Re: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical Society back to its original lines!
Feb 14, 2010 05:00 PM
by Cass Silva
Hey Morten, provided he calls you bossÂon bended knee!!! lol
HPB often referred to Morya as the Boss.
Cass
>
>From: Morten Nymann Olesen <global-theosophy@stofanet.dk>
>To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
>Sent: Mon, 15 February, 2010 8:02:59 AM
>Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical Society back to its original lines!
>
>Â
>Dear John
>
>My views are:
>
>I wonder if you are referring to me?
>Calling me "Boss" I find not to be helpful to the promulgation of the theosophical teachings. I am not a "Boss" more than anyone else on this planet, at least until someone can really truely prove it to be a false position.
>
>Your question cannot be considered compassionate. And I think you know that.
>
>- - - - - - -
>A few more words:
>
>If one never should allow anyone to be expelled as a member of the TS or a given ES, then one should follow the stance: Do not mind, Do not matter.
>And such a position I will not agree upon. There are several other groups to follow for those, who - for the time being - do not find sympathy with the Object of aiming at the creation of a Universal Brotherhood or Universal Compassion between all humans. The Messiah Craze groups and dogmatic Churches have branches of that kind.
>
>All those who are in sympathy with the main Objects as they were given in the origianal Programe aught not to be expelled from the TS. But the problem is that the TS today is not following the Original Programe, and I think I have proven this in more than one e-mail at this forum. They follow something they call the "New Era" given by Annie Besant and others. And this "New Era" supported and still supports meddling with politics and a political involvement of the TS.
>This is what the TS Adyar website says today.
>
>Form the TS Adyar website we have, Feb. 2010:
>"With Mrs. Besant a new era began. She gave a great lead in making Theosophy practical, urging members to theosophize the various fields: religious, social, economic, political.
>http://www.ts- adyar.org/ history.html
>
>ThÃs not in accordance with the Original Programe. Politics aught not to be endorsed and promoted by leading member of the TS and Annie Besant did it, and turned herself into a walking lie, supporting the English Crown under the Commonwealth so the world could be ruled by it with weapons and all.
>And she falsely claimed that H.S. Olcott and H. P. Blavatsky supported the creation of the National Congress of India in her book. "The future of Indian politics", 1922 - Published through the apparently NON-POLITICAL: The Theosophical Publishing House!
>
>A quote from "The future of Indian politics" by Annie Besant:
>"The new departure in 1913 resembled in one marked way the new departure when the National Congress was planned in 1884. The seed of both was planted by the Theosophical Society. It was at the Theosophical Convention of that year that a small group of earnest Theo-sophists â deeply concerned for the political future of their country and aroused to a sense of her past powers and her then present impotence by the awakening crusades of H. P. Blavatsky and Henry Steele Olcott, stirring the educated to self-respect and res-pect for their Nation â meeting in Adyar, decided to make an effort for political redemption".
>(http://www.archive. org/details/ futureofindianpo 00besarich)
>
>Until the TS Adyar and all other theosophical groups clearly add what they or others previously have deleted in the Constitution and Rules about offences on political involvements by members of the TS, I will consider their activities not to be in accordance with the Original Programe and therefore ask them for a proper explanation about why they have such a stance as the one given by Annie Besant in the above.
>
>Here are the words, which were deleted after 1891:
>"ARTICLE XIII
>Offences
>
>1. Any Fellow who shall in any way attempt to involve the Society In political disputes shall be immediately expelled."
>(signed H. S. Olcott and seven other names B. Keightley being one of them, and later published in The Theosophist, January 1891.)
>
>One question:
>Is there anyone on this forum who is aware of when the above article were actually deleted from the Constitution and Rules of the TS, and why it actually were deleted?
>
>M. Sufilight
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Augoeides-222@ comcast.net
>To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com
>Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 8:36 PM
>Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical Society back to its original lines!
>
>Hey Boss,
>Do you want us to build the stake and wood pile in the front yard again so we can burn that dirty heretic?
>
>John
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Morten Nymann Olesen" <global-theosophy@ stofanet. dk>
>To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com
>Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 8:55:19 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
>Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical Society back to its original lines!
>
>No.
>There was never any excommunications in the TS in the period 1875-1891.
