Re: Theos-World Forget about Leadbeater, here's the real deal
Jun 23, 2004 06:20 AM
by stevestubbs
--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, leonmaurer@a... wrote:
> The final physical form of
> any object would be considered as its "rupa."
Yes.
> Why would such a manufactured
> item like a computer need a pre structural rupa?
You are not an engineer. One cannot build a computer without first
figuring out what it will look like. The rupa has to be
conceptualized before it can be manifested.
> Since a computer, being an
> unconscious artifactual assemblage of equally unconscious sub
structures composed of
> physical atoms, doesn't grow by a process of self assemblage
Man adds the manas to the other six principles. This is
theoretically true of other inanimate objects, except that the manas
added may not be human.
> In fact, all the above statements, with respect to rupas, seems to
be a most
> illogical assemblage of nonsense that has little basis in the
theosophical
> teachings outlined in the Secret Doctrine. In fact, from a
metaphysically sound
> point of view, it blows the whole subsequent discussion, with
respect to
> teleportation and occult processes of materialization, etc., into a
cocked hat.
No, the only thing that has been blown lately is the ABC theory.
> Therefore, how can you justify conflating the human body -- and its
so called
> pre formative "rupa," that is actually the astral form which
precedes the
> physical ...
Everything which has a form (rupa) has a form (rupa).
> that make up the objects themselves.
>
> all this talk of actual teleportation
> of real objects and their dematerialization and materialization is
just a lot
> of speculative whistling in the wind, and a waste of time.
No, the ABC theory is a waste of time. That objects can be
disintegrated is what your beloved theosophy teaches. It is in the
SD. Whether it is true or not is yet to be determined.
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