Theos-Talk Archives (August 2003 Message tt00051)

Joe,

Well said. When you said -TRY!!!!- it automatically brings to me the question - HOW???

I understand the need on an individual level... that we need to become living examples of the teachings - that will certainly do the most good overall. But on an organizational level - what are the organizations to do to reach more people?

How on an organizational level do the Theosophical groups look towards the future and "get out of the past"?

A puzzling question that has bothered me for awhile. Because.. I agree with you that there are a large number of intelligent, talented and good people in the Theosophical movement. So the compassion is there. The wisdom is there. Now... What about the skillful means? That is the question.. 

With the brainpower available on theos-talk I'm sure that many people have many good ideas on the subject.

-Ed Griffin

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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 04:54:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: Joe Fulton 
Subject: Re: RE: Good topic!

I have to admit to feeling a strong sense of disconnect sometimes within the Theosophical movement. You have an organization that was founded by an absolutely fearless woman in the Victorian era in a world that was immeasurably more hostile to Eastern thought than we are today. HPB in "selling" Theosophy to the world was, quite frankly, only slightly less shameless in her approaches than Click and Clack, the Car Talk guys. She made alliances with people and groups that Theosophists today would shudder to think of. Some worked for a time then fell apart, some were complete disasters, but she did try. To her Universal Brotherhood was something to go for and to heck with the form and philosophical niceties. She made mistakes, we will too...but the important thing is to TRY!!!!

This is a movement with a lot of really valuable things that need to be said and a lot to contribute to the world at large. We have a very knowledgeable, dedicated group of people in several organizations and some completely independent who are capable of creating a literal spiritual revolution around the world. The trick for the movement, internally seems to be to get out of the past and start looking towards the future, firmly rooted in the eternal.







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"What makes a good artist, a good sculptor, a good musician? Practice. What makes a man a good linguist, a good stenographer? Practice. What makes a man a good man? Practice. Nothing else...-Henry Drummond





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