Theos-Talk Archives (February 1998 Message tt00058)

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> From: "M K Ramadoss" <ramadoss@eden.com>
> Subject: TS in America
> Date: Monday, February 09, 1998 10:51 PM
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> <snip>
>
> You be the judge and make up your mind on the matter.
>
> mkr
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> My Initial Letter:
>
>
> December 10, 1997
>
>
> National President
>  and Elected Members of Board of Directors
> Theosophical Society in America
> Wheaton, IL
>
>
>
> Dear Brother:
>
> 	For any organization, for its long term growth and survival, it is very
> important that its key mission is presented to the public and the
> membership reminded of it in a very simple unambiguous manner giving no
> chance for any misinterpretation or for any confusion.
>
> 	When the TS was launched, it was very clear in the minds of the Real
> Founders that its mission is to form a Universal Brotherhood of Humanity.
> In the early days of TS, the question whether the Universal Brotherhood
> mission of TS was the right one was raised from time to time. At one
> juncture, A P Sinnett raised it with one of the Real Founders. In
response,
> the Maha Chohan, who was the Boss of the Founders was consulted. His
> response was put down in a letter. This letter is considered as one of
the
> most important by every leader of TS starting with HPB onwards. It is
> considered as the Charter for TS. In it is stated:
>
> 		"And it is we, the humble disciples of these perfect Lamas, who are
> expected to allow the Theosophical Society to drop its noblest title,
that
> of the Brotherhood of Humanity, to become a simple school of philosophy!
> No, no, good brothers, you have been labouring under the mistake too long
> already. Let us understand each other. He who does not feel competent to
> grasp the noble idea sufficiently to work for it, need not undertake a
task
> too heavy for him. But there is hardly a Theosophist in the whole Society
> unable to effectually help it by correcting erroneous impressions of
> outsiders, by himself actually propagating this idea. Oh! for noble and
> unselfish men to help us effectually in that divine task! All our
> knowledge, past and present, would not be sufficient to repay him."
>
>  <snip>

It seems clear that the TSA now wants to have a different purpose for the
TSA than that of the original founding Brotherhood??!!

I think the TSA leaders should spend several weeks with someone who really
lives and believes in the First Object... like maybe the Dalai Lama???

(Is it relevent to point out that the ES also ignores (in fact is *defined*
to ignore) the first and foremost Object also?   maybe not...
Hmmmm... the Dalai Lama doesn't even meet their requirements.  we would
have to find someone more spiritual and worthy that would/could meet their
requirements).

peace -

john e. mead