Theos-Talk Archives (June 2003 Message tt00034)

Hi Mauri,

If you would look up the source for these ideas in The Mahatma 
Letters to A.P. Sinnett, you would see that this idea of One of 
Blavatsky's principles being withheld was indeed talked about as 
explaining that her temper was the way it was. 

Katinka

> Geoffrey A. Barborka in his "H.P. BLAVATSKY, 
> TIBET AND TUKU" had some interesting 
> comments (seemed to me) about the interlapping 
> nature of aspects of reality (as per the "7 principle"}
> in that, for example, apparently "one" of such 
> "principles" was withheld from HPB (in whatever 
> sense!) as assurance (apparently?) that she would 
> not pass on ... whatever ... so, apparently that 
> "withholding" (if it can be called that) resulted in a 
> certain kind of personality change in HPB 
> (accounting for some of her temper, maybe?) ... but, 
> seems that (according to my interpretation of 
> Barborka) the 7 principles (atma, buddhi, manas, 
> etc) interblend, and might be affected (even 
> manipulated, as in HPB's case?) in subtle ways, 
> (resulting, in turn, in various karmaic 
> "interpretations" ?)...