Theos-Talk Archives (November 1998 Message tt00054)

At 08:12 AM 11/6/1998 -0800, you wrote:
>Isn't it time that we realize that there are no leaders in theosophy?  The
>pompous administrations of TS groups are just that:  administrators of
>assets.  NOTHING ELSE.

Once this truth is realized, all else falls into right places. When you
combine the custody of assets with blind religion like beliefs, truth falls
by the wayside and  you get no where. However, true believers are going to
be there who think otherwise.

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>There is a lot of valuable examples in theosophical history if we care to
>look,  but to try to find guidance and examples in contemporary
>"controlled, secretive, and hierarchical" pseudo-theosophy, is suicidal.
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"controlled, secretive and hierarchial" approach can give a lot of comfort
to those who are at the top. Is it going to leadt to self discovery or
truth? I do not think so.



>Rudy Don
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>                  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia (CNN) -- Seven Nobel Peace Prize
>                  laureates began their two-day conference Thursday by
calling on world
>                  leaders to move beyond the "greed, cynicism and
hypocrisy" that have fueled
>                  violence and wars in the 20th century.
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>                  Over the past decade, more than 4 million people have
died worldwide in
>                  strife that has left one in 200 people refugees from
their native countries,
>                  organizers of the conference at the University of
Virginia said.
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>                  "I don't think we can reach peace in the 21st century
with the ethics of the
>                  20th century," said Oscar Arias-Sanchez, former
president of Costa Rica,
>                  who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for
orchestrating a peace plan
>                  in Central America.
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>>And yet every newcomer has to go through the painful awakening of
theosophical
>>politics about its historical past (very human indeed). The main problem
>>resides
>>in the leaders of the 3 organizations, who provide the keynote for the rest.
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>>Martin Leiderman
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