Theos-Talk Archives (January 1998 Message tt00343)

Jan 24th 1998

Dear Phillip:

Have not heard from you for a very long time.  Hope you are well.

							Dallas




                                      Dallas  TenBroeck
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                             Calabasas, Ca., 91302, USA.

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> From: "Phillips Spencer" <phillis@ntsb.gov>
> Subject: Re:Truth
> Date: Monday, December 01, 1997 8:21 PM
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> >From : VOICE OF THE SILENCE
>           TRANSLATED BY
>              " H.B.P"
>          1889
>                             THE SEVEN PORTALS
>  p67
> Behold it written:
>
> "Ere the gold flame can burn with steady light,  the lamp must stand
> well guarded in a spot free from all wind".  Exposed to shifting breeze,
> the jet will flicker and the quivering flame cast shades deceptive,
> dark and ever-changing, on the Soul's white shrine.
>
> And then, O thou pursuer of the truth,  thy Mind-Soul will become as a
> mad elephant, that rages in the jungle.  Mistaking forest trees for
> living foes, he perishes in his attempts to kill the ever-shifting
> shadows dancing on the wall of sunlit rocks.
>
> Beware, lest in the care of Self thy Soul should lose her foothold on
> the soil of Deva-knowledge.
>
> Beware, lest in forgetting Self, thy Soul lose o'er its trembling mind
> control, and forfeit thus the due fruition of its conquests.
>
> Beware of change!  For change is thy great foe.  This change will fight
> thee off, and throw thee back, out of the Path thou treadest, deep into
> viscous swamps of doubt.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Rodolfo Don" <rdon@garlic.com>
> > Sent:	Monday, December 01, 1997 7:57 PM
> > Subject: Re:Truth
> >
> > >Rodolfo Don wrote:
> > >> ...That is fine with me, Bart. Don't you know that we have freedom
> > of
> > >> belief in the Theosophical Society?
> > >
> > >	Which is irrelevent to the original statement to which I was
> > replying.
> > >
> > >	Bart Lidofsky
> > >
> >
> > Is it really irrelevant? I only meant that there is no point in
> > arguing.
> > Your position is right for you, and mine is right for me.
> >
> > I'm not trying to convert you. I'm not discussing theosophical
> > doctrine.
> > I'm discussing my own experience, addressed not to you, but to the
> > whole
> > list. If you were expecting some proof that K. is another messenger of
> > truth you had unrealistic expectations. I would never do that. All I
> > wanted
> > to do was to share my experiences. You either listen to them, or
> > ignore
> > them. Not a big deal.
> >
> > One thing I noticed from your original message, when you wrote:
> >
> > >and, while I do think that he said good and important things, do not
> > >consider him to be on the caliber of a Buddha, a Moses, a Jesus, a
> > >Lao-Tse, a Confucius, a Mohammed, or even a Descartes. Possibly on
> > the
> > >level of a Spinoza.
> >
> > You really like to put people in boxes, dont' you...!
> >
> > Rodolfo Don
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