>People were expelled out of compassion. This is the truth.
>
>If we continue like you seem to want it, we will create people who never will stop continue to commit heretical acts.
>:-)
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Drpsionic@aol. com
>To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com
>Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 5:22 PM
>Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical Society back to its original lines!
>
>Because excommunication does not work. It merely creates martyrs on one
>hand and rivals on the other.
>
>Chuck the Heretic
>
>_www.charlescosiman o.com
>
>In a message dated 2/13/2010 10:58:21 A.M. Central Standard Time,
>global-theosophy@ stofanet. dk writes:
>
>Now, some of us willI wonder why it was silly?
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From:
>
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>Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 5:28 PM
>Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical Society back to its
>original lines!
>
>Yes, it was silly for her to do that.
>
>Chuck the Heretic
>
>www.charlescosimano www.c
>
>In a message dated 2/12/2010 10:59:41 A.M. Central Standard Time,
>_ ( http://www.charlesc osimano.com/ ) _global-theosophy@ global-thgl_
>(mailto: global-theosophy@ stofanet. dk ) writes:
>
>Dear Cass and friends
>
>I hold your view to be against the esoterical theosophical teachings - and
>so does H. P. Blavatsky in her Esoteric papers as far as I can tell.
>The Masters have had groups for many years where they only allow certain
>members to participate.
>Various Chelas have also had groups where only certain members are allowed.
>
>Are you saying that H. P. Blavatsky was wrong when she and the others
>kicked Charles Sotheran out of the Theosophical Society?
>Are you also saying that H. P. Blavatsky was wrong when she kicked Mabel
>Collins out of her Esoteric Section and refused to accept everyone in her
>Esoteric Section?
>
>Let me seek to explain why...
>
>1.
>H. P. Blavatsky said in her Esoteric Section papers:
>"Having omitted, however, the usual precautions of the probationary
>period, I have but myself to thank; and therefore, it is but just that I
>should
>also be myself the first to suffer for it at the hands of the inexorable
>Karmic law. For this, ironclad as I have been made by daily and almost
>hourly
>unjust attacks, I would have cared but very little; but that which I
>deplore the mostââwith a bitterness few of you will ever realizeââis the
>fact
>that such a number of thoroughly earnest, good, and sincere men and women
>should be made to suffer for the guilt of the few. For, though but a fault
>of
>omission on my part, still that guilt, as I feel, is due to my neglect.
>Behold! my Karma appeared as a warning almost from the beginning of the
>E.S."
>...
>"I had started well. Several of those whom I knew to be entirely unfitted
>to take the pledge have been refused from the first; but I proved unable
>to
>withstand their prayers when certain of them declared to me that it was
>their âlast chance in life.â The âpledge feverâ made short work of their
>promises. One broke her vows only four days after signing her pledge,
>becoming guilty of the blackest treachery and disloyalty to her HIGHER
>SELF. And
>when I could no longer keep in the E.S. either herself or her friend, the
>two convulsed the whole Society with their calumnies and falsehoods. Then
>it
>was that the old wondering query, âHow is it that âpoor H.P.B.,â
>notwithstanding the Masters at her back, and her own insight, is so
>evidently unable
>to know her friends from her foes?â ran once more the round of
>theosophical circles, both here and in America.
>Brothers, if you will judge from appearances, and from the worldly
>standpoint, you are right; but if you take the trouble of looking into the
>inner
>causes producing outward results, you will find that you are decidedly in
>the wrong. That you should no longer do me injustice, let me explain what
>I
>mean."
>.......
>"[And now I sincerely hope that you willââsome of you, at leastââlearn a
>lesson from my weakness, and show your appreciation of this by not judging
>me too unkindly if I now change somewhat my policy. For I have to either
>do so, or to drop the Esoteric teachings altogether, for those at any
>rate,
>who will disagree with this arrangement. To avoid repeating the mistake,
>this is what I propose doing. Each Paper will be sent as it was hitherto,
>only it will appear as a Supplement to the Ethics and teachings which will
>impart the rules of Discipline and the laws of Discipleship, as in the
>case of
>all Probationers. all Probationers. <WBR>"[And now I sincerely hope that you
>w
>at leastââlearn a lesson from my weakness, and show your appreciation of
>this by not judging me too unkindly if I n
>
>âSpeak not the mysteries to the common vulgar, nor to the casual friend,
>or new disciple. With prudent eye to the possible consequences, keep
>locked
>within your breast the teachings received, until you find a listener who
>will understand your words and sympathize with your aspirations.â
>This does not mean that you are at liberty to repeat what you have learned
>to anyone whom you believe to answer that descriptio_n, but that you can
>exchange views with your co-disciples who are pledged as you are
>yours_elf."
