Theos-Talk Archives (January 1998 Message tt00352)

At 01:42 PM 1/25/1998 -0800, you wrote:
>Ramadoss:
>
>>BTW, the HQ of ES in USA is at Krotona. When Eldon does his planned
>>presentation at Krotona this month, if he wants, he can inquire about Sai
>>Baba issue and give us the feedback.
>
>I'll be speaking at the Krotona School, not the Krotona
>Institute. The School is a public thing, although I'm not
>entirely clear on its relationship with the Institute.
>
>The crowd that comes to meetings there are a mix of
>interested people from nearby towns, not associated
>with Krotona nor the T.S., and those on the hill who
>might find a program interesting.
>
>It would be up to the E.S.T. to define for its members
>the boundaries of their spiritual practice. Those
>boundaries would include where to draw the line that
>defines an open-minded interest in the religions and
>philosophies of the world and the mixing of spiritual
>practices, which is not allowed. Not being a member,
>I don't think that the particular details regarding
>how the organization crafts its spiritual practice
>concerns me. It really doesn't matter to me how they
>do things or if I'd do them differently, since my
>practice is different and personal, and I'm inclined
>to allow others the right to pick and choose and
>follow whatever practices appeal to them. My only
>interest in learning of the different spiritual
>groups is for when I might be in the postition to
>recommend to someone else what might be good for them
>to try. That opportunity doesn't come very often, and
>I'm inclined to base what I recommend on the intuition
>of the moment, so the detailed knowledge of the
>various groups is not too important to me. If I
>were involved in politics, or into history, it would
>be another matter.
>
>-- Eldon
>
The School seems to be part of the Institute which is a 501(c)(3) tax
exempt organization.

Every organization has its own operating principles and policies. Here the
discussion centered around the fact that if you are "follower" of Sai Baba,
you will not be admitted to ES. Hopefully one of these days someone will
find out if this is the current policy. Clarity of policy will prevent
surprises.

mkr