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Had the balanced philosophy
responsible for the beautiful unity and greatness of Mukulia been
maintained, the Empire would never have disintegrated. Unfortunately,
however, during the last three or four thousand years of its existence, the
constantly decreasing number of properly trained citizenry and aristocracy
constituted a very minor percentage of the Mukulian population. The vast
majority were ignorant of the true Lemurian Philosophy and therefore, were so
unbalanced in their thinking that it was impossible to maintain the original
harmony. Nevertheless, it must not
be assumed that this proletarian element were either a savage or an entirely
illiterate people. Their association with the citizenry and aristocracy as
well as the fact that every one received an education comparable to that
afforded in our modern High Schools precluded such a possibility—especially
among those living on the Rhu Hut Plains. Broadly speaking, they were
not unlike the average “man on the street” of today whose lack of initiative
and disinclination to study, plus a skepticism born of undue sophistication,
prevent his further perfecting himself. It is among this class that the
extremes of idealistic and practical tendencies are most pronounced,
resulting in the intolerance and fanaticism which make balanced thinking next
to impossible. It was such thinking as this that characterized, the masses
during the closing years of the Empire. As you have learned, those
who were most inclined to follow the teachings of the priesthoods developed
such extreme ideas of what constitutes religion as to become fanatical and
to regard themselves as being highly spiritual. Those engaged in industrial
fields, especially when connected with the vast mechanical enterprises,
developed an extremely materialistic outlook. This was not at all unnatural.
Many of the truly marvelous machines so reduced the necessity for long and
tedious hours of manual labor that one skilled operator could often do in a
few hours what once took many men weeks, and in some cases, months of back-breaking
labor. In the minds of this group, there was gradually forming the belief
that their lines of endeavor were contributing more to the ease, comfort, and
well-being of the people than anything the churches and priests had to offer.
The more their line of reasoning led them to believe this, the more
materialistic they became, while their regard for what the priesthood had to
offer became less and less. Each faction developed a
sense of superiority, one side regarding its common sense and logic as beyond
the mental capacity of the other, while the other side regarded the
materially-minded as unable morally to recognize their spiritual
superiority. It was but a matter of time until this divergence of opinion led
to strife, at first verbal, but toward the last years of the Empire, to armed
conflict. Those following the teaching of the priesthoods, unable to cope
with the superior weapons and mechanical contrivances of the materialistic
thinking individuals, developed martyr complexes and grew steadily more
unbalanced in their beliefs. On the other hand, the materialists, having
fashioned devices for some of the baser priests with which they deluded their
followers, came to consider their spiritual-minded neighbors as poor, deluded
fools who gullibly swallowed all the visionary and silly teachings of the
priests. *** *** *** As stated in the previous
section, among the Mu Yan and Cari Yan leaders who took over Because they attributed the
destruction of Mu to the insufficient support given the idealistic concepts
of Melchizedek, the leaders determined that these concepts should be the
basis for this new civilization that was to reflect the greatest of all
spirituality. They were confronted, however, with the same condition which
obtained in Mu, for the proletariat were still averse to undertaking the
training which would enable them to fully understand and thus intelligently
incorporate true spiritual principles into their daily living. For this and
reasons later to be explained, the Elder Brothers took no part in the setting
up of the Indian Empire, and the leaders had to solve this problem for
themselves. The attitude of the
populace made extremely difficult their efforts to offset what they believed
to have been the cause of the failure of the Mukulian Empire. Although
actuated by the lofty motive of reestablishing the spiritual teachings of
the Motherland, these leaders overlooked the importance of practicality while
over stressing the idealistic. Thus, although they were successful in
maintaining a fairly well balanced form of government over which they had
charge, the people themselves became increasingly visionary and out of
balance practically. In the meantime, conditions
in the Motherland became less and less to the liking of the priesthood, for
with the gradual withdrawal of the intelligentsia, the Mukulian Empire was
no longer prospering and therefore, ceased to serve their purpose. They now
observed the proceedings of the new Empire with increasing favor for it
promised to be a fertile field for their nefarious operations. These priests
were wily, and being fully aware of the fact that After many lengthy
conferences, the priests succeeded in persuading the ruling element of the Indian
Empire that in order to restore the teachings of Melchizedek, it would be
advisable to bring a great number of the followers of the priesthood from the
Motherland—all of whom, according to the priesthoods, were actuated by the
highest spiritual ideals. Since only a small portion of what now constitutes
India was then settled, the rulers were persuaded into believing this was an
excellent opportunity to populate their country with people influenced by the idea).s they wanted to see inculcated. How they were deceived. By this time, earthquakes
were shaking the Continent of Mu. Great tidal waves inundated the coastal
areas, volcanoes erupted, and unprecedented storms ravaged the fields and
ruined the crops. By a carefully planned and concerted action, the priests
gathered together their most loyal followers and extolled to them the virtues
of At the same time, the leaders
of the materialistic group decided to free themselves from the annoyances of
their “priest worshipping” brothers by going east to Atlantis, for they had
heard much concerning it which appealed to their practical turn of mind.
