Theos-Talk Archives (October 2008 Message tt00358)

First thing on the path to enlightenment is not to take ourselves so seriously. I heard it from the Master
Cass



----- Original Message ----
From: alex <alexmorgan777@hotmail.com>
To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 15 October, 2008 1:45:34 AM
Subject: Theos-World Re: "...we have to preach and popularise a knowledge of theosophy."


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

--- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, "christinaleestemak er" 
<christinaleestemak er@...> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.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@yahoogro ups.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.theosoci http://www. theoshttp: //wwhttp: //www._ 
> > > (http://www.theosoci ety.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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> > >
> >
>

 


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