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Re: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical Society back to its original lines!

Feb 15, 2010 08:01 AM
by Drpsionic


To say nothing of uncomfortable.
 
Chuck the Heretic
 
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In a message dated 2/14/2010 1:23:12 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
Augoeides-222@comcast.net writes:

 
 
 
Chuck, 
What if most of them were really extaterrestial "Walk-ins" from  Uranus??? 
Then the situation would be very much more deep and dark!  

John 

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Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010  8:21:20 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the  Theosophical Society back to its 
original lines! 

I'm saying that they  were people of their time, as we all are. 

Chuck the Heretic  

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In a message dated 2/13/2010  10:51:02 A.M. Central Standard Time, 
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(mailto:global-theosophy@stofanet.dk) _ writes: 

So you are saying that  they were unintelligent when they created the 
Theosophical Society and  that they did not apply it to time, place, people 
and 
circumstances? Or  was it rather a compromise dut to the circumstance, the 
time, place and  people? 

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Sent: Saturday, February 13,  2010 5:39 PM 
Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical Society back  to its 
original lines! 

Actually the reason the TS began as a  semi-secret masonic-type thing is 
that in HPB's day they were really into  semi-secret masonic type things. 
It 
is as simple as that.  

Chuck the Heretic 

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In a  message dated 2/13/2010 12:39:22 A.M. Central Standard Time, 
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Dear Cass  

My views are: 

try to read the links in my previous mail  carefully, and you will find 
out, that H. P. Blavatsky says she allowed  people to become members, when 
they 
were honest at the moment they  filed for membership and that she allowed 
herself to ignore the fact that  they perhaps or probably would change 
their 
heart after a short while.  And for this she had to pay karmically. 
Therefore she changed the  allowance of members arriving in the Esoteric 
Section, so 
that the  vulgar were not allowed to become a member. (Try here and read 
past page  585: 

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Here is my take on it  based on the words given by H. P. Blavatsky. 
I would rather say that the  theosophical teachings operate in accordance 
with time, place, people,  teaching, teacher and circumstances. No one can 
force people to do what  they do not want. As they say: You can tak a mule 
to 
the water, but  you cannot force it to drink. Therefore the break-away as 
you mentioned  and not merely because they were thinking by themselves. 
Because people  most often do that. 
And that was why the Theosophical Society at first  began as a semi-secret 
masonic-like body, and also because of the fact  that at that time such a 
body was much more able in turning into something  useful. The Objects were 
put under pressure in the beginning of the  1880-ties, when certain persons 
sought to promote some political  theosophical Constitution and Rules in 
their 
branches. Slowly through  the years the Constitution and Rules began to 
deviate from the Original  lines. And Olcott and other leaders of the TS 
fell 
and deviated from  the Original Lines, especially in 1884 according to H. 
P. 
Blavatsky in  Blavatsky's Collected Writings and her letters. H. P. 
Blavatsky created  the Esoteric Section in 1888 as a respones to this 
problem, even 
when  we know that there were a higher Inner group beyond this probationary 
one,  because several Chelas are mentrioned in Blavatsky's Collected 
Writings  (Here they and a few others are: Damodar K. Mavalankar, H. S. 
Olcott, W.  
Q. Judge, Mohini Chatterjee, Djual Kool, Subba T. Row, Gargya Deva, S.  
Ramaswamier, Darbhagiri Nath, and more). It was done - as a protest and a  
call 
for compassion, and the promotion of a Universal Brotherhood - in  1888 so 
to turn the Theosophical Society back to the Original lines  according to 
Blavatsky's own words which I have alrady quoted for you.  

So I would rather say that some of the students, those who were too  
vulgar, were allowed in the beginning through H. P. Blavatsky's fault and  
her 
wish of collecting a certain_ amount of membe_rs. And some of them  fell_ 
on 
the 
Path, when tested. And people get tested on the  probationary Path. After 
the change were only non-vulgar members were  allowed, we even there find 
that 
some of them fell after a while. The  Path towards liberation and Moksha is 
not without trials and problems.  There is nothing new in this. Through the 
centuries many have tried and  fallen, and only few succeded. They were 
those who were ready to succeed.  The Law of Karma is strict, it never 
fails 
and never allow it self to  be mocked. - H. P. Blavatsky died only a few 
years 
after the formation  of the Esoteric Section. But she almost predicted her 
own death in the  Esoteric Section papers. (Try: Blavatsky Collected 
Writings Volume 12 Page  491-492) 

But these are just my views, which at least are supported by  H. P. 
Blavatsky in her own papers from the time. 

