[melanie]

This is very useful information. Drifter..... Thanks.

Quote...
The charge of pretension and ignorance is more grave still in the
case of those Theosophists guilty of the fault, who happen to
believe -- as so many do -- that even in those disciples whose
duties in the world are nil from the very beginning, and who have
devoted themselves to self-renunciation and self-study so long
that they are immeasurably beyond the members of our Society, the
defects due to family, tribal, and national inheritance are now
and then observable.

It seems to be time, then, that no Theosophist shall ever be
guilty of making pretension to any one that he or she has
attained to the high place which now and then some assume to have
reached. Much better is it to be conscious of our defects and
weaknesses, always ready to acknowledge the truth that, being
human, we are not able to always or quickly reach the goal of
effort.


We are what we only pretend to be. So we must be careful about what we pretend to be. ~ Kurt Vonnegut


Any number of philosophies maintaining that a knowledge of God may be achieved through spiritual ecstasy, direct intuition, or special individual relations.

Our 'conscience' already knows ... And it ain't nothing special... unless it is! .. lol