Theos-Talk Archives (July 2003 Message tt00057)

Hi all of you,



My views are only views and that is a fact:



Here is a little something.





To Cause Annoyance





The Theosophy Master said:

'Write to X (the leader of a branch somewhere in USA) and tell hima that I have

no time to 

engage him in correspondance, and therefore have nothing to

say to his letter.'



The disciple R. Ats a little fat one with a bend neck said:

'Is it your intention to annoy him with this letter?'



The Theosophy Master said:

'He has been annoyed by some of my writings. This annoyance

has caused him to write to me. My purpose in writing the

passage which angers him was to anger such as he.'



The disciple R. Ats said:

'And this letter willanger him further?'



The Theosophy Master said:

'Yes. When he was enraged at what I wrote, he did not

observe his own anger, which was my intention. He thought

that he was observing me, whereas he was only feeling angry.

Now I write again, to arouse anger, so that he will see that he

is angry. The objective is for the man to realize that my work

is a mirror in which he sees himself.'



The disciple R. Ats said:

'The people of the ordinary world always regard those who

cause anger as ill-intentioned.'



The Theosophy Master said:

'The child may regard the adult who tries to remove a thorn

from his hand as ill-intentioned. Is that a justification for trying

to prevent the child from growing up?'



The disciple R. Ats said:

'And if the child harbours a grudge against the adult who

removes the thorn?'



The Theosophy Master said:

'The child does not really harbour that grudge, because

something in him knows the truth.'



The disciple R. Ats said:

'But what happens if he never comes to know himself, and

yet continues to imagine that others are motivated by personal

feelings?'



The Theosophy Master said:

'If he never gets to know himself, it makes no difference as

to what he thinks of other people, because he can never have

any appreciation of what other people are really like.'



The disciple R. Ats said:

'Is it not possible, instead of arousing anger a second time,

to explain that the original writing was composed for this

purpose, and invite the Mulla to review his previous feelings?'



The Theosophy Master said:

'It is possible to do this, but it will have no right effect.

Rather will it have adverse effect. If you tell the man your

reason he will imagine that you are excusing yourself, and this

will arouse in him sentiments which are harmful only to him.

Thus, by explaining you are actually acting to this detriment.'





Please: I am doing my best...







from

M. sufilight with peace and love...


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