Theos-Talk Archives (December 2001 Message tt00252)

Bill Meredith wrote:

> Is there a record of more impressive occult phenomena such as 
feeding
> 12,000 people with 3 fish and a loaf of bread, or bringing a dead 
person
> back to life, or rising from the dead and ascending through the air?
> 
> One has to wonder why true master's would behave in such a small 
fashion as
> depicted below. A master that smokes? Cigars, no less. And 
produces
> flowers from air for entertainment? Whatever for? To prove to 
Olcott
> (very similar sound as Occult) that they can? Why would that be 
necessary?

Bill, are you saying that you believe in the phenomena attributed to 
Jesus? Unfortunately, the gospels do NOT give us first hand, 
eyewitness testimonies. Instead the gospels are compilations from 
unknown sources by unknown authors. At least with Madame Blavatsky, 
we have numerous first-hand accounts by scores of known witnesses.

In regard to your second paragraph above about why a "true master" 
would behave in such a small fashion, please tell us exactly what you 
have in mind when you write about a TRUE MASTER. I guess according to 
your presuppositions, true masters don't smoke. 

Are you telling us that you don't believe Olcott met REAL ADEPTS? Or 
are you telling us that whoever these men were, they were certainly 
not TRUE MASTERS? What are you trying to convey to us? 

Maybe you are correct in your assumptions, but again maybe you are 
not. I think seekers of truth should criticually examine and 
questions claims, but at the same time these seekers should challenge 
their own assumptions and presuppositions.

Daniel
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