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Re: ham,Theos-World RE: [theosophia] posts

Aug 20, 2004 03:43 AM
by Morten N. Olesen


Hallo all,

My views are:

Not to be unpolite...but...to me this is...

BLA BLA BLA

Have you already forgot my recent email - aug 18th 2004 :
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/17916


from
M. Sufilight with peace and love...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "W.Dallas TenBroeck" <dalval14@e...>
To: <ham>; <theosophia@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 12:36 PM
Subject: ham,Theos-World RE: [theosophia] posts


> Aug 20 2004
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> Re Some Theosophical basics
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> Here are a few:
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> "IDEAS RULE THE WORLD"
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> Let then discover true ones together.
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> I have looked at a umber of comments on the value of THEOSOPHY -- or
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> rather, the way in which various people think about it, or were
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> It seems to me there are two intertwined approaches.
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> One is the ideal -- as an expression of a universal and impersonal law
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> of evolution in which all beings get an equal chance at developing
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> what might be called "conscious immortality."
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> The Second, the "other," are the many expressions of formal and
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> formative opinions of those ideals.
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> Those who are in resonance with the first, the IDEALS, have little
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> difficulty in grasping their capacity for drawing all things together.
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> To them the ideal of a practical Brotherhood appeals. Call it the
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> "Heart Doctrine."
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> Those who balk at various aspects of theosophical doctrine, or who are
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> in disagreement with earlier conclusions concerning the history and
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> narration of events and applications of THEOSOPHY -- as presented
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> through certain persons, and events -- form the body of those to whom
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> Theosophy appears faulty and may therefore (in their opinion) be
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> discarded. Those seem to be snagged in the meshes of diverging "Eye
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> Doctrine" approaches.
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> Let us look at what THEOSOPHY is claimed to be, And let us use the
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> words of those who were the pioneers in advancing those ideas.
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> THE THREE FUNDAMENTALS
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> The 3 Fundamentals of the SECRET DOCTRINE are spoken of so as to
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> evoke the imagination
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> It asserts:
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> 1. THE UNIVERSE IS A UNITY. THE ABSOLUTE. or DEITY is:
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> An Omnipresent, Eternal, and as Boundless as SPACE -- an immutable
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> "Principle" -- which is beyond the range and reach of the physical
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> brain thought. It is called: ' the unthinkable and unspeakable.' It
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> is "Be-ness" rather than Being (in Sanskrit SAT ), and is beyond all
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> the limits of ordinary thought or speculation. This Infinite and
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> Eternal Cause is the 'rootless root' of "all that was, is, or ever
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> shall be." It is devoid of all attributes and is essentially without
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> relation to manifested, finite Being.
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> This "Be-ness" is symbolized under two aspects. ABSOLUTE ABSTRACT
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> "SPACE and ABSOLUTE ABSTRACT "MOTION," representing "unconditioned
> consciousness." This aspect of the one Reality, is also symbolized by the
> term "The Great Breath" indicating the coming and going of Universes as a
> form of reincarnation of the many spirits' that animate
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> all forms.
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> The first fundamental axiom of the Secret Doctrine is this
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> metaphysical "One Absolute"-or "Be-ness"--symbolized by the endless
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> Circle or, infinite SPACE filled with infinitesimal units of life,
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> each imbued in potential with the attributes of the ONE, called the
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> MONADS, or 'atoms of Life.'.
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> UNIVERSAL LAW (in Sanskrit KARMA). Is explained as :
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> 2. "The Eternity of the Universe "in toto," as a boundless plane;
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> periodically "the playground of numberless Universes incessantly
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> manifesting and disappearing," called "the manifesting stars," and the
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> "sparks of Eternity." "The Eternity of the Pilgrim"(the MONAD) is
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> like a wink of the Eye of Self-Existence. [The "Monad" is the "two in
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> one" or, "Atma-Buddhi," the "Eternal Pilgrim;" It is the only
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> immortal and eternal principle in us, being an indivisible part of the
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> integral whole--the Universal Spirit, from which it emanates and into
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> which it is absorbed at the end of the cycle. "The appearance and
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> disappearance of Worlds is like a regular tidal ebb of flux and
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> reflux."
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> REINCARNATION FOR ALL BEINGS
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> It is "the absolute universality of that law of periodicity," of flux
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> and reflux, ebb and flow, which physical science has observed and
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> recorded in all departments of nature. The alternation of Day and
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> Night, Life and Death, Sleeping and Waking, are facts so common, so
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> perfectly universal and without exception, that it is easy to
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> comprehend that it is one of the absolutely fundamental laws of the
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> 3. EVOLUTION OF ALL BEINGS is the third proposition.
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> It declares: the fundamental identity of all Souls with the Universal
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> Over Soul, the latter being itself an aspect of the Unknown Root; and
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> the obligatory pilgrimage for every Soul--a spark of the
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> former--through the Cycle of Incarnation (or "Necessity") in
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> accordance with Cyclic and karmic law, during the whole term.
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> In other words, no purely spiritual Buddhi (divine Soul) can have an
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> independent (conscious) existence before the spark which issued from
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> the pure Essence of the Universal Sixth Principle ["Maha-Buddhi"]--or
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> the "Over-Soul,"--has A) passed through every elemental form of the
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> phenomenal world of that Manvantara, and B) acquired individuality,
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> first by natural impulse, and then by self-induced and self-devised
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> efforts (checked by its Karma), thus ascending through all the degrees
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> of intelligence, from the lowest to the highest Manas, from mineral
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> and plant, up to the holiest archangel ( a Dhyani-Buddha).
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> The "pivotal doctrine of the Esoteric Philosophy" admits no privileges
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> or special gifts in man, save those won by his own Ego through
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> personal effort and merit throughout a long series of metempsychoses
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> and reincarnations."
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> In summary:
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> From the "Absolute," manifestations emanate periodically.
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> There is a continuous unceasing and universal "motion."
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> Duality in manifestation is the universal contrast of Spirit / Matter.
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> These, Spirit and matter are co-equal and co-eternal. 'Spirit is
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> called the ultimate sublimation of matter, and matter the
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> crystallization of spirit.'
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> Mind is the proof of the One Consciousness which remains unaffected
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> through all experiences and states.
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> Man is a unit of Mind. All beings are intelligent. They are all
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> potential men, from the "life-atom" up.
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> Evolution of forms, and increment in Intelligence is universal.
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> Reincarnation is a fact in Nature. No being ever "dies."
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> Every MONAD is an Eternal Pilgrim.
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> "The practical theosophist will do well if he follows the advice of
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> the Masters now many years in print, to spread, explain, and
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> illustrate the laws of KARMA and REINCARNATION so that they may enter
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> into the lives of the people. Technical occultism and all the
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> allurements of the Astral Light may be left for other times. Men's
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> thoughts must be affected, and this can only be done now by giving
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> them these two great laws. They not only explain many things, but they
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> have also an inherent power due to their truth and their intimate
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> connection with man, to compel attention. " -- W Q J --
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> "Practical Theosophy"
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> Best wishes
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> Dallas
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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