Theos-Talk Archives (April 2004 Message tt00193)

Dear Krishtar,

Yes, but isn't that the reason HPB gave out theosophy as a "synthesis of 
science, religion and philosophy" and tied that path of "knowledge" together with 
the heart doctrine of the Voice of the Silence which pointed out the inner 
path of meditation leading to true wisdom?  

Surely, her aim was to guide her students into becoming truly effective 
Bodhisattva's who could help and teach others not only the wisdom and knowledge of 
God, but also the necessity of obtaining the self realization that would 
enable them to understand the basis as well as the necessity of Universal 
Brotherhood -- so as to become, in turn, its true nuclei. Isn't that the only way we 
could eventually overcome the lower egos of all mankind that is the root cause 
of all the separation that has led this world into its present state of 
ignorant materialism and its pernicious effects on not only nature itself, but also 
on the path of human evolution?  

So, as long as we meditate on that knowledge HPB gave us, and keep it always 
growing in mind while spread broadcasting its "message," it can never be 
"dead" -- since it becomes the tools that empower us, individually and 
collectively, to carry out the will of God or the First Cause. In this light, there's 
much more to meditation (along with the learning and absorption of its 
metaphysical truths and interpreting them in "the language of this age") than just the 
overcoming of our own personal egos. 

Best wishes,

Leon


In a message dated 04/05/04 5:54:00 AM, krishtar_a@brturbo.com writes:

>Dear Leon
>
>Not directly linked to your kind comments, but I think that during the
>simple reading of Secret Doctrine and Isis, it is very important that
>we pay attention to the signals that appears in the conscience, because
>the more you read it the more you deserve more knowledge but the path nearly
>always leads to meditation and I donīt know any other way to slay the lower
>conditions of ego without meditating, which teaches the silence of the
>mind.
>So it seem s to me that the more you study the more you need to meditate
>or it will soon become a dead knowledge.
>And dead knowledge only increases our ego.
>The lower ego becomes more and more ignorant of the higher and we get farer
>and farer from our true origins, buried under huge amounts of statements
>and dead knowledge.
>
>Krishtar






----- Original Message ----- 

From: leonmaurer@aol.com 

To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com 

Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 5:00 AM

Subject: Re: Theos-World Re: expecting others to be perfect / right !




In a message dated 04/02/04 9:38:44 AM, stevestubbs@yahoo.com writes:


>--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Raghu K" <raghu_k@a...> wrote:

>

>> is it ego to expect people to be perfect ?

>

>>From a Buddhist perspective, rather than agonizing over ego, the 

>trick is to come to a full realization of its unreality.


But from a theosophical perspective, on this physical plane the ego is as 

real as we are, and rather than escape from thinking about it, we have to 
deal 

with it.   


In any event, it's not ego to expect people to be perfect, but ignorance of 

the fact that such expectations cannot be fulfilled. Its egoistic, 
however, to 

think that one is perfect themselves.