humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare

On Apr 4, 10:14=C2=A0am, lackpurity wrote:
> On Apr 2, 2:43=EF=BF=BDpm, lackpurity wrote:
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> >http://shakespeare.mit.edu/hamlet/hamlet.5.2.html
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> > MM:
> > This is my first commentary on Act 5, Scene 2.
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> > SCENE II. A hall in the castle.
>
> > Enter HAMLET and HORATIO
>
> > HAMLET
> > So much for this, sir: now shall you see the other;
> > You do remember all the circumstance?
>
> > HORATIO
> > Remember it, my lord?
>
> > MM:
> > The Lord remembers all circumstances, all our sins and good deeds.
> > The Master is omniscient, also.
>
> > HAMLET
> > Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fighting,
> > That would not let me sleep: methought I lay
> > Worse than the mutines in the bilboes. Rashly,
> > And praised be rashness for it, let us know,
> > Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well,
> > When our deep plots do pall: and that should teach us
> > There's a divinity that shapes our ends,
> > Rough-hew them how we will,--
>
> > MM:
> > We struggle, but it is always within certain channels. =EF=BF=BDThe chan=
nels
> > have been predetermined by our karmas. =EF=BF=BDKarma is a Divine Law. =
=EF=BF=BDMan is
> > therefore helpless. =EF=BF=BDHe can't escape his sins, and they have bee=
n
> > building for ages. =EF=BF=BDHence, the necessity of a Master to extricat=
e us
> > from our debts, which keep us tied to these lower planes.
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> > HORATIO
> > That is most certain.
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> > MM:
> > Horatio, who is a good disciple, corroborates what his Master has
> > said, to give it added emphasis.
>
> > HAMLET
> > Up from my cabin,
> > My sea-gown scarf'd about me, in the dark
> > Groped I to find out them; had my desire.
> > Finger'd their packet, and in fine withdrew
> > To mine own room again; making so bold,
> > My fears forgetting manners, to unseal
> > Their grand commission; where I found, Horatio,--
> > O royal knavery!--an exact command,
> > Larded with many several sorts of reasons
> > Importing Denmark's health and England's too,
> > With, ho! such bugs and goblins in my life,
> > That, on the supervise, no leisure bated,
> > No, not to stay the grinding of the axe,
> > My head should be struck off.
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> > MM:
> > Hamlet discovered the evil plot. =EF=BF=BDHe was hoping he would have be=
en
> > dead, rather than to experience what was to happen.
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> > HORATIO
> > Is't possible?
>
> > HAMLET
> > Here's the commission: read it at more leisure.
> > But wilt thou hear me how I did proceed?
>
> > MM:
> > Shakespeare discusses the evil plot, but he is more interested that
> > his disciple, Horatio, should learn HOW A MASTER handles these
> > situations.
>
> > HORATIO
> > I beseech you.
>
> > HAMLET
> > Being thus be-netted round with villanies,--
> > Ere I could make a prologue to my brains,
> > They had begun the play--I sat me down,
> > Devised a new commission, wrote it fair:
> > I once did hold it, as our statists do,
> > A baseness to write fair and labour'd much
> > How to forget that learning, but, sir, now
> > It did me yeoman's service: wilt thou know
> > The effect of what I wrote?
>
> > MM:
> > Sounds like he sat in meditation, receiving directives from God, on
> > how to deal with this situation. =EF=BF=BDShakespeare had learned the wo=
rldly
> > way, which is precise karma. =EF=BF=BDThe Masters, however, often take a=
nother
> > approach, one of mercy. =EF=BF=BDThey look for excuses to forgive us.
> > Shakespeare appears to be doing just that, even though, incredibly, it
> > involves the murder of his own father, King Hamlet.
>
> > Then, Shakespeare hints that his writings should have an EFFECT on
> > us. =EF=BF=BDWe should learn the meaning behind them. =EF=BF=BDThat was =
his purpose in
> > life, as Sat Guru of the time.
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> > HORATIO
> > Ay, good my lord.
>
> > MM:
> > Horatio wants to be a good disciple, and learn from the Master's
> > writings.
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> > HAMLET
> > An earnest conjuration from the king,
> > As England was his faithful tributary,
> > As love between them like the palm might flourish,
> > As peace should stiff her wheaten garland wear
> > And stand a comma 'tween their amities,
> > And many such-like 'As'es of great charge,
> > That, on the view and knowing of these contents,
> > Without debatement further, more or less,
> > He should the bearers put to sudden death,
> > Not shriving-time allow'd.
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> > MM:
> > Similar to Sant Mat. =EF=BF=BDThe Master is like a tributary, which lead=
s to
> > the Eternal Spiritual Ocean. =EF=BF=BDThis refers to a death order.
>
> > HORATIO
> > How was this seal'd?
>
> > MM:
> > Christ told his disciples that he had been stamped and sealed by the
> > Father. =EF=BF=BDWhen we search for a Master, we should follow one with =
a
> > similar commission.
>
> > HAMLET
> > Why, even in that was heaven ordinant.
>
> > MM:
> > Shakespeare throws a new light on this. =EF=BF=BDEven the evil plot was
> > predestined. =EF=BF=BDKarma often boggles the mind, and this is an excel=
lent
> > example of that. =EF=BF=BDIt was the karma of King Hamlet, that he would=
be
> > killed by assassination. =EF=BF=BDThis teaching could be applied to the
> > experiences of other Masters, of course, including Jesus Christ, John
> > the Baptist, St. Peter, St. Paul, Julius Caesar, Christopher Marlowe,
> > etc., etc....
>
> > HAMLET continues:
> > I had my father's signet in my purse,
> > Which was the model of that Danish seal;
> > Folded the writ up in form of the other,
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> > MM:
> > This has mystic implications. =EF=BF=BDThe Lord orders the Saints. =EF=
=BF=BDThe order
> > comes from the Lord, but it is given to us by Masters. =EF=BF=BDThis is =
what
> > he means by "in form of the other." =EF=BF=BDIt means that the Master is=
God
> > in human form.
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> > HAMLET continues:
> > Subscribed it, gave't the impression, placed it safely,
> > The changeling never known.
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> > MM:
> > Hamlet was ready to be part of God's will. =EF=BF=BDThis world is a play=
. =EF=BF=BDGod
> > is the Director of the play. =EF=BF=BDHamlet was ready to play his part,=
even
> > though it involved the death of his father. =EF=BF=BDThis tends to boggl=
e our
> > minds. =EF=BF=BDIt is because Saints are far above us. =EF=BF=BDChrist s=
aid, "I am
> > from above, ye are from beneath." =EF=BF=BDHamlet was not going to argue=
with
> > God, to change his will.
>
> > HAMLET continues:
> > Now, the next day
> > Was our sea-fight; and what to this was sequent
> > Thou know'st already.
>
> > HORATIO
> > So Guildenstern and Rosencrantz go to't.
>
> > HAMLET
> > Why, man, they did make love to this employment;
> > They are not near my conscience; their defeat
> > Does by their own insinuation grow:
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> > MM:
> > They were working for the murderous couple. =EF=BF=BDTheir betrayal has =
kept
> > them lower than the level of Hamlet's power. =EF=BF=BDTheir insinuation =
has
> > just been an inflating of ego, which has contributed to their
> > downfall.
>
> > HAMLET continues:
> > 'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes
> > Between the pass and fell incensed points
> > Of mighty opposites.
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> > MM:
> > Baser nature means our sinful nature. =EF=BF=BDWhen that interferes what=

