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Re: Theos-World AN OPEN LETTER TO OUR WORLDWIDE THEOSOPHICAL MOVEMENT

Mar 21, 2005 08:53 AM
by Mauri



Compiler wrote:
Note: In all of the 225 places that this
letter was mailed to, I have
leonmaurer@aol.com as the "Reply To" address,
=====cut

Leon's letters in general tend to suggest to me that they might get some people interested in interpretations towards forms of universe modeling that might additionally be interpreted as having or possibly having some kind of Theosophical or possibly Theosophical aspect to them. For all I know there might be ways of "translating esoterics" or of offering "exoteric versions" into a kind of "scientific language" that might make for a wider interest in Theosophy. The following quote from Blavatsky's STUDIES IN OCCULTISM (p82) seems to me as if it might be seen to have some relevant aspects with respect to the topic of "science and Theosophy" in general, (though students of Theosophy, eg, one might want to distinguish between various kinds of scientific particulars and biases ...).

<<Unconscious of their error, the psycho-physiologists identify the compound elements of psychic activity with that activity itself hence the conclusion from the standpoint of the analytical method, that the highest, distinctive speciality of the human soul — free-will, spontaneity — is an illusion, and no psychic reality. But as we have just shown, such identification not only has noth­ing in common with exact science, but is simply impermissible, as it clashes with all the fundamental laws of logic, in conse­quence of which all these so-called physico-biological deductions emanating from the said identification vanish into thin air. Thus to trace psychic action primarily to motion, means in no way to prove the "illusion of free-will." And, as in the case of water, whose specific qualities cannot be deprived of their reality al­though they are not to be found in its component gases, so with regard to the specific property of psychic action: its spontaneity cannot be refused to psychic reality, though this property is not contained in those finite elements into which the psycho-physiolo­gist dismembers the activity in question under his mental scalpel.>>

I tend to feel that as long as Leon's ABC's or anybody's "science-related perspective" or modeling is interpreted as having taken into account (as I suspect that Leon's approach, in general, might be interpreted) what HPB was trying to say in that quote, then ... are we to think that, where such account taking might be seen to exist, that because of that there would not be too many problems (and instead definite benefits ...) with such "exoteric/science-related versions"---short of, possibly, some problems that might be brought on by a general lack of understanding of scientific particulars, maybe, in some cases ... Since I tend to think of myself as one of those who might be seen to be lacking in the kind of scientific particulars that might help to throw more light on the likes of Leon's ABC's, what can I say, speculatively or otherwise ...

To me, not being a scientist per se in any particularly "scientific," as opposed to speculative, direction, the scientific aspects of Leon's ABC's (where/if they might be seen to be exoterized/interpreted or separated from the esoteric/experiential ...) seem to boil down to images/notions about "bubbles within bubbles" and "zero points," while, at the same time, that kind of ABC modeling tends to give me the impression that it might tend to be generally interpreted in a way that might appear reasonable (or more than reasonable ...) by way of Theosophical modeling or precedents. And so I tend to wish Leon best wishes towards his efforts (while scratching my head occasionally).

Speculatively,
Mauri










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