Theos-Talk Archives (June 2003 Message tt00057)

Hi Mauri,
> It's occurred to me that that kind of apparent (or 
> "real"?) impasse might've had something to do with 
> why HPB at one point apparently said something to 
> the effect that Theosophy is altruism, pure and simple. 
> Could there be a form of spiritual or spriritualistic (or 
> "transendental"?) altruism (or sense of "essential 
> common cause," in somewhat more "ordinary" terms, 
> say?) that humans could, theoretically, detect, to some 
> extent, and then expand on (if in their own, various, yet 
> "relevant-enough ways"... dare I suggest ^:-) ... ?), as a 
> means of introducing, say, "more sanity" into their 
> lives, in general? 
> 
> Speculatively,
> Mauri
I certainly hope so! I mean, if theosophy isn't about finding wisdom 
(and wisdom aught to be sane), then what is it about?

Katinka