Theos-Talk Archives (December 2002 Message tt00611)

Dear M:

I think that one of the reasons why "spiritual cultivation" is not
mentioned as an object of the THEOSOPHICAL MOVEMENT is that the SPIRIT
is innate -- is in all of us. It makes us INTELLIGENT and offers us
our CONSCIOUSNESS as a proof of its existence.

Why we don't see it is because we have obscured by selfishness doubt,
isolation, our personality through which it would normally flow.

Do you think the world today represents the best that there is? Is
VIRTUE easily found? if not WHY ?

But what is VIRTUE ?

What is dualism? It isn't possible to have that without a third
presence that is able to distinguish between singularity and the
"mirror image." Now what is that?


Best wishes for 2003

Dal.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mauri
Sent:	Thursday, December 19, 2002 6:25 AM
To:
Subject:	3 objects of Theosophy, and ...

Three objects of the Theosophical Movement (as per HPB, I
think)... Namely,


To form the nucleus of a Universal
Brotherhood of Humanity, without distinction of race, creed,
sex, caste or color; The study of ancient and modern religions,
philosophies and sciences, and the demonstration of the
importance of such study, and; The investigation of the
unexplained laws of nature and the psychical powers latent
in man.

Reading that, it occurred to me that, while those objects seem
commendable enough, isn't there another, relevant enough
aspect of, or reason for, Theosophy that might be worth
mentioning, as per such as the cultivation of "spirituality"
(sorry, I can't seem to help sticking those quotes on that word,
weeing as it's been banged around so much, in my opinion)
along with an understanding about maya, esoteric/exoteric, etc,
in order to transcend karma, reincarnation, duality ...

By "spirituality" I'm referring to something like "a sense of
transcendence" by way of "the sensing of dualistic limits," say,
that one might acquire as a result of one's intuitive sense about
the mayavic/dualistic nature of ordinary/mainstream reality ...
Although there would seem to be various "follow-up aspects" of
"spirituality" in relation to manas in relation to buddhi in
relation to atma, etc ... and whatever ...

CUT