Theos-Talk Archives (October 2010 Message tt00080)

It is not already there?

On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 9:42 AM, <Drpsionic@mXUnRxadzTMmcGNguasClyFtfRbeiJlg5Zb0sSqdmqhTvAbTgWUwf6D_QbO0xD9Kl7Egsk-pccY.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

>
>
> I have considered forming a Theosophical Society on Second Life.
>
>
> Chuck the Heretic
>
> www.charlescosimano.com
>
> In a message dated 10/9/2010 2:11:40 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> Mvandertak@_czbnBJ1SS-E508e0g7-GhcefHtSOJDRHe0AQn6dUizxJUP7dSinxdvB2Q21CcocaT7C-GiKcjJf25wtkq89.yahoo.invalid <Mvandertak%40yahoo.com> writes:
>
> "Stolen"? Hahaha, No one owns a thing here in this Universe, thats why the
> seperated beings try to keep things for themselves...We all poor from the
> One
> Intelligence, our minds and bodies are made by the Sun, Moon(hidden
> planet, 8th
> dimesion/sphere) and the Earth and our Intuition descended from the Cosmic
> Heart...We do not live, we are lived and therefore have to cooperate and
> share
> what we find, if not ...suffering... Buddha understood this best, that is
> why KH
> and others see Him as the most holy of holy...pity He couldn't explain it
> to the
> people of today, since all that inherrited His Teachings is selling
> Bookists,
> not Buddhists... You may now understand why a Digital Theosophical Society
> should be formed, since the unworthy people will strand on pornsites while
> the
> others may find their way toTheosophy...
>
> ________________________________
> From: c_harles cosimano <
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> _ (http://www.charlescosimano.com/) _Drpsionic@1fCa_NUh2FaxLh0DbIZNTBkW_Y6uvSpat0u-53ZJ7WzVSw6NKAw8E8Fu3Kz7WQ_Y9oCaOQM00aIk66Kv.yahoo.invalid<_Drpsionic%40aol.com>_
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> To: _ (http://www.charlescosimano.com/) _theos-talk@yahoogroups.com<_theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>_
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> (mailto:theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>) _
> Sent: Sat, October 9, 2010 8:03:47 PM
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> Subject: Re: theos-talk Re: Aurobindo's madman?
>
> I think the key came in an brief exchange in the Olcott Library many years
> ago.
> An elderly lady was staying at Olcott for a short time, doing something
> Theosophical, and she came into the library walked into the stacks and
> asked why
> the writings of Alice Bailey were there, not because of any objection to
> what
> they said, but because, as she said, they were all stolen from the
> Esoteric
> Section teachings.
>
> That alone would send them up the walls and over the battlements.
>
> Chuck the Heretic
>
> _ (http://www.charlescosimano.com/) _http://www.charlescosimano.com_
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: kpauljohnson <_ (http://www.charlescosimano.com/)
> _kpauljohnson@7celUQVnbSTKGR6YYsVwaxis95koRLx2V1AMnziL8GsGOUkKTpbyLmEnIFJP9HLpEfl8WWegC_z02xGLb2FX1Q.yahoo.invalid <_kpauljohnson%40yahoo.com>_ (mailto:
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> (mailto:theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>) _
> Sent: Sat, Oct 9, 2010 6:21 am
> Subject: theos-talk Re: Aurobindo's madman?
>
> This was a very contemporary article to have been written a hundred years
> ago!
> As for the "dethroning of popes" that still is the main thing needed IMO.
> But
> now in addition to an authoritarian mindset on behalf of the current
> leadership,
> the popes of 100 years ago are untouchable, beyond criticism, still
> enthroned
> even though long dead.
>
> I would think that Morten and I agree about the relative value of the
> writings
> of Leadbeater and Bailey compared to those of HPB. I'd be equally
> disinclined
> to spend time on either one, but if others in a group wanted to study them
> would
> not object, just skip those classes. But the difference in the TS is that
> nothing negative can ever said about the former, nothing positive about
> the
> latter, without making The Powers That Be extremely uncomfortable. What is
> it
> about Bailey in particular that creates such a paranoid atmosphere
> throughout
> the TS?
>
> --- In _ (http://www.charlescosimano.com/) _theos-talk@yahoogroups.com<_theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>_
>
> (mailto:theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>) , Duane
> Carpenter <monad_monad_monad@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Great Article Jim
> > This extracted section of the article really gave important insights.
> >
> > Aurobindo: Claims of Theosophy
> >
> >
> > "If Theosophy is to survive, it must first change itself. It must learn
> that
> > mental rectitude to which it is now a stranger and improve its moral
> basis. It
>
> > must become clear, straightforward, rigidly self-searching, sceptical in
> the
> > nobler sense of the word. It must keep the Mahatmas in the background
> and put
> > God and Truth in the front. Its Popes must dethrone themselves and
> enthrone the
> >
> > intellectual conscience of mankind. If they wish to be mystic and secret
> like
> > our Yogins, then they must like our Yogins assert only to the initiate
> and the
>
> > trained; but if they come out into the world to proclaim their mystic
> truths
> > aloud and seek power, credit and influence on the strength of their
> assertions,
> >
> > then they must prove. It need not and ought not to be suddenly or by
> miracles;
>
> >_ but there must be a scientific development, we must be able to lay hold
> on the
>
> > rationale and watch the process of the truths they proclaim."
> >
> > Circa 1910/12
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: jamesbergh <jamesbergh@...>
> > To: _ (http://www.charlescosimano.com/) _theos-talk@yahoogroups.com<_theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>_
>
> (mailto:theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>) _
> > Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 7:12:33 PM
> > Subject: theos-talk Aurobindo's madman?
> >
> > Ã
> > I was reading an article by Aurobindo, Claims of Theosophy at:
> > www.aurobindo.ru/workings/sa/17/0015_e.htm
> >
> > He wrote in 1910/12: ...The only member of the Theosophical Society who
> could
> > give me any spiritual help I could not better by my unaided faculties,
> was one
>
> > excluded from the esoteric section because of his rare and potent
> experiences
> > were unintelligible to Theosophical guides... one who meddled not in
> > organizations and election cabals but lived like a madman, unmattavat."
> >
> > Could have been some other Chuck, but I wonder who this soul may have
> been.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Jim
> >
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