Theos-Talk Archives (July 1998 Message tt00001)

Kym,

I just received the latest issue of THE QUEST
in which there is an article titled "Women Initiates"
by Carol Nicholson Ward.  Very interesting reading.

And Master K.H. has written:

"On the elevation of woman, the world's
redemption and salvation hinges. And not till woman
bursts the bonds of her sexual slavery, to which she
has ever been subjected, will the world obtain an
inkling of what she really is and of her proper place
in the economy of nature. . ."

The most influential people in my own life have all
been women:  H.P. Blavatsky, Petula Clark, my mother
and several other women I won't name.  I must
also mention my 2 female cats:  one dead and the other
one still living. Shakey (the dead one) was female and
a cat, too, yet I still consider her one of my best friends.
She'll probably get to Nirvana before I do and I will
be more than happy to sit at *her* feet (paws)!

Daniel


kymsmith@micron.net wrote:
>
> Dallas wrote:
>
> >The Buddha, for
> >example, or Jesus, as Men that succeeded in making their physical
> >envelope transparent to the inner SPIRIT (which all men share in)
> >are for us EXAMPLES which we respect.  They fearlessly exposd for
> >us to see a practical example of how a divineman ought to live
> >and speak.  As "immortals and as Spirit" we are all equals, but
> >some have achieved far more than we have done yet, and we (or I
> >at least) sense the difference and would consider it an honor to
> >be their devotee.
>
> As a woman, I do not feel "it an honor to be their devotee."  I can see how
> men would as most philosophies center around the potential of males.
> However, I believe that these holy "Men" - as you put it, Dallas - are
> lacking in some very basic life lessons.  Buddha said that if women became
> prominent in Buddhism, Buddhism would only last one thousand years.  Buddha
> resisted women being allowed "into the club."  HPB on at least one occasion
> mentioned how her being 'just a woman' was one of the reasons she would
> never be allowed completely "into the club."  Remember that famous line in
> Letters - "She does rave betimes."  Oh, please.
>
> Now, some men on this list may say "And damn right - women shouldn't be let
> in with their constant PMSing all the time."  Well, what else to expect when
> some of these men on this list can't even begin to adopt new tasks such as
> using gender-inclusive language.  I wonder how someone is going to grasp a
> titantic Truth if the use of he/she frustrates them.  Apples and oranges,
> you say?  Not if Truth is Compassion.
>
> Many men and women may hold such holy "Men" in high honor - but I have a
> real hard time wondering just how "enlightened" someone can be if they got
> freaked out by the women who had the audacity of pulling up a chair and
> getting right comfy.
>
> Kym
>
>