Theos-Talk Archives (October 2003 Message tt00240)

Hi Mauri,

I thought I quoted your letter below my response. Sorry, if I confused you. 
:-)
at any rate, you don't have to know any "proven sense or facts" (about 
theosophy) to ask intelligent questions, or comment thoughtfully, or even 
speculatively on whatever subject you are considering or referring to. Nothing wrong 
with stating an opinion or an interpretation -- so long as its clear and 
understandable enough, and without ambiguous interjections or qualifiers, so it can 
be answered or commented on directly in more or less plain, straightforward 
English. 

Leon

In a message dated 10/20/03 10:06:03 AM, mhart@idirect.ca writes:

>Thanks, Leon, for your comments. I'm trying 
>to learn from them. When I wrote: <<maybe if 
>I were to try a kind of speculative Zen-like 
>approach on these lists>> I meant "as I tend 
>to speculatively see it." In other words, I 
>might be the first to say that I'm not 
>qualified to offer much if anything in the 
>way of "proven sense or facts" on these lists 
>about Theosophy, so that's why I've been 
>trying to qualify my words as being 
>speculative. Sorry about that. I'm 
>suggesting that all I'm offering and have 
>offered on these list are my humble 
>speculative opnions, or MHSO. Sorry about 
>that. Basically, apparently, I seem to be 
>against taking anything much for granted, and 
>so have tended to lean toward a kind of 
>speculative approach toward life in general. 
> You guys on these lists are not the only 
>ones who are, in a sense, receiving my 
>spculativeness. I hope this speculative 
>attempt to explain something about my 
>"basics," in a sense, wasn't too confusing.
>
>Speculatively,
>Mauri
>
>PS I might ask which letter you're referring 
>to in the foregoing, re <<I don't think I 
>asked you to explain your communication 
>problem>>...
>
>PPS Also, as I tried to explain to Reed (on
>Blavatsky Net) about my "qualifiers," I'm 
>trying to turn over a new leaf (if somewhat 
>speculatively).
>
>Leon wrote: <<What? What? What did you say? 
>Would you mind repeating that again in plain 
>English and tell us what it has to do with 
>discussing theosophy? Did you read my letter 
>and "hear" what was said? I don't think I 
>asked you to explain your communication 
>problem. I thought I carefully explained to 
>you what it was and what to do to correct it. 
>Judging by this response, it appears, you 
>don't listen much. Too bad. With hope, Leon >>>>
>