Theos-Talk Archives (August 2001 Message tt00264)

Dear Eldon,

Very well said! Thanks for putting the matter into such clear and 
balanced perspective.

Adelasie

On 27 Aug 01, at 13:04, Eldon B Tucker wrote:

> At 12:01 PM 8/27/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >Adelasie,
> >I also agree with your and Peter's assessment of the situation. Part
> >of it may be Frank's difficulty with the language, but attacking
> >Dallas personally reflects on Frank. lurker, Bill
> 
> I think that we all have times when we may
> irritate others. There may be times when the
> irritation persists to the point that someone
> gets angry and responds in that anger.
> 
> Dallas has been fairly persistent in presenting
> and representing the particular slant on
> theosophical history that comes out of the ULT
> old guard. This view of history is not binding
> on ULT members, and is subject to amendment
> based upon new information.
> 
> Each theosophical group has its own favorite
> secondary authors, following HPB. Each group
> also teaches a history that paints itself in
> a positive light, and often paints the other
> groups negatively. I belive those sectarian
> histories need to make way for a history that
> is not dominated by any theosophical group (and
> having a conflict of interest situation where
> it has to promote its sponsoring group in the
> best possible light).
> 
> Early ULT history may conflict with early
> Point Loma history regarding the roles of
> Robert Crosbie and Katherine Tingley in the
> history of the Movement. As long as members
> of the groups require a slant on the history
> that makes them special, and may put down
> the other groups, we'll continue divided
> from one another by a spirit of sectarianism.
> 
> I think that after all the feedback, Frank
> is aware that his anger wasn't helpful. The
> other side to this is also important. We need
> to be aware that any sectarian (one-sided,
> organization-specific and sponsored) slant on
> history is going to be found offensive to
> members of the other groups in our theosophical
> family.
> 
> The era of put down's is over, I think. In
> the 1920's, the theosophical groups were into
> attacking each other. Moving Theosophy into
> the future, we need to accept the positive in
> all the groups, put aside the historic differences,
> and accept the best that we all have to offer.
> 
> This means accepting Crosbie AND Tingley
> both in their best faces. It means letting
> conflicting organization claims of the past
> be dropped. It means that we stop playing the
> game of "my lineage is better than yours is."
> 
> Let's not get angry when someone needles us
> about theosophical history, of the ULT, Point
> Loma, Adyar, or whatever. And not provoke anyone's
> anger by constantly putting down the theosophical
> luminaries of the lineages that they follow.
> 
> We are all of the same lineage, that of
> the Theosophical Movement. The organizations
> that we belong to are secondary. The work is
> carried on through all of us, to the extent we
> make ourselves capable. Let's leave the past
> behind and focus on what is needed now to
> carry things forward.
> 
> -- Eldon
> 
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