Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00198)

Aug 14th 1998

Dear Kym:

All your questions about deserving or non-deserving can only be answered
interiorly, if you question your own motives, knowledge and purpose for such
a contact.

What I tried to convey is that we are already, each of us, interiorly
possessive of planes of contact that correspond to those on which Masters
 Advanced Human Beings ) dwell.  If you consult THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY you
will find more answers there.

If we or They make contact we will know it without doubt.

Do not mistake me, please,  there is ignorance of fact and there is
deliberate ignorance, the unwillingness to learn or to seek and search and
know.  Each one determines for themselves what category they belong in.
Personally I am well aware of my limitations and how to surmount them (given
time).  Others have to determine such things each for themselves.

Everything that we say, think, do or feel is open to an Individual who
qualifies as a Mahatma ( a Great Soul) or, a "Master."

If one has developed "spiritual" perceptions those are transferred from the
personality inward and then we may know of the nature and abilities of the
"Master within."  No claims or pretensions avail, nor does curiosity.  Again
make no mistake.  I claim nothing personally for myself except the ability
to seek and to study and ask myself (and others) perplexing questions which
tend, I hope, to give us all extra understanding..

If a person has reason to contact another then that is done.  So with
spiritual things, if there is a reason, contact is made.  What else can be
said ?  If you read and study the KEY TO THEOSOPHY these questions you ask
are answered there, and they do not require my supplementing them.

Best wishes,

Dallas

> Date: Wednesday, August 12, 1998 10:27 PM
> From: "Kym Smith" <kymsmith@micron.net>
> Subject: A "Master" on theos-talk??

>Dallas wrote:
>
>>I am of the opinion that some moderation in language is more indicative of
>>sagacity than the use of expletives, barnyard terms, etc, which only
denote
>>to me a lack of that kind of understanding that leads to true discussion.
>
>Where in my post to you were there "expletives, barnyard terms, etc.?"
>Where, Dallas?
>
>>I hope you will excuse my bluntness.
>
>Am I to excuse your bluntness as self-expression while you consider my
>bluntness a lack of utilizing proper reading material (which, in real
>terminology means "ignorance")?
>
>Well, I know that the spiritual answer is: Yes - but it is very hard to do.
>
>>Can you succinctly say what it is you want to learn ?
>
>I already have - but let me go further and ask you something directly.  I
>want to learn why you imply that those who seek a visit from the "Masters"
>is merely no more than a matter of them being non-deserving?  How do you
>know they are non-deserving?  Is there something in their manner or
>writings that tell you so?  How do you know what is in their hearts and
>souls?
>
>How do you know what is in the hearts and souls of the "Masters" - which
>means, how do you know that those who seek the "Masters" have not already
>lain eyes upon them?  How do you know that they, or you, did not pass this
>very day, a "Master?"  How do you know that a "Master" did not, this very
>day, pass a person on this list (even an "ignorant" one) and slightly nod
>their head to the person as a sign of recognition and love and
>encouragement?  How do you know what type of person a "Master" wants to
visit?
>
>Let's take a really big brain sojourn:  How do you know, Dallas, that I
>(gasp and faint!) am not a "Master?"  Are you so sure that a "Master" will
>be in the manner and form you think they will be?  Maybe a "Master" will
>come as a CHALLENGER of those who follow HPB as a test to see just what
>they have learned - to see how they treat those they perceive as "ignorant"
>- to see how much Compassion followers of HPB manifest in those they may
>differ with - to see how much the advocates of HPB use love to spread
>Theosophy - to see how they respond to people who are angry, hurt, and lost
>- to see how they respond to people who have had different life experiences
>and do not write, talk, or look at life the same way.  How do you know,
>Dallas?  How do you know you're not talking to a "Master" now?
>
>You claim that you are "humble" and at times could be "wrong."  Yet, you
>are quick to peg those who question HPB's writings as "ignorant."  So,
>obviously, you feel and think you know enough to recognize when someone is
>misinterpreting HPB, which further suggests that you are some kind of
>"expert."  Ok, so be it - but with that "expertise" comes
>extra-responsibility.
>
>So, keeping that in mind (your extra-responsibility), and reflecting on how
>you address me and others who disagree or argue with you, do you believe,
>in your heart, that a "Master" would be pleased to read your posts?
>
>That is what I wish to learn, Dallas.
>
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>Kym
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