Theos-Talk Archives (November 2004 Message tt00224)

Thanks Bill.

Indeed, there seems to be quite a few students of Theosophy who sense 
this disconnect. While HPB constantly wrote about living and applying 
Theosophy, I have, over the years, heard a constantly repeated question: 
"Where is the application?" I'm quite certain that HPB never intended 
her writings to become canonized in what are functionally "Theosophical 
Churches" where people endlessly read and re-read her writings. She 
began an extraordinary discourse which, I believe, she intended to be 
carried on. Instead of doing so, students sat around for the next 
hundred years waiting for the next teacher to arrive.

--j



Bill Meredith wrote:

> Dear Jerry,
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> Excellent presentation! Please do continue.
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> You say, "Theosophical notions
> must be tied into normal reality and have a function there."
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> Bravo! I might add that theosophical notions should arise from normal
> functional reality as well. Theosophy has no particular value as an 
> authoritative explanation of abstract concepts. However, it is valuable as 
> guidance aimed at awakening our self-determined peace beyond understanding 
> regarding the universal problems and unanswered questions that our shared 
> human condition evoke within us.
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> bill
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