Theos-Talk Archives (February 2006 Message tt00083)

It seems that here lies the heart of much disagreement among
theosophists.  Frank wrote:
> Does this criticism also include the ULT policy, 
> which opposed the humanitarian and occult work of 
> Katherine Tingley, who continued HPB's work and 
> fulfilled her last hope to build a Mystery School 
> in the West? It is well know about HPB students 
> that she died not before her closest co-worker 
> William Judge was able to confirm her that he has 
> found her successor.
> Why did the ULT tried to crystallize the evolution 
> of the Theosophical Movement and propagated a 
> status quo of OUTER FORMS?
Has anyone ever analyzed the problem herein contained?  We have people
following Crosbie, Besant, Tingley, and perhaps Hargrove.  None of
these people are alive today making it impossible to know for sure why
they followed the paths that they did.  What we do know is what they
claimed to be trying to accomplish with their various organizations. 
Do we look at the various Societies as describing different lineages?
What was at the heart of each of these people's efforts and how
successful were they in their efforts?  What is there of any real
importance that continues to keep these organizations separate?  Does
it matter that we have separate organizations?  How do we approach
this whole matter constructively?  It seems to me there is a Gordian
knot that if cut would pave the way to a less confrontational future.

Bruce

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Frank Reitemeyer" <ringding@...>
wrote:
>
> =>Such efforts are now new, and they are not 
> original. We have had persons of
> this typeattacking H.P.B.'s work all the time 
> since the mid-1880s. We also
> have had people successfully defending Theosophy 
> all along.  Yet -- there is
> something sad about this.
> 
> Does this criticism also include the ULT policy, 
> which opposed the humanitarian and occult work of 
> Katherine Tingley, who continued HPB's work and 
> fulfilled her last hope to build a Mystery School 
> in the West? It is well know about HPB students 
> that she died not before her closest co-worker 
> William Judge was able to confirm her that he has 
> found her successor.
> Why did the ULT tried to crystallize the evolution 
> of the Theosophical Movement and propagated a 
> status quo of OUTER FORMS?
> 
> =>The very existence of students who try to live 
> up to the inner side of
> H.P.B.'s Teachings seems to gravely offend these 
> poor people.  This is
> unfortunate. No sincere student could ever aim at 
> that.
> 
> One can only wish that these aggressive skeptics 
> will understand and accept
> the existence of such a thing as an occult life 
> and spiritual path.
> 
> In other words Point Loma students should direct 
> all their compassion to ULT students, who opposed 
> KT's spiritual work (which included the 
> preparation of Blavatsky's Collected Writings and 
> the complete edition of all Mahatma Letters to 
> Sinnett).
> 
> =>The lack of respect that these skeptics seem to 
> show for the inner instances
> of the theosophical movement  might be connected 
> to a lack of respect they
> have for their own inner consciousness and 
> conscience.
> 
> In other words ULT people like Robert Crosbie 
> opposed the work of the messenger of the Masters 
> merely because of their lack of consciousness and 
> conscience?
> 
> >As paradoxes are part of the occult life, there 
> >is a bright side to this.
> Esoteric philosophy states that great 
> opportunities are generally in direct
> proportion to the difficulty of challenges.
> 
> In other words students of KT should thank Crosbie 
> and other foes to give the white side an 
> opportunity for growth!?
> 
> There must be evil in the world, but watch that it 
> is not you who does it.
> Frank
>