authority, "inner" & "outer"
Jul 02, 1997 02:33 PM
by Nicholas Weeks
>> Rich:
> > people outside ULT are somewhat uncritical to see all teachers as
> > equally valid.
> Bjorn:
> Let each one confirm the validity of the various teachers for
> himself.
Rich:
> > But their TEACHINGS are, in fact, quite different,
Bjorn:
> > This should caution us to blindly trust authority, rather serve
> > as an inspiration to go within for confirmatioin of the truth.
Is trust in our "inner" awareness that ignores or devalues
traditional sources really more trustworthy? What decides if an
idea coming from "another" (is there separateness?) is
attractive, truthful or useful? Is it not "our" heart, "our" mind
that determines who or what to follow spiritually? If we decide
where Theosophia lies, why say "inner" authority is to be our
only or primary source?
Truth or bliss is where "you" find it, not "where" you find it.
To use an exclusively gnostic or exclusively scriptural path will
not produce beneficent results.
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