Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00186)

Carlos writes:

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Why stir animosities?

Are we not for universal brotherhood? Do gossips help anyone?
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So does Carlos consider Theosophical history as "gossip"?

I ask the following:

Does Carlos really believe that the 1951 edition of THE THEOSOPHICAL
MOVEMENT which is sold TODAY by the Theosophy Company, Los Angeles and 
also sold by individual lodges of the ULT....does he really believe 
that this work doesn't stir "animosities" or doesn't have the potential 
of doing so?

What historical material have I presented either on Theos-Talk or on my 
website that is any more controversial or capable of 
stirring "animosities"?

Carlos throws around the word "gossip" but the historical material that 
he has labelled "gossip", is this material really any different than 
the material he presents about Leadbeater or Adyar?

I have heard a few Leadbeater students say the THE ELDER BROTHER by 
Tillett is full of gossip, too.

Is Margaret Thomas' recounting of certain things about Leadbeater just 
gossip?

See:

http://blavatskyarchives.com/ton2.pdf

It may not be pleasant to read all of this but is it gossip?

Or take the following material:

William Q. Judge and Katherine A. Tingley:   An Analysis of the 
Controversy Surrounding W.Q. Judge's Diary Entries about "Promise" and 
the Dead H.P.B. including Material on the Close Relationship between 
Mr. Judge and Mrs. Tingley by H.N. Stokes
http://blavatskyarchives.com/stokes/stokeswqjktcon.htm

Is this gossip?

And if any of this historical material stirs animosities, then why is 
that so? 

Maybe some Theosophists need to learn to manage their emotions better 
and learn to view things calmly.

Promoting "universal brotherhood" is a wonderful ideal and also a 
challenge to do it in day to day situations.  

I wish that we would have more practical demonstrations of that ideal 
here on Theos-Talk.

But far too much of the time we have certain people on Theos-Talk who 
have no hesitation in calling other posters "names" or questioning 
other people's motives.  How can one be for universal brotherhood and 
at the same time engage in such behavior?  Beats me.

But to discuss history and to try to set the record straight, why 
equate that with "gossip" and "animosities"????

Daniel
http://hpb.cc