Theos-Talk Archives (May 2009 Message tt00569)

In Internet age, that is what is going to happen. I hope it will happen in
our life times.
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The leaders can hang on to the money and property and the real action would
be in cyberspace 24/7.
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There was a comment that action is moving from organizations to individuals
as a result of Internet.
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mkr



On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 11:08 AM, <Drpsionic@aol.com> wrote:

>
>
> I have a better idea. Let's get rid of the idea of leaders altogether.
>
> Chuck the Heretic
>
>
> In a message dated 5/16/2009 8:20:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> mkr777@gmail.com <mkr777%40gmail.com> writes:
>
> Young Leaders Needed
> .
> When you look at the world's history, greatest achievements are due to
> charismatic individuals and not the masses. Also most of these leaders were
> quite young or middle aged and took their mission seriously and gave prime
> of their lives working 24/7. Both HPB & HSO sacrificed prime of their lives
> and that is why we are discussing theosophy and TS today.
> .
> So when you look at organizations with leaders who are septuagenarians or
> octogenarians, who got there as a second or third occupation after
> retirement, it is wishful thinking that great things are going to happen.
> What most old people come with is a lot of street smart and can cause lot
> of
> trouble and this is true of all organizations.
> .
> The uniqueness of TS is the total autonomy of the sections and the lodges.
> Even at the member level, the autonomy provided is unmatched in any
> organization. So long one is in sympathy with the first object -
> Brotherhood, anyone is welcome, whatever may be their personal beliefs
> including being a materialist. TS has survived and grown for over a
> century,
> because of this far sighted simple application of autonomy.
> .
> It is time for all of us to think how we can identify and encourage young
> leaders and all we need are a handful of capable dedicated young leaders.
> The rules and regulations of sections have developed over the years so that
> the old folks control directly or indirectly who gets to be the leader. So
> we do not end up with young leaders. It would be interesting to get a
> statistics of the ages of the members of leaders in countries around the
> world.
> .
> It may be time to start doing something about the need for future young
> leaders.
> .
> My 0.02
> .
> MKR
> .
>
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