Theos-Talk Archives (January 1998 Message tt00164)

>From: "Kazimir Majorinc" <kmajor@public.srce.hr>
>Date: Thursday, January 15, 1998 4:32 PM
>Subject: Is ABSOLUTE relative?
>
>Dear theosophists,
>
>
>I'd like to comment this Dallas TenBroeck's cite:
>
> >> Generally as I read in Theosophy the term "Unmanifested" relates to the
>    ABSOLUTE or to ABSOLUTENESS, which is a logical necessity, a background
>    from which any "manifestation" (or MAYA) emanates. <<
>
>By my opinion, it is too hard word for that meaning. If there is something
>'emanated' from that you called ABSOLUTE, than it is clearly that ABSOLUTE
>is (at least in some meaning) different from that what is emanated. In that
>case
>ABSOLUTE is limited by this difference.
>
>We may propose next characterization of ABSOLUTE:
>If something is ABSOLUTE, than there is nothing different from it, in any
>possible meaning of the world 'different'.
>
>If one decide to limit this obviousely extremly strong requirement, he just
>limited ABSOLUTENESS. This limitation is not important for most theories.
>One may use somehow  smaller words, like THE PRINCIPLE, MOKSHA, GOD, THE
>ONE, ETERNAL, SUPREME REALITY, SUPREME BEING, GREAT ARCHITECT OF THE
>UNIVERSE, INFINITY etc... instead the ABSOLUTE.
>
>This arguments are similar to what I wrote here before few months against
>perfection, although not completely same: they are more logical and do not
>involve ethical propositions.
>
>There is one good side-efect of avoiding of that word. Communication is
>better if we do not use big words. Licitation in words is often reason of
>clashes and misunderstanding. However, it is not an argument.
>
>
>Sincerely,
>
Keith: Whew! Kazimir, if I may be familiar, you said a mouthful.  Sometimes,
I find that I cannot read as many of these posts as I used to.  When we talk
about the "Absolute"  I have trouble find the logical address not in my
vocabulary database, but in my experiential database.  This "absolute", can
you touch it, taste it?  Some say yes, and that they have.  Sometime I think
I have, but I am not ABSOLUTELY sure.

:})

Keith