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re communications, Leon, etc

Oct 18, 2003 10:19 AM
by Mauri




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









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