If we perform an internet search on the name Kuthumi, it suggests for us Koot Hoomi, someone who is a notorious figure in New Age. Madame Blavatsky was a Russian lady who in the 1800's founded a new modern interpretation of Buddhism and made it accessible to the West, named as the Theosophical Society. She stated that her spiritual work was guided by the two spiritual teachers Master Koot Hoomi and Master Morya who resided in Tibet. Letters of communication with said Masters were published in books.
Is this the Kuthumi my Lord Sananda claims to have lived as here on Earth? How common is the name Kuthumi or Koot Hoomi?
Here is a hodgepodge of text I have compiled from other sources. After days of working on it I was unable to polish the text because of a humongous negative repulsion with the body of work of Blavatsky and Theosophy, so I give it to you here in a somewhat confusing random manner. The energies of Blavatsky and her work repels me so extremely badly, I was unable to overcome it though I tried.
You only need me as your source. And I will say enough to last you a lifetime! ~ says Lord Sananda and God, March 21 2014, 3:18 PM, I had just titled a section with "What do other sources say?"
The obvious place to start an inquiry these days is the Wikipedia page. The Wikipedia page does not offer anything enlightening, it does not offer a satisfactory understanding on what Kuthumi might be, not to mention the people and texts mentioned in the text are not explained. But let's start there.
This source says that Kuthumi, also spelled Koot Hoomi, was one of the Mahatmas who inspired the founding of the Theosophical Society. Kuthumi engaged in correspondence with two English Theosophists living in India named A.P. Sinnett and A.O. Hume. Gracious me, this correspondence was published in the book The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett. This is so much fun. I just found out that Jesus lived again and that he wrote a book.
What does a search on Koot Hoomi find us? What is a Mahatma? What is the Theosophical Society and what does it do? Who were A.P. Sinnett and A.O. Hume? What do we know of the book "The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett"?
There are few descriptions of Kuthumi in the book The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett and the writings of Madam Blavatsky and the name Koot Hoomi seems to be a pseudonym. Several Puranas have a reference to a "Rishi Kuthumi" for example in the Vishnu Purana (Book 3, Chapter 6) where he is said to have been a pupil of Paushyinji. Madam Blavatsky wrote in reference to the last mentioned,
"The name of Rishi Koothumi is mentioned in more than one Purana, and his Code is among the 18 Codes written by the various Rishis and preserved at Calcutta in the library of the Asiatic Society. But we have not been told whether there is any connection between our Mahatma of that name, and the Rishi, and we do not feel justified in speculating upon the subject. All we know is, that both are Northern Brahmans, while the Môryas are Kshatriyas." - Madam Blavatsky
What do we know about Madam Blavatsky? What are Puranas? Is Rishi Kuthumi a name or do the words mean something? What is the Vishnu Purana, Book 3, Chapter 6? Who was Paushyinji? What is the meaning of those 18 Codes written by the Rishis? What are Northern Brahmas? What is a Môryas and a Kshatriyas?
Kuthumi's early letters to Sinnett are signed "Koot Hoomi Lal Sing", but later in the correspondence he says the "Lal Sing" was added by his disciple Djwal Khool.
"Why have you printed the Occult World before sending it to me for revision? I would have never allowed the passage to pass; nor the "Lal Sing" either foolishly invented as half a nom de plume by Djwal K. and carelessly allowed by me to take root without thinking of the consequences. . ." - quote
In an interview by Charles Johnston to H.P. Blavatsky he described the handwriting of Master Kuthumi as evidently a man of very gentle and even character but of tremendously strong will, logical, easy-going, and taking endless pains to make his meaning clear, altogether the handwriting of a cultivated and very sympathetic man.
Who was Charles Johnston? Is H.P. Blavatsky the same as Madam Blavatsky?
Master Kuthumi was said to live in a house in a ravine in Tibet near the house of Master Morya. In 1881 Colonel Henry S. Olcott wrote to A.O. Hume:
"I have also personally known [Master Koot Hoomi] since 1875. He is of quite a different, a gentler, type, yet the bosom friend of the other [Master Morya]. They live near each other with a small Buddhist Temple about midway between their houses. In New York, I had . . . and a colored sketch on China silk of the landscape near [Koot Hoomi]'s and my Chohan's residences with a glimpse of the latter’s house and of part of the little temple." - quote
Who was Master Morya? Who is Colonel Henry S. Olcott? What is Chohan's residences?