>
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>
>2.
>H. P. Blavatsky said in her Esoteric Section papers:
>"The Masters can give but little assistance to a Body not thoroughly
>united in purpose and feeling, and which breaks its first fundamental rule
>ââ
>universal brotherly love, without distinction of race, creed or colour;
>nor to
>a Society, many members of which pass their lives in judging, condemning,
>and often reviling other members in a most untheosophical, not to say
>disgraceful, manner.
>For this reason it is now contemplated to gather the âelectâ of the T.S.
>and to call them to action. It is only by a select group of brave souls, a
>handful of determined men and women hungry for genuine spiritual
>development and the acquirement of soul-wisdom, that the Theosophical
>Society at
>large can be brought back to its original lines. It is through an Esoteric
>Section aloneââi.e., a group in which all the members, even if
>unacquainted
>with one another, work for each other, and by working for all work for
>themselvesââthat the great Exoteric Society may be redeemed and made to
>realize
>that in union and harmony alone lie its strength and power. The object of
>this Section, then, is to help the future growth of the Theosophical
>Society
>as a whole in the true direction, by promoting brotherly union at least
>among the few."
>.......
>"As to the relations of the Masters to this Section, it may be further
>said, paradoxically, that with Them everything is possible and everything
>impossible. They may or may not communicate personally on the outer plane
>with
>a member, and those who are continually wishing to receive âordersâ or
>communications directly from Them on this plane, either phenomenally or
>otherwise, will in all probability be disappointed. The Masters have no
>desire
>to prove Their power or give âtestsâ to anyone whatever. And the fact
>that a
>member has concluded that a crisis of some kind or other is at hand, when,
>according to his wise opinion, the Master or Masters ought to speak and
>interfe_re personally, is no sound r_eason for such an outward
>interference. i
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>3.
>H. P. Blavatsky said in her Esoteric Section papers:
>"NOTICE
>Members of the E.S.T. receiving this Instruction will understand from its
>receipt that they have passed out of the First Probationary Degree of the
>E. S. T. into the Second Probationary Degree. The students in the Second
>Degree must not discuss this Instruction with anyone still in the First
>Degree; they must remain absolutely silent upon it, except to such persons
>as may
>be notified to them as belonging to the Second or Third Degrees by Annie
>Besant or William Q. Judge. Any breach of this rule of silence will be an
>absolute bar to receiving any further Instructions. a
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>
>Do you think that the Masters would reveal all their teachings to the
>vulgar when in a group among the chelas?
>
>M. Sufilight
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Cass Silva
>To: _ (_ ( http://www.charlesc osimano.com/ )
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>Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 1:13 AM
>Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical Society back to its
>original lines!
>
>No, on the contrary Morten, I don't believe in any elite group being set
>up within an organization as this promotes division of its members into
>the
>'blessed' and the 'unclean'. I have no problem with study groups formed
>around esoteric ideas but these should be open to all.
>
>Cass
>
>>
>>From: Morten Nymann Olesen <_ (_ ( http://www.charlesc osimano.com/ )
>_ http://www.charlesc http://www. c_ ( http://www.charlesc osimano.com/ ) _)
>_global-theosophy@ _global-theosoph y@<WB_ ( http://www.charlesc osimano.com/ )
>_global-theosophy@ global-thgl_ (mailto: global-theosophy@ stofanet. dk ) _) _>
>>To: _ (_ ( http://www.charlesc osimano.com/ )
>_ http://www.charlesc http://www. c_ ( http://www.charlesc osimano.com/ ) _) _theos-talk@ ) _theos-t)
>(mailto:_ ( http://www.charlesc osimano.com/ ) _theos-talk@ yahoogrotheos- t_
>(mailto: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com ) )
>>Sent: Fri, 12 February, 2010 3:02:36 AM
>>Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical Society back to its
>original lines!
