Theos-Talk Archives (January 2008 Message tt00119)

Christina,

What a good question. Why indeed read about the lives of the great 
ones who have gone before us? Is it to discover what their weaknesses 
were? To find out if they really were so great? One must look into 
the recesses of one's own heart to find the answer to that, but one 
point of view suggests that we are searching for guidance. After all, 
the students of one age are the great teachers of another age. Every 
student on the Path of Conscious At One Ment is travelling the way to 
Mastery, and those who have passed that way before have much to 
offer, by their example, of how to successfully navigate the steep 
and narrow track. It may not be very useful to us to judge others, 
past or present, based on our limited understanding of their real 
selves, but it is certainly inspiring to know that the great teachers 
and leaders of humanity did face personal struggles and did overcome 
their challenges with grace and dignity and courage and selflessness. 
Who knows when, in the depths of some soul-wrenching agony, any one 
of us may remember an example from the life of one of those we 
revere, where that one faced and overcame some similar difficulty and 
went to to triumph?  Would we not derive comfort and even possibly 
direction from the example? And how about when the student arrives at 
one of the many crossroads on the Path, and a decision is to be made, 
one that might affect him for ages to come? If he has information 
about decisions made by one of the great ones before him, he can make 
a more informed and possibly better decision. At any rate he will be 
more aware of what he is experiencing, and ultimately, consciousness 
is everything. WQJ said that.

All the best,
Adelasie

On 10 Jan 2008 at 11:41, christinaleestemaker wrote:

> The starting point was more a question of interest.
> And in that way I still have not find the answer.
> Why then read or have autobiographics?
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> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Cass Silva <silva_cass@...> wrote:
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> > So true Adelasie, until we have walked in their shoes, with their 
> psychology and an understanding of where another is on the path we 
> have no legs to stand on when it comes to another's karma.
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> >   Cass