Madam Blavatsky wrote to Mrs. Hollis Billings in a letter,
"Now Morya lives generally with Koot-Hoomi who has his house in the direction of the Kara Korum [Karakoram] Mountains, beyond Ladak, which is in Little Tibet and belongs now to Kashmire. It is a large wooden building in the Chinese fashion pagoda-like, between a lake and a beautiful mountain. . . ." - quote
Who is Mrs. Hollis Billings and does it matter?
This is confirmed by a reference given by Mahatma Kuthumi in a letter to A.P. Sinnett:
"I was coming down the defiles of Kouenlun - Karakorum you call them . . . and was crossing over to Lhadak on my way home." - quote
Before being an Adept, Master Kuthumi is thought to have visited Europe and studied in some of the universities there. Madam Blavatsky said that he is a Kashmiri Brahman by birth and that he has travelled a good deal in Europe. A.O. Hume wrote in his "Hints on Esoteric Theosophy":
"Take a case said to have occurred many years ago in Germany, in which a Brother, who has corresponded with us, is said to have taken part. He was at this time a student, and though in course of preparation was not then himself an Adept, but was, like all regular chelas, under the special charge of an Adept. A young friend of his was accused of forgery, and tried for the same. Our Brother, then a student as above explained, was called as a witness to prove his friend's handwriting; the case was perfectly clear and a conviction certain. Through his mentor, our Brother learnt that his accused friend did not really deserve punishment that would necessarily fall on him, and which would have ruined not only him, but other innocent persons dependent on him. He had really committed a forgery but not knowingly or meaningly, though it was impossible to show this. So when the alleged forged document was handed to the witness, he merely said: "I see nothing written here," and returned the deed blank. His mentor had caused the entire writing to disappear. It was supposed that a wrong paper had been by mistake handed to the witness; search was made high and low, but the deed never appeared, and the accused was perforce acquitted." - quote
Master Morya refers to Kuthumi as a "fine scholar". Master Kuthumi speaks English and French well, he probably knew German also.
In a letter received by Mr. Sinnett in July 5, 1881, Master K.H. wrote:
"I may answer you, what I said to G. Th. Fechner one day, when he wanted to know the Hindu view on what he had written - "You are right;... 'every diamond, every crystal, every plant and star has its own individual soul, besides man and animal...' and, ‘there is a hierarchy of souls from the lowest forms of matter up to the World Soul,' but you are mistaken when adding to the above the assurance that ‘the spirits of the departed hold direct psychic communication with Souls that are still connected with a human body' - for, they do not." - quote
In 1883 C.C. Massey, leader of the British Theosophists, tried to test this evidence of the existence of the Mahatmas by writing to Dr. Hugo Wernekke who lived in Germany and was in touch with professor Fechner. He wanted to find out whether professor Fechner ever had such a conversation with an Oriental. Fechner's reply to Dr. Wernekke:
"What Mr. Massey enquires about is undoubtedly in the main correct; the name of the Hindu concerned, when he was in Leipzig, was however, Nisi Kanta Chattopadhyaya, not Koot Humi. In the middle of the seventies he lived for about one year in Leipzig and aroused a certain interest owing to his foreign nationality, without being otherwise conspicuous; he was introduced to several families and became a member of the Academic Philosophical Society, to which you also belonged, where on one occasion he gave a lecture on Buddhism. I have these notes from Mr. Wirth, the Librarian of the Society, who is good enough to read to me three times a week. I also heard him give a lecture in a private circle on the position of women among the Hindus. I remember very well that he visited me once, and though I cannot remember our conversation, his statement that I questioned him about the faith of the Hindus is very likely correct. Apart from this I have not had personal intercourse with him; but, after his complete disappearance from Leipzig, I have been interested to hear about him, and especially to know that he plays an important role in his native country, such as undoubtedly he could not play here." - quote
Madam Blavatsky in 1881 described the following to Mrs. Hollis Billings:
"K. H. or Koot-Hoomi is now gone to sleep for three months to prepare during this Sumadhi or continuous trance state for his initiation, the last but one, when he will become one of the highest adepts. Poor K. H. his body is now lying cold and stiff in a separate square building of stone with no windows or doors in it, the entrance to which is effected through an underground passage from a door in Toong-ting (reliquary, a room situated in every Thaten (temple) or Lamisery; and his Spirit is quite free. An adept might lie so for years, when his body was carefully prepared for it beforehand by mesmeric passes etc. It is a beautiful spot where he is now in the square tower. The Himalayas on the right and a lovely lake near the lamisery. His Cho-han (spiritual instructor, master, and the Chief of a Tibetan Monastery takes care of his body. M . . also goes occasionally to visit him. It is an awful mystery that state of cataleptic sleep for such a length of time. . ." - quote
