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Re: Theos-World Re: Internet idealism crushed

Jan 04, 2005 09:40 AM
by MKR


When the TS was started in 1875, with physical branches around the world, that was the *only* effective was of organizing to spread the message of theosophy.

In today's world, with the changes that have taken place in communication and transportation, one questions as to how relevant the physical organization to spread messages and motivate people to study, contemplate and change. (The copyrights of all the theosophical classics have expired and are reproducible in electronic and other media without the interference of copyright holders and most of them are available on line.)

Ultimately, it is the individual who changes on account of the exposure to various ideas and I doubt organizations can do the job. It looks like most organizations in the spiritual related matters would just take over the mechanical job of publishing material in cyberspace and print media. It is upto the organizations to meet the changing demands of the day or they will be left by the wayside and disappear when they run out of money.

While the above organizational task is important, it is the transformation of the individual is critical. So it may not be necessary to look to any organization for our personal growth and transformation in today's world.

My 0.02

mkr

At 02:52 PM 01/04/05 +0000, Perry Coles wrote:
It may be that it will take some time to see really positive change in
the actual organizations as power structures are not easily shaken.


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