Theos-Talk Archives (April 2003 Message tt00008)

Hi. Here is a modified message I sent to another list. Sorry if you are
getting this twice, but I need to put this out here as it pertains to this
list also.
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Wry: Metaphysics, as well as all religion, as I understand it, involves the
transmutation of something coarse to something finer, within the physical
body of man. All the existing laws of nature are for this NOT to occur. To
go against this tendency requires a very exact and specific knowledge. It is
unrealistic to believe that a human being, out of his conditioned mental
state, which is always formed as a reaction to and movement away from
feeling unbearable pain, will be able to arbitrary select a method that will
free him from his suffering, as he will always choose the food that is most
palatable rather then ther bitter medicine that may be the antedote to his
illness. I am so sorry that this is the case, but I did not invent this
situation.

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Wry: I am not sure that an idea is the solution, though I get what you are
saying and agree with the general principle. Without an inspiration that
comes out of a direct seeing, a creative intelligence cannot apply, through
the HAND as it touches life, the creative act, in such a way that the
problem of human suffering is spontaneously solved (dissolved).

People in relationship who have reached an understanding are presumably able
to communicate this with others IN THEIR OWN WORDS. This is why I am
saddened
when I see people who prolifically post the words of others, often out of
context, in an attempt to communicate what they themselves obviously do not
understand. In my opinion, this kind of activity is directly opposed to
establishing any kind of universal brotherhood. I mention this now, as I
have seen much of this kind of activity since I first joined Theosophy lists
one year ago, though now, probably partly as a result of my own
participation, this has decreased.

When people attempt to communicate about difficult ideas, it can be very
fumbling and clumsy, but this is the beginning of a kind of honesty that
would surely need to underly the foundation of any kind of universal
brotherhood. This means asking questions and perhaps giving simple examples
by describing, in a few words, ones own daily experience. The question is
the key to everything, as what we don't know supplies the missing link that
will lead us all to freedom, by connecting us to something very alive,
interested and intelligent, which we all share in common. It is a kind of
work to approach material in this way. To actively stay with the question,
rather then going off mechanically and associatively in any direction, is
not the same as letting the wind blow me. When the wind blows me, my seed is
scattered in so many ways and directions, that it cannot lead to the
fruiting of a garden, but when I harness the wind in a certain way, it can
eventually come to rest in my heart so that the perfume of a great flowering
can blow across the earth and affect many people.

But to change from a mode of fantasy to a mode of physical actuality does
not happen because I "think" it into happening. This approach is sheer baby
stuff and not fitting for anyone who is attempting to develop a mature
spirituality. Though a sincere wish is the beginning of right motivation,
without specific knowledge and understanding, specific results will be
realized. Perhaps there can even be a knowledge of how to wish, but this is
not the same as thinking I have this knowledge.

(this was re, approaching the problems of humanity from the three basic
principles of theosophy.)

Wry: Maybe not. Discuss nothing in terms of anything, no matter what, as
that anything is invariably tainted. This is the downfall that may have kept
theosophy from being more effective in establishing a universal brotherhood.
I am ready, willing and able to enquire into this in detail, but so far, in
my year on theosophy lists, have found no one who is interested.

This is not intended to criticize your message, which I am using as a
springboard, for further enquiry. You have used your own words and it sounds
like you have a question about how to approach a problem in such a way that
the approach will lead to a genuine solution, and this is the quality of
message I am looking for when I come on a list. Sincerely, Wry

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