M. Sufilight  

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Sent: Saturday, February 13,  2010 12:50 AM 
Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical Society back  to its 
original lines! 

Morten, 
Look what happened - those that  joined the esoteric group soon began to 
have their own ideas - and hence  the breakaway. Theosophy in its infancy 
needed to be spread to the wider  community, one could only do that by 
introducing an esoteric section that  delved into the deep and hidden 
teachings. As I 
said it seemed as  though some of those students began to think that they 
knew more than  their teachers and the inevitable outcome of that was that 
theosophy  became diluted or altered which would have defeated the purpose 
of 
the  esoteric section. As they say, a little knowledge in the wrong hands!  

Perhaps they learnt that the theosophical message challenged their own  
personal beliefs, and rather than change those beliefs, twisted them to  
fit in 
or be accomodated by their own personal belief system. You can  take a 
horse to water, but you can't _make it dr_ink, as they_ say.  

Cass 

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>Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical  Society back to its 
original lines! 
> 
> 
>Dear Cass  and friends 
> 
>I hold your view to be against the esoterical  theosophical teachings - 
and so does H. P. Blavatsky in her Esoteric  papers as far as I can tell. 
>The Masters have had groups for many  years where they only allow certain 
members to participate.  
>Various Chelas have also had groups where only certain members are  
allowed. 
> 
>Are you saying that H. P. Blavatsky was wrong  when she and the others 
kicked Charles Sotheran out of the Theosophical  Society? 
>Are you also saying that H. P. Blavatsky was wrong when she  kicked Mabel 
Collins out of her Esoteric Section and refused to accept  everyone in her 
Esoteric Section? 
> 
>Let me seek to explain  why... 
> 
>1. 
>H. P. Blavatsky said in her Esoteric  Section papers: 
>"Having omitted, however, the usual precautions of the  probationary 
period, I have but myself to thank; and therefore, it is but  just that I 
should 
also be myself the first to suffer for it at the  hands of the inexorable 
Karmic law. For this, ironclad as I have been made  by daily and almost 
hourly 
unjust attacks, I would have cared but very  little; but that which I 
deplore the mostââwith a bitterness few of you  will ever realizeââis the 
fact 
that such a number of thoroughly  earnest, good, and sincere men and women 
should be made to suffer for the  guilt of the few. For, though but a fault 
of omission on my part, still  that guilt, as I feel, is due to my neglect. 
Behold! my Karma appeared as  a warning almost from the beginning of the 
E.S." 
>... 
>"I  had started well. Several of those whom I knew to be entirely unfitted 
to  take the pledge have been refused from the first; but I proved unable 
to  withstand their prayers when certain of them declared to me that it was 
 
