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{{Style P-Quote|Pioneer! Be always gallant,

{{Style P-Epigraph|Pioneer! Be always gallant,

No vows that doesn’t cost a dime,

No vows that doesn’t cost a dime,

Prove your words with deeds and talents,

Prove your words with deeds and talents.

I am ready all the time!

"I am ready all the time!"

Progress isn’t made by anybody.

Progress isn’t made by anybody.

I am ready all the time!

"I am ready all the time!"

Of the labour in your clime,

Of the labour in your clime,

Though path is hard and narrow,

Though path is hard and narrow.

I am ready all the time!

"I am ready all the time!"

 

|Vasily Lebedev-Kumach

Vasily Lebedev-Kumach

Fragments, 1936

Fragments, 1936

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How can we, the theosophists of the former Soviet Union, pass by the unprecedented experience of our vast country and its people? What can we share it with the theosophists of other countries who have no experience of Soviet life? Was there previously a precedent for a whole nation living with high ideas of building a bright future? We absorbed these ideals with mother's milk, namely: freedom, equality, fraternity!

How can we, the theosophists of the former Soviet Union, pass by the unprecedented experience of our vast country and its people? What can we share it with the theosophists of other countries who have no experience of Soviet life? Was there previously a precedent for a whole nation living with high ideas of building a bright future? We absorbed these ideals with mother's milk, namely: freedom, equality, fraternity!

Here is what Maxim Gorky wrote about the new type of a man in his article “Untimely Thoughts”:

Here is what Maxim Gorky wrote about the new type of a man in his article ''“Untimely Thoughts”'':

{{Style P-Quote|“The Russian people were married to Freedom. We believe that new strong people will be born from this union in our country, exhausted both physically and spiritually.

{{Style P-Quote|“The Russian people were married to Freedom. We believe that new strong people will be born from this union in our country, exhausted both physically and spiritually.

The thought passes through the whole story: in the name of what does a person live? In the name of oneself? In the name of other people? The image of the heart helps us to answer this question. It is the heart and its metaphorical image that helps to more fully reveal the idea inherent in the Gorky story: condemnation of individualism and demonstration of a heroic feat in the name of freedom and happiness of the people.

The thought passes through the whole story: in the name of what does a person live? In the name of oneself? In the name of other people? The image of the heart helps us to answer this question. It is the heart and its metaphorical image that helps to more fully reveal the idea inherent in the Gorky story: condemnation of individualism and demonstration of a heroic feat in the name of freedom and happiness of the people.

Maxim Gorky intuitively compares the heart with the Sun. On this occasion, Helena Petrovna writes in The Secret Doctrine (vol. I, part 3, IX):

Maxim Gorky intuitively compares the heart with the Sun. On this occasion, Helena Petrovna writes in ''The Secret Doctrine'' (vol. I, part 3, IX):

{{Style P-Quote|“Thus, there is a regular circulation of the vital fluid throughout our system, of which the Sun is the heart — the same as the circulation of the blood in the human body — during the manvantaric solar period, or life.”}}

{{Style P-Quote|“Thus, there is a regular circulation of the vital fluid throughout our system, of which the Sun is the heart — the same as the circulation of the blood in the human body — during the manvantaric solar period, or life.”}}

By his heroic death Danko confirmed immortality of the feat. The feat is the result of great love for others. People "looked at him and saw that he was the best of all, because in his eyes there was a lot of power and live fire," and Danko "loved people and thought that maybe without him they would die."

By his heroic death Danko confirmed immortality of the feat. The feat is the result of great love for others. People "looked at him and saw that he was the best of all, because in his eyes there was a lot of power and live fire," and Danko "loved people and thought that maybe without him they would die."

In his other story “About a Poet”, Maxim Gorky writes:

In his other story ''"About a Poet"'', Maxim Gorky writes:

“But people have forgotten their calling to be great; will you remind them of it, will you awaken the thirst for feats? - said my poet. - Will your lyricism wash away the soot of mutual distrust from people's hearts? Will it wash the rust of egoism off their souls, hardened in battle for the right to live?

“But people have forgotten their calling to be great; will you remind them of it, will you awaken the thirst for feats? - said my poet. - Will your lyricism wash away the soot of mutual distrust from people's hearts? Will it wash the rust of egoism off their souls, hardened in battle for the right to live?

Another fragment from the song on the words of Lebedev-Kumach:

Another fragment from the song on the words of Lebedev-Kumach:

{{Style P-Quote|We will reach, grasp and discover everything:

{{Style P-Poem|poem=We will reach, grasp and discover everything:

 

The cold pole and the blue firmament.

