Theos-Talk Archives (January 2004 Message tt00013)

Jan 2 2004

Re: Truism relative to Masters/Teachers


Dear Friend:


May offer some	suggestions: (based on your observations made below)


Every truth has a cause.  

Every "Truth" is already known by some or many, as facts and laws in
Nature.  

Does the "Mind" know ? Or, does the "Heart" know?

How does one differentiate between the two? Do they collaborate
naturally? Which is basic, or are they equally interdependent?

Cause implies choice. A living mind chooses using logic and thought as
well as desire and will. What can be known of these?

Choice implies freedom as well as limitations. Those are both inner and
outer conditions. How does a "Mind" become conditioned?

How does a "free mind" become located in an area where it is both "bound
and free?" Is any mind totally "free?" If there are limits can they be
determined?

What is implied here? How old is the free mind? When the body
finally dies where does it go? Is reincarnation a possibility -- as a
means for the continued storing of experience (as memory) and the
progressive growth of intelligence? 

How does one guide one's "search?" It becomes clear there is something
in us which can guide the "Mind." What are its properties? Are
"Intuition," the "Voice of Conscience," "Wisdom," evidence of its
existence? 

"Religion" is derived from the Latin: "re" (again) and "ligiare" (to
bind together). Presumably one can bind ones' self (by choice) to
others, as well as to ideas, circumstances, and also to feelings.  

Worship (to me) implies devotion to the general well-being -- or
"brotherhood in general, as a practice."  

Living as we do in this world, in our bodies (made up of so many diverse
elements and structures) are we not already in a "brotherhood?"  

What are the duties and responsibilities of a "brother?" After
identification are we willing to carry them out?

We all know of individuals who have developed high virtues and apply
them in daily life. Should they not be emulated? Should we not try to
find out what are the principles they use and have developed?

Does being a "Master" (as a state or a condition of highly trained mind
and heart) imply a knowledge of both "Head" and "Heart: doctrines?
[Doctrines, to me, means statements of facts -- truths -- that all can
know and use.]

Thank you for your thought-provoking questions. I hope these
suggestions open some avenues of thought and response. These are
puzzling to me and I have been working on them for a long time. Any
help?



Dallas

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-----Original Message-----
From: a . a>.
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 7:09 PM
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Subject: Re: Truism relative to Masters/Teachers


Q. What to do with a Truth?

A. Keep searching beyond that Truth.

This is an act of worship. Remember, "There is no religion higher than
Truth."

A^A^

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--- "Dallas TenBroeck" <dalval14@e..wrote:


> Dec 30 20003
> 
> Re: What to do with a "truth?"
> 
> 
> Dear friend:
> 
> I would say: explained and shared invariably. But there is a question
> of timing here. The sharing invokes a proviso at least..
> 
> One proviso is that a dangerous truth should not be revealed to one
who
> has not yet the ability to use it safely and wisely. The way in which
> Nature (our Universe) handles the problem is a good example.
> 
> We will have to grant it (as a vast unit of intelligence) the faculty
of
> an entire range of consciousness and knowledge extending from 
ignorance to complete universal cognisance.  
> 
> Also you will have to grant to its components a progressive scale of
> incremental individual intelligence (wheels within wheels ?). These,
> impersonally, will take over local applications and supervision of the
> vast Plan. Perhaps, one might call it an academy of immortal wise men?
> But then immortality to every component of the Universe must also be
> granted, together with the innate potential of (eventually) itself
> entering this "academy." As I see it, this kind of "academy" runs
pari
> passu with the whole of evolution. It may be called the Universal
MIND,
> perhaps. If so, the concept of the "academicians" forming a 
> "Brotherhood of the Wise" is not a foreign or an impossible concept. 
> 
> And -- one is able to see in this the schema and plan of the
> Theosophical philosophy. But this comes through if one studies it in
> its entirety.
> 
> As to the imparting of truth. It is an unhappy situation for the one
who
> knows, possesses and may be using the "truth," since it makes him /
her
> responsible for any abuse made the one to whom he entrusts it. This
is
> said to be a part of the karma of becoming a "teacher" in howsoever
> small a manner. It is a part of the tribute one pays for being a
> "human."  
> 
> Is not the "Family of Man" all inclusive? It reaches far beyond
> (theosophically) the living of this single life, and encompasses a
whole
> string of previous lives during which the singular intelligence of any
> "man (mind)" develops and grows in perception. The concept of
> immortality begins, as concept, with the immortal "atom." If endowed
> with intelligence, it pursues an ever more self-guided life passing
from
> form to form until it acquires the mental capacity of a "human."
> Thereafter "reincarnation" becomes the process of continued study and
> experience. We are all involved, if you agree so far, in this
universal
> "School."
> 
> And this brings up the delicate subject of morality and ethics -- and
> how does one determine the fitness of another. A very ticklish
> situation. Quite unpleasant in fact.
> 
> It would seem from a careful study of Theosophy that such care is
> already in place. Many approach Theosophy and are daunted by the 
mixture of elements presented as an integrated and working whole. It
seems to
> have been concealed for long. But how? Why? By whom? Does it do
any
> good? Does it help anyone? 
> 
> The inquirer is presented with information, things to read and think
> about on his own. Included is a study of the development of ideas, and
> of history, from antiquity up to the present. There is no compulsion,
he
> is left free to make his own decisions.
> 
> Even a starting point is not made precise, as it is assumed his
inquiry
> has led him to this field of study, and he has fitted himself to guide
> his own study. Information will always be provided when asked for.  
> 
> He is expected to mold his own tools: mind, thought, will, desire, in
> fact all that goes to make him a conjoined personality (living this
> present life), and, secondly, an IMMORTAL Spiritual SELF interior to
> him. This is One who helps and guides him when appealed to. In final
> matters it is always the inner SELF (not egotism or selfishness, but
the
> impersonal and universal MAN) that is the surest guide for each of us.
> Some call it "intuition," and some call its messages: "The Voice of
> Conscience." 
> 
> What is your reaction to this?  
> 
> How familiar are you with theosophical literature? The modern
> representation of ancient Theosophy, as a "stream," started with ISIS
> UNVEILED, and this was followed by the queries and answers in articles
> printed in THEOSOPHIST. The SECRET DOCTRINE was published and for
> new-comers The KEY TO THEOSOPHY was published. The SECRET 
DOCTRINE brought out many inquiries focusing on the obvious fact of a
secret
> ancient School of the Wise. For those who sensed the Inner SELF the
> booklet The VOICE OF THE SILENCE was issued --m indicating the lines
of
> inner discipline that leads the "personal self" -- the mask we
presently
> wear -- to the INNER, the IMMORTAL SELF. 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Dallas
> 
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