Theos-Talk Archives (September 2004 Message tt00873)

> <kpauljohnson@y...> wrote:
> 
I'm not above appealing 
> for
> > positive thoughts to be directed toward John Kerry this Thursday 
> night
> > for the debate. 
> 

Pedro wrote:

> I know petitionary prayer is not favoured in "The Key to 
Theosophy", 
> but I will hold an aspiring thought for Kerry during the debate, in 
> the hope that the Goddess of Mercy and Compassion, Kwan-Yin (which, 
> according to K.H., is our own, Buddhic principle), will help and 
> inspire him to successfully show to his fellow-Americans that his 
> platform represents a sane alternative, both for the US and the 
> world.
> 
> 
> Pedro



Though I sympathize with your thoughts, it seems neither of you 
believe in free and open debates.

Let the cards fall where they may. Otherwise we are no better than 
dugpas.

I think that you both have proved without a doubt that Sophistry 
rules political thinking. It is hard to be detached and dispassionate 
when your stuck in that frame of thinking. Or to practice Wu Wei and 
let things take their natural course. If Kerry is really the sane 
alternative, than let him prove it of his own accord. 

You already desire a result. Doesn't that worry you?

How much of our thinking is about proving a result that you wish to 
be true. How little of our thinking is involved in finding truth 
wherever it falls in a dispassionate search for truth.

This is why I think political discussions really take us away from 
good thinking and good Theosophy.

Koshek