Theos-Talk Archives (April 1996 Message tl00291)

Bob,

I think TI is also a thing with which each one is able to fulfill their own
dharma, whatever that dharma may be, ie do your own theosophical thing, with
the support of others.
Liesel
Member TI, TSA, TS in Canada, HR
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>In message <9604121519.AA19891@netra>, Robert Holmstrom
><rholmstrom@voyageur.ca> writes
>>Everyone seems to be talking about TI as a "container", something that a
>>member fits "inside of" or excludes the offended.
>
>Everyone? Not me.
>
>>  I don't see it that way
>>at all.  Should not the TI be a source of Theosophical information, possibly
>>Theosophical values, and maybe a provider of signposts on the way?  In that
>>way, it frees its members to search and to grow but does not "contain" them.
>>Membership means only that one has accepted the requirements for membership
>>but should not restrict anyone in any way.  One should always be free to
>>make one's own errors and to learn from them.  One should be free to search
>>any path one wishes, even CWL's if one has a hankering for mythopoeia.
>
>That's right!
>>
>>It seems to me the point of the three objects is that one must become free
>>to search and actually search.  Beyond that there is no dogma to wrap
>>oneself in.  Why should a prospective member then want to be wrapped in the
>>TI?  The grand argument about what "freedom" is meant by the word "freedom"
>>seems pointless to me.  Let each member take whatever meaning s/he walks in
>>with and fly with it.  If it is "restrictive", said member will either drop
>>out or break through the limits.  That is up to the individual, not the TI,
>>imho.
>>
>>Take care,
>>
>>==<<Bob Holmstrom>>==  <rholmstrom@voyageur.ca>
>>
>Oh the joy of reading sense!
>
>Alan :-)
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