Theos-Talk Archives (October 2011 Message tt00079)

"By the way, if you start a movement for Altruism, I will seriously consider joining it."  That's good. The Voice shows the Way of the Masters:

"Remember, thou that fightest for man's liberation,(1) each failure is success, and each sincere attempt wins its reward in time. The holy germs that sprout and grow unseen in the disciple's soul, their stalks wax strong at each new trial, they bend like reeds but never break, nor can they e'er be lost. But when the hour has struck they blossom forth."  The Voice of the Silence p 68-69 Theosophy Co. edition LA, USA.

There are already many people working inside (and outside) the TS or ULT etc (the vehicles set up to to foster altruistic thought and behaviour)... and we may bear in mind that intentions count for little; each group is only as good as its members are: it is they only who "put the bit in their own mouths" - no can or should do that in a spiritual School or on any other path.

If you have a ULT or TS near you may consider going to see it. 



--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "libertyson11" <libertyson11@...> wrote:
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> No, I have not read but a few of Mrs. Bailey''s works, and it has been many years. 
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> "How would you promote altruism while opposing a tyranny like the one you mention? 
> Why not at first of all seek to make people understand that Altruism is first and foremost among all and everything?
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> ***  I guess it is a matter of the term "first". Not first but simultaneously. Integrate themes of Altruism with political discourse.  And integrate it with religious movements, education, music and every part of life.  
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> It seems rather nebulous of how one is to simply "advocate altruism."
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> Rather, advocate a policy show people how it is based upon altruism. 
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> Is this piece of art or music inspiring to altruism, or not?
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> Perhaps take a Bible and show the altruistic aspects expressed. 
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> By the way, if you start a movement for Altruism, I will seriously consider joining it. 
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> "Egotism or superficial Altruism or pretended Altruism is not Altruism, is it?
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> ***   There have many great political leaders in history whose actions expressed altruism at times. 
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> It is hard to see anything less expressive of altruism that leaving the governments of the nations to the corrupt and selfish. 
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> "If you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolute night of bitterness?
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> ***  Sometimes.  But Ghandiji admitted that if non-violence didn't work he would have gone to plan B, I have heard.  One can't be too doctrinaire about this, eh?
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> The communists would have slaughtered the protesters and thanked them for being so passive as to not fight back.  The British were not to inhumane and non-violence worked to bring out the good within them.
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