Controversy - Theosophy.Net2024-03-28T18:16:09Zhttps://theosophy.net/forum/categories/controversy-1/listForCategory?categoryId=3055387%3ACategory%3A100&feed=yes&xn_auth=noChennai Theosophical Society’s 500 cr land dealtag:theosophy.net,2022-06-19:3055387:Topic:1911052022-06-19T17:43:23.366ZJohnhttps://theosophy.net/profile/JohnEMead
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<h1 class="article-title"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Chennai Theosophical Society’s 500 cr land deal with Shiv Nadar Trust raises concerns</span></h1>
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<p>This is the article from the newspaper </p>
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<p><a href="https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/chennai-theosophical-society-s-500-cr-land-deal-shiv-nadar-trust-raises-concerns-165048" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Published in Chennai Newspaper</a></p>
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<h1 class="article-title"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Chennai Theosophical Society’s 500 cr land deal with Shiv Nadar Trust raises concerns</span></h1>
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<p>This is the article from the newspaper </p>
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<p><a href="https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/chennai-theosophical-society-s-500-cr-land-deal-shiv-nadar-trust-raises-concerns-165048" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Published in Chennai Newspaper</a></p> Definition of Dharmatag:theosophy.net,2019-04-02:3055387:Topic:1621122019-04-02T15:48:27.218ZJohnhttps://theosophy.net/profile/JohnEMead
<p>From Facebook, Theosophical Network:</p>
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<p>From Facebook, Theosophical Network:</p>
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<div class="_5pbx userContent _3576" id="js_jna"><p>Here is an essay on Dharma (note the link below). Some people may find this interesting; Especially, with regard to the motto of the Theosophical Society.</p>
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<p>I read the excuses that so many people post about why society is so screwed up. One group of people blames rap music. Wrong! It is NOT the form of music but rather the contents (lyrics) of the songs. When I spoke at a nearby college I brought some musical entertainment with me. I suggested to the Professor that the band Edifide be selected. Edifide writes some serious spiritual messages. And they are rap.</p>
<p>Some talk about how hateful others are yet nobody knows how to sit down with a "hater" as many pepople like to say, and have a proper dialog.</p>
<p>So I am going to do something I have not done in the past. Whereas I normally speak within a certain radius of Charlotte, I am going to travel outside of the previous mentioned area. And if this means travel to another State my requirement are simply this.</p>
<p>1. Provide the tickets for travel.<br/>2. Provide someone to take me from the airport, bus staion or train station to the venue and back.<br/>3. If I am to stay over the weekend then a simple motel room like a Motel 6 is all I need.<br/>4. People are encouraged to audio and / or video record the session.<br/>5. As is the tradition that I follow, I do NOT accept money for giving these talks so long as the event is hosted by the following:</p>
<p>A. College or University<br/>B. House of Worship<br/>C. Not-for-Profit organizations that I deem to be true "Non-profit". No offense to the NFL and hospital networks.</p>
<p>Peace.</p>
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<p>This is rather a carry-over of the sub-discussion in Rene Wadlow's Blog post:</p>
<p><a href="http://theosophy.net/profiles/blog/show?id=3055387%3ABlogPost%3A115638&commentId=3055387%3AComment%3A115753" target="_self">Fire of Reconciliation in the Wider Middle East</a></p>
<p>Rene's Blog was not the place for the posts attacking Abrahamic Religions and others.</p>
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<p>My point was/is that no Religion is safe from extremists. I include HPB theosophy in…</p>
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<p>This is rather a carry-over of the sub-discussion in Rene Wadlow's Blog post:</p>
<p><a href="http://theosophy.net/profiles/blog/show?id=3055387%3ABlogPost%3A115638&commentId=3055387%3AComment%3A115753" target="_self">Fire of Reconciliation in the Wider Middle East</a></p>
<p>Rene's Blog was not the place for the posts attacking Abrahamic Religions and others.</p>
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<p>My point was/is that no Religion is safe from extremists. I include HPB theosophy in that statement.</p>
<p>Here is a current event to consider.</p>