Master Morya in a letter to A.P. Sinnett described Kuthumi's retreat as follows:
"At a certain spot not to be mentioned to outsiders, there is a chasm spanned by a frail bridge of woven grasses and with a raging torrent beneath. The bravest member of your Alpine clubs would scarcely dare to venture the passage, for it hangs like a spider's web and seems to be rotten and impassable. Yet it is not; and he who dares the trial and succeeds - as he will if it is right that he should be permitted - comes into a gorge of surpassing beauty of scenery - to one of our places and to some of our people, of which and whom there is no note or minute among European geographers. At a stone’s throw from the old Lamasery stands the old tower, within whose bosom have gestated generations of Bodhisatwas. It is there, where now rests your lifeless friend - my brother, the light of my soul, to whom I made a faithful promise to watch during his absence over his work." - quote
C.W. Leadbeater describes the physical appearance of Master Kuthumi:
"The Master Kuthumi wears the body of a Kashmiri Brahman, and is as fair in complexion as the average Englishman. He, too, has flowing hair, and His eyes are blue and full of joy and love. His hair and beard are brown, which, as the sunlight catches it, becomes ruddy with glints of gold. His face is somewhat hard to describe, for His expression is ever changing as He smiles; the nose is finely chiselled, and the eyes are large and of a wonderful liquid blue." - quote
Kashmiri - belonging to the geographical region Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. The region of Kashmir has changed over time. Before the mid 1800's Kashmir was only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range. Today Kashmir is a larger region which contains territories administered by India, Pakistan, and China.
In the time period between year 0 and 500, Kashmir became an important center of Hinduism, and later of Buddhism, and in the 800's Kashmir Shaivism arose. Muslim monarchy ruled Kashmir from the mid 1300's until mid 1800's when the Sikhs took over. The Sikh lost the territory to the British in a war and then bought it back from the British and it was again under Sikh rule for generations. In 1947 Kashmir became a disputed territory and is today administered by India, Pakistan, and China.
If Lord Sananda lived as Kuthumi in Kashmir, when did he live there?
Mahatma Mathama is Sanskrit for "great soul" and is similar to "saint" in Christianity. The word is said to have become popular in theosophical literature in the late 1800's when Madame Helena Blavatsky, one of the founders of the Theosophical Society, claimed that her teachers were adepts (or Mahatmas) who reside in Asia. In Theosophical teachings, Mahatmas are not disembodied beings, but highly evolved people involved in overseeing the spiritual growth of individuals and the development of civilizations. Blavatsky was the first person in modern times to claim contact with these Adepts, especially the Masters Koot Hoomi and Morya.
In 1880 Madame Blavatsky visited A.P. Sinnett in India. Sinnett had an interest in the Theosophical teachings of Madame Blavatsky and the work of the Theosophical Society prompted Madame Blavatsky to establish a contact by correspondence between Sinnett and the two adepts who were sponsoring the society, Koot Hoomi and Morya.
Sinnett wrote "The Occult World" in 1881 and "Esoteric Buddhism" in 1883 from his correspondence, both generated an enormous interest into theosophy by the public. In "The Mahatma Letters to Sinnett" was published in 1923 in London, and contains letters dated 1880 to 1885 where the Mahatmas give replies and explanations to the questions by Sinnett. During the early years of the Theosophical Society, the Mahatmas also corresponded with a number of other persons. Many of these letters were published in two volumes titled "Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom", Series 1 and Series 2.
There is great controversy regarding the existence of these adepts. Critics of Blavatsky doubted the existence of her Masters, see for example W.E. Coleman's "exposes". But more than 25 individuals testified to having seen and been in contact with these Mahatmas during Blavatsky's lifetime. In recent years, K. Paul Johnson has promoted his controversial theory about the Masters.
After Blavatsky's death in 1891, several individuals have claimed to be in contact with her Adept Teachers and have stated that they are new messengers of the Masters conveying various esoteric teachings. Currently various New Age, metaphysical, and religious organizations refer to them as Ascended Masters, although their character and teachings are in several respects different from those described by Theosophical writers.
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You don't need to know about the Brahmaputr, you are already living in it. ~ someone says to me, March 21 2014, 7:37 PM
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