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re forms of Theosophical expression

Dec 28, 2004 12:54 PM
by Mauri


re forms of Theosophical expression

Sometimes I wish HPB were available for comment on these lists. Every so often I find myself wanting to send some speculative tangent her way in response to something she wrote. Not that she might particularly want to be on the receiving end of my speculative tangents, but ... On the other hand I think I would prefer some updated version of HPB, generally speaking, if I had a choice. While I feel that some things haven't changed since the 19th century, I feel that some things have changed enough so that a somewhat different approach toward Theosophical topics in general might be generally or occasionally seen as somewhat more applicable. In any case I suspect that we all have our own notions about how to be applicable, Theosophical, etc (obviously enough ...). In my case "applicability" might be seen to occasionally get somewhat speculatively knotted to some extent, among other things, I suspect, judging by some of the responses or lack of responses. I seem to think that, occasionally, some of the things I try to express in print might be more important to me (if not to anybody else) than would be my attempts at making certain kinds of what might be called "serious compromises" or "more concerted efforts" towards being "understandable enough" or "more understandable" in more-mainstream terms. On the other hand, as far as I can see or speculate, the exoteric/literal interpretive aspects (and thereby the forms of expression) of Theosophy appear to generally lead to dead or neutral ends, basically, (in their "dead letter" sense, as HPB might've put it ...), though I'm not at all sure about whether the "average student of Theosophy," eg, might be all that literal in their interpretations (contrary to some "outward appearances," maybe ...). What if the various "apparent literal interpretations" were seen as the products of those who were unable to express themselves any other way so that, while they may have had "other/deeper insights," say, what if they were unable to express themselves other than in ways suggestive of certain kinds of literal interpretations to some people ... I suspect that some people may have evolved towards values and forms of expression that may appear to be "outwardly" different than might be expressed by way of mainstream or more- traditional or "more esoteric" Theosophical phraseology, but that, aside from those differences, the core values might be essentially similar or same in some cases. If one is willing to consider that possibility, wouldn't one be equally willing to at least keep an open mind to some extent when encountering various forms of expression that one is not particularly familiar with ... I suspect that HPB's statement to the effect that "Theosophy is altruism pure and simple" might have been in reference to a kind of broader perspective that, in its way, when understood, might be seen to "beneficially transcend" or in some ways rise above some or many of one's existing, comparatively more limited and more entrenched interpretive habits/patterns or karma. I feel that the same kind of reasoning might be applied in principle, in some cases, by some people, to various kinds of literature that may at first not always appear to be particularly or at all compatible with one's notions about some Theosophical principles.

Speculatively,
Mauri





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