On this
matter Charles Leadbeater wrote the following in his book "The Inner Life
II":
« Long ago in old Atlantis, in the
great City of the Golden Gate, there reigned a mighty King. One day there came
to him a soldier whom he had sent out to head an expedition against a
troublesome tribe on the borders of that vast empire. The soldier reported
victory, and as a reward the King gave him the position of captain of the
Palace guard, and placed specially in his charge the life of his own only son,
the heir apparent to his throne. Not long afterwards the newly-appointed
captain had an opportunity of proving his faithfulness to his trust, for when
he was alone with the young Prince in the Palace gardens a band of conspirators
rushed upon them and tried to assassinate his charge.
The captain fought bravely against
heavy odds and, though mortally wounded, succeeded in protecting the Prince
from serious harm until help arrived, and he and the unconscious Prince were
borne together into the presence of the King. The Monarch heard the story and,
turning to his dying captain, said:
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"What can I do
for you who have given your life for me?"
The captain replied:
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"Grant me to
serve you and your son forever in future lives, since now there is the bond of
blood between us."
And with a last effort he dipped his
finger in the blood which flowed so fast from his wounds, and touched with it
the feet of his sovereign and the forehead of the still unconscious Prince. The
King held out his hand in benediction, and replied:
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"By the blood
that has been shed for me and mine, I promise that both you and he shall serve
me to the end."
So was the first link forged between
three leaders of men of whom we have all heard; for that great King is now the
Master M., the Prince his son has been known to us as Helena Petrovna
Blavatsky, and the Captain of the guard as Henry Steele Olcott. Through all the
ages since, through many strange vicissitudes, the link has been kept unbroken
and the service has been rendered, as we know that it will be through ages yet
to come.
Since then as Gashtasp, King of
Persia, he protected and assisted in the foundation of the present form of
Zoroastrianism, and later as the world-renowned King Asoka he issued those
wonderful edicts which remain until this day graven upon rocks and pillars in
India to show how real were his zeal and his devotion. And when, at the end of
that long and strenuous life, he looked back upon it with sorrow to see how far
short of his intentions even his wonderful achievements had fallen, his Master
showed him, for his encouragement, two visions, one of the past and one of the
future.
The vision of the past was the scene
in Atlantis when the link between them was forged; the vision of the future
showed his Master as the Manu of the Sixth Root-Race and our President-Founder
as a lieutenant serving under Him in the exalted work of that high office. So
Asoka died content in the certainty that the closest of all earthly ties, that
between the Master and His pupil, would never be severed.
Having thus taken a prominent part
in the spreading of two of the great religions of the world, Zoroastrianism and
Buddhism, it was appropriate that he should be so closely associated with the
work of this great movement which synthesizes all religions — the Theosophical
Society. Never himself the spiritual teacher, he has always been the practical
organizer who made the teacher's work possible. »
(Chapter
"Faithful unto death")
OBSERVATIONS
Given the big charlatanism that
Charles Leadbeater displayed, it is most likely that those previous lives he related
that Colonel Olcott had were mere fantasies of his imagination. We do not know what
Colonel Olcott's true past lives have been.
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