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re Dallas's " dreams?" and Mauri's "real"...

Jan 05, 2005 03:48 PM
by Mauri


W.Dallas TenBroeck wrote, in part:
Jan 5 2005

Dear M:

Here are some statements on "dreams: to consider:

SLEEP and DREAMS

Best wishes

Dallas

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mauri Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 8:46 AM
To:
Subject: re "real " Dreams ?

Thanks, Dallas, but as I recall, my reference to the word "real" was in a general sense. I had in mind anything at all that one might think of as "real" in any kind of sense. And so, as I see it, "not real," eg, could be seen as "real" in some sense that might be defined as "real" in terms of "not real." That is, as I tend to see it, the nature of all definitions/interpretations on dualistic planes generally depend on various forms of interpretive (karmic) comparisons based on initial (again "karmic") assumptions---"per karmic influnces," in a sense. And so, as a result, while such "realities" might be seen to play a substantial role in one's life, one might, at some point, (I'm speculating), realize that one's Theosophical studies, eg, have an exoteric/intepretive aspect to them that can be misleading if it's taken literally or "too literally" in that while one might find many forms of "exoteric versions" helpful, I feel that the "real" helpfulness in one's t/Theosophical studies might basically depend on some form of what's known as "reading between the lines," or intuition. I suspect that throughout history there's been a struggle between literal/orthodox interpretations, on the one hand, and the "more-intuitive/broader" or "gnostic" interpretive tendencies on the other hand. Theosophy, as I tend to interpret it, and as I think HPB represented it in its essential ("esoteric") sense, makes "more sense" where it's "read between the lines" or where the "exoteric versions" are used only as helpful clues towards an understanding that, in it's Realer aspects, would transcend such "versions" by way of intuitive guidance and such as "just being," eg.

Best wishes,
Mauri


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