their âlast chance in life.â The âpledge feverâ made short work of their  
promises. One broke her vows only four days after signing her pledge,  
becoming guilty of the blackest treachery and disloyalty to her HIGHER  
SELF. And 
when I could no longer keep in the E.S. either herself or  her friend, the 
two convulsed the whole Society with their calumnies and  falsehoods. Then 
it 
was that the old wondering query, âHow is it that  âpoor H.P.B.,â 
notwithstanding the Masters at her back, and her own  insight, is so 
evidently 
unable to know her friends from her foes?â  ran once more the round of 
theosophical circles, both here and in America.  
>Brothers, if you will judge from appearances, and from the worldly  
standpoint, you are right; but if you take the trouble of looking into the  
inner 
causes producing outward results, you will find that you are  decidedly in 
the wrong. That you should no longer do me injustice, let me  explain what 
I 
mean." 
>....... 
>"[And now I sincerely  hope that you willââsome of you, at leastââlearn 
a lesson from my  weakness, and show your appreciation of this by not 
judging me too  unkindly if I now change somewhat my policy. For I have to 
either 
do  so, or to drop the Esoteric teachings altogether, for those at any 
rate,  
who will disagree with this arrangement. To avoid repeating the mistake,  
this is what I propose doing. Each Paper will be sent as it was hitherto,  
only it will appear as a Supplement to the Ethics and teachings which will  
impart the rules of Discipline and the laws of Discipleship, as in the  
case 
of all Probationers. ] Those who accept the new arrangement will  have to 
study the latter, or they cannot receive any more teachings from  me. For, 
as 
saith the Book of Discipline in the Schools of Dzyan:  
> 
>âSpeak not the mysteries to the common vulgar, nor to the  casual friend, 
or new disciple. With prudent eye to the possible  consequences, keep 
locked 
within your breast the teachings received,  until you find a listener who 
will understand your words and sympathize  with your aspirations.â 
>This does not mean that yo_u are at liberty to  repeat what you hav_e 
learned to anyone whom you believe to answer t_hat  description, but that 
you can 
exchange views with your co-disciples  who are pledged as you are 
yourself." 
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> 
>2. 
>H. P. Blavatsky said in her  Esoteric Section papers: 
>"The Masters can give but little assistance  to a Body not thoroughly 
united in purpose and feeling, and which breaks  its first fundamental rule 
ââ 
universal brotherly love, without  distinction of race, creed or colour; 
nor 
to a Society, many members  of which pass their lives in judging, 
condemning, 
and often reviling  other members in a most untheosophical, not to say 
disgraceful, manner.  
>For this reason it is now contemplated to gather the âelectâ of the  T.S. 
and to call them to action. It is only by a select group of brave  souls, a 
handful of determined men and women hungry for genuine spiritual  
development and the acquirement of soul-wisdom, that the Theosophical  
Society at 
large can be brought back to its original lines. It is  through an Esoteric 
Section aloneââi.e., a group in which all the members,  even if 
unacquainted 
with one another, work for each other, and by  working for all work for 
themselvesââthat the great Exoteric Society may  be redeemed and made to 
realize 
that in union and harmony alone lie  its strength and power. The object of 
this Section, then, is to help the  future growth of the Theosophical 
Society as a whole in the true  direction, by promoting brotherly union at 
least 
among the few."  
>....... 
>"As to the relations of the Masters to this Section,  it may be further 
said, paradoxically, that with Them everything is  possible and everything 
impossible. They may or may not communicate  personally on the outer plane 
with 
a member, and those who are  continually wishing to receive âordersâ or 
communications directly from  Them on this plane, either phenomenally or 
otherwise, will in all  probability be disappointed. The Masters have no 
desire 
to prove Their  power or give âtestsâ to anyone whatever. And the fact 
that 
a member  has concluded that a crisis of some kind or other is at hand, 
when_,  according to his wis_e opinion, the Master or M_asters ought to 
speak and  
interfere personally, is no sound reason for such an outward interference.  
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> 
>3. 
