Theos-Talk Archives (November 1997 Message tt00364)

All people NEED to have the right to say "Stop." I think we could all use
some practice in saying this. It's part of human nature to object to the
things we find others doing that we don't deem appropriate. So, according
to what I've read here. Steiner said "no," to his members. Besant said
"no," to a lodge and its President. Krishnamurti said "no," to continuing
an order and acting as its head. We all have to use our "limited" power
according to their example. If there are occurrences or activities that we
cannot abide by, we have to say "no," first, expect cooperation, and then
if we don't get it, we have to take our "limited" action. I'm sure we all
say "stop" to things that we ourselves do, so we're not treating other
people any differently.

I'm just glad to see that most people are willing to accept the
consequences for what they do and who they are. There will still be people
to love you, just maybe not here.

What I would like to know is this: Was Steiner saying "no" to his members
or was he saying "no" to Besant, because if he was saying "no" to Besant,
then I feel that innocent people had to suffer.