Theos-Talk Archives (April 2001 Message tt00033)

Thursday, April 05, 2001

Dear Friend:


The problem here was that the T.S. was not started as an ordinary
society.


It was started to provide a "doorway" into UNIVERSAL WISDOM. To
the SANTANA DHARMA -- the Eternal Duty.

The difficulty was that impersonality and universality rarely are
found to dove-tail in any man-made society. So long as H.P.B.
was alive there were troubles all right, but they were handled by
a master occultist one who received able assistance from her
remaining co-Founders: Col. H. S. Olcott and Mr. Wm. Q. Judge

The Ethics of such a society embrace essentially individual as
well as world-wide standards of integrity as a practical honesty,
sincerity and loyalty to UNIVERSAL LAWS, FACTS AND TRUTHS.
Man-made equivalents often have irremediable flaws.
Personalities are elevated instead of Principles.

Further, no one can IMPOSE anything on any member or members.
Everyone who approached Theosophy was encouraged to individually
study the ORIGINAL LITERATURE as provided by H.P.B. on behalf of
the Brothers. It was left to the discrimination and discretion
of the Members, as individuals, to use and adopt these doctrines
and teachings. No "Authority" was ever imposed so long as H.P.B.
lived.

If one desires references, if one desires to know how H.P.B. felt
and wrote, then read what H.P.B. wrote in her article

A PUZZLE FROM ADYAR [ LUCIFER, AUG. 1889; Vol. 4, p. 506; BCW
Vol XI, p. 378; ULT H.P.B.'s Articles, vol. I, p. 217. ]

Also of great significance is her article

WHY I DO NOT RETURN TO INDIA. -- This had been written in April
1890, and H.P.B. sent it with Bertrand Keightley to India. It
was not published in THEOSOPHIST until July 1929. [ This has
been reprinted in BCW Vol. 12, p. 156, and in ULT H.P.B.'s
Articles vol. I, p. 106 ]

It is those "flaws" that has caused the divergence of the modern
offshoots of the T.S. to depart from their original practical
objectives -- even if the "theoretical" objects are retained. In
other words, personalities have interposed themselves as
"filters" between PRISTINE TRUTH and the members who expected the
leaders and officers to be perfect practitioners of practical
Theosophy.

Of course I might be quite wrong in this rather strong
observation. But if the shoe pinches then the shoe ought to be
changed -- or one gets deformed feet.

Best wishes,

Dallas

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-----Original Message-----
From: fork34lift@yahoo.com [mailto:fork34lift@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 11:22 AM
To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Theos-World (unknown)

What does it matter how a society is? One theme in sociology is
the
idea that how a society is, just reflects the whims of the
present
leaders plus the cultural influences of past leaders. -That it is
possible for any type of society to exist, and, the specific way
a
society is, doesn't make a difference overall in the larger
scheme of
things. -so that it is in the individual's best interest to
conform
to the ways of whatever their society is, as it is only
individuals
who care if they are rewarded or punished for obedience or
disobedience; and that whether they are rewarded or punished or
obedient or disobedient makes no difference overall. However,
this
is actually somewhat incorrect. And the evidence for this
incorrectness is found in the existence of the social structure
called 'family'.

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