Theos-Talk Archives (June 2000 Message tt00110)

Bart Lidofsky escribió:

>
>         But what is a human? Is it a being with two arms, two legs, two eyes,
> ears, a head, a torso, in the form of what we call "humanoid"? If so,
> then Blavatsky's description of the 4th Root Race would have required
> that the laws of physics have radically changed in an extremely short
> period of time (or, as the Christian fundamentalists believe, Satan has
> planted false evidence around). Note that the 1st Root Race was not
> humanoid at all; it was barely physical at all. One CAN reincarnate into
> a HIGHER form of life, after all.
>

Bart, I still donīt understand what you are trying to do.  By mentioning the non
fisical 1st Root Race, or the 4 th Root Race, it seems that you try to say
science is not in complete disaccord with theosophical antropologie.  But we
canīt hid the evident.

Theosophy teaches an enormous antiquity for the 5 th Root Race.  And also teaches
that seven Root Races lived in earth before, and also before.  Just to mention
something.

>From a scientifical point of view (and I repeat that science is far away of being
synonymous of truth; just Gnosis is real Truth), this ideas are science fiction,
non-sense.


> BART: if the apes were an unsuccessful attempt to
> evolve our current human bodies, that would reconcile Blavatsky's
> statement that apes were descended from humans with the anthropological
> evidence.
>
>         Bart Lidofsky
>

Again, Bart, we canīt hide the evident by doing it.

All I trie to do mentioning evidents conflicts between actual science and
Theosophical anthropologie is make a question: which is the fundamental basis for
the idea that theosophical techings (HPBīs writing) are very probably true.  A
question not for an autobiographical explanation of each theosophist, but for a
reasoned justification.  And a question not to a Master or a clairvoyant, but to
most of us.

As I see this things, the basis of all (in a so mentioned justification) is the
trust (not a blind faith, of course) in Masters.

Am I wrong? Could you tell me, or any other, what could be the reasoned
justification, its possibilities, its limits, etc.?

You have not answered that.  And I think it is important, if we really want to
differenciate from the common blind-believers.

If we resolve this, we will be able to discuss later if it is important, or in
wich way it is important, to find a Master.

P.D. Why did you mention the Christian fundamentalists?  I hope that I will be
not confused with them, or with that attitude.  I also believe that in a rational
discussion arguments speak for themselves, and that it is not important to
mention a supposed (worst if bad supposed) character of the personality of the
other person.

I say this because you said, in the beginning of your mail: "... Just an example
of what I was talking about".

Friendly,

DAVID C.



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