Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00363)

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From: "Cass Silva" <silva_cass@yahoo.com>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: Theos-World Christianity or not...


> Hi Bill
> What I am saying is that until I can proove the existence of the Masters 
> for myself I will take HPB's word for it.
**Lots of folks treat her word like gospel. I don't.

> The older I get the more I am realising that there are many intellectuals 
> out there but very few men of higher intelligence, I do not regard 
> specialists who practice in one particular field as more intelligent than 
> me, more specialised in that aspect of their development maybe, but we 
> (generally speaking) are all capable of learning what they have been 
> taught, if the environment is there and a willingness to apply the brain 
> to the work. Higher Intelligence IMO is an intelligence that has 
> outstripped matter, that I don't have, and that is what I believe the 
> great teachers have and who have passed this knowledge (intelligence) to 
> us.
**I appreciate your definition of higher intelligence. I note that it does 
not include perfect intelligence or absolute knowledge or even mastery of 
wisdom.
> Are you saying that you do not believe in the Masters until you can prove 
> their existence for yourself? Which, I believe is a valid conclusion.
**Thank you. I believe in masters. I had a master plumber work on my 
toilet the other day. The question is whether when you capitalize Master do 
you mean a perfect man? I have not met a perfect man. I am open to the 
possiblity that one exists and equally open to the possibility that one does 
not.


I like to imagine that there are perfected beings out there, so that 
inspirationally I can attain a higher ideal for myself. For me to imagine 
something is quite different from believing something.


**I understand you to be saying that you also do not believe in perfected 
beings in the sense that you have factual evidence of their existence? If 
so I agree.


> You say, especially since I have met many higher intelligences than mine 
> in just this lifetime alone. How did you come to this conclusion? It has 
> been my experience that many intellectuals have a way of distancing 
> themselves through specialised language to separate them from the ordinary 
> plebs like you and me. Whereas an intelligent man can speak with a king 
> and a servant so neither feel inferior.
**Cass, I really like this definition of intelligence. My grandfather was 
the most intelligent person I've known for this very reason. Without formal 
education, he couldn't read or write, but he could nurture the goodness in 
everything and everyone with simple words and considerate nods of his 
grey-white head.


best wishes,

bill







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