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Re: Theos-World Re: 1. Maya .Finite and infinite

Jan 23, 2009 07:24 PM
by Augoeides-222


Martin,
 From Doctor Who TV Series ! LOL Do not resist! Resistance is futile! You will be assimulated!!!

Regards lol,
John

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Martin <Mvandertak@yahoo.com> 

> The Dalac? 
> 
> --- On Sat, 1/24/09, Augoeides-222@comcast.net 
> wrote: 
> From: Augoeides-222@comcast.net 
> Subject: Re: Theos-World Re: 1. Maya .Finite and infinite 
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com 
> Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 12:02 AM 
> 
> The Dalac would love that lol! 
> 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: Cass Silva 
> are you sure that inhale is destruction - I see it as assimilation 
> Â 
> Cass 
> 
> --- On Sat, 24/1/09, Martin wrote: 
> 
> From: Martin 
> Subject: Re: Theos-World Re: 1. Maya .Finite and infinite 
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com 
> Received: Saturday, 24 January, 2009, 1:44 AM 
> 
> There can only be rest when first destroyed...destruction could also mean 
> renewal. 
> Atmen, ademen, the breath of Life..exhale is creation, inhale is destruction... 
> 
> --- On Fri, 1/23/09, christinaleestemaker 
> wrote: 
> From: christinaleestemaker 
> Subject: Theos-World Re: 1. Maya .Finite and infinite 
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com 
> Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 2:39 PM 
> 
> Â Â 
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Right, only one thing I have a little trouble with and that 
> is that 
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> in pralaya you call: the Will to destroy, I think there is a better 
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> word for, the Will to keeep things in rest.For later new creations. 
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> Destroy is a finite definition.Than it would like we take not 
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> rememberance with us.The one state flows always cumulative over in 
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> the next. 
> 
> Christina 
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> --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, Martin wrote: 
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> > 
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> > Christina: 
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> > 
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> > Zakk, Jerry and others are discussing this and nother matters very 
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> extensively. By their intellectual approach you may understand the 
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> mind has to go through an intellectual state, driven by the power of 
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> instinct, to reach pure Intuïtion, which doesn't need words or form. 
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> Like Ideas have no need of words or form. However as soon as the 
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> Ideas reach a world and its inhabitants, they need form and words to 
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> be understood by them and to be realised. 
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> > This realisation is like a piece of music, it comes and it dies 
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> out. Illusion yes, beautifull when in perfect harmony, noise at its 
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> worst. 
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> > It is eternal Law which causes Ideas to appear in any world to be 
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> realised and maintained if the effect improves life of the 
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> inhabitants, who are 'crystalised' music as well. 
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> > Above Ideas is the Cosmic Will, the Will to create and in Pralaya, 
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> the Will to destroy. 
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> > 
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> > To call the earth a speck of dirt is very disrespectfull for the 
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> composition of music, made by the Dzyan Chohans. Of course earth's 
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> music could improve, but tell me how many of you are musicians? 
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> > A 'Brotherhood of Humanity' is a piece of music, which is written 
> 
> but not finished. The earth needs to be worked upon to be a good 
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> instrument to reflect the harmonious tunes of the Human Soul. As long 
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> as we do not understand, all is music, we will be in trouble, every 
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> time...trillions of years or merely a 100 years in this Kali Yuga? 
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> > As for phenomena, music stirs the soul, need I say more? 
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> > 
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> > --- On Fri, 1/23/09, christinaleestemake r 
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> wrote: 
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> > From: christinaleestemake r 
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> > Subject: Theos-World Re: 1. Maya .Finite and infinite 
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> > To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com 
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> > Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 7:43 AM 
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> >Â Â Â Â 
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> >Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â This is what I have found over the finite and 
> infinite 
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> in Mahatma 
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> > 
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> > letter 6 on internet. 
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> > 
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> > Plato was right: ideas rule the world; and, as men's minds will 
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> > receive new ideas, laying aside the old and effete, the world will 
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> > advance: mighty revolutions will spring from them; creeds and even 
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> > powers will crumble before their onward march crushed by the 
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> > irresistible force. It will be just as impossible to resist their 
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> > influx, when the time comes, as to stay the progress of the tide. 
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> But 
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> > all this will come gradually on, and before it comes we have a duty 
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> > set before us; that of sweeping away as much as possible the dross 
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> > left to us by our pious forefathers. New ideas have to be planted 
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> on 
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> > clean places, for these ideas touch upon the most momentous 
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> subjects. 
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> > It is not physical phenomena but these universal ideas that we 
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> study, 
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> > as to comprehend the former, we have to first understand the 
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> latter. 
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> > They touch man's true position in the universe, in relation to his 
