Salvation
Mar 31, 2004 01:18 PM
by christinaleestemaker
Yes Krishtar, and I see the same.
People expect an salvator for its own actions.
What is it that he or she still not can see, have the insight, that
he or she needs to be his own salvator.Therefore he needs to perfect
his consciousness.
Christina
--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "krishtar" <krishtar_a@b...> wrote:
> Perhaps, save from ourselves.
> I mean, from our lower ego, which insistently leads us, for
example, to think of a redemption, a salvation, external to us.
>
> Krishtar
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: arielaretziel
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 8:58 AM
> Subject: Re: Theos-World Krishnamurti on himself
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> Whether Krishnamurti was overshadowed or not has little bearing
in my mind, as
> it is his teachings and, when he was alive, his very presence
that have and
> will always matter. Was he leaving Theosophy or was he leaving
concepts such as
> the erronius and dangerous concept of a world teacher who will
save humanity?
>
> He wanted to help people be entirely free, but we must ask
ourselves, "Free
> from what?"
>
> A^A^
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> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, samblo@c... wrote:
> > Pedro,
> > In all honesty, no, I am not familiar with the
Krishnamurti quote you
> > give to me and others. I candidly state that I have not read
the works
> > and publications of Krishnamurti. I have scant exposure to
them. Even
> > though I lived in LA for twenty years. I was aware that he
lived at Ojai
> > the Theosophical Retreat and even have several friends that
had been to
> > see him and have read his works which they valued highly. My
post was
> > limited to the Madison Square Garden. I do not think of
Krishnamurti as
> > responsible for the actions of Besant and leadbeater and I
am grateful
> > to him for his action then. I appreciate the spiritual
altitude he has in
> > his discourses that I have had exposure to and it is to his
credit that he
> > proceeded and became the unique figure in Theosophy that he
did in
> > the decades following the Madison Square Garden disaster. In
one post
> > it was said he left Theosophy but this contrasts his living
at Ojai and the
> > large following that he developed that thronged to him
there. It is a very
> > unusual context. The fact that Leadbeater and Besant groomed
him from
> > childhood for the role they planned has no mark on him in my
view, it
> > and remains their creation in the timeline.
> >
> > As to what he says in the quote, having not read his works
I am without
> > a defined understanding to just what he is stating in the
reference and
> > so I make no jump in speculation about it. you are welcome
to expand
> > on it if you desire. But from what he says it reminds me of
Madame
> > Blavatsky and many of the statements she made and I do find
agreement
> > with most of all he said with the sole exception of the
ability to will the
> > ordered controlled exit from the physical in the limit of
the very
> > advanced Adepts. Perhaps what is a monitor to the expression
of Will
> > concerns the Karmic residuals, my speculation here.
> >
> > John
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> >
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