Theos-Talk Archives (March 2002 Message tt00138)

Hi Adelasie. Yes I agree with you about the same mind being of different
opinions at different times given different contexts, circumstances, and
points of view. Although, when a mind is radically changed I'm not sure we
can call it the same mind. :) What do you think Einstein intended using the
phrase 'so-called Theosophy' instead of just 'theosophy'?

Bill

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From: "adelasie" <adelasie@surfari.net>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: Theos-World understanding or attacking Theosophy?


> Dear Bill,
>
> It is interesting indeed. It seems that great minds can entertain
> different opinions at different times. I can relate to that, and I'm
> not even a great mind. It suggests that even diametrically opposed
> opinions can both be true, given differences of context,
> circumstances, points of view. What do you think?
>
> Adelasie
>
> On 4 Mar 2002 at 14:16, Bill Meredith wrote:
>
> > Hi Adelasie, here is yet another view from Einstein which you may find
> > interesting:
> >
> >
> > In Berlin in February 1921 Einstein received from a woman in Vienna a
> > letter imploring him to tell her if he had formed an opinion as to
> > whether the soul exists and with it personal, individual development
> > after death. There were other questions of a similar sort. On 5
> > February 1921 Einstein answered at some length. Here in part is what
> > he said:
> >
> > The mystical trend of our time, which shows itself particularly in the
> > rampant growth of the so-called Theosophy and Spiritualism, is for me
> > no more than a symptom of weakness and confusion.
> >
> > Since our inner experiences consist of reproductions and combinations
> > of sensory impressions, the concept of a soul without a body seems to
> > me to be empty and devoid of meaning.
> >
> > Albert Einstein: The Human Side,
> > Selected and Edited by Helen Dukas and Banesh Hoffman,
> > Princeton University Press, 1979. p. 40
> >
> > copied here from: http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/einprayr.htm
> >
> > regards,
> > Bill
>
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