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General Theosophy #68

“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)

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General Theosophy #67

"Regard not having a hungry audience waiting to be served what you have learned as just providing some extra time to learn even more."—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #66

"I have made many mistakes in my lifetime, so I now know many more things emphatically."—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on April 10, 2012 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

General Theosophy #65

“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

Added by Richard Ihle on March 9, 2012 at 10:35am — 1 Comment

[Work in Progress] "Paul Bunyan Disorder"

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…

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Added by Richard Ihle on February 25, 2012 at 10:09am — 1 Comment

General Theosophy #64

"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


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General Theosophy #63

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

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General Theosophy #62

"Reflecting on some negative thing previously done just means you are presently no longer the transient ego-formation who did it."—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #61

“Is the Intuitive possibility that you might have more future lifetimes coming really that much more far-fetched than the former possibility that you would have even this one?”—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #60

“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

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General Theosophy #59

"Mindfulness does not mean giving full attention to what you are doing at every moment; rather, it is just a reminder to keep at least a partial ongoing awareness of What within/without you is never doing any doing."—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #58

“Deciding to search for meaning in your life suggests that such a decision means something to you.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on October 24, 2011 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments

General Theosophy #57

“If you have now nearly lived out most of your life and not yet caught the world’s eye . . . , well then, how Godlike you remain!”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on June 18, 2011 at 10:30am — No Comments

General Theosophy #56

“For Theosophists, the problem is trying to find a needle in the haystack; for Theosophers, it is trying to find a way to get a needle into the haystack.”—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #55

“Do not despair if particularly vexatious and unevolved people seem to have become associated with your incarnation.  Just as in Greek and Roman mythology, the highest heroes do not meet merely minor monsters.”—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #54

“In the context of the Ineffable Everything, what anyone knows may just as well be considered the equivalent of nothing at all."—General Theosophy #54

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General Theosophy #53

“If staying in the moment were not that important, shaving or applying makeup could be done in front of a photograph.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on May 16, 2011 at 8:44am — No Comments

General Theosophy #52

The Psychological Key to Theosophy may suggest reversing some common proverbs:

He/She who DOES NOT hesitate is lost.

The Devil finds work for BUSY hands.…

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Added by Richard Ihle on May 12, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments

General Theosophy #51

“Youth may be at least somewhat well spent if it lays the foundation for an old age which realizes that youth has been somewhat mis-spent.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on May 10, 2011 at 1:49pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #50

“Book-based Theosophy is sometimes a slightly suspicious way of searching for Truth without having to feel guilty about doing little or no meditative sitting for It.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on May 9, 2011 at 10:30am — No Comments

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