Theos-Talk Archives (March 1999 Message tt00242)

March 18th

Dear Gerry:

No hatred of modern psychology, rather an "amused hope" would be
my way of putting it, and admittedly that is extreme, in view of
all the effort and study that so many hundreds have put into
learning it.

These remarks are aimed AT NO ONE, least of all YOU.

But I find that Eastern Psychology as expressed by Theosophy
covers so much more and fills in the gaps so well that the (to
me) sorry western attempts appear a waste of time.

Western Psychology starts with the perishable consciousness of
one life.

Eastern Psychology starts with the pilgrimage of the immortal
MONAD.

One seeks to ennoble man's consciousness in this life and the
other seeks to perpetuate the muddle he finds himself in, and
does not relate the many "moralities" and "customs" of his
present nature to the realities of an exact, impartial, fair, and
ever-acting LAW.

So long as the universality of Karma and the immortality of the
EGO (Buddhi-Manas), (of which the present embodied personality is
only a blurred copy) are not employed as a basis for the study of
that embodied transitory ego, there will be confusion.  However
(as I see if) if you (or anyone) employs the theosophical
concept, then everything falls into place.

Basically the two do not mix well.

Dal

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-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-theos-talk@pippin.imagiware.com
[mailto:owner-theos-talk@pippin.imagiware.com] On Behalf Of
Gerald Schueler
Sent:	Thursday, March 18, 1999 10:35 AM
To:	theos-talk@theosophy.com
Subject:	Theos-World Psychology

>>Our western psychology as I see it is designed to apologize and
forgive the personality for its errors and ignorance.  But the
law courts do not entirely agree.  They speak of a responsibility
and designate this not purely as a result of legislating, but as
something innate to each human and act accordingly.  Why is that
?<<

Dallas, psychology was designed to figure out why people act
as they do--it is the study of human behavior. The idea of
forgivess only came about when studies showed that
self-forgiveness has a healing effect. The "law courts"
not only acknowledge psychology, but they demand it
(psychological testing to assure mental competance for
trial, etc). Responsibility is only legal when one is deemed
mentally competant. Your psychology bashing is getting
you nowhere. The reason that I went into psychology
myself is my interest in people and why they act the way
they do. I have no trouble at all separating psychology
from Theosophy and can't understand your apparent
hatred of it.

Jerry S.





















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