Theos-Talk Archives (October 2006 Message tt00345)

Friends,


No criticism?

But see what HPB wrote and said about slanderers and traitors like Soloviof and the Coulombs.

On the other hand, in one of the first versions of the Rules and Bye-Laws, slanderers were supposed to be rightfully EXPELLED from the movement, and HPB criticized H. S. Olcott  for not having inforced that part of the Bye Laws (see "The Original Programme").

If traitors are let to act freely, the movement is destroyed.

That's  why loyalty to the teachers is mentioned in several of the "golden stairs"--  "up the steps of which the Learner may climb  to the Temple of  Divine Wisdom".



Regards,   Carlos. 


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Data:Tue, 24 Oct 2006 21:59:16 -0000

Assunto:Theos-World Advice from One of H.P.B.'s Masters

> ". . . no Theosophist should blame a brother whether within or
> outside of the association, throw slur upon his actions or denounce
> him . . . lest he should himself lose the right of being considered
> a theosophist. Ever turn away your gaze from the imperfections of
> your neighbour and centre rather your attention upon your own
> shortcomings in order to correct them and become wiser . . . Show
> not the disparity between claim and action in another man but --
> whether he be brother or neighbour -- rather help him in his arduous
> walk in life . . . The problem of true theosophy and its great
> mission is the working out of clear, unequivocal conceptions of
> ethic ideas and duties which would satisfy most and best the
> altruistic and right feeling in us; and the modelling of these
> conceptions for their adaptation into such forms of daily life where
> they may be applied with most equitableness . . . . Such is the
> common work in view for all who are willing to act on these
> principles. It is a laborious task and will require strenuous and
> persevering exertion, but it must lead you insensibly to progress
> and leave no room for any selfish aspirations outside the limits
> traced . . . . . Do not indulge in unbrotherly comparisons between
> the task accomplished by yourself and the work left undone by your
> neighbour or brother, in the field of Theosophy, as none is held to
> weed out a larger plot of ground than his strength and capacity will
> permit him . . . Do not be too severe on the merits or demerits of
> one who seeks admission among your ranks, as the truth about the
> actual state of the inner man can only be known to, and dealt with
> justly by KARMA alone. Even the simple presence amidst you of a well-
> intentioned and sympathising individual may help you
> magnetically . . . You are the Free-workers on the Domain of Truth,
> and as such, must leave no obstructions on the paths leading to
> it. . . . The degrees of success or failure are the landmark we
> shall have to follow, as they will constitute the barriers placed
> with your own hands between yourselves and those whom you have asked
> to be your teachers. The nearer your approach to the goal
> contemplated the shorter the distance between the student and the
> Master. . . ."
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> Quoted in HPB's "The Original Programme of The Theosophical Society"
> Online edition at:
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