June 30, 2015

The Origin of the Caste System

The  Origin  of  the  Caste  System





Uranda   June 17, 1947



From the standpoint of Reality, as made manifest through Divine Man prior to the fall, there was a recognition of the variations in individual capacity and focalization of talents. These definite recognitions of the various levels in which human beings found their natural expression of life, and therefore their proper sphere of function in the coordinated expression of the Whole, did not stand as arbitrary limits imposed upon individual achievement. It was recognized that individuals might, as they did in fact, move from one level to a higher level of capacity and focalization of consciousness after varying periods in lower levels. To illustrate the point, one individual might remain at a given level of consciousness in a certain range of capacity for ten hours, while another person might remain in a similar level of focalization for a hundred years. The period of time that any given individual remained at any given level was largely a matter that rested with the individual himself, and since all levels in the Pattern of Reality are contained as integral parts of the whole, no condemnation rested upon any individual by reason of the length of time that he might remain at some specific level. The basic essential was simply that he should maintain correct polarities at that level, as much as at any other level for any other individual. However, the degrees of regulation depended upon the levels to which the individuals attained. Those who functioned in the lower levels had to be governed, and those who functioned in the higher levels had to do the governing, all within the framework of Reality. 


After the fall, there was a continued recognition of these various levels of achievement, even in the fallen state, and since the polarities involved had been disturbed to varying degrees, there were varying degrees of what we might call the manifestation of evil. After the cataclysmic changes that came into the world, the clear vision of the ideal state was, before long, lost, because the consciousness of man that remained on earth was out of polarity, and, therefore, incapable of a clear vision of Reality. Such legends as continued from generation to generation, by means of which Truth and understanding were conveyed from one generation to the next, were, therefore, necessarily colored, even though they might contain fundamental keys to a realization of basic Truth. 


The origins of the Oriental religions antedate recorded history, and when the degenerate priesthood, for its own purposes, advanced the ideas of transmigration of the soul, picturing the cycles supposedly made manifest from life to life, they were utilizing the basic Truth that the individual, during life, naturally passes through certain cycles in the ascending spiral. Instead of keeping the Truth focalized with respect to the individual life within the scope of the life span, they applied the Principle on the basis of one life to another, in order to establish a means by which arbitrary control could be maintained over vast numbers of people. Therefore, it was only natural that definite divisions as to levels of attainment, consciousness and capacity, should be recognized, but since the basic Truth had been perverted to the concept of the transmigration of souls, in the process that is ordinarily thought of as reincarnation, the individual who happened to be in any one class was more or less arbitrarily held in that particular class throughout the period of his lifetime. Therefore, these divisions provided the origin of the Caste System, as it has continued in India, for instance, down to the present day. In other countries the same principle has been present with various modifications on the basis of class differences, which have been largely controlled by money, or wealth, which, in turn, was recognized as the medium supporting position. 


Because of the abuse of money and position that was made evident in certain cases, where individuals of lower class came, by some means, into positions correlating with higher classes, it was assumed that it was impossible, or at least unwise, for anyone to aspire to move from one class to another, and the basic idea generally promulgated was that anyone born into a given class should be content to remain in that class for the entire period of his life. All this, of course, was a perversion of the basic Truth as it was made manifest in Reality. 


The importance of all of this in relationship to our present day lives can be recognized when the original Principles are seen in the Light of pure Truth, where the actuality of increased capacity and the development of higher focalizations of consciousness provide the only means by which transition of the individual from one level, or class, to a higher level may be achieved. In the early period of our history here in the United States, and continuing to some degree still, this Principle was, to some degree, in operation. Many individuals, starting from extremely lowly stations in life, achieved greatness. Where such achievement was not merely the result of some more or less fortunate circumstance which permitted the amassing of wealth, which in turn, provided the basis of position and power, it is recognized that the individual made manifest a spirit of life and an intellectual capacity which released varying types and degrees of blessing to man as a whole. 


If we recognize that these cycles of transition should properly and naturally take place within the scope of the individual lifetime, many of the limitations which human beings arbitrarily establish for themselves are swept away. On the other hand, this also provides a basis for a recognition of the fundamental Principles of Government, as they should manifest. Those who have not developed the capacity, or who have not attained to a level of consciousness, which permits participation in the function of governing, should willingly let themselves be governed within the scope of Reality, which means that the fundamental human freedoms are recognized, the integrity of the individual is defended, and the sacredness of human life is maintained.


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