Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00144)

Krishtar,

I'm not sure that I follow your meaning. Please elaborate.

Thanks
--j

krishtar wrote:

> Jerry
> There are those living under the mind realms and those living under the conscience realms.
>
> Krishtar
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Jerry Hejka-Ekins 
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 12:30 AM
> Subject: Re: Theos-World A Question for the New Year
>
>
>
> Hello Pedro,
>
> Interesting question. I guess it depends upon what you mean by 
> Theosophy. If I understand Dallas correctly, he is saying that 
> "Theosophy," "Truth" (in the absolute sense) and the "The Absolute" are 
> synonymous--or at least nearly so. Does The Absolute evolve, or is it 
> unchanging? A Theosophical leader from the Judge/Point Loma tradition, 
> G. de Purucker, once pointed out that abstract motion is one of the 
> aspects of the Absolute and said that even Parabraham evolves. A 
> Vedantist would argue against Purucker's statement. I think the 
> philosophical veracity of Purucker's statement, or lack of it, depends 
> upon whether one is taking a relative or universal view. In other 
> words, two seemingly contradictory statements can be equally true.
>
> Because I'm only willing to speak from my personal understandings, 
> experiences and intuitions, I'm not one to proclaim that Theosophy 
> pre-existed in the mind of Parabrahm. You will have to ask Parabrahm 
> about these things :-)
>
> Since I don't have daily conversations with Parabraham, the Masters, or 
> even the late Madame Blavatsky, my understanding of Theosophy must be 
> much more humble. I see Theosophy as an expression of a kind of 
> perennialism which demonstrates the universality of ideas among 
> humankind's myths, religions, philosophies and sciences. I think this 
> definition is more useful, because Theosophy then becomes something we 
> can personally engage with and grow from--otherwise we are left to 
> merely be wowed by and parrot writings from old books we believe to have 
> been inspired. In the SD, HPB writes that even the Dhyani Chohans have 
> limitations in what they are able to perceive and understand. If we are 
> to accept her statement here, then, I would ask: why should we proclaim 
> to be True things that even the gods she writes about do not even know? 
> To do so is just another form of self delusion, or self aggrandizement, 
> IMO.
>
> --j
>
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>
> Pedro Oliveira wrote:
>
> >Mauri recent speculations and Jerry Hejka-Ekins
> >comments in his dialogue with Dallas have made me pose
> >the following question:
> >
> >Can Theosophy evolve?
> >
> >If evolution is one of the inherent, universal laws in
> >our universe, does it also apply to the Wisdom
> >Tradition?
> >
> >A Happy New Year to all.
> >
> >
> >Pedro 
> >
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