Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00049)

     Govert:   I think probably the majority of people on this list
could write something more "esoteric" or deep than what is in the
Prophet book.

       About "dissing" people.  Well, It is better to avoid personal
attacks if possible and I try to avoid it more than I used to.  But my
personal irritation steps in often because I believe people are
purposively B.S.ing others, or their ego is so large that they are
actually serving their ego with a "catchy" idea rather that disciplining
themselves to seek truth.   People's lives are   RUINED by following
false teachings, so it is a serious matter. Is it better to let someone
else be deceived, just for the sake of superficial harmony - like Paul
approves of in the Cayce group? (Cayce didn't make the big claims that
Blavatsky did, so there is not as much to argue about.)     A large
percentage of Blavatsky's articles were highly critical in nature, and
she is a good example to follow.     Are personal sentimentalities more
important than truth, even if some temporary pain is involved? Maybe
sometimes yes and sometimes no.   Not to criticize is to die.
         Does Truth (or what you are convinced strongly and for good
reason is Truth) need defending?   Well,  every effort from the Lodge
has supposedly been a failure in the west so far - until this one.  Look
what happened in the few hundred years after Jesus - darkness in the
west for a 1000 years.   I think truth is worth defending, even if you
hurt some feelings and step on some toes.   What I have a hard time
understanding are those that never defend convictions they have.
         On the other hand.....  once you establish your philosophic
position, and it is still rejected by someone   -   I may think the
other person is an idiot, but also believe in defending his right to be
an idiot without persecution.
                        -  Jake J.