Theos-Talk Archives (June 1996 Message tt00025)

Bee Brown wrote:

>We are then in a position to look deeper into the authority
>structures around us and decide to give them a wide berth if
>their authority is not based on brotherhood.

What a utopia this world would be if people saw it this way and
acted accordingly. On idea that keeps re-occurring in ethics is
the notion that a greater good can be accomplished by acting for
the benefit of the whole rather than for the self.

>If the  TS waters down the wisdom given to it over 100 years ago
>to fit the temporary lack on interest in the modern world, what
>will be left for the seekers in another 50 years?

Rather than watering down, I think the teachings have become
confused through the "revising" of terminology, and the
suppression of ideas found in the original teachings (i.e.
Blavatsky, Judge and Mahatma letters.) No wonder there is so
little interest in what is offered today. Unlike the universal
ideas found in 19th century theosophy, today's theosophy is a
product of the 1920s and has little relevance for today.

>As mentioned above, people in general won't organize themselves.
>We can't as yet abandon structures for holding the wisdom even
>if only for future generations. To organize our Lodge has
>literally cost me 2 years of my life so far but I do it for the
>Brotherhood, not the members or myself. One more year and I hit
>the golf course again and leave the running of it to the rest
>of them.

We did the same for ten years, from 1980 to 1990. We Organized a
Lodge according to our best beliefs of what a Lodge should be,
without regard to what the TS wanted us to be. The Lodge was a
center for people to study teaching on a deeper level then was
offered anywhere else, and we worked closely with the Pasadena TS
and ULT Organizations. In those ten years we produced a group of
well informed and sophisticated students. But those students are
also quite independent and are now making individual
contributions of their own. Today, the Lodge is more or less
back under the control of the TS party line and many of the
original students have abandoned ship for opportunities that
don't require swimming against the tide. But that is OK too. My
lesson was learning to let go of what we invested ourselves into.