Theos-Talk Archives (February 2010 Message tt00107)

This is the only lively game in town!

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Cass Silva <silva_cass@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> Agree Clint, the site has been hijacked by political activists!
> Cass
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> >From: wagnerian1 <wagnerian1@yahoo.com <wagnerian1%40yahoo.com>>
> >To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>
> >Sent: Tue, 9 February, 2010 5:07:38 PM
> >Subject: Re: Theos-World Lost in Space,
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> >Ok, just for your information. ...
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> >> This is an area where I think the leadership need to take interest and
> >> personally visit lodges and help dynamic and vibrant lecturers present
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> >> engaging and interesting topics which will energize individual members
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> >> lodges.
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> >Lectures and topic-presenting are not going to cut it. Period. This is the
> Theosophical Society, one of the most influential, far reaching and
> mysterious of all Occult organizations. Countless dusty tomes have been
> produced by it and about it, with that spooky snake seal and a penchant for
> abbreviations and initials. And you're going to "treat" seekers and guests
> to "dynamic and vibrant lecture[s]" and "engaging and interesting topics"??
> Was The Lady Herself really THAT boring? What is this, Unity Church (yawn)?
> Marianne Williamson (yawn)? Eckhart Tolle (Zzzzz)? Really? Wow. How about
> you give Oprah a call, and you can "remember your spirit" for a couple of
> hours on a Tuesday night, sigh and smile, and go home. Where's the style and
> panache and the twinkle of the eye that won over some great minds and gained
> the admiration of a great many others?
> >You've gotta be kidding me. I'm all for interesting topics--of
> DISCUSSION-- but what is the heart and soul of Theosophy? What happened all
> those years ago, what experience did HPB and her friends have, and how are
> you still transmitting that to future generations? Nothing else matters if
> you aren't doing that in EVERYTHING you do, and I am incredulous that
> lectures can do that sufficiently. You're not just nice, thoughtful people
> with a intellectual interest in the arcane, you're Theosophists!
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> >--Clint
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