Theos-Talk Archives (September 2006 Message tt00122)

Friends, 

H. Shearman (see below) apparently ignored the fact that there are many other letter in the same line as the Letter Ten in the Mahatma Letters (3rd edition, TPH, or facsimile edition, TUP; Letter 88, Philippines Chronological edition). 

One of them -- not the least-- the Prayag Letter, initially rejected by H. S. Olcott and A. Besant, but later included in the very Adyar edition of the Mahatma Letters. 

The inexistence of GOD is a  fact rather difficult to accept for people who believe in the Liberal Catholic Church.

Shearman wrote other things subtly against the Letters. 


Regards,  Carlos.  




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Data:Fri, 08 Sep 2006 18:44:39 -0000

Assunto:Theos-World Important Words by HPB

> In THE SECRET DOCTRINE, H.P.B. writes: 
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> "Every reader will inevitably judge the statements made [that is 
> here in THE SECRET DOCTRINE] from the stand-point of HIS OWN 
> knowledge, experience, and consciousness, based on what he has 
> ALREADY LEARNT." caps added
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> This simple statement by HPB seems to me have a world of meaning --- 
> in fact, her words may have a great deal of importance that can be 
> applied (for example) to our own personal studies of Theosophy.
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> ALL of us might do well to keep foremost in our own minds the 
> possibility that our own knowledge, our own experience and our own 
> consciousness may be limited (possibly quite limited!!!) and 
> therefore incomplete (sometimes seriously incomplete!) Therefore, 
> we should constantly be asking ourselves: 
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> Do I really understand this?
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> Could I be wrong in my understanding?
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> What am I not taking into acount?
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> What is limiting my understanding?
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> And similar questions....
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> For example, Hugh Shearman apparently considers the views given in
> Mahatma Letter #10 (as given in the first three editions of the 
> Mahatma Letters)about "God" as "unbalanced" and even not true. 
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> But is Shearman's view on the same subject any more "balanced"? 
> And balanced in light of what????
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> Even more important, is Shearman's own "stand-point" which is 
> presumably based on "HIS OWN knowledge, experience, and 
> consciousness" actually LIMITING his understanding of what the 
> Mahatma writes in Letter #10?
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> Certainly these are questions Shearman should have asked himself. 
> If not, I would hope other students would ask those and other 
> pertinent questions in trying to judge/assess Shearman's statements 
> and their merits.
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> Daniel
> http://hpb.cc
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