Theos-Talk Archives (August 2005 Message tt00176)

>The first one said that in the process of reincarnation the soul changes 
>gender. Therefore, a man should not belittle women .

Mmmh, who spoke of belittleling women?
Is Purucker belittling women when he says that the must not become leaders, 
except in cases where a man is not available?

Is a mother belittling her six years old daughther, when she sends her to 
school? Beware, all people are equal, why send the daugher to school and not 
the mother, too?

>The man who belittles women should think of his future incarnation as a 
>woman.

Mmmh, why shoud a man reincarnate as a woman? Do you mean as a penalty? And 
a women who belittles her male dog will reincarnate as a male dog?
Why is it that women bear the children and not the man?

>The second one said that the women's liberation movement is the result of a 
>large number of men reincarnating as women and a large number women 
>reincarnating as men. Therefore, the women, who in the past lives were men, 
>are claiming their rights. The men in their present life, who were women in 
>earlier lives, are sympathetic to the liberation movement.

Wow, that's new age trash is really funny. I do not think that Theosophy 
supports it. It's rather a very materialistic view, claiming that the woman 
has to liberate herself more from outer circumstances than from inner 
shortcomings. The term liberation or freedom in that and similar connections 
is a misuse of the term. True freedom is not freedom of the lower self, but 
to fulfill the duties of the higher self. It deals more with inner powers 
than outer social or political conditions, which are merely a result and not 
the cause.
The woman becomes not free when she enslaves her man or husband, as it is 
custom today.

>The third one said that hatred goes from one round to the next. Thus 
>animals should be treated with love and affection instead of cruelty and 
>hatred. In an article written by a theosophical man, I read that hatred 
>carries from one incarnation to other incarnations..

Mmmh. My daily experiences is when entering the subway, a shop or walking on 
the street or going to a state agency is that female persons generally are 
more aggressive and express hate as male persons. If you are right they were 
reincarnated as women, because of their hate. Perhaps it is the answer, whey 
they get babies: It gives the opportunity to develop sympathy and 
compassion.

>It is a remarkable fact that three women have made and are making 
>outstanding contributions to theosophy.

I know but two outstanding female theosophists: Helena Blavatsky and 
Katherine Tingley.
Frank