Theos-Talk Archives (January 2002 Message tt00394)

Daniel and Adelasie, 

It strikes me as really weird that you all are using the fact that 
Steve, Brigitte and I don't think alike as proof of something.
Lord have mercy! We live thousands of miles apart, have never met, 
don't AFAIK belong to any of the same organizations, and our only 
connection is online acquaintance and being bashed repeatedly by 
Theosophists for asking the wrong questions/proposing the wrong 
asnwers about HPB. What possible reason would there be to expect us 
to all think exactly alike? What possible message can you take from 
the fact that we don't, other than that this is how people are?

> Thank you for a very interesting contribution, Daniel. It strikes 
me as a good example of the confusion and obfuscation that can result 
> when the intellect alone is used to try to understand occultism. 

What it's a good example of is that people who don't know one 
another, don't share the same background or knowledge base or belief 
system, and don't feel the need to conform to anyone else's thoughts 
on the subject, are inevitably going to arrive at different 
perspectives and conclusions. Regardless of the subject, occultism 
or needlepoint. Regardless of the approach, intellectual or mystical 
or emotional. People aren't robots and they're not clones. Each 
thinks independently or should.

It also shows that people who have quite different POVs on HPB can 
discuss them amicably without feeling in the slightest that they 
ought to all agree. At least non-Theosophists can!

PJ