Theos-Talk Archives (July 2004 Message tt00422)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Drpsionic@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 7/28/04 12:49:16 PM Central Daylight Time, 
> thalprin@y... writes:
> 
> << 
> 
> "Oh, oh, an undocumented opinion that's working for you." :)
> >>
> 
> 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. 


Yup, apple hit Newton on the head AND he didn't read that in a book.



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.
> 
> 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.


Yup, I think so.



> 
> 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. 


I like the SD, there's places I skim for various reasons, but all-in-
all I like that work, happy to have it, and respect HPB' archiving.


>So it really is not important if 
> an idea is in agreement or disagreement with a canon or a canonical 
work. 


This is true too I think.



What 
> matters is the idea.


"Hiccup," I'll drink to that!
Thanks for the sensible note (oh, no!), enjoyed. 


> 
> Chuck the Heretic