Theos-Talk Archives (June 2003 Message tt00036)

Hi Mauri,

I think differences of opinion are logical results of us being human. 
Also, it was attempts at unifying the various interpretations of 
Christ that turned the Catholic Church bad, IMO. Then again, in the 
same vein, if we canīt discuss differences of opinion, then what are 
we doing here? How can we hope to learn if our differences of opinion 
donīt get expressed, discussed, learned from?

Katinka
--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Mauri <mhart@i...> wrote:
> As I tend to see it, students of Theosophy, in 
> general, seem to occasionally show signs , (as per 
> A.L. Cleather's THE GREAT BETRAYAL, for 
> example), of differences of opinion about what 
> might be called (?) the "spirit of Theosophy as 
> brought to us by HPB." Which might remind one, 
> incidentally, that only a short couple of thousand 
> years ago (kind of like just yesterday?) there were  
> differences of opinion about another messenger, 
> Jesus, which differences resulted in ... But we all 
> know about that story, don't we?
> 
> I think I'm trying to say, in other words, that as long 
> as there's karma, there are differences of opinion, so 
> if we really don't want to have differences of 
> opinion ... Of course, on the other hand (?), if "the 
> quality of spirituality" is seen as a highly relevant 
> matter in Theosophy, then, (one might wonder?), if 
> the diffrerences of opinion about such "key 
> concerns re spirituality" (on whatever interpretive 
> level) might tend to occasionally promote some kind 
> of Theosophical wars, in some ways ... Of course, on 
> the other hand (?), one can at least preTEND to be a 
> peaceable type, at any rate, if that's seen as keyish, 
> so ...
> 
> Speculatively,
> Mauri