Theos-Talk Archives (April 1996 Message tl00461)

Alan:

[writing to Chuck]

>>Look, the universe is a value-free information system and nothing you do in
>>the physical is going to have the slightest impact on your future
>>incarnations.  The only thing that matters is intelligence, how efficiently
>>you process information, because that is what the Universe is really all
>>about, but what you do with that information does not matter in the
>>slightest.

>What a wonderful statement of what theosophy really has to teach! Now that
>statement, almost word for word, should be somewhere in the TI statement of
>purpose. In fact,if a person was to ask: "What does theosophy teach?" That's
>the best answer I've ever seen!

You're forgetting your avowed purpose to not establish a body of
required beliefs for TI. This statement is a matter of belief, and
there's a number of points in it that could be disputed from the
standpoint of the traditional theosophical doctrines.

Without getting into discussing those points at the moment, I just
thought I'd bring this up. As soon as you start associating your
favorite ideas or beliefs as part of the TI platform, you'll
alienate people that won't go along with the ideas.

You might consider the approach taken by the former Theosophical
Network. In it, any theosophical group could be listed in its
directory, but there was no required beliefs, organizational
commitments, objects to subscribe to, etc. There were no obligations
imposed upon groups and individuals that were listed, because they
weren't joining anything. They were basically allowing themselves
to be listed alongside other theosophical groups and Theosophists --
nothing more.

-- Eldon