Theos-Talk Archives (July 2008 Message tt00017)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Anand" <AnandGholap@...> wrote:

 
> > "Be what he may, once that a student abandons the old and trodden 
> > highway of routine, and enters upon the solitary path of 
independent 
> > thought--Godward --he is a Theosophist; an original thinker, a 
seeker 
> > after the eternal truth with "an inspiration of his own" to solve 
the 
> > universal problems." (The Theosophist, October 1879)

 
> HPB uses word "independent thought -Godward" It implies belief of 
HPB
> in the existence of God. 
> 
> Anand Gholap

Anand,

She is describing her view of what a Theosophist is: "an original 
thinker, a seeker after the eternal truth with "an inspiration of his 
own" to solve the universal problems."  

The question could be asked: what is the view about the "God 
question" of someone who "enters upon the solitary path of 
independent thought"?

As I see it, HPB is describing the qualities of a mind and 
consciousness that can indeed inquire into life's deeper aspects. Her 
approach, as usual, is not belief-based but inquiry-based. 


Pedro