Theos-Talk Archives (March 2006 Message tt00840)

Friends,

This is the correct version of a sentence, in my discussion of
the theosophical organizations'  irelevancy:


"And who are ourselves, in our supreme intelligences, to declare that  such
an organization is irrelevant, and that other, whose ideas we do approve, is
not?"

Sorry!  Carlos.


> From: "carlosaveline cardoso aveline" <carlosaveline@hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Theos-World Adyar's irrelevancy and our relevancy
> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:34:16 -0400
>
>
> oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
>
> ON ADYAR'S IRRELEVANCY -- AND
>
> OUR OWN EXTREME IMPORTANCE.
>
> oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
>
>
> Friends,
>
>
> OK. Adyar is irrelevant.
>
> What about Pasadena TS, ULT, Edmonton Theosophical Society, and Tacoma TS?
> All irrelevants, too ?
>
> Is everything irrelevant -- except us and our marvellous computers?
>
> And who are ourselves, in our supreme intelligences, to declare that  such
> an organization is irrelevant, and that other, whose ideas we do approve, 
> is
> not?
>
> For instance, the Vatican is irrelevant, because we  do not approve of the
> ideas of the Pope.  Or would it be more realistic to say that the Vatican 
> is
> relevant, because its mistakes are relevant?  As so are nuclear weapons and
> politicians?
>
> Now, let's think of reciprocity in the theosophical movement.
>
> What about Adyar members declaring Pasadena TS irrelevant?
>
> What about each little group and even each individual ("groups are
> unnecessary") declaring  others "irrelevant"?
>
> So the ULT declares Pasadena TS irrelevant,  Pasadena TS declares other
> groups irrelevant, and thus we all live the principal of UNIVERSAL
> BROTHERHOOD... by dclaring each other "irrelevant"?
>
> If this is it, I agree: we are all irrelevants -- our personalities, at
> least.
>
> Yet at the same time  we can see that each leaf of grass (W. Whitman) has
> its own purpose in the Universe.
>
> Each soul, including, perhaps, those  human monads associated with Adyar,
> Pasadena and the  E.T.S., Tacome TS, etc., are relevant, unique and
> significant  in a way.
>
> Except our lower selves, who want to consider themselves extremely
> important, of course.
>
> In time,  my wife and I have three dogs in our rural area house.
>
> The dogs, whose "chief"  is white and respectable Mrs. Pitchula, are
> extremely relevant.
>
> Yet each street dog abandoned in Brazilian cities is relevant too.
>
>
> Best regards,  yours  and relevant, Carlos.
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: Drpsionic@aol.com
> >Reply-To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> >To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: Re: Theos-World Adyar's irrelevancy
> >Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:35:38 EST
> >
> >
> >In a message dated 3/16/2006 7:35:32 AM Central Standard Time,
> >timestar@timestar.org writes:
> >
> >The  internet by itself has done much to make Adyar irrelevant.  I'm
> >more  interested in the terms of the Young Theosophists that I am in
> >trying to  rescue the elder generation.  The older generation will
> >disappear and  return to seek truth in new cultural terms.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Well, as a rapidly aging theosophist, I agree.  When folks my age  joined
> >in
> >the mid to late 70s we were the young'ns and we brought our particular
> >strangeness with us.  Now we are the old folks and the world is much
> >different.
> >When I joined the TS in 1978, there were only a few channels on  
> broadcast
> >television, VCRs were just invented, cell phones did not exist,  
> computers
> >were
> >either huge, slow and clunky or overgrown pocket calculators with  a few
> >graphics
> >thrown in.
> >
> >There was no internet as we know it, nothing digital.  Communication  was
> >slow and required paper and postage or the telephone.
> >
> >A portable video camera kit weighed 80 pounds and shot in black and  
> white.
> >
> >The world is much changed and the way people view their world has changed
> >with it.  Like everyone before us was and everyone after us will be, we 
> are
> >products of our time and we see things through the lens of that time.  In
> >the
> >rapidly becoming old days, groups and organizations were necessary 
> because
> >the
> >means of communication made them necessary.  That may no longer be the
> >case.
> >
> >Chuck the Heretic
> >
> >
> >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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