Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt01021)

krishtar wrote:
> Nothing, it is just a brainstorming session.. If you have heve
> participated in one you should be aware that criticism is not allowed
> in it.
I have both participated in, and run many brainstorming sessions. 
Saying that somebody is WRONG is not allowed. Asking someone to explain 
their idea is not, nor is pointing out difficulties that need to be 
overcome in order for an idea to work is not. You used the term 
"genetic" in your terms, in an attempt to remove incorrect connotations 
from the previous evolutionary stages of humanity. That carries, not 
just a connotation, but a statement that the previous stages were our 
genetic ancestors. Yet, while I have seen things that can be interpreted 
as this, I have not seen this stated flat out. Of course, since Gregor 
Mendel's work was not published until the 20th century, the term 
"genetic" wasn't even known by Blavatsky or the Mahatmas, although the 
concept certainly might have been.

But, if you look at the descriptions of the previous "root races", they 
violate observation of physical phenomena if they were our genetic 
ancestors. But, when one realizes that a genetic link is not necessary 
for reincarnation, one can fit them in very well with known observed 
physical phenomena, with much better explanations than, "Satan planted 
false evidence".

Bart