Theos-Talk Archives (June 2000 Message tt00016)

In a message dated 6/1/00 8:55:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ramadoss@eden.com 
writes:

<< 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 >>

mkr,

Precisely.  HPB & her teachers spoke of the "esoteric science" being 
communicated in seven keys.  There is the metaphysical, the mythical, the 
astrological...  But THE ONE key without all of those are ineffectual, is the 
psychological or mystical key.  As they explained with unequivocal clarity in 
"The Esoteric Character of the Gospels," that key is the key of regeneration, 
or initiation -- or, as we might say today, of TRANSFORMATION.  (Exact 
references given in my two papers on transformation, which can be found in 
Rodolfo Don's website, teosofia.com.)
Unfortunately, the vast majority of members of the TS, including leaders & 
authors, continue to promote the anti-HPB, anti-Masters notion that theosophy 
IS a metaphysics, a mere product of the analytical mind, and that brotherhood 
is AN IDEAL to be followed -- not a consequence of living in the context of 
theosophical states of awareness.

Aryel

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