Theos-Talk Archives (March 2007 Message tt00150)

Some very good points mkr !

Cheers
Perry
--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "M K Ramadoss" <mkr777@...> wrote:
>
> Glad to see what you wrote below.
> 
> From the day I had first hand experience in using Internet, I 
quickly
> realized the huge potentially effective tool of communication.
> 
> No organization wants independent thinkers. In all organizations, 
while
> formed with good intentions and motives and objectives,  in due 
course of
> time, money, & property, gets into  the picture &  the actions  of
> organizational leaders gets distorted because they have to protect 
these.
> In addition organizational leaders in general belong to the older
> generation, which is self evident,  and have grown up in an 
atmosphere where
> they are able control the flow of information to the 
followers/members etc
> and cannot see what role Internet can play in furthering the 
objecives of
> theosophical movement. (I wish HPB is here and we could see her 
exploiting
> the power of Internet.) No one wants to change, especially if it 
involves
> giving up importance, money, power - direct or indirect including 
the
> imagined spiritual gatekeeper role some think is their 
inheritance!!!!
> 
> With the dawn of Internet era, I am of the opinion that the world 
is ready
> for a different kind of loose flat structure - a virtual structure 
formed by
> individuals worldwide with a common interest - which has nothing to 
do with
> money or property or  hierarchy based, in which each one is truly 
equal to
> another without distinction of caste, creed, race, color or 
national origin
> or any other factor which have traditionally separated one human 
being from
> another.
> 
> Let us make the best use of the technology where each one of us can 
think
> critically about anything and communicate with anyone in the world 
on a
> 24/7;  not on a weekly, monthly, or yearly basis. Other than the 
social
> aspect of people physically getting together,  the virtual 
situation would
> is ideal for the growth of each one of us.
> 
> mkr
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/7/07, Anton Rozman <anton_rozman@...> wrote:
> >
> >   But with the internet at our disposal we can now, if we
> > wish, perform this work practically autonomously, independently of
> > any organization. It gives us opportunity to transcend the status 
of
> > victims and to collaborate with like-minded people around the 
world,
> > to be creative and to realize all our potentialities. It offers us
> > immense field for study and exchange of opinion. Let us enjoy this
> > opportunity to create new, different, more productive 
relationships.
> >
> >
> 
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