Theos-Talk Archives (March 1999 Message tt00147)

Mar 15th


Dear Gerry:

Well this life I do not feel equipped to launch myself into the
unknown realms of the psychic, the astral and whatever.  When I
have acquired the capacity to control and to know how those
realms work then it is time enough o have something for me to do
with them.  At the moment I feel no necessity to do that.  I am
patient, and in the meantime I study all I can of what has been
said concerning them.

In any case I must touch on them when this body of mine sleeps.
But inasmuch as the brain rarely brings any definite memories, it
is obvious to me that this is not the time to tempt fate and step
into the unknown.  I am sure that many have gone there, but what
have they secured?

Do they live better lives?  Do they use whatever they experienced
for the betterment of humanity ?  What is the ethical and moral
value of such adventure ?

Dal


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-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-theos-talk@pippin.imagiware.com
[mailto:owner-theos-talk@pippin.imagiware.com] On Behalf Of
Gerald Schueler
Sent:	Monday, March 15, 1999 7:00 AM
To:	theos-talk@theosophy.com
Subject:	Theos-World The Lower Inner Planes

>>There is a large and hazy area of confusion concerning the area
which
in Theosophy is called the Astral, and the Pranic.  But the only
way t
find out if Theosophy provides useful information is
for a person to read its literature (which by now is pretty well
Indexed) and seek for information there.>>

Dallas, there is a better way. Go there and enperience them
for yourself. We don't have to be an Adept to do this.
We go into these realms every time we fall asleep, every
time we day-dream, every time we relect or turn inward.

One of the biggest stumbling blocks to occultism is
the idea that the astral and mental planes are "out there"
somewhere beyond us. The fact is, our body is on the
physical plane, our emotions are on the astral, and our
thoughts are on the mental. Every human being is
already on three planes (four if we count the etheric),
but they are so close to us that we tend to ignore them.

Jerry S.




















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