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Re: Theos-World - Christ in Nairobi.

Jun 10, 2000 09:54 AM
by Michele Lidofsky


Wayne Benge wrote:
> I don't know how anyone can not experience God personally, and a savior is a
> matter of perspective.  When a person is drowning, and another person comes
> along and tells him to stand up -- the water is three feet deep, that other
> person is perceived as savior.

Hi, Wayne - 

I would offer, that in theosophy, when that other person comes along and
"tells him to stand up", that person is NOT God, (or Parabrahm, or
Ein-soph, or the uncognizable One), but is a messenger or a vehicle for
the universal wisdom or the knowledge of the truth (logos).  S/he is
more akin to the metaphorical finger pointing to the moon.  And as
everyone knows, (or should know) you ought not to worship the finger
pointing to the moon.  So the perception of the rescuer as a 'savior' is
erroneous, an emotional re-action.

Michele Lidofsky

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