Theos-Talk Archives (May 2005 Message tt00330)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, david-blankenship@c... wrote:
> Nigel,
> It is not that simple a choice between a black CWL and a white 
HPB. >I nearly left Theosophy when I found out about the fake 
master's >letters under HPB. Her followers like CWL's followers say 
nothing was >ever proven against either her or him. But like the Abu 
Graib(sp?) >prison scandal, there is such a thing as command 
responsibilities and >in CWL's case, the appearance of impropriety. 
Neither comes out very >well. Fortunately my adherence is to 
mysticism and I stayed. You >seem to be stacking the deck.

Dear David
Thank you for your response. 
Like many, you seem to be assuming my comments in an absolutist 
fashion eg: Black and white.
Could it be that there is another mode of thinking which considers 
the colour grey?
In this case, Bishop Leadbeater's writings are for me of an 
infinitely darker shade of grey than those of Madame Blavatsky.
In saying that, and at the risk of annoying others by repeating 
myself yet again, this does not mean to me that HPB, or her Mahatmas 
for that matter, were/are all knowing beings. It is merely saying 
that for me, she and they have demonstrated an enormously profound 
grasp of the occult science of our dimension of existence, which only 
deep and continued study and practice, of the mind and heart, can 
hope to begin to apprehend.
If this is "stacking the deck" to you, I plead guilty.
Very best wishes with your adherence to mysticism. I trust that it 
will serve you, and that you will serve it, as Theosophy has served 
me and hopefully I am serving it.
Regards
Nigel