Theos-Talk Archives (May 2009 Message tt00587)

Strange is the understatement of the new millennium. I got the image in my  
head and literally became physically ill from it.
 
It's not nice to make the World Teacher's stomach turn.
 
Chuck the Heretic
 
 
In a message dated 5/16/2009 5:58:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
Augoeides-222@comcast.net writes:

 
 


What a strange fetish. Lol! 
John 
----- Original Message -----  
From: _Drpsionic@aol.Drp_ (mailto:Drpsionic@aol.com)  
To: _theos-talk@yahoogrotheos-t_ (mailto: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.mkr_ (mailto: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._Dr_ 
(mailto:_Drpsionic@aol.Drp)  _ 
(mailto:  _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._mk_ (mailto:_mkr777@gmail.mkr)  _ (mailto: 
_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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