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<p>After Myanmar Buddhists started ethnic cleansing of Muslims (Sep.2017), we see another case of Eastern Religions in a religious war. All radical religious groups are guilty, it is not just the Abrahamic Religions.</p>
<p>Sadly, the provisions for Jihad are met. i.e. they were denied the right to practice their own faith, in Peace.</p>
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<p>I found this article from the Savage Minds site (savageminds.org). The site is devoted to academic Anthropology. Actually - they describe themselves as "devoted to ‘doing anthropology in public’."</p>
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<p>If you like HPB and/or Crowley it is a good read <g>.</p>
<h1 class="entry-title"><a href="http://savageminds.org/2015/10/23/secrets-of-the-sex-magic-space-lamas-revealed-tibetan-buddhist-aliens-and-religious-syncretism/" target="_blank">Secrets of the Sex Magic Space Lamas…</a></h1>
<p>I found this article from the Savage Minds site (savageminds.org). The site is devoted to academic Anthropology. Actually - they describe themselves as "devoted to ‘doing anthropology in public’."</p>
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<p>If you like HPB and/or Crowley it is a good read <g>.</p>
<h1 class="entry-title"><a href="http://savageminds.org/2015/10/23/secrets-of-the-sex-magic-space-lamas-revealed-tibetan-buddhist-aliens-and-religious-syncretism/" target="_blank">Secrets of the Sex Magic Space Lamas Revealed! Tibetan Buddhist Aliens and Religious Syncretism</a></h1>
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<p>From the New York Times:<br/>Communist Party leaders are afraid that the Dalai Lama will not have an afterlife<br/><br/></p>
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<p>excerpt:<br/>“They finally ended up with the state deciding whether people could reincarnate,”</p>
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<p>From the New York Times:<br/>Communist Party leaders are afraid that the Dalai Lama will not have an afterlife<br/><br/></p>
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<p>excerpt:<br/>“They finally ended up with the state deciding whether people could reincarnate,”</p>
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<p></p> Can Software be Spiritual?tag:theosophy.net,2013-12-12:3055387:Topic:1319572013-12-12T14:54:12.731ZJoe Fultonhttps://theosophy.net/profile/JoeFulton
<p>It's amazing what can happen when you have a couple free minutes in your head or are inspired by something that managed to creep in there...or for that matter, both.</p>
<p>Such is the speculation that arrived when reading Capt. Kumar's <a href="http://theosophy.net/forum/topics/roboethics?commentId=3055387%3AComment%3A131952&xg_source=activity" target="_self">comments</a> about the real issue being the software.</p>
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<p>It's amazing what can happen when you have a couple free minutes in your head or are inspired by something that managed to creep in there...or for that matter, both.</p>
<p>Such is the speculation that arrived when reading Capt. Kumar's <a href="http://theosophy.net/forum/topics/roboethics?commentId=3055387%3AComment%3A131952&xg_source=activity" target="_self">comments</a> about the real issue being the software.</p>
<p>Spirituality is a result of self-awareness. Whether it is something that results from contact with non-physical reality or is a condition brought on by physiological processes is not a debate here (this is a very old discussion). However, what I wonder is how it would be possible for software to demonstrate spiritual types of awareness. Could these states be transferred to people and vice/versa?</p>
<p>It would be quite interesting to hear from some of the coders on the site with their insights.</p> Roboethicstag:theosophy.net,2013-12-11:3055387:Topic:1322262013-12-11T03:38:40.588ZCapt. Anand Kumarhttps://theosophy.net/profile/CaptAnandKumar
<p>Amongst the several challenges that we, the humans are likely to face in the near future is what rights to assign to the machine with artificial intelligence? As usual humanity will experiment for a while, stumble for a while, even pay a terrible price at times and eventually find a way to learn to peacefully co-exist with the machines with artificial intelligence. For want of better word, for the time being let us call it…</p>
<p>Amongst the several challenges that we, the humans are likely to face in the near future is what rights to assign to the machine with artificial intelligence? As usual humanity will experiment for a while, stumble for a while, even pay a terrible price at times and eventually find a way to learn to peacefully co-exist with the machines with artificial intelligence. For want of better word, for the time being let us call it <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_of_artificial_intelligence" target="_blank">Roboethics.</a></p>
