Theos-Talk Archives (November 1998 Message tt00174)

>No, it is HPB's own words that lead to confusion. Anyway,
>I have ever been confused about the difference (if there is
>any) between bodies and principles. AB/CWL pretty much
>equate the two as does Judge in The Ocean. Others
>claim that there is a big difference. If you can restrain
>yourself from quoting HPB (whom I have studied for over
>30 years and don't need thrown in my face yet again)
>I would really like to hear what you consider to be the
>difference between them, in your own words. Anyone else
>can join in, but I would like to hear opinions, not creed.
>
>Jerry S.


If both terms would be the equal then we would not have two different words.
That's easy to understand. I give you an example: Take the globe and
planets. The Earth is a globe from one point of view but it is also a planet
from another point of view. The same is with body and principle. They are
not equal nor contradict. From a lower viewpoint they seem paradoxical, but
if you take a broader view then they are downwards compatible. Therefore
Judge is in correspondence with HPB, AB/CWL are don't.
BTW it is sad that you are only requiring for opinions and not for creed,
because creed understood in the genuine sense (the same as pistis in Greek)
is more lofty.

Frank