Theos-Talk Archives (March 2002 Message tt00266)

Thanks, Larry.

I have been around both theosophy and K for several years. It took quite a 
while for me to see what K was trying to say for 60 or more years.

All the nitty gritty stuff that one finds in theosophical literature, no 
matter how true they may be, are just second hand stuff until such time 
that we can have first hand experience and understanding. All of it are the 
description of the reality which it would be impossible to fully describe 
and explain.

On the other hand, it appears that we need to understand the urgency of the 
current problems faced by human beings and what K was trying to explain 
that when one sees the problems as they are without being distorted by our 
prejudices, preconceived opinions and bookish knowledge, then the solution 
lies within the problem itself. (I can personally vouch for this even in 
the mundane world of business, the many times when I am faced with a 
complex business problem, once I clearly understand the problem, I always 
have come up with a very direct and simple solution).

So this emphasis on current action is what K has been emphasizing all along 
and his view is that when an individual does understand the current human 
problems that itself spurs the person into action which causes a mutation 
in the individual and such change, K contends can take place 
instantaneously, not incrementally. He also has repeatedly stated that even 
if one person makes such mutation, he would he satisfied that his life long 
work is accomplished.

Another aspect that approach highlights is the importance of a human being 
and how even a single individual can change the world, and indeed single 
individuals have effected far reaching changes in the history of the world.

In all his talks, he has always discussed how we can go into various issues 
as friends -- unlike the teacher and the taught model; and this is a 
radical approach in matters of spiritual; and this fits into the current 
model of democracy which is slowly spreading around the world.

So much for now! More later!!!

MKR

Disclaimer: Don't ask me to quote chapter and verse on any of the stuff 
above. Sorry, I presenting them from my memory.


At 04:16 PM 3/11/02 -0500, Larry F Kolts wrote:


> On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 11:13:54 -0600 ramadoss <ramadoss@gbronline.com>
> writes:
>
> MKR: Your perceptive observation is on target. However, there is a
> > good
> > segment of those who are exposed to both theosophy and K's
> > writings/speeches who do not see any conflict whatsoever.
>
> Larry: Yes, and I am one of those people.
>
> Thanks