Theos-Talk Archives (October 2008 Message tt00334)

Thanks Christina, I think I'll give it a try, and I might even find 
those more beneficial :)
Alex

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "christinaleestemaker" 
<christinaleestemaker@...> wrote:
>
> Alex, simple to get over this stuff through in settings take out e- 
> mails from this group and only to look at the group pages.
> I have everywhere filled in : No e mails,
> But I can warn you if you have no messages from groups, they fill 
> your mailbox daily with winning loteries
>  and other kind of much more irritating stuff like banking business 
> managers from Africa and other countries, a lot to delete.
> 
> greetings Christina
> 
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> 
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alexmorgan777@> wrote:
> >
> > Is this funny for everyone here? 
> > I'm not sure why the moderator is passively ok with this and even 
> > allows you to showoff your website. Is he still alive? I don't 
know 
> > about others but I'm starting to get tired of deleting your 
> messages 
> > from my inbox.
> > This crap is not Theosophy, this is just bored goofing around 
that 
> > spoils things for others, and makes the new comer puke on the 
whole 
> > group and leave.  
> > The Unity of Mind is lacking in here already, I don't think we 
need 
> > to see this nonsense anymore.
> > 
> > Chuck, why don't you try to be like Milarepa and turn things 
> around, 
> > become the first Enlightened man in modern times to abandon the 
> path 
> > of sorcery and black magic?   
> > Think about it Chuck, you will increase the membership, peoples 
> > participation and get all our votes if you choose to run and 
> > promulgate the DOCTRINE of the Buddhas! 
> > What do you think? :)
> > 
> > Alex
> > 
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Drpsionic@ wrote:
> > >
> > > Ok, the very first thing we have to do is get rid of those 
> obsolete 
> > ideas  of 
> > > purity, self-denial, charity, etc and concentrate on finding 
what 
> > really is  
> > > going on.
> > >  
> > > Chuck the heretic
> > >  
> > >  
> > > In a message dated 10/11/2008 4:06:19 P.M. Central Daylight 
> Time,  
> > > danielhcaldwell@ writes:
> > > 
> > >  
> > >  
> > >  
> > > "For our doctrines to practically react on the so called moral 
> code
> > > or  the ideas of truthfulness, purity, self-denial, charity, 
> etc., 
> > we
> > > have to  preach and popularise a knowledge of theosophy."
> > > 
> > > Quoted from a letter  from the Chohan
> > > _http://www.theosocihttp://www.theoshttp://wwhttp://www._ 
> > > (http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/mahatma/ml-choh.htm) 
> > > 
> > > So  exactly what do we preach and popularise?
> > > 
> > > Are there certain teachings  that constitute this "theosophy"? 
> And 
> > if
> > > so, what are these  teachings?
> > > 
> > > And where do we find these teachings?
> > > 
> > > And how do we  learn about them and study them so that in turn 
we
> > > can "preach and  popularise" them?
> > > 
> > > And who is "we"? The leaders of the TS? Elected  officials of 
the
> > > TS? Any member of the TS?
> > > 
> > > And remember there is  more than one TS or theosophical 
> organization
> > > or association.
> > > 
> > > Can  non-members preach and popularise this theosophy?
> > > 
> > > And in this same  letter, the Chohan tells  us:
> > > 
> > > -------------------------------------------------
> > > The  doctrine we promulgate being the only true one, must, --
> > > supported by such  evidence as we are preparing to give become
> > > ultimately triumphant as every  other truth. Yet it is 
absolutely
> > > necessary to inculcate it gradually  enforcing its theories,
> > > unimpeachable facts for those who know, with direct  inferences
> > > deducted from and corroborated by the evidence furnished by  
> modern
> > > exact science.... Theos-sophia, Divine Wisdom...is a synonym  of
> > > truth....
> > > -------------------------------------------------
> > > 
> > > This  is quite a CLAIM.
> > > 
> > > "The doctrine we promulgate being the only true  one...."
> > > 
> > > So what is this DOCTRINE that is "the ONLY true one" and where  
> can 
> > we
> > > find an exposition of this teaching?
> > > 
> > > Is it to be found in THE  SECRET DOCTRINE written by H.P. 
> Blavatsky?
> > > 
> > > Or can it be found in C.W.  Leadbeater's and Annie 
Besant's "Man,
> > > Whence, How, and Whither: A Record of  Clairvoyant 
Investigation"W
> > > 
> > > Or in a book by Alice Bailey? or....in  a book by Elizabeth 
Claire
> > > Prophet?
> > > 
> > > If "we" are to popularise a  knowledge of Theosophy, what 
exactly 
> do
> > > we popularise?
> > > 
> > > Is  reincarnation part of this DOCTRINE?
> > > 
> > > What if I start popularising the  teaching of reincarnation that
> > > includes the provision that humans can  sometimes be reborn as
> > > animals?
> > > 
> > > Am I faithfully transmitting the  DOCTRINE?
> > > 
> > > And who is to say that I am faithfully or not transmitting  the
> > > DOCTRINE?
> > > 
> > > In other words, who is to say what the REAL, TRUE  "doctrine" 
is?
> > > 
> > > The objects of the TS doesn't tell us what the DOCTRINE  is all 
> > about,
> > > so where and how does one [an inquirer, a newcomer] discover  
> what 
> > the
> > > DOCTRINE is that the Chohan seems to hold in SUCH high  regard?
> > > 
> > > Daniel
> > > _http://hpb.cc_ (http://hpb.cc/) 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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