Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00939)

Adyar TS is the only true Theosophical Society which Masters founded. 
Anand Gholap

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Anand Gholap" <AnandGholap@A...> 
wrote:
> 
> Hi Perry,
> Finally you understood some important points related to the 
> Theosophical Society. I hope you won't forget these points. 
> Anand Gholap
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Perry Coles" <perrycoles@y...> 
> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Daniel and all,
> > As long as there are individuals working within the society who 
are 
> > genuinely seeking truth I would suggest it does have a soul.
> > I have not come across an organisation yet that does not have 
> issues 
> > it has to work through.
> > 
> > To be sure Adyar TS has its fair share of issues.
> > Any organisation is only as good as the individuals that make it 
up.
> > The question for me is how can the issues be worked through in a 
> way 
> > that can lead to more harmony between those who have different 
and 
> > perhaps even opposing points of view within it.
> > 
> > Theosophical Societies should not be about conformity but rather 
be 
> > providing a place where people of perhaps sometimes differing 
> points 
> > of view but who are in sympathy with the 3 objects can come 
> together 
> > in order to explore those objects.
> > 
> > Maybe the karma of those working within an organisation such as 
the 
> > TS is to try and develop an attitude of `I may not agree with 
what 
> > you say, but I whole heartedly support your right to say it'.
> > 
> > This ability to disagree with someone and yet not allow it to 
grow 
> > into dislike or a desire to dis-empower that person in some way, 
is 
> > I would suggest the major issue we need to work through in this 
> > world.
> > 
> > Unity in Diversity is the Ideal and is what the theosophical 
> > movement is really supposed to be about.
> > 
> > While faults need to be recognised and examined these need not 
> blind 
> > us to the things that unite us ,
> > We perhaps need to be looking at ways of working within the our 
> > various lodges, groups or as individuals in a way that is honest 
> and 
> > upfront and yet at the same time respectful and compassionate to 
> > those we may disagree with on certain points.
> > 
> > We tend to forget about the areas we are in sympathy with, namely 
> > Brotherhood.
> > 
> > Albeit that we are far from perfect in manifesting it as much as 
we 
> > may like to.
> > 
> > As the Mahatma suggests without the 1st object the 2nd and 3rd 
> > become meaningless.
> > 
> > 
> > Perry
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel H. Caldwell" 
> > <danielhcaldwell@y...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > In 1888 in a communication from Master
> > > Koot Hoomi, we find the following concerning
> > > the Theosophical Society:
> > > 
> > > "...the Society has liberated itself from our
> > > grasp and influence and we have let it go -
> > > we make no unwilling slaves....[The
> > > Theosophical Society] is now a souless
> > > corpse....Out of the three objects the
> > > second alone is attended to, but it is no
> > > longer either a brotherhood, nor a body over
> > > the face of which broods the Spirit from
> > > beyond the Great Range...."
> > > Letters from the Masters of Wisdom, Series
> > > I, Letter 47.
> > > 
> > > Daniel