Theos-Talk Archives (March 2006 Message tt01540)

Cass

"M. Sufilight" <global-theosophy@stofanet.dk> wrote: Yeah...
Allright.

My views are:

I do agree a whole lot with you Carlos.
One thing though.
You wrote:
"So the USA and its democracy has more in it than meets the eye."

Perhaps. But, there are also a lot of non-democratic issues, which
actually not meets the eyes officially.
Corruption and bribery mention a few. Just look at how many members of the=
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Congress,
who has steeped down in the latest years. You could try to compare that to=
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most of the EU countries, and I think you will understand my view. This is=
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what is officially known. Then we have the un-official part to consider. -=
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It also seems, that The US Congress are being lobbied as no other parliment=
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on the globe.

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Just to mention it:
I am really going through a tough time here in Denmark these days.
So any help would be appreciated. I guess only those with real knowledge an=
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wisdom
will be able to help me from the distance.



from
M. Sufilight with peace and love...



----- Original Message -----=20
From: "carlosaveline cardoso aveline"=20
To:=20
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 3:27 PM
Subject: Theos-World The Relevancy of USA's Democracy


>
>
> Dear Sufilight,
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> There would be much to say.
>
> I agree with HPB's vision on Jesuitism. ( I do not see the relationship
> between Jesuitism and the other issues discussed. )
>
> On democracies:
>
> Ocultism teaches that the shell of a man is illusion and made of=20
> ignorance,
> yet in some occasions his essence, his higher soul, will appear in a
> stronger way. There is "antahkarana", the bridge.  A man's life should=20
> never
>  be despised just because his outer shell is largely  made of ignorance.
> He has the seed of wisdom inside.
>
> So with a country, or a people, or a nation.
>
> HPB wrote that the USA was the model for the creation of the theosophical
> movement. The movement  is the seed, or seedling, for future=20
> civilizations.
> Inspired in the USA, HPB calls the theosophical movement "a republic [i.=
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> ed.
> a democracy] of conscience".
>
> So the USA and its democracy has more in it than meets the eye.
>
> The outer shell of democracy is as rotten as you say or more. We agree on
> that. At the same time it should not be despised and it cannot be seen as
> the same as Hitler's Germany.
>
> If you knew what were the military dictatorships in Brazil, Chile  and
> Argentina,  or if you have lived personally as a Jew or as a Theosophist=
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> in
> Hitler's Germany, you would see and feel  in your "blood", so to say, the
> oceanic difference between a country where you can say what you want abou=
t
> the president, or a country where you will die if you say what you think.
>
> USA, Canada and Europe natives often can't see the positive sides of thei=
r
> democracies, especially as seeds for the future.
>
> Countries and democracies are not "entirely bad" or "entirely good".
>
> As Adyar is not entirely bad, and Pasadena or the ULT are not entirely=20
> good
> -- and the other way around, too.
>
> Each of them, as each country, as each person,  can be stimulated to
> discover its/his/her  higher purpose and potentialities.
>
> It is OK to be a stern, radical critic. HPB and the Masters were.  Yet th=
e
> aim of criticizing is but to destroy the ignorance and to stimulate the
> inner awakening of life and consciousness in the person, country,=20
> national,
> group, "republic".
>
> It would be too easy for us  to say that "Adyar TS is not authentic -- th=
e
> hell with it" . "It is irrelevant".
>
> Or to say: "USA's democracy is not authentic -- the hell with it".
>
> To think, to discern, gives much more trouble than that.
>
> Yet this is our common task: to discern and to inspire the awakening of
> authenticity in that which appears not to be authentic; and to show the
> mechanisms of collective illusion so that people, nations and theosophica=
l
> groups get less and less deluded.
>
> I hope this clarifies my views.
>
>
> Carlos.
>
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>>From: "M. Sufilight"=20
>>Reply-To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
>>To:=20
>>Subject: Re: Theos-World Long Life to Sufis and Jews!
>>Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:49:05 +0200
>>
>>Hallo all,
>>
>>My views are:
>>
>>1) Ok. We agree. I think you misunderstood my words.
>>
>>2)
>>Yes.
>>Here we have Blavatsky's article THEOSOPHY OR JESUITISM?, written june
>>1888.
>>
>>"Therefore, the present opportunity is taken to state, once for all, the
>>views which Theosophists and Occultists entertain with regard to the
