Theos-Talk Archives (September 2002 Message tt00056)

Has anyone seen the reference to his encounter with one of the Theosophical 
Mahatmas and a poem Aurobindo wrote?

mkr

At 10:54 AM 9/10/02 -0700, you wrote:

>Dear Brian,
>
>For crying out loud, READ Aurobindo's sentence! He's talking about the
>THEOSOPHISTS of his time! He says "THEIR" throughout the quotation that YOU
>introduced. Can't you see the distinction between any PHILOSOPHY and its
>ADHERENTS? Between an IDEAL and the PEOPLE who try to make it come alive?
>Aurobindo may or may not have written elsewhere against Theosophy, but it's
>certainly NOT in this quotation.
>
>Best Regards,
>Wes
>
>
>This is in reply to Brian, who wrote:
>
><I'm not shure if Aurobindo would agree with you. He wrote following:
>
><Their romanticism, their unbridled imagination, their galloping
><impatience, their haste, bragging and loudness, their susceptibility
><to dupery, trickery, obstinate error and greedy self-deception,
><Theosophists have strengthened doubt and discredit and
><driven many an earnest seeker to bewilderment, to angry suspicion or
><to final renunciation of the search for truth.>


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