<p>In the short video below Issac Asimov is quoted as proposing the first outline of what Roboethics could be.</p>
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<p>There are several questions arising. Would we allow a right to reproduce? Would Robots have rights to property and inheritance? What changes will it bring to jurisprudence? Is there a model to follow? Would it affect how we the human beings view ourselves and our role in this universe?</p> The word change.tag:theosophy.net,2013-11-04:3055387:Topic:1309502013-11-04T14:36:55.583ZPaul lee Jameshttps://theosophy.net/profile/PaulleeJames
<p><strong>It seems people in some cases will not accept the word (change) for I was one. I see change everywhere I look concerning todays problems which are world wide. Governments and there economics are at the top of the list. It's not only local but world wide. My question is why world wide?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Are we truly living in the (last days)? Violence is increasing exponentially at a rapid pace, why? How much is to much and will it implode are explode? If I could leave the…</strong></p>
<p><strong>It seems people in some cases will not accept the word (change) for I was one. I see change everywhere I look concerning todays problems which are world wide. Governments and there economics are at the top of the list. It's not only local but world wide. My question is why world wide?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Are we truly living in the (last days)? Violence is increasing exponentially at a rapid pace, why? How much is to much and will it implode are explode? If I could leave the planet I would, but will have to wait until my time. It's a shame because of the estimated time we have been here, thousands of years, if not more, we still have not learned the way of living together that's called peace. Paul</strong></p> Where do thoughts come from?tag:theosophy.net,2013-10-23:3055387:Topic:1307582013-10-23T21:34:28.133ZPaul lee Jameshttps://theosophy.net/profile/PaulleeJames
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';">John,<font face="arial black, avant garde"> </font></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';"><font face="arial black, avant garde">Where do our thoughts come from? My hypothesis is, as a baby, anything we hear or see or experience goes into a memory bank to be processed later by education. The mind draws from this memory bank (which is in the brain?) as to what we…</font></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';" class="font-size-2">John,<font face="arial black, avant garde"> </font></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';" class="font-size-2"><font face="arial black, avant garde">Where do our thoughts come from? My hypothesis is, as a baby, anything we hear or see or experience goes into a memory bank to be processed later by education. The mind draws from this memory bank (which is in the brain?) as to what we want, including thoughts, then transfers the information to the mind for action (which is another question in itself? </font></span></p>
<p><strong><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; color: #000000;"><font face="arial black, avant garde"><font size="2" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';">Side note, To be conscious</font><font size="2"> we have a brain and mind, which comes first, the brain or mind? Is the brain the operating system of the brain materially and the mind the spiritual part of brain spiritually? Knowledge is <font face="arial black, avant garde"><font size="2">sight sound feeling taste plus and immediate </font></font>experience. Then knowledge becomes learning from these experiences? At birth comes the senses or innate knowledge and after birth. <font face="arial black, avant garde"><font size="2">Thoughts have to be, ideas which are needed information, from experiences? </font></font></font></font></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; color: #000000;" class="font-size-4"><font face="arial black, avant garde"><font size="2">Side note,I have found out about (my style of writing), I seem to identify special sentences, as the way I talk, dividing them with commas and also use (asterisks) as the point in the sentence. Is this permissible in writing? Paul</font></font></span></strong></p> Integrating Psychology with the Bibletag:theosophy.net,2013-10-22:3055387:Topic:1306502013-10-22T18:55:03.994ZPuzzleSolverhttps://theosophy.net/profile/PuzzleSolver
<p>Does it even work and can they really be integrated?</p>
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