Theos-Talk Archives (July 2009 Message tt00109)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "danielhcaldwell" <danielhcaldwell@...> wrote:
>
> Did Leadbeater encourage "blind following" as
> Anand phrases it?
> 
> You be the judge.  Here is what Mr. Leadbeater said
> about Mrs. Besant:


Yes Daniel, and all

And this blind following demanded from a man who lied 
repeatedly, who manifestly contradicted the very masters he 
claimed to represent and who admitted to serious sexual 
misdemeanours with young boys? and whose many 
fantastical statements in his books have been removed by 
"theosophical" publishers to avoid both extreme embarrassment
and justified discredit, and to maintain the blind following 
of a blatant liar.

Is it any wonder that deception and deceit from whatever 
quarter continues to infect some in the Adyar Theosophical 
Society.

It is disappointing the many honourable members in that
organisation continue to permit these violations to occur.

Courage of convictions it seems is in short supply. 

Regards
Nigel






> 
> "What can I say to you of your President [Annie
> Besant] that you do not know already? Her colossal
> intellect, her unfailing wisdom, her unrivalled
> eloquence, her splendid forgetfulness of self,
> her untiring devotion of work for others - all
> these are but a small part of her greatness;
> they are on the surface, they may be seen by all,
> they leap to the eyes. But there are other qualities,
> other powers, of which you cannot know, because they
> pertain to the secrets of Initiation. She is a
> pupil of our Masters; from the fount of Their
> archaic wisdom she derives her own, the plans which
> she is carrying out are Their plans for the welfare
> of the world. THINK THEREFORE, HOW GREAT AN
> HONOUR IT IS FOR YOU that you should be permitted
> to work under her, for in doing so you are virtually
> working under Them. THINK HOW WATCHFUL YOU SHOULD
> BE TO MISS NO HINT WHICH FALLS FROM HER LIPS, to carry
> out EXACTLY whatever instructions she may give to you.
> 
> Remember...there will be times when you cannot
> understand her motives, for she is taking into account
> many things which you cannot see and of which
> she must not tell you. BUT WHETHER YOU UNDERSTAND
> OR NOT, YOU WILL BE WISE TO FOLLOW HER IMPLICITLY, JUST
> BECAUSE SHE KNOWS.
> 
> THIS IS NOT MERE SUPPOSITION ON MY PART, NO MERE
> FLIGHT OF THE IMAGINATION; I HAVE STOOD BESIDE YOUR
> PRESIDENT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE SUPREME DIRECTOR
> OF EVOLUTION ON THIS GLOBE, AND I KNOW WHEREOF I
> SPEAK. Let the wise hear my words, and act accordingly."
> 
> Caps added. Adyar Album, p. 45.
> 
> Daniel
>