Theos-Talk Archives (July 2001 Message tt00223)

There was traffic relative to who decides on what material is published in 
ULT magazine. While it is true that in 99.99% hard copy publications, it is 
the piper who pays calls the tune; or it is the person who controls the 
purse calls the tune.

Having said that, from the point of view of a student of theosophy -- one 
who is an inquirer and searcher after truth, what is important is - Is the 
material that is published is helpful to the reader; or is it just PR and 
beating one's own drum - every issue containing the picture of a top or 
influential person and where he/she travelled, what food he/she ate, what 
entertainment he/she had, what his/her family did or did not do, etc. - all 
that has nothing to do with helping one to understand theosophy or 
propagation of theosophical doctrines and ideas to the world.

In this day and age of Internet, when one can put out one's thoughts and 
ideas and views free of cost on the Internet, as days pass by, hard copy 
publications may become less and less important to a serious student of 
theosophy who is really independent.

My 0.02

mkr