Theos-Talk Archives (March 1998 Message tt00249)

>BRENDA, YOU MAY KINDLY NOTE THAT ONE OF THE OBVIOUSLY FAKED PICTURES
>THE I AM
>MOVEMENT IS SPREADING AND OF WHICH I OWE A COPY IN MY ARCHIVES
>CERTAINLY TRY TO MAKE BELIEVE TO BE AUTHENTIC AND AUTHORIZED. THIS ONE
>I MEAN SHOWS  H.P.B. SITTING
>IN A CHAIR AND THE THREE MASTERS K.H., M. AND "ST. GERMAIN" ARE
>STANDING BEHIND HER.
>BELOW IS THIS NOTICE:
>    "THIS MAGNIFICENT PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN ADYAR, INDIA ABOUT 85 YEARS
>AGO. A PICTURE
>    "OF THE GREAT SOUL MADAME BLAVATSKY AND THE THREE MASTERS WITH
>WHOM SHE
>    "WORKED TO FOUND THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. THESE GREAT ONES ARE
>SHOWN AS
>    "THEY APPEARED IN THE PHYSICAL AT THAT TIME. READING FROM LEFT TO
>RIGHT THEY ARE
>    "LORD KUTHUMI, LORD MORYA AND LORD ST. GERMAINE."

I've never seen this and I'm an I AM student, so maybe this is just your
one group, Bridge of Freedom. Why don't you just stay away from this group
if you object? It is not the same as the group I belong to, believe me. By
the way, what town are you from?

>>My approach to studying at the I AM Temple may be slightly different
>than
>>yours. I don't really feel a need to discuss theosophy there.
>
>HUH, VERY SAD, I THOUGHT THEOS-TALK IS AN FORUM FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT
>THEOSOPHY...

I DO discuss theosophy here, but when I am at my temple, I try not to
discuss theosophy. Why would I?  They aren't familiar with it.

In view of the fact that there is such a language barrier between you and I
(and perhaps ALL of the misunderstandings between us are due to language)
what is your native language? Also, I'll try to comment on the other
difficulties you are having with what I am saying and thinking, but I have
found lots of studies which are similar in nature to theosophy, but do not
qualify under your strict adherence to HPB. I enjoy all of these spiritual
studies and you don't. You just label them as pseudo or fake or false. Even
good students like CWL, AB, etc., do not meet your high standards, so
believe me, I don't expect to meet your standards either.

All the same, how do you intend to study? You perhaps could desire to
refute everyone else, including myself, as false and applaud, applaud,
applaud, the one person HPB, and her masters, who are the only ones you can
ever feel moved to love as authentic. I will try to find "authentic quotes"
on HPB, the medium, on animals, and ascended masters (which is a relatively
new term, I believe.) None of the new terms will qualify as theosophy,
according to you, so I guess the last "authentication" is hopeless.

Why bother? Besides the language barrier, there is this other difference in
our approaches. I continue to read since theosophy's founding and you will
not accept any of it, accept as something of less importance, largely
untrue and unworthy of our time and consideration.

Brenda