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Dear Tony,
yes, you are right of course that this words of HPB are
not directly hers and perhaps Johnston was not exactly enough, because obviously
we have indeed not her direct notice referring to M. as "my Master". OTOH one
can speculate that he just told him it as he gives it, as she may have given
more details in oral communications as in her public texts. A riddle perhaps not
to solve until in 24th century the internet will have a device to akasha (BCW
XII:290f)...
Frank
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 1999 2:13
PM
Subject: Re: Theos-World Mahatma M.
Dear Frank
Thanks for your message, and for turning that
quote up. In fact it was just
the one mail in which it was mentioned
about Master M.
I did not mean to imply that M was not HPBs Master, as
clearly he was. But
what I did mean to convey, was that HPB never
referred to him as "my
Master", but rather as "Master."
The
article you refer to is prefaced with the note: "[This is an
account
written by Charles Johnston concerning his conversation with H.P.B.
when he
met her for the first time in London, in the Spring of 1887, soon
after her
arrival from Ostende. Even though this text is not taken
from H.P.B.'s own
pen, it is published here as it contains a great many
points of teaching,
and bears obvious marks of authenticity. -
*Compiler*.]"
Because of the way in which the narrative is written, it
is very difficult
to be certain that H.P.B. did actually say "my Master,"
as it is an account
of a conversation Charles Johnston had with
H.P.B. I think you will agree
that alterations are made to what
H.P.B. actually wrote. This makes it even
more uncertain when someone
is reporting what she said.
Tony
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