Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00212)

>In a message dated 98-08-13 18:43:22 EDT, you write:
>
>> This excessive
>>development has to be fought against, and the instinct reduced within
>>natural limits, and this will certainly never be done by easy-going
>>self-indulgence within the marital relation any more than by
self-indulgence
>>outside it.  By none other road than that of self-control and self-denial
>>can men and women now set going the causes which will build for them
brains
>>and bodies of a higher type for their future return to earth-life.
>
>And here we have proof that even our beloved HPB was capable of spouting
>flapdoodle.
>
>So much for argument by authority.
>
>Chuck
>


I believe that the life story of Buddha shows that he tried self-control
and self-denial and found them to be wanting. His message to us
is moderation; the middle way.

Jerry S.