Theos-Talk Archives (June 2000 Message tt00131)

Dear friends:

Do any of you know if in this list has been previously discussed Aleister
Crowley's teachings in relation with Theosophy?  Do any of you know what he
opined about HPB's teachers? Or the Mahatmas' opinion about himm, if any?

DAVID  C.




LeonMaurer@aol.com escribió:

> In a message dated 06/10/00 11:30:43 AM, benge@adsnet.com writes:
>
> >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.
>
> "Experiencing God, personally," as the divine power within us all (through
> the culmination of deep meditation, or otherwise), and believing in a
> "personal" God who is the absolute ruler of your individual destiny -- are
> two different things. The impersonal Godhead (Ein Soph or Parabrahm), as the
> ineffable divine power behind universal origin and evolution, has no
> relationship or personal interest in any individual part of, or being in, the
> universe.
>
> Believing that someone who saves your life is your savior is one thing, and
> believing that a so called "Son of God Savior," such as Jesus died to save
> you from reaping karmic punishment for your own sins -- is another.  The
> latter idea, called "vicarious atonement," was contrived by the priests of
> the Christian Church long after Jesus died, and directly contradicts the
> theosophical teachings, as well as the direct teachings of Jesus himself.
> For a look at who this biblical character really was, his relationship to the
> Church founded in his name, and what he actually believed in, see:
> http://members.aol.com/graphinc/wwtmcjc.html
>
> Understanding that you are a relatively new student of theosophy -- when you
> study a bit more of the esoteric teachings of theosophy and the comparative
> religion given us by HPB in Isis Unveiled and the Secret Doctrine, you will
> be even better able to discriminate between and understand the meaning of the
> above ideas -- that you, apparently, misinterpreted completely from reading
> the letter commented on.
>
> LHM
>
>
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