Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00423)

Mark,

Thanks. 

There is a ancient Pythagorean saying that goes:

"Do that which is correct, and in time it will be nice for you to do it."


It deals with the possibility of creating new and better habits. 


On the other hand, of course rituals work with elementals -- this is part of the reason why HPB did not want to work with it.  Since 18th century, if not earlier, conditions are no good for that. 

Regards,  Carlos. 

 
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Data:Tue, 7 Nov 2006 05:25:48 -0800 (PST)

Assunto:[Spam] Theos-World Habit Force, New Record

> Using Habit Force, New Record
> 
> Below is a short article on Habit, as 
> its got some relationship to Ritual (mostly 
> on the dark side of things.) In the MLs 
> somewhere is said that (dogmatic?) religions 
> develop from the left-hand side of things 
> or "the dark side of the force," and ritual 
> and religion are hand-in-glove. I had a 
> guy tell me that really there is no such 
> thing as "will-power," that it is all 
> really just habit. He had a point, but 
> I think takes the point too far.
> 
> After bitching about the unnecessary 
> long multiple reposts, I see that carlos's 
> response to "rrdon," Nov. 6, "Masters, HPB 
> and Children" has approximately 1458 lines 
> of repost on my screen. Nothing like 
> tidy minds! har har
> 
> I see among the little corn-towns 
> in this area, of population of a couple 
> hundred, as per a recent article in a local 
> paper, there has been a women's "Secret 
> Society" called the "Mental Progress Society," 
> for the past 80 years. Limited to 25 members, 
> and no men. Nothing religious mentioned 
> in the description. Maybe there are more 
> underground thinkers around than one thinks.
> 
> USING HABIT FORCE
> The initial reaction to mention 
> of the word "habit" is usually negative. 
> Actually, habit is a neutral phenomenon 
> inherent in the nature of the world. The 
> habit of everyday life blends imperceptibly 
> into the habits of natural law and the 
> movements of electrons and planets.* [*In 
> an aspect Karma is also habit. - ed.] Indeed, 
> if we were not surrounded with predictable 
> processes, the world could not exist as we 
> know it and our universe could be nothing 
> other than uncreate chaos.
> 
> Man is a creature of habit in 
> innumerable ways, from the manner in which 
> he ties his shoes to the more subtle 
> psychological habits of attitude and 
> interpersonal reaction. Habit is paradoxical; 
> it both aids us and hinders us. In many 
> ways it saves us much energy and attention, 
> and can be consciously used an indefinite 
> amount in this direction. Can you imagine 
> learning anew each time to drive a car or 
> to use a typewriter? On the other hand, 
> becoming entrenched in habits and not being 
> consciously aware and discriminating 
> towards them can tend to put one to sleep 
> and make a person mechanical and unconscious.
> 


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