Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt01656)

Hallo all,

If any of you feel, that Eldon's moderate views
are too much.

I have as an addition created the following Yahoo group as a compensation:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalwisdom 

from
M. Sufilight


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eldon B Tucker" <eldon@theosophy.com>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 9:46 PM
Subject: Theos-World let's behave ourselves on the lsit


> Over the past month, the number of messages on the list has doubled, 
> exceeding 2000 for April. At the same time, the quality of the 
> postings has gone downhill. There has been a lot of noise, anger, 
> judgment, and superficial and flippant provoking of other people, 
> and there has been an overwhelming flood of materials that most 
> people joining this list to learn and exchange views on Theosophy 
> would consider off-topic.
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> The percentage of ultra-short, often one-line messages has gotten so 
> high and the back-and-forth exchange so frequent that the list is 
> rapidly taking on the appearance of a chat line. The list is a place 
> where people with a shared interest in Theosophy may meet, get to 
> know each other, and exchange ideas. If someone wants to engage 
> another in a chat, there are plenty of free places to do so like AIM 
> and ICQ. Simply email the person an invitation to chat directly (and 
> not post one to the list). If someone wants to engage another in a 
> philosophical discussion, the list is a good place, if one takes the 
> time to write out his or her thoughts.
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> At this point, I am asking that everyone stop the name-calling and 
> judgment of others on the list. I am also asking that everyone 
> voluntarily cut back on the volume of chatter (read "noise"). Worst 
> of all are the one-line messages that refer to something previously 
> said by someone else, but with nothing it the message itself to give 
> someone a clue as to what the other person was talking about.
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> Although there may be an occasional intentional barb that someone 
> writes to provoke another, there are more frequently messages that 
> contained no ill will but were misinterpreted, drawing forth angry 
> replies. Both are bad. Let us have no provocations and taunting, and 
> be less quickly to rise to anger at imagined wrongs.
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> We are all entitled to share what we think. The subject of 
> Leadbeater, Blavatsky, life after death, communication with the 
> dead, the Masters, or the merits of the respective theosophical 
> groups may come up because of a passage quoted from a book, an idea 
> someone expresses, or someone recounting a personal experience or 
> belief. Regardless of the original context, any philosophical topic 
> is ok to discuss; we can all share our ideas. This in no way judges 
> others holding views that differ from our own. 
> In the past month, I have seen about 30 subscribers leave the list, 
> some long-time subscribers. They have been partially replaced by 
> some new lurkers, but the list has lost some good members. I do not 
> want to see this continue to happen. At this point, if things do not 
> start to show signs of improvement, I may have to moderate selected 
> participants if they get carried away, or even unsubscribe them. We 
> are all here to learn, share, and grow. Everyone stop the petty 
> bickering and behave more considerately to others.
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> New people come across us and similar lists and sites as they seek 
> answers to the questions of life. The theosophical philosophy 
> provides one set of workable answers, providing some with a starting 
> point to their quest. Without it and the framework for questing that 
> theosophical groups provide, we have little to offer, so when the 
> philosophy is obscured and the sangha or sense of spiritual 
> community is destroyed, people are turned away cold, not allowed to 
> share in the esoteric philosophy. I do not want to see this happen.
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