Theos-Talk Archives (March 2001 Message tt00019)

dalval14@earthlink.net wrote:
> 
> When in doubt study.
> 
> H.P.B. gives all the information one could use if we decide to
> find out it is valid and useful.
> 
> To depend on another's say so, is to have confidence in an
> authority unchecked, unverified.

Agreed.

> H.P.B. and ORIGINAL THEOSOPHY invite both study and checking, and
> demand no blind adherence, If you desire to know what THEOSOPHY
> teaches (as from the Masters and H.P.B.) then go to what they
> write. It is possible for anyone, as most of the texts are on
> line through BLAVATSKY.NET.
> 
> But this study has to be done by the individual him or herself --
> and one cannot (WITHOUT DANGER) rely on what any one else says.
> How can one know if the interpreter that one selects is reliable?
> Only by comparing what the write with the ORIGINALS. How else
> can one do it ?

Also agreed.

Bart Lidofsky