Theos-Talk Archives (September 1999 Message tt00032)

The points mentioned should be kept in mind by every inquirer.

All the writings are putting down in words a reality or facts. We need to
go beyond the words and see or understand the realilty behind ourselves.
Once we keep this in mind, our attitude and approach to any "sacred"
writing will be different from that of a fundamentalist who hangs on to
every comma and period and try to explain.

Sometime ago, one writer mentioned that while observing a well known
occultist trying to explain what he was observing. It was found that the
person was struggling to find words to express what he was
seeing/experiencing. 

mkr
At 10:09 PM 09/03/1999 -0700, The Clan wrote:
>Rich wrote:
>
>I truly believe we should study spiritual classics EVERY DAY, but not from a
>Theosophical perspective.  We must read them in their own right, try to
>penetrate sometimes very difficult wordings and allusions, APPLY.  Only then
>can we fairly compare them to our own body of "revealed" teachings.
>
>Bravo Rich!
>
>The great spiritual classics such as the Bhagavad Gita, the Teo Te Ching,
>the Buddhist Wisdom literature Sarangama Sutra, Upanishads,  etc. ARE our
>revealed scriptures! We approach them as you say on their own merits with
>humility and self-effacement... They are the Ancient Wisdom... As
>theosophists we recognise them as our scripture... revealed at different
>times to different people, they contain the same truths and the same
>message...this is the basis for the universal theosophic brotherhood and
>sisterhood...  - Art Gregory
>
>
>lgregory@discover.net
>

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