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Re: Internet and the Future

Nov 03, 2006 09:13 AM
by carlosaveline


Friends, 

Konstantin says, see below: 

" ...the leaders are too old. In America and Russia one person 
 cannot occupy the presidential office for more than two terms, and I 
 think it would be not bad to introduce this rule in the Theosophical 
 Society too."

In fact, the only international president of the TS Adyar who did serve for one term and not more, and passed the position to another while still alive, was C. Jinarajadasa.  For the other international presidents, the position has been like a "life presidency". Like the Popes do. 

Regards,   Carlos. 

 
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Data:Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:37:35 -0000

Assunto:Theos-World Re: Internet and the Future

> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, M K Ramadoss wrote:
> 
> > Unfortunately, theosophical organizations and many of its
> > leaders have not jumped at the opportunity that Internet has
> > provided in making theosophy available to all.
> 
> It's because the leaders are too old. In America and Russia one person 
> cannot occupy the presidential office for more than two terms, and I 
> think it would be not bad to introduce this rule in the Theosophical 
> Society too.
> Yet it will not solve the problem, as majority of the members are also 
> old. This tendence was already present as early as in the beginning of 
> 20th century.
> 
> By now several good theosophical sites exist, and most of the 
> theosophical classics is already online. Nevertheless, it hasn't made 
> theosophy significantly more popular. Maybe in the long run these 
> sites shall attract more young people but now I don't see the marked 
> difference.
> 
> By the way, the Founders used also the age-old methods:
> 
> "H.P.B.'s intense desire was to attract the attention of men of 
> position to Theosophy. For this purpose she worked hard and succeeded 
> eventually."
> (A Reminiscence of H.P.B. by G. Soobiah Chetty)
> 
> I don't know, is anything made now in this direction. If not, it will 
> clearly show that the problem is not in that the leaders are 
> old-fashioned.
> 
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