Theos-Talk Archives (March 1999 Message tt00265)

>> Theosophists seem to ignore
>> the TRY and DARE commands of occultism on this one.
>This is a sweeping generalisation based on assumption. 

 

No, its based on reading the materials disseminated

by the TSs today. From Judge down through today there

is a strong caution (to put it mildly) against even TRYing

anything at all that smacks of psychism. There is NO

mention of the possibility of liberation in a single lifetime

in any TS literature that I am aware of even though it is

a central tenent in Tibetan Buddhism and is part of the

teachings of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism. Am I

wrong? I hope so, but I don't think so. I view the entire

TS milieu today as one of extreme conservativism, which

is why I am certain that HPB would never be accepted

by the TSs today if her reincarnation were here. The

whole concept of TRY and DARE is downplayed and

warned against in today's TSs unless you believe that

TRY-to-be-moral and DARE-to-be-nice are what

these occult terms mean.

 

Jerry S.