Theos-Talk Archives (August 2008 Message tt00192)

Dear Brian

Welcome to this group.

To add to Katinka and Robert's comments, 
perhaps the following passage from Madame 
Blavatsky might add to the discussion 
concerning the passage you quote from the 
Voice of the Silence.

"Psychism, (lower iddhis) with all its 
allurements, and all its dangers, is 
necessarily developing among you, and 
you must beware lest the Psychic outruns 
the Manasic and Spiritual development. 

Psychic capacities held perfectly under 
control, checked and directed by the 
Manasic principle, are valuable aids in 
development. 

But these capacities running riot, 
controlling instead of controlled, 
using instead of being used, 
lead the Student into the most dangerous 
delusions and the certainty of moral 
destruction. 

Watch therefore carefully this 
development, inevitable in your race and 
evolution-period so that it may finally 
work for good and not for evil; and receive, 
in advance, the sincere and potent blessings 
of Those whose good-will will never fail you, 
if you do not fail yourselves."  

H P Blavatsky 
Letter To The Fifth Annual Convention Of The
American Section Of The Theosophical Society
Boston, 1891.

Regards
Nigel


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "butchie122" <brianparry@...> 
wrote:
>
> Greetings,  I am a new member of the group who became interested in 
> the site following the recent international election postings - 
some 
> of which I thought were hilarious.  I am a long time TS member of 
the 
> Australian Section & the Melbourne Lodge.  With a wide range of 
> interest in most matters theosophical I have a particular interest 
on 
> the first two of the Stanzas of Dzyan, advaita vedanta & the Voice 
of 
> the Silence.
> 
> I would be interested to see a discussion from anyone who actually 
> does what HPB said we should do with The Voice of The Silence,ie, 
use 
> it daily.  By way of starting such a discussion we could focus on 
the 
> first verse; 'these instructions are for those ignorant of the 
dngers 
> of the lower iddhi'. 
> 
> Most commentators, John Allego being the latest, are careful to 
> explain these iddhis & the dangers, but if that is all there is to 
it 
> then the rest of the book can be ignored.  The focus in the first 
> verse is on our ignorance.  We can know ABOUT the danger by 
analysis 
> but knowing the dangers is quite a different matter. Our daily use 
of 
> the book begins with our awareness of our ignorance.  In this 
context 
> awareness of ignorance is a positive quality. Any comments will be 
> welcome
>