Theos-Talk Archives (January 2008 Message tt00053)

Cass, here you give a right point.

Christina



--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Cass Silva 
<silva_cass@...> wrote:
>
> Hi John
>   Your response brought the idea into my mind that 'is 
our god so pithy that we have to be superhuman before we 
become disciples'.  If so, we wouldn't need the Masters, 
we would be one ourselves.  
>    
>   Cass
> 
> Augoeides-222@... wrote:
>           Richard,
> Hi, thanks for your comments. It seems to me that you 
might not have read "Tibet and Tulku" by Geoffrey A. 
Barborka, read page 143-144. The issue of her erratic 
personality, smoking, temperament and other 
characteristics are deeply intimate to her unique 
Initiations given her by the Brothers in Tibet. It is a 
real shame so many have not read and deeply studied the 
contents of Tibet and Tulku by her blood relative 
Barborka as this is the only solitary work that deals 
extensively with the matters that made Blavatsky so very 
unique. Understanding is found in those pages!
> 
> Regards,
> John
> 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: "Richard Semock" <semockr@...> 
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Frank 
Reitemeyer" <dzyan@> wrote:
> >
> > > Its well known that HPB was a chain smoker and 
addicted to
> > > nicotine and possibly hash.
> > 
> > Richard, WHO says that she used hash?
> > As far as I know, this rumour comes only from a New 
York reporter and 
> HPB 
> > has contradicted.
> > Frank
> 
> All we know about the personal lives of the founders 
is hearsay or 
> snatches in the letters they wrote to each other. I 
read somewhere that 
> HPB had to stop her carriage periodically on long 
trips to have a 
> cigarette and she rolled her own. 
> 
> You have to wonder if these numerous smoke breaks were 
engendered from 
> a simple nicotine habit or if it wasnt a stronger 
addiction that drove 
> her to these constant interruptions. 
> 
> Whatever it was, it was an addiction of some sort that 
was in control 
> of her when self control is the basic tenet of 
progress on the Path. 
> Now if the Masters were merely using her to convey 
their message than 
> that is a different matter and in that case HPB was 
only a messenger 
> and not a saint or even a chela. 
> 
> I like the comment someone made about her dying in 
Italy at one point 
> whereupon a Master resusitated her and kept her going 
after that with 
> cigarettes. Never let it be said that Theosophists are 
not resourceful 
> in trying to protect their leader!
> 
> The letters to Sinnett were also suspected in certain 
Theosophical 
> circles of being written by HPB posing as a Master. 
> 
> I would be happy to research any of this if needed but 
its a known fact 
> that HPB was a heavy smoker with a dependence on 
tobacco and this was 
> probably the reason that schisms formed in the 
movement. 
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