Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00117)

This reminds me of people who follow the bible to the T. It can be
looked at as a set of stories to guide your life, but some people
interpret it literally; they discover a set of hierarchies and
accounts of true stories.

But even with them, their beliefs are still selective; let me give you
an example:
Some people say homosexuality is a damnable act, because it makes
reference to it in the bible. These same people may eat fish and ham,
also damnable according to the bible. Yet if you ask them, they might
not even realize this.

When someone starts implementing dogmatic policies, you get some crazy
things. I couldn't imagine life without my sushi ;_(

-Mark H.


On Apr 3, 2005 4:53 PM, david-blankenship@comcast.net
<david-blankenship@comcast.net> wrote:
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> That was a good link to the article by Judge. I enjoyed it Morton. It is too bad that many members on this list do not subscribe to its spirit. It would cut down on the acrimony and argumentative responses to deliberatively provoke others on this list.
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> David B.
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> > Hallo all,
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> > My views are:
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> > An excerpt from this link might be helpful
> > to some of the ongiong debates on TS Adyar or the "Back to Blavatsky messages".
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/12514
> >
> >
> > Theosophy:
> >
> > My view is something like the following. Theosophy is today called a Movement by
> > scholars. And a number of socalled Theosophist agree on this definition, and
> > sometimes not without a certain feeling of pride or awe. Theosophy today has
> > since the beginning in 1875 been divived into various branches. Some of them
> > clinging to the core teachings made by Blavatsky and a few contemporary writers
> > using the physical letter. Others have chosen a successor to Blavatskys and
> > others core teachings from the early days of Theosophy. Most of them agree on
> > that Altruism is important. Their level of knowledge about it differs.
> >
> >
> >
> > W. Q. Judge writes shortly after Blavatskys physical death, and I quote Judge:
> > "In the Key to Theosophy, in the "Conclusion," H.P.B. again refers to this
> > subject and expresses the hope that the Society might not, after her death,
> > become dogmatic or crystallize on some phase of thought or philosophy, but that
> > it might remain free and open, with its members wise and unselfish. And in all
> > her writings and remarks, privately or publicly, she constantly reiterated this
> > idea. Of this the writer has direct evidence as to her statements in private."
> > ("Dogmatism in Theosophy" by W. Q. Judge, Path, January, 1892).
> > http://www.katinkahesselink.net/other/Dogmatism.htm
> >
> > This is to me a KEY statement.
> >
> > *******
> > So what is new these days???
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> >
> > from
> > M. Sufilight with peace and love...
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> > Yahoo! Groups Links
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-- 
Mark Hamilton Jr.
waking.adept@gmail.com