Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00308)

Carlos,

It is very useful to remember the cyclic contour of our evolution. 

> Yes, I agree. But this is cyclic, no doubt, as everything in life.  Things once revealed are now 'occult' again.
> 
> That which we once knew, we know no more.  Learning (something) needs  forgetting (other things).  Learning needs forgetting in order to make room in our lives for that which is new. 
> 
> And Plato rightfully says that learning is also 'remembering' that which we once knew -- and forgot. 
> 
> Cycles within cycles...  of light & learning.

Perhaps we could also agree that the revealing of things that need to 
be kept secret is not really the province of the students of 
occultism. We may be in a situation where we personally are told not 
to reveal something we are told. This is a matter of personal honor, 
a test of our readiness to know more. It applies to personal life as 
well as to progress on the path to enlightenment. 

But if we have not personally received this warning, and we are 
attempting to apply what we have learned to our lives and problems, 
or to helping others, surely we may allow ourselves to use whatever 
of knowledge or even wisdom we have managed to build within 
ourselves. 

Fortunately the timing of cyclic revealing and concealing is not up 
to the students. It is the Teachers who have this responsibility, and 
the Teachers function in accordance with the Laws of Karma, the 
details of which we students are not currently priveledged to know. 
There are many cases in history of knowledge that has been withdrawn 
because of misuse on the material plane. 

May we not trust Those Who Know to guide us correctly and in our own 
and everyone else's better interest? 

Adelasie