Question: "What practical, day-to-day value does Theosophy offer?"

One Answer: “Using Theosophy to clean-up your house or apartment—‘magically’”



Most people do not need magic to do this, of course; however, some people might: “Bill Beresky,” for example.

This happened a long time ago. Since the Theosophical Society…

"The best metaphysical writers of today are probably those who hope that few readers stumble upon what they wrote yesterday."—General Theosophy

“Inactivity is the active form of Spirituality.”—General Theosophy

"Adding the word 'path,' 'quest,' or 'journey ' after the word 'Spiritual ' is like trying to follow a river, stream, or rivulet while in the Ocean."—General Theosophy

"Those completely in Hell no longer need to fear Hell; those completely in Heaven no longer need to believe in Heaven."—General Theosophy

“Using only personal willpower to accomplish something is often like performing a long, laborious magic trick which has little or no entertainment value for you or anyone else.”—General Theosophy

“The first Transcendental thing one tries to put into words is the first Transcendental thing one starts to erase.”—General Theosophy

"ADEPTSHIP may be less a matter of having an extraordinary knack for doing extraordinary things in extraordinary ways . . . and more a matter of having at least an ordinary knack for not overdoing the ordinary things which only lead to more ordinariness in life."—General Theosophy

“Doing one's duty is the reason one does not need a reason."—General Theosophy

“It is far less important to have had a lot of motivation in your youth than to still have a little leftover momentum in your old age."—General Theosophy

“Unlike the secrecy required in the middle ages, now all that is necessary to prevent your esoteric information from getting too much attention in the profane world . . . is simply to tell others that the insights you share are only based on your own Psycho-Spiritual authority rather than that of a Master, Spirit Guide, off-planet Messenger, or some arcane writing which has bafflingly survived on its slow deathbed for centuries or millennia. . .…

“Even elite mathematicians may have trouble losing weight if they are willing to use the arithmetic operation 2+2=3 when chocolate is involved.”—General Theosophy

“If you don’t need to run, just walk; if you don’t need to walk, just stand; if you don’t need to stand, just sit; if you don’t need to sit, just lie down; if you don’t need to lie down, just get up and start running—but only if you need to.”—General Theosophy

"If you would really prefer a life without any magic or Mystery, simply make up a banal explanation for everything which happens to you."—General Theosophy

"To begin relying on one's own Psycho-Spiritual Intuition, a person must sometimes have enough nerve to first climb up and over a big rugged mountain of pertinacious communal ignorance . . . and/or sometimes even tunnel beneath an even bigger mountain of sleepy smooth-stone science. . . ."—General Theosophy

"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…