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Re: Theos-World Re: Did Leadbeater Encourage "blind following"??

Jul 09, 2009 07:48 AM
by preethi muthiah


Cass,

I am headed for somewhere greener than the gutter hopefully...and i hope it is not the fungi and algae greening the environment around...

Preethi

--- On Thu, 9/7/09, Cass Silva <silva_cass@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Cass Silva <silva_cass@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Theos-World Re: Did Leadbeater Encourage "blind following"??
To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, 9 July, 2009, 9:41 AM











    
            
            


      
      Preethi, was it Oscar Wilde that said - you can still see the stars from the gutter?  This maybe a blessing in disguise 



Cass



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>From: preethi muthiah <seeker_preethi@ yahoo.com>

>To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com

>Sent: Thursday, 9 July, 2009 12:51:47 PM

>Subject: Re: Theos-World Re: Did Leadbeater Encourage "blind following"??

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>Dear Nigel,

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>If you have the courage of your convictions, you get kicked out on to the road. That is where i am at the moment, for standing up and fighting against the corruption the President endorses through her relatives.

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>Preethi

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>--- On Thu, 9/7/09, nhcareyta <nhcareyta@yahoo. com.au> wrote:

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>From: nhcareyta <nhcareyta@yahoo. com.au>

>Subject: Theos-World Re: Did Leadbeater Encourage "blind following"??

>To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com

>Date: Thursday, 9 July, 2009, 7:30 AM

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>--- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, "danielhcaldwell" <danielhcaldwell@ ...> wrote:

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>> Did Leadbeater encourage "blind following" as

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>> Anand phrases it?

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>> You be the judge. Here is what Mr. Leadbeater said

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>> about Mrs. Besant:

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>Yes Daniel, and all

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>And this blind following demanded from a man who lied 

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>repeatedly, who manifestly contradicted the very masters he 

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>claimed to represent and who admitted to serious sexual 

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>misdemeanours with young boysâ and whose many 

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>fantastical statements in his books have been removed by 

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>"theosophical" publishers to avoid both extreme embarrassment

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>and justified discredit, and to maintain the blind following 

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>of a blatant liar.

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>Is it any wonder that deception and deceit from whatever 

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>quarter continues to infect some in the Adyar Theosophical 

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>Society.

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>It is disappointing the many honourable members in that

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>organisation continue to permit these violations to occur.

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>Courage of convictions it seems is in short supply. 

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>Regards

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>Nigel

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>> "What can I say to you of your President [Annie

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>> Besant] that you do not know already? Her colossal

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>> intellect, her unfailing wisdom, her unrivalled

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>> eloquence, her splendid forgetfulness of self,

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>> her untiring devotion of work for others - all

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>> these are but a small part of her greatness;

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>> they are on the surface, they may be seen by all,

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>> they leap to the eyes. But there are other qualities,

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>> other powers, of which you cannot know, because they

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>> pertain to the secrets of Initiation. She is a

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>> pupil of our Masters; from the fount of Their

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>> archaic wisdom she derives her own, the plans which

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>> she is carrying out are Their plans for the welfare

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>> of the world. THINK THEREFORE, HOW GREAT AN

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>> HONOUR IT IS FOR YOU that you should be permitted

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>> to work under her, for in doing so you are virtually

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>> working under Them. THINK HOW WATCHFUL YOU SHOULD

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>> BE TO MISS NO HINT WHICH FALLS FROM HER LIPS, to carry

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>> out EXACTLY whatever instructions she may give to you.

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>> Remember...there will be times when you cannot

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>> understand her motives, for she is taking into account

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>> many things which you cannot see and of which

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>> she must not tell you. BUT WHETHER YOU UNDERSTAND

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>> OR NOT, YOU WILL BE WISE TO FOLLOW HER IMPLICITLY, JUST

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>> BECAUSE SHE KNOWS.

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>> 

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>> THIS IS NOT MERE SUPPOSITION ON MY PART, NO MERE

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>> FLIGHT OF THE IMAGINATION; I HAVE STOOD BESIDE YOUR

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>> PRESIDENT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE SUPREME DIRECTOR

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>> OF EVOLUTION ON THIS GLOBE, AND I KNOW WHEREOF I

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>> SPEAK. Let the wise hear my words, and act accordingly. "

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>> 

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>> Caps added. Adyar Album, p. 45.

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>> Daniel

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