>>Society
>>of Jesus. At the same time, all those who are pursuing in life's great
>>wilderness of vain evanescent pleasures and empty conventionalities an
>>ideal
>>worth living for, are offered the choice between the two now once more
>>rising powers--the Alpha and the Omega at the two opposite ends of the
>>realm
>>of giddy, idle existence--THEOSOPHY and JESUITISM.
>>For, in the field of religious and intellectual pursuits, these two are=20
>>the
>>only luminaries--a good and an evil star, truly--glimmering once more fro=
m
>>behind the mists of the Past, and ascending on the horizon of mental
>>activities. They are the only two powers capable in the present day of
>>extricating one thirsty for intellectual life from the clammy slush of th=
e
>>stagnant pool known as Modern Society, so crystallized in its cant, so
>>dreary and monotonous in its squirrel-like motion around the wheel of
>>fashion. Theosophy and Jesuitism are the two opposite poles, one far=20
>>above,
>>the other far below even that stagnant marsh. Both offer power--one to th=
e
>>spiritual, the other to the psychic and intellectual Ego in man. The=20
>>former
>>is "the wisdom that is from above . . . pure, peaceable, gentle . . . ful=
l
>>of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy," whil=
e
>>the latter is "the wisdom that descendeth not from above, but is earthly,
>>sensual, DEVILISH."3 One is the power of Light, the other that of=20
>>Darkness.
>>. . ."
>>
>>
>>This is true also today. There is a difference though. From the The=20
>>Society
>>of Jesus has been created groups with other names than their own, so the
>>more easily can hide their activities to anyone thye want to hide them
>>from. - I know the late Pope Paul John II threw a few good words. But, no=
w
>>his very near friend from the "Inquisition" is ruling as a Pope.
>>It seems quite obvious, that the "Jesuits" have branches outside the
>>Catholic groups, and that they are heavily involved with politics and
>>militant activity, even if they say differently.
>>(The word "Jesuit" is also defined as "devious" or "devious religious
>>Christisn" and perhaps even an occult Christian one. Some of the Jesuits
>>has
>>been dabbling with the occult, we all know that today, because some of
>>their
>>scriptures are today officially available.)
>>
>>Did this help?
>>
>>
>>3) Democracy you say...aehmmm...
>>Well, what kind of democracy?
>>Some democracies are not really democracies as far as I know.
>>Take for instance the USA. It is a - media and propaganda democracy -
>>involving heavily emotional personalisations of politicians. Money rules
>>such a kind of democracy. It is not a healthy democracy as far as I am
>>concerned. Buthan is for instance doing much better.
>>They run politics just like a commercial - using lies. If they get caught
>>they won't admit it - or answer to justice. The "jesuits" are very=20
>>powerful
>>in this country today. And they have some very cunning laywers - I tell
>>you.
>>And they swear with the Bible a whole lot.
>>
>>I would rather say, that one aught to divide countries into two kinds.
>>One kind is the materialistic kind. The other is ther spiritual kind.
>>The materialistic country are not on the path of wisdom towards liberatio=
n
>>or pure Atma-Vidya.
>>The spiritual country are. India is one such country. USA is not. Wisdom=
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>>is
>>not promoted by the leaders in USA.
>>This, I think is a more important difference.
>>But to run a country as a democracy is often a better system to choose. I
>>think we can agree upon that.
>>
>>
>>- - -
>>To help the readers:
>>Not all groups calling themselves sufis are compassionate. But, Carlos
>>obviously talk about the compassionate kind.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>from
>>M. Sufilight with peace and love...
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "carlosaveline cardoso aveline"=20
>>To:=20
>>Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 6:48 PM
>>Subject: Theos-World Long Life to Sufis and Jews!
>>
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > Sufilight,
>> >
>> > 1) I haven't said that Gas Chamber's lessons to humanity are  more, or
>> > less,
>> >  important.
>> > I mentioned that the time of gas chambers has hopefully gone, and now
>>our
>> > challenges include Peace in Palestine/Israel (and in other places as
>> > well).
>> >
>> > 2) I just couldn't see what is your point with regard to the Jesuits.
>>Can
>> > you explain?
>> >
>> > 3) I am  for democracy, for non-violent action, and have no admiration
>> > whatsoever for Nazis, neo-Nazis  or for Suicide-killers.
>> >
>> > I admire Sufi teachings and Jewish mystics alike.
>> >
>> > Best regards,  Carlos.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>From: "M. Sufilight"=20
>> >>Reply-To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
>> >>To:=20
>> >>Subject: Re: Theos-World Ecology of Mind
>> >>Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 18:41:47 +0200
>> >>
>> >>Yeah...Interesting.
>> >>
>> >>My views are:
>> >>
>> >>Carlos, Are you also saying that the "jesuits" are involved in this on=
