[10-20-18 Just an informal email exchanged with an old friend who had encountered some negative personal information about the Eastern teacher Swami Rama.]

Hi, Jeff—Windstorm day in my locale today.

Thus, I probably should add to the gale:

Thank you for your thoughts on Swami Rama. Good and maybe not-so-good in everyone as usual, I suppose. Perhaps there is even the chance that, despite considerable devotee-testimony to the contrary, Swami might have…

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". . . At least following my Theosophical Society in America presentation that summer I had the opportunity to attend another participant's early-morning group activity. It was called 'Music Meditation.'. . ."

The above is a continuation of my theosophy.net blog contribution called “One Reason I Now Limit My Theosophical Audiences” which, incidentally, resulted in a very good question being asked of me:

“Is there any reason one should turn to you as a guide?"

"No. That…

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"Religions can be ranked by the unbroken quality of their silences."—General Theosophy

"In youth be exceptional; in old age, an exception.—General Theosophy

"If you have either less or more than simply an abiding inkling about some objectively unfalsifiable subject, you are either not using, or not just using, Theosophy."—General Theosophy

"The drawback of disciples is that they may flatter the psychological feature of yourself which is least deserving of disciples. . . ."—General Theosophy

FREE spirited students of Theosophy may be interested in more information concerning the writings of the young archeologist and historian D. M. Murdock, aka Acharya Sanning.



She is especially interesting when compared to the avowed mission of H. P. Blavatsky, to expose dogmatism and materialism in science and religion, (and Theosophy!)



HPB referred to her controversial "Lucifer" magazine as the Theosophical Movement's "combative manas."



"The personal God of… Continue

Reprinted (reformatted and updated) from: http://leonmaurer.info/einstein.html

How Did Albert Einstein Intuit (Grok) E=mc²?

Answer:…

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In this blog posting, and some follow-ups, I plan to deal concisely and informally with the fascinating route from wish to reality. There have been quite some authors who have been writing and lecturing about this, especially in newage…

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A question occurred to me that i thought i would share.



it asks, if free will exists can we renounce it?



if the answer is yes we can renounce it, then how do we maintain our renunciation without the power of free will?



if the answer is no we cannot, then the question is asked, is free will forced upon us? and if it is forced upon us then can we not surrender our will to god/the universe/the higher self?



i cant remember if it was Thomas Aquinas or St… Continue

At times I will share passages from literature, philosophy, poetry, lyrics, etc that have both moved and sustained me. While many of the authors may not be from the recognized theosophical literature I believe they are theosophical in nature none-the-less. I also believe that the authors I bring here do their best work when I stay out of there way as much as possible. Other readers are encouraged to share as well.


--bill