Theos-Talk Archives (February 1998 Message tt00052)

Dallas:
>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,

I wholeheartedly agree.  Actually, that's more of my nature.  Lately,
however, time will only allow me to make short points.  I believe that it
is through "paradox, humor, and fun" that we are able to see the whole
picture.  When looking at something, I wonder about the other side of the
coin, and whether each side contains a little bit of each.

It is through fun that we see the possibilities of things, that it can be
more than what it is.  When we were children, we think of a box as a
million things, a spaceship, a boat, a house, etc.  As we grow older, a box
no longer suffices.  We don't want a crappy box, we want that mysterious
Mega-tron that would shoot bullets and costs $100.00.  As we grow even
older, that Mega-tron becomes a limited plastic toy that feebly shoots
bullets, and we long for that speed boat.  If we stop having fun, then that
is what life will be, a series of short goals that we become disenchanted
with once we've reached them.  By having fun as adults, we can still look
at that box and see psyionic transmitters.  Fun enables us to throw up our
arms and do a crazy dance, when things don't go our way.  As they say, it's
the journey that counts.

Best to you, too.

Thoa :o)