Theos-Talk Archives (September 2006 Message tt00436)

Carlos et al- 

Teachings harmonious with HPB's 'Diagram of Meditation' can be now 
found in the Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhist 'Dzogchen' or Great 
Perfection teachings. These teachings were super secret before the 
late 1970's and now some part of these teachings are available in 
book form and from a very few qualified Tibetan teachers. They teach 
a 'meditational view' that transcends the cycle of sleep and waking, 
life and death etc.

Coincidentally, this Autumn Equinox on Friday coincides with a new 
moon and planetary alignment of the sacred planets. This is an 
extraordinarily rare event. The teachings regarding this are given 
by G. dePurucker and published in "In the Temple:Esoteric Teachings 
on the Four Sacred Seasons". 

Purucker states:
"The Great Ones undertake this fourth initiation in order to have 
first-hand experience, in every respect, not only of the Underworld, 
but more especially of the Upper Worlds, and of what every Monad 
leaving incarnation must undergo in the ordinary course of dying."

There is additional suggestive teachings related to this subject 
in "The Doctrine of the Spheres" vol. vii of 'Esoteric Teachings', 
p. 47 -- on p. 55 there is a diagram of correspondences between the 
globes, zodiacal signs and planets which forms the basis of a truly 
Theosophical esoteric astrology, though I do not know of any 
theosophical student to have as yet worked this out.......!

One can find
 the Point Loma Publ. titles above at www.wisdomtraditions.com .

Ken







--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "carlosaveline" 
<carlosaveline@...> wrote:
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> Dear John,
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> This is serious business, no doubt. 
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> As a complement, I would like to point to the fact that both HPB 
and William Judge taught about forms of meditation that tend to 
be "24h a day, seven days a week", including periods of sleep and 
action. 
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> See, for instance, HPB's 'Diagram of Meditation', which is the 
meditational counterpart of the book "The Secret Doctrine".   
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> On the other hand, our efforts in expansion of consciousness will 
always depend on our growing understanding of the workings of  the 
Nidhanas in one's particular, yet  multiple-lives experience. 
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> Hence the study of  'dependent origination' is no "side issue" 
along the path. 
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> Interaction of causes and effects in one's life is connected to a 
broader context of several existences and various levels of 
interaction. 
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> It is said in Buddha's legend that when he got enlightened he 
exclaimed (in thought)  something like this: 
> 
> "I caught you!" ---  meaning he had found  the Architect of 
Illusions, the source of dependent origination, the 'motor' for the 
12 Nidhanas. 
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> So the expansion of conscioussness has to be experienced while we 
gradually get to "see" and understand the chain of causes and 
effects which feeds the 'dependent origination' in our individual 
evolution (which cannot be 'separated' from the collective karma). 
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> Expanding our consciousness allows us to understand the dependent 
origination, just as understanding the dependent origination allows 
us to expand consciousness.  
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> Two feet succeeding each other along the way. 
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> Regards,  Carlos. 
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> Data:Mon, 18 Sep 2006 08:36:24 EDT
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> Assunto:Re: Theos-World Re: Our imagination
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> > Daniel, Barbara, All,
> > Here are a couple of indicators:
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> > 1. The Buddha said, "Those who take leave of their families and 
leave the 
> > home-life, who recognize their minds and penetrate their origin, 
and who 
> > understand the unconditioned Dharma, are called "Shramanas." "
> > 
> > 2. The Buddha said. "Shramanas who have left the home-life cut 
off desire, 
> > renounce love, and recognize the source of their minds. they 
penetrate the 
> > Buddha's profound principles and awaken to unconditioned 
Dharmas; They obtain 
> > nothing internal; They seek nothing external; Their minds are 
not bound by the Way, 
> > Nor are they tied up in karma. They are without thought and 
without action; 
> > they neither cultivate or certify; They do not pass through the 
various stages 
> > and yet are respected and revered. This is what is meant by the 
Way.
> > 
> > Ref. "Sutra in Forty-Two Sections" Ch'an Master Hsuan Hua
> > 
> > One might also read "The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch" 
and "The 
> > Vimalikirti Nirdesa Sutra."
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> > Blanking the mind is when one emptiness all activity of the 
lower mind of 
> > thoughts, impressions, transient arisings, reactions, attentions 
on the senses of 
> > hearing, sight, contact etc. The mind must have zero thoughts 
arise and 
> > should be "Blank" of content. The screen of the mind is 
become "the dark void" as a 
> > movie theater before the movie starts.
> > A simple Illustrative exorcise;
> > clear the mind until it is empty of all thought or content and 
is the 
> > dark screen. Now by your own intentional act create and image of 
a "cat" on the 
> > dark empty screen of the prepared mind. When it is there and is 
seen as you 
> > create it yourself acknowledge it and know that it was created 
new in a new 
> > moment of time by you as the Being as an "Intentioned Thought" 
creation by 
> > intentioned "will" and differs from the transient arisings of 
the lower mind which 
> > have the characteristic of automaticy and immediate response to 
the stimulus of 
> > the senses and origination's of the without. This is an 
intentioned thought 
> > because it is created by direct intention of the Being apart 
from the conditioned 
> > mind of Patanjali. When you see the image of the cat ask 
yourself "Who 
> > created that image?"
> > 
> > Madame Blavatsky also spoke of the "Seed Drop" that her Master 
provided to 
> > her that enabled her awakening. And that she was forever 
grateful for this. 
> > "Bhija" means "Seed." The Deer brings the Bhija and the Buddha 
awakened fully in 
> > the Deer Park.
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> > John
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