>>
>>
>>Dear Cass
>>
>>My views are:
>>
>>So you agree with me, that a secretive Esoteric Group, which requires
>approval before membership or opportunity to be taught is achived, might
>be a
>helpful idea?
>>
>>Some might consider the Secret Dcotrine to be a Bible. I would however
>say, that it is quite false to compare them to have anything in common
>since
>the Bible is turned into something infallible, whereas the Secret Doctrine
>never have claimed to be infallible or to be a Bible of any dead-letter or
>
>narrowminded dogmatic and fanatical interpretation.
>>
>>As I see it, we also have to keep the following in mind...
>>
>>The compassionate theosophist and the Sufi operates through the use of
>DESIGNs and MEASURINGs. Each teaching, book, lecture, e-mail etc. etc. is
>a
>DESIGN. After such a DESIGN has been presented, to the receiver(s) of it,
>the message, reacts on the individual in various ways. Depending on the
>reaction and the impact the message has or have - the Initiate or
>Initiates
>MEASURES the receiver(s). After a while a new DESIGN will be presented,
>maybe
>by another person or by other means. This teaching about DESIGN and
>MEASURING is ages old. HPB talked a bit about it. The Sufis are called the
>Designers, and sometimes also masons, i.e. the Eastern compassionate
>masons.
>>
>>Taken from A CURRICULUM OF A SCHOOL
>>"Man has few alternatives in his search for truth. He may rely upon his
>>unaided intellect, and gamble that he is capable of perceiving truth or
>even
>>the way to truth. This is a poor, but an attractive, gamble. Or he can
>>gamble upon the claims of an individual or institution which claims to
>have
>>such a way. This gamble, too, is a poor one. Aside from a very few, wo/men
>>in general lack a sufficiently developed perception to tell them:"
>>
>>1. Not to trust their own unaided mentation;
>>
>>2. Who or what to trust.
>>
>>"There are, in consequence, two main schools of thought in this matter.
>Some
>>say 'Follow your own promptings'; the other says: 'Trust this or that
>>intuition'. Each is really useless to the ordinary wo/man. Each will help
>>him use up his time."
>>
>>"The bitter truth is that before man can know his own inadequacy, or the
>>competence of another man or institution, he must first learn something
>>which will enable him to perceive both. Note well that his perception
>itself
>>is a product of right study; not of instinct or emotional attraction to
>the
>>individual, nor yet of desiring to 'go it alone'. This is 'Learning How
>To
>>Learn."
>>
>>"All this means, of course, that we are postulating here the need for
>>preparatory study before school work takes place. We deny that a man can
>>study and properly benefit from school work until he is equipped for it:
>any
>>more than a person can study space-navigation unless he has a grasp of
>>mathematics. "
>>
>>"This is not to say that a man (or a woman) cannot have a sensation of
>>truth. But the unorganized and fragmented mind which is most people's
>>heritage tends to distort the quality and quantity of this sensation,
>>leading to almost completely false conclusions about what can or should be
>>done."
>>
>>"This is not to say, either, that man cannot take part in studies and
>>activities which impinge upon that portion of him which is connected with
>a
>>higher life and cognition. But the mere application of special techniques
>>[often to everyone, regardless of their current state and requirements]
>will
>>not transform that man's consciousness. It will only feed into, and
>>disturb, more or less permanently, centers of thought and feeling where it
>>does not belong. Thus it is that something which should be a blessing
>>becomes a curse. Sugar, shall we say, for a normal person is nutritionally
>>useful. To a diabetic, it can be poison."
>>
>>"Therefore, before the techniques of study and development are made
>>available to the student, he must be enabled to profit by them in the
>>direction in which they are supposed to lead, not in short-term
>indulgence."
>>
>>"Thus our curriculum takes two parts: the first is in the providing of
>>materials of a preparatory nature, in order to equip the individual to
>>become a student. The second is the development itself."
