Theos-Talk Archives (January 1998 Message tt00251)

>Keith:
>
>Excuse me!  Can anyone really believe (well yes, anybody can believe
>anything really) that the limited number of human monads (sparks) from the
>one Monad (divine fire) is limited. Pa-lease!  I don't care who said it.

HPB wrote, on 171 of SD I, that the number of Monads are "almost
incalculable, they are still finite."  On 303 of vol. II she used the
word "countless", but still limited.  So there is no conflict between
limited & countless.  The number of stars in this galaxy are countless,
yet still limited.  The number of grains of sand on all our oceans'
beaches are countless, yet limited.

>p.s.  I stopped before I sent this message, because I don't want to take it
>back, but maybe modify the stridency.

I do not mind stridency.  You might consider pondering and investigating
a bit longer before responding though.

Best,

--
Nicholas <> am455@lafn.org <> Los Angeles <> "The evil that has overtaken
souls has its source in self-will...They...largely indulged their own
motion; thus they were hurried down the wrong path...they came to lose
even the thought of their origin in the Divine."  Plotinus