Theos-Talk Archives (July 2004 Message tt00418)

Hallo all,

My views are:

Well, thanks Chuck.

I think communications can be said to have a relative impact -
also when they are coming from a Heretical source.
(smile...)

Looking at the secret Doctrine at a distance is certainly not the same as
looking at it in a close up.
...Awh God, that books logo looks...well... almost
heretical...or...dogmatic...(smile..)



from
M. Sufilight with peace and love...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Drpsionic@a...>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: Theos-World Critical works


> In a message dated 7/28/04 12:49:16 PM Central Daylight Time,
> thalprin@y... writes:
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> "Oh, oh, an undocumented opinion that's working for you." :)
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> To be serious, which is somewhat out of character and I try not to be too
> often, I have little patience with folks who have to justify every idea by
> someone else's authority. Years ago I used to dive into those debates
with fists
> and feet flying but I no longer have the patience for what I can only see
as
> pettifogging drivel.
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> If an idea has resonance, if it works, it does not matter if HPB or even
> (gods forbid!) Jesus said it. It still works. And if it does not work,
it does
> not matter again if HPB, Masters, or Great Cthulhu said it. It is still
> nonsense.
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> If Theosophy is about Truth at some level, then Theosophists must also be
> willing to understand that the old books could be just plain untrue on
occasion,
> in fact on most occasions in some of them. So it really is not important
if
> an idea is in agreement or disagreement with a canon or a canonical work.
What
> matters is the idea.
>
> Chuck the Heretic
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