The two sides of the same coin. The same old fight, but with
new disguises of "tolerance" and "infallibility",
not to mention a weak, almost escapist self-criticism
(the second snapshot corresponds to
a personal communication via Facebook on January 2019).
This case of desperate hand-washing was expected to occur and it is not unusual. As already noted in the above link (see also here), this and other shameful flaws are not unique to the ULT and are shared by other "theosophical" collectivities or individuals which have forged a long-time sympathy with rightist/traditionalist trends. For any open-minded and truly honest person, the permanent historical failures of both ideologies are due to their jerk attachment to short-term results, and only in this sense this critic may agree with the need to somehow "spiritualise" political activity. However, there are serious concerns which so far have not been addressed appropriately by many theosophists, independently of their ideological conditioning.
01. Most "theosophical" bipartisans are doubtless very committed to honour the motto "There is no Higher Religion than Truth", considering that current and scandalous cases of political corruption are denounced only by journalists or people from other areas, who are not necessarily involved with Theosophy and demonstrate even more bravery than those who wash their snouts all the time with metaphysics, with the "higher objective" of "not dissatisfying audiences or readership". HPB clearly warned about the responsibility of exposing and criticising the evils of our times, but the problem is that hundreds of millions seriously and deliberately confuse the concepts of "criticism" and "sermon". In very specific and MERITED circumstances, a sermon or piece of advice can be uttered to rectify someone's mistakes if not openly and evidently related to ill-intention, but a harsh criticism is totally founded towards those who indulge in neglicency, prefer to turn a blind eye to malpractices or stimulate all sorts of wrong actions, be direct or indirect.
As far these blog and admin are concerned, the critical articles offered here can be painful or unpleasant only to particular groups of "people" (rather, terminally-ill materialistics or manipulation monsters), no matter what their political preferences may be, or how much idiotic sentimentalism they may exhibit to avoid the heavy and immediate implications of certain themes. "IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT". Now then, if the intention of some "theosophists" is to escape from pain or reduce it at any cost, this student must acknowledge that their exemplary cowardice and lack of direct criticism towards leftist/rightist degeneracy (or whoreson ruffians from public/private sectors, whatever you may call them) came out all right, contributing to make the Theosophical Movement a complete ethical failure, whose walking dead try to keep themselves alive by resurrecting once and again the old sectarian differences.
02. Speaking about "ideological sectarianism", the factum that HPB or other referents wrote or mentioned the words "socialism/communism", "capitalism", etc. does not mean perforce to accept their remarks as "definitive" or "unquestionable" (i.e., in the sense of their MUNDANE facet, not the esoteric one), again, a notion that seems to be applied only to the broadcast of theosophical content but happily ignoring the virtue of "thinking by oneself". Blavatsky herself tiressly repeated that her words should never be taken as an "infallible dogma", and certainly the political concepts she used to explain her IMPARTIAL HATRED against materialism and OBJECTIVE STANCE (congrats to the modern "theosophical dinosaurs"!) may have been useful for her time or some decades later, not per secula seclorum.
With relation to this, and to be very practical, those "theosophists" who boast of being "Platonists" should adjust themselves to modernity's urgencies and propose new political concepts, supposing that they truly bear in mind the so called discourse of "universality". And, astonishingly, this pretention accounts for their "lofty aim" of "not dividing people" by marrying the Doctrine to their preferences! It is unacceptable, deeply comfort-loving and perfidious to conveniently hide under Blavatsky's skirt to support conflictive and FAILED PARODIES of governance, again, completely hijacked by materialistic gits, who are still "labouring" in complete impunity thanks to the sheer imbecility of those false (or ignorant) "lovers of mankind".
If theosophical workers want to make an effective change in the current political scenario, they must begin by introducing new and audacious thoughts to grow themselves away from worthless ideologies that only serve to vested interests, and which do not deserve any compassionate approach at all, bearing in mind all the opportunities they lost (and still lose) to improve their mission, and their permanent acts of betrayal against mankind. The few and true theosophists stay loyal to ideas, not moulds, people or even organisations, as these demonstrate to be eternal sources of confrontation if basic ethical requirements are not met. Otherwise, they uniquely will be worthy of justified disdain or absolute indifference.
