Theos-Talk Archives (December 2002 Message tt00287)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Morten Nymann Olesen" <global-theosophy@adslhome.dk>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 1:14 AM
Subject: Re: Theos-World Meaning


> HI Wry and all of you,
>
> Allright Wry. Try of the below have some taste:
> The Christian Bible contains ONLY the use of a few - i.e. only TWO - of
the
> "7 keys" used writing books.
> This is taken straight from The Secret Doctrine by H. P. Blavatsky and
from
> articles by her.
> Blavatsky are talking about 'keys' and the use of them while writing
> litterature.
> So the beloved Bible certainly has problems with being - that -
magnificent
> as you think. The Bible doesn't contain - 'many' keys. And yet again it
> certainly depends on what kind of 'keys' one is talking about.
>
> I have a distaste for the use of books which are misleading the present
> genrations, and which year after year have been throwing people into a
> direction of fanatic and ignorant attitude about the PRESENT realities of
> life.
> Rethink your positions, please !

Wry: I just used the Bible to make an illustration, as I suppose many on
here know it, but, to me, though, this had nothing significant to do with
the gist of my message, the bible is a great book, if you understand how to
use it.

(big snip)


> Feel free to do your very best... But DO something !
>
My best is radical and because I AM, there is an understanding of how to
actually DO. Hope that this is not just a fantasy. Wry

> from
> M. Sufilight
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "wry" <wry1111@earthlink.net>
> To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 5:41 AM
> Subject: Theos-World Meaning
>
>
> > What is meaningful to one is not meaningful to another because what is
> meaningful is based on the conditioned mind, which is developed as a
> movement away from pain toward pleasure. Perhaps when we become more
> objective we will find a common meaning. Different people have different
> tastes in reading. To me, discussing peoples tastes and preferences in
> reading is not meaningful as there is little if any constructive
information
> to be received from it, though I was surprised to find the that many
people
> are spending their time reading material that to me is low quality and
> simplistic.
> >
> > That is o.k., though. What saddens me is that many people on here do not
> seem interested in using a wonderful opportunity such as being in this
group
> to create a special force that will give us the focus and the courage to
not
> fritter our lives away in mechanical chatter. The day is not even over yet
> and I have already received thirty-two emails (ten with little if any
> content from one cutesy (to others, perhaps, but not to me) person, and
> this is not making my day more beautiful.
> >
> > There needs to be a certain kind and quality of suffering, which is
> conscious and not mechanical, to decrystalize karmic formations. If this
is
> not a possibility, if it is too hard, then there needs to be a dedication
to
> create an atmosphere where deep enquiry can flourish and where inspiration
> can be sparked.
> >
> > There too much ordinary life stuff on here to suit my personal taste,
> though obviously others do not feel the same. Interesting and intelligent
> messages are watered down and weakened in affect by arguing, political
> messages, and drivel. This is not o.k. I love you, but I do not like your
> behavior.
> >
> > If a such a thing as a "living master" exists, and he were to come to
our
> group, he would not stay here and work with us. But this is only my
opinion,
> a little person from the honey-makers, and who am I to say? Maybe I am
> wrong. There is a saying, "from the manure pile grows a rose." But there
> are people on the internet who are SO serious. This does not mean that
they
> do not have a good laugh occasionally and roast each other with wonderful
> witty jokes, but they know when to stop and get down to important
business.
> In the meantime, There is WAR and people are getting tortured and burned
up.
> Please do not forget. The amount of human suffering is virtually
> inconceivable. Do not pretend it will go away when you wish. Reading cheap
> fiction is one thing, but talking about it is another. It will rob us of
any
> dim possibility we may have of ever learning how to wish. To believe
> otherwise is a grave "self" deceit. Turn the rock over and see what is
under
> it.
> >
> > SO, if you read the bible, you could be an ignorant fundamentalist who
> takes sophisticated allegorical material on a literal level, or you could
be
> a person of great wisdom who has unlocked some of the many keys and
secrets
> contained in this extraordinary and magnificent book, but I do not know
> which person you are by you telling me you have read this or that book. I
> know you by your ACTS, as you know me by my ACTS, and by our ACTS we will
be
> known. Sincerely, Wry
> >
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