Theos-Talk Archives (January 1998 Message tt00134)

>It seems to me that the Masters who launched the TS would have a certain
amount
>of karmic responsibility as to its progress.  On the other hand,  they
write on
>several occasions in their letters to Sinnett that they are very limited
as to
>what they actually can do, since they cannot interfere with the karma of
>others.  If this is so (and I think it is), then a comment from another
friend
>that the Masters protect the TS and would never allow it to become
corrupt, is
>both naive and goes against what the Masters wrote about their own
>limitations.  More likely, the Adyar TS is little different from any other
>political body in that the people vote for their leaders and as a group,
we get
>exactly what we deserve.  Democracy only works when the people take up their
>responsibility to be informed of the issues and participate in the system.
 As
>soon as we shift our own responsibilities onto our representatives,  the
>system, as naturally as a rock rolling down a hill,  becomes corrupt.

Your idea may be right, but slightly misplaced. Everyone doesn't need to
know about corruption. The system still works given that the GOVERNMENT
knows about corruption and can use due process. I have my own business by
my own choice. If you would like a role in government, go for it, but I
doubt that everyone feels the way you do that it is every citizens
responsibility. It may be our right, but it is not our responsibility.

It isn't just masters who want to protect. There are lots of people who
believe that protection is as valuable of an asset as healing, for
instance. When you know the characters of the human race you can't help but
see some of them as "destructive." It is possible to prevent problems,
prevent destructive individuals from acting, and protect ourselves from
destructive individuals and we should do it.

Brenda