03. Perhaps the most stupid aspect of this "political whitewashing" from today's progreimbecile$ and traditiocretin$ is the cheap strategy of flirting with spirituality to make people believe in their "good will". Once more, this is completely inconsistent with their incomprehensible and dogmatic attachment to obsolete political theories. Before the decisive hour strikes for them, theosophical organisations must rapidly choose between honouring and fighting for ageless ethics by publicly denying all links with each and every contemporary political character or group, or perpetuating factious concepts at the sacrifice of the ethical revolution so cherished by HPB. The Theosophical Movement, in common with those moral carcasses misnamed as "religions", is a total fizzle since it has been incapable to produce a gradual and firm cracking of psychological fiendish structures. Such a stolid behaviour can be compared to the "pedigreed karmic faith" of bigots who stay impassive face to critical situations, like those "pure blooded" animals with low intelligence and lacking initiative as a result of degenerate and uncontrolled outbreeding.
As if we didn't have enough, this shameful and arsehole political propaganda in "theosophical" work is already infesting other communities regarded as "forgotten" or "despised", and certainly the above mentioned evil features can hardly be attributed to the unknown initiates belonging to ancestral cultures or strictly esoteric associations. True shamans, healers or clairvoyants in Latin America or other places won't accept to team up with psychotic "theosophists" who are "brave enough" to preserve their Western amenities (naturally, most of them gained through abuse, conspiracies and butchery) and try to seduce the cultural memory of underdeveloped countries which only require a new form of education to produce new generations of critical and UNBIASED thinkers.
Having said that, the Eurocentrism of certain politisiced and "theosophical" bloggers is absolutely damnable, inasmuch as their primitive "traditionali$m"/"progressivi$m" is just a continuous search of power under pestilent disguises of "fraternity", or even more dangerous, a silent attempt to be considered as "heroes" like those European "conquerors" who robbed gold and took innocent lives in the name of their "saviour religion", or the bloody and improvised "revolutionists" who impoverished entire countries through violence, intrigues and greed like their "opponents" some centuries ago. It seems to be that some "unquestionable devotees" ought to be more critical with regard to history and not just repeating hackneyed slogans or utterances to say what people want to hear.
Mental mediocrity always encourages a purposive aversion to critical thinking, and this student has empirically noticed -at least twice in his exploration- the open and warm welcome to human wastes in theosophical lodges/groups as a ridiculous and desperate method for arousing the masses' interest. This autor does not adovcate or suggest the acceptance of "perfected people" only, but rather a more conscious assessment and search for individuals/associates/members who really struggle to be ethically consistent with themselves and the rest of the world. In this sense, one cannot but deplore the presence of imbeciles who intentionally produce awful online "translations" (who even exhibit the "amazing integrity" to accuse their critics of "defamation"), distort the Original Doctrine for selfish means or promulgate bastard fanaticism or proselytism through a "devotion" to dead letter... politics included.
In conclusion, the more redundant and longer the excuses, the worst the result, and the farther the possibilities to generate necessary changes in pre-emptive concerns. It is obvious that politicised and despairful "theosophists" are despicable traitors of the Teachers' legacy and also show a hard resistance to yield a psychological revolution once for all. The word "revolution" in itself seems to be approached in the sense of "violence" only, but the unrealistic and pathetic instance of ultra-pacifism is neither productive nor desirable in a world like today's, full of unconscious "citizen$" who are the direct progeny of karmic omission by other "exemplary" referents.
Serious spirituality should never discard the frontal and hard criticism towards human evil; otherwise, so let those "spiritual" people to leave malignant attitudes from materialism go wild and infest others' lives. Is this what they really want to happen? They say "no" to bloodshed, "no" to prejudice, "no" to extreme changes, and "no" to dogmatism, so what's then their idea of "revolution"? The answer is very simple: the modernisation in abducting and manipulating Ageless Wisdom to protect monstrous oligarchie$/authoritie$, seeding false and conflictive ideas in population and letting the "leaders" alone, as they label themselves as the "exception$ to the Karmic Law" by their profit from materialistic lefttism/rightism or other ideological pigpens.
While political philosophy does not constantly and openly DENIGRATE materialism (and making it subservient to scientific spirituality), no religion or branch of the Theosophical Movement has the "divine right" to give a wink to faulty and abominable concepts which have no ethical merit to be considered. Either they go through a painful self-criticism or inner reform to expulse devilish elements as soon as possible, or finally they can expect to be victims/offenders in future blood baths; in the last instance, simply let their partisans renounce to Theosophy and stop serving two masters at once. Whatever the outcome, it is evident that millions of "wonderful politicised devotees" enjoy to drink from their own dribble, and it is every time harder for them to cut the thread.
"CHEAP BIPARTISANS PREFER INCONSISTENCY, AS THEY REALISE HOW FAR CONSISTENCY OF THOUGHT GOES".
Aquila in Terris