Theos-Talk Archives (March 2007 Message tt00122)

Good point Adelasie, and one which I believe should have been directed at Annie Besant and Charles Leadbeater.
Altruism is selfless concern for the welfare of others.
  Isn't Karma itself living life in ignorance, repeating or repairing past judgements? 
  HPB had no concern for the welfare of the Roman Catholic Papacy and others she considered to be a blight on human development.
  I believe that before we can be altruistic to others we need to understand what true altruism is.  Besant created far more karma for the theosophical society by introducing an altruistic approach to christianity.  No?
  Cass
   
   
  adelasie <adelasie@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
          Where I live we say "Creeds disappear, Hearts remain." This or that 
creed is only the limited attempt to materialize the eternally 
immaterial, which always results in some sort of distortion. But it 
would seem that karma decrees that humanity continue to make creeds 
out of eternal truth until we learn that spirituality cannot be 
reduced to cant. Or, until we realize that our work in the world is 
altruism, rather than self-aggrandizement.

Adelasie

On 5 Mar 2007 at 21:37, Cass Silva wrote:

> Besan'ts Esoteric Christianity attemps to reconcile Christianity with Theosophy. And I imagine would provide a bridge between the seekers old christian values and the newly adopted theosophy.
> Cass
> 
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> adelasie <adelasie@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> It would be quite miraculous if something Isaid were Besantian, since 
> as far as I know I have never even read, much less studied, any 
> writing of Annie Besant. But maybe it sort of proves my point. You 
> can start anywhere on the diameter of the circle, but eventually you 
> will touch every other part of it, no matter where you go. 
> 
> On 5 Mar 2007 at 15:38, Cass Silva wrote:
> 
> > Hi Adelasie
> > I am not so sure about your conclusion which appears to be based on Besant theology. HPB and the Masters made it very clear that religion is the root of all evil.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > Cass
> > 
> > adelasie <adelasie@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Or, possibly just as nonsensical, there IS only one teaching, and it 
> > includes ALL the teachings, each configured according to a particular 
> > need of our multi-faceted humanity. 
> > 
> > Adelasie
> > 
> > On 4 Mar 2007 at 22:22, Drpsionic@aol.com wrote:
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> > > In a message dated 3/4/2007 7:10:40 PM Central Standard Time, 
> > > robert.b.macdonald@hotmail.com writes:
> > > 
> > > There can only be one teaching.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Nonsense.
> > > 
> > > Chuck the Heretic
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