They prepared scale models and plans of their many machines to take with
them, and with the increasing continental disturbance, also hastened their
own removal. Panic seized the remaining
populace as so many abandoned the Continent, and a general flight, amounting
almost to a stampede, began. Alas, it was too late for, following the last of
a long series of cataclysms, the final upheaval occurred. A vast fault opened
in the land formation, and the waters of the ocean flowed into the great
crevasses, contacted the boiling lava of many active volcanoes, and the
Continent of Mu literally exploded and sank below the waves. *** *** *** Although the new arrivals
in The higher class Mu Yans
were, of course, appalled at the enormity of what was occurring, for not only
were the newcomers inculcating ideas detrimental to the welfare of the new
Empire, but they were manifesting an attitude which was almost intolerable. While
displaying no special arrogance, the new arrivals very successfully managed
to convey the belief that they were of infinitely better clay than were the
ruling element. This they did under the guise of an assumed humility, loudly
proclaiming their fealty by words, but by subversive acts, they undermined
and refuted much that had previously been taught and which had made it
possible to keep Now it must be borne in
mind that while events seemed to move along rapidly as we give you these
pictures, they were many years in the process. Hundreds of years elapsed
between the time of the first cataclysms on the Mukulian Continent and its
final submergence. Many decades passed before the ideas of those who made the
hegira into Nevertheless, it was
inevitable that with the passing of time, the mass of the Indian population
should acquire a fanaticism of such proportions as to make them deaf to all
reason or appeal to common sense. So self-confident of their spiritual
excellence did they become that they thought nothing of belittling the
suggestions of those who did not agree with them. In fact, it was not many decades
before they began to refer to the ruling families as “Negatives.” (Our modern
word “negative” is regarded as coming from the French language, but its real
origin stems back to Mu.) Being commonly used, the
term was soon corrupted to “Negas” and eventually to “Nagas.” The name
persisted and in time, even those so designated assumed the title and gloried
in its use, for it served to identify them as completely apart from those who
could not and would not reason. As a result, that particular division of The growing fanaticism
fostered an intolerance and arrogance which were far from the Godlike
qualities those of spiritual aspiration should exhibit. At the same time,
material values were so persistently ignored that the economic system of the
Indian civilization was seriously threatened. The lack of balance as well as
the failure to practice the virtues were bringing about their own negative
repercussions. As stated, the Elder
Brothers took no part in the shaping of this Empire, and. there were no
Schools for training in the understanding and proper use of Lemurian
principles. Consequently, the citizenry and. aristocracy who came from Mu to
locate in After much consideration, it
was decided that the masses could best be helped if a few of the rulers
understood what it was the priesthoods offered that proved so attractive, and
thus be enabled to offset that part of their teaching which was detrimental.
In order to accomplish this, a number joined the most advanced of the
priesthoods where they found that a great deal of what these High Priests had
was good, even though not in balance. With the knowledge thus
gained, plus what they already had, these established rulers of the Empire
assumed the title of Priest Rulers. Because they typified a high degree of
true spirituality, their achievements were of such a nature as the priests
had only dreamed, if, indeed, they had ever occurred to them as being
possible. If their people suffered any lack, the Priest Rulers were capable
of precipitating from the ethers what was needed so that The Priest Rulers realized
that those to succeed them should be trained from childhood, and naturally—especially
under the existing conditions—were inclined to perpetuate their rulership by
teaching such of their children as exhibited the necessary aptitudes. This
practice eventually resulted in what later became known as the Divine Right
of Kings whereby the line of succession and rulership passes from the King to
his oldest son. From generation to
generation, however, a tendency developed among the Priest Rulers to become a
little less balanced. For some time they continued to perform the seemingly miraculous,
but inevitably, each succeeding generation received a training less and less
thorough, and gradually an ever increasing emphasis was being put upon the
spectacular. Here and there, however, a few had a greater degree of
understanding than others and these were always considered the “great” among
the nest Rulers. As we have stated, only a
number from among the Nagas—those descendants of the Mu Yan aristocracy and
citizenry who were the ruling element of No one, however great, can
do for another what he should and can do for himself. In this case, the
populace had been so well provided for that they were inordinately indolent.
