Theos-Talk Archives (January 2002 Message tt00261)

--- In theos-talk@y..., "kpauljohnson" <kpauljohnson@y...> wrote:
> 1. How does the contempt you feel for people who doubt and question 
> HPB relate to what you feel towards HPB herself?
> 2. How does it relate to a culture of contempt that has grown up
> over a century, in which Theosophists have felt entitled and
> encouraged to be extremely contemptuous towards anyone who doubts
> or criticizes HPB, even their fellow Theosophists?
> 3. What would the Theosophical movement be if this culture of 
> contempt didn't exist?

It is important to maintain one's integrity and ability to think 
accurately regarding HPB and the Theosophical movement. I am not only 
talking about honesty, mental clarity and precision but also 
integrity means 1) firm adherence to a code of especially moral or 
artistic values : INCORRUPTIBILITY; 2) an unimpaired condition : 
SOUNDNESS; and 3) the quality or state of being complete or 
undivided : COMPLETENESS.

This is an ongoing challenge for most of us because it requires the 
staunchest and most unshakable character to become an accurate 
thinker. In regard to Teachers, Napoleon Hill once said that, "The 
man who has attained to the degree of accurate thinking that enables 
him to speak of his enemy without exaggerating his faults and 
minimizing his virtues, is the exception and not the rule. Some very 
able men have not yet risen above this vulgar and self-destructive 
habit of belittling their enemies, competitors and contemporaries. I 
wish to bring this common tendency to your attention with all 
possible emphasis, because it is a tendency that is fatal to accurate 
thinking." The eyes of an accurate thinker sees facts, truth and 
reality, not mayas, glamors and illusions.

DMK