Theos-Talk Archives (March 2004 Message tt00126)

Hallo all,

My v iews are:

I agree.
I understand it so, that you use the word Theosophical Movement in a dead
letter sense.

My view is further:

Some books and statements made by initiates are only made to a given group
of people at a given time
and place - under certain circumstances. Such statements cannot just be
transferred to another timeperiod
or situation without any kind of discrimination, but a superficial one.

Present statements are directed at present circumstances.
Past statements are directed at past circumstances. If not, then one has to
be carefull about how one interprets the message.

These views are including any written words made by either Blavatsky and
indeed also Alice A. Bailey.


Try this:
http://home19.inet.tele.dk/global-theosophy/char_lit.htm

Now you tell me, what you get from a certain book about menting your garden.
Biblestudy and dead-letter reading again ?


from
M. Sufilight


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kpauljohnson" <kpauljohnson@yahoo.com>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 5:46 PM
Subject: Theos-World Why does arrogance happen here?


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "krishtar" <krishtar_a@b...>
wrote:
> Hi
> It is sad.
> I joined this group 2 years ago in order to learn a littīle more
and share views but what I truly found here was nothing but too few
people with humbleness and compassion, esteem, but a great majority,
by the messages posted recently, such as Arielīs,( and others), with
whom I had the tragic experience of exchanging a few posts about
meditation- where arrogance is a constant and estimableness is a
rare quality.
> Why does it happens?

Dear Krishtar,

Here's a suggestion: people fundamentally misconstrue the very
nature of theosophia, focusing only on one aspect of HPB's teachings
and ignoring completely its necessary complement. They imagine that
the contents of theosophical books *are* theosophy, that theosophy
can therefore be grasped and comprehended and used as a tool with
which to attack any teachings or ideas regarded as non-theosophy.
What this ignores is repeated warnings throughout the literature
that theosophy cannot be contained in books, cannot be comprehended
by the grasping mind, and is inherently kind and *not* a weapon-- if
used as such it is being abused.

Why does that happen? I resort to a Jungian concept, enantiodromia,
the tendency of entities to evolve (devolve) into direct opposites
of themselves. Hence, psychiatrists commit suicide more than other
MDs, ministers are guilty of sexual abuse more than other
professions, ad nauseum. The Theosophical movement was initiated to
stimulate inquiry and brotherhood; it has largely turned into a
cacaphony of factions/individuals who think they know all the
answers and are thereby authorized/obliged/encouraged to attack
anyone with different answers. Or even for asking "impertinent"
questions!

The Sufi teaching is that new efforts are constantly initiated
because the old ones are constantly degenerating. Maybe there's
something to that.

Paul






Yahoo! Groups Links