Theos-Talk Archives (April 2008 Message tt00118)

The problem is that democracy demands participation of each 
individual - self-governed, well-informed, courageous and active 
individual. There are too many who are, for various reasons, willing 
to transmit their power to the authority. The change of actual 
situation depends on that how many will accept their unique role in 
the fate of humanity. And this is the ground where theosophy and 
democracy meet.

Anton

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, MKR <mkr777@...> wrote:
>
> Theosophy is something personal and integral to everyone of us 
exposed to
> us. What we do with it or not is up to us. No one forces us to act 
unless we
> decide to do so.
> 
> As for the organization, apart from all the rules, there are many 
things
> that rules cannot address and what creates issues is the money and 
property
> and the power over management and dispensation of the money and 
provide
> livelihood and the ability of doling out favors by way of giving a 
platform
> to write and speak, so long as you toe the official line. When the
> organization and the philosophy are combined, it produces a strange 
product
> which can be such that at times the actions are not conducive to the
> dissemination of philosophy.
> 
> This seems to be one of the drawbacks which has stunted the growth 
of the
> membership. With all the loud talk about the achievements, the 
membership
> had negative growth in terms of the percentage of the world 
population and
> no one rarely talks about it.
> 
> It is the individual members who, by their daily personal
> actions, contribute to the dissemination of theosophy rather than 
the
> organization and we all need to find ways to encourage everyone to 
find
> newer ways to do it.
> 
> One such example is this e-mail llist which we all enjoy because of
> the effort and interest of one individual. The TSA during the Algeo
> leadership was not able to develop an active email list due to it 
being a
> (censored) moderated one, which simply shows that where 
organizations fail,
> individual efforts do succeed.
> 
> So many of us like me do look to individual efforts in making 
theosophy
> accessible to world at large.
> 
> mkr
> 
> 
> On 4/16/08, Anton Rozman <anton_rozman@...> wrote:
> >
> >   Maybe the relation between Theosophy and the Theosophical 
Society can
> > be seen as the relation between Life and Form. And the Form - the
> > Theosophical Society is clearly defined by its Rules and 
Regulations
> > and Proceedings which have to be respected to assure that voice of
> > each individual member is heard, that the freedom of the Society 
and
> > freedom of thought is present and that the Theosophy can possibly
> > pour itself through it. The Form isn't perfect but it is the best 
and
> > the only one we have now at this given moment. It can really 
function
> > only when the rules of the game are respected. It is like in chess
> > where moves of pieces are strictly determined. If you want to move
> > the pieces arbitrarily you can possibly force the co-player to 
accept
> > your way of playing the game but you are not playing chess 
anymore.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Anton
> >
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "adelasie" <adelasie@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Isn't Theosophy based primarily on Centralization, one Life, the
> > > Unity of all life? Isn't it based on compassion and forgiveness 
and
> > > acceptance and non-judgementalism? Isn't it based on cooperation
> > and
> > > altruism? Doesn't theosophy say that democracy is not the best 
form
> > > of government, but just a karmic necessity of this cycle? That 
the
> > > ideal form of government is one leader fully supported, the 
wisest
> > > and kindest and best that can be found?
> > >
> > > I know! How about you, Chuck!! We would all be kept in stitches
> > > ROFLOAO and nobody would have time to snipe at each other...a 
true
> > > utopia....
> > >
> > > Adelasie
> > >
> > > On 16 Apr 2008 at 11:46, Drpsionic@ wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I missed that one, perhaps just as well.? There is nothing
> > democratic about Theosophy, either in theory or organization.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Chuck the Heretic
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > http://www.geocities.com/c_cosimano
> > > >
> > >
> >
> > 
> >
> 
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