Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00091)

W.Dallas TenBroeck wrote, in part:
Jan 5 2005

Dear M:

Here are some statements on "dreams: to 
consider:

SLEEP and DREAMS

Best wishes

Dallas

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mauri Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 
2005 8:46 AM
To:
Subject: re "real " Dreams ?

Thanks, Dallas, but as I recall, my 
reference to the word "real" was in a 
general sense. I had in mind anything 
at all that one might think of as "real" 
in any kind of sense. And so, as I see 
it, "not real," eg, could be seen as 
"real" in some sense that might be 
defined as "real" in terms of "not 
real." That is, as I tend to see it, 
the nature of all 
definitions/interpretations on dualistic 
planes generally depend on various forms 
of interpretive (karmic) comparisons 
based on initial (again "karmic") 
assumptions---"per karmic influnces," in 
a sense. And so, as a result, while 
such "realities" might be seen to play a 
substantial role in one's life, one 
might, at some point, (I'm speculating), 
realize that one's Theosophical studies, 
eg, have an exoteric/intepretive aspect 
to them that can be misleading if it's 
taken literally or "too literally" in 
that while one might find many forms of 
"exoteric versions" helpful, I feel that 
the "real" helpfulness in one's 
t/Theosophical studies might basically 
depend on some form of what's known as 
"reading between the lines," or 
intuition. I suspect that throughout 
history there's been a struggle between 
literal/orthodox interpretations, on the 
one hand, and the 
"more-intuitive/broader" or "gnostic" 
interpretive tendencies on the other 
hand. Theosophy, as I tend to interpret 
it, and as I think HPB represented it in 
its essential ("esoteric") sense, makes 
"more sense" where it's "read between 
the lines" or where the "exoteric 
versions" are used only as helpful clues 
towards an understanding that, in it's 
Realer aspects, would transcend such 
"versions" by way of intuitive guidance 
and such as "just being," eg.

Best wishes,
Mauri


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