Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00942)

The masters _indirectly_ founded all of them; seeing as without the
masters there would be no TS(s).

-Mark H.

On 4/17/05, Anand Gholap <AnandGholap@anandgholap.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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
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Mark Hamilton Jr.
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