Theos-Talk Archives (December 2002 Message tt00393)

Bill wrote: <<Mauri might want to jump in here. He is the 
recognized authority on speculations on this list.>>

Thanks, Bill. But I'm speculating and hoping that you might 
be jesting there with that "recognized authority" part. 
Anyway, seems as if I'm trying to see how far I can speculate 
on these lists while still speculating that I might be able to 
speculate that I might be on some kind of speculatively 
relevant speculative track, although (needless to say?) the 
generally perceived "applicability" of my speculative tracks 
might be kind of . . . Well, one might ask Dallas, Leon, Wry, 
etc, etc, about my speculative track record, and . . .

About that "Coma" topic. Seems to me that I already 
speculated on it, in a sense, in my "re 
maya,karma,skandhas,esoteric tradition,re 
Gerald,Leon,Dallas,re . . ." post (of which I sent an uncrossed 
version to Theos Talk), in as much as I offered some 
speculation in that post about how various "I-not-I" realities 
might reflect the mayavic present (rather than "ON the 
mayavic present"). So, in other words, Theosophists, 
(especially?), ought to know (. . . ?) that they might be 
somewhat "better off" (well, "in a sense," maybe. . .) by not 
letting themselves get too caught up in too many mayavic 
things, in general . . . Although . . . Well, not that there are no 
"other hands," or other body parts, but/"but" . . .

Speculatively,
Mauri

PS Of course, (well, "alternately" . . . ?), if one has "already 
achieved" some kind of "desired/meaningful" life style, (as 
opposed to lifestyle involvements with coma's, body parts, 
and such, say . . .) and if one happens to be a Theosophist, as 
well, then shouldn't one, might'n't one soon realize that one 
might have traded one kind of maya for another kind of maya . 
. . And, in as much as maya is maya . . . hmm . . . but . . .

PPS I suspect that if one is looking for some kind of 
"bottom-line self-relevance" in various speculative scenarios 
re . . . whatever, then, in as much as one is assessing that 
"bottom-line self-relevance" from a "self perspective," one 
might find oneself confronted with, in some cases (?), the kind 
of "self assessment" that, if carried through far enough, or "far 
enough," "say," (especially if one becomes aware of how such 
assessments might tend to affect the nature of one's "self" 
definition?), then . . .

PPPS But, IMHSO, it's not my place to speculate here "more 
specifically" and "more publically" (ie, "past this point") about 
the nature others' intimate self-related assessments as they 
might relate to . . . whatever . . . other than, maybe, in some 
kind of speculative/theoretical general sense, maybe . . . In 
other words, if theoretically asked whether I would 
theoretically donate a theoretical leg or an arm, say, and if I 
were to, theoretically, donate those to needy people, then what 
about all the other theoretical/real needy people who could use 
so many of my other body parts? And, since I sort of tend to 
think of myself as a Theosophist (well, in a speculative sense), 
and since I'm trying to speculate my way toward some kind of 
substantially realer, or at least somewhat less dualistic reality, 
why would I want to hang on to any of my dualistic/mayavic 
body parts, anyway . . . (except, maybe, for my speculative 
brain, so that I'd have something to transcend while still being 
sort of alive in duality . . . ?) . . . . . ? Of course, if my "body" 
consisted of just some kind of speculative brain, only, then . . . 
on the other hand, or on the one hand, or first hand . . . Well, 
that might be a dualistic problem, while I'd still be kind of 
(dare I say it?) "dualistic" . . .

PPPPS But, IMHSO, it's not my place to more-specifically 
speculate here publically about "the answer" to those kinds of 
questions (ie, "past this point") or about the nature my intimate 
self-related assessments as they might relate to . . . whatever . . 
. other than, maybe, in some kind of speculative/theoretical 
and general sense, maybe---which I alread did, kind of, I think, 
maybe . . .