hanzosbm
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Gentlemen, thank you for the input.
Brother dfreybur, I probably stated that 'if' a little too simply. Although, going into these philosophies too deeply could be a book unto itself.
I have found that the more I study, the more links I see between different religions/philosophies. Granted, this might be because of the ideas that many of the early writers had that linked them all, but nonetheless, I think compelling arguments can be made. WL Wilmshurst compared it to the story of the 7 men examining an elephant in the dark. Each man later describing a completely different animal based on the part of the elephant they were examining (tusk, trunk, leg, etc).
I continue to find more and more overlap if I'm willing to just tweek the way I look at things. I once compared this to the movie The Sixth Sense. You think you understand the story being told, until you get that one tiny piece of information that then completely changes the story, and at the same time, makes things fit even more perfectly.
What I found interesting is that the readings I have done by Theosophists seems to indicate that they have the knowledge, but not the understanding. In another thread I commented about why this might very well be why such important things must be discovered rather than taught. It seems like they have all of the pieces of the puzzle in front of them, but they view them all separately. If they just took the pieces they had, looked for where they connect, and put it all together...
As we know, society at large is blind to the things we have come to understand. Even most Freemasons never attempt to lift the veil of allegory. Those that do and who begin to see the light are so few and far between that it's next to impossible to gather and discuss these things. I had hoped that the Theosophical Society having all the pieces would be a place for that, but it appears it is not. So the search continues.
Brother dfreybur, I probably stated that 'if' a little too simply. Although, going into these philosophies too deeply could be a book unto itself.
I have found that the more I study, the more links I see between different religions/philosophies. Granted, this might be because of the ideas that many of the early writers had that linked them all, but nonetheless, I think compelling arguments can be made. WL Wilmshurst compared it to the story of the 7 men examining an elephant in the dark. Each man later describing a completely different animal based on the part of the elephant they were examining (tusk, trunk, leg, etc).
I continue to find more and more overlap if I'm willing to just tweek the way I look at things. I once compared this to the movie The Sixth Sense. You think you understand the story being told, until you get that one tiny piece of information that then completely changes the story, and at the same time, makes things fit even more perfectly.
What I found interesting is that the readings I have done by Theosophists seems to indicate that they have the knowledge, but not the understanding. In another thread I commented about why this might very well be why such important things must be discovered rather than taught. It seems like they have all of the pieces of the puzzle in front of them, but they view them all separately. If they just took the pieces they had, looked for where they connect, and put it all together...
As we know, society at large is blind to the things we have come to understand. Even most Freemasons never attempt to lift the veil of allegory. Those that do and who begin to see the light are so few and far between that it's next to impossible to gather and discuss these things. I had hoped that the Theosophical Society having all the pieces would be a place for that, but it appears it is not. So the search continues.