Theos-Talk Archives (April 1995 Message tl00220)

Greetings...

Well, and so some Christian sects think we Theosophists are the
root of evil in the modern world ...  tools of Satan? Well,
perhaps we ought to thank them, as they are probably the only
damn people left who actually believe that Theosophy *is* having
any substantive effect on the world.  Doesn't it seem as though
if an organization holds, as a primary purpose, the formation of
a nucleus for a "universal" family of humanity, that it is utter
apathy and indifference on the part of said humanity that is far
more of a thing to fear than a bit of Christian childishness? In
a world full of various religions, governments, organizations and
individuals who have deeply vested interests (whether through
ingnorance or calculated intent) in seperatism, shouldn't we be
in a helluva lot *more* trouble than we are currently in? Our
First Object, *if we were actually bringing it to life*, would be
the single most deeply threatening idea in the world to large
numbers of individuals and groups who currently hold power on
earth.

I wish it *did* require courage to be a Theosophist, that
governments *were* deeply suspicious of what we were up to, that
there actually *was* a very real fear of seperatist sects ...  as
was the case with HPB & HSO.  Alas, the only thing government
agents and Christian infiltrators would have to fear from us is
that they would be bored to death before they could get their
reports filed.

The best way to respond to those few who bother to attack us is
probably just to hand them the American Theosophist ...  they'll
quickly go away convinced that we pose no threat to any
established order whatsoever.  The fact that fundamentalists can
visit Headquarters and go away with their minds at ease is *not*
something we can be proud of, but in fact is a symptom our most
profound failure.

             -JRC