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The challenges and opportunities facing the Theosophical Movement

We had a members meeting in the Dutch TS (Aydar) at the end of May. It was spirited, but business like. That is: we discussed important issues, without scapegoating.

I thought I’d share the main issues. I am glad to see that the tabu on discussing these things is leading to important insights coming out – it’s the only way we can reframe the theosophical work in a way that’s relevant for humanity today. What follows is my current view on where we are and need to go.

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on June 10, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

NDE, Buddha on karma, Zen Buddhism books

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Buddha on Good and Bad Karma (quotes and explanation) (11)

My spiritual quotes

Buddha quotes on…

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on June 4, 2010 at 5:02am — No Comments

A typical (Adyar) theosophist…

As an exercise in PR, I’d like to profile a typical theosophist. Having such a profile might help us in attracting a few of those theosophists outside the TS that Blavatsky mentioned. That is: we should see this person in our minds when we:

Create local and national programs (and avoid boring ones like this),
Fill our magazines with new material
and focus and give…

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on June 3, 2010 at 11:30am — 8 Comments

Moderator San Francisco's Meat Free Monday

San Francisco City has passed a resolution suggesting Meat-Free Monday.
Read the full report at:

http://www.mysanantonio.com/livinggreensa/San_Franciscos_Meat-Free_Mondays_gets_a_shrug.html

Added by M K Ramadoss on June 1, 2010 at 9:04am — 2 Comments

Two unjustly forgotten western masters

Dear Sir,

I was advised by the theosophical society, who could not help me, to contact your magazine: “theosophical History” on the following…

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Added by PRUDOR Betram on May 25, 2010 at 7:19am — No Comments

S. Radhakrishnan: Meeting East and West

The Bridge of Beauty and Understanding

Only the bridge of Beauty will be strong enough for crossing from the bank of Darkness to the side of Light - Nicholas Roerich

Rene Wadlow*

The United Nations General Assembly in resolution A/RES.62/90 has proclaimed the year 2010 as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures “to promote universal respect for, and observation and protection of, all human rights and fundamental freedoms.” Cultures… Continue

Added by Rene Wadlow on May 24, 2010 at 11:44am — No Comments

Bogus and diffamatory spanish work about new age & Theosophy? Read about it

Hey there Theos pals, i've just found this work. Unfortunatedly , i think only spanish versed readers can read it.

It is a work called "Hijos de la Teosofia" (sons of theosophy) Even in the portrait of the work -with Aleister Crowley faced in the left of Blavatsky's face- can be seen the difamatory proposes of the pepole -or pepoles - who in shadows, sort of 'assembled' this sort of pamphletary work.

By the reading of it, it seems to had been sort of -copy-pasted- from other… Continue

Added by EstrellaFugaz on May 19, 2010 at 1:00am — 3 Comments

The 10th World Congress of the Theosophical Society

Not only am I going to the World Congress, but I was planning to live-blog it. But now that I’ve seen the proposed program, I’m no longer so sure. In fact, I’m wondering why I’m going in the first place. For entertainment purposes I have put up the program as it was published at the Adyar TS website this week in this post.

Seriously – the theme is ‘Universal…

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on May 18, 2010 at 3:00am — 12 Comments

Nicholas Roerich: Beauty and Peace

Added by Rene Wadlow on May 16, 2010 at 4:50am — 1 Comment

Moderator Amazing things done at religious celebrations in India

During the religious celebrations in India, some amazing things are done by

devotees and here is something you may want to see.

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Added by M K Ramadoss on May 10, 2010 at 1:26am — No Comments

Aim spiritual path, self control, vegetarianism and reincarnation

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Correction of Vol. 13 of the Blavatsky Collected Writings (the whole text was a link in each article! I can't believe nobody warned me about that.)

All Considering

What’s the goal of the…

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on May 3, 2010 at 5:39am — No Comments

Moderator Google Earth and places of Interest to theosophists

Google Earth program allows one to have a satellite view of any location in the world and can zoom in to have a closer look. Important landmarks such as cities are also shown on the view. Users have uploaded photos of places of interest and they also can be zoomed in and seen.

Theosophists may be interested in looking at Tibet and neighboring countries such as China, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal and India. In the region, there are some stunning photos of monasteries perched… Continue

Added by M K Ramadoss on May 2, 2010 at 8:40am — 2 Comments

ENTER: For the Love of each of you to whom these words are Beholden is as the Lover is born in the heart of the Beloved

The power of love abounds among all living creatures, instinctively bonding each generation to the next. Humanity alone has the capacity to contemplate this pervasive and mysterious force of nature. Mankind

manifests a uniquely complex and personal experience of what amounts to our fundamental need to connect

with each other, God and the world…

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Added by KC Griffin on May 1, 2010 at 3:15am — No Comments

In the event any One is interested in reading this: beware my syntax is sinuous and my logic leans to the Left

The SpecialKCe :::

Pope Red Shifty : Truth Speaker : Spiritual Seer : Eternal Believer : Wisdom Seeker : Divine Dreamer : Twilight Tweaker :Twisted Thinker : Cosmic Convener ::::

My blog would be a stream of consciousness poetic statement of Truth I

have gleaned over the years on every manner of meaningful thought one

comes across on the path less taken.

..........................................................for example here is a lil diddy i did on… Continue

Added by KC Griffin on May 1, 2010 at 2:57am — No Comments

Moderator Iowa Swami Who Beguiled the Jazz Age

An interesting account of the first Swami Entrepreneur of Yoga in the USA. Looks like the same old technique is working well today making many Swamis rich. Read the full article on the book.

a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/books/15book.html%3E">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/books/15book.html>;

Added by M K Ramadoss on April 19, 2010 at 11:55pm — No Comments

Moderator Olcott Memorial School in the News

An interesting news item in the Hindu Newspaper. The link is:

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article402968.ece?homepage=true

Added by M K Ramadoss on April 19, 2010 at 12:50am — No Comments

Indiscriminate creation

Ok guys, so ive spent a couple of days now trying to tweak this out. tell me what you think?

Abstract: Through this series of propositions I demonstrate that the idea of an infinite yet personal creator (that discriminately chooses to create some things over others and keeps those that have existed from coming

about again) is a…

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Added by Mikhayl Von Riebon on April 17, 2010 at 10:50pm — No Comments

Time and Space – a Dream within a Dream?

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Added by andrasnm on April 17, 2010 at 2:30am — No Comments

Year of Rapprochement of Cultures

The Bridge of Beauty and Understanding

Only the bridge of Beauty will be strong enough for crossing from the bank of Darkness to the side of Light - Nicholas Roerich

The United Nations General Assembly in resolution A/RES.62/90 has proclaimed the year 2010 as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures “to promote universal respect for, and observation and protection of, all human rights and fundamental freedoms.” Cultures encompass not only… Continue

Added by Rene Wadlow on April 9, 2010 at 11:46am — 1 Comment

Moderator Article about H S Olcott - New Religion Could End All Human Suffering

New Religion Could End All Human Suffering

(excerpted from Sun, 4/5/2010)

HENRY Steel Olcott was a Civil War colonel who played a key role in the investigation into the brutal assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

One of America's greatest visionaries, he was also the first person of European descent to officially convert to Buddhism and the founder of the Theosophical Society, which was at the forefront of the Spiritualist movement in the U.S.

He…

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Added by M K Ramadoss on April 6, 2010 at 9:20am — 1 Comment