THE TWO PATHS
of the state of one who is in this body is given in “The Her-
mit of Esopus Island.”
Such is a rough account of these ‘robes’ according to Mme.
Blavatsky. She further adds that the Dharmakaya body
has to be renounced by anyone who wants to help humanity.
Now, helping humanity is a very nice thing for those who
like it, and no doubt those who do so deserve well of their fel-
lows. But there is no reason whatever for imagining that to
help humanity is the only kind of work worth doing in this
universe. The feeling of desire to do so is a limitation anda
drag just as bad as any other; and it is not at all necessary to
make all this fuss about Initiation and all the rest of it. The
universe is exceedingly elastic, especially for those who are
themselves elastic. Therefore, though of course one cannot
remember humanity when one is wearing the Dharmakaya
body, one can hang the Dharmakaya body in one’s magical
wardrobe, with a few camphor-balls to keep the moths out,
and put it on from time to time when feeling in need of re-
freshment. In fact, one who is helping humanity is con-
stantly in need of a wash and brush-up from time to time.
There is nothing quite so contaminating as humanity, espe-
cially Theosophists, as Mme. Blavatsky herself discovered.
But the best of all lustrations is death, in which all things
unessential to progress are burned up. The plan is much
better than that of the Elixir of Life. It is perfectly all right
to use this Elixir for energy and youth, but despite all, im-
pressions keep on cluttering up the mind, and once in a while
it is certainly a splendid thing for everybody to have the
Spring Cleaning of death.
With regard to one’s purpose in doing anything at all, it
depends on the nature of one’s Star. Blavatsky was horribly
hampered by the Trance of Sorrow. She could see nothing
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