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Re: Forget HPB & her writing, consider Besant as founder & move on

Jan 01, 2006 01:32 AM
by Anand Gholap


> because of their insistence on the paranormal, and kaotowing to 
>public opinion on a belief that we can contact our loved ones, etc.
> Cass
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Paranormal has always been nature of Theosophy. Modern Theosophy 
mostly deals with phenomena of higher planes and rules of those 
planes. Science deals with laws of physical plane whereas modern 
Theosophy gives us knowledge of higher planes. Of course we can 
contact loved ones. One can simply send e-mail to his/her loved one 
and contact him/her.


 
> Anand Gholap <AnandGholap@A...> wrote:
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "danielhcaldwell" 
> wrote:
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> > Anand, you write:
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> > "her [HPB's] writing is such that sect or cult
> > automatically forms among her students..."
> > 
> > What does this really mean?
> > 
> This is a good question. Blavatsky did not have high opinion about 
> herself and her writing. She did not want her writing to become 
cause 
> of cult or sect. She expressly wrote against dogma and denied any 
> absolute authority. So her intention was right. But problem is she 
> wrote in such style that whoever reads it, studies it becomes 
dogmatic, 
> fundamentalist even fanatic. Her intentions were good but 
unfortunately 
> she could not write in proper manner which would have avoided 
dogma, 
> sect. Her students automatically become so. Neither Blavatsky not 
> students want to become dogmatic but that happens automatically 
when 
> one studies writing of Blavatsky. And later it becomes very 
difficult 
> for students to realize that they have become dogmatic and even if 
they 
> realize, they can't change their minds easily. Mental machinery 
gets so 
> damaged that person can't get out of dogma easily. 
> 
> Anand Gholap
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