Theos-Talk Archives (July 2003 Message tt00272)

Steve S wrote: <<If there was a Morya (some say the 
mahatmas were all fantasies) it would be impossible to 
make a positive identification because red herrings 
were thrown into the record to prevent their worldly 
identities from being known.> 

Seems I can't help thinking that, where certain kinds of 
spiritual matters are concerned, red herrings might 
often come in real handy. I suspect that God invented 
red herrings just for that handy reason. Not that red 
herrings can't easily enough be invented by us lesser 
beings, but I think SOME read herrings (as in the case 
of the Mahatmas) seem real special to me, making me 
respect such people so much more than if they were 
just regular, herringless, more average types, (ie, in light 
of ... whatever).

Speculatively,
Mauri

PS I wonder if there are books out there on the history
of red herrings... Might make for interesting reading