Theos-Talk Archives (April 2009 Message tt00261)

Hello, everyone. Nice to see Katinka share her views. I would like to add a
few facts.

The simplest Internet application is email. These days a lot of people
including older and middle aged folks in the West use it to keep in touch
with their family and friends. If one can type with two fingers, one can
write a msg and email it. Age is not a barrier. My mother learnt how to send
email when she was 80 years of age. (She was born and grew up in India.) She
quit sending email only when her eye sight became bad.

During the last one year, a lot of significant events have taken place in
TS. Except a few well known members, no one has come out on the Internet
with any views on the events. This is very significant.

The comment about Krotona simply highlights the fact that the cream of the
dedicated, knowledgeable and experienced theosophists who are deeply
committed to theosophy and TS have kept silent on the events. Ordinary
members especially the rookies (newbees) find this totally perplexing
because there is a severe disconnect between what they hear of basic
theosophical ideas and what they see in action.

All some of us can do is to do is go to the top of the tower and shout that
the house is on fire. Hope some one hears.

MKR

There is no religion higher than truth



On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 2:44 AM, Katinka Hesselink <
mail@katinkahesselink.net> wrote:

>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I think a lot of the current confusion is due to the fact that the old
> hands at Krotona (and in Wheaton & in Adyar) just don't know what to do with
> the new media which are used to spread information and misinformation,
> innuendo and fact.
>
> I was talking with my mother just this morning about this. She is used to
> the slow communication methods of her youth. Getting used to students who
> rap out a fast reply to just about any question is hard for her. Similarly
> our leaders are in a position that is hardly enviable: the internet and
> e-mail are used to spread ideas, thoughts, opinions - but the habits of how
> to respond to them have not been formed. With the result that people decide
> on what used to be the best response to many problems: just let it blow
> past. Giving energy to something will only strengthen it, after all.
>
> Or in other words 'if you have nothing to say that would contribute, hold
> your tongue'. But, as both writers below have noticed, this no longer works
> in the same way. And another saying becomes pertinent: 'inaction in a deed
> of mercy is a deadly sin' (mahatma quote I think).
>
> I'm not saying it is a deadly sin. I'm saying that we are in the midst of a
> culture learning to deal with a new technology that is changing the way we
> communicate. And the people at the top are called on to learn to deal with
> them while in the spotlight. It's not surprising they are making serious
> mistakes while doing so - because it takes another way of dealing with
> emotions than they grew up with.
>
> So I'm not surprised at not having heard from Krotona. I'm not sure I blame
> them either.
>
> There's a digital divide here - and some are crossing it with skill, others
> without - and some are simply not crossing it at all. It really is too much
> to expect people in their eighties to do more than observe what's going on
> online.
>
> Katinka Hesselink
> http://www.allconsidering.com/
> http://www.katinkahesselink.net/
> http://www.overpeinzende.nl/
>
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "t_s_theosophist" <THEOSOPHIST@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ??? MORAL LEADERSHIP ???
> >
> >
> > It certainly takes no degree of clairvoyance to realize that a certain
> group of General Secretaries, labeled "The Quartet" has been playing "Dirty
> Politics." Anyone with a Clear and Perceptive Mind can see this.
> >
> >
> > First....An attempt to depict Radha Burnier as physically & mentally
> unfit to hold office, contrary to the medical evidence of three reputable
> physicans.
> >
> >
> > Second...A clandestine attempt to dis-enfranchise T.S. members from
> voting.
> >
> >
> > Third...An untrue and unwarranted attack on the veracity of the Indian
> Section, with no evidence to substantiate the allegations.
> >
> >
> > Fourth ...An attempt to disrupt the business of the General Council
> meeting.
> >
> >
> > And Now a passive/agressive promotion to bias the membership against
> Adyar.
> >
> >
> > In the note below, M.K. Ramadoss raises a profound question which is on
> the minds of not only many Theosophists but also the internet public at
> large.
> >
> >
> > I would also add: What is the Karma of Silence when confronted with the
> Sinister and unmoral activity that The "Quartet" has been and continues to
> promote?
> >
> >
> > Fraternaly;
> >
> > William Delahunt
> >
> >
> > ----------------------
> >
> >
> > M.K. RAMADOSS COMMENTS:
> >
> >
> > From what I understand, Krotona residents are long-time dedicated members
> of TS and I am also told that they are also members of esoteric section.
> >
> >
> > Many of the residents are past and present theosophical leaders,
> lecturers and writers. So, rookie members assume that the cream of wisdom
> resides there.
> >
> >
> > For ordinary members who have been following the events since the
> beginning of the international election last year, the silence of members at
> Krotona is a real puzzle.
> >
> >
> > There was the spreading of the untruth about Radha Burnier's health by
> some leaders world-wide. Even after this untruth was proven false, the
> leaders took no action to fix their earlier allegations.
> >
> >
> > Then came the unproven allegations of procedural errors in the election
> in India.
> >
> >
> > Final bombshell was the ultra secret attempt to seize control of
> presidency by disenfranchising members world-wide, which was fortunately
> discovered in time and broadcast over Internet and TS was saved from a
> disaster.
> >
> >
> > During all of the above, we did not hear a single word of protest against
> any of the above from any of the leaders " past and present" residing at
> Krotona.
> >
> >
> > Is the above behaviour a reflection of the fear of the consequences of
> calling a spade a spade or they do not see what was going on?
> >
> >
> > We have read in the historical accounts, men and women losing even their
> lives in their
> > fight for Truth. Are we seeing the real effects of Kali Yuga?
> >
> >
> > Rookie and ordinary members are really perplexed.
> >
> >
> > M.K. Ramadoss
> >
> > There is no religion higher than truth
> >
> >
> > ==================
> >
> >
> > Theos-Talk
> >
> > (click link)
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/
> >
> >
> > ===================
> >
> >
> > For Further Documentation Relating To These Issues See:
> >
> >
> > After the General Council Meeting 2008
> >
> >
> > (click link)
> > http://www.teozofija.info/Teozofsko_gibanje/After_Convention_2008.htm
> >
> >
> > ==================
> >
> >
> > We Invite You To Join Us Daily In...
> >
> >
> > A PROJECT OF HEALING
> >
> >
> > (click link)
> > http://www.teozofija.info/tsmembers/Delahunt_Healing.htm
> >
> >
> > ====================
> > ===================
> >
>
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