> > should be our Bhakti, Loving, or Devotional Nature, then we won't
> > reach God. =EF=BF=BDGod and this world are opposites, from a mystic poin=
t of
> > view. =EF=BF=BDOur sins will keep us here, in other words.
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> > HORATIO
> > Why, what a king is this!
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> > MM:
> > What a Master is this!
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> > HAMLET
> > Does it not, think'st thee, stand me now upon--
> > He that hath kill'd my king and whored my mother,
> > Popp'd in between the election and my hopes,
> > Thrown out his angle for my proper life,
> > And with such cozenage--is't not perfect conscience,
> > To quit him with this arm? and is't not to be damn'd,
> > To let this canker of our nature come
> > In further evil?
>
> > MM:
> > Hamlet now discusses self-defense. =EF=BF=BDSelf-defense is justified in=
the
> > eyes of God. =EF=BF=BDAs I mentioned earlier, however, all is pre-destin=
ed.
> > We can struggle. =EF=BF=BDWe can try to win wars, but we will only get w=
hat is
> > in our karmas, or perhaps, what is God's will, if he chooses to
> > intervene in the destiny.
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> > HORATIO
> > It must be shortly known to him from England
> > What is the issue of the business there.
>
> > HAMLET
> > It will be short: the interim is mine;
> > And a man's life's no more than to say 'One.'
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> > MM:
> > We've had millions of past lives.
>
> > HAMLET continues:
> > But I am very sorry, good Horatio,
> > That to Laertes I forgot myself;
>
> > MM:
> > When Hamlet leaped into the grave, it was spontaneous. =EF=BF=BDIt was d=
ue to
> > his love for Ophelia. =EF=BF=BDSimilarly, in mysticism we need to develo=
p that
> > similar type of devotion for the Master. =EF=BF=BDIt is necessary to bre=
ak our
> > attachments to this world, so the mind and soul can be free to go to
> > higher spiritual planes, ultimately to the Father of all.
>
> > HAMLET continues:
> > For, by the image of my cause, I see
> > The portraiture of his: I'll court his favours.
>
> > MM:
> > Hamlet killed Polonius by mistake. =EF=BF=BDNow, Hamlet and Polonius hav=
e both
> > lost fathers. =EF=BF=BDHamlet understands the viewpoint of Polonius. =EF=
=BF=BDLaertes
> > was also in the grave, out of love for his departed sister, Ophelia.
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> MM:
> I meant to write that Hamlet and Laertes had both lost fathers.
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> > Court his favors? =EF=BF=BDThis means to court the favors of God, or his=
human
> > form, the Master.
>
> > HAMLET continues:
> > But, sure, the bravery of his grief did put me
> > Into a towering passion.
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> > MM:
> > We should get inspiration from the Master, just as Hamlet got
> > inspiration from Laertes' love for Ophelia and his father, Polonius.
>
> > HORATIO
> > Peace! who comes here?
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> > MM:
> > I'll continue this later.
>
> > Michael Martin

MM:
Hamlet is similar to The Jew Of Malta regarding the deaths of Abigail,
Barabas' daughter, and the deaths of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,
Hamlet's disciples. They were disciples of the Masters, but they
betrayed the Masters. Christ said about Judas, "It would have been
better for him to have never been born." To betray one's Master
brings a very severe punishment. That is the lesson, which I think we
should learn from Master Marlowe and Master Shakespeare.

Michael Martin