Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00606)

Carlos wrote:

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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 believe
that this work doesn't stir "animosities" or doesn't have the 
potential of doing so?  Could one say that this book is full 
of "gossip"?

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 just 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? 

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

Daniel
http://hpb.cc