RE: HPB on Intuition and true Theosophy.
Dec 16, 1999 06:14 AM
by W. Dallas TenBroeck
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Thanks Arnaldo
Coincidence: I was reading this same passage about 1 hour before I read
yours.
LE PHARE DE L'INCONNU is a splendid article. I would also draw your
attention to the Footnotes that HPB attached to the article by Dr.
Hubbe-Schleiden under the title WORLD IMPROVEMENT
(see BCW, Vol 11, p. 343 on )
Have a good year in 2,000 and the future.
All best wishes.
Dallas
-----Original Message-----
From: Arnaldo Sisson Filho [mailto:asisson@zaz.com.br]
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 5:02 PM
To: Theosophy Study List
Subject: HPB on Intutition and true Thesophy.
Few days ago I sent this quotation to another list.
I thought it could be useful to share it with this list
as well.
Best wishes to all,
Arnaldo.
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HPB: Intuition and =B4true Theosophy=B4.
"Every one of us possesses the faculty, the interior sense, known as
intuition, but how rare are those who know how to develop it! It is,
however, the only faculty by means of which men and things are seen in th=
eir
true colors. It is an instinct of the soul, which grows in us in proporti=
on
to the use we make of it, and which helps us to perceive and understand r=
eal
and absolute facts with far more certainty than can the simple use of our
sense and logic enable us to reason.
"What are called good sense and logic enable us to see the appearance o=
f
things, that which is evident to everyone. The instinct of which I speak,
being a projection of our perspective consciousness, a projection which a=
cts
from the subjective to the objective, and not vice versa, awakens the
spiritual senses in us and the power to act; these senses assimilate to
themselves the essence of the object or of the action under examination, =
and
represent them to us as they really are, not as they appear to our physic=
al
senses and to our cold reason. "We begin with instinct, we end with
omniscience," says Professor A. Wilder, our oldest colleague.
"Iamblicus has described this faculty, and some of us have been able to
appreciate the truth of his description:
""There exists (he says) a faculty in the human mind which is immensel=
y
superior to all those which are grafted or engendered in us. By means of =
it
we cam attain to union with superior intelligences, finding ourselves rai=
sed
above the scenes of this earthly life, and partaking of the higher existe=
nce
and superhuman powers of the inhabitants of the celestial spheres. By thi=
s
faculty we find ourselves finally liberated from the dominion of Destiny
(Karman), and we become, so to say, arbiters of our own fate. For when th=
e
most excellent part of us finds itself filled with energy, and when our s=
oul
is lifted up towards essences higher than science, it can separate itself
from the conditions which hold it in bondage to everyday life; it exchang=
es
its ordinary existence for another one, and renounces the conventional
habits which belong to the external order of things, to give itself up to=
,
and mix itself with, another order of things which reigns in that most
elevated state of existence ..." (Iamblicus, De Mysteriis, VIII, 6 and 7)
"Plato expressed the same idea in a couple of lines:
""The light and spirit of the Divinity are the wings of the soul. They
raise it to communion with the gods, above this earth, with which the spi=
rit
of man is too ready to soil itself ... To become like the gods, is to bec=
ome
holy, just and wise. That is the end of which man was created, and that
ought to be his aim in the acquisition of knowledge." (Phaedrus, 246, D.E=
.;
Theaetetus, 176 B)
"This is true Theosophy, inner Theosophy, that of the soul." (Extract f=
rom
"The Beacon of the Unkown", HPB, Collected Writings, XI, 253-4)
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Arnaldo</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D190091513-16121999>Coincidence: I was reading this same =
passage=20
about 1 hour before I read yours.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D190091513-16121999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D190091513-16121999>LE=20
PHARE DE L'INCONNU is a splendid article. I would also draw your =
attention=20
to the Footnotes that HPB attached to the article by Dr. =
Hubbe-Schleiden =20
under the title WORLD IMPROVEMENT </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3DArial size=3D2>(see BCW, Vol 11, p. =
343 on )=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D190091513-16121999>Have a=20
good year in 2,000 and the future.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D190091513-16121999></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000080 face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D190091513-16121999>All=20
best wishes.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<P><FONT size=3D2>Dallas </FONT></P>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"=20
size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Arnaldo Sisson = Filho=20
[mailto:asisson@zaz.com.br]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 15, =
1999 5:02=20
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Theosophy Study List<BR><B>Subject:</B> HPB on =
Intutition and=20
