Theos-Talk Archives (March 2004 Message tt00652)

Dear Dallas,

I think you have interpreted the "3 dangers" correctly and offered correct 
advice on how to avoid them. 

However, to put it in a nutshell, it should be understood that the "Wise Man" 
was speaking to the disciple starting on the path... Who must understand that 
before one can attain the higher wisdom and attain a true realization of the 
self, one must not allow oneself to be identified with the physical 
body/brain-mind which one fears will get old and die. And also, not to rely on any of 
one's thoughts as being of any clear value in determining the true nature of 
reality. 

How one sees that reality, attains that wisdom, and reaches self realization, 
is another matter altogether -- which requires self devised and self 
determined effort to learn and comprehend the theosophical truths and practice the 
proper yoga's. 

Your help along these lines, by pointing the way to the Jnana and Rajah 
yoga's as shown by HPB and WQJ in the Secret Doctrine and other of their writings, 
should be much appreciated by all those wishing to travel the straight and 
narrow path to enlightenment, and ultimate freedom of the self -- if not a 
complete "Mastery of the Mysteries" and the higher powers of the Adept. 

Thank you, and best wishes,

Lenny (aka Leon)


In a message dated 03/25/04 4:25:32 PM, dalval14@earthlink.net writes:

>March 25th 2004
>
> Re: re Mauri's "just being"
>
>
>Dear Lenny:
>
>
>Your 3 "dangers" (from a "wise man") --
>
>May we not say on these three: --
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>1. FEAR -- arises from ignorance. Cure: find out or get
>detailed proofs. Our tools are the straight logic based on universal
>principles that any one can verify and use. I find that few among us
>has a firm grasp of those. We all tend (and I do so, too) to wander off
>into side-lines, where we have some kind of personal interest or
>prejudice. The problem is then, to identify and get rid of any kind of
>personal bias, isn't it ? 
>
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>2. OLD AGE -- This cannot be undone (except by extreme effort and
>firm, continuous discipline of thought) in any one "life". 
>
>But if THEOSOPHY is true, then the INDIVIDUALITY being immortal and
>timeless has a permanent record in itself (Akasic vesture or, the Higher
>Astral ?) where all knowledge acquired becomes wisdom because it is
>supported by universal experience -- as it is already present and to be
>found in the UNIVERSAL MIND or MAHAT -- One of the 3 aspects of the
>ABSOLUTE / PARABRAHM. [ Possibly, one might hazard the expressions:
>ATMAN - MAHAT - KARMA for these three ? ]
>
>
>3 CLARITY OF MIND -- Depends on our control and suppression of
>emotional thought (LOWER MANASIC and KAMIC influenced thinking -- based
>on selfishness and focussed on this life only ?) As I see it, the main
>"fight" in our mind natures is to learn to distinguish our BUDDHI
>(Intuitional processes) from our emotional thinking or Lower Manas, the
>instinctual and Kamic-mind -- Lower Manas. This may prove to be
>difficult to see. However one could consult HPB in The KEY TO THEOSOPHY
>(p. 135) TRANSACTIONS OF THE BLAVATSKY LODGE. (Pp 93-7).
>
>
>May we not say: Then that we need to secure from THEOSOPHY and from
>mutual investigation a strong and impartial, impersonal assurance of the
>True SELF within -- someone referred to is recently as the "inner GOD"
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>Best wishes,
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>
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>Dallas
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