Theos-Talk Archives (July 2004 Message tt00439)

As beings rooted in divinity, we each have the ability to discover reality for ourselves. To do this we must learn to judge what is true and false, real and illusory; not blindly follow the dictates of authority, however high. G. de Purucker compares the theosophical student to a scientific researcher, and adds:

"Have we not been told again and again that we must consult our consciences before we accept anything? In order to do that, we have to think; we also know that even if in doing so we should, through our own blindness or incapacity, reject a truth offered to us, we shall nevertheless have done aright, because we have been faithful to ourselves and to our consciences, . . . the inner man understands, and the truth in time will dawn in faithful hearts." -- Fundamentals of the Esoteric Philosophy, p. 289

In following our own spiritual instincts and intuitions, we awaken our latent potentials. Trying to force others to adopt what we believe is the "proper" avenue of thought may be harmful. 

Andrew W. Smith, M.A.(English),F.T.S.
Master Sergeant, USA/USAF (Ret.)
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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. -- Emerson, "Self-Reliance"

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