Theos-Talk Archives (June 2005 Message tt00209)

HPB and Alice Bailey both warned for the dark forces in this case.
They only presented what masters KH and DK dictated to them and up to 
us, what we take on learning project of this.But one thing all warned
don't use occult power in personal and materialistic way.
ChristinaTL






--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Anand Gholap" <AnandGholap@A...> 
wrote:
> Konstantin,
> > We have more instances of dogmatizing HPB than any other writer
> 
> I agree with many of the points you said in this mail. Here it 
should 
> be noted that after Blavatsky's death cult, sect immediately 
started 
> around Blavatsky's writing. H.S. Olcott had to make special efforts 
> to stop that cult. So there certainly was fault in Blavatsky's 
> writing. 
> Whereas Besant and Leadbeater are much more popular writers but no 
> sect, cult was formed around Leadbeater and Besant. Students of 
> Leadbeater and Besant remained open minded. And this is one major 
> reason why writings of Besant and Leadbeater are far superior to 
> Blavatsky. Ultimately what matters is the effect of writing on 
> people. Students of Blavatsky became dogmatic full of hatred so it 
is 
> Blavatsky's failure.
> 
> Anand Gholap 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Konstantin Zaitzev" 
> <kay_ziatz@y...> wrote:
> > > - In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Anand Gholap" 
> <AnandGholap@A...> 
> > wrote:
> > 
> > >> Blavatsky is too hard for the 
> > >> generally lazy would-be occultists who find Leadbeater 
exciting. 
> > 
> > > Quality of writing of AB and Leadbeater is much higher then 
that 
> of 
> > > Blavatsky's writing.
> > 
> > I think that both sides of discussion are somewhat wrong :)
> > Both did somewhat confused the cause and effects.
> > 
> > Theosophy fails where it becomes dogmatic and only one doctrine 
is 
> > preached, be it HPB, CWL, Krishnamurti or something else.
> > We have more instances of dogmatizing HPB than any other writer, 
so 
> it 
> > made the false impression that HPB writings impede to revive 
> > theosophy. When some other writer is added, as CWL, for example, 
> there 
> > are already two doctrines, for CWL himself no way denied HPB. 
> Really I 
> > have seen only one example when follower of CWL doesn't value 
HPB, 
> and 
> > you have seen it also. ;)
> > The different expositions of doctrine attract different types of 
> > people, and with many authors we surely attract more people than 
> with 
> > any one of them.
> > Moreover, studying of one author only may attract dogmatic type 
of 
> > people (which see everywhere different doctrines, not different 
> > expositions) whom we needn't attract at all, for the little bunch 
> of 
> > them can spoil the work of entire Theosophical Society (what they 
> > already really did).