Theos-Talk Archives (May 2009 Message tt00584)

What a strange fetish. Lol! 
John 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Drpsionic@aol.com 
To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 2:51:08 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: Theos-World Young Leaders Needed 








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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