Theos-Talk Archives (July 2003 Message tt00233)

Etzion Becker wrote:
> I didn't send this post particularly to your person. I think that this forum
> is unique, I have found here many gems, it has been dedicated along very
> particular lines, and I still don't see any point of marring it with
> political debates. 
I see you weren't around during the ACT days...

> Political debates are always narrow, hence you can never
> collect all factors involved - millions of people are actually involved, and
> there is the always questions - who leads whom? The people lead the leader,
> or the leader the people? The leader is a reflection of the mass
> consciousness, a representative of major portion of humans who voted for
> him, in the democratic system, or a dictator, who also represents a section
> of the population. Both sides mirror each other, and usually they mirror
> their own distortions. 
You are a Theosophist; you know that there are far more than two sides. 
And all your questions are quite valid, at least according to the 2nd 
Object of the Theosophical Societies (note the plural).

> Humanity lost its way long, long time ago, sank into
> the mud of illusion and in consequence creates suffering. 
Humanity never lost its way; it never had it in the first place. It's 
FINDING its way.

> The only way to get
> out of this viscious circle is through the spiritual path, and as far as I
> can see till now, Theosophy do provide such a path. 
"The Universe did not go through all the trouble of giving us material 
bodies so that we could ignore them."

> Maybe it disaapoints you that I keep good relations with Arabs, as I am
> trying to maintain with any other person. 
You are a non-Islamic person living in the Middle East. That, alone, is 
a knife in the hearts of many Arabs there. If you want to truly keep 
good relations, move somewhere else.

Bart