Theos-Talk Archives (November 2004 Message tt00127)

Hello Paul,

OK, I'll change the header when I reply to Dallas' last. But I have no 
idea how to go about changing the headers on the previous posts. Perhaps 
only Eldon can do that, and I suggest that you ask him. 
I would choose the title "Theosophy in the Post Modern Generation" or 
something like that. Would that title work for you? This title actually 
describes the subject I'm trying to get Dallas to respond to, but I've 
had less success than I had anticipated, though I still have hopes. I 
think he is really trying to figure out what the heck I'm talking about. 
Perhaps others will chime in with ideas and observations. I really 
would like to explore this subject and get a variety of views. I would 
even say that the future of Theosophy depends upon this kind of 
dialoguing. 
Regarding libel: I don't think Dallas is so much out to defame you, as 
he is vested in protecting his notions about the Masters and HPB from 
other interpretations that might threaten his. I think he has clearly 
made his point that he is deeply offended by conclusions you came to in 
TMR and would like someone to come forth and prove them wrong. This, of 
course is the very modernist view that I'm trying to get him to see 
through and get past: i.e. that there is the right view and the wrong 
view, and there is nothing outside of that binary. I think most 
readers of these posts can easily see through his reasoning, and 
therefore are not going take any of Dallas' defaming remarks about you 
very seriously. This is all a generational thing. I believe that each 
generation has something to learn from the other, if we make the effort 
to do so. For instance, Dallas' point of identifying and making use of 
source material is well taken, and something many students of the PM 
generation need to learn. I'm not thinking of you in this example.

The bottom line is that Dallas' objections to you and TMR are his 
problem, and there is nothing to be gained for you to make it yours. 
Best
--j