January 2013 Blog Posts (7)

General Theosophy #100

“We sleep in our strengths, but our weaknesses toss and turn us toward Awakening.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on January 26, 2013 at 11:45am — 3 Comments

General Theosophy #99

“Acute thinking needs to be perfected; chronic thinking needs to be cured.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on January 23, 2013 at 12:06pm — No Comments

Connecting Inner and Outer = A Total Transformation of Terrestrial Experience

The following excerpt is an entry from The Mother's Question and Answers, 1955, in which she discusses 'All work' as a 'school of experience' and 'the whole life [as] a field of experience' via which we learn how to unify the inner and the outer experience. Our civilization is build upon the Mind's experience that the inner self (Spirit) is opposite ... opposed to and separate from the external circumstances of our life (Matter). Some people live exclusively on the surface, not…

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Added by Lori Tompkins on January 21, 2013 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

A difficult endeavor for some of us!

Added by R.J. Givargis on January 21, 2013 at 1:06am — No Comments

General Theosophy #98

“You probably don’t actually believe in reincarnation until you find yourself worrying about it.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on January 19, 2013 at 3:54pm — No Comments

Contrarian Self-Help Psychology

Guarding the Temple of Truth there are two fierce figures named Paradox and Confusion.

Certain things might, at least temporarily and/or playfully, be called “Real Magic” when there are no immediate rational explanations for them. Nevertheless, there may be some other, “Theosophically inspired,” life-manipulating techniques which can be called “semi-Real Magic”—not because they don’t always work—they do, at least in my experience—; but rather, simply because one can perhaps think of…

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Added by Richard Ihle on January 14, 2013 at 4:51pm — No Comments