Theos-Talk Archives (March 2004 Message tt00481)

Hallo all of you,

My views are:


Blavatsky might be helpful on this one:
"ON PSEUDO-THEOSOPHY"
http://www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/OnPseudoTheosophy.htm

Let me quote Blavatsky:
"But our organs--LUCIFER pre-eminently--are, or ought to be, the
phonographs, so to speak, of the Theosophical Society, a body which is
placed outside and beyond all centres of forced policy. We are painfully
conscious that "he who tells the truth is turned out of nine cities"; that
truth is unpalatable to most men; and that--since men must learn to love the
truth before they thoroughly believe it--the truths we utter in our magazine
are often as bitter as gall to many. This cannot be helped. Were we to adopt
any other kind of policy, not only LUCIFER--a very humble organ of
Theosophy--but the Theosophical Society itself, would soon lose all its
raison d'être and become an anomaly.
But "who shall sit in the seat of the scorner?" Is it the timid in heart,
who tremble at every opinion too boldly expressed in LUCIFER lest it should
displease this faction of readers or give offense to that other class of
subscribers? Is it the "self-admirers," who resent every remark, however
kindly expressed, if it happens to clash with their notions, or fails to
show respect to their hobbies? "

If what anyone says is false, then we aught tell the person, what is wrong -
and go around being too sensitive and as Blavatsky says:
"tremble at every opinion too boldly expressed in LUCIFER".

Do you not agree ?

Let us act like true theosophists and not be like a leaf in the wind.



from
M. Sufilight with peace and love...







----- Original Message ----- 
From: "prmoliveira" <prmoliveira@yahoo.com>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 8:23 PM
Subject: Theos-World Re: Freedom of THOUGHT


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> > and also fearlessly to exercise his own
> > right of liberty of thought and of expression there of, within the
> > limits of courtesy and consideration for others.
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> Thank you, Christina, for you comments. Do anti-Semitic remarks, on
> this list or anywhere, fall under this category, i.e., "courtesy and
> consideration for others"?
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> I maintain that any attack against any ethnic, national or social
> group of the human family is against the very spirit of Theosophy.
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