Theos-Talk Archives (February 2009 Message tt00154)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Anand" <AnandGholap@...> wrote:
>
> After we realized that J. Krishnamurti and Theosophy taught exactly
> opposite doctrines, we might ask if these two are so different, why
> did wrong idea spread in the TS that they both taught the same.
> I will give here few reasons. 
> Theosophical Society always had some members who followed J.
> Krishnamurti. Posts in Theosophical Society are filled by elections 
at
> different levels. Practically, TS is semi-democratic. Constitution 
of
> the TS, on paper, is democratic, whereas political machinations by
> existing ES officers make it autocratic. These two factors make TS a
> semi-democratic organization.
> Because of this, if a person wants to get elected as the President 
of
> the TS and remain President, he generally tries to get support of 
both
> the groups. i.e. group of true Theosophists and the group of
> Krishnamurtians. This being the situation, Presidential candidates 
try
> to make happy both of these groups. How does he do it? He tells to 
TS
> members that what Krishnamurti taught is same as Theosophy and so he
> supports both publicly. This way he gets votes from both
> Krishnamurtians and Theosophists. These lies serve the purpose of 
that
> Presidential candidate. But members get deluded and they blindly
> believe "if President, who is also ES head, is telling that
> Krishnamurti's teaching and Theosophy are same, then it might be 
true.
> Following the President and his/her puppet-officers is easier than
> opposing them." 
> Above mentioned factor played strong role in spreading 
Krishnamurti's
> lies in the TS. In case of Radha Burnier, there was one more strong
> factor. Radha herself was deluded and believed that J. Krishnamurti
> was messiah. Because of it, members of the TS were deluded for
> decades.  From the study of Radha's statements it appears that her
> father N. Sri Ram was deluded even before Radha. 
> 
> Best
> Anand Gholap
>
Anyone who thinks that Sri Ram was deluded never met him.  I did & he 
wasn't

Brian