"Begin—and maybe even end—with STRIVING, not SUBSCRIBING."—General Theosophy

"A Sun keeps shining whether or not there are any planets or moons around to notice."—General Theosophy

"To age well you may first have to obtain a divorce from the chronological age you loved most."—General Theosophy

"'Natural' psychotherapy is simply the gradual loss of familiarity with all the transient WHOS you keep thinking you are."—General Theosophy

"'Downtime' is really only completely affordable for the exceptionally rich or the exceptionally poor."—General Theosophy

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…

"No one deeply asleep or highly Awake has anything better to do."—General Theosophy

"The more conscientious writers on 'occult' subjects today may simply be those who at least once in a while hope that few if any readers will stumble upon what they just flat-out guessed about again yesterday."—General Theosophy

"Listening to a vague hint from your Guardian Angel in the present moment is much better than having to explicitly beg an Archangel for help in a future moment."—General Theosophy

"Adding the word 'path' or 'quest' after the word 'Spiritual 'is like trying to follow a stream or locate the source of a river while swimming in the Ocean."—General Theosophy

"Every mundane success comes with some shelf life which cannot be extended; therefore, one should also prioritize trying to further one's acquaintance with the Great Everlasting-Everything."—General Theosophy

“Having to rely only on drudging willpower to accomplish daily tasks is like continually trying to perform magic tricks with little or no entertainment value for you or anyone else.”—General Theosophy

“Un-Seize the day! . . . to get a better grip on the moment. . . .—General Theosophy

"ADEPTSHIP may be less about doing extraordinary things in extraordinary ways and more about avoiding ordinary things which ordinarily just smother a person with even more ordinary things."—General Theosophy

“Your particular need in life may just be to discover your general duty to identify and eliminate the particular needs you merely invent for yourself. . . ."—General Theosophy

“It will be far more valuable to be able to utilize a tiny RIVULET of MOMENTUM in old age than it was just to ride a torrential RIVER of MOTIVATION in youth."—General Theosophy

"OLD AGE can eventually be used to excuse almost any personal failing except excuse-making."—General Theosophy

“The arithmetic operation 2+2=3 is only used to calculate chocolate.”—General Theosophy

“If there is no need to RUN, just WALK; if there is no need to walk, just STAND; if there is no need to stand, just SIT; if there is no need to sit, just LIE DOWN; if you think there should never be any need to lie down while it is still daytime, just WAKE UP because you are already DREAMING.”—General Theosophy

"If you are somehow able to find more time to be in your garden, thank your weeds."—General Theosophy