Theos-Talk Archives (January 2002 Message tt00338)

At 02:07 PM 1/24/02 +0000, you wrote:
> Adelasie: "simply live , with altruism and kindness to others"
>
> Brigitte: I do not see where your attacs on various people on this
> list exemplify the above behavior.
> Brigitte
>
> <adelasie@s...> wrote:
> > Dear Gerald,
Brigitte:

I'm not sure why you're saying this to Adelasie. I've
seen her holding a discussion with Gerald and another
one with Paul. Because their backgrounds are quite
different, there's some difficulty in seeing eye-to-eye.
But they are approaching the discussion in a friendly
and open manner.

When you unexpectedly lash out at her and charge her
with attacking people on the list, you put her in the
unpleasant position of either saying nothing, which
makes it seem like she agrees with your statement, or
of defending herself. (Defending oneself in small matters
is discouraged in Theosophy. It's a practice to
cultivate self-forgetfulness and humility.)

Doing this, you're changing the subject from an exploration
of views between Adelasie, Gerald, and Paul to the
topic of "is Adelasie a bad person?" I don't think that's
appropriate on this list.

-- Eldon Tucker