Theos-Talk Archives (December 1997 Message tt00134)

> Dallas TenBroeck wrote:
>
> 2. The Intellectual / Manasic -- which is presently being developed in
> mankind, and which learns to guide and control the impulses that arise from
> kama.- the instinctual nature.  [ KEY  p. 95-6, 101-109, 134-137 ]

Right, first by becoming a self-ish individual human personal ego, as
the Logos/Builders/Chohans intend and gaining some stable mastery at
that level (selfishness), and then slowly, gradually, act by act,
learning to open up inwardly {and in community} to the influences of the
Inner Divine. Morals, ethics, community values, etc.,  that are true
because they are directly experienced within and without to be so (to me
that's karma).

The process of doing this takes place the whole time within the
personality. A person transforms from within, but does not stop being a
personality: i.e., having self-ish-ness as a man or a woman.

> I don't think anyone is to be blamed for anything, unless it is refusing to
> try to learn and to understand what indeed is most complex and almost runs
> quite aslant of modern psychological views.

What's required of a human being to learn can be wholly learned in the
context of being a human being. I believe psychology is one of our
efforts to share and do that. But if someone doesn't have the motivation
to try to learn or understand himself in the way that I do, or questions
me, it's not my duty to disdain them.

> I think the idea of the duality of conscious areas, which are to be
> perceived by a single CONSCIOUSNESS, which is the Real man, is important.
> It is easy to set ones' self in either of those two areas and devise
> arguments to make that the only reality, whereas if fact there are two or
> more "planes" to which one can "travel" mentally.  The seven-fold
> Theosophical division of the principles of man has been found most useful
> be me in study.  What do you think ?

I guess it all depends on what 'plane' you really live on and
function from.

> But I find that the Theosophical concepts and doctrines add to those and
> perhaps adjust many of them to a greater reality.
>
> Any more ideas ?

None better than 1 Corinthians 13

Merry Christmas,
Mark
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