Theos-Talk Archives (January 2004 Message tt00368)

I'm offering some speculation (ie, 
"thinking") here about "esoteric 
karma," or "karma" as it might be seen 
"esoterically"---not that 
"esoteric/ally," when "written about" or 
"thought about" (short of direct 
experiences) isn't exoteric/karmic:

First, maybe I ought to point out that, 
for me, "thinking" and "speculation" 
tend to be ... how should I put it ... 
close relatives, basically, at least in 
terms of when one might, or I might, 
consider that if "thinking," in general, 
is seen in terms of having a basis in 
initial assumptions, and if "initial 
assumptions" are, in turn, based on 
"initial assumptions" (where the quotes 
refer to whatever particular set or 
model of "initial assumptions" one might 
see oneself as "referring to"...) ...

so if "initial assumptions," in general, 
are seen as based on theoretically 
infinite "initial assumptions," and if 
such "assumptions" are, in turn, 
modelled (as per such as the Esoteric 
Tradition and Theosophy) in contrast to 
what might be called "esoteric/occult 
direct/er experiences" (as opposed to 
theories, speculations, assumptions) ... 
and if such "assumptions" are, in turn, 
modelled as "mayavic," (ie, as based on 
nothing more real than dualistic [or 
"essentially dualistic"] 
inter-reactiveness), then, as I tend to 
see it ("tend" as per my lack of 
"directer experiences"), such 
"assumptions" and "karma" are, 
therefore, "exoteric," in that sense, 
basically, as compared to:

such as "esoteric karma," or a view of 
"karma" that might be seen with an 
interpretive preference
toward such as "transcendental 
possibilities and aspects" that one 
might either "intuit about" or 
"experience," but which are not 
translatable into exoteric, or 
essentially dualistic, terms.

At the same time, in as much as if one's 
reality and worldview, whether in terms 
of an "esoteric" or "exoteric" bias, is, 
or "tends to be," predominantly 
myavic/karmic, then, (obviously enough, 
seems to me), one might generally tend 
to find much value in various exoteric 
reliances (or "karma"), and so, as I see 
it, as a result the exoteric versions or 
models of reality have evolved in an 
"understandble" language for those who 
"can," to whatever "extent," "intuit" or 
"read between the lines" of such 
writings.

In other words, as I see it, student's 
of Theosophy find themselves "trying to 
understand" about that which cannot be 
described in any kind of language 
while, at the same time, possibly 
tending to find the exoterics of 
Theosophy offering "the right kinds of 
clues."

Speculatively,
Mauri