Theos-Talk Archives (April 1999 Message tt00005)

> >>But what you don't do is tackle the issue that HPB is often saying
> something quite the opposite to yourself.<<
>
> The knife cuts both ways, Peter. Maybe its you.

Jerry,

Yes, it does cut both ways.  That is why when I put a view based on my
understanding of the SD, "The Key to Theosophy", or the Mahatma Letters
etc., I try, as often as I can, to show where it comes from, by giving the
reference and / or quoting the passage.  As this is a Theosophy group this
seems to me a reasonable approach.

This way, when we are looking at important Theosophical Doctrines, we can
move beyond the flag waving of personal opinions and anecdotal experiences
and see if there is any substance from the Teachings themselves to support
our views.  By showing what my 'sources' are it allows other members of the
list to look them up for themselves and draw their own conclusions.  It also
gives people an opportunity to point out to me where I may have
misunderstood what HPB or the Masters have said, or simply to add a richer
viewpoint.

Yet while I have encouraged it of you many times, you have yet to give a
single example or reference  from HPB's or her Teachers' works to support
what you are saying.  You simply proclaim that all the major eastern
religions, HPB and the Masters, and all the world's Occultists and Mystics
agree with you.  Hence your words:

> ..my view, which is the view of the world's mystics and occultists.

Yet when something quite the opposite to what you state is put forward from
HPB and the Masters, or even from other traditions from whom you claim
support, you seem just to ignore it.

Peter


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