Theos-Talk Archives (February 2000 Message tt00016)

Feb 6th 2000

Dear Jim:

It occurred to me in view of your inquiries that it might be
helpful you started to erect an edifice in the shape of what you
have acquired on information from Theosophy.

Why not do this on the computer page/file ?

1.   in a column as you can move things around -- then

2.  as facts questions and ideas emerge enter them opposite the
keys in a 2nd column.

3.  In addition either place opposite those the theories or
conclusion of our modern knowledge/science.  As a 3rd column put
in your observations or questions

If we can use this to exchange information back and forth we will
be able to make answers or suggest adjustments.  It might
eliminate a lot of explanations .  Also, it might to get to look
a lot like HPB's KEY TO THEOSOPHY.  We could then draw up
"chapters" for those items that related more specifically to a
subject.

There will be overlapping as inevitably certain laws,
information, queries and operations will span the arbitrary
divisions we might at first create.

My object is to reduce complexity to a rather brief but living
set of concepts, which we all might think about and use.



Let me advance the following and see if it is useful:


=======================================================
SUBJECT		QUESTIONS		EXISTING OPINIONS
  Theosophy		  Observations		  of Science, Academies
    offers:		      Why, How, Where ?
=======================================================



BROTHERHOOD	Fact ?			Evidence:
						  cellular cooperation in body



UNITY			In diversity		Of Universe expanding ?
			Harmony of		Is LIFE united ?
			   diversities ?		Cooperation




LAW /LAWS		Many evidences in	Physical evidence available
				science		Laws of physics & chemistry, etc.
						Mathematics
						String theory
						Indeterminacy,
						Fractiles,




LAW			Moral Law		Proof?  Brotherhood ?




IMMORTALITY		Proof?			Atoms held to be
			Spirit ?			Prove it ?
			Matter			Atoms ?
						Permanency ?



MONAD			Atma/Buddhi		Proof ?
			Perceiving SELF.
			HIGHER SELF
			"Ray" of Universal SPIRIT




EVOLUTION		Of all Nature and	Proof ?
			  of each being		Proof
			Monad causes individual
			 evolution		Proof ?




REINCARNATION	Of Intelligence,		Proof ?
			  Consciousness	In / Out of the Brain ?
			After-Death states	Near-Death-Experiences
						Historical evidence



KARMA			Unified impersonal	Proof ?
			  Law of progress for
			   all beings.		Prove it.




MATTER		Atoms, Molecules, Cells, SPACE shown full of
			crystals, Proteins, etc...	    atomic particles
						Dark Matter ?
			Gases liquids solids	Black Holes




ASTRAL MATTER	Electro-Magnetic fields	Morpho-genetic field
			Field structure for
			  arrangement of Atoms,
			  molecules, cells, etc.
						Genetics & gnome




LEARNING &		Earth a School	  	Prove it.
  WISDOM		Humans are immortal	Proof?
			  Pupils
			Each Life -- a Day in	Proof ?
			  School
			Memory impacted in	Proof?
			  Permanent MIND.




RELIGION		Many Practices 		ARE THEY NECESSARY ?
			Gaps in logic between	Why does not Science give
			  fact, belief, faith, hope      answers yet ?
			Who or What is correct ?



LOGIC / BELIEF	Truth--How to find it ?	If facts change who or
what
						  do we trust ?
			Philosophies
			Deductive/inductive	Empiricism
						Observation and Recording

BEST ATTITUDE 	Observe, seek causes	Observe, record everything
  TO ADOPT					  honestly and exactly

			Draw in all available	Frame hypotheses with
			  information		  willingness to modify as
						  needed.



ORIENTALISM		Honesty in 		Secure original texts
  ANCIENT WISDOM	  translation		   Honesty in translation
						  Avoid rigidity in theories

						Offer hypotheses guardedly



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Best wishes:

Dallas

dalval@nwc.net


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