Theos-Talk Archives (August 1999 Message tt00077)

Aug 28th

Well said Peter

Here is another well-intentioned one who does not study or, having
read, has not yet fully grasped the difference between adherence to a
"form" (out of respect perhaps), and independence from a form that is
now immovably different from its original impulse.

Dal


Dallas
dalval@nwc.net 

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-theos-talk@pippin.imagiware.com
[mailto:owner-theos-talk@pippin.imagiware.com]On Behalf Of Peter
Merriott
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 5:13 PM
To: theos-talk@theosophy.com
Subject: RE: Theos-World - introductory publications?


Dear mkr (and all),

You are quite right in what you say about the Key to Theosophy.   I
would
also add that over the years of studying 'the Key' one begins to
appreciate
the extraordinary depth that it covers especially if one returns to it
regularly and *actively* reflects on the substance contained therein.

It is also worth noting what H.P.B. says on the very first page of the
preface to this work:

"That it should succeed in making Theosophy intelligible without
mental
effort on the part of the reader, would be too much to expect; but it
is
hoped that the obscurity still left is of the thought not of the
language,
is due to depth not to confusion.  To the mentally lazy or obtuse,
Theosphy
must remain a riddle; for in the world mental as in the world
spiritual each
man must progress by his own efforts.  The writer cannot do the
reader's
thinking for him, nor would the latter be any the better off is such
vicarious thought were possible."



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