Theos-Talk Archives (January 1998 Message tt00285)

>it is amazing that so many people would
>justify letting people starve and die
>since giving them food/shelter and medicine
>would harm them (make them dependent).
>
>the issue is *never* whether or not to help them.
>The real issue is why do you not give them *more*?  like
>an education, training, and a job they can support
>themselves on??
>
>john e. mead

Nonsense. Name someone on this list (or off) that wishes anyone to "starve
and die". True, the issue "is *never* whether or not to help," but *what* is
helpful.

Most of the time all we do is all talk anyway.  How many on this list or
in this culture *personally* give food to those in real need?  Do we look
out for what we can do *personally* or write a check?  Do we do all we can
*personally*, face to face, or rely on the government?  If we really
cared *personally* so deeply, would government programs even exist?

"Act individually and not collectively" advised HPB.  See her KEY pp. 244-45.

Best,

--
Nicholas <> am455@lafn.org <> Los Angeles <> "The evil that has overtaken
souls has its source in self-will...They...largely indulged their own
motion; thus they were hurried down the wrong path...they came to lose
even the thought of their origin in the Divine."  Plotinus