Theos-Talk Archives (October 2008 Message tt00366)

Hardly.  That is the image.  The real HPB was always Countess  Yelena 
Petrovna Blavatskaya, and although she dropped the Countess when she  became an 
American citizen, she was always able to draw funds from the Russian  government 
set aside by her family and her social rank opened a lot of doors  that 
otherwise would have been slammed in her face.  And that standing  enabled her to get 
away with what she did.
 
She was a character, but she was very very much a part of her time even  
though she made fun of it, just like I am a part of my time even though I make  
fun of everything.
 
Now understand that I am not attacking HPB for any of this.  It is  merely 
important that we realize the essentials of her humanity and how they  impacted 
her work.  
 
Chuck the heretic
 
 
In a message dated 10/14/2008 5:58:02 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
silva_cass@yahoo.com writes:

 
 
 
But Chuck, HPB sat outside the Victorian system and in fact mocked it  
through its religion and its social morays - smoking being a minor but prime  
example of not conforming to the 'ladylike" victorian  image.

Cass

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From: "_Drpsionic@aol.Drp_ (mailto:Drpsionic@aol.com) " <_Drpsionic@aol.Drp_ 
(mailto:Drpsionic@aol.com) >
To: _theos-talk@yahoogrotheos-t_ (mailto:theos-talk@yahoogroups.com) 
Sent:  Wednesday, 15 October, 2008 2:32:32 AM
Subject: Re: Theos-World Re: "...we  have to preach and popularise a 
knowledge of theos...

I am saying that  HPB was clearly wrong and when she said that she was merely 
being a person  of her time and culture. She was being a good Victorian, 
wanting to create  a social system for other people to live in. It was a sort 
of 
weird blip  in the zeitgeist.

As to how, there are any number of systems, Zen  coming to mind immediately.

Chuck the Heretic

In a message dated  10/14/2008 9:15:41 A.M. Central Daylight Time, 
adelasie@sbcglobal. net  writes:

Assuming you are making a serious statement, may I suggest that  
behavior is the path to enlightenment? When HPB said that (and I  
paraphrase) occultism is altruism, wasn't she suggesting that it is  
how we behave more than what we read that determines our progress in  
the evolution of consciousness? How does a person attain 
enlightenment  in a material form without regard to behavior? 

Adelasie

On 13  Oct 2008 at 22:37, _Drpsionic@aol. Drp_ (mailto:Drpsionic@On 13  Oct 
wrote:

> 
> No, it really doesn't. It just gets in the way  at all kinds of 
> levels. And
> in regard to the nature of the  cosmos it really does not matter. When 
> the
> Sun goes nova, the  just and the unjust will fry alike.
> 
> We really need to  separate behavior from enlightenment, otherwise we 
> will
> keep  tripping over Musashi, who attained enlightenment by the process 
>  of
> killing sixty three men in single combat.
> 
> Chuck  the heretic

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