Theos-Talk Archives (February 1998 Message tt00337)

Those subscribed here come with a very wide variety of background and
experience and interests. It would be very difficult to satisfy everyone.
Take for example, one could be a T/theosophist and who has never heard about
SD nor has any interest in metaphysical or occult teachings. Having read the
three Objects and fired by the enthusiasm and concern for all living beings,
a non scholarly inclined person could have become a T/theosophist. On the
other hand, we could have an Initiate or even a Chohan monitoring what is
going on here (this is a quite possible scenario by analogy of the cases
mentioned in ML to APS). The former may find that the fog factor of the
esoteric discussion beyond their comprehension and hence consider all the
discussion is smoke and mirrors and waste of time and latter may be
wondering about the ignorance and misunderstanding of the esoteric doctrines
and waiting for the day when our intution helps us to understand better.
Then there are those who are adepts in using the delete key.

It looks like we may have to leave the maillist as it is.

My 0.02.

mkr

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At 09:51 AM 2/23/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Someone recently subscribed to THEOSOPHY WORLD/theos-talk, then a
>couple of days later unsubscribed. I wrote him and asked if he'd
>write a paragraph about what he found wrong/missing with the
>current discussion on the list, to write something if he had
>something helpful for people to read, and I'd post it anonymously.
>
>He said:
>
>> I find the email is cluttered with absurdities from people I find
>> to be idiots. Perhaps if you filtered out these nonsense letters
>> it would be more worthy to look at.
>>
>> These letters for the most part reflect mass ignorance about
>> theosophy and I find them annoying. Obviously from visitors to
>> your web site who have never read THE SECRET DOCTRINE or have
>> little experience with metaphysical or occult teachings. I can't
>> afford the time to delete unwanted email. I have better things
>> to do. Time is precious -- we don't live that long!
>
>It's something to keep in mind as we post to the list. We can be
>judged based upon a few days of postings. How much of what we
>write would be considered "noise" and subject to a quick <DELETE>,
>as compared to something worth setting aside, printing, and
>carefully read? How much of our writings are helpful to someone
>interested in and wanting to study Theosophy?
>
>There's no easy answer, and I'm not sure we could make a general
>rule, but perhaps 3/4 of the people that drop theos-talk still
>want the monthly, indicating that there's something about the
>mailing list that doesn't meet their needs. Maybe there's
>nothing we can do, perhaps it's just that the nature of mailing
>lists doesn't lend itself to their needs? What do others think?
>
>-- Eldon