[At right: Who among us can forget this image of Ted Kennedy showing up, soon after his surgery, for President Obama's inauguration? He simply HAD to be there for the First Black President of the United States!]
First, let's say "farewell" to an American who gave so much to so many: Senator Edward (Ted) M. Kennedy of Massachusetts! In a short life of 77 years (1932-2009), he gave selflessly, decently and humanly to all. A great man. It is at the end of life that we see how we measure up to the tasks we are given while on Earth: allowing the Spirit of God to manifest in and shine through us as our individuality. Ted, you EXCELLED!
Farewell Ted!Your Light will live on forever!
[Below is the final part of a look at Theosophy's application in our everyday lives]
Remember the days, when One plus One Equaled Two.
Two Plus Two Equaled Four.
Today, One-Plus-One Equals Ten.
Two-Plus-Two Equals Twenty or Two Hundred.
How did our simple world of 1+1=2 and 2+2=4 get so
complicated? HOW?
Are you asking ME?
I certainly don't have the answers, but I have theories, beliefs, thoughts
and insights into the new equations of things in our lives.
One-plus-One now equals 10, because with each one added, there are several factors added with each ONE. So, for example, a "ONE" often now has about FIVE subparts. You add that one to another with five subparts and you get 10.
So, that's how we get 10.
Okay.
So, how did we get the FIVE subsets added to the ONE?
That happened because as humans we no longer accept the status quo.This is not necessarily a bad thing!
In earlier times, we were struggling for mere survival on earth.
So, if we cooked a chicken, it was cooked ONLY one way, i.e. oven fired, and it fed ONLY our family. Today, if we were to cook only one chicken, there are myriad of ways that chicken could be cooked, i.e. fried, baked, grilled or broiled. It can be highly seasoned or not highly seasoned. If we fry it, we can do it simply or make it extra crispy.
Have you been to a Kentucky Fried Chicken recently and tried to order?
Have you been to a McDonald's or Wendy's or Burger King?
Boy oh boy! If you haven't, you're in for a shock at the array of options you have simply for wanting chicken or a hamburger.
We now have refined our tastes and no longer are we simply content with the basics.
So, in order to accommodate "all of the needs of all of the people all of the time", we have to provide options.
Then, we get 1 plus 1 equaling 10 or 20.
"Never No Mind" how 2 plus 2 equals 400. That's a whole other story, as you can tell.
I don't know about you, but I look back on the simplicity of my childhood when you were born, you worked, you got married, you had babies and you died and got buried. You came, you lived, you died.
Today, we are born.
We grow.
We work: maybe; maybe not.
We may or may not get married.
We may or may not have babies.
We may choose to be buried or cremated.
We are not simply, living and dying anymore.
There is so much else in between.
The world is complicated in all the ways and circumstances in which
we could find ourselves.
If we want to be OF the world, we MUST follow the changes in the world or we'll be left behind.
Try job hunting today through newspapers advertisements, like we
did before.
Try submitting your resume' through the mail, like we did before.
Try believing that you'll stay in your small town all of your life.
There's a saying that there's only one sure thing in life: Death.
So what do we do in between?
We put our trust in God.
We can choose to be IN the World...but certainly NOT OF the world.
We certainly can choose not to respond to all the twists and turns in life.
Do you know ONE sure way that you One and One can add up to Two?
No actually, the one sure way One + One would always equal ONE?
GOD + You = Two
God + You = One Spirit in One Body.
(If you have any doubt, then cut/paste this link to an Amazing Woman!
http://www.elegantbay.com/main/amazingwoman.htm)
That's what the sixth and seventh aspects of Theosophy mean when the teaching focuses on the "buddhi" and the "atman" levels of our evolution here on Earth. [See blog post on August 2, 2009, on Theosophy]. The seventh is just a stronger degree of actualizing this "One Spirit in One Body" by those of us who would be "oh, so human!"
"Recognize the 'Spirit of the Lord' within, so that it may go before you to make EASY your way!" For Edward M. Kennedy, we know that he was led by the light within even before his death. May we ALL be similarly Blessed!
Namaste',
Che'
NOTE: I don't know about YOU...but I can't wait to "sink my teeth" into "True Compass," Ted's memoir, being published and released by Twelve Publishing Company, on Sept. 14, 2009!
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