Theos-Talk Archives (November 1998 Message tt00274)

Most exoteric buddhism says alcohol should not be consumed but makes no
mention of any other drug. Alcohol is the sacrament of the catholic church
so you can make your own inferences from that.

A friend in need is a friend indeed,
A friend with weed is better




At 07:37 PM 11/16/98 -0600, you wrote:
>At 09:31 PM 11/16/1998 +0100, you wrote:
>MKR writes:
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>>For example, there was this description of her smoking
>200 cigarettes a day and wearing a lose fitting dress with right pocket
>full of cheap tobacco and left pocket full of cigarette papers (she make
>her own cigarettes). Why did the Adepts use someone who did not fit the
>traditionally held model of "holy" person? Does is not say something? Look
>at APSinnet and AOHume.<
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>An answer could be that all three, HPB, APS and AOH, were not chelas in
>training in said time. Rules are for chelas and not for mundane persons or
>accomplished chelas. Furthermore smoking was and is not forbidden in the
>Eastern School, nevertheless this is a rule of a so-called ES of one TS, but
>this was an invention after HPB's time, based of merely half-knowledge. Two
>points that could solve the paradox (a paradox is not a contradition).
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>Frank
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>Thanks Frank. You may be right.
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>On the other hand, there is the report regarding this person who was
>claimed to have passed at least 2nd Great Initiation at the time when there
>was frantic creation of Apostles. Most theosophists at that time believed
>his passing the initiation.
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>In a recently published material, it is reported he started drinking
>alcohol to help his stomach pain and in due course of time, at least once
>his host he was visiting asked him to leave because he was drunk.
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>While I have read about the abhorrence of HPB to alcohol, there is this
>paradox of an initiate getting drunk.
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>mkr
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