Theos-Talk Archives (May 2009 Message tt00578)

I will confess that the most horrifying thing I've ever read on this list  
was the description of people kissing Rahda's feet.  HPB would have sat on  
them!
 
Chuck the Heretic
 
 
In a message dated 5/16/2009 11:17:32 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
mkr777@gmail.com writes:

 
 


In Internet age, that is what is going to happen. I hope it will happen  in
our life times.
.
The leaders can hang on to the money and  property and the real action would
be in cyberspace 24/7.
.
There was  a comment that action is moving from organizations to individuals
as a  result of Internet.
.

mkr

On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 11:08 AM,  <_Drpsionic@aol.Drp_ 
(mailto:Drpsionic@aol.com) >  wrote:

>
>
> I have a better idea. Let's get rid of the  idea of leaders altogether.
>
> Chuck the  Heretic
>
>
> In a message dated 5/16/2009 8:20:38 A.M.  Central Daylight Time,
> _mkr777@gmail.mkr_ (mailto:mkr777@gmail.com)   <mkr777%40gmail.mkr> 
writes:
>
> Young Leaders  Needed
> .
> When you look at the world's history, greatest  achievements are due to
> charismatic individuals and not the masses.  Also most of these leaders 
were
> quite young or middle aged and took  their mission seriously and gave 
prime
> of their lives working 24/7.  Both HPB & HSO sacrificed prime of their 
lives
> and that is why we  are discussing theosophy and TS today.
> .
> So when you look at  organizations with leaders who are septuagenarians or
> octogenarians,  who got there as a second or third occupation after
> retirement, it is  wishful thinking that great things are going to happen.
> What most old  people come with is a lot of street smart and can cause lot
> of
>  trouble and this is true of all organizations.
> .
> The  uniqueness of TS is the total autonomy of the sections and the 
lodges.
>  Even at the member level, the autonomy provided is unmatched in any
>  organization. So long one is in sympathy with the first object -
>  Brotherhood, anyone is welcome, whatever may be their personal beliefs
>  including being a materialist. TS has survived and grown for over a
>  century,
> because of this far sighted simple application of  autonomy.
> .
> It is time for all of us to think how we can  identify and encourage young
> leaders and all we need are a handful of  capable dedicated young leaders.
> The rules and regulations of sections  have developed over the years so 
that
> the old folks control directly  or indirectly who gets to be the leader. 
So
> we do not end up with  young leaders. It would be interesting to get a
> statistics of the ages  of the members of leaders in countries around the
> world.
>  .
> It may be time to start doing something about the need for future  young
> leaders.
> .
> My 0.02
> .
> MKR
>  .
>
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