Re: Theos-World Critical works
Jul 28, 2004 04:37 PM
by thalprin
--- 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
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