Theos-Talk Archives (April 2004 Message tt00147)

Paul wrote in part: <<ARE promotes 
doctrines about history and religion 
that are just as
dubious/marginal as those of the 
Theosophical organizations. But the 
overwhelming focus is on practical 
application of Cayce's guidelines on 
health, meditation, personal 
relationships, etc. This seems to keep 
people in the here and now rather than 
the sweet by and by. Would the 
Theosophical movement be healthier if it 
were more focused on the present than 
the past? I think so, but have no real 
evidence to support that, just gut 
instinct and the ARE example. Paul >>>

Seems to me that most people seem to be 
interested in some forms of religion 
more than in spirituality (in basic 
terms, seems to me), so no wonder they 
might tend to find organizations like 
the Cayce-based ARE (Association for 
Research and Enlightenment?) to be more 
appealing than Theosophy (though seems 
to me that some students of Theosophy 
might tend to wonder about the nature of 
the "enlightnement" as it might be 
defined by ARE). Of course, on the other 
hand, having read most of the Cayce 
books, I tend to see why Cayce would 
have a following (especially among 
those who might tend to find religion 
more interesting than the kind of 
spirituality that might be seen, (by 
some, seems to me), as associated with 
the likes of the Esoteric Tradition and 
Theosophy, so ...).

Speculatively,
Mauri