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> > previous and future births; his origin and ultimate destiny; the 
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> > relation of the mortal to the immortal; of the temporary to the 
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> > eternal; of the finite to the infinite; ideas larger, grander, more 
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> > comprehensive, recognising the universal reign of Immutable Law, 
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> > unchanging and unchangeable in regard to which there is only an 
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> > ETERNAL Now, while to uninitiated mortals time is past or future as 
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> > related to their finite existence on this material speck of dirt. 
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> > This is what we study and what many have solved. 
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> > And now it is your province to decide which will you have: the 
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> > highest philosophy or simple exhibitions of occult powers. Of 
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> course 
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> > this is by far not the last word between us and -- you will have 
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> time 
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> > to think it over. The Chiefs want a "Brotherhood of Humanity," a 
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> real 
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> > Universal Fraternity started; an institution which would make 
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> itself 
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> > known throughout the world and arrest the attention of the highest 
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> > minds. I will send you my Essay. Will you be my co-worker and 
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> > patiently wait for minor phenomena? I think I foresee the answer. 
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> At 
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> > all events the holy lamp of spiritual light burning in you (however 
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> > dimly) there is hope for you, and -- for me, also. Yes; put 
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> yourself 
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> > 
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> > in search after natives if there are no English people to be had. 
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> But 
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> > think you, the spirit and power of persecution gone from this 
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> > enlightened age? Time will prove. Meanwhile, being human I have to 
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> > rest. I took no sleep for over 60 hours. 
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> > Ever yours truly, 
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> > KOOT' HOOMI. 
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> > And few sight over Collected writings, perhaps she have written 
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> more 
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> > in secret doctrine and key to theosophy, but I will let it for now: 
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> > HPB.Collected writings IV 
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> > Page 536 
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> > vehicles, if preferred, as to facilitate the manifestation of his 
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> > individuality in its original nature. 
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> > My own inference is that Advaita and this coincide, the former 
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> > considering that Jivan is Parabrahm, modified by the latter into 
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> > "Jivan is a part only of Parabrahm." 
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> > We believe not. A true esoteric Vedantic Advaitee would say: Aham 
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> eva 
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> > Parambrahm, "I am also Parabrahm." In its external manifestation 
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> > Jivan may be regarded as a distinct individualityâ?? the latter a 
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> maya; 
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> > in its essence or nature Jivan isâ??Parabrahm, the consciousness of 
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> the 
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> > Paramatma manifesting through, and existing solely in, the 
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> aggregated 
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> > Jivans viewed collectively. A creek in the shore of the ocean is 
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> one, 
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> > so long only as the land it stretches upon is not redeemed. Forced 
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> > back, its water becomes the ocean. 
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> > Considered in this manner, there is one Infinite, made up of 
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> > numberless infinites. 
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> > We are at a loss to know what our learned brother can mean by Jivan 
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> > being "dependent" on the whole, unless "inseparable 
> from" is meant. 
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> > If the whole is "all-pervading" and "infinite," all 
> its parts must 
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> be 
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> > indivisibly linked together. The idea of separation involves the 
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> > possibility of a vacuumâ??a portion of space or time where the whole 
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> is 
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> > supposed to be absent from some given point. Hence the absurdity of 
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> > speaking of the parts of one Infinite being also infinite. To 
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> > illustrate geometrically, suppose there is an infinite line, which 
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> > has neither a beginning nor end. Its parts cannot also be infinite, 
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> > for when you say "parts," they must have a beginning and end; 
> or, 
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> in 
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> > other words, they must be finite, either at one or the other end, 
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> > which is as evident a fallacy as to speak of an immortal soul which 
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> > was at some time createdâ??thus implying a beginning to that which, 
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> if 
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> > the word has any sense, is eternal. 
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> > Jiva, Iswara and Maya are considered to be real, all the three in 
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> > this light, i.e., as long as anything has existence, it is real or 
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> > true, although that existence may not last forever. The Advaitee 
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> says 
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> > that only that which is immutable is true, and all things temporary 
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> > and liable to change are illusionary; whereas the 
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> ViÅ?ishtadvaite e 
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> > says that as immutability is real in the eternity, so mutability is 
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> > also real for the time being, and so long as there is no change. My 
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> > own inference is that all the difficulty here lies in the words, 
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> > that the idea is one. 
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> > Collected writings VIII 
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> > Page 88 
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> > unknown principle called Parabrahman, Ã?di-Buddha, the "One and 
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> > Eternal Wisdom." 
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> > If there is a still greater absurdity than to speak of a cruel God: 
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> > it is to admit that God, the Great, Absolute Whole, could ever 
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> > interfere in terrestrial or human affairs. The infinite cannot 
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> > associate with the finite; the unconditioned ignores the 
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> conditioned 
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> > and the limited. The absolute "Intelligence- Wisdom" cannot act 
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> the 
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> > restricted space of a small globe. It is omnipresent and latent in 
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> > the Kosmos, infinite as itself. We find its only truly active 
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> > manifestation in humanity as a whole, composed as it is of stray 
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> > sparks, finite in their objective duration, eternal in their 
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> essence, 
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> > issuing from that Hearth without beginning or end. Therefore, the 
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> > only God whom we should serve is Humanity, and our only cult should 
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> > be the love of our fellow man. Doing evil towards him, we wound God 
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> > and make him suffer. When we deny our brotherly duties and refuse 
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> to 
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> > consider a pagan as well as a European as our brother, we deny God. 
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> > This is our religion and our dogmas. 
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> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, "christinaleestemak er" 
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> > wrote: 
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> > > Yes Cass, but than( after that trillion of years) we may hope 
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> that 
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> > > the infinite have taken place over the finite. 
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> > > Christina 
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> > > --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, Cass Silva 
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> wrote: 
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> > > > Within a cycle there is Christina - Each Manvantara has its 
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> > Pralaya 
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> > > - so one could argue that infinity resides in pre-pralaya and all 
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> > > else that is a result of it is still finite - even if we are 
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> > talking 
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> > > about trillions of our years. 
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> > > > Cass 
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> > > > --- On Fri, 23/1/09, christinaleestemake r 
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> > > > From: christinaleestemake r 
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> > > > Subject: 1. Maya . 2.Re: Theos-World Re: Our latest news: 
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> America 
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> > > run on guns!!! 
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> > > > To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com 
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> > > > Received: Friday, 23 January, 2009, 8:16 AM 
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> > > > As I understand well, if it is to be measured it is finite 
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> (Maya) 
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> > so 
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> > > > for that it is not the alpha and omega the infinite, what is 
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> > > > reality,which is not to be measured for there is no beginning 
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> > > no 
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> > > > end. 
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> > > > Christina 
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> > > > --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, Jayananda Hiranandani 
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> > > > wrote: 
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> > > > > The root of word maya, is ma (a is long as in father). It 
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> > > > measure, which makes it finite. In Sindhi, (an Indo-Aryan 
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> > > > with many Sanskrit words, perhaps 70 per cent), the word for 
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> > > > is mapa (first a is long as in father, the second is short as 
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> > > > final). 
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> > > > > Jayananda H. Hiranandani 
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> > > > > --- On Thu, 1/22/09, christinaleestemake r 
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> > > > > From: christinaleestemake r 
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> > > > > Subject: Theos-World Re: Our latest news: America run on 
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> guns!!! 
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> > > > > To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com 
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> > > > > Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 10:59 AM 
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> > > > > Mistake need to read for infinite -- FINITE=Maya 
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> > > > > Infinite is NOT 
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> > > > > Christina 
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> > > > > --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, 
> "christinaleestemak er" 
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> > > > > > Don't worry Adalasie and others. 
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> > > > > > All what is infinite is MAYA. 
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> > > > > > But I am glad I don't live in America. ( 70 % of 
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> > > > > > bought a gun (nov-dec and jan) accept the ones already 
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> > > > > > I don't think they use it for hunting on hares! 
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> > > > > > PS Here it is forbidden to have a gun, only policeman 
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