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Ponder of This
Statement by the TibetanEXTRACT FROM A STATEMENT BY THE TIBETAN
August 1934Suffice it to say that I am a Tibetan disciple of a certain degree and this tells you but little, for allare disciples from the humblest aspirant up to, and beyond, the Christ Himself. I live in a physicalbody like other men, on the borders of Tibet, and at times (from the exoteric standpoint) presideover a large group of Tibetan lamas, when my other duties permit. It is this fact that has caused itto be reported that I am an abbot of this particular lamasery. Those associated with me in thework of the Hierarchy (and all true disciples are associated in this work) know me by still another name and office. A.A.B. knows who I am and recognises me by two of my names.I am a brother of yours, who has travelled a little longer upon the Path than has the averagestudent, and has therefore incurred greater responsibilities. I am one who has wrestled andfought his way into a greater measure of light than has the aspirant who will read this article, and Imust therefore act as a transmitter of the light, no matter what the cost. I am not an old man, asage counts among the teachers, yet I am not young or inexperienced. My work is to teach andspread the knowledge of the Ageless Wisdom wherever I can find a response, and I have beendoing this for many years. I seek also to help the Master M. and the Master K.H. whenever opportunity offers, for I have been long connected with Them and Their work. In all the above, Ihave told you much; yet at the same time I have told you nothing which would lead you to offer me that blind obedience and the foolish devotion which the emotional aspirant offers to the Guruand Master Whom he isas yet unable to contact. Nor will he make that desired contact until he has transmuted emotionaldevotion into unselfish service to humanity – not to the Master.The books that I have written are sent out with no claim for their acceptance. They may, or maynot, be correct, true and useful. It is for you to ascertain their truth by right practice and by theexercise of the intuition. Neither I nor A.A.B. is the least interested in having them acclaimed asinspired writings, or in having anyone speak of them (with bated breath) as being the work of oneof the Masters. If they present truth in such a way that it follows sequentially upon that alreadyoffered in the world teachings, if the information given raises the aspiration and the will-to-servefrom the plane of the emotions to that of the mind (the plane whereon the Masters can be found)then they will have served their purpose. If the teaching conveyed calls forth a response from theillumined mind of the worker in the world, and brings a flashing forth of his intuition, then let thatteaching be accepted. But not otherwise. If the statements meet with eventual corroboration, or are deemed true under the test of the Law of Correspondences, then that is well and good. Butshould this not be so, let not the student accept what is said.
Comments by the compiler 
- o -"Scattered through all my writings over the years is a mass of information which needs collatingand bringing together as a basis for the instruction of disciples in training for an initiation." (18 –323). The present compilation is an attempt in this direction. The Tibetan's books are not beingread as enthusiastically as some students expect. One of the reasons seems to be that manyreaders are deterred by the rather abstruse sections or passages that occur in greater or lesser 
 
extent in all the books. And of course if the average student should, in his innocence or enthusiasm, happen to start off by trying to read "A Treatise on Cosmic Fire", then it is only to beexpected that he should lose heart. As D.K. himself remarks: "To many what I will say will be asmeaningless as A Treatise on Cosmic Fire is to the average reader." (18 – 328). Luckily the rest of the books are not quite of the same calibre, and though they are also interspersed with longer or shorter sections that are out of the mental reach of the average student, these books,nevertheless, contain such a mass of interesting and valuable information, that each occultstudent should attempt to master as much of the available knowledge and wisdom as his stage of development will allow.It was thought that a compilation of classified extracts of some of the concepts that can be morereadily understood might prove to be of use, and might also act as a stimulant to such students tofind out more about the subjects so briefly broached. To enable them to do so, a reference isgiven with each quotation, referring to the book and page number from where it was obtained.The question was how best to classify the hundreds of extracts that have been made. It wasdecided to group them under headings, and then to arrange the latter alphabetically.The system followed can of course be subjected to considerable criticism. One of the difficultiesthat cropped up time and again, was that certain of the extracts could just as well be classifiedunder several other headings that have been used. It was felt, however, that space could not besacrificed by repeating the same quotation under different headings. A few cross references havebeen given, and if there should prove to be a demand for it, this system could be amplified inpossible later editions, and further references could also be included under each heading toassist interested students.There was certainly not a paucity of material to choose from. The trouble was rather that so muchhad to be excluded that one would really have liked to insert. In going through the index of headings that have been used, it will be found that several headings that are usually consideredto be of importance in esoteric studies, have not been included. These shortcomings are fullyrealised, but at least one more volume would have been required to do justice to a more completeclassification.In the majority of cases, the information contained in the quotations is rather incomplete, but theidea is only to stimulate the student's interest in the subject, and that he should refer to the booksto get the information in its proper context and in full detail.It is hoped that this work may contribute to bring the Tibetan's Teachings to the attention of aneven wider circle of students.A StudentPretoriaFebruary 1971
Contents of the Book :
1. Some Basic Assumptions.2. Food for Thought.3. Abstruse Teachings4. Age of Disciples5. Agni6. Alignment
 
7. The Ancient Mysteries8. Antahkarana9. Aspirant10. The Astral or Emotional Body11. Astral Phenomena12. Astral Plane13. Astrology14. Aura15. Breathing Exercises16. The Buddha17. The Causal Body18. Centres or Force19. A Challenge20. The Christ21. The Reappearance of the Christ22. Colour 23. Consciousness24. The Constitution of Man25. Courage26. Cremation27. Crime28. Crisis29. Criticism30. Cycles or Cyclic Impulses31. The Dark Forces32. Death33. Death and The Art of Dying34. Death as Restitution35. Death and the Sequence of Events36. Detachment37. Devachan38. Devas39. Diet40. Acceptance of Disciples41. Disciples42. Physical Discipline43. The Dweller on the Threshold44. East and West45. Education46. The Ego or The Soul47. Electricity48. Elementals49. Elimination After Death50. Energy and Force51. Energy in the Universe52. Esotericism53. Etheric Body or Vital Body54. Failure55. Fear 56. The Fifth Kingdom or The Kingdom of God57. The Four Freedoms58. Free Will59. To Give60. Glamour 61. Glands62. God
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