history
tells us. -------------
Lives of Alcyone Part 3, p. 39 & 40
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[Note Surya was the high priest in the following excerpt - He later
became known as the Lord Maitreya - He is presently the Head of the
Church Invisible. Benjamin Creme of Share International writes/says
that He will soon present His credentials to the world, and openly
from the world stage inspire mankind to see itself as one family & to
rebuild the world based upon the principles of sharing, justice &
love. Creme's claims are quickly dismissed by those who look on the
surface only. - 2bc]
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Surya's farewell message to Alcyone:
Now I stand on the threshold of another world, and mine eyes can
pierce the veil which hangs between this and that. I tell you that
there lies before you much of tribulation, for all that has been evil
in your past must be expiated, and you may be free. In your next birth
you will pay something of your debt by a death of violence and after
that you will return amidst surroundings of darkness and evil yet if,
through that, you can see the light and tear away the veil which binds
you, your reward shall be great. You shall follow in my footsteps, and
shall fall at the feet of Him whom I also worship. Yes, and she
also” (turning to Sirius), “ she also shall follow me, and your father
shall lead you, for you be all of one great Race—the Race of those who
help the world. And now I go down into what men call death; but though
I seem to leave you, yet in truth I leave you not, for neither death
nor birth can separate the members of that Race—those who take upon
them the vow that can never be broken. So take courage to meet the
storm, for after the storm the Sun shall shine—the Sun that never
sets.”
------------- Lives of Alcyone Part 2, p. 195 around 14,000 BC
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At this period no animal sacrifices of any sort were offered in Peru—
only fruit and flowers. Much praise was offered to the Sun as to the
manifestation of the Deity, but no prayer, as it was supposed that the
Deity knew best what was good for His creatures. They believed in a
progressive existence after death, the conditions of which depended
upon the man’ s actions during life, and it was considered wrong and
the man’ s actions during life, and it was considered wrong and
ungrateful to mourn for the dead, because the Deity did not like to
see his children suffer. Reincarnation was not clearly present in
their teaching, though there were some texts which were probably
really references to it, or at least appear to bear that as their most
natural interpretation. ------------- Lives of Alcyone Part 3, p. 43
There was a doctrine in the religious teaching that beauty of form and
colour was especially pleasing to the Deity, and that the production
of such beauty might be regarded as an acceptable offering to Him.
p47 alcy- pt3
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The business of this ruling class was always to rule—but to rule
entirely in the interest of their people
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On this last night of his life Sarthon, who was now passing through
the town on his way back to Egypt, called upon him, and after
condoling with him, gave him a peculiar message which he said was
communicated to him by One who was of far greater power in the
Mysteries than himself. It was to the effect that although his
condemnation seemed unjust, in reality it wan not so, for this death
was not for the alleged murder of an old man(who indeed was still
alive), but for other actions committed far back in the past; that he
should make cheerfully and bravely this final payment of that ancient
debt, since by it his way should be cleared of much that obstructed
it, and hereafter the Path to the Hidden Light and the Hidden Work
would lie clear before him; and, said Sarthon: I myself to whom you
have shown hospitality, shall take your hand and conduct you along it;
for this work is given to me by Him whom none can disobey. Therefore
have no fear, for all this is well, though it seems so ill; and those
whom you love will not suffer through your death.”
225 Lives_of_Alcyone-3-AB_CWL
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Articles on the Ageless Wisdom/Esotericism
http://www.mindlight.info/dir-esoteric.htm
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Man stands midway between heaven and earth, with his feet deep in the
mud of material life and his head in heaven. In the majority of cases
his eyes are closed, and he sees not the beauty of the heavenly
vision, or they are open but fixed upon the mud and slime with which
his feet are covered. But when his open eyes are lifted for a brief
moment, and see the world of reality and of spiritual values, then the
torn and distracted life of the aspirant begins.
ESOTERIC PSYCHOLOGY - VOL. I
Alice Bailey, p 312
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"In every circumstance are contained different possibilities, but the
mind must be directed toward the light."
The Call
http://agniyoga.org/
[note the agniyoga web page gives a false virus alert]
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