Theos-Talk Archives (January 2004 Message tt00085)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "adelasie" <adelasie@s...> wrote:
concluding:

> Hi Paul,
. I see a vast 
> opening of their minds and hearts, augmented by this new freedom 
of communication which is really trans-global. It is as if the 
sacred fire of electricity has applied itself to illumination of its 
> children, humanity. Certainly there are lots of misuses and 
> manipulations of the media, but it might be bigger than that. 
Perhaps it would be fair to say that besides (or even because the 
of) the inevitable backlash is a new dispensation, a raising of the 
vibration of the whole, which could continue to resonate like a 
tidal wave, rearranging forever the old order, which, after all, is 
on the way out. 
> 
> Too fanciful? What do you think?
> 
Not too fanciful if one considers that each generation inevitably 
reacts to the imbalances of the previous one. To put it in 
simplistic terms, we've seen an alternation between idealistic and 
materialistic generations in the US in my lifetime. Being part of 
the idealistic wave of Baby Boomers, I've been dismayed by the 
materialism and conservatism of the Gen X wave. But now the under-
25 group is the most liberal on many issues according to recent 
survey results. I don't mean just political liberalism but rather 
the broader outlook that embraces pluralism. That was key to the 
spiritual questing of recent decades; now the growing spiritual 
movements are the most conservative e.g. Pentecostalism. But there 
is always a seed of hope in situations that evoke despair. TV gets 
worse and worse steadily, but books and movies have been holding 
ground in terms of quality and quantity. 

The light does seem to have flickered and faded in the last 5-10 
years for movements like Theosophy and ARE which are seen 
as "alternative." But there could be another wave of interest ahead 
as another generation emerges with its own priorities and needs.

Best wishes,

Paul