Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00283)

In a message dated 01/09/05 9:11:19 PM, silva_cass@yahoo.com writes:

>Dear Leon
>To make light of it, why didn't Chela ask "What is Emptiness? There is
>more to emptiness than we think, emptiness is fullness. 123 SPIRIT, 456
>SOUL, 78910 MAN
>Cass

Does that mean to take it more lightly, or to give more light to it? :-) 

As it is, the Chela asked the only question that would enable the Master to 
answer it in words whose first letters would spell out the Acronym 
"E-M-P-T-I-N-E-S-S" and still give meaning to Buddha's other statement, "ALL is in the all 
and all is in the ALL" -- which means, as HPB said (and now you say) "It is 
neither one nor many, but both" and "Emptiness (of things) is fullness (of 
no-things)" And also to relate the word to the numbers of the Tree of Life, and 
the grand 10 fold cycle of life... 

So, the symphony was just a picture play on words, that could be taken either 
lightly or heavily... And, in either case -- give us something (or nothing) 
to think about. :-) BTW -- there's even more to it, if we can look a bit 
deeper in, around and between the words and the numbers. (But, I won't tell -- 
although, I think you got some of it.) </:-)>

----original message-----

To All:

"What is the NATURE of ALL?" (Ananda asked)
"ALL IS... EMPTINESS" (replied Buddha)

"What more is there?" (asked Chela)

"ALL IS... 1
ENERGY 2
MATTER 3
PERFECT 4
TIMELESS 5
INFINITE 6
NOTHING 7
EVERYTHING 8
SOUL 9
SPIRIT 10

... So said the MASTER of the Symphony of the Spheres.