Theos-Talk Archives (October 2009 Message tt00057)

MKR
"TS. So long as the Sections do not violate any rules, they
are totally free to carry on their activities in any manner they decide and
not even the International President can interfere with it. "

Please: What rules?
I thought, that TS Adyar had no doctrine it was promotiong?


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: MKR 
  To: theos-talk 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 3:08 PM
  Subject: Theos-World Looking Within is What is Needed


    Looking Within is What is Needed

  The Eastern Way of looking at spiritual matters is to look within for
  problems and answers. More you look within and understand yourself, more
  wise you are and more practical and effective you are.

  I think this applies to organizations as well. TS is no exception. In their
  wisdom, helped from advise from the Inner Founders, HSO & HPB & Judge set up
  TS with full autonomy for the Sections and Lodges. This setup was not
  arrived at on a whim. I think some very deep thoughts and wisdom went in.
  The objective of HSO, who was President for life, was for TS to spread the
  knowledge of theosophy far and wide so that men and women everywhere can
  benefit by it. HSO did not intend to dictate to the members and Sections as
  the President for Life.

  The traditional businesses are setup with top down control and the level and
  intensity of control varies with the organization. With TS we are dealing
  with the lives of people and the intent was the knowledge that theosophy
  provides, there would be individual transformation for the better - better
  for everyone.

  If you look at some of the discussions going on, you will notice many of
  them are directed and deal with Adyar and International President. What is
  missing is very simple. The future growth of TS and spread of theosophy. TS
  does not function like Vatican, even though some subconsciously may believe
  so. Growth depends on what we do at home.

  Not much has been talked about the full autonomy of the Sections, even
  though the Section leaders relish the power they have in the autonomy
  provided by the TS. So long as the Sections do not violate any rules, they
  are totally free to carry on their activities in any manner they decide and
  not even the International President can interfere with it. Even the GC does
  not have the power to remove the Section leader. This is to guarantee the
  autonomy of the Sections so that no one outside can interfere - whether
  other sections or a clique in the GC. This topic of the role of the
  President in respect of the Sections and Lodges is well discussed even in
  the Mahatma Letters. It looks like many may have forgotten it.

  In the circumstances, it is time again to look at what is happening in many
  of the Sections. One of the measures of the progress of TS is to see growth
  in membership and lodges. The trend outside India is in a very sad shape.
  Very few leaders, elders, scholars, historians discuss it because they do
  not have a clue to what is going on. In many cases, they do not discuss it
  because if they happen to be in leadership positions, it would reflect badly
  on their performance. The trend in India shows a very steady growth with the
  result it is the largest Section in the world. This confirms the Wisdom of
  the Inner Founders to move TS from NY to India over a century ago.

  Most country leaders find non significant outside issues to divert the
  attention of the public. All the talk about Adyar and International
  President falls into a similar category. So it is high time for all of us to
  look into what is happening in our backyards - our lodges and Sections. And
  see what we can do. This is what is going to yield results in terms of
  spreading the knowledge of theosophy so that our brothers and sisters can
  benefit and improve the well being of every one.

  MKR

  There is no religion higher than Truth

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