Theos-Talk Archives (September 1999 Message tt00078)

In a message dated 9/7/99 4:12:32 AM, lgregory@discover.net writes:

<< If the particular group your in is not growing and
inspiring people, start your own or move on...staying in a situation where
the blind lead the blind is your responsibility!    - Art gregory >>

Your right and I have.  

The retreat with Namkhai Norbu at Lake Tahoe is September 24-28 and I am 
there.  I was fortunate enough to be invited to help paint the mandala for 
the Vajra Dance that we will be learning, and I have just purchased the 
meditation cusions that will be needed from Karma Choling in Vermont (if 
anyone needs the address, just ask).  

The tradition of Dzogchen is not one that most Theosophists are acquainted 
with, but it is the Tibetan tradition I have found which is the most in 
accord with HPB's teachings.  It aims, with the least preliminaries possible, 
to place the practitioner into the "primordial state" of UNITY, and give the 
practitioner the tools needed to stay there.  Dzogchen is the quintessence of 
Buddhism, and is truly a "self-induced and self-devised" path -- all the 
while giving the practitioner access to a community of EXPERIENCED MEDITATORS 
for help and fellowship.  

Already, after a few months, I feel far more educated and energized to 
PRACTICE meditation and the paramitas than I did in 10 years of dry 
Theosophical study classes.  This does not mean that I could have done 
without the study classes -- but after a time, I felt it was time to stop 
reading and start practising what was being preached.

-- THEOSOPHY WORLD -- Theosophical Talk -- theos-talk@theosophy.com

Letters to the Editor, and discussion of theosophical ideas and
teachings. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message consisting of
"subscribe" or "unsubscribe" to theos-talk-request@theosophy.com.