Theos-Talk Archives (December 2010 Message tt00067)

There have been discussions all the time in support of or opposition to the
points of view of many leaders over the period of time. As is structured, a
member of TS is not required to accept any of them all he/she has to do is
to be in sympathy with the three objects, especially the First Object.

Leaders have made mistakes and they have been recognized and considering the
reality in todayâs world, it is time for us to move on and see what we can
do to further the objects of TS.

MKR



On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 3:57 AM, jdmsoares <jdmsoares@V9Vr2dieUulZEU-Mz6I5p-qLRFNlUn-NFSdMt8WHXzF6fv3rRaiK809xU6pi9ThltfvYIAjuv1CSEBQjMsk.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

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> Max,
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> You touch in a most significant point.
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> We could ask:
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> What is more harmful to theosophy than the fantasies and
> pseudo-theosophical literature, for example, of CWL?
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> What is more harmful to the cause than to promote slanders about the
> founders of the theosophical society? And what is more harmful than the
> slanders are being perpetrated by theosophical leaders themselves?
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> What was more harmful to the objects of the theosophical movement that
> the messianic delusions of Besant and Leadbeater?
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> What was more harmful to theosophy than the idea that Besant and CWL
> have attain adepthood?
>
> What is more harmful to theosophy than to insist that Krishnamurti
> thought is somehow similar to the original theosophy (he who confesses
> that never studied a line of theosophy)?
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> What is more harmful to the learning of viveka than the option of
> politeness and "political correctness" instead of frankness and
> impersonal criticism?
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> What is more harmful to the theosophical society than the abandon of
> the fourth object?
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> What is more harmful to world that a relativistic and sophistic approach
> to knowledge and ethics?
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> What is more harmful to the world than to option for falsehoods instead
> of truth?
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> These are just some examples of the so many questions that all sincere
> student could ask.
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> My brother, is symptomatic that you suggest that you would like to
> rename the Theosophical Society for "The Society of Seekers for
> Truth and Brotherhood". That is what ST was during HPB years.
> That's why the work of leading theosophist of ST like Farthing, and
> some others, is still so important.
>
> Best regards, Joaquim
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> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "email2cal" <email2cal@...> wrote:
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> > I share Farthing's concerns about theosophy being diluted by foreign
> > elements, but the solutions he offers may actually harm theosophy. It
> > seems that what he wants is to carve a niche for theosophy which would
> > inevitably turn it into some kind of sect and prevent theosophy from
> > being a synthesis of science, religion and philosophy. This is what
> his
> > language suggests: "eradication," "severance from the Society of all
> > other organizations," "[a] thorough examination of all literature
> > purporting to be 'theosophical'," "not necessarily authentic,"
> > "theosophical literature should be segregated from other material,"
> his
> > suggestion to stop "book selling or publication as such, without
> > specific reference to the promotion of a knowledge of Theosophy,"
> etc.
> > The end result would be a demarcation line between what is and what is
> > not theosophy, rather that a continuum of books and teachings that
> > approximate the truth in various degrees whether they refer to
> theosophy
> > and use theosohucal nomenclature or not and whatever that truth is.
> The
> > emblem of Theos. Society reads, "There is no religion higher than
> > truth," and not "There is no religion higher than theosophy," and I
> > believe Farthing badly misses this important point. I would rename Th.
> > Society The Society of Seekers for Truth and Brotherhood.
> >
> > Max
> >
> >
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "jdmsoares" jdmsoares@ wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear Friends,
> > >
> > > Mr. Geoffrey Farthing was one of the main Adyar Theosophists in the
> > > period after the second world war.
> > >
> > > He also was the most outspoken and best known voice in defense of
> the
> > > original theosophy in Adyar Society since the 1920s.
> > >
> > > He had much in common with Mr. B. P. Wadia. The difference being
> that
> > > Mr. Wadia left Adyar to help the growth of the United Lodge of
> > > Theosophists in 1922, while Farthing remained within Adyar up to his
> > > death in 2004.
> > >
> > > I reproduce below some of the most important parts of this 1996
> > > Manifesto on the future of the Theosophical Society (Adyar).
> > >
> > > See below.
> > >
> > > Best regards, Joaquim.
> >
> >
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