Theos-Talk Archives (June 2003 Message tt00271)

Friday, June 27, 2003

Re: Common sense" and "Openness" -- When is learning not
Indoctrination ?

Dear B

Thanks for the definition Dr. Algeo has given to "common sense."
A "synonym for intuitive wisdom."

Sensory data relate to the physical plane we all have to deal
with when we are awake and control our activities.

I have often wondered why we are not as coherent and are when on
other planes (there is some partial control during "lucid
dreams" I believe). But little evidence is made public of the
same kind of control in "trance," and "meditative states." We
may suspect that there is that "control," but that is not always
clear and definite.

Is not WISDOM a statement of all the aspects of knowledge
concerning some specific? It would be comprehensive and include,
I believe, the illusive moral factor. If correct, then would
this approach to a study of the Karma relative to a specific?

It has been my experience in the study of Science and scientific
observations and theories that there is always to be included an
element of indefiniteness. Some attribute this to an inherent
intelligence that resists uniformity. It declares in fact the
individuality of certain components of an action or an
equation -- and we could say, that at the fine end, this could be
called: "atomic individuality." At the "larger" end, one might
hazard a guess that this relates to the specific nature of the
"ruler" of a Planet or Solar system.

Could this be an aspect of the law of Indeterminacy? A seeming
"Chaotic" situation that still falls under the over-all Law of
Karma ?

I sense from wide reading that refinement of instrumentation gets
us closer to the "astral." Is this possible ?

I also agree with you in guessing that there is indeed an ancient
and superior wisdom that transcends the mere physical -- whether
mechanics or other systems of analysis.

Is not the retreat of Tibetan isolation a "state of mind," and
the location is a metaphor?

Best wishes,

Dallas


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PS Another correspondent has this to say:


In my experience "common sense" and "openness" are virtues based
in a calm reliance on the truth. it is the basis of wisdom
because a reliance on the truth is naturally supported by all
that is "clockwise" or in the direction of true creativity. This
is the direction in which the Universe works as Brahma ("Brih"--
to will, to build, create and expand-.) the first aspect of the
Hindu Trimurti.

My point is, if one looks carefully at the older
Philosophical writings accumulated in Theosophical texts such as
the Secret Doctrine, one may find that there is an exact physics
behind that which is creative and its alternative, Shiva or
destruction. Therefore there is law behind ones calm reliance on
it and this is generally characterized in human mind or manas in
such terms as "common sense" and "openness".

Sure, one can take all of this too far, where one is
attributing too
much to rather everyday attitudes of mind. But let us not
under-rate the
power of these attributes of mind. They may be reflected by those
who are
able to center themselves in the rarified but truly universal
state which
is supportive of Wisdom.

Consequently, as long as one reflects these attributes of
mind we aught to consider the strong possibility that such
individuals have Wisdom whether they be mailmen, farmers, office
workers, janitors or a Mahatma.

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