Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00739)

Just a strange little question, but who was it that said that he never 
reads messages longer than 5-6 sentences? (Or did he say that he never 
sends messages with more than 5-6 sentences?)

I, too, find the longer messages harder to read, but I will admit that I 
sometimes send long ones. One thing I do is try to keep each topic 
paragraph short, because the shorter the paragraphs, and the fewer the 
paragraphs, the more likely the message will be read.

Yes, I know the answer to my first question is the person who pasted the 
below. Perhaps he meant to say that he never "writes" messages longer 
than 5-6 sentences, but didn't count the sentences that he pastes?

But even pasted messages that exceed his defined length might be better 
if they weren't as wordy? (Just to pass the criticism back to the 
criticizer).

John

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"IN speaking of the relation between vegetarianism and occultism, it
may be well for us to begin by defining our terms. We all know what
is meant by vegetarianism; and although there are several varieties
of it, it will not be necessary to discuss them. The vegetarian is
one who abstains from eating flesh-food. There are some of them who
admit such animal products as are obtained without destroying the
life of the animal, as, for example, milk, butter and cheese. There
are others who restrict themselves to certain varieties of the
vegetable - to fruit and nuts, perhaps; there are others who prefer
to take only such food as can be eaten uncooked; others will take no
food which grows underground, such as potatoes, turnips, carrots,
etc. We need not concern ourselves with these divisions, but simply
define the vegetarian as one who abstains from any food which is
obtained by the slaughter of animals - of course including birds and
fish.

How shall we define occultism ? The word is derived from the Latin
occultus, hidden; so that it is the study of the hidden laws of
nature. Since all the great laws of nature are in fact working in the
invisible world far more than in the visible, occultism involves the
acceptance of a much wider view of nature than that which is
ordinarily taken. The occultist, then, is a man who studies all the
laws of nature that he can reach or of which he can hear, and as a
result of his study he identifies himself with these laws and devotes
his life to the service of evolution.

2. 
How does occultism regard vegetarianism ? It regards it very
favourably, and that for many reasons. These reasons may be divided
into two classes - those which are ordinary and physical, and those
which are occult or hidden. There are many reasons in favour of
vegetarianism which are down here on the physical plane and patent to
the eyes of any one who will take the trouble to examine the subject;
and these will operate with the occult student even more strongly
than with the ordinary man. In addition to these and altogether
beyond them, the occult student knows of other reasons which come
from the study of those hidden laws which are as yet so little
understood by the majority of mankind. We must therefore divide our
consideration of these reasons into two parts, first taking the
ordinary and physical.

3. 
Even these ordinary reasons may themselves be sub-divided into two
classes - the first containing those which are physical and as it
were selfish, and secondly those which may be described as the moral
and unselfish considerations."
http://www.anandgholap.net/Vegetarianism_And_Occultism-CWL.htm

--
John, webmaster
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