Why demean themselves by performing manual labor when their Ruler Priests
supplied them with all they needed? They were even so protected that they had
no armies of fighting men. They had no weapons because there was no need for
them. All traces of the natural Mu Yan initiative and aggressiveness had
slowly disappeared and in its place was extreme passivity, which is just as
much out of balance as is over aggressiveness. That you may have some
commensurate idea of the efficacy of the spiritual power exhibited by the
Ruler Priests, we are permitted to set forth the manner in which the last of
those termed “great” defeated an Atlantean attempt to subjugate India—a
marvelously equipped force having been sent there for this purpose. The Ruler Priest of the
threatened Indian area sent word to the leader the invading Atlantean troops,
requesting that they withdraw. “We permitted to follow our own
way of life,” his message concluded. Regarding this mild request
as a confession of weakness, and expecting correspondingly easy victory, the
somewhat arrogant Atlantean general replied that he had no intention of
withdrawing, ending with: “We shall not destroy your land with the mighty
weapons at our command provided you pay sufficient tribute and accept the
rulership of Atlantis.” Once again the Ruler Priest
attempted to avert the threatened trouble. “We of At dawn the following day,
the Atlantean host was ordered to advance. From an eminence where he stood
watching sadly, the Ruler Priest raised his arms heavenward, and beginning
with the general, officer after officer in the order of their importance,
dropped dead in their tracks. In sudden panic and without leaders, the entire
Atlantean force broke and fled the field, piled into the waiting vailxii in
which they had arrived, and left. It should be observed that
the force directed by the Ruler Priest affected only the individuals against
whom it was directed, leaving the rank and file of the attacking army intact
and free to return safely to Atlantis. Of his own people, not a single one
was lost. Just what is this lethal
power or how it is used is information rightfully denied mankind who are all
too prone to misuse far less dangerous forces. However, when we have
developed the necessary prerequisites within ourselves, then shall we each
become a Saint of high integrity and honor in the sight of God, and to
each will be revealed all these great abilities which, until that time, must
be kept secret lest they be used for other than constructive purposes. *** *** *** Realizing that it was
futile to attempt to carry on further, the last of the great Ruler Priests
called upon the Elder Brothers that these poor, self-deluded people might
gain the understanding that would enable them to rebuild During this extended period
of The earnest request of the
Ruler Priest did not go unheeded, however, and the Elder Brothers studied the
situation carefully prior to doing what They could to remedy it. The fact
that these people had been encouraged by the lesser priests to accept without
question the most fanatical of instruction made it impossible to use a system
of Initiation similar to that used in the Motherland. The gullibility and
blind belief they exhibited had even reached the point where the lower
classes of Indian people no longer possessed the power to reason at all. The selfless service and
self-sacrifice stressed in ancient Lemuria as the shortest and surest Path to
Initiation and Mastership had given way to the belief that self-abnegation
was the only efficacious method of attaining spiritual illumination. From
this fallacious belief came a disdain for the physical body, and disdain
matured into abuse, until the mortification of the flesh became a predominant
characteristic. Even to take a bath was considered unspiritual—the dirtier a
person was, the holier he was supposed to be. One has but to contact the
“holy” people of Among even the higher types,
the temperament of the people had become very unlike that of the population
of the Rhu Hut Plains. The latter were definitely what we have termed of
western or occidental mind, while the Indian people had acquired what we know
as the oriental, or eastern mind which has had very marked effects upon their
physical characteristics. Today, these differences are most pronounced and
those who are observant of such things do not expect the Oriental people to
think or to act as we do. Following the request of
the last great Ruler Priest, the Elder Brothers established what we have
since come to know as the Since the Indian people
were so out of balance idealistically, any training given them must
necessarily work out from this tendency. Therefore, those neophytes seeking
Initiation were first taught that through faith, fasting, prayer, and the
practice of humility and kindliness, they could advance beyond the squalor
and misery with which they were surrounded, At the same time, they were
taught discrimination in the practice of these qualities so that they were
led to take the first steps in moderation, which with time and training would
have led to balance. To help them achieve even a
small degree of practicality was a slow and tedious process, however. The
number who advanced beyond even the first or second sub-degree was so small
that the School was never able to help Unfortunately, of the few
who advanced at all, some diverted the knowledge they had thus gained to
serve their own selfish ends. These became the rulers, living in a splendor
rarely approximated, while the poor and common folk degenerated further and
further. This was the beginning of what, several thousands of years later,
resolved into the caste system that was a perversion of the divisions of the
Motherland. Those of “priestly” caste were known from the beginning as
Brahmins, occupying much the same place as the aristocracy of Mu; the
citizens, or middle class, were called the Parsi, a term which is still used,
and the lowest class became known as the “untouchables.” From these basic
divisions have evolved some 2300 castes that have been the curse of modern There were a few, however,
who did advance until They attained Mastership with the The *** *** *** Meanwhile, the Nagas left *** *** *** It has been considered that
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