"Don't make it so difficult; just focus on the part of yourself which is always Bliss."—General Theosophy
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"RELIGIOUS FAITH: 'assertive wishful thinking.'
RELIGIOUS THEOSOPHY: 'unassertive wishless Inkling.'"—General Theosophy
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"A taste of Hell is the continuous need to carefully strategize each and every future moment."—General Theosophy
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"Enlightenment, implying some rare, unbroken condition of blissful Self-awareness attainable only after a long course of meditation, may for many just as well be an entertaining form of religious superhero fiction; 'Enlightenments,' however, the little flashes of awareness that meditation is probably once again necessary to 'reset' after 'a long course of world,' may, by comparison, actually be an encouraging form of their religious…
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"A person's possibly Preternatural intuitions—'Theosophical insights'—carry neither any burden of proof . . . nor any burden of public presentations. . . ."—General Theosophy
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"The Inner Life is far too important to waste it entirely in the service of fame, fortune, friends, family . . . or religious fable. . . ."—General Theosophy
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"Everyone needs a philosophical point of view . . . even if it is only used to avoid not studying any more philosophy; everyone needs a Guardian Angel . . . even if it is only used to avoid ever needing an Archangel. . . ."—General Theosophy
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"Few things may thwart the impulse to begin writing more than the lazy realization that one probably has so much to say that one would need to long-term martyr the more entertaining parts of oneself just in order to wet-mold some raggedy shreds of words into a few all-too-short-term papier-mâché formations."—General Theosophy #254
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"Ongoing contempt for oneself is the working psyche of future saints and Masters."—General Theosophy
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"Growing old is learning about your body the hard way."—General Theosophy
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"Theology begins with thinking and talking; Theosophy ends with thinking and talking."—General Theosophy
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"A person may not become advanced in Theosophy unless he or she has a ready willingness to become a beginner again and again."—General Theosophy
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"The most valuable thing a hypothetical 'Devil' might be interested in bargaining with you for may not be your hypothetical 'soul' but your daily calendar which still has some empty spaces left on it."—General Theosophy
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"If you can formulate specific details which seem to travel beyond just your continuous Inkling that you have lived before and that you will live again . . . retrace all merely speculative steps and return to the safety and purity of your Ineffable Gift. . . ."—General Theosophy
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"Suffering in obscurity is The Path of Epistemological Theosophy; that is, one can become too comfortable and famous to learn much more."—General Theosophy
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"When all is said and nearly done, one may realize that psychology was the only really pertinent life subject."—General Theosophy
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"Of course there is a major difference between ASKING your 'Higher Cojourner' for personal Guidance . . . and BEGGING your 'desire-driven Sojourner' for an unearned 'magical result' of some sort: the first, at least, will not harm you psychologically when responding. . . ."—General Theosophy
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Senses externalised, everything sized, happiness denied.
Head-heart meld, in sync with love, attention internalised, bliss realised.
This journey without movement is simple. Let go of, to get to.
No sooner we choose to allow, ceasing to resist, magnetism draws in the bliss current.
Our emptiness is filled with bliss in fullness.
Then, we just be. Moment to moment, all moments entwined, divine aligned.
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"Cultivate an 'OBLIQUE' LIFESTYLE—that is, a way of getting along in the world which is neither obsequiously parallel with, nor adversarially perpendicular to, your neighbors."—General Theosophy
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