Theos-Talk Archives (March 1995 Message tl00388)

K. Paul Johnson writes: . . . Judgment of people and
actions is going on inside us all the time.  What would it be
to transcend this?  How can we start to comprehend the real
nature of a theosophist?

Ann writes:
My guess is it would start with tolerance, then move on to a
willingness to understand another viewpoint, position and
condition.  The automatic judgment machine would have to be
replaced with an instant response of compassion.  Seems this
would require one to go beyond the level of the mental into the
intuitive.  One would have to view the situation from above,
rather than at the point of duality on earth.

I've gotten the impression that to be a "real theosophist", one
would strive to live as a Soul behind the mask of a personality.
Intuitive enough to be sensitive to promptings from a higher
level, yet have your sneakers firmly planted in the mud to be
able to do some good.  (The Lotus?)