Theos-Talk Archives (March 2004 Message tt00258)

> It may sound wise on the surface, but are you the
> ultimate definer of wisdom 
> and what "a real wise person" will do or not do?
> What you say is likely good 
> wisdom for 99% of the situation. The kicker being
> that 1% into which the 
> enlightened may or may not fall- iow, let the wise
> decide.

Although it may sound too categorical and dogmatic,
the theosophical teaching does identify Atma (the true
Self) with wisdom, as in the following passage from
"Practical Occultism":

"ATMA-VIDYA, a term which is translated simply
“knowledge of the Soul,” true Wisdom by the
Orientalists, but which means far more."

In Vedanta, for example, Atma is defined as pure,
unconditioned consciousness, free from any taint of
separateness. It is the "One without a second". HPB
also mentions that the "I"-sense, the daily me, is
centered in kama-manas, the desire-mind. Every
identification with form, name, personal history,
spiritual "status", etc. naturally come from this
level of our being, including impressions about "past
lives". Atma has no past, no future, as it is the
eternal now.


> Please try to 
> refrain from defining what true wisdom or the inner
> Self are capable or 
> limited to-

In my posting I used the expressions "perhaps" and "it
is possible". They were intended to show that my
opinion on these subjects is tentative. But these
words are also expressions of a mantra I find very
useful (and which I try to repeat on a daily basis):
"I may be wrong."







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