Theos-Talk Archives (October 2003 Message tt00186)

Bill wrote: <<Could we agree that he is in 
the White House because Karma put him there?>>

Unless I'm mistaken, HPB used the expression 
"exoteric version" to suggest that the 
various models of reality that we humans 
generally "have," in effect, are---by way of 
what might be referred to (by some ...) as 
"another way" of evaluating reality---in 
effect mayavic, tending to mislead people 
from non-dualistic reality or from what she 
called "Beneness." That is, the "generally 
have" in the preceding is meant in the sense 
of in keeping with human interpretive, 
"applicable," dependent/mayavic worlviews, 
hence the "quotes in contrast to" such as 
"non-dualistically have."

So I wonder if "Karma" might also be "more 
realistically" regarded (by some on these 
lists, eg ...) as being, in effect, 
"exoteric/versionary," "basically," and I 
wonder if some kind of 
interpretative/"karmic" tendency to, in 
effect, "exoterize" might lead, or tend to 
lead some students of Theosophy, eg, to think 
about whether there might be some relevant 
forms of interpretive allowance making (or 
"allowance making," in a sense, for that 
which cannot be "exoterized") that might be 
seen as leading toward some kind of somewhat 
transcendental insights, possibly, in some 
cases (as per student's of Theosophy, in 
particular, possibly ...) ... and so I wonder 
if that kind of "allowance making" might also 
give reason for some kind of "significant 
enough" pause (eg), at least, at times, in 
some cases, maybe (or how about "pause" in 
quotes or italics, maybe ... ) when thinking 
about such topics as Karma, Theosophy, the 
Esoteric Tradition, etc

Speculatively,
Mauri