Theos-Talk Archives (October 2002 Message tt00172)

leonmaurer@aol.com wrote:
> What has all this political B.S. got to do with theosophy? I thought 
> HPB said that politics, along with other "personal" and "opinionated" 
> subjects, are "side issue" that should be left out of theosophical 
> study or discussion. And, this is a forum specifically set up for 
> theosophical discussion, isn't it?

She said that the Theosophical Society should not get involved in
politics, but this does NOT extend to individual Theosophists, who are
expected to be active in areas designed to help the world. And politics
itself is a branch of philosophy, which makes discussion of it quite
valid as part of the 2nd Object.

And, in spite of the ideas of far too many Theosophists, if people
would do evil, the wrong solution is to let them do their evil and hope
they'll go away. Inaction creates karma as much as action does.

There currently is a major, insidious political philosophy which works
against Theosophical ideals while claiming to work towards them. It
promotes disunity and selfishness under the guise of unity and
selflessness. It is an anti-Theosophy, and just because it has political
influence does not mean that it is not the duty of Theosophists to work
against it.