Theos-Talk Archives (February 2002 Message tt00364)

Maurice Cotterell; Maya Cosmogenesis 2012.
Bri.

--- In theos-talk@y..., Mic Forster <micforster@y...> wrote:
> Dear Adelasie,
> Yes I believe we are at a pivatol moment in evolution,
> not just human evolution but the evolution of all
> consciousness. One of my favourite cultures of all
> time are the Mayans and I believe they have a vey
> important message for us. Firstly, it is tentively
> hypothosised that they disappeared due to an
> ecological disaster - ie they consumed all their
> resources and their society collapsed in the face of
> stronger neighbours. Much like the Rapa Nui on Easter
> Island. As an ecologists I would love to go to the
> Yucatan and do some palynology on sediments in the
> area - if it were proven this would have profound
> consequneces for the very materialistic world we
> westerners live in (on the bus on the way home today I
> took note of what people were reading - 5 people were
> reading the financial section of the newspaper, a guy
> was looking at motorbikes, two ladies were yaking over
> a clothes catalogue and one lady was reading Harry
> Potter!). 
> 
> But the second lesson they have left us is even more
> pertinent. As a theosophist I would love to know this
> inside out and back to front as I believe it holds
> that scientific/mathematical/synchronicity secret to
> what our current consciousness is going through. I am
> in the process of rearranging my books and I can't
> find the one I am thinking of which explains what I
> mean so eloquently. In the meantime I will relate a
> very coarse version of it but when I find the book I
> will elaborate. Basically the author believes that we
> are going through a one cycle of very many. He relates
> a chronological sequence from approximately 5000 years
> ago up to that magic date in 2012 of conscious
> evolution. I wish I could find this book. I'll leave
> it at that for the time being...
> Mic
> 
> --- adelasie <adelasie@s...> wrote:
> > Dear Mic,
> > 
> > That was certainly a very unfortunate statement and
> > I am wondering if 
> > maybe it was meant as some sort of a joke. It
> > certainly doesn't fit 
> > with the spirit of the opening night reporting I
> > heard, which was 
> > aimed at the spirit of people of the world coming
> > together to 
> > celebrate excellence in sporting events. 
> > 
> > But your question makes me think of some issues
> > related to theosophy. 
> > These are turbulent times. Probably most people are
> > wondering how 
> > trends and events of the past few months will affect
> > their lives, 
> > with questions about the economy, world trade,
> > possible war, etc. In 
> > my little corner of the USA, and elsewhere, there
> > are concerns about 
> > restrictions of civil rights. But in the larger
> > picture, I wonder if 
> > anyone sees the possibility that theosophy gives us
> > some very 
> > specific guidelines for conduct in such times. We
> > can see perhaps 
> > that it is no accident that these teachings came
> > into human 
> > consciousness at this point in our evolution, and
> > that they can be 
> > used by those who value them possibly to generate
> > some positive 
> > influence. Certainly the possibilities of
> > communication are amplified 
> > in recent years beyond anything previously
> > available, by the internet 
> > and electronic media in general. Isn't this the time
> > we could use 
> > these tools to spread these teachings and make them
> > available to more 
> > people, when they may be helpful in the current
> > crisis? 
> > 
> > I think the shockwaves of 911 have opened up some
> > new channels in our 
> > consciousness. Maybe this is the time to pour some
> > light into these 
> > cracks in our traditional mindset, and start some
> > lines of thought 
> > about the unity of all life, the real source of
> > power, the debt of 
> > compassion and sympathy that we owe to all our
> > brothers and sisters 
> > who suffer under the yoke of materialism, the
> > responsibility we all 
> > share for everything that happens to the collective
> > entity that we 
> > call humanity.
> > 
> > Any thoughts?
> > 
> > Adelasie
> > 
> > On 10 Feb 2002 at 15:40, Mic Forster wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > This is a post for our American friends out
> > there. Here in Australia
> > > there is a lot of talk about American patriotism
> > since Sept 11 and
> > > this was demonstrated at the opening ceremony of
> > the Winter Olympics.
> > > Although I did not watch this the local paper
> > stated that when the
> > > Iranian team entered the NBC announcer
> > proclaimed: "And here comes
> > > Iran - a member of the axis of evil". I must
> > admit that as an
> > > outsider I am deeply concerned at the way
> > Americans are behaving. And
> > > as an outsider and an avid reader of Nazi Germany
> > I must also admit
> > > that there are many, many parallels between what
> > I see occurring in
> > > America today and what occurred in Germany
> > between 1933 and 1939. As
> > > Americans do you feel that this is occurring? Is
> > there a general
> > > drive from the common man on the street to see
> > this so called axis of
> > > evil shattered? This email is not meant to be
> > insulting, I would just
> > > like to hear from an American point of view. I
> > would also just like
> > > to let you know the sentiments of the rest of the
> > wRegards from down
> > > und
> > > 
> > > 
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