The cold pole and the blue firmament.

When the country calls us to be

When the country calls us to be

A hero, each becomes a hero then.

A hero, each becomes a hero then.

We can sing and laugh like children

We can sing and laugh like children

Among hard struggle and labour

Among hard struggle and labour

We were born such persons in the world

We were born such persons in the world

And we never surrender to anything.}}

And we never surrender to anything.}}

So what is the Soviet person? It is a state of dedication to high ideals. It is a state beyond time and space.

So what is the Soviet person? It is a state of dedication to high ideals. It is a state beyond time and space.

W. Q. Judge in his article "Illusions of Time and Space" writes:

W. Q. Judge in his article ''"Illusions of Time and Space"'' writes:

{{Style P-Quote|“Of all the illusions that beset us, in this world of Maya, perhaps the deadliest are those to which, for lack of better, we give the names of "Time" and "Space": and quite naturally – since they are prime factors in our every action here below.” }}

{{Style P-Quote|“Of all the illusions that beset us, in this world of Maya, perhaps the deadliest are those to which, for lack of better, we give the names of "Time" and "Space": and quite naturally – since they are prime factors in our every action here below.” }}

Everything exists according to the Universal Laws, in particular according to the Law of Cycles. In “Isis Unveiled” Helena Petrovna writes:

Everything exists according to the Universal Laws, in particular according to the Law of Cycles. In ''“Isis Unveiled”'' Helena Petrovna writes:

{{Style P-Quote|“They divided the interminable periods of human existence on this planet into cycles, during each of which mankind gradually reached the culmination point of higher civilization and gradually relapsed into abject barbarism (v. I, p. 5). ... These cycles, according to the Chaldean philosophy, do not embrace all mankind at one and the same time” (v. I, p. 6).}}

{{Style P-Quote|“They divided the interminable periods of human existence on this planet into cycles, during each of which mankind gradually reached the culmination point of higher civilization and gradually relapsed into abject barbarism (v. I, p. 5). ... These cycles, according to the Chaldean philosophy, do not embrace all mankind at one and the same time” (v. I, p. 6).}}

A true follower of H.P. Blavatsky, the Indian theosophist Bomanji P. Wadia, in his book The Study of the Secret Doctrine (Ch. 22), writes about the One Universal Law:

A true follower of H.P. Blavatsky, the Indian theosophist Bomanji P. Wadia, in his book ''The Study of the Secret Doctrine'' (Ch. 22), writes about the One Universal Law:

{{Style P-Quote|“Under the Law of Karma beings, cosmic or human, wake up or fall asleep as cyclic processes go on, in differing periods of time (cycles), according to their acquired capacities and powers inherent in them, but the Law of Cycles runs its course evenly and uniformly, putting the universe to sleep through its manvantaric activities, awakening it to manifestation through its pralayic movements. By the Law of Yagna or Sacrifice all these beings act as builders, preservers, regenerators, giving of their own life-power to those who are in need of it, and receiving from others what they themselves require, some will-fully, others unconsciously. This threefold function of the One Law is not outside of man or the universe. It is within each.

{{Style P-Quote|“Under the Law of Karma beings, cosmic or human, wake up or fall asleep as cyclic processes go on, in differing periods of time (cycles), according to their acquired capacities and powers inherent in them, but the Law of Cycles runs its course evenly and uniformly, putting the universe to sleep through its manvantaric activities, awakening it to manifestation through its pralayic movements. By the Law of Yagna or Sacrifice all these beings act as builders, preservers, regenerators, giving of their own life-power to those who are in need of it, and receiving from others what they themselves require, some will-fully, others unconsciously. This threefold function of the One Law is not outside of man or the universe. It is within each.

Thus the Spiritual-man sacrifices himself for the benefit of the mental-man, as the latter for the man of flesh in whom he incarnates. Under the Law of Compensation suitable adjustments, skandhaic or personal, egoic or individual, and monadic or universal take place. To offer sacrifice and receive it and thus produce readjustment, the time-element, the due and proper season, is a necessity. The unfoldment of principle's, cosmic or human, the growth of body, mind or soul in man or of the Kingdoms in Nature, in short, evolution generally, is dependent on the threefold function of the One Law. ”}}

Thus the Spiritual-man sacrifices himself for the benefit of the mental-man, as the latter for the man of flesh in whom he incarnates. Under the Law of Compensation suitable adjustments, skandhaic or personal, egoic or individual, and monadic or universal take place. To offer sacrifice and receive it and thus produce readjustment, the time-element, the due and proper season, is a necessity. The unfoldment of principle's, cosmic or human, the growth of body, mind or soul in man or of the Kingdoms in Nature, in short, evolution generally, is dependent on the threefold function of the One Law. ”}}

It is this type of sacrifice that we can find in the ideal of the Soviet person.