>>
>>"If we, or anybody else, supply such study or preparatory material
>>prematurely, it will only operate on a lower level than it could. The
>result
>>will be harmless at best. At worst, it will condition, train, the mind of
>>the individual to think and behave in patterns which are nothing less than
>>automatic. In this latter way one can make what seem to be converts,
>>unwittingly play upon emotions, on lesser desires and the conditioning
>>propensity; train people to loyalty to individuals, found and maintain
>>institutions which seem more or less serious or constructive. But no real
>>progress towards knowledge of the human being and the other dimension in
>>which he partly lives will in fact be made... ... ...."
>>
>>Taken partly from: "Learning How to Learn" by the Afghan sufi-author
>Idries
>>Shah
>>
>>M. Sufilight
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Cass Silva
>>To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com
>>Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 2:00 AM
>>Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical Society back to its
>original lines!
>>
>>>From what HPB said, we are given only what we can absorb and assimilate.
>No point in giving us esoteric knowledge that we are not ready for. The
>Secret Doctrine is not unlike the Bible in that it was written for both
>exoteric and esoteric students, so whatever level the reader is at, it
>provides
>guidance.
>>
>>Cass
>>
>>Cass
>>
>>>
>>>From: Morten Nymann Olesen <global-theosophy@ stofanet. dk>
>>>To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com
>>>Sent: Thu, 11 February, 2010 2:58:47 AM
>>>Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical Society back to its
>original lines!
>>>
>>>
>>>Dear Cass and friends
>>>
>>>My views are:
>>>
>>>A new Esoterical School might be necessary or a good and compassionate.
>Remember that we emply agents in various groups and organisations. But I
>find, that another Theosophical Society following the original lines would
>be
>a much better idea, - well provided that the present Theosophical Society
>is not able to show us that they still follow the original lines given by
>the Masters, and why their lines or program are better than the original
>one.
>>>
>>>Such a Knowledge is esoterical knowledge. And that kind of Knowledge is
>not, (so I have been told here at Theos-talk), officially claimed by the
>leaders Theosophical Society today. An example: Try to ask the Master
>whether
>they consider their Himalayan group to be an elite group. Do you think
>that the Masters Himalayan group will reveal all and everything esoterical
>to
>everyone?
>>>
>>>M. Sufilight
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: Cass Silva
>>>To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com
>>>Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 11:54 PM
>>>Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical Society back to its
>original lines!
>>>
>>>I hope you are not suggesting that new esoteric schools be formed? What
>knowledge is so esoteric that it can now only be shared by an elite group?
>>>
>>>Cass
>>>
>>>>
>>>>From: Morten Nymann Olesen <global-theosophy@ stofanet. dk>
>>>>To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com
>>>>Sent: Wed, 10 February, 2010 6:18:19 AM
>>>>Subject: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical Society back to its
>original lines!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Dear friends
>>>>
>>>>My views are:
>>>>
>>>>Sometimes one would do well in reading the words given by H. P.
>Blavatsky
>>>>about the reason for the formation of the Esoteric Section...
>>>>
>>>>H. P. Blavatsky said to the members of the Esoteric Section:
>>>>"This degree of the Esoteric Section is probationary, and its general
>purpose is to prepare and fit the student for the study of practical
>occultism or Raj yoga. Therefore, in this degree, the student--save in
>exceptional
>cases--will not be taught how to produce physical phenomena, nor will any
>magical powers be allowed to develop in him; nor, if possessing such
>powers
>naturally, will he be permitted to exercise them before he has thoroughly
>mastered the knowledge of SELF, of the psycho-physiologica l processes
>(taking place on the occult plane) in the human body generally, and until
>he
>has in abeyance all his lower passions and his PERSONAL SELF.
>>>>The real Head of the Esoteric Section is a Master, of whom H. P.
>Blavatsky is the mouthpiece for this Section. He is one of those Adepts
>referred
>to in theosophical literature, and concerned in the formation of the The
>osophical Society. "
>>>>. . . . . . .
