Theos-Talk Archives (June 2002 Message tt00016)

June 5th 2002

Dear M and Friends:

Re: MOTIVE.


Lets not just play around with words, but, rather lets seek for the
meanings implicit in those words used.


Motives in the dictionary imply moral purposes.

In Theosophy one has a presentation of the laws of the Universe and
those are either used or abused.

In either case the selection is deliberate or careless.

The Mind operative in each human being, incessantly chooses.

The REAL SELF ( The "I" ) the INTELLIGENCE that is peculiarly ME.
uses the Mind as a tool..

Test this out in yourself.

It is the difference between harmony (with one's environment) and
disharmony (or selfish chaos and isolation).

Best wishes,

Dallas

-----Original Message-----
From: Mauri
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 8:05 PM
To:
Subject: re Dallas's "Soul of things," and . . .

Dallas wrote: <<It entirely depends on your motive for meditating
and your selection of a subject to consider and learn about. Study
PATANJALI and his YOGA SUTRAS on the mind and its
cultivation.>>

"Motive" "for" "meditating" re your "Soul of things," Dallas. . . ?
When I "meditate" (actually, I generally prefer to be, rather than to
"meditate" [there's another word, "be," for my Theosophiacal
Glossiary,{eh!?},if I ever get a web site going]) I don't have
thoughts
about "motives"---what are "motives," "Dallas"?---and "selections of a
subject to consider and learn about" might have some "relevance," here
and there (as in Patanjalically, and . . . ), but, basically, as I see
it, certain kinds of "first things," as I see them, tend to sort of
"take precedence," for me . . . Of course, since we all sort of tend
to
have our own kinds of "first things," what can I say . . .

Speculatively,
Mauri

PS Do some people practice motivic meditation, I wonder . . . Or,
how
about meditational motivity . . . ? Or, maybe, motivical mediticking
.
. . ? Well, whatever . . .

PPS By "I generally prefer to be" (referring to my form of
"meditation")
I meant a kind of attraction/attention toward "less dualistic meaning"
.
. .
Which kind of meaning, as far as I can figure out, certainly isn't
available by way of any dualistic motives.