Theos-Talk Archives (October 2002 Message tt00241)

In a message dated 10/27/02 1:10:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
eldon@theosophy.com writes:

> 
> Although anyone can get some theosophical books and study them on their
> own, it's a different experience to study in a class and interact with
> others. Being able to join in a class by listening to sample meetings is
> not as good as being there, but it also has a broadening effect on our
> thinking as well. 
> 
> At the last class that I attended, we were talking about how the future
> may be looking back on us. Someone could be listening to the class
> decades later, after we're all dead, and joining us in their thoughts.
> Perhaps at a level were time doesn't exist, they actually were doing so.
> I mentioned in the discussion how I was doing the same thing from the
> other point of view. I was working on editing a tape of Boris de
> Zirkoff's from the 1950's where they were discussing how others might
> share in their class because of the tape they where then making.
> 
> We're all tied together in ways we may not realize, both invisibly
> across the miles and reaching out into the past and future. We come back
> to think about such things at times of transition, like in Carmen Small
> retiring and her son, Ken, assuming formal responsibility for their
> important project in support of Theosophy. We all have our roles to play
> in this work, whether we think we're for it or we think we're against
> it. Behind all of our actions is the theosophical dharma, which
> continually seeks its fuller expression in the world. 
> 
> -- Eldon
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Eldon,
You're quite right. I have the good fortune to have a tape of B.P. Wadia 
(recorded in India) in my possession and one made by his wife at the N.Y.C. 
Lodge. Time standing still might be the best description. Look forward to 
your MP3's.