Theos-Talk Archives (October 2009 Message tt00143)

Dear MKR and friends

My views are:


Yes.
Allright let me expand a bit on my thoughts on the matter.


- But, what I am questioning is that what some are calling "tools available to function effectively and
efficiently", will be tools which could lead to materialism more than to theosophical activity. Well, it could.

- And the question is to whom the use of "electricity, air travel, phone communication and
Internet" has become integral to in their lives? Not the 16% of all humans who are starving?

- And I will ask about what other tools will be "equally necessary" on the non-physical and non-materialistic levels?

I for one do not quite consider the promotion of an existence on the physical level a primary theosophical activity.
I consider it as a very secondary activity and something to be rather avoided if theosophically possible.

Yet HPB used the telegraph and Edisons mimeograph etc. etc.
Practical activities are allright. Non-practical cannot be so.

- - -
But HPB also said:
"It must be remembered that the Society was not founded as a nursery for forcing a supply of Occultists -- as a factory for the manufactory of Adepts. It was intended to stem the current of materialism, and also that of spiritualistic phenomenalism and the worship of the Dead. "

And I cannot imagine, that there can not be a misuse taking place among theosophical seekers of the Internet and the use of electricity. Of course something like this is possible.

- - -
To be the so-called Owner or even the user of a computer could perhaps turn out to be something non-compassionate towards the 16% starving and impoverished of the planets population, who live a life without any thought of ever to be able to learn to read, ever to use a computer and of ever getting fat to the extreme. Just because sugar is sweet it does not necessarily imply that it cannot operate as a toxic in the human body, and the same with the use of computers.

There is the intention to use computers and e-mails in ways there are beneficial and constructive. The immediate results appear to be very good. But in the long run the use of computers and calculators will result in severe deterioration of the human intellectual power.

I will chew a bit more on the above, when operating as a theosophical Seeker.



M. Sufilight


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: MKR 
  To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 12:11 AM
  Subject: Re: Theos-World Internet - Savior of elderly theosophists


    Everyone has to use all tools available to function effectively and
  efficiently. Use of electricity, air travel, phone communication and
  Internet has become integral to our lives. Of course if you operate on super
  physical levels, I am sure other appropriate tools are equally necessary.

  mkr

  On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Morten Nymann Olesen <
  global-theosophy@stofanet.dk> wrote:

  >
  >
  > Yes. Various compassionate altruists often have this problem until they
  > operate as Nirmanakayas because those who call themselves stout Theosophists
  > have become obsessed with the physical technologies. :-)
  >
  >
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: MKR
  > To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>
  > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:53 PM
  > Subject: Re: Theos-World Internet - Savior of elderly theosophists
  >
  > Any time you do not want to go with the flow, you have a problem.
  >
  > MKR
  >
  > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Morten Nymann Olesen <
  > global-theosophy@stofanet.dk <global-theosophy%40stofanet.dk>> wrote:
  >
  > >
  > >
  > > Yeah, it is tough to be an old clairvoyant and have a desperat need to
  > > ignore the Internet and e-mails.
  > > :-)
  > >
  > >
  > > ----- Original Message -----
  > > From: Drpsionic@aol.com <Drpsionic%40aol.com> <Drpsionic%40aol.com>
  > > To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com><theos-talk%
  > 40yahoogroups.com>
  > > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 5:30 PM
  > > Subject: Re: Theos-World Internet - Savior of elderly theosophists
  > >
  > > I think it's too late for some of them.
  > >
  > > Chuck the Heretic
  > >
  > > www.charlescosimano.com
  > >
  > > In a message dated 10/21/2009 9:26:45 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
  > > mkr777@gmail.com <mkr777%40gmail.com> <mkr777%40gmail.com> writes:
  > >
  > > Internet - Savior of elderly theosophists
  > >
  > > Here is some very interesting recent study results that the theosophical
  > > septua and octogenarians can benefit.
  > >
  > > We all have seen the theosophical elders, leaders - present and past,
  > > scholars are not seen on Internet to the extent one wonders if there is a
  > > boycott - either engineered by unwritten understanding or getting some
  > > direction from some entities (possibly destructive ones such as the
  > Dugpas)
  > > from the unseen realm. Even there was a comment thru the grapevine that
  > > some
  > > of the septua / octogenerian leaders do not even know how to use email.
  > >
  > > It looks like Internet may be todayâs tool to help all these old people
  > get
  > > their brains active and productive in a positive way. Read what the
  > > researchers have found.
  > >
  > > +++
  > > Research has shown that mental stimulation similar to the stimulation
  > that
  > > occurs in individuals who fre_quently use the Internet may affect the
  > > efficiency of cognitive processing and alter the way the brain encodes
  > new
  > > information.
  > > +++
  > >
  > > May be if all the old leaders start being active in Internet, it may help
  > > them more efficiently see what is going on in the TS and wake them up to
  > be
  > > more cooperative and constructive in the long term interests of TS and
  > > theosophy.
  > >
  > > The full article is at:
  > >
  > > _ (http://www.charlescosimano.com/)
  > > _http://www.foxnews.http://wwwhttp://www.foxhttp://www.fohttp://www_
  > > (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,568576,00.html?test=latestnews) _
  > >
  > > MKR
  > >
  > > There is no religion higher than truth
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  > > _ (http://www.charlescosimano.com/)
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