Theos-Talk Archives (May 2000 Message tt00003)

May 2 2000

Dear Spencer

I recognize the text that you ask about as originating from my
old friend Raghavan Iyer of my Bombay college days in the early
1940s.  He was about 5 years younger than I, and a very bright
student. He had great charisma and drew a number of other bright
young minds to him and from there into the study of Theosophy at
the Bombay ULT.  We formed quite a bright group of young and
serious, interested students who wanted to find out what
THEOSOPHY had to teach.

A few years later he went to Oxford as a Rhodes scholar and got
his degree and taught there for a number of years.  Later on he
got a teaching position in UC Sta. Barbara.  And again drew a
number of bright minds into the study of Theosophy.  A ULT Lodge
was started there, around 1971 or 2.

In this particular quotation he is making reference to the
astrological/astronomical data that represent his own birth in
this particular incarnation.

Personally I do not think that it has any special significance
for anyone but himself.  I have asked myself why he printed this,
and so far I have not found any useful answer.  So I do not pay
any attention to it.

In any case as you well know, in Theosophy there is no such thing
as any claim to personal "authority."   THEOSOPHY is IMPERSONAL
and UNIVERSAL.  We are all privileged to be able to contact it
and study it,  and then pass it along without any alteration to
those who will follow us.

I fail to see anything important or ominous in this, and if it is
implied, then it is veiled and mysterious. But, you will have
noticed the Original Teachings are very clear, and neither
"veiled," nor "ominous."  Ask yourself, with the knowledge of
Theosophy so far acquired, have you anything to fear ?  If so,
what is it, and why.  Can you let me know ?


Best wishes,

Dallas

D T B

========================================


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-theos-talk@theosophy.com
[mailto:owner-theos-talk@theosophy.com]On Behalf Of Spencer
Kellogg
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 3:50 PM
To: theos-talk@theosophy.com
Subject: Re: Theos-World I hi-lighted the message with my
browser, read
it and it's ominusly obscure and not interesting to me.




>> One wonders whether or not this curious paragraph points to a
date.  "...in
>> a marriage by mutual assent," reminds one of that sentence
from
>> Theosophical literature having to do with our taking one step
in the
>> adepts' direction with them most assuredly taking one or more
steps in
>> ours.  One thinks of a hologram where a laser beam is split
and the
>> resulting 'two' beams are then redirected so that their
interference
>> pattern eventually 'creates' and image.  And what of, "the
worthless husks
>> of feverish speculation..."  Isn't that what's been happening
on this site
>> for the past month or so, all the bickering over senseless he
said/she said
>> nonsense?  Of course, if one were to make the calculations,
including leap
>> years where appropriate...?  Pay more attention to the nothing
in the last
>> sentence.  For if e = mc^2, and nothing is the matter, we get
the
>> experience of c^2 as spoken of in the Secret Doctrine at the
bottom of pg.
>> 510 of Cosmogenesis.
>

DTB	did you look at SD I 510 & FOOTNOTE ?

	It deals with the nature of Matter.


On SD I 632 HPB says a great deal about the real constitution of
"matter" where at the top of the page she discusses the nature of
the MONAD and the part that it plays everywhere in evolution.
Tyndall made this "ominous confession:  " SCIENCE KNOWS NOTHING
(and still knows nothing today 2000) OF THE NATURE OF MATTER."

But Theosophy does.

Best wishes,

Dallas

>
> Spencer
>
>>
>>
>>     I would be most interested in whether anyone
>>     who sees this can interpret the passage below.
>>
>>     Thank you.
>>
>>           Retrospective insight into the 1875 Cycle and
intuitive readiness
>>
>> for 1975 are indissolubly wedded, with no danger of divorce in
a marriage
>> by
>> mutual assent. The Wheel of the Good Law moves swiftly on, and
those who
>> are
>> willing to drive out the worthless husks of feverish
speculation, psychic
>> excitement and unholy curiosity must seek the golden grain of
>> self-validating truth in the mathematically precise marking of
'the
>> celestial dial' on the Solar Clock. 14 x 7 years and 7 months
after the
>> birth of 'H.P.B.,' as well as 3 x 9 years and 9 months after
the Aquarian
>> Age commenced, when the disc of the Sun crossed the galactic
equator and
>> entered the constellation of Punarvarsu (Pollux), an event
took place on
>> earth, under the aegis of the asterism Punarvarsu, containing
the key to
>> the
>> 1975 Cycle. This says everything and nothing, in the
time-honoured code
>> language of the Wise Men of the East.
>>
>> -- 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.    I
>> would be most interested in whether anyone
>
>     who sees this can interpret the passage below.
>
>     Thank you.
>
>           Retrospective insight into the 1875 Cycle and
intuitive readiness
> for 1975 are indissolubly wedded, with no danger of divorce in
a marriage by
> mutual assent. The Wheel of the Good Law moves swiftly on, and
those who are
> willing to drive out the worthless husks of feverish
speculation, psychic
> excitement and unholy curiosity must seek the golden grain of
> self-validating truth in the mathematically precise marking of
'the
> celestial dial' on the Solar Clock. 14 x 7 years and 7 months
after the
> birth of 'H.P.B.,' as well as 3 x 9 years and 9 months after
the Aquarian
> Age commenced, when the disc of the Sun crossed the galactic
equator and
> entered the constellation of Punarvarsu (Pollux), an event took
place on
> earth, under the aegis of the asterism Punarvarsu, containing
the key to the
> 1975 Cycle. This says everything and nothing, in the
time-honoured code
> language of the Wise Men of the East.
>
> -- 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.


-- 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.