Theos-Talk Archives (October 2008 Message tt00081)

Blog or no blog, no one seems to be addressing issues critical to the future
of TS. We can have all the best rules and regulations and if they are no
takers ie. new members and existing members who believe in the real mission
and are willing to be altruistic and are committed to it, then TS will fail
and shut down its doors, in a matter of years.  Let us not kid ourselves
that the statement of Mahachohan that TS is the cornerstone of future
religions will protect TS from our stupidity and selfishness.

Before TS was launched,  Swami Ramalingam, who was in touch with the
Mahatmas, had the sad experience. "I put my wares before the public and
there was no takers and I had to close the shop" and then he added that
"people from US & Russia will come to spread Brotherhood and you all will
listen." He made this statement years before even HPB knew about her mission
to start TS.

MKR


On 10/4/08, Erica Letzerich <eletzerich@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Dear Katinka,
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> In the link you sent I found the following comment:
> Erica Letzerlich started her own blog
> as well. It does allow comments and it also has information like the
> last version of the International Bylaws of the Theosophical Society
> that she has access to (she¢s general secretary of the Greece section).
> So far her main content is related to the proposal by John Algeo to
> give the General Council the power to vote for the next president.
> (That proposal seems to be off the table though). The main content so
> far is people sharing their outrage at that proposal.
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> Did you wrote it? I am not the general secretary of the Hellenic section.
> Please correct it if you wrote. Furthermore comments are allowed as far as I
> know in most posts. No reason to allow comments on pages of the blog like
> about, or the international by laws.
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> Erica
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> --- On Sat, 10/4/08, Katinka Hesselink <mail@katinkahesselink.net> wrote:
> From: Katinka Hesselink <mail@katinkahesselink.net>
> Subject: Theos-World Re: TS - Disenfranchisement Plans
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 8:38 AM
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> I've become aware our general council is not as passive as it may
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> I'm amazed we didn't find out about them sooner though. John
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> http://theosophical society.wordpres s.com/2008/ 10/04/blogs-
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> Katinka Hesselink
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> --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, MKR <mkr777@...> wrote:
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> > We all are having such a number of exchange of messages and opinions
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> > drastic changes proposed to the TS Rules including disenfranchising
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> > The secrecy with which the proposals were developed and speed with
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> > they are supposed to represent, even after they became know publicly, no
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> > All the leaders are hunkering down and silent. I hope they are not
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> > that by keeping quiet, all this commotion will die down and they can
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> > it for the welfare of TS and yours and mine.
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