Theos-Talk Archives (April 2006 Message tt00374)

carlosaveline wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Thanks. 
> H. S. Olcott, H. P. Blavatsky, every theosophist in the 19th century,  and Vernon Harrison and other SPR members in the late 20th century have said loud and clear that Soloviof's and Coulombs's accusations against HPB were, and are,  FALSE. 
> So, why pretend they "may be true"?
>   
I don't think anyone is pretending.  These are significant issues that 
each person has the right and obligation to determine for themselves.  
Anything less, will eventually create another religious heirarchy where 
the "leaders" will do the thinking for the  "followers."   It is  the 
easy road to accept others conclusions and  fit them comfortably into 
one's world view.  It is the  path of least resistance and the one most 
travelled.  As an example, Bruce recently caused me to begin testing and 
verifying my own previous comfortable thinking concerning the holocaust. 
Previously, I had mistaken others opinions for facts.  Now,  I am 
looking for the evidence myself.

As  much as I find myself at odds with Daniel's methods,  personally 
preferring  those of  Morten, Bruce, or Eldon,  I see  that their 
intentions are  generally the same:  To wake people up  from their  
group-think positions and DEMAND that they think for themselves.  In my 
opinion, it is not theosophically possible to hold the right position 
for the wrong reasons.  The wrong reasons always include reliance on 
someone else's hard work.  We each must do our own hard work, writing 
our own Secret Doctrine in the process.  That is the essence of 
theosophy as I understand it.

Give your brothers a break.


peace within,



bill