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THE FOURTHWAY MANHO E-JOURNAL Volume 88 November 16, 2019 |
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BEING AND KNOWLEDGE; ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE By Professor Dr. Tan Man-Ho (Chen Wanhe) (An excerpt from the original work, Real World Views, Book 13, by Professor Dr. Tan Man-Ho entitled, "Principles of the Logico-Psychophilosophical Methods in its Applications to Problems of the Real World," March 1982 ~ September 1983 Discourses, Chapter 3, Section A & D, "Being and Knowledge; Esoteric Knowledge," pp. 125~126; pp. 153~154)
A. BEING AND KNOWLEDGE 1
It is the psyche, the level of being
and consciousness, which is really
knowing the world. Being is the base
for knowledge to grow. A being-cat emanates
cat-"knowledge",
a crocodile emanates
crocodile-"knowledge" and a man emanates
man-knowledge.
Man-knowledge
is not equal to dolphin-knowledge.
Therefore, knowledge depends on the type of being that you are born into.
A plant is a being without knowledge. But being is very great by
itself and may not need a “nuisance” bearing the name “knowledge”.
That is mainly for being bearing the name “man”. 2
By changing our being, we raise our level
and therefore enhance our ability to understand greater knowledge. 3
The Horizontal Being is only capable of
horizontal motives; the Vertical Being, the vertical motives. 4
Men take it for granted that they know
when in fact they do not. Often their emotional pride places them far up in
the Heaven. They are also trapped by this very emotional illusion
themselves. 5
Acquisition of practical knowledge is
better than acquisition of plenty of impractical ideas. 6
First know the nature of your emotions and
the emotional states. Acquire new forms of emotion through slow
practice and constant repetition. This will alter the foundation of
the emotional states. Just like knowledge and being, so we have
feeling and being as well as movement and being. 7
Certain knowledge cannot be understood
under unsuitable inner states. After hectic work, pick up a book on
meditation. Try to understand it. You will soon realize that
unless your inner state changes you will find it hard to understand it. 8
Knowledge acquisition is the opposite of
meditation. The former seeks to build up a network of relations, laws
and order in the intellectual faculty; the latter seeks to release the mind
from their imprisonment. 9
He is only capable of carrying a few
limited passengers. All higher passengers do not ride on him because
he is constructed for carrying just these limited passengers. His mind
works in the only way it is formed to accommodate them. Certain types
of passengers can harbor at higher being level but not on the lower ones.
D. ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE
1
Esoteric knowledge is rare and exists for the
higher minds. It is hidden in the core of conscious brains and is of a
very deep nature. It is inaccessible knowledge, and is scarcely known
in the outer circle of humanity. Esoteric content is not to be
discussed in the circle of the confusion of the tongue. 2
When one experiences mystical
consciousness and inner crisis, esoteric knowledge and the work can resolve
the critical knot. 3
Great school should be able to become
invisible or else it will become a shooting duck. Its registered name
must be different from its esoteric name. 4
The need for advanced level invisible
institution of education is essential to preserving and developing esoteric
knowledge. 5
Knowledge is
asana-able or
yama-able.
They are mental postures in motion. It is Jana Yoga. To execute
"Economic Knowledge" is to perform that pose of Jana Yoga called
Economic-ana.
A lawyer is a practitioner of that series of mental posture called
legal-ana, and
a biologist,
bio-ana,
etc. 6
What are truths when all inner movements
are postures? Are truths also postures at a certain stage of movements in
postures? 7
Great Knowledge has to be rubbed for many
years to become the organic essence in a person. 8
Remember that knowledge flows through your
body like the movements of your arms and legs. 9
"Pearls" are bought however only at a
cost. You want a medicinal pearl from a doctor for your illness, then
you have to pay for it. Esoteric and Great knowledge is however not
purchasable as the "sellers" are unwilling to sell it. Those who sell do
not possess it. Let the buyers beware! 10
A concept
can be viewed as a mental asana. The
concept is in
a state of static equilibrium. It comes into being as a result of
opposing mental forces balancing one another and kept in position by them.
When concept changes, it is due to the process of conceptual-motion.
Without conceptual motion no new concept can be formed. To perform, or execute a mental asana is to beget a
concept by intentionally and consciously willing the mental forces towards
the concept and after that to release it into nothing ‑ a conceptless rest
state of the thinking center. The Buddhist conception of a
thousand-petal lotus reflects the shapes of thought. 11
The
possession of esoteric knowledge is the opening of the mind towards another
isn't friendly. Esoteric knowledge implies overcoming the negative
effect of organ kundabuffer.
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