true Thesophy.<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>Few days ago I sent this quotation to another=20
list.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>I thought it could be useful to share it with this =
list</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3>as well.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D""><FONT =
size=3D3></FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D3><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>Best wishes to all, </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D""><FONT =
size=3D3></FONT></FONT><FONT=20
size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D""><FONT =
size=3D3></FONT></FONT><FONT size=3D3><FONT=20
color=3D#000000>Arnaldo.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D3></FONT></FONT><FONT=20
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"" size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"" size=3D3>HPB: Intuition and =
=B4true Theosophy=B4.=20
</FONT></DIV></B>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"" size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"" size=3D3>"Every one of us =
possesses the=20
faculty, the interior sense, known as intuition, but how rare are =
those who=20
know how to develop it! It is, however, the only faculty by means of =
which men=20
and things are seen in their true colors. It is an <I>instinct of the=20
soul</I>, which grows in us in proportion to the use we make of it, =
and which=20
helps us to perceive and understand real and absolute facts with far =
more=20
certainty than can the simple use of our sense and logic enable us to=20
reason.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"" size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"" size=3D3>"What are called good =
sense and logic=20
enable us to see the appearance of things, that which is evident to =
everyone.=20
The instinct of which I speak, being a projection of our perspective=20
consciousness, a projection which acts from the subjective to the =
objective,=20
and not <I>vice versa</I>, awakens the spiritual senses in us and =
<B><I>the=20
power to act</B></I>; these senses assimilate to themselves the =
essence of the=20
object or of the action under examination, and represent them to us as =
they=20
really are, not as they appear to our physical senses and to our cold =
reason.=20
"We begin with instinct, we end with omniscience," says Professor A. =
Wilder,=20
our oldest colleague. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"" size=3D3></FONT><FONT =
color=3D#000000 face=3D""=20
size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"" size=3D3>"Iamblicus has described =
this faculty,=20
and some of us have been able to appreciate the truth of his=20
description:</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"" size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> <FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"" size=3D3>""There exists (he =
says) a=20
faculty in the human mind which is immensely superior to all those =
which are=20
grafted or engendered in us. By means of it we cam attain to union =
with=20
superior intelligences, finding ourselves raised above the scenes of =
this=20
earthly life, and partaking of the higher existence and superhuman =
powers of=20
the inhabitants of the celestial spheres. By this faculty we find =
ourselves=20
finally liberated from the dominion of Destiny (Karman), and we =
become, so to=20
say, arbiters of our own fate. For when the most excellent part of us =
finds=20
itself filled with energy, and when our soul is lifted up towards =
essences=20
higher than science, it can separate itself from the conditions which =
hold it=20
in bondage to everyday life; it exchanges its ordinary existence for =
another=20
one, and renounces the conventional habits which belong to the =
external order=20
of things, to give itself up to, and mix itself with, another order of =
things=20
which reigns in that most elevated state of existence ..." (Iamblicus, =
<I>De=20
Mysteriis</I>, VIII, 6 and 7)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"" size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"" size=3D3>"Plato expressed the =
same idea in a=20
couple of lines:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"" size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"" size=3D3>""The light and spirit =
of the Divinity=20
are the wings of the soul. They raise it to communion with the gods, =
above=20
this earth, with which the spirit of man is too ready to soil itself =
... To=20
become like the gods, is to become holy, just and wise. That is the =
end of=20
which man was created, and that ought to be his aim in the acquisition =
of=20
knowledge." (Phaedrus, 246, D.E.; Theaetetus, 176 B)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"" size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"" size=3D3>"This is true Theosophy, =
inner=20
Theosophy, that of the soul." (Extract from "The Beacon of the =
Unkown", HPB,=20
<I>Collected Writings</I>, XI, 253-4)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"" size=3D3></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D""=20
size=3D3></FONT> </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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