Theos-Talk Archives (January 2007 Message tt00408)

The Internet is simply a tool, a
communication tool.  It can be
used in negative ways as well as
positive ways.  Depends on how
humans use it.

Daniel

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Mark Jaqua <proto37@...> wrote:
>
> Re  Internet & Theosophy
> 
> 
>    Very interesting comments MKR.  I 
> would be interesting to see what HPB 
> would have done - no doubt PDF files 
> and the like as you say.  I remember 
> 8-10 years ago when I first got on the 
> internet, you said very positive 
> things about the internet on theos-talk 
> - which stuck in my mind, as I thought 
> it was about a 90% negative thing.  
> I've came closer to your opinion recently, 
> but think it is still at base a phenomena 
> Into materiality further and away 
> from the spiritual center.  But if 
> one works at it twice as hard, much 
> good can result.  Also think you are 
> probably right about the Theosophical 
> movement drifting away from the physical 
> centers, and becoming much more an 
> internet "entity."  I like your choice 
> of that word for TS's, and really 
> wonder what HPB would have said about 
> entities and the internet from the 
> secondary meaning of that word!  Ha 
> 
>           - jake j.