Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00429)

Carlos,

Little minds are not known by their virtues, but by their obsessions.

Rodolfo

On Nov 7, 2006, at 5:43 AM, carlosaveline wrote:

> 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."
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> 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)
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> Assunto:[Spam] Theos-World Habit Force, New Record
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> > 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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