Theos-Talk Archives (July 2004 Message tt00398)

I see what you mean, Dallas. Nothing should be decided simply upon opinion. But, once a subject is broached, don't we have a duty to inspect the appropriate documentation and then give our intuitive understanding on the matter? My ideal is "Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge" (aka "The Secret Doctrine Commentary"), but of course, we do not have HPB here to answer our questions in full. However, she and others have left us a veritable library of knowledge if we only seek for it. The only problem I see is that Anand Gholap's Group has so much more than the standard works of the founders that he wants us to peruse before we can be fully informed. While I am pretty well read, like most of you, I personally do not have much knowledge of CWL and some others in the Adyar Society. They seemed to take a wrong turn with the Krishnamurti situation, and I became lost in the shuffle. Thank the devas I found WQJ and others like GdeP when Adyar began to set up the LCC and other dogmatic issues. I tried to get into the spirit of the LCC, but it just did not fit with HPB's pantheism and generally anti-christian line. HPB and the Masters were pretty adamant about no more anthropomorphic gods or religions. Yes, let's document our intuitions, but don't expect us to have to know all about Adyar's vicissitudes before we can come to a conclusion.

Andrew W. Smith, M.A.(English),F.T.S.
Master Sergeant, USA/USAF (Ret.)
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God enters by a private door into every
individual. -- Emerson, "Intellect"

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