It is this type of sacrifice that we can find in the ideal of the Soviet person. Are his other ideals theosophical too?

Are his other ideals theosophical too?

Freedom for the Soviet person means freedom from slavery of property or egoism, freedom from superstitions or dogmatism, freedom for the creative development of the individual through the constant acquisition and expending of knowledge.

Freedom for the Soviet person means freedom from slavery of property or egoism, freedom from superstitions or dogmatism, freedom for the creative development of the individual through the constant acquisition and expending of knowledge. By equality, the Soviet person understood the absence of interclass and interethnic differences, respecting the sovereignty of each nation.

By equality, the Soviet person understood the absence of interclass and interethnic differences, respecting the sovereignty of each nation.

The main or connecting link of the system was the brotherhood of all nations without distinction of race, faith, sex, caste, etc.

The main or connecting link of the system was the brotherhood of all nations without distinction of race, faith, sex, caste, etc.

There was an extraordinary mass craving for knowledge under the motto “study, study and study again”. During the Soviet period there were many inventors, scientists and creative people in many spheres of life. There is an English proverb: “The need is the mother of all inventions,” and its Russian equivalent: “Poverty is crafty”. The Soviet man never lived in such wealth, like the man in the West. He had to use ingenuity to compensate for the lack of material resources, and also had to acquire many skills. And until now, the Soviet person can be called "a jack of all trades". But this did not cause him discontent. He worked with enthusiasm and with a song (“The song helps us to build and live”). Difficult circumstances help the multifaceted development of human qualities, and material well-being relaxes the person.

There was an extraordinary mass craving for knowledge under the motto “study, study and study again”. During the Soviet period there were many inventors, scientists and creative people in many spheres of life. There is an English proverb: “The need is the mother of all inventions,” and its Russian equivalent: “Poverty is crafty”. The Soviet man never lived in such wealth, like the man in the West. He had to use ingenuity to compensate for the lack of material resources, and also had to acquire many skills. And until now, the Soviet person can be called "a jack of all trades". But this did not cause him discontent. He worked with enthusiasm and with a song (“The song helps us to build and live”). Difficult circumstances help the multifaceted development of human qualities, and material well-being relaxes the person.

The Soviet person had neither nationality, nor gender (relative to professions), nor even age (all worked until the last days in the family or at work, especially mental).

The Soviet person had neither nationality, nor gender (relative to professions), nor even age (all worked until the last days in the family or at work, especially mental). The Soviet man had a collective consciousness based on a sense of responsibility for the future of his country. Everybody was involved in maintaining public order. Community life was not only usual for villages and small towns. Moscow courtyards lived on this principle, too. They helped each other in raising children, came to help in difficult situations, the doors of the apartments were open to neighbours, and there were no high, impenetrable fences round country houses. During trials people unite, and well fed life disunites them.

The Soviet man had a collective consciousness based on a sense of responsibility for the future of his country. Everybody was involved in maintaining public order. Community life was not only usual for villages and small towns. Moscow courtyards lived on this principle, too. They helped each other in raising children, came to help in difficult situations, the doors of the apartments were open to neighbours, and there were no high, impenetrable fences round country houses. During trials people unite, and well fed life disunites them.

We come to the Earth to learn, to acquire experience, not for our own sake, but for the sake of other people, for the sake of the evolution of all mankind. For this, we develop ourselves by spreading around the skandha oriented at the Universal Brotherhood.

We come to the Earth to learn, to acquire experience, not for our own sake, but for the sake of other people, for the sake of the evolution of all mankind. For this, we develop ourselves by spreading around the skandha oriented at the Universal Brotherhood.

Hence, it can be concluded that the Soviet person is an eternal type of self-sufficient altruistic man, striving for knowledge, manifesting himself in due time for the benefit of all mankind. But in each cycle, he is like a first mover or pioneer, always ready to serve selflessly.

Hence, it can be concluded that the Soviet person is an eternal type of self-sufficient altruistic man, striving for knowledge, manifesting himself in due time for the benefit of all mankind. But in each cycle, he is like a first mover or pioneer, always ready to serve selflessly.