>H. P. Blavatsky said  in her Esoteric Section papers: 
>"NOTICE 
>Members of the E.S.T.  receiving this Instruction will understand from its 
receipt that they have  passed out of the First Probationary Degree of the 
E. S. T. into the  Second Probationary Degree. The students in the Second 
Degree must not  discuss this Instruction with anyone still in the First 
Degree; they must  remain absolutely silent upon it, except to such persons 
as 
may be  notified to them as belonging to the Second or Third Degrees by 
Annie  
Besant or William Q. Judge. Any breach of this rule of silence will be an  
absolute bar to receiving any further Instructions. " 
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> 
>Do you think that the Masters would reveal  all their teachings to the 
vulgar when in a group among the chelas?  
> 
>M. Sufilight 
> 
>----- Original Message -----  
>From: Cass Silva 
>To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com 
>Sent:  Friday, February 12, 2010 1:13 AM 
>Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the  Theosophical Society back to its 
original lines! 
> 
>No, on  the contrary Morten, I don't believe in any elite group being set 
up  within an organization as this promotes division of its members into 
the  
'blessed' and the 'unclean'. I have no problem with study groups formed  
around esoteric ideas but these should be open to all. 
>  
>Cass 
> 
>> 
>>From: Morten Nymann Olesen  <global-theosophy@ stofanet. dk> 
>>To: theos-talk@yahoogro  ups.com 
>>Sent: Fri, 12 February, 2010 3:02:36 AM  
>>Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical Society back to  its 
original lines! 
>> 
>> 
>>Dear Cass  
>> 
>>My views are: 
>> 
>>So you agree  with me, that a secretive Esoteric Group, which requires 
approval before  membership or opportunity to be taught is achived, might 
be a 
helpful  idea? 
>> 
>>Some might consider the Secret Dcotrine to be a  Bible. I would however 
say, that it is quite false to compare them to have  anything in common 
since 
the Bible is turned into something  infallible, whereas the Secret Doctrine 
never have claimed to be  infallible or to be a Bible of any dead-letter or 
narrowminded dogmatic  and fanatical interpretation. 
>> 
>>As I see it, we also  have to keep the following in mind... 
>> 
>>The  compassionate theosophist and the Sufi operates through the use of 
DESIGNs  and MEASURINGs. Each teaching, book, lecture, e-mail etc. etc. is 
a  
DESIGN. After such a DESIGN has been presented, to the receiver(s) of it,  
the message, reacts on the individual in various ways. Depending on the  
reaction and the impact the message has or have - the Initiate or  
Initiates 
MEASURES the receiver(s). After a while a new DESIGN will be  presented, 
maybe 
by another person or by other means. This teaching  about DESIGN and 
MEASURING is ages old. HPB talked a bit about it. The  Sufis are called the 
Designers, and sometimes also masons, i.e. the  Eastern compassionate 
masons. 
>> 
>>Taken from A  CURRICULUM OF A SCHOOL 
>>"Man has few alternatives in his search for  truth. He may rely upon his 
>>unaided intellect, and gamble that he  is capable of perceiving truth or 
even 
>>the way to truth. This  is a poor, but an attractive, gamble. Or he can 
>>gamble upon the  claims of an individual or institution which claims to 
have  
>>such a way. This gamble, too, is a poor one. Aside from a very  few, 
wo/men 
>>in general lack a sufficiently developed  perception to tell them:" 
>> 
>>1. Not to trust their own  unaided mentation; 
>> 
>>2. Who or what to trust.  
>> 
>>"There are, in consequence, two main schools of  thought in this matter. 
Some 
>>say 'Follow your own promptings';  the other says: 'Trust this or that  
>>intuition'intuition'<WBR>. Each is really useless  to the ordinary 
wo/man. 
>>him use up his time." 
>>  
>>"The bitter truth is that before man can know his own inadequacy,  or the 
>>competence of another man or institution, he must first  learn something 
>>which will enable him to perceive both. Note well  that his perception 
itself 
>>is a product of right study; not of  instinct or emotional attraction to 
the 
>>individual, nor yet of  desiring to 'go it alone'. This is 'Learning How 
To 
>>Learn."  
>> 
>>"All this means, of course, that we are postulating  here the need for 
>>preparatory study before school work takes  place. We deny that a man can 
>>study and properly benefit from  school work until he is equipped for it: 
any 
>>more than a  person can study space-navigation unless he has a grasp of  
>>mathematics. " 
