Theos-Talk Archives (November 1996 Message tl00009)

On Fri, 1 Nov 1996, Art House wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Can I ask a serious question of those on the lists who are more or less
> of longstanding in things Theosophical? (I assume that those who are new
> to Theosophy or only familiar with the Society through the official
> literature might not have come across this as yet).
>
> Anyway, here's the question:
>
> How do you reconcile the value that you find in the contents of the
> literature with the admitted facts of the early deceptions, hoaxes and
> personal power struggles of the founders that were purported to
> authenticate and validate them and their source in the "Brotherhood of
> Masters"?
>
> Sincerely,
> Mark

Mark: the issue that you have raised has never been a problem to me
personally. The fundamental objective  of the TS has been to form a
nucleus of people like you and me and rest of us here who see what we can
do to help humanity. To me to deal with humanity in abstract is
difficult. Just to deal with people I come into contact with every day
and at every contact I try to see how I can be helpful, kind and
considerate and contribute to their welfare, is how I deal with helping
humanity. When the focus and priority of my actions are on this, the
questions you raised becomes not very significant from my personal point
of view. this is just my humble approach.

MKRamadoss