"While you are waiting for your miracle, try becoming someone else's."—General Theosophy

“If one can say a lot about a little, one may be a scientist; if one can say a lot about a lot, one may be a philosopher; if one can no longer say anything at all about Everything, one may be Enlightened.”—General Theosophy

Greetings and good wishes to all.

[In another thread Joe wrote: “This, in my view, demonstrates quite clearly that the use of astrology in relation to the various cycles was a valid concept. {. . .} Now, if there is any validity at all to any of this, then one can assume that even smaller cycles in our evolution can be discerned.”]

Among all esoteric teachings, I think…

"Sooner or later old age can be used to excuse almost everything except your history."—General Theosophy

“If AGNOSTICIM may be considered the sophisticated territory between one's current non-belief and one's possible future belief, INTUITION might be considered the even more sophisticated territory between one's immediate apprehension of something and one's gradual apprehension that other people are usually not impressed and/or convinced by assertions only supported by, and only sent to them from, one's inner life.”—General…

My basic policy and that of Captain Theosophy might be summed up in General Theosophy #7: “Always be kinder than your strength needs to be.”

Perhaps this needs to be mentioned at the outset because kindness to those who might be new prospects for meditation might mean that a little “unkindness”…