Theos-Talk Archives (November 1998 Message tt00034)

Hi Jerry.

Thanks for your balanced and refreshing email.  I agree with what you
have said.

Jerry Schueler wrote:

> I personally couldn't care less who shot who or who defamed who and
> so on. I judge the early theosophical pioneers by their writings that they
> have left us, and not by what others claim they said or did.

I am also of this opinion.  We often tend to damn people in history
because of their faults and then throw everything out.  If we look at
ourselves I am sure there are things we have also done in the past which
we are not proud of.  If one day we become famous and the rest of the
world finds out about it would we want them to ignore everything else we
have done because of these mistakes we have made in the past... just as
well we do re-incarnate otherwise we would never be able to out-live our
misdeeds. :-)

Our first object inculcates tolerance and understanding in my opinion.
We as individuals and organisations need to take note of this.

> I do hope that the historians among us will go whimpering to their corners
> for awhile and let us others talk about theosophy.

I though theos-roots was supposed to be for this kind of discussion?  I
have a interest in the TS history myself but there is a place for this
sort of discussion IMHO anyway.

Lets on with the show...

John