Theos-Talk Archives (February 2003 Message tt00053)

here here, hansie. I completely agree....


--- hansvruling@hotmail.com wrote:
> I have never seen the Christian god or the devil,
> but believe in good and the bad becouse both work
> for the best that means
> renewal and creation in the spirit whites is food
> for our soul and leads to
> wisdom.
> and as comman man i may be i belive in HP Blavatsky
> for she is a truly
> wonderfull wommen her work is all passion and love
> for the above and i have
> all her books and i seem to understand moost of it,
> maybe some of us are
> gifted to receive natures wisdom. But all I can say
> is, its all in us but we
> need the find the path to our inner self to reveal
> this knowledge and the
> more i learned from my speritial teachers and see
> natures work and its
> workers ad work I see Christianity as a foolish
> religion that is misleading
> every one to believe and live a lie and adversely
> becoming a lie. More
> disturbing is that some parts of the bible are vague
> copies of old
> Babylonian texts and stories told for the virgin
> maid bedtime story.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mic Forster" <micforster@yahoo.com>
> To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 4:00 AM
> Subject: Re: Theos-World Yes, Wry, some good
> examples might help
> 
> 
> >
> > --- wry <wry1111@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Moreover, the
> > > common man can read the story of the gospels and
> not
> > > intellectually
> > > understand the inner meaning at all and yet come
> > > away with something that is
> > > whole and approaches and even touches the
> esoteric,
> > > as it is
> > > well-constructed allegory,. and even by reading
> it
> > > and not fully
> > > understanding it, he will be changed, and maybe
> > > someday, much later, he will
> > > understand,
> >
> >
> > but The Secret Doctrine the common man
> > > will NOT read or
> > > understand either now or later. Do you dispute
> this?
> > > A good spiritual
> > > teaching is for everyone. It is simple. This is
> my
> > > understanding, though you
> > > may not agree.
> > >
> >
> >
> > Wry, it sounds like you think spiritualism is like
> > obtaining a driver's licence. The common man will
> > understand if he chooses to; typically, the common
> man
> > would prefer spending his time watching TV,
> drinking
> > beer or reading a magazine. ie the common man is
> > common because he CHOOSES not to be any other way.
> > Even if the common man does want to learn
> theosophy
> > the common man does not have to read the Secret
> > Doctrine. WQJ's "Ocean of Theosopy" is the easiest
> > book I have ever read and it explains the most
> > important details BETTER than any biblical
> allegorical
> > account. What you are saying is like going to a
> > physicist or other scientist and saying "hey look,
> I
> > can't understand a word you are saying in those
> > scientific journals of yours. Perhaps if you
> dumbed it
> > down a bit us common men can understand you."
> That's
> > what books from Paul Davis, Carl Sagan, etc are
> for.
> >
> > If you think the common man can understand the
> bible
> > in all its allegorical detail, why can't they
> grasp
> > the idea that God is an analogy, not some white
> > bearded man living in the clouds looking over us
> to
> > make sure we are being nice and not naughty?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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