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The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett - 1923
By A. T. Barker
Letter No XCVIII
* I realized it perfectly. But however sincere, these feelingsare too deeply covered by a thick crust of self sufficiency andegoistical stubbornness to awaken in me anything like sympathy.
(i) For centuries we have had in Thibet a moral, pure hearted,simple people, unblest with civilization, hence—untainted byitsvices. For ages has been Thibet the last corner of the globenotso entirely corrupted as to preclude the mingling together ofthetwo atmospheres—the physical and the spiritual. And he wouldhave us exchange this for his ideal of civilization and Govt.!This is pure self peroration, an intense passion for hearing himself discuss, and for imposing his ideas upon every one.
(2) Now really, Mr. H. ought to be sent by an internationalCommittee of Philanthropists, as a Friend of Perishing Humanityto teach our Dalai Lamas—wisdom. Why he does not straightway sit down and frame a plan for something like Plato's IdealRepublic with a new scheme for everything under the Sunandmoon—passes my poor comprehension !
(3) This is indeed benevolent in him to go so far out of his wayto teach us. Of course, this is pure kindness and not a desiretoover-top the rest of humanity. It is his latest acquisitionofmental evolution, which, let us hope, will not turn in—dissolution.
(4) Amen! My dear friend, you ought to be held responsiblefor not starting in his head the glorious idea to offer his servicesas a General School Master for Thibet, Reformer of ancient superstitions and Saviour of future generations. Of course, wereheto read this, he would show immediately that I argue like an** educated monkey."
(5) Now just listen to the man jabbering about what he knowsnothing. No men living are freer than we when we have oncepassed outside of the stage of pupilage. Docile and obedient butnever slaves during that time we must be ; otherwise, and if wepass our time in arguing we never would learn anything at all.
(6) And whoever thought of proposing him as such? My dear fellow can you really blame me for shrinking from closer relations with a man whose whole life seems to hang upon incessant argumentation and philipics? He says that he is no doctrainaire when he is the very essence of one ! He is worthy of all the respect and even affection of those who know him well. But my stars ! in less than 24 hours he would paralyse any one of us, who might be unfortunate enough to come within a mile of him, merely by his monotonous piping about his own views. No ; a thousand times no: such men as he make able statesmen, orators anything you like but—never Adepts. We have not one of that sort among us. And that is perhaps why we never felt the necessity for a house of lunatics. In less than three months he would have driven half of our Thibetan population mad !
I mailed a letter for you the other day at Umballa. I see you did not receive it yet.
Yours ever affectionately,
KOOT HOOMI.
