Theos-Talk Archives (May 1996 Message tl00637)

Liesel:

Your post is very timely. To have moral heroism, one needs to think for
oneself (no second hand thinking) and be fearless about all consequences
including "spiritual". It is fear of one thing or the other that makes
people not act based purely on what they think is the right thing to do.
It is also fear (moral and/or spiritual or post life) that is used by
organizations control and direct the behaviour of its followers or
members. Now is the time to speak up and act to the best of our
understanding and our judgement and not the understanding and not the
judgement of someone else who may be considered however highly evolved
spiritually or on any other basis. The lack of fear and clear thinking
will make each one of us understand the problem and our intelligence will
make us act in the right manner and heroically.

	....doss


On Fri, 10 May 1996, liesel f. deutsch wrote:

> To round off this evening, here's another good quote from Cyril Scott's "The
> Initiate in the New World"
>
> "If the Society is to remain a great force for good in the world, & I
> fervently hope it will do so, then for one thing its members must uproot
> cowardice. There have been cowards who have run away at the moment of
> danger, and instead of giving a hand at the pumps, have deserted the ship.
> It doesn't matter whether the danger has appeared in the form of a scandal,
> having for its basis some kink in the nervous system of one of its members,
> or whether dissensions have arisen around opinions and pronouncements about
> the World Teacher. If Brotherhood means anythigng at all, it means standing
> by one another not only in moments of safety but also in danger. To my mind
> the future of the TS depends before all else on the moral heroism of its
> members."
>
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