>> 
>>"This is not to say that a  man (or a woman) cannot have a sensation of 
>>truth. But the  unorganized and fragmented mind which is most people's 
>>heritage  tends to distort the quality and quantity of this sensation,  
>>leading to almost completely false conclusions about what can or  should 
be 
>>done." 
>> 
>>"This is not to say,  either, that man cannot take part in studies and 
>>activities which  impinge upon that portion of him which is connected 
with a  
>>higher life and cognition. But the mere application of special  
techniques 
>>[often to everyone, regardless of their current  state and requirements] 
will 
>>not transform that man's  consciousness. It will only feed into, and 
>>disturb, more or less  permanently, centers of thought and feeling where 
it 
>>does not  belong. Thus it is that something which should be a blessing  
>>becomes a curse. Sugar, shall we say, for a normal person is  
nutritionally 
>>useful. To a diabetic, it can be poison."  
>> 
>>"Therefore, before the techniques of study and  development are made 
>>available to the student, he must be enabled  to profit by them in the 
>>direction in which they are supposed to  lead, not in short-term 
indulgence." 
>> 
>>"Thus our  curriculum takes two parts: the first is in the providing of  
>>materials of a preparatory nature, in order to equip the  individual to 
>>become a student. The second is the development  itself." 
>> 
>>"If we, or anybody else, supply such study  or preparatory material 
>>prematurely, it will only operate on a  lower level than it could. The 
result 
>>will be harmless at  best. At worst, it will condition, train, the mind 
of 
>>the  individual to think and behave in patterns which are nothing less 
than  
>>automatic. In this latter way one can make what seem to be  converts, 
>>unwittingly play upon emotions, on lesser desires and  the conditioning 
>>propensity; train people to loyalty to  individuals, found and maintain 
>>institutions which seem more or  less serious or constructive. But no 
real 
>>progress towards  knowledge of the human being and the other dimension in 
>>which he  partly lives will in fact be made... ... ...." 
>> 
>>Taken  partly from: "Learning How to Learn" by the Afghan sufi-author 
Idries  
>>Shah 
>> 
>>M. Sufilight 
>>  
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: Cass Silva  
>>To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com 
>>Sent: Thursday,  February 11, 2010 2:00 AM 
>>Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the  Theosophical Society back to its 
original lines! 
>>  
>>>From what HPB said, we are given only what we can absorb and  assimilate. 
No point in giving us esoteric knowledge that we are not ready  for. The 
Secret Doctrine is not unlike the Bible in that it was written  for both 
exoteric and esoteric students, so whatever level the reader is  at, it 
provides 
guidance. 
>> 
>>Cass 
>>  
>>Cass 
>> 
>>> 
>>>From: Morten  Nymann Olesen <global-theosophy@ stofanet. dk> 
>>>To:  theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com 
>>>Sent: Thu, 11 February, 2010  2:58:47 AM 
>>>Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical  Society back to its 
original lines! 
>>> 
>>>  
>>>Dear Cass and friends 
>>> 
>>>My  views are: 
>>> 
>>>A new Esoterical School might be  necessary or a good and compassionate. 
Remember that we emply agents in  various groups and organisations. But I 
find, that another Theosophical  Society following the original lines would 
be a much better idea, - well  provided that the present Theosophical 
Society 
is not able to show us  that they still follow the original lines given by 
the Masters, and why  their lines or program are better than the original 
one. 
>>>  
>>>Such a Knowledge is esoterical knowledge. And that kind of  Knowledge is 
not, (so I have been told here at Theos-talk), officially  claimed by the 
leaders Theosophical Society today. An example: Try to ask  the Master 
whether they consider their Himalayan group to be an elite  group. Do you 
think 
that the Masters Himalayan group will reveal all  and everything esoterical 
to 
everyone? 
>>>  
>>>M. Sufilight 
>>> 
>>>----- Original  Message ----- 
>>>From: Cass Silva 
>>>To:  theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com 
>>>Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010  11:54 PM 
>>>Subject: Re: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical  Society back to its 
original lines! 
>>> 
>>>I  hope you are not suggesting that new esoteric schools be formed? What 
 
