Theos-Talk Archives (March 2005 Message tt00701)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Drpsionic@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 3/29/05 9:10:55 PM Central Standard Time, 
> eldon@t... writes:
Yes, that times go on!!!
And we are still staying, running or flow over, whatever one like to 
do.
Christina



> 
> << Others are in seeker mode, not heavily involved in learning 
something new,
> but rather puzzling over what's true and what's not about every 
possible
> thing. For someone in that phase, any learning and study of a 
particular set
> of theosophical or metaphysical doctrines is a waste of time, 
since they
> don't see the point in learning something when they're not sure 
how real its
> foundations are >>
> 
> There is another mode, where truth or not-truth are irrelevant, as 
the 
> working assumption is that total truth is not going to be 
discernible and probably 
> not very useful in the short run anyway.
> 
> In that, case ideas are studied, not because they will lead to some 
ultimate 
> unifiying system of reality, but rather because they can be adapted 
to one's 
> life at the moment, recognizing that as life changes, certain ideas 
will become 
> less useful and discarded while others, overlooked at another time, 
may prove 
> just what is needed at the time.
> 
> To such a person, Leadbeaterian Theosophy,to use the example at 
hand, may be 
> very useful at one point in his life because that was what he 
needed but can 
> be looked on in later years as utter nonsense, but at least it was 
entertaining 
> nonsense that had some practical value, unlike worrying about 
rounds and 
> chains and a whole bunch of psuedo-sanskrit balderdash which may be 
anything but 
> balderdash to someone doing a different life thing. To that second 
person, 
> rounds and chains really do matter.
> 
> And if anyone can make any sense out of what I just wrote, please 
tell me 
> because I can't.
> 
> Chuck the Heretic