>>>>"The Theosophical Society has just entered upon the fourteenth year of
>its existence; and if it has accomplished great, one may almost say
>stupendous, results on the exoteric and utilitarian plane, it has proved a
>dead
>failure on all those points which rank foremost among the objects of its
>original establishment. Thus, as a "Universal Brotherhood, " or even as a
>fraternity, one among many, it has descended to the level of all those
>Societies
>whose pretensions are great, but whose names are simply masks,--nay, even
>SHAMS. Nor can the excuse be pleaded that it was led into such an
>undignified course owing to its having been
>>>>impeded in its natural development, and almost extinguished, by reason
>of the conspiracies of its enemies openly begun in 1884. Because even
>before that date there never was that solidarity in the ranks of our
>Society
>which would not only enable it to resist all external attacks, but also
>make
>it possible for greater, wider, and more tangible help to be given to all
>its members by those who are always ready to give help when we are fit to
>receive it. When trouble arose, too many were quick to doubt and despair,
>and
>few indeed were they who had worked for the Cause and not for themselves.
>The attacks of the enemy have given the Society some discretion in the
>conduct of its external progress, but its real internal condition has not
>improved, and the members, in their efforts towards spiritual culture,
>still
>require that help which solidarity in the ranks can alone give them the
>right
>to ask. The Masters can give but little assistance to a Body not
>>>thoroughly united in purpose and feeling, and which breaks its first
>fundamental rule--universal brotherly love, without distinction of race,
>creed
>or colour; nor to a Society, many members of which pass their lives in
>judging, condemning, and often reviling other members in a most
>untheosophical, not to say disgraceful, manner."
>>>>. . . . . . .
>>>>"For this reason it is now contemplated to gather the "elect" of the
>T.S. and to call them to action. It is only by a select group of brave
>souls,
>a handful of determined men and women hungry for genuine spiritual
>development and the acquirement of soul-wisdom, that the Theosophical
>Society at
>large can be brought back to its original lines. It is through an Esoteric
>Section alone--i.e., a group in which all the members, even if
>unacquainted
>with one another, work for each other, and by working for all work for
>themselves-- that the great Exoteric Society may be redeemed and made to
>realize that in union and harmony alone lie its strength and power. The
>object of
>this Section, then, is to help the future growth of the Theosophical
>Society as a whole in the true direction, by promoting brotherly union at
>least
>among the few.
>>>>All know that this end was in view when the Society was established,
>and even in its mere unpledged ranks there was a possibility for
>development
>and knowledge, until it began to show want of real union; and now it must
>be saved from future dangers by the united aim, brotherly feeling, and
>constant exertions of the members of this Esoteric Section. Therefore,
>anyone
>who has signed the pledge without realizing this is earnestly recommended
>to
>reconsider his position, and to withdraw unless he is prepared to devote
>himself to the carrying out of this purpose. Once offered the grand
>example
>of practical altruism, of the noble_ lives of those who learn to master
>the
>great knowledge but to help others, and who strive to acquire power_s but
>to
>place them at the service of their fellow-men, the whole theosophical
>community may yet be steered into action, and led to follow the example
>set
>before them.
>>>>The Esoteric Section is thus "set apart" for the salvation of the whole
>
>Society, and its course from its first steps will be an arduous and uphill
>work for its members, though a great reward lies behind the many obstacles
>once they are overcome.
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>>>>
>>>>M. Sufilight asks and comments:
>>>>I ask your compassionate hearts as honest Seekers after Truth :
>>>>
>>>>Do you my dear readers understand that, the Esoteric Section was
>according to H. P. Blavatsky created in 1888 so that "the Theosophical
>Society at
>large can be brought back to its original lines"; the lines openly
>deviated from in 1884?
>>>>
>>>>Did this imply turning it towards a more or less blurred or openly
>declared political involvement à la A. O. Hume - National Congress of
>India? I
>would clearly say no, and no a thousand times!
>>>>
>>>>Did this imply asserting a Messiah in the flesh as the World Teacher of
>the Age (The Maitreya) as a dogma or propagandized doctrine to follow? I
>would clearly say no, and no a thousand times!
>>>>
>>>>Did this imply rejecting the view that "No Theosophist should be silent
>when he hears evil reports or slanders spread about the Society, or
>innocent persons, whether they be his colleagu_es or outs_iders. " (The
>Key to the
>Theosophist, 2ed., 1890, p. 250)? I would clearly say no, and no a
>thousand times!
>>>>
>>>>Did it only imply this with reagard to physically present humans or did
>it also imply it with regard deceased ones? I would clearly say both
>issues count, because people not living in the physical are present in our
>
>universe!
>>>>
>>>>M. Sufilight
>>>>
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