Theos-Talk Archives (December 2010 Message tt00038)

We will have to wait and see how the market develops.

On the other hand, entities like theosophical and JK have a very much
smaller audience and hence they have to adopt a different model. For
example, a catfat can underwrite a book and make it available to anyone for
free. The object of these types of organizations is spread the message and
of course try to cover the cost in a way different from that of commercial
enterprises. So long as spiritual entities concentrate on managing money as
their primary activity, then it is a different story.

When TS was started, both the founders were poor and penniless and now many
sections have millions of dollars in assets and these assets have not
spurred the activities of the sections. On the contrary, allegations of
non-transparency from long time members are there. Recently there was a
letter from a well known member in England to the GC in this regard. After
the sale of Tekels Park, it is perhaps richest section and as far as the
membership count is concerned it is following the trend of the fall of
British Empire!

Let us wait and see the developments.

MKR

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 10:02 PM, <Augoeides-222@qjI6wPDNcuJFC5i_LwAhWh3NQrw0D96Sv9unr6XTQABIsAlAz2qj_g04UCBCFra-Id0y_bhvWFahFLE0mdMMu0hlrg.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

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> mkr ,
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> Here is an article about Googles eBooks that underlines your topic :
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> Google eBooks - Does it give independent Bookstores a fighting chance?
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> >>> http :// www . csmonitor .com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2010/1207/ Google
> - eBooks -Does-it-give-independent-bookstores-a-fighting-chance<<<
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> John
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: " MKR " <mkr777@ gmail .com>
> To: "theos-talk" <theos-talk@ yahoogroups .com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 7, 2010 7:14:58 PM
> Subject: theos-talk Trend in Krishnamurti Material may be foreshadowing the
> future spiritual msg distribution for free
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> Jiddu Krishnamurti broadcast his messages through lectures and discussions
> and there are only one or two publications which he really wrote. As a
> consequence, the verbatim reports of his early lectures were published.
> Subsequently, there audios and videos were put out. Some books were
> published by collating the material already found in the verbatim reports,
> audios and videos.
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> If you Google , you will find numerous of these reports, audios and videos.
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> Many of the print materials are found in the form of pdf files. A careful
> review of the lists show that enormous amount of material available for
> download for free. I am sure, Krishnaji , whereever he is, is very happy
> that
> people around the world are accessing his materials for free on Internet.
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> The trend described above may the foreshadowing how spiritual material is
> going to be distributed in future. The bottom line is free access in
> Internet.
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> Spiritual organizations like theosophical organizations, whose principal
> objective is to distribute the message they have can learn a lesson from
> what is going on. While they may be wedded emotionally and financially, to
> printed material and copyright that protects the financial interest, events
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> may take over and all material will be found on Internet for free. Before
> this is a reality, it may be wise for them to take the initiative and make
> their messages freely available in electronic medium.
>
> MKR
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