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It is believed by Theosophists that all souls that have reached the fourth level of initiation evolved beyond the necessity to reincarnate. Those who do not elect become pratyeka buddhas and go directly into Nirvana gradually evolving upward through all of these six higher levels of consciousness over thousands or millions of years, and later over ... See more

It is believed that when souls have advanced to the fourth level of initiation, they have reached enlightenment and have no further need to reincarnate. At the fifth level of initiation and beyond, souls have the opportunity to become members of the Spiritual Hierarchy.

Even so, the process of mastery is exceedingly slow, requiring many incarnations of effort. This is an important idea to keep in mind. There are many who claim that most (if not all) of the initiations can be taken in a single life. Though emotionally appealing, this notion is extremely misleading. Each of the initiations represents a major achieve... See more

I want to beg you, as much as I can, dear sir, to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live ev... See more

If we lie, we will be lied to. If we hurt other people, we shall be hurt as well. If we kill somebody, we will be killed, and so on. On the other hand, the same happens with positive actions. If we give, we will gain. If we love, we will be loved. If we believe in ourselves, others will believe in us too. If we have respect for ourselves, others wi... See more

Nobody punishes us, neither God nor any other authoritative spiritual entity. Nobody forces anything upon us – we choose everything ourselves, although the choice is limited by given possibilities, with freedoms and limitations defined by our karma. Sometimes our choices and decisions can be influenced by consultations with certain spiritual beings... See more