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H e H as S ome R ivals 9. He has Aga Khan as a rival, and one with greater forces behind him, which does not enhance his prospects. When Christ appears there will be no uncertainty, no doubts, e.g., “He shall come in the clouds, and every eye shall see Him, and they that pierced Him.” Aga Khan does not claim to be the Christian’s Messiah, but as an Indian claimant to Moslem and Hindu Messiahship, he challenges most effectively Krishnamurti’s position, in India, where he now, as the product of a white woman,; has little chance of influencing the religions of India. This new Messiah of the Moslems is India’s “Lex talionis” to Theosophy. 10. He is “the vehicle” of the same person who used the body of Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, etc., so says Mrs. Besant. If this is so, how does she reconcile her state ment made at the Ommen Star Congress, August 11th, 1925, to the effect that she saw by occult powers Krish- namurti, “surrounded by many mighty figures, one the Saviour, and a mighty figure of the Lord Buddha.” She sees three persons here instead of the one, “Mighty One,” Christ, Buddha, and Krishnamurti. If Krishnamurti is that “Mighty One” reincarnate, the usual contradictory teaching of Mrs. Besant is' again evident and in her vision she sees treble. If Christ and Buddha are reincarnate in Krishnamurti as the one and same person, what were they doing tabernacling in three bodies at the same time? This pseudo-Messianic story rests upon the unsupported and unsupportable “Ipse Dixit” of the mere human brain that evolved the clumsy scheme. H e I s T horoughly H uman 11. He (Krishnamurti) “the elder boy, was led into improper habits by Mr. Leadbetter . . . in 1910.” This was the complaint of the father in his charge' against Mrs. Besant (vide “The Statesman” also “Theosophy and the Coming Christ,” E. R. McNeile, an ex-Theosophist.) What critic, however desirous he might be to be generous, could pay a tribute to the personality of this godling of Mrs. Besant’s—surrounded as he is with such question able history? The world :is swift to discover sin; and ready to scourge the culprit, particularly if he—-only a poor, ordinary, weak mortal as this man—poses as “the Lord of Love.” Krishnamurti is no. better than the rest of the sinning race, an accomplice in the common sins, or “Particeps criminis.” 12. He has his limitations. The following criticisms were referred to by Lady Lutyens, at “The Ommen Star Congress,” on August 11th, 1925, that had been lodged against their Messiah by critical Thepsophists. “A crit icism is made of him, that he is too well dressed, and sets too much store by these outer things.” Here, you have the suggestion of dressiness and conceit. Referring to their Messiah’s criticisms of •the Society, their methods, etc., “In that respect he is intolerant. His personal dislike • • ■ • • is a prejudice. His criticisms are . . . . harsh. Whenever we start criticizing one another, it brings about a lack of harmony.” The confession of his “intolerance” and “harshness,” and the “lack of har- mony,” tell a story not compatible with the claim that Krishnamurti “walks the earth as a king among men . . . indeed miles above mankind.” In conclusion, Krishnamurti is suffering from “swelled head.” The worship has upset his mental balance. His vanity, born of the adoration offered him, and the tempta tions of a life of indolence, luxury and public exhibition
have induced him to become an apostate, parading the planet on a big salary.1—From a new and valuable booklet, entitled, “The Great Lie,” an exposé of Theosophy, price 25 cents. afe afe The Living Word B y R. B. W allace , L os A ngeles T HE living exponent of the Book is the Lord Jesus Christ: “The Word” (the Logos) “became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14, N. T r.). We say rev erently that His inscrutable Person stands or falls with the Book. “God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Cor. 4 :6). What a life this heavenly stranger lived among us! Even the infidel Rousseau said : “It would have been a greater miracle for man to invent such a life as Christ’s, than to be it.” This is true, but of greater import to us is His death. His matchless Person has been described by a great teacher in most reverent language, as follows: “Jesus had no sin. Although perfectly man, every thought and feel ing and inward motion was holy in Jesus. Not only not a flaw in His ways was ever seen, but not a stain in His
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