“Atheism may not simply be the disbelief in God; rather, it may actually be the God-like elevation of this disbelief.”—General Theosophy

“Spectacular worldly success which comes early in life may incline a person toward explanations involving fate, special destiny, or Divine favor; later worldly success may be more often attributed to will power, ambition, or personal habits. Little or no worldly success at either time, however, may just mean that a person has more leisure to reflect about better subjects.”…

“To keep silent is both the way of the very weak and the very strong.”—General Theosophy

“The realization that you are not your body is not so unusual; the realization that you are not the realization that you are not your body is more unusual.”—General Theosophy

“Descartes plus Theosophy: ‘I think; therefore I am . . . but not only Descartes.’”—General Theosophy.

“Think, but don’t be a thinker.”—General Theosophy

“For some, the alternative to regular meditation is regular faith in old literature.”—General Theosophy

“Nothing causes Bliss, but many things can hide It.”—General Theosophy

“Stop searching for Bliss; start stopping for It.”—General Theosophy

“Especially beware the teachers who need to convince themselves by convincing others.”—General Theosophy

“For those not interested in quick worship, the most valuable Theosophical writers could actually be the ones who use the most perhapses, possiblys, mights, and maybes.”—General Theosophy (perhaps)

“If, psychologically speaking, you do not have a ‘soul’ but, rather, merely the possibility to enSoul various types of contaminated ‘I-delusions,’ you should, therefore, in order to ‘survive’ in this lifetime and perhaps into the next as well, probably try to enSelf your-‘selves.’”—General Theosophy

“Losses and reversals of Fortune are most upsetting to those who think they are in a photograph rather than a video.”—General Theosophy

“The purpose of Theosophy is not to be able to say things you cannot know; rather, it is to know things you cannot say.”—General Theosophy

I read with interest the recent announcement of New Direction etc. and noticed that the word theosophy was not capitalized.  I thought, therefore, that this might be a good time to share part of a larger work-in-progress of mine which gives the special epistemological reason that I prefer to keep it capitalized.  Best wishes to all--R.

Paul Bunyan Disorder

Let me tell you about…

"It is easy to run around asking profound questions about life; the harder thing is to remain still while listening for the answers.”—General Theosophy

"There is very little one can say about one's own humility without simultaneously diminishing it."—General Theosophy

“The Pretender’s Prayer:  ‘Let me speak with the unchallengeable authority of someone who appears to know because of special communion with Someone who has special communion with Someone who has. . . .’”—General Theosophy

“The strictest Theosophy may regard any specific belief as just the premature corpse of a general Spiritual inkling.”—General Theosophy

“Another modern difference between a Theosophist and a Theosopher may be that the former has found something to believe in while the latter has found something to continue searching for.”—General Theosophy