Theos-Talk Archives (December 2010 Message tt00041)

Dear friends,

There are still profound misconceptions inside the theosophical
movement. One of them is to think that brotherhood is built from the
absence of critics. Lets remember some precious words of HPB about this
matter:

"It is precisely because Theosophists would themselves be judged and
court impartial criticism, that they begin by rendering that service to
their fellow-men. Mutual criticism is a most healthy policy, and helps
to establish final and definite rules in life?practical, not merely
theoretical. We have had enough of theories. The Bible is full of
wholesome advice, yet few are the Christians who have ever applied any
of its ethical injunctions to their daily lives. If one criticism is
hurtful so is another; so also is every innovation, or even the
presentation of some old thing under a new aspect, as both have
necessarily to clash with the views of this or another `authority.' I
maintain, on the contrary, that criticism is the great benefactor of
thought in general; and still more so of those men who never think for
themselves but rely in everything upon acknowledged "authorities" and
social routine. " [1]

Best regards,

Joaquim

Note:

[1] "ON CRITICISM, AUTHORITIES, AND OTHER MATTERS", Lucifer, Vol. XI,
No, 61, September, 1892, pp. 9-11

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