Theos-Talk Archives (May 2005 Message tt00603)

Dallas,
Here is meaning of fundamentalism. Source- from dictionary.com

fun·da·men·tal·ism -- A usually religious movement or point of view 
characterized by a return to fundamental principles, by rigid 
adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other 
views and opposition to secularism. 


fundamentalism : the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts 
as literal truth

Anand Gholap





--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Anand Gholap" <AnandGholap@A...> 
wrote:
> Pedro,
> 
> Passages given below by you should show you how great Annie Besant 
> was. And I would like to see proportionate respect for her in your 
> messages and not just HPB song.
> 
> Anand Gholap
> 
> > 
> > When Annie Besant joined the TS in May 1889 and publicly accepted 
> HPB 
> > as her teacher, her former colleagues were very disappointed and 
> > viewed that as step that contradicted her former anti-religious 
> > stance. In 1929, soon after Krishnaji dissolved the Order of the 
> > Star, a journalist from Reuters asked her opinion about what he 
had 
> > just done, after all she was the one that nourished him, paid for 
> his 
> > education and announced him to the world as the vehicle of the 
> World 
> > Teacher. In her reply she said: "I feel inclined to sit and 
listen 
> > rather than pass judgement on the actions of one whom I consider 
by 
> > far my superior." From that time onwards, as the photographs of 
> that 
> > time show, everytime K. would speak in public Besant would never 
> > share the platform with him, but would sit in the audience and 
> listen 
> > to him.
> > 
> > Later in life, when he was in his mid-80s, Krishnamurti said to 
> some 
> > friends that of all the people from that time (1920s) the one who 
> was 
> > really close to transformation was AB. When asked why he 
said: "You 
> > have no idea what her capacity for love was."
> > 
> > I am sorry for the reverie. 
> > 
> > 
> > pedro