Theos-Talk Archives (April 1999 Message tt00149)

In a message dated 4/15/99 1:24:34 PM, you wrote:

<<<<However in the KEY TO THEOSOPHY you will find that HPB narrows and
defines the actual functions of the Theosophical principles and assigns
reasons for those.  Also in FIVE YEARS OF THEOSOPHY will be found an
article of hers on the SEVEN PRINCIPLES which antecedes the publishing
of the KEY.  In that the 7 principles are discussed from the point of
view of the Hindu schools and their basis is amply explained.>>>>

It is also pretty clear, from HPB's flexibility in using these 'principles' 
that they too are merely designations, and not realities in themselves.  The 
seven 'principles' provide a picture of the universe and man that opens up 
our perspective and encourages us to work for the highest, but we must not be 
attached to this constellation of energies as the final picture.  HPB says 
herself, according to Commander Bowen in his article "How to Study the Secret 
Doctrine," that one's ideas must continually change and become grander, until 
the best position is to have no 'position' at all, even on the seven 
principles.

Rich

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