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May 09, 2001 05:24 PM
by dalval14
Wednesday, May 09, 2001 Dallas
asks if he can offer a comment (below) on some of the statements and queries
made. DTB ===================== -----Original Message----- Dear jhe, Ihad
read your response and I must say that I agree up to a point.
================================= DTB All that is
offered are the principles that seem to apply to various cases - impartially
and based on the “original Lies” and the “original objects of the T.S.” If each
member applies them fearlessly, and with individual courage and seeks to bond
with others in a true spirit of UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD, there will be no
personal problems, and the TS can be “returned” to its ORIGINALPROGRAMME. There is much confusion about this “original
Programme,” possibly because it is made clear in scattered places. It is an attitude rather than any
ritual or lip-adherence. It is
something that comes from the HEART of each member rather than from any written
or spoken WORD. A careful and
persistent study of the ideas and ideals to be found expressed in THE VOICEOF
THE SILENCE by H.P.B. will help develop this individually. It is far superior to going to “mediation”
schools or circles. It enables
each individual to approach to the intent of the Masters and of H.P.B. I partisanship
and “follow-the-leader” can be replaced in the T.S. by intelligent and diligent
self-study, and self-discipline along ethico-moral grounds, the Karmic
environment of the individual and the T.S. will be ameliorated. Historically: Look back at the record of the progress
of THEOSOPHY as revealed in the pages of the first 10 Vols. of THE THEOSOPHIST
(1879-1889) and its SUPPLEMENTS.
Read then the first 10 volumes of LUCIFER (1887-1891), and of THE PATH
(New York, 1886-96). The History
and the problems that beset the T.S. are detailed there -- also H.P.B.’s
wonderful articles (available in BLAVATSKY: Collected Works; and the 3 Vols. of H.P.B. ARTICLES published by ULT) The principles do not step on anyone’s toes if
they are nimble enough to keep them free of the glue of personality which slows
them down and attaches them illogically to one’s pet-ideas. Anyone who approaches Theosophy to learn
from it, soon enough abandons sensitivity to the lashing of one’s personality. We are all brother Immortal Pilgrims --
so we may say we will not more loose sight of each-other then any more thanwe have
in the past and present. We are
all working together, Best
wishes, As always, DTB ==============================
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