Theos-Talk Archives (May 2001 Message tt00083)

Hi Alan:
Thanks for your thoughtful response. I will be responding in detail soon. 
In the meanwhile I am posting as a separate msg, Jiddu Krishnamurti's 
"Truth is a Pathless Land" which might interest you and others on this list.

___MKR___.


At 08:43 PM 5/12/01 +0200, alwilli wrote:
> Hello Ramadoss,
> Friday, May 11, 2001, you wrote replying to Dallas:
>
> > So the question that comes to my mind is - "are organizations necessary"?
> > In 1875 when TS was launched, the only way to spread theosophy effectively
> > was to setup up branches where people could meet and discuss and
> > communicate. Today with Internet and other modes of communication, is a 
> new
> > model needed for 2001 and the old model of 1875 with formal organization
> > has served its purpose and need to be discarded? (Is Jiddu Krishnamurti
> > right when he made his c statement?)
>
> It is absolutely necessary, in my view, that like-minded folk not only
> talk, via internet or any other way, but gather in groups. Because
> part of the essence of our purpose is very much concerned with the
> interrelatedness of everything. Like a picture is worth a thousand
> words, a meeting is worth a thousand conversations at long range.
>
> Though I have not had the opportunity or privilege yet to read Jiddu
> Krishnamurti, I can't but help feel that "Truth is a Pathless Land"
> possibly refers to something other than a comment on modes of
> communication. Perhaps it refers to modes of approaching the one
> truth?