Theos-Talk Archives (June 2005 Message tt00029)

> But most people are not interested in
> studying old religions and writings of old philosophers, even less on
> commentaries on those. So for most people value of her writing is neg
> legible.

Interesting. I didn't know old philosophers, religions of yore, and
history of those subjects in general were so trivial.

If a person is so hasty in their studies as to completely ignore a
good portion of Theosophy, then that says a lot more about the person
than Blavatsky.

For that kind of person I would instead recommend a Leadbeater cult.
That way, the answers are already given to them, and they get a nice
shiny space ship to bring them to their idols in the heavens--and also
to the short people wearing top hats on Mars.

-Mark H.


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Anand Gholap
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 6:28 AM
> Subject: Theos-World Re:Those who study Blavatsky's writing become fundamentalists
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> Jerry,
> What you are suggesting is whole world should change and all people
> in it should make themselves suitable for reading Blavatsky's
> writing. This expectation is not right. Writer must write in a way
> that people would understand what he writes and lifts them from their
> level. Blavatsky failed to write in such manner and she admitted it.
> Another thing is Master also said that " people want lucid
> explanation which appears to her (HPB) superfluous" Ordinary people
> don't understand her writing. Scholars consider it bad way of
> presentation. So definitely fault is in Blavatsky's writing.
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> You said you could appreciate Leadbeater's writing because you had
> already seen many things about what he wrote. What things did you see?
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> I have seen many people who studied Blavatsky's writing lost common
> sense, became dogmatic and fundamentalist, intolerant towards others
> and even were filled with intense hatred. This is greatest failure of
> any writer on spiritual subject.
> I saw many students of Besant and Leadbeater who had very fine,
> sensitive emotional nature and many were working unselfishly for
> helping others. This is the change in heart that writing on occultism
> must produce and AB, CWL succeeded in that very well.
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> It is true that Blavatsky mostly commented writings on other
> philosophers, religions etc. But most people are not interested in
> studying old religions and writings of old philosophers, even less on
> commentaries on those. So for most people value of her writing is neg
> legible.
> Leadbeater explains about things which large number of people want to
> know in language they understand. Marvellous thing is he explains
> most metaphysical concepts in language ordinary reader understands.
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Mark Hamilton Jr.
waking.adept@gmail.com