Theos-Talk Archives (April 2006 Message tt00111)

For the unlucky soul who has his head stuck in the absolute, life is  
either cyclical or linear (giving the possibility that reincarnation  
either exists or not, but that's a negligeable fact anyway; it doesn't  
matter in the end). There's essentially no point of what we do during this  
life, because either we're just coming right back here, or we're going to  
not exist anymore. Even in the case of karma, who cares? Rack up any kind  
of karma that you want, because in the end it doesn't matter.

But for someone who's seeking the relative truth; one who's a bit more  
optimistic in my opinion, life has much more meaning. Things and actions  
have value, because they affect other people. And if this is the nature of  
our existence, then why not make the best of it?

People are generally a combination of both of those. The ideal combination  
would probably be around 50/50, since neither group by themselves would  
find happiness. The former extreme would find everything pointless and  
depressing, and the latter extreme would be too caught up in making  
everyone else happy, and wouldn't be able to let go of anything.

-Mark H.


On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:58:59 -0300, <Drpsionic@aol.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 4/5/2006 8:56:04 AM Central Standard Time,
> carlosaveline@hotmail.com writes:
>
> HPB  wrote without Ethics Theosophy cannot be understood. The Adepts  
> wrote
> the  same.
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>
>
> And remember that they were writing in the late 19th Century.  If they   
> had
> told the truth, that the Universe is value-free and it really does not   
> matter
> what anyone does in the end, their readers would have freaked a great   
> freak
> and shreeked a great shreek.  They would covered their head with  their
> waistcoats and coughed into their oversized handkerchiefs and simply   
> refused to
> believe it.
> Ethics are nice tools for getting people to do things other people want   
> them
> to do without having to point a gun at their heads but as far as
> enlightenment is concerned they are not worth their weight in cold  
> manure.
> Chuck the Heretic
>
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Mark S. Hamilton Jr.
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