Theos-Talk Archives (December 2002 Message tt00566)

Thanks, Paul, for your frankness in clearing up the record about "Anti 
Theosophical" conspiracies, and your position as an ex-Theosophist but not an 
anti-theosophist. While I don't think that there aren't any 
"anti-Theosophists" (Since I have seen some of them in action, whatever their 
reasons) -- I do think it could be questionable as to whether there are any 
conspiracies or other organizations trying to break up the Theosophical 
Movement... Except, perhaps, those ostensibly religious, and possibly even 
political organizations that Blavatsky specifically targeted as being 
inimical to the public dissemination of fundamental truths... In particular, 
those truths that could eventually wake up and bring together into a true 
brotherhood, all people who had been duped by the dogmas and lies of these 
organizations into blindly following the dictates of their own lower natures 
-- resulting in actions based on self centered greed and indifference toward 
others that have led to most of the present problems of the world.

Maybe it would be a good idea for us to distinguish between the Theosophical 
Movement, the original Theosophical Society, the various TS spin-off 
organizations, other ostensibly theosophical organizations and secret 
societies, theosophical study groups, and individual theosophists. 

For example, as a "theosophist" (in the definitive meaning of the word, which 
identifies one as a searcher for fundamental truth or "divine wisdom") -- I 
am not now, nor have I ever have been a member of the Theosophical Society or 
it's esoteric section (although I have received much "inside" information 
about them from various sources). Neither have I ever been a member of any 
other organization that professes to be theosophical, religious, or occult -- 
such as the Arcane Group, the Lucis Trust, Course of Miracles, Golden Dawn, 
Masons, or any similar organization, secret society, or religious order -- 
including all the major world religions... Although, I have carefully, and in 
great depth over a period of almost 65 years studied them all and compared 
their root metaphysical and moral/ethical teachings to the teachings of Madam 
Blavatsky and her so called, "Masters." In addition, I have compared these 
teachings with the latest and most reasonable scientific laws and principles 
that guide the involution and evolution of the Universe, and all the "worlds" 
and "beings" within it. 

Besides the teachings of most of the Prometheans of classical and modern 
science, these studies have also included the teachings of Gurdjieff, 
Ouspensky, Crowley, Casey, Bailey, Leadbeater, Perucker, etc., as well as the 
teachings of the Buddhist, Hebrew, Egyptian, Hindu, Christian, Muslim, Sufi, 
and Greek Masters of Wisdom -- from Thoth/Hermes, through Pythagorus, Plato, 
Aristotle, Plotinus, etc., to Buddha, Nagarjuna, Tsongkapa, Sankaracharya, 
Padmasambava, Moses, Lao Tse, Confucius, Mohammed, etc., etc., as well as 
their wise disciples (to name them all would fill a book).

The goal was, as HPB may also have done, to cull out all their contradictions 
and arrive at the fundamental truths common to them all... And then, to 
formulate the resultant metaphysical truths into one consolidated "theory of 
everything" that would be completely consistent with both the teachings of 
ancient theosophy and the most advanced theories of modern physical 
science... And then, to present such a theory -- in effect, to write my own 
(not so) "Secret Doctrine" in the common "language of this Age" so that 
ordinary intelligent people could understand it, and thus, realize the truth 
and validity of theosophy and its teachings of karma, reincarnation, and the 
unity of all -- while accepting and acting on the ethical, moral and 
individual responsibility precepts they imply. 

Although, I am not certain that I have yet found the complete and final 
answer, It seems to me that this modern way of presenting theosophy should be 
the joint effort and common goal of all convinced "theosophists," wherever 
they may be situated, or whatever their personal organizational or religious 
affiliations. There's no need to believe in Masters or Magic to understand 
the fundamental nature of reality and one's part in it. Those ideas will 
become self evident once one is fully cognizant of the way consciousness, 
time, and matter interrelate through all seven levels of being on both the 
macro and the micro levels -- or when one has become fully self realized and 
enlightened. 

While I do not subscribe to any of the theosophical Organizations, and 
sometimes disagree with those who have led them in the past and currently 
lead them, this doesn't mean that that I am anti such groups... Since, much 
of their fundamental understandings as well as their aims and purposes toward 
achieving a brotherhood of all humankind, are similar to mine. Also, I am 
not the enemy of anyone attempting, by historical references, to point out 
the flaws in such groups and the failures of their leaders, However, I am 
the enemy of anyone who polemically uses such information to denigrate the 
fundamental teachings of theosophy, or the credibility of its sincere 
teachers such as Blavatsky, her Masters, and some of her students or 
disciples -- whose sole aim is and was to disseminate those teachings in the 
interest of achieving the three objects of the Theosophical Movement... 
Namely, To form the nucleus of a Universal Brotherhood of Humanity, without 
distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or color; The study of ancient and 
modern religions, philosophies and sciences, and the demonstration of the 
importance of such study, and; The investigation of the unexplained laws of 
nature and the psychical powers latent in man. 

I hope this explains my position as a student/teacher of theosophy, as well 
as puts the words "theosophy" and "theosophical" in their proper 
connotations, and distinguishes the teachings, themselves, from the 
organizations that profess them in varying degrees.

Sincerely,

LHM