Theos-Talk Archives (February 1998 Message tt00085)

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> From: "Dallas TenBroeck" <dalval@nwc.net>
> Subject: Re:Universal Brotherhood
> Date: Friday, February 13, 1998 6:04 AM
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> Dear Friends:
>
> <snip>
> Numbers are not symptomatic of anything else than a change in activity in
a
> general cycle.  It means that individuals who desire to profit from the
> contact and exchange of ideas are perhaps showing less inclination to be
> formally affiliated in any organization.

well... many may disagree here. I can certainly speak to the sudden decline
in members we had in Charlotte NC over the last few years.  We had an
exodus of members and potential members when TSA proposed their round of
massive changes in the By-Laws.

this was no natural cyclic action.  It was an exodus of members who were
unwilling to associate with TSA because of the perceived despotic intent of
the changes ....

>
> It does not mean that THEOSOPHY has "failed," but, if anything, it ought
to
> inspire all those who have studied and been touched by the universal and
> brotherly basis, and the moral value of Theosophy have to redouble their
> individual efforts.
>

Theosophy cannot fail (by definition).  But the *organizations* which claim
to be theosophical may easily fail.  (as pointed out by the founding
Mahatma's themselves).

john e. mead