Theos-Talk Archives (December 2001 Message tt00537)

Hi Paul, and all of you,

Heart feelings or i could say No hard feelings Paul.
I hope you get by - even without any physical electronic materials etc.
And I hope the pie was good. Nice to hear that you meet good people on thisplanet - they are somewhat seldom these days.
To do an effort - and do ones best - that - I think is allright - and I guess God (ParaBrahman) smiles in heaven.
But to reject wisdom - while emaling, that is not so good.

Here is a story - to all of you - I thought about :

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LIVING FOREVER

Q: Why do you say, that one-half of a person's mind does not know what the other half is thinking?

A: Here is an example:
An hour ago you came to me and said that you had had 'veridical experiences of the Future State'; that you had had 'ecstatic joy connected with the Beyond'; that you were going to go to Heaven when you died'; that you were ' a man of the Spirit', and much else. Is this true?

Q: Yes.

A: Very well. Then, when you had finished, I said: 'Would you like me to give you a recipe which would keep you young and healthy for a hundred years?' Your answer was 'Yes'. Is that so?

Q: It is.

A: Now I shall show you the split mind. One part cannot wait for the experience of Heaven, which you have tasted, so you say. If it cannot wait, why is another part (it cannot surely be the same part) interested in staying onthis earth for a further century?
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I hope it helps somebody.

new - hi - ho

from Sufilight




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kpauljohnson" <kpauljohnson@yahoo.com>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 3:02 PM
Subject: Theos-World One door opens, another slams shut hitting me in the butt


> Hey folks,
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> This month has brought a striking juxtaposition of very good and very 
> bad karma, which has some parallels with matters discussed recently 
> here. Adelasie, meaning well, has several times suggested strongly 
> that the hostile Theosophical reactions to my books be interpreted 
> *only* as a cosmic judgment on me and my motives, etc., and not at 
> all as a reflection of the current situation of the Theosophical 
> movement vis-a-vis its history. (Or the level of fanaticism of 
> specific individuals.) One can interpret things at many different 
> levels; it's ideologically convenient for a friend of Dallas to 
> say "This unpleasantness has nothing to do with my friend, and 
> everything to do with the disrespect Paul has shown HPB and the 
> inevitable karmic consequences." Well, one can't argue with this 
> kind of non-falsifiable perspective, but one can show alternatives.
> 
> Early this month I closed on the purchase of a second home, a 
> modified A-frame in the woods overlooking Lake Gaston. For a 
> fanatical kayaker and canoeist, a lover of hiking and bicycling, this 
> new place is heaven on earth-- beautiful, close to many appealing 
> spots, just what I would have imagined as a second home, and a great 
> bargain. Best of all, it came completely furnished, not just with 
> nicer furniture than any I had at my main house, but better dishes, 
> better cookware, etc. etc. And the neighbors are very friendly; both 
> have brought me pies to welcome me to the area. So it's been a 
> delightful month getting situated in this new place that so perfectly 
> corresponds to my desires. BUT...
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> After I started spending occasional nights at the lake house, my 
> other house was burglarized twice. The second burglary was very 
> extensive; I lost a TV, VCR, stereo, computer, clock-radio, a 
> lifetime's accumulation of tools, and perhaps other things not even 
> noticed yet. Losing a computer with a lot of material on it was 
> especially galling. And in the wake of the burglaries I learned from 
> my neighbor, and the two deputies who investigated, that there is a 
> crack dealer just across the road, leader of some sort of gang, and 
> these people regard the whole area as theirs for the taking and have 
> been constantly breaking into nearby houses and stealing stuff. So 
> now I feel that I can't own a damn thing electronic, not even a $15 
> clock-radio, or these rednecks will come and take it. Thus-- ecstasy 
> of a perfect new second home comes right along with agony at what has 
> happened and is happening around the first one-- where it's very hard 
> to feel comfortable until the local crime wave subsides.
> 
> Now, a fundie Theosophist would perhaps say that getting all my stuff 
> stolen from that house was karma for disrespecting HPB, and more of 
> the same will keep occurring until I admit that their dogmas are 
> unchallengeably and completely correct. (Which hardly accounts for 
> all the good karma associated with the lake house.)  
> 
> The parallel I see with the two houses and the bad 
> Dallas/Pratt/Caldwell/Algeo etc. reaction to my books is this: 
> nothing awful happened in the context I was leaving behind until 
> something wonderful happened in the new context into which I was 
> moving. That is, my hypotheses about HPB and the Masters had been in 
> print for a full *five years* before any ugly public reaction 
> happened with Theosophists. My self-published book had been widely 
> publicized and no significant abuse, insults, etc. had resulted *in 
> years*. But almost *the moment* that I got published by a university 
> press, and more specifically *got a rave in the New York Times Book 
> Review*-- the Theosophical shit started to hit the fan. And it 
> didn't subside during the whole period that the books were topping 
> Amazon.com's sales for Blavatsky-related titles.
> 
> This looks very much like a cause/effect relationship to me. The 
> phrase "don't let the screen door hit your butt on the way out" comes 
> to mind. Perhaps the *moment* I started to get recognition from the 
> scholarly and literary worlds, I should have washed my hands of 
> Theosophical associations which so immediately became painful.  
> Perhaps the universe was saying "Here's the reward for all your years 
> of hard work and devotion to study of HPB-- respect and recognition 
> of a sort you never dreamed of." Perhaps the nasty Theosophical 
> reactions weren't *punishments* for anything I had done but rather 
> promptings to move forward into something new. Surely a fair amount 
> of the energy that went into the Cayce book came from the abrupt way 
> I became a nonperson Theosophically speaking, and the much more 
> welcoming attitude of the ARE. 
> 
> So the bottom line for me is that you can't have everything. I can't 
> have a new house with piles of new stuff without some of my old stuff 
> being taken away. I couldn't have appreciation and recognition as an 
> academic writer on HPB without losing all the respect I'd gained as a 
> Theosophical writer/speaker. The universe has a way of opening one 
> door, and then slamming another to show you very clearly the 
> direction you are destined/intended to go.
> 
> My $.02 worth,
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> PJ
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