Theos-Talk Archives (January 2010 Message tt00061)

I do not know.

On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Martin <Mvandertak@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> Sure, why do you think I used "" ?
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> From: MKR <mkr777@gmail.com <mkr777%40gmail.com>>
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sat, January 23, 2010 5:40:38 PM
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> Subject: Re: Theos-World Adyar Convention Reporting
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> Members in good standing means on who is uptodate on dues. Caste has
> nothing
> whatever to do with it. Members who are delinquent on dues are not in good
> standing.
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> MKR
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Martin <Mvandertak@yahoo.com<Mvandertak%40yahoo.com>>
> wrote:
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> > " I guess it's to ensure that 'members of good standing' only get to
> > attend. Which Radha obviously does not think you are. "
> >
> > Meaning she is discriminating on "caste" and in violence of the
> objectives
> > of the TS...
> >
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> > From: Spirituality <mail@katinkahesselink.net<mail%40katinkahesselink.net>
> <mail%40katinkahesselink.net>
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> > To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com><theos-talk%
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> > Sent: Sat, January 23, 2010 4:10:15 PM
> > Subject: Re: Theos-World Adyar Convention Reporting
> >
> >
> > Hi Preethi,
> >
> > Actually, it's not a given that every TS member can automatically stay at
> > the Adyar Centre. For international members there's a lot of bureaucratic
> > hassle to be able to stay there. People don't just have to prove they are
> > members, they have to have the explicit approval of their national
> section
> > to be able to stay over.
> >
> > At least, that was the procedure for Dutch members when I went to Adyar
> ten
> > years ago.
> >
> > I guess it's to ensure that 'members of good standing' only get to
> attend.
> > Which Radha obviously does not think you are.
> >
> > Just because we pay a bit for its upkeep, does not mean it's a hotel at
> > which every member automatically has admittance.
> >
> > Katinka Hesselink
> >
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com><theos-talk%
> 40yahoogroups.com>, preethi
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> > muthiah <seeker_preethi@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Dear MKR,
> > >
> > > I would just like to point out to you that I attended the Convention as
> > every member's right to do so. The Administration at Adyar was definitely
> > NOT doing me a favour.
> > >
> > > The issues I have brought up, by the way, are issues that the founders
> > would themselves raise, had they been alive. Neither of our founders were
> in
> > favour of corruption, and it did not matter to them at what level these
> were
> > practised. Corruption is corruption and it is an evil that must be rooted
> > out. It is indeed sad to see that it exists in the TS, the founders of
> which
> > are insulted daily by the current administration at Adyar, who instead of
> > rooting it out, endorse it all because it is practised by the relatives
> of
> > the President.
> > >
> > > Also, Preethi was not allowed to stay on campus with her mother, Mrs
> > Radha Muthiah, who still works at the TS, Adyar. And though Preethi was
> > allowed to visit her mother, in the future, even that permission has been
> > taken away.
> > >
> > > You must read the Mahatma's Letters carefully, MKR, and you will find
> out
> > that with a spiritual aspirant, every bad deed wipes out all the good
> ones.
> > So, even if you want to be proud of Mrs Burnier allowing a member of the
> TS
> > like Preethi Muthiah to attend the Convention, which by the way was
> Preethi
> > Muthiah's right, you cannot run away from the fact that since Mrs Burnier
> > did not allow me to stay with my mother, so the deed you mentioned gets
> > wiped out and the balance is tilted towards the misdeeds...heavily
> indeed.
> > >
> > > It is quite possible that Mrs Radha Burnier will now try to prevent
> > Preethi from being a member of the TS...but that is her headache...not
> > mine...My commitment to the Theosophical Cause remains unhindered, for I
> > choose it to be so. She cannot own the Masters of the Wisdom nor the
> Wisdom
> > Teachings. She cannot even actually own the Adyar Estate for it is not
> her
> > property. If you will see the rules, you will realize that Adyar actually
> > belongs to all the members of the TS, for out of our annual membership
> fee,
> > a certain amount goes towards the upkeep and maintenance of the Adyar
> > International Headquarters.
> > >
> > > In effect, MKR, Mrs Radha Burnier in addition to all her other misdeeds
> > of corruption etc. is also today party to the crime of keeping a member
> of
> > the TS from her right to enter and live on the international HQ of the
> TS,
> > Adyar, for the maintenance and upkeep of which the member pays annually a
> > certain fee. By that account, MKR, Mrs Burnier is a thief. I hope that is
> > not a matter of pride with you.
> > >
> > > Fraternally
> > >
> > > Preethi
> > >
> > > --- On Sat, 23/1/10, MKR <mkr777@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: MKR <mkr777@...>
> > > Subject: Theos-World Adyar Convention Reporting
> > > To: "theos-talk" <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com<theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>
> <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>
>
> > >
> > > Date: Saturday, 23 January, 2010, 2:14 AM
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> > > Ã
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> > > When I suggested before the convention, if some one attending the
> > convention
> > >
> > > could report on the convention on Internet, I was thinking about a blog
> > like
> > >
> > > reporting, which in a journalistic point, be entertaining and
> > informative. I
> > >
> > > have seen in conventions, each day one or two page bulletin is issued
> > >
> > > covering the dayÃââs summary. It is very disappointing that in this day
> > and
> > >
> > > age of computers and wifi, something that is easy to do was not done by
> > any
> > >
> > > one. By the way, Chennai is a hub of many computer establishments and
> so
> > >
> > > there are ample wifi resources if anyone wanted to post anything on
> > >
> > > Internet. I do not know what is happening in various countries when
> they
> > >
> > > have their annual conventions.
> > >
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> > >
> > > It is heartening to see Preethi was allowed to attend the convention,
> as
> > a
> > >
> > > member, in spite of the various issues she had raised in the past and
> had
> > to
> > >
> > > move out of the Adyar Estate. This speaks very highly of the Adyar
> > >
> > > administration and all of us should be proud of it. I doubt any other
> > >
> > > organization would have allowed her to attend a convention.
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> > > MKR
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> > > The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage.
> > http://in.yahoo.com/
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