Theos-Talk Archives (March 2005 Message tt00077)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "M. Sufilight" <global-
theosophy@s...> wrote:
Then he must not wait till his death, so do before.
Grrrr Christina

> Hallo John and all,
> 
> The following might show you some support in your struggle:
> 
> 
> Mulla Nasrudin in the tale: "The dog is out"
> 
> The situation was desperate. Mulla Nasrudin had been bitten by a 
rabid dog
> and the doctors were not certain that he had begun treatment in 
time to save 
> him.
> After a consultation on the matter, they came into the room and 
told him the 
> plain truth -- 
> that he might develop hydrophobia -- that his chances were pretty 
bad.
> Instead of seeming to be upset at the news, Mulla Nasrudin asked 
for a pen 
> and paper
> and began to write at great length. After an hour of steady 
writing, his 
> nurse said to him,
> "What are you writing, Mulla? Is it your will or a letter to your 
family?"
> "NO," said Nasrudin, "IT'S A LIST OF PEOPLE I AM GOING TO BITE."
> 
> 
> from
> M. Sufilight with a smile...
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John" <GodLovesEveryone.org@g...>
> To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 6:07 AM
> Subject: Re: Theos-World is every one a member?
> 
> 
> >
> > > we don't even know where any one is geographically located in 
the world
> >
> > I can help a little on that score.
> >
> > If you have a globe of the world that shows the 48 states in the 
main
> > section of the USA, just put a thumbtack into the globe where 
Missouri,
> > Arkansas and Oklahoma meet.
> >
> > The thumbtack covers my house. More specifically, I'm about two 
miles
> > south of Missouri and less than ten miles east of Oklahoma.
> >
> > I enjoy this virtual TS. It is the only TS that I participate in, 
but I
> > would not call myself a member, because in my mind, calling 
myself a
> > member of one group implies that I am not a member of another 
point of
> > view. I prefer to think of myself as a member of all points of 
view,
> > even those points of view that appear to be self-contradictory.
> >
> > My parents, especially my dad (deceased '92), were what you'd call
> > members, though I don't know if they were national members, or 
just
> > regionally? (I never asked, and it's hardly worth the effort to 
ask Mom
> > about it. She hasn't been to any theosophical meetings in going 
on ten
> > years now.)
> >
> > John
> >
> > P.S. I'm finding that I'm getting a lot of e-mail. If I wanted to 
just
> > receive e-mail from just one theosophical discussion group, and 
if I
> > wanted that group to not necessarily be the most complicated 
group,
> > which group would be recommended that would be basic, yet 
filling? With
> > my ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), sometimes the long detailed
> > treatises on a very involved topic get so hard to pay attention 
to that
> > I skip them.
> >
> > J.
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >