Theos-Talk Archives (October 1999 Message tl00037)

hesse600 wrote:
> > that the best way to deal with a potential troublemaker is to give him a
> > whistle. By the way, do you want a whistle?"
>
> >       I think the Mahatmas knew what they were doing when they created the
> > E.S.
> Are you saying the Mahatma's created the ES as a wistle for
> the people complaining?

	Figuratively speaking, yes. There was one group who felt that only the
teachings of the Mahatma's should be studied or presented by the
Theosophical Society, and the teachings of other religions, even when
they were completely in synch with what the Mahatma's taught, should be
forbidden. The Mahatmas said that each person should find the truth
through their own religion, and let those who wish to follow only the
words of the Mahatma's should form their own special section.

> Anyhow, the rules about homosexuals etc. were not made in
> HPB's time, so why presume the Mahatma's had anything to do
> with it?

	Radha Burnier, head of the Esoteric Section, is STRONGLY against
homosexuality.

	Bart Lidofsky