In 1890, A Few
Greek Citizens
Make an Experiment
in Being Sincere
Unknown Author
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A 2016 Editorial Note:
The following text
was first published at
“Lucifer” [1] magazine, London, in its June
1890 edition, p. 350.
It was probably written
by Helena
Blavatsky, who was then the editor
of that magazine. The
short article shows how
revolutionary -
and uncomfortable - the idea of
utter
truthfulness can be in the present civilization.
(Carlos Cardoso
Aveline)
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A “Society of the Friends of Truth”
has been founded at Athens, and has made the following regulations for the
conduct of its members:
“1. This Society has been formed
for the purpose of creating the habit of telling the Truth on every occasion.
“2. Every member of the
Society is supposed to aim at the formation of this habit. He therefore
undertakes to speak at all times, and everywhere, nothing but the pure Truth.
“3. As this is a difficult
task in everyday life, this Society shall enforce the following method in order
to facilitate it.
“4. Each member keeps a diary
of all the occasions in which he either was compelled to tell a lie, or
succeeded in telling the truth amidst difficulties.
“5. In the weekly meetings of
the Society, each member reads a summary of his diary, and then follows a
discussion as to how in future lies may be avoided, and Truth spoken in spite
of all difficulties.
“6. The meeting must never be
longer than one hundred minutes. The
duration of speech is limited to five minutes.
Three members constitute a quorum.”
The members will find it
difficult to carry out this programme amid the hypocrisies of conventional
society, but if they even approach their ideal, progress towards purity will be
made. The secretary is B. Doudoumiss, 17 Canning Square, Athens.
NOTE:
[1] “Lucifer” is the ancient name of Venus planet, a term
distorted since the Middle Ages by ill-informed theologians. The article “A
Society for Speaking the Truth” was also published at the March 2013 edition of
“The Aquarian Theosophist”.
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On the idea of speaking the truth with complete sincerity - a function which anticipates the next phase
of human development - readers are invited to enjoy the narrative by Edward
Bellamy entitled “The Islands of the
Mind-Readers”. The text can be found
at our associated websites. Two related articles are “Learning From Each and Every Event”, by Helena P. Blavatsky, and “Telepathy, the Silent Conversation”, by
Carlos C. Aveline.
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On the role of the esoteric movement in the
ethical awakening of mankind during the 21st century, see the book “The Fire and Light of Theosophical Literature”, by
Carlos Cardoso Aveline.
Published in
2013 by The Aquarian Theosophist,
the volume has 255 pages and can be obtained through Amazon Books.
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