Theos-Talk Archives (April 1999 Message tt00198)

At 03:08 PM 4/30/1999 EDT, Leon wrote:
>  I also have no use for people who argue that they first have to take 
>care of their own spiritual "awakening", by engaging in endless meditative 
>practices, exploration of "psychism", out-of-body experiences, "work on the 
>higher planes," and the like.  For theosophy at this stage of It's real 
>needs--mental practice of a discriminative nature (for the "intuitive 
>student," as HPB might say), is more than enough.  (As for myself; My own 
>personal spiritual attainments and work on the higher planes can wait
until I 
>get back to where I came from.:-)      
>

Going back to early days of TS, a review of HPB's actions in addition to
enormous writings, I recall that every evening after a long days work of
writing SD, she used to chit chat -- not talk about theosophy or nor there
is any mention of meditations etc. I think that the general trend toward
emphasis on meditation and work on higher planes, trying to become a chela
or Adept etc. with corresponding downplaying of work that can and should be
down on earth may be a contributive factor in the slow decline in the
membership of all TS organizations.

So your approach is like what many have taken in the past as well as taking
today.

mkr

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