Post by GusR on May 20, 2023 8:56:51 GMT -5
"The Vector and Backing Away from Untruth" is one of the more misunderstood parts of Richard Rose's writings.
This chapter of the book "Passages" will be discussed this Sunday May 21, 2023 at 2PM EST on JitSi.
(your invitation is at the bottom)Dan G's Sunday Book Discussion hosts a review of "Passages" as introduction and discussion of Richard Rose's Albigen System. "Passages: An Introduction and Commentary on Richard Rose’s Albigen System" by Mike Gegenheimer and Shawn Nevins was written to be "as a concise yet deep plunge into these valuable spiritual teachings" (John Kent on back cover).
Whether you own a copy (https://amzn.to/3c2ulN0) or not, Dan G. will host the next 11 Sunday meetings to both familiarize and answer so many questions of what Rose's system is about.
Passages is a very short book, designed as a simple introduction in concise segments to what Rose has to offer a seeker.
Dan scheduled the next 11 Sundays for participants to grasp the basic idea of each segment and to express their reactions to the short quotations and commentary by the authors. It's an opportunity to better understand Rose's challenging approach to philosophical and spiritual work.
Any participant, either with or without the book can follow from the preparatory quotes sent prior to each meeting (see below). Or attend only those meetings which spark curiosity.
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Meetings for this series is on the first and third Sunday of each month, 2-3:30PM EST.
The next meeting is Sunday, May 21, 2PM EST "The Vector and Backing Away from Untruth" chapter
The book is Passages: An Introduction and Commentary on Richard Rose’s Albigen System, by Mike Gegenheimer and Shawn Nevins available here:
amzn.to/3c2ulN0
Book Club Meeting at the same JitSi link:
(email selfinquirer@aol.com for link)
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The Vector and Backing Away from Untruth /May 21, 2023
Conservation and Transmutation of Energy /June 4
Conservation and Transmutation of Energy /June 4
Meditation /June18
The Ladder of Progress /July 2
Between-ness /July16
Intuition /Aug 6
The Threefold Path /Aug 20
Working with Groups and Teachers /Sept 3
Commitment /Sept 17
Last Words /Oct 1
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Here's short excerpt from Bart Marshall's "Ten One-liners" (TAT Forum Sept 2009) regarding a Reverse Vector:
Here's short excerpt from Bart Marshall's "Ten One-liners" (TAT Forum Sept 2009) regarding a Reverse Vector:
"#8 Back away from untruth.
This is a big one. As seekers we think we're taking dead aim on Truth, and that as we proceed on the path we become ever more spiritual and get closer to our goal. Unfortunately, that's not how it works.
There's no way we can search for Truth because we don't know what it is or where to look. We may not even recognize it if it stared us in the face—which paradoxically, is just what it does every moment of your life.
But as far as the search goes, the best we can do is recognize untruths and discard them. This is what Rose called the reverse vector. In other words, the path is subtractive. The process is to uncover ignorance within you and without you—and reject it.
In the yogic tradition they say neti, neti—"not this, not this." The Tao Te Ching says:
For students of knowledge,
every day something is acquired.
For observers of Tao,
every day something falls away."
This is a big one. As seekers we think we're taking dead aim on Truth, and that as we proceed on the path we become ever more spiritual and get closer to our goal. Unfortunately, that's not how it works.
There's no way we can search for Truth because we don't know what it is or where to look. We may not even recognize it if it stared us in the face—which paradoxically, is just what it does every moment of your life.
But as far as the search goes, the best we can do is recognize untruths and discard them. This is what Rose called the reverse vector. In other words, the path is subtractive. The process is to uncover ignorance within you and without you—and reject it.
In the yogic tradition they say neti, neti—"not this, not this." The Tao Te Ching says:
For students of knowledge,
every day something is acquired.
For observers of Tao,
every day something falls away."
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