Theos-Talk Archives (June 2000 Message tt00003)

At 07:33 AM 06/01/2000 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 5/10/00 1:54:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>Brotherhood is not -- and cannot be -- merely a product of the analytical 
mind, a major source of ALL of our troubles.  Many organized religions, 
political parties, and ideologies promote "brotherhood," yet promote the 
killing of people and the destruction of culture and property for the sake of 
that IDEAL of the analytical mind.
True brotherhood can only be the result of someone being in a theosophical, 
divine-like, state of awareness.  If such a state of awareness is not 
present, it is impossible to have brotherhood.  Such states are the states in 
which there is compassion-insight.  And it is only from such 
wisdom-compassion that can come a true sense of kinship with others, with all 
that is.  Otherwise, what we have is THE ANALYTICAL MIND playing with itself.
All best,
Aryel


I think Aryel has hit the nail on its head. 

I think that it is a fundamental yet non intellectual change that would be
the starting point of realizing oneness of life in all its forms.
Intellectual change is perhaps the beginning of this "process". In my
experience, anyone who is exposed to theosophical "philosophy" seem to
undergo a change inspite of themselves, which can be a mini-transformation. 

mkr

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