Theos-Talk Archives (May 2005 Message tt00018)

I think "blind belief re Theosophy" 
might do with some defining, for a 
start. And maybe if people started 
speculating more, using more quotes and 
qualifiers in an effort to indicate to 
themselves and others that "blind 
beliefs" might not be all that safe 
anywhere ... Well, not that that kind of 
thing might not be seen to over-promote 
possibly latent tendencies, in some 
cases, maybe, for getting into various 
less-than-wanted tangents, maybe, in 
some cases, but - And not that some 
tangents might not seem worse than some 
"blind beliefs," maybe, in some cases, 
but - This topic reminds me of "adding 
manas to mixes, in general." If 
"manas" is "karmic," and if the latter 
is "Mayavic"... then wouldn't there be 
various senses/interpretations that 
might, in turn, depending on one's 
definition for "manasic mix/es," result 
in the likes of "blind in one sense" 
and/or "sensible in another sense"...
Seems to me that, eg, cult-like 
activities/beliefs might result where 
various forms of speculative qualifiers 
are discouraged (as per Gordon 
Urquhart's THE POPE'S ARMADA ...). And 
I suppose all of us might want to more 
or less "decide for ourselves" something 
of other about how speculative or how 
belief dependent or how blind or 
whatever we might want to be about 
whatever. So what am I saying? Not 
much. (Thanks again, Leon, for pointing 
out about the circular nature of my 
speculative tangents. You got that right!)

^:-/ ...
Mauri