Theos-Talk Archives (May 2004 Message tt00217)

In a message dated 05/27/04 8:14:00 AM, bartl@sprynet.com writes:

>prmoliveira wrote:
>>>what is theosophy?
>
>> It is a way of looking at life, the world and oneself that is 
>> constantly growing and expanding, free from dogmatism and dead 
>> beliefs, and which helps one to realise the essential oneness of all
>> existence.

> And isn't the "essential oneness of all existence" a belief, and 
>possibly even a dogma? I suspect that you are describing A theosophy, as
>opposed to theosophy in general. Here's a description of theosophy 
>that works well with Westerners:
>
> In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth. What was he 
>thinking? Theosophy is the attempt to find out.

Oh yeah. What kind of nonsense is that? Since when did "theosophy in 
general" accept the dogma of, or belief in a "thinking" or personal "God" who 
created anything? And, what is this "Heaven and Earth" you are talking about -- as 
if there is anything that exists as such things in themselves? 

The "essential oneness of all existence," like the equivalence of matter and 
energy, might be eventually proven as a scientific fact based on fundamental 
laws of nature inherent in space itself. 

The idea of a God who created something is nothing more than a fantasy in the 
minds of ignorant "blind believers" who literally accept the "word of God," 
as written in the Bible by men with their own agendas, as absolute fact. 

For the benefit of sincere inquirers... If you really do understand what 
theosophy is all about, I hope you intended the statement you made above to be 
taken as a joke. 

LM