Theos-Talk Archives (February 1998 Message tt00048)

Feb 9th 1998

Dear Thoa:o

Glad to read your note -- I think that we are all students of vast Nature.
By implication "theos-sophist" (lover of truth) has also to be a
"Phil-anthropist"(lover of mankind).  If philosophy and speculation are not
tempered with humor, then the world and all evolution are quite pointless
and at best a very sorry place.

But there is always hope.  If we grasp however slightly the great principles
of living (of which our lives are only somewhat less than half) then we can
see and appreciate continuous values.

The accidents and the trials of having to live In a world that does not
recognize or apply very well the best of the rules of life (as for instance
the simple but basic: give unto others that which you would desire them to
give to you) -- its we who have to make the effort.  We have to be the
"stone" that falls into the surface of the "Present" as it whizzes past us,
so that the "Future" may be pleasantly rippled.  The effort always starts
with us, and the ripples go everywhere affecting those who are near and
everyone else -- all beings in fact.

I was (2 weeks ago) looking at a review of a book which scientifically takes
into account the fact that thoughts, feelings, being acts, flow out touch
and affect the whole Universe and all things in it.  In fact, the effort we
might put into pushing a plate across the table, is to set into motion an
energy that overcomes the inertial resistance of the whole Universe as
focused a the point of rest of that plate.  I thought that was quite a
wonderful point to think about,

So why not devote some time to looking for paradox, humor, and fun in
Theosophy, as well as being solemn and deeply pondering ?

            All the best to all of us,
Dallas


                                      Dallas  TenBroeck
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