Re: Theos-World Re: Questioning authenticity
Oct 18, 2008 09:17 AM
by Drpsionic
My wife says the same thing!
Chuck the Heretic
In a message dated 10/18/2008 9:07:47 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
adelasie@sbcglobal.net writes:
I'm afraid you are incorrigible.I'm afraid you are incorri
On 18 Oct 2008 at 3:06, _Drpsionic@aol.Drp_ (mailto:Drpsionic@aol.com)
wrote:
>
> No, but waking up getting mouth to mouth resesutaion , or however it's
> spelt, from the Master DK was a great shock. It seems that he had
> chosen that
> moment to get lost on his flying carpet and landed in my back yard
> just in time.
>
> Chuck the heretic
>
>
> In a message dated 10/17/2008 8:34:11 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> _adelasie@sbcglobal.ade_ (mailto:adelasie@sbcglobal.net) writes:
>
> ahhh, but apparently you didn't...uh. ahhh, but app
>
> On 17 Oct 2008 at 11:16, __Drpsionic@aol._Dr_ (mailto:_Drpsionic@aol.Drp) _
> (mailto:_Drpsionic@aol.Drp_ (mailto:Drpsionic@aol.com) )
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Everyone gets frustrated with HPB. Just ask Col. Olcott! The first
> > time I
> > dove into the Secret Doctrine I damned near drowned.
> >
> > And getting CPR from the Master DK was embarrassing to say the
> least.
> >
> > Chuck the Heretic
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 10/17/2008 9:19:02 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> > __adelasie@sbcglobal_ade_ (mailto:_adelasie@sbcglobal.ade) _
(mailto:_adelasie@sbcglobal.ade_ (mailto:adelasie@sbcglobal.net) ) writes:
> >
> > With all due respect, Anand, your "survey" of people you have known
> > who were frustrated with the writing of HPB may not be a
> particularly
> > meaningful statistic. Your authority for doing an assessment of
> HPB's
> > writing may not hold up for anyone who finds HPB's writing to be
> > challenging, fulfilling, informative, and dependably enriching. It
> > may be fair to say that the opinion of A.P. Sinnett is no more
> > meaningful than the opinion of, say, myself. The ancient wisdom has
> > been offered from inner planes to us to further our evolution. If we
> > choose to accept what we can and work on understanding the rest, we
> > may find benefit. We are learning to think for ourselves, not to be
> > blindly led by anyone who has a bias or an agenda to promote.
> > Personally, I would rather share what I find valuable and encourage
> > others to try it and see if they find it valuable also. There is no
> > way to prove the authenticity of this material, except to try it out
> > in our daily lives and see if it helps or not. There have been no
> > shortage of people who have chosen to denigrate and ridicule the
> > messenger of the inner wisdom, no matter who that messenger has been
> > down through the ages. But the message continues to comfort and
> > support sincere seekers, and it most likely will continue to do so
> > into infinity, no matter how hard the forces of separation and
> > disunity seek to destroy. Unity is the message, and it will prevail.
> >
> > Adelasie
> >
> > On 17 Oct 2008 at 5:23, Anand wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > --- In _theos-talk@ --- In _t --- In _theo
> > __talk@yahoogroups._ta_ (mailto:_talk@yahoogroups.tal) _
(mailto:_talk@yahoogroups.tal_ (mailto:talk@yahoogroups.com) ) ) ,
> > "adelasie" <adelasie@..a> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Probably there is no final word on this issue: how authentic is
> > the
> > > > work of HPB. Perhaps the final answer to the question lies in
> the
> > > > heart of evey reader. Does this work speak to you or does it
> not?
> > If
> > > > so, it is pure gold. If not, search elsewhere. But it seems
> > somehow
> > > > unnecessary to accuse HPB of misdeeds when the very process by
> > which
> > > > she attained her information is a mystery that few have plumbed,
> > the
> > > > more obviously because of the misinterpretations that abound. If
> > the
> > > > work does not inspire the student, is it not possible that it
> > might
> > > > have a very different effect on another student? Therefore why
> > > impute
> > > > negativity?
> > >
> > > I have come across more people who are frustrated, disappointed by
> > > Blavatsky's writing than people who are inspired by her writing.
> > That
> > > made me do assessment of Blavatsky's writing. For your
> information,
> > A.
> > > P. Sinnett was also of the opinion that Blavatsky's own thoughts
> > > contaminated so called Mahatma Letters.
> > > Best
> > > Anand Gholap
> > >
> > >
> >
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