Theos-Talk Archives (October 2003 Message tt00184)

Leon wrote: <<So, maybe it would be a good 
idea for you (since you say you are trying to
communicate) to start thinking clearly about 
what positive thoughts or ideas you would 
like to convey, or questions you would like 
to ask, and begin learning how to write them, 
without equivocation, in clear and direct 
English that
everyone can understand.>>

Okay, I'll try to explain about my 
communication problem, as I see it. Firstly, 
as I see it, there might be a somewhat 
general perception out there, I suspect ... 
or a not-so-general perception that---how can 
I put it---there might be (for some of 
people?) two somewhat basic routes, in a 
sense, that our communications may generally 
take (or, at any rate, in some cases, I suspect):

1. communications, or attempts at 
communication, that have to do with various 
generally established feliefs within 
"ordinary reality" or within the mainstream 
culture, community, and

2. attempts at communication about such as 
what HPB called "the soul of things" (in 
quotes) that have to do with such as 
esoteric/occult, the Esoteric Tradition, 
Theosophy, nonduality, "exoteric" with 
respect to "esoteric," etc

Seems to me that even HPB claimed to not be 
able to convey anything more than an 
"exoteric version" of what she called 
Theosophy. So if there's a somewhat general 
tendency on this list, eg, to model, 
interpret, scientize, and "exoterize" (in 
effect) HPB's words about Theosophy without 
what I tend to see as due regard for "that 
which cannot be explained in essentially 
dualistic terms," than ... what can I say ... 
^:-/ ... But, then, true enough, we all tend 
to have our own sense of "due regard," so ...

I might add that I haven't meant to rudely 
step on anybody's toes, exactly, on these 
lists, thought I might've somewhat 
intentionally, occasionally, (or more than 
occasionally?), meant to sort of kindly nudge 
... well, not so much toes as ... Okay, I 
think I got it: those Zen books I used to 
read probably got me going: maybe I've been 
thinking, more or less all along, that, in 
light of the density of things, in general, 
(this is a rather dense world, isn't it, 
after all?)that maybe if I were to try a kind 
of speculative Zen-like approach on these 
lists, then maybe I might make some kind of 
"dent" (note quotes) that might, in turn, 
lead to some kind of "understanding" (note 
quotes) beyond just an understanding (note no 
quotes) ... But, as it is, (you guessed it?), 
my dents so often seem to be lacking in 
quotes, as it were, so ... ^:-/ ...

Speculatively,
Mauri