knowledge is so esoteric that it can now only be shared by an elite group?  
>>> 
>>>Cass 
>>> 
>>>>  
>>>>From: Morten Nymann Olesen <global-theosophy@ stofanet.  dk> 
>>>>To: theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com  
>>>>Sent: Wed, 10 February, 2010 6:18:19 AM  
>>>>Subject: Theos-World Bring the Theosophical Society back  to its 
original lines! 
>>>> 
>>>>  
>>>>Dear friends 
>>>> 
>>>>My  views are: 
>>>> 
>>>>Sometimes one would do  well in reading the words given by H. P. 
Blavatsky  
>>>>about the reason for the formation of the Esoteric  Section... 
>>>> 
>>>>H. P. Blavatsky said to  the members of the Esoteric Section: 
>>>>"This degree of the  Esoteric Section is probationary, and its general 
purpose is to prepare  and fit the student for the study of practical 
occultism or Raj yoga.  Therefore, in this degree, the student--save in 
exceptional cases--will  not be taught how to produce physical phenomena, 
nor will any 
magical  powers be allowed to develop in him; nor, if possessing such 
powers  naturally, will he be permitted to exercise them before he has 
thoroughly  
mastered the knowledge of SELF, of the psycho-physiologica l processes  
(taking place on the occult plane) in the human body generally, and until  
he 
has in abeyance all his lower passions and his PERSONAL SELF.  
>>>>The real Head of the Esoteric Section is a Master, of whom  H. P. 
Blavatsky is the mouthpiece for this Section. He is one of those  Adepts 
referred 
to in theosophical literature, and concerned in the  formation of the 
Theosophical Society. " 
>>>>. . . . . . .  
>>>>"The Theosophical Society has just entered upon the  fourteenth year of 
its existence; and if it has accomplished great, one  may almost say 
stupendous, results on the exoteric and utilitarian plane,  it has proved a 
dead 
failure on all those points which rank foremost  among the objects of its 
original establishment. Thus, as a "Universal  Brotherhood, " or even as a 
fraternity, one among many, it has descended  to the level of all those 
Societies whose pretensions are great, but whose  names are simply 
masks,--nay, even 
SHAMS. Nor can the excuse be  pleaded that it was led into such an 
undignified course owing to its  having been 
>>>>impeded in its natural development, and almost  extinguished, by reason 
of the conspiracies of its enemies openly begun in  1884. Because even 
before that date there never was that solidarity in the  ranks of our 
Society 
which would not only enable it to resist all  external attacks, but also 
make 
it possible for greater, wider, and  more tangible help to be given to all 
its members by those who are always  ready to give help when we are fit to 
receive it. When trouble arose, too  many were quick to doubt and despair, 
and 
few indeed were they who had  worked for the Cause and not for themselves. 
The attacks of the enemy have  given the Society some discretion in the 
conduct of its external progress,  but its real internal condition has not 
improved, and the members, in  their efforts towards spiritual culture, 
still 
require that help which  solidarity in the ranks can alone give them the 
right 
to ask. The  Masters can give but little assistance to a Body not  
>>>thoroughly united in purpose and feeling, and which breaks its  first 
fundamental rule--universal brotherly love, without distinction of  race, 
creed or colour; nor to a Society, many members of which pass their  lives 
in 
judging, condemning, and often reviling other members in a  most 
untheosophical, not to say disgraceful, manner."  
>>>>. . . . . . . 
>>>>"For this reason it is  now contemplated to gather the "elect" of the 
T.S. and to call them to  action. It is only by a select group of brave 
souls, a handful of  determined men and women hungry for genuine spiritual 
development and the  acquirement of soul-wisdom, that the Theosophical 
Society at 
large can  be brought back to its original lines. It is through an Esoteric 
Section  alone--i.e., a group in which all the members, even if 
unacquainted  
with one another, work for each other, and by working for all work for  
themselves-- that the great Exoteric Society may be redeemed and made to  
realize that in union and harmony alone lie its strength and power. The  
object 
of this Section, then, is to help the future growth of the  Theosophical 
Society as a whole in the true direction, by promoting  brotherly union at 
least 
among the few. 
>>>>All know  that this end was in view when the Society was established, 
and even in  its mere unpledged ranks there was a possibility for 
development 
and  knowledge, until it began to show want of real union; and now it must 
be  saved from future dangers by the united aim, brotherly feeling, and  
constant exertions of the members of this Esoteric Section. Therefore,  
anyone 
who has signed the pledge without realizing this is earnestly  recommended 
to 
reconsider his position, and to withdraw unless he is _ prepared to devote 
himself to the carrying out of this purpose. Once  offered the grand 
example 
of practical altruism, of the noble lives of  those who learn to master the 
great knowle_dge but to help others, and who  strive to acquire powers but 
to 
place them at the service of their  fellow-men, the whole _theosophical 
community may yet be steered into  action, and led to follow the example 
set 
before them.  
>>>>The Esoteric Section is thus "set apart" for the salvation  of the 
whole Society, and its course from its first steps will be an  arduous and 
uphill work for its members, though a great reward lies behind  the many 
obstacles once they are overcome. 
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>>>>M. Sufilight asks  and comments: 
>>>>I ask your compassionate hearts as honest  Seekers after Truth : 
>>>> 
>>>>Do you my dear  readers understand that, the Esoteric Section was 
according to H. P.  Blavatsky created in 1888 so that "the Theosophical 
Society 
at large  can be brought back to its original lines"; the lines openly 
deviated from  in 1884? 
>>>> 
>>>>Did this imply turning it  towards a more or less blurred or openly 
declared political involvement à la A. O. Hume - National Congress of 
India? I 
would clearly say no,  and no a thousand times! 
>>>> 
>>>>Did this  imply asserting a Messiah in the flesh as the World Teacher 
of the Age  (The Maitreya) as a dogma or propagandized doctrine to follow? 
I 
would  clearly say no, and no a thousand times! 
>>>>  
>>>>Did this imply rejecting the view that "No Theosophist  should be 
silent when he hears evil reports or slanders spread about the  Society, or 
innocent persons, _whether they be h_is colleag_ues or  outsiders. " (The 
Key to 
the Theosophist, 2ed., 1890, p. 250)? I would  clearly say no, and no a 
thousand times! 
>>>>  
>>>>Did it only imply this with reagard to physically present  humans or 
did it also imply it with regard deceased ones? I would clearly  say both 
issues count, because people not living in the physical are  present in our 

universe! 
>>>> 
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