Theos-Talk Archives (October 2004 Message tt00079)

Hallo all,

Gregory wrote:
"Perhaps Anand has also missed out on reading Blavatsky's vigorous (and
savage) attacks on those of whom she did not approve. Can we conclude
that is "an animal soul in a human body"?"

Exactly.
That is also my words to those who
think that "to disagree" , "trying to be helpful" or "to clarify" is
motivated as an attack on a person.

As a certain Master said: You shall know them on their fruits

from
M. Sufilight

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gregory" <gregory@zeta.org.au>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 9:09 AM
Subject: Theos-World Anand Gholap's widsom


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> The message "Theos-World Gregory Tillett, Read This Carefully" suggests
> some detachment from reality. It was nice of Paul to defend me against
> such a posting, but it was so bizarre that, far from feeling attacked, I
> felt concern for the psychological well-being of the writer.
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> Those who look only for the good also fail to see the bad.
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> Hitler was an excellent administrator, a strong leader, a man of deeply
> held principles, and a great "reformer". Those who accuse him of being a
> fascist, racist, mass-murderer, and tyrant clearly (following Anand's
> principle) "ignore all good qualities in great people. They highlight
> only faults in great people and try to convince others also how that
> great person was bad." Those who promoted and enacted the Inquisition
> (and those who burned Giodarno Bruno and others) were men of strong faith
> and commitment, and loyal servants of their masters, and put what they
> read as Divine Will over and above all else. Those who criticize them
> (following Anand's principle) "are like animal souls in human body, so to
> speak" because they find fault and focus on the murder, the torture, the
> oppression of intellectual freedom rather than on the good. Thus also
> tyrants throughout the world and history. The killing fields of Cambodia
> or Rwanda were doubtless produced by men of great sincerity, enthusiasm
> and commitment, highly competent in organizational management, and
> dedicated to their political agenda. Shall we therefore not criticize
> their actions but focus, rather, (following Anand's principle) on their
> positive qualities?
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> Perhaps Ananda is a disciple of "Ramtha" and other New Age mind-numbing,
> morally-defective gurus who argue that "all things are good" - including
> rape, murder, theft, genocide and torture. It is only our "understanding"
> that is limited and fails to see the good in the apparently bad. Welcome
> to a world without morality!
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> Perhaps Anand has also missed out on reading Blavatsky's vigorous (and
> savage) attacks on those of whom she did not approve. Can we conclude
> that is "an animal soul in a human body"?
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> Juman beings are not either good or bad; they are fusions of both. Good
> men can do bad things, and bad men can do good things. I have worked
> professionally with a sufficient number of bad (i.e. criminal) people to
> know that they often have good qualities and do good things. Should they
> not be prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned? One of the most generous,
> pleasant, well-educated and charitable men I have ever met, who was
> selfless in his work for the poor, happened also to be a serial sexual
> rapist of children. Should we not talk about his crimes because he did
> much good?
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> But, all that aside, scholarship is not about good and bad - it is about
> fact and interpretation. To say that Leadbeater lied about his birthdate
> (and much else besides) is a simple statement of historical fact,
> supported by more than adequate evidence. Does this make him a bad man?
> was he a criminal conman? or was he a tragic and self-deluded figure? I
> have no way of knowing, and make no judgment.
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> Dr Gregory Tillett
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