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General Theosophy #255

"Everyone needs a philosophical point of view . . . even if it is only used to avoid ever studying philosophy; everyone needs a Guardian Angel . . . even if it is only used to avoid ever needing an Archangel. . . ."—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #238

RELIGIOUS SUPERHERO: Faster than a speeding pulpit! More powerful than an Evangelical with a loco motive! Able to leap tall, conventionally sacrosanct structures in a single bound!—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #236

"While happiness is not the usual subject on the mind of a happy person, an unhappy person may have to attend to it as an incessant science project."—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy @220

"Masters, teach your disciples how to be Masters, not forever merely more perfect disciples."—General Theosophy

 

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General Theosophy #206

"'Enlightenment' is not the partial cure for anything, but it is the Absolute cure for anything partial; it cannot 'create' any new Light, but it can remove many layers of old sunglasses."—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #202

"A 'Ghost IN the machine' is just a lofty Psycho-Spiritual metaphor and certainly nothing to fear; a routinely indulged 'goat AS the machine,' on the other hand, . . ."—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #211

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

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General Theosophy #219

"Do not use the fictional words is, are, will, or must when you are still at the factual level of might, may, perhaps, or possibly."—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #240

"Idle hands are the Devil's Workshop; active hands are the product testing."—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #243

"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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General Theosophy #280

"If there were actually such a thing as 'sin,' perhaps both WANTING TO BE CONSTANTLY NOTICED and also WANTING TO BE COMPLETELY UNNOTICED might be the two most fundamentally enticing sins of all."—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #237

"There is no human condition of bliss or beatitude that a healthy headache cannot diminish or destroy."—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #212

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

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General Theosophy #224

"Better a gossamer 'Theosophical Inkling' one can never quite brush away than a sky-scraping 'Domino dogma' one can never dare bump into."—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #233

"If you want an almost unfair advantage for yourself in the future, just cultivate a fair amount of disdain for the version of yourself you are using in the present."—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #232

"Socrates: 'The unexamined life is not worth living.' General Theosophy: 'The life worth living is not wasted by spending way too much time just examining it.'"—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #228

"MILLIONAIRE and BILLIONAIRE—strictly psychologically speaking—are NOT really good descriptions of any individuals who must ceaselessly bankrupt nearly all of their own free time just in order to purchase and retain such labels."—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #225

"If you feel a crucial need to go on a religious pilgrimage of some sort, first prepare yourself by locating the fish which must jump out of one pond and into another in order to get a drink."—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #213

"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

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General Theosophy #252

"Growing old is learning all about your body the hard way."—General Theosophy

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