"The Hermetic 'As Above, so below' is an 'inverse-seeming' analogy which can remind you when you wake up each morning, hopefully at least a little improved and corrected by the lessons you learned yesterday, that you have also just experienced a type of 'rebirth' (the'below')—and one which is far easier to have a direct impact upon than the gloomy-doomy, countless past-lifetimes-clogged-up metaphysical Doctrine of…

"Prize especially the reliable friend who does not need a friend."—General Theosophy

"Those who reside in the Land of Basic Kindness and Unkindness are not really 'Beyond Good and Evil'; they generally just do not need any debatable abstract concepts to complicate their behavioral decisions."—General Theosophy

"If a person wishes to receive any insights and blessings from either 'natural' or 'Preternatural' Intuition . . . he or she will almost certainly need to get rid of some abstruses and curses from his or her always-ONLY-thinkings. . . ."—General Theosophy

"Adeptship is exactly like dancing one's way through life . . . provided that one has also learned how to Absolutely pause, if needed, even when the music keeps going. . . ."—General Theosophy

How%20Is%20It%20HPB%20To%20Merely%20Be.docx

Inspirations%20%20of%20Rudolf%20Steiner%20for%20here%20and%20now.docx…

"In daily life, doing something is generally far less important than not-doing something."—General Theosophy

Deities, like humans, have different characteristics.  The energy/shakti of some deities is very ‘yang’, powerful, while others are gentle, their energy permeates through your bodies like a gentle wave that washes over you, cooling you, as you lie on the sand in shallow water.  When a relationship has developed between the disciple and their 'Ishtadevata' the personal deity, occult obedience is the first rule that must, at all costs, be understood.  For instance, during some…

"It is probably best not to bother discussing death with anyone too scientific to even entertain a doubt about its finality."—General Theosophy

Reading Berg’s “Essential Zohar”

This isn't Berg's fault, really, as he tries to explain all the issues and problems with the underlying religious texts, so my review isn't against his work per se but the underlying problems with the belief structure itself.

I’ve explored a lot of esoteric literature both in reading and in practice.  I was looking forward to the Zohar, which is often referred to as Judaic esotericism. I came away disappointed. For the most part, I would sum up…

Captain Theosophy (Part One: Meeting Your Personal Genie/Genius) by Richard Ihle

"There's a man in the funny papers we all know. . . ."

Some people started to call me "Captain Theosophy.". . .

Initially, this was almost certainly because it was the title of an article I had written for the old THE AMERICAN THEOSOPHIST magazine. In those days I guess I did sometimes seem sort of like a cartoonish superhero—not only because of my…

"Avoid becoming a missionary before becoming your own mission field."—General Theosophy

It has always been a robust discussion at https://seifertforgovernor.com, when it comes to explaining the details about the Zionism or the Arab cause. Several authors have always taken the wide range of history to give their different stances using the historical standpoints. This explains why the author of The Iron Wall, Shlaim Avi resonates with the fact that the Isreali- Arab conflict has…

Religiões indianas

Quase todos os escritores dentro do Panteísmo traçam a sua origem na Índia. M. Maret coloca o clímax do seu argumento contra os filósofos franceses mostrando que suas doutrinas vieram da Índia, “a mãe das superstições”. Pierre Leroux, um dos mais hábeis oponentes de Maret, admite o fato de sua confirmação com muitos elementos das lendas da Índia e, completa, com um ar de triunfo, que “todas as religiões e todas as filosofias tem suas raízes na Índia e que…

Panteísmo

Introdução

Da palavra Panteísmo nós não temos uma definição fixa. As crenças em maior oposição entre si são chamadas por esse designativo; e os sistemas que pelo julgamento de alguns seriam notoriamente panteístas, são defendidos por outros como sendo compatíveis com as doutrinas reveladas do Cristianismo. A popular definição não coaduna com a etimologia da palavra, Deus é tudo, ou tudo é Deus; mas isso não define nada até…

"A ready willingness to overcome one thing after another in life is a primary human virtue; a listless unwillingness to consider even one thing in life which might need overcoming is a primary vice."—General Theosophy

"The most sincere believers in reincarnation are probably those who actually begin to worry about the possibility."—General Theosophy

"Wait until you are completely unable to stumble forward even one more step before you waste any time composing a private tragicomedy about your previous steps. . . ."—General Theosophy

Earth: a hard school

Ensconced in the upper realms of the subtle divine, as a receptor of the divine outpourings, we are self fulfilled and seemingly free of negativity. However, the Universe wishes that apart from our enableability as a willing & open receptor, we be a strong & reliable transmitter of the divine energy as well and therefore, to enable us be to become as such, to test us, strengthen us and fit us for the task, we are plunged into the…

[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…