Theos-Talk Archives (May 2011 Message tt00080)

Dear Joaquim,

Thank you. This is an important issue.

Chan



--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "jdmsoares" <jdmsoares@...> wrote:
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> 
> Dear friends,
> 
> The Esoteric Philosophy could also be called the science of liberation
> and service.
> 
> This sublime wisdom was tested over millennia and preserved for all who
> seek to transform their lives.
> 
> We learn that this transformation is only possible by the complete
> submission of the lower self to higher self. The great sages have left
> us a road map to that supreme gold, consisting in high achievements. We
> also learn that this is a long process for many lives. We are always
> encouraged to TRY.
> 
> One of those achievements is known as "Viveka", or Discernment.
> 
> In order to reflect about this important issue, we have just published
> in our websites a article entitled:
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> "Viveka, or Spiritual Discrimination -
> 
> An Issue of Central Importance in the Art of Living"
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> 
> The direct links are: www.theosophyonline.com/ler.php?id=234
> and 
> www.esoteric-philosophy.com/2011/05/viveka-os-spiritual-discrimi\
> nation.html
> 
> We can read in the article:
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> "Shankara defines Viveka as discrimination; wisdom or Buddhi made
> active. In this seventh chapter, Sri Krishna emphasizes the need to
> translate knowledge into a living reality by practising it, i.e., the
> knowledge acquired through the higher mind has to be realized. Sri
> Krishna points out the difficulty involved in reaching perfection in the
> following verse:
> 
> "Among thousands of mortals a single one perhaps strives for
> perfection, and among those so striving perhaps a single one knows me as
> I am." (p. 53)
> 
> The same idea is echoed by both Buddha and Shankara. They say that it is
> difficult to be reborn as a human being. After being born as a human
> being, it is difficult to live the life of a man. To be truly human is
> to exhibit in us the natural qualities of a human being, viz.,
> "kindness, absence of every ill feeling or selfishness, charity,
> good-will to all, justice and generosity - attributes which belong
> specifically to the human kingdom and are natural to man when he has
> developed the qualities of a human being."  After having taken birth
> as a human being the difficulty is to get to hear the true Law. The
> final difficulty is to attain to enlightenment."
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> 
> Best regards, Joaquim
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