Theos-Talk Archives (April 1998 Message tl00122)

Mark,

I'm glad you didn't resist and gave into
the temptation.  I LOVE your Theosophical
survey!!  Witty, humourous, sacastic, slashing, 
serious, telling, insightful.  etc etc

I hope everyone takes it!  I had quite a
few chuckles and as well as some serious thoughts as
I read through the list.

Also thanks for mentioning me!  Should I be
: )  or  : (  ?

Daniel Caldwell

Mark Kusek wrote:
> 
> Sorry, I couldn't resist either.
> 
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> 
> ( ) E.S. member
> ( ) BS Member
> ( ) Co-Masonic member
> ( ) Mystic Brick layer
> ( ) LCC faith
> ( ) LSD faith
> ( ) Subscriber to "Quest"
> ( ) Watches television
> ( ) Eats meat and/or chocolate
> ( ) Participates in culture (familial, national, racial, etc.), without
> being biased by it
> ( ) Believes in "Star Wars"
> ( ) Vegetarian
> ( ) Has had a "Happy Meal"
> ( ) Alcoholic
> ( ) Sacramental drug user
> ( ) Member of ACT party
> ( ) Acts like a party animal
> ( ) Arcane School Member (believer in Alice Bailey)
> ( ) Member of 'rival' T.S. group (ULT and/or Pasadena .. or God forbid
> .. "TI")
> ( ) Been to Wheaton
> ( ) Been to Adyar
> ( ) Been to the source of their own Being
> ( ) Member of any Theosophical branch, twig, or nut
> ( ) Card carrying?
> ( ) Member of "questionable cult" (I AM, CUT, RAJNEESH, WACO, GUYANA,
> BROWNIES, KIWANAS)
> ( ) Years of membership
> ( ) Dues paid in full?
> ( ) Comprehends Krishnamurti
> ( ) Has read traditional source texts in addition to Theosophical
> literature
> ( ) Has investigated living Hindu, Buddhist (and other cited)
> practitioners
> ( ) Has direct knowledge of these traditions only from interpretations
> of
> TS literature
> ( ) Believes that reading about something is the same as experiencing it
> ( ) Believes in Atlantis
> ( ) Age
> ( ) Male
> ( ) Female
> ( ) Androgyne
> ( ) Neither this nor that
> ( ) Actually speaks in gender neutral language
> ( ) Elemental (1st, 2nd, or 3rd)
> ( ) Mineral
> ( ) Vegetable (that means you, Carrot)
> ( ) Animal
> ( ) Savage Human
> ( ) Average Human
> ( ) Advanced Human
> ( ) Approaching the Path
> ( ) Probationer
> ( ) 1st Initiation
> ( ) 2nd
> ( ) 3rd
> ( ) More than that
> ( ) Ascended Master
> ( ) Something hybrid in between (re:Brenda)
> ( ) 5th Root Race
> ( ) 6th Root Race
> ( ) 7th Root Race
> ( ) Beyond that
> ( ) White, [Preferably European and Victorian]
> ( ) Other
> ( ) Aborigine or some other "remnant"
> ( ) Financially secure (not in need of salary/reimbursements)
> ( ) In debt or denial
> ( ) Fucked up personal life
> ( ) 'Living in sin'
> ( ) Mental confusion
> ( ) Selfishness
> ( ) Anger
> ( ) Lust, sexual fantasy, repressed twinges
> ( ) Masturbation
> ( ) Outright Perversion
> ( ) Silk underwear
> ( ) Latex Chasuble
> ( ) Claims to be an Initiate
> ( ) Claims to have a master, spirit guide, or special animal
> ( ) Claims to be one of the "elect," "elite," or "chosen ones"
> ( ) Distinguishes society on the basis of that
> ( ) Believes UFO's somehow fit into all of this
> ( ) Makes income from such claims
> ( ) Believes that "what is known" is all that there is to reality
> ( ) Acknowleges the unknown and is comfortable with that
> ( ) Does not know what is not known
> ( ) Believes in God and the Bible
> ( ) Believes: Metaphorically, Allegorically
> ( ) Believes: Literally, Historically
> ( ) Mixes and matches in a fuzzy kind of way
> ( ) Imagines Charleton Heston, Robert Powell, or Franco Zefferelli when
> asked about it
> ( ) Believes that "God" is "Dog" spelled backwards
> ( ) 'Believes' in Theosophy (HPB version, Besant/CWL version, ...)
> ( ) Established track record of evil deeds in the world
> ( ) Have been arrested
> ( ) Inhaled
> ( ) Have written bad checks
> ( ) Endorsement by major theosophical figures
> ( ) Endorsement by association
> ( ) Legend in their own mind
> ( ) Believes that God is within them, but prefers to let "Masters"
> actually embody it
> ( ) Ashamed to admit that they are "Human"
> ( ) Disdains lower "ego"
> ( ) Rejects "passional nature"
> ( ) Accepts the contradictions of being "Human"
> ( ) Believes that the Human kingdom is a natural evolutionary phase that
> has to be gone through
> ( ) Is afraid, wants to skip it and shoot right into the next one by
> some unearned miracle
> ( ) Understands the difference
> ( ) Accepts Blavatsky's writings as final word on Theosophy
> ( ) Accepts Daniel Cadwell's
> ( ) Believe's John Algeo, or the office he occupies is the living
> representative of the Mahatmas
> ( ) Reads every post by Dallas all the way through
> ( ) Proven experience in writing about or teaching Theosophy
> ( ) Proven experience in writing about or teaching things which can
> never be proven
> ( ) Likes argument for it's own sake
> ( ) Capitalist
> ( ) Willing to give large sums of money or property to existing
> Theosophical bodies
> ( ) Cheats on taxes
> ( ) Owns firearms
> ( ) Stores food or water
> ( ) Was afraid of nuclear threat during the cold war or the Reagan
> administration
> ( ) Saves for a rainy day
> ( ) Lives in the present moment, but saves for retirement "just to be
> safe"
> ( ) Student or full-time-employed vs unemployed, not-working
> ( ) Happy in their vocation
> ( ) Still looking for it
> ( ) "Monking" around (Walking the Earth; like "Caine" from TV's "Kung
> Fu")
> ( ) Healthy
> ( ) Admittedly flawed
> ( ) Self accepting
> ( ) Handicapped
> ( ) Just right
> ( ) Perfect in every way
> 
> 
> Forgive me,
> Mark
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