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Theosophical Survey

Apr 11, 1998 11:01 PM
by Thoa Thi-Kim Tran


Okay, here's mine for any future witch hunt.

Thoa :o)

>
>( ) E.S. member
>(X) BS Member
>( ) Co-Masonic member
>( ) Mystic Brick layer
>( ) LCC faith
>( ) LSD faith
>( ) Subscriber to "Quest"
>(X) Watches television
>(X) Eats chocolate WHO COULD RESIST CHOCOLATE?
>(X) Participates in culture (familial, national, racial, etc.), without
>being biased by it
>(X) Believes in "Star Wars"
>( ) Vegetarian SEAFOOD IS NOT A VEGETABLE, HUH?
>(X) Has had a "Happy Meal"
>( ) Alcoholic
>( ) Sacramental drug user
>( ) Member of ACT party
>(X) Acts like a party animal
>( ) Arcane School Member (believer in Alice Bailey)
>(X) Member of 'rival' T.S. group (ULT and/or Pasadena .. or God forbid
>. "TI")
>( ) Been to Wheaton
>( ) Been to Adyar
>(X) Been to the source of their own Being WHEN I WAS MIND-"ENHANCED"
>( ) Member of any Theosophical branch, twig, or nut
>( ) Card carrying?
>(X) Member of "questionable cult" (I AM, CUT, RAJNEESH, WACO, GUYANA,
>BROWNIES, KIWANAS) MILITARY TACTICS OF MARTIAL ARTS ARE CULTISH
>( ) Years of membership
>( ) Dues paid in full?
>(X) Comprehends Krishnamurti
>(X) Has read traditional source texts in addition to Theosophical
>literature
>(X) Has investigated living Hindu, Buddhist (and other cited)
>practitioners INVESTIGATED VIA BOOKS AND TAPES
>( ) Has direct knowledge of these traditions only from interpretations
>of
>TS literature
>( ) Believes that reading about something is the same as experiencing it
>( ) Believes in Atlantis
>(29) Age FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS
>( ) Male
>(X) Female
>( ) Androgyne
>(X) Neither this nor that
>(X) Actually speaks in gender neutral language SPEAK, NOT WRITE
>(X) Elemental (1st, 2nd, or 3rd)
>(X) Mineral
>(X) Vegetable (that means you, Carrot)
>(X) Animal
>(X) Savage Human
>(X) Average Human
>(X) Advanced Human
>(X) Approaching the Path
>( ) Probationer
>( ) 1st Initiation
>( ) 2nd
>( ) 3rd
>( ) More than that
>( ) Ascended Master
>( ) Something hybrid in between (re:Brenda)
>(X) 5th Root Race
>( ) 6th Root Race
>( ) 7th Root Race
>( ) Beyond that
>( ) White, [Preferably European and Victorian]
>(X) Other
>( ) Aborigine or some other "remnant"
>( ) Financially secure (not in need of salary/reimbursements)
>(X) In debt or denial
>( ) Fucked up personal life
>(X) ECSTATICALLY WALLOWING in sin'
>(X) Mental confusion
>(X) Selfishness
>(X) Anger
>(X) Lust, sexual fantasy, repressed twinges
>( ) Masturbation DON'T NEED TO
>(X) Outright Perversion IF YOU DO IT RIGHT
>(X) Silk underwear
>( ) Latex Chasuble
>( ) Claims to be an Initiate
>( ) Claims to have a master, spirit guide, or special animal
>( ) Claims to be one of the "elect," "elite," or "chosen ones"
>( ) Distinguishes society on the basis of that
>( ) Believes UFO's somehow fit into all of this
>( ) Makes income from such claims THINKING ABOUT IT
>( ) Believes that "what is known" is all that there is to reality
>(X) Acknowleges the unknown and is comfortable with that
>(X) Does not know what is not known
>( ) Believes in God and the Bible
>( ) Believes: Metaphorically, Allegorically
>( ) Believes: Literally, Historically
>(X) Mixes and matches in a fuzzy kind of way
>( ) Imagines Charleton Heston, Robert Powell, or Franco Zefferelli when
>asked about it
>(X) Believes that "God" is "Dog" spelled backwards
>(X) 'Believes' in Theosophy (HPB version, Besant/CWL version, ...)
>(X) Established track record of evil deeds in the world
>( ) Have been arrested
>(X) Inhaled
>(X) Have written bad checks BEFORE I LEARNED WHAT THE COLUMNS IN THE
>CKBOOK WAS FOR
>( ) Endorsement by major theosophical figures
>( ) Endorsement by association
>(X) Legend in their own mind
>( ) Believes that God is within them, but prefers to let "Masters"
>actually embody it
>( ) Ashamed to admit that they are "Human"
>( ) Disdains lower "ego"
>( ) Rejects "passional nature"
>(X) Accepts the contradictions of being "Human"
>(X) Believes that the Human kingdom is a natural evolutionary phase that
>has to be gone through
>(X) Is afraid, wants to skip it and shoot right into the next one by
>some unearned miracle I WOULD IF I KNOW HOW
>( ) Understands the difference DOES IT MATTER?
>( ) Accepts Blavatsky's writings as final word on Theosophy
>( ) Accepts Daniel Cadwell's
>( ) Believes John Algeo, or the office he occupies is the living
>representative of the Mahatmas
>( ) Reads every post by Dallas all the way through
>( ) Proven experience in writing about or teaching Theosophy
>(X) Proven experience in writing about or teaching things which can
>never be proven CAN YOU PROVE ART? WHAT IS ART?
>(X) Likes argument for its own sake
>(X) Capitalist
>( ) Willing to give large sums of money or property to existing
>Theosophical bodies
>( ) Cheats on taxes
>( ) Owns firearms
>(X) Stores food or water
>( ) Was afraid of nuclear threat during the cold war or the Reagan
>administration
>( ) Saves for a rainy day
>( ) Lives in the present moment, but saves for retirement "just to be
>safe"
>(X) Student or full-time-employed vs unemployed, not-working SELF-EMPLOYED
>( ) Happy in their vocation
>(X) Still looking for it
>( ) "Monking" around (Walking the Earth; like "Caine" from TV's "Kung
>Fu")
>(X) Healthy
>(X) Admittedly flawed
>(X) Self accepting ON A GOOD DAY
>( ) Handicapped
>(X) Just right
>(X) Perfect in every way ON A GOOD DAY

Thoa :o)


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