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opening of the mind

Opening Of The Mind

By

Bing Escudero

An open mind begins with a closed

mouth. We can take a better view of

this with a sense of humor. Or else,

some truths can be just too crashing to

an expanded ego.

For example, when there is a

gathering of closed minds, it is easy to

find as many mouths that outdo each

other because they can hardly stay

closed. The secret of a closed mouth is

with the tongue, since the mouth has…

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Added by Michael Gregory on April 12, 2011 at 8:46pm — No Comments

Self-control and Spreading the Word

Liberal Catholic Church, Th.S.

The Most Rev. John R. Schwarz III, Presiding Bishop

SAINT RAPHAEL CENTER

2114 East 15th St. Tulsa OK 14104 Phone 918--149-3580

Self-control and Spreading the Word

A Sunday talk by Bing Escudero

@ May 16,1993

The virtue of self-control brings forth the

wisdom of the word that is to be spread. Without

self-control, the spreading of the word is bound to

be out of control.

The word is the truth. And the… Continue

Added by Michael Gregory on April 12, 2011 at 8:08pm — No Comments

confidence by Bing Escudero

Confidence

By

Bing Escudero

Confidence is the true

meaning of faith. To have

confidence is to have faith.

Likewise, to have faith is to

have confidence. Thus a

false confidence is

synonymous with blind faith.

For ignorance is the

underlying cause of false

confidence. When there is

blind or wrong knowledge,

the faith will be false, no

matter how much the

sincerity.

When there is wisdom,

then there is enlightened faith

as… Continue

Added by Michael Gregory on April 12, 2011 at 7:55pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #41

“The word theosophy is the word Theosophy as it is sometimes written by atheists, agnostics, and those who think they are protecting a brand name.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on April 12, 2011 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments

General Theosophy #40

“Strictly speaking, it may not even be possible for the most abstract Theosophy to pass from one person to another, since the journey always changes It into mere philosophy.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on April 12, 2011 at 10:30am — No Comments

Japans crises: Where the fire and water devas meet.

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Added by Duane Carpenter on April 12, 2011 at 9:40am — No Comments

The Inner Light and the Focused Mind (Book Review)

The Inner Light and the Focused Mind

Rene Wadlow

Mitch Horowitz

Occult America

(New York: Bantam Books, 2010, 290pp)

Mitch Horowitz tells in a lively way the American path to the New Age. As he writes “Most people, thought schools, or movements identified as New Age from the 1970s through the early twenty-first century shared these traits:

1) Belief in the…

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Added by Rene Wadlow on April 12, 2011 at 6:04am — 1 Comment

Famous Myers book on the afterlife now available on my scribd page

At my scribd page you will now find the famous book of Frederic Myers on his research on the afterlife.

See http://www.scribd.com/doc/52660404/Frederic-Myers-Human-Survival-After-Death

While at my page, be so kind to Like it!

Thanks,

Martin

Added by Martin Euser on April 10, 2011 at 7:26am — 4 Comments

Realities

The following is one of my favourite quotes of Blavatsky's in the Secret Doctrine. It reminds me that when I am having one of those awesome moments, when I suddenly see the whole picture and understand it more clearly than ever before, it is one more step on the journey through Maya!

“Whatever plane our consciousness may be acting in, both we and the things belonging to that plane are, for the time being, our only realities. As we rise in the scale of development we perceive… Continue

Added by Sharon Ormerod on April 9, 2011 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

Chalices and Incense

chalices and incense

pentacles and charms

light the candle

and toss the runes

Some think that ritual

that fair exotic spice

is the making of magic

and is bound in sound advice

But all these things are tools

not the place where magic is found

magic is creation

nothing hidden or profound

The…

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Added by Leila Raven on April 7, 2011 at 9:21pm — No Comments

"A Masterpiece of Editorial Forgery " in Greek

Dear friends,

We have published in our websites a series of articles denouncing the falsehoods contained in the volume I of “Letters of H.P. Blavatsky”.

One of those articles, maybe one of the most impressive, has just been translated into Greek language.

The text in question is titled:

A Masterpiece of Editorial Forgery

With this new translation, made by a long time student…

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Added by Joaquim Soares on April 6, 2011 at 6:00pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #39

“Intuition may gradually ‘incline’ Theosophers toward a few transcendental possibilities; into-wish’n’, absolute certainty about many, many more.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on April 5, 2011 at 9:47am — No Comments

Justice to Judge in 2011

Dear friends,

As we approach the time on which will be sent once again open letters to Adyar, asking for the re-examination of the accusation against William Judge, I would like to share with you the following information.

Best regards, Joaquim

Note:

At our website we have a special section, with several texts on this issue,…

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Added by Joaquim Soares on April 5, 2011 at 4:25am — 1 Comment

General Theosophy #38

“What child anywhere needs great wealth, power, or fame before he or she can play and have fun?”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on April 2, 2011 at 12:38pm — No Comments

Start your own spiritual blog

I know, you can blog here too. However, for those of you who want a less specific theosophical place to blog, or simply want a change... here's the deal.

I took over Mystic Minds two months ago or so because the owner just could not manage it any more.

Today I finally got around to setting it up so that new people can sign up to start their own blog with decent anti-spam measures in place so I'll…

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on April 1, 2011 at 10:40am — No Comments

General Theosophy #37

“It does not matter what you know . . . as long as you know You are not what you know.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on March 31, 2011 at 9:48am — 1 Comment

Moderator Seven Presidents, Seven Eras: The Changing Face of - Theosophical Society

Nice videos on the topic and should interest anyone interested in the historical aspects of TS.

They are here.

I happened to see the last part of the video which dealt with Sri Ram, John Coats and Radha Burnier and has some very interesting material since Joy Mills had known all of them and was the Vice President during the term of Sri… Continue

Added by M K Ramadoss on March 30, 2011 at 7:40pm — No Comments

Moderator Texas TS Federation Meeting, San Antonio - April 29 - May 1, 2011

Texas TS Federation Meeting, San Antonio - April 29 - May 1, 2011

The 76th Annual Convention meeting of Texas TS Federation would be held in San Antonio, Texas from April 19th to May 1st 2011. The convention would be held at San Antonio Center for Spiritual Living, 3740 Colony Drive, San Antonio, TX…

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Added by M K Ramadoss on March 29, 2011 at 4:27pm — No Comments

Moderator Publications in Digital Medium

How do we make materials available to all souls, rich and poor, who may be able to use them and transform themselves and thus the world?

On the one hand, we have seen spiritual publications, nicely printed and bound to last for centuries and more, but literally costing an arm and a leg so that the poor theosophist in the developing world cannot afford them.

There was no solution to this dilemma 10 - 20 years ago. But today we have one which is inexpensive and efficient -… Continue

Added by M K Ramadoss on March 27, 2011 at 12:34am — 6 Comments

General Theosophy #36

“When you can say a lot about a little, you are a scientist; when you can say a lot about a lot, you are a philosopher; when you can say everything about Everything until you try to say it, you are a Theosopher.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on March 26, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments