Theos-Talk Archives (May 2003 Message tt00147)

Bart wrote: <<On the other hand, let me tell you 
about an experience that I (and lots of other people) 
have had. There was a road I frequently took which 
very often had a major bottleneck, frequently taking 
up to 20 minutes to go about a mile. So, I tried to find 
some alternative route. Well, the planners in that area 
were well-prepared for people looking for alternative 
routes. Wherever I went, there was a maze of one-way 
streets, so that no matter which route I took, I only 
ended up right back where I started, at the beginning 
of the bottleneck. All I did in searching for the 
alternative route was to waste time.>>

Yes, but you couldn't find an alternate route because 
you followed the rules of the planners, or, in other 
words, bcause you were too exoteric, falling for the 
usual karmic influences, instead of being more 
creative, speculative, or "esoteric," in a sense, if you 
like. In similar circumstances, I have backed up down 
one way streets, or gone through alleyways, etc, 
watching out for cops, safety, etc. Or would that kind 
of behaviour amount to black magic in your book? In 
other words, as I tend to see it, speculation about "the 
impossible" is what Theosophy is all about, in that, in 
order for one to transcend karma (if that's seen as in 
keeping with a "Theosophic outcome," of sorts, at least 
partly?) one ought to, IMHSO, find "alternate routes," 
in a sense, around one's various karmic tendencies or 
plans, within one's reasons. That is, not that one's 
Theosophic karma (interests, studies) can't be helpful 
even in their literal forms in some introductory sense, 
but/"but"...

Speculatively,
Mauri