Theos-Talk Archives (April 1999 Message tt00152)

April 15th 1999

Dear Rich:

You are absolutely right in this as each "principle" is a working
basis for Atma which is the ONLY principle to work through -- and
each of these in turn is said to be 7-fold, reflecting the
potentials of all the others -- so these may correspond to the
"49 fires,"  I think.

Dal


              Dallas TenBroeck
               dalval@nwc.net




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Subject: Re: Theos-World Response to Dallas



In a message dated 4/15/99 1:24:34 PM, you wrote:

<<<<However in the KEY TO THEOSOPHY you will find that HPB
narrows and
defines the actual functions of the Theosophical principles and
assigns
reasons for those.  Also in FIVE YEARS OF THEOSOPHY will be found
an
article of hers on the SEVEN PRINCIPLES which antecedes the
publishing
of the KEY.  In that the 7 principles are discussed from the
point of
view of the Hindu schools and their basis is amply explained.>>>>

It is also pretty clear, from HPB's flexibility in using these
'principles'
that they too are merely designations, and not realities in
themselves.  The
seven 'principles' provide a picture of the universe and man that
opens up
our perspective and encourages us to work for the highest, but we
must not be
attached to this constellation of energies as the final picture.
HPB says
herself, according to Commander Bowen in his article "How to
Study the Secret
Doctrine," that one's ideas must continually change and become
grander, until
the best position is to have no 'position' at all, even on the
seven
principles.

Rich

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