Theos-Talk Archives (December 2006 Message tt00851)

Friends,


Cass says Plato "and all the great thinkers" think that ideas can
be 'owned'.

It is hard to see where does Cass dream that Plato or other great
thinkers wrote such a thing.

Especially Plato, for whom Ideas are abstract archetypes equivalent
to Pythagorean Numbers.

Nothing related to Theosophy or Esoteric Wisdom is or can be
subject to private property or individual control.

In fact, nothing of any real value is subject to control or private
property. Life, Wisdom, Truth, Love, Friendship... none of these,for
instance. Any private property is an illusion. Chapter 5 of the
Buddhists "Dhammapada", correctly entitled "The Fool", says that The
Fool thinks:

"This is my family, this is my property".

We are all passing visitors, passing guests, not proprietors, in
Life.


Best regards, Carlos.







--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Cass Silva <silva_cass@...> wrote:
>
> Well Carlos, it is just as well Plato and all the great thinkers
thought otherwise.
> Cass
>
> cardosoaveline <carlosaveline@...>
wrote:
> Friends,
>
> Cass -- see below -- seems to believe it is a good thing to try
> to "have" ideas which belong to us.
>
> Only fools pretend to own ideas.
>
> In nature, nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is
> recycle all the time (Lavoisier). We do not own ideas -- we can
> share them. Ideas belong to Life.
>
> Carlos.
>
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Cass Silva <silva_cass@> wrote:
> >