Theos-Talk Archives (March 2004 Message tt00543)

> From: Drpsionic@aol.com
> Reply-To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: Theos-World Re: Correction Re: Freedom of THOUGHT
> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 08:00:19 EST
>
> In a message dated 3/23/04 4:51:30 AM Central Standard Time,
> prmoliveira@yahoo.com writes:
>
> <<
> Should students of Theosophy appease evil ideologies?
>
> Pedro
> >>
>
> No, but neither should we hide from them.
>
> If we summarily cast the anti-semite from the list, all we accomplish is to
> confirm in him the rightness of his views for that is seen as merely 
> another
> example of "jewish world control" being manifested against him. After all,
> people are not born anti-semitic, there is no gene for it. The person has 
> picked
> up the disease somewhere and for whatever reason it has found a place to 
> grow
> in him.

Good point, although there's obviously a vicious karmic meme for it. I think 
the word 'disease' is appropriate in this case, especially moreso than, say 
the Buddha's assertion that everyone who is not awakened is diseased.
Although my training is not in psionics like yourself, I noticed a definite 
pathology to one of his last posts- since I've filtered him, I caught it in 
a reply to: where he seems to be disintegrating rapidly, under a delusion 
that he is channelling HPB, or is in fact, that person.
On a sidenote,I may be offensive and seem to make light of some of these 
(theosophical) subjects to some like Ms. Christina, but I am, in reality, as 
serious as a heart attack about it. My take is that real theosophy is no 
place for the unstable or unbalanced, and that it can in fact, unbalance 
even the well-grounded and stable personality...for a period.
Imo, this fellow needs medical/psychiatric attention, as he is not only 
severely paranoid, but deluded and seems to be getting worse.

> By engaging in what at times seems to be fruitless and rancorous debate, we
> may break through that and cause a realization that maybe things are not as 
> he
> assumes. And even if that fails, as it may very well do, by answering that
> person with reason and at times a bit of humor, those who are reading the 
> list
> and not posting will see us in a good light, as people who will stand up 
> for
> what we believe and not merely slam the door and hide under the bed at the 
> first
> sign of something that might disturb our happy little world.
>
> The true test of our character is not how much sweetness and light and
> boredom we may spread among ourselves but rather in how we engage those 
> things which
> are unloveable and unlovely.
>
> Chuck the Heretic
That's damned heretical and well-said! bravo, and a customized burning at 
the stake for you behind curtain #3!
Personally, though, I think it would be wasted effort on this poor fellow. 
He's had a rough go of it, and is in sad shape.

regards-

not-Ali (not trained in psionics)

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