Theos-Talk Archives (February 1998 Message tt00018)

>The problems with spin these spider like webs of maya or illusion is that
>one can become trapped in them as a spider in a web ( another common
>metaphor).  People also inject each other's lives with this maya in an
>insect like manner.  I have a chip on my shoulder and I go around poisoning
>the atmosphere due to my unresolved neurotic knots or skandhas.

You talk about people being destructive in both of your posts and I just
would like to make a short comment concerning what you wrote and also what
I have read in the recent issue of Theosophy World. An article by Rick
Taylor points out to us that HPB ignores gnostic groups that are licentious
and only focuses on elevating the status of the denegrated REAL gnostics,
those who should have been applauded, but were criticized falsely by the
Christians.

1. First, I would like to say that what you, Keith, are claiming is MAYA,
the I AM Temple refers to as our psychic atmosphere. They are decreeing
constantly for the annihilation of all psychism, which to me represents
False Thinking.

2. Second, humans who are destructive are to be stopped, as you mention
also in reference to Redfield's book.

3. I think it's kind of curious that we are faced with this dilemma of "Who
are we doing this for?" I don't like to see theosophy used as a method for
a few people to become superior beings. I would much prefer to divide a
group into us and them perhaps as if we are doing charitable work. For
instance, the group Rick Taylor claims is never quoted by HPB do to their
sex habits, seems slightly archaic to me because 1) Perhaps they didn't
want to be quoted. Sometimes we don't quote from material that is TOO
SACRED as well as that which is inappropriate. 2) Who are we doing this
for?  When we determine that our meditations are falling on deaf ears, how
do we know? If we could all use theosophy as our tool of outreach to those
individuals who don't have as much as we do, wouldn't this be the ideal
expression of love. We do our life styles and our meditations so that
others who are less fortunate can benefit with our radiations or vibrations
or whatever, but so that their lives can be blessed and sacred and
beneficial ones and not so that we can elevate ourselves above any one
group or another.

Thanks for sharing.

Brenda