Theos-Talk Archives (May 2004 Message tt00000)

Dallas

Believing in peace is rather different to being peaceful. Can CONCIENTIOUS
OBJECTION (you even put it in capitals) be seen as a peaceful act if it
causes others to torture and kill as you are stating? It is difficult to
see the TRUE sgae acting in that way.

<<<The strength we need to gain is that which refuses to hurt or harm anyone
no
matter hat the provocation.>>> But Truth (Karma) can and does hurt. Does
the sage refuse to hurt? Surely he isn't in that kind of arena (of hurting
or not hurting) and would be a co-worker with nature. Working in line with
Truth.

Soldiers fighting in wars are made up of all kinds of people, including good
ones, to put it in that way. And in the heat of battle they are capable of
great courage and UNSELFISH acts. It would be difficult to draw the
conclusion, which you appear to make by your statement, that CONCIENTIOUS
OBJECTION is somehow better or more peaceful or more right. Is there a
different way to approach it?

Tony


-----Original Message-----
From: Dallas TenBroeck [mailto:dalval14@earthlink.net]
Sent: 29 April 2004 9:48 pm
To: AA-BNStudy
Subject: RE: Theos-World [bn-study] Re: Divine Wind


Thursday, April 29, 2004

Dear A:

There are as I see it in THEOSOPHY two laws operating:

1.	Karma of the individual which faces him with the decision to kill or
not to kill. Some who believe in peace have adopted "CONSCIENTIOUS
OBJECTION and have taken the subsequent martyrdom of ostracism, torture or
worse -- even death.

2	All decisions are choices and even "going with the flow" does not
relieve anyone from Karmic consequences.

The strength we need to gain is that which refuses to hurt or harm anyone no
matter hat the provocation.

Best wishes,


Dallas