Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00873)

Hi Daniel and all,
As long as there are individuals working within the society who are 
genuinely seeking truth I would suggest it does have a soul.
I have not come across an organisation yet that does not have issues 
it has to work through.

To be sure Adyar TS has its fair share of issues.
Any organisation is only as good as the individuals that make it up.
The question for me is how can the issues be worked through in a way 
that can lead to more harmony between those who have different and 
perhaps even opposing points of view within it.

Theosophical Societies should not be about conformity but rather be 
providing a place where people of perhaps sometimes differing points 
of view but who are in sympathy with the 3 objects can come together 
in order to explore those objects.

Maybe the karma of those working within an organisation such as the 
TS is to try and develop an attitude of `I may not agree with what 
you say, but I whole heartedly support your right to say it'.

This ability to disagree with someone and yet not allow it to grow 
into dislike or a desire to dis-empower that person in some way, is 
I would suggest the major issue we need to work through in this 
world.

Unity in Diversity is the Ideal and is what the theosophical 
movement is really supposed to be about.

While faults need to be recognised and examined these need not blind 
us to the things that unite us ,
We perhaps need to be looking at ways of working within the our 
various lodges, groups or as individuals in a way that is honest and 
upfront and yet at the same time respectful and compassionate to 
those we may disagree with on certain points.

We tend to forget about the areas we are in sympathy with, namely 
Brotherhood.

Albeit that we are far from perfect in manifesting it as much as we 
may like to.

As the Mahatma suggests without the 1st object the 2nd and 3rd 
become meaningless.


Perry




--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel H. Caldwell" 
<danielhcaldwell@y...> wrote:
> 
> In 1888 in a communication from Master
> Koot Hoomi, we find the following concerning
> the Theosophical Society:
> 
> "...the Society has liberated itself from our
> grasp and influence and we have let it go -
> we make no unwilling slaves....[The
> Theosophical Society] is now a souless
> corpse....Out of the three objects the
> second alone is attended to, but it is no
> longer either a brotherhood, nor a body over
> the face of which broods the Spirit from
> beyond the Great Range...."
> Letters from the Masters of Wisdom, Series
> I, Letter 47.
> 
> Daniel