Theos-Talk Archives (May 1998 Message tt00456)

At 08:29 AM 5/26/1998 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Its a personal thing with me. I was originally trained in the Army
>to use plain English when possible (keep fog index low, etc)
>and have maintained this even today. I believe that the high fog
>index of the old Quest, for example, is primarily what killed it.
>Sunrise is still going today largely because of its low fog index.
>Every time we use a Sanskrit word, the fog index rises. HPB had
>no choice. We do.

We have talked so many times about the fog index.

Theosophy was meant for everyone not for the highly educated scholars only.
For Theosophy to reach the masses, use of simple words is essential.

This brings to my mind the question put by Einstein's house maid. She asked
him to explain the Theory of Relativity. Had he tried to go over the
mathematical equations explaining it, she would have been totally lost. He
did not.

mkr