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>> >>a
>> >>political level and other levels
>> >>in society?
>> >>
>> >>Try for instance this one or Blavatsky's definition(s):
>> >>
>> >>Controversies
>> >>The Jesuits have frequently been described by Catholic and Protestant
>> >>enemies as engaged in various conspiracies. They have also been accuse=
d
>>of
>> >>using casuistry to obtain justifications for the unjustifiable. In
>>several
>> >>languages, "Jesuit" or "Jesuitical" therefore acquired a secondary
>>meaning
>> >>of "devious."
>> >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesuit
>> >>
>> >>- - - - - - -
>> >>As for "gaschambers". Is it really that important?
>> >>  It was the Nazi's who started the whole bloddy war with their idea o=
f
>> >>"Lebensraum" anyway.
>> >>They did not succeed in burning down Freud's and Jung's teachings. I
>>will
>> >>call that a victory.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>from
>> >>M. Sufilight with peace and love...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>----- Original Message -----
>> >>From: "carlosaveline cardoso aveline"=20
>> >>To:=20
>> >>Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 6:07 PM
>> >>Subject: Theos-World Ecology of Mind
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
>> >> >
>> >> > PRESERVING THE ECOLOGY OF MIND
>> >> >
>> >> > oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Dear Friends,
>> >> >
>> >> > "World  Goodwill Newsletter" (1)  discusses  the problem of
>> >>"information
>> >> > overload" in our minds - due to the amound of information now
>>arriving
>> >>to
>> >> > us
>> >> > through TV, print, internet, mobile phones, etc.
>> >> >
>> >> > The Newsletter says it  is not easy to "keep one's head above this
>> >> > tidal
>> >> > wave". And it quotes the group 'Adbusters':
>> >> >
>> >> > "Our minds have become a virtual dumping ground of pollutants  -
>> >> > manipulative ads, distorted news, untold violence (...)  and there=
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>> >> > is
>>a
>> >> > need
>> >> > to reclaim our mental environment."
>> >> >
>> >> > More:
>> >> >
>> >> > "Add to this picture even subtler channels of information reception=
,
>> >> > the
>> >> > nascent telepathic sensitivities that mean you may unwittingly pick
>>up
>> >>on
>> >> > patterns of emotion and thought from those around  you."
>> >> >
>> >> > True, this mass of information will be processed during sleep. But
>> >> > there
>> >> > are
>> >> > those who don't sleep enough, or can't sleep well.
>> >> >
>> >> > Important thoughts, indeed.  Yet I would question the idea that we
>>are
>> >> > exposed to too much information.
>> >> > In fact, what surrounds us is mostly pseudo-information, and
>>sometimes
>> >> > dis-information.
>> >> >
>> >> > Perhaps we cannot call "information" all those mental noises that
>> >> > surround
>> >> > us.  Any clear view of  things will establish that "information" is
>> >> > that
>> >> > bit
>> >> > of knowledge which helps you to take better decisions in life and t=
o
>> >> > achieve
>> >> > your goals.
>> >> >
>> >> > Even as we talk about Theosophy, the exercise of attention and
>> >>discernment
>> >> > should tell us whether the thoughts arriving to us -  or  the
>>thoughts
>> >> > formulated by us -  actually serve the purposes of expanding our
>> >> > consciousness, facing significant facts, preserving the foundations
>>of
>> >>our
>> >> > inner peace, establishing sane mutual help relationships with peopl=
e
>>--
>> >>or
>> >> > produce more noice than meaning.
>> >> >
>> >> > In order to be able to understand  information and dis-information
>> >> > processes, it is important to recognize and accept the significance
>>of
>> >> > silence.
>> >> >
>> >> > Mental silence shows us the meaning of life without the need of
>>words.
>> >> >
>> >> > It helps us see both the facts and the illusion in what we read or
>> >> > hear,
>> >> > but
>> >> > also in what we ourselves  say or think.  Because sometimes
>>unconscious
>> >> > mental games can be played at us by some  instintive layers of our
>>own
>> >> > mind.
>> >> >
>> >> > Paying  attention to the mental tides is a form of self-knowledge.
>> >> >
>> >> > As we gradually get rid of waves of illusion, we get to be able to
>> >> > learn
>> >> > more and better about esoteric philosophy or Theosophy.
>> >> >
>> >> > Such a learning liberates us -- but it needs inner peace and a=20
>> >> > degree
>> >> > of
>> >> > mental silence. It needs a healthy ecology of mind.
>> >> >
>> >> > That's why the practice of mental silence, MOUNA, is taught in
>>eastern
>> >> > philosophies.
>> >> >
>> >> > Best regards,   Carlos.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > NOTE:
>> >> > (1) Number 01, 2006. Website: www.worldgoodwill.org.  World Goodwil=
l
>>is
>> >> > inspired  by Alice Bailey's philosophy and gives a positive
>> >> > contribution
>> >> > to
>> >> > human process now.  It cooperates with the United Nations system,
>> >>strongly
>> >> > stimulating universal brotherhood.    The Newsletter is edited by=20
>> >> > the
>> >> > Lucis
>> >> > Trust, New York.
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