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James Cousins, Irish Theosophist in India

The Bridge of Beauty and Understanding

Only the bridge of Beauty will be strong enough for crossing from the bank of Darkness to the side of Light - Nicholas Roerich

Rene Wadlow*

The United Nations General Assembly in resolution A/RES.62/90 has proclaimed the year 2010 as the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures…

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Added by Rene Wadlow on February 25, 2011 at 4:06am — 1 Comment

TRADITION AND SCIENCE

Modern Science made tremendous progress for the last 40 years, together with a new mindset emerging in some scientific researchers, and brand new concepts which open completely new roads, some which may clean-up the path toward what the old traditions carried out. The discussion on the Stances of Dzyan has surfaced some key concepts like Space, Matter, Time, Forces.

Previous similar attempts were made by A. Tanon in 1948 (Theosophy et Science), Stephen M. Phillips in 1979…

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Added by Jacques Mahnich on February 20, 2011 at 3:30pm — 122 Comments

General Theosophy #31

"No, no, no . . . the real Devil would undoubtedly not cause but rather remove all human sufferings, so that only Theosophers would be left to pray or meditate themselves toward a helpful acquaintance with God."—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on February 19, 2011 at 10:54am — 2 Comments

Moderator Review of Collected Writings of Geoffrey Hodson

I have just posted on theos-talk mail list, a short review on the 2 volume book titled - Sharing the Light - which contain collected articles of Hodson, complied by John and Elizabeth Sell and Edited by Roselmo Z Doval Santos, well known theosophists in NZ.

The books contain 402 articles Hodson has written and published in official theosophical magazines of NZ, India, USA, Australia and South Africa. Articles go as far back as… Continue

Added by M K Ramadoss on February 12, 2011 at 12:48pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #30

“More important for an aspiring Adept than separating facts from fictions may be discriminating between useful beliefs and useless beliefs.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on February 12, 2011 at 12:30pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #29

“Few may be less interested in actually finding Truth than some of those who are making a profitable career out of leading others in an endless search for It.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on February 7, 2011 at 7:02pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #28

"The best hearing aid is not having anything you are waiting to say.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on January 29, 2011 at 5:53pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #27

“In Theosophy, getting from Point A to Point B is simply a matter of eventually realizing that there is no Point B.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on January 27, 2011 at 10:29am — No Comments

Review of new Sufi Quest book

Philip Gowins

Practical Sufism :A Guide to the Spiritual Path

(Wheaton, IL: Quest Books, 2010, 219pp).

Enough of phrases and conceits and metaphors !

I want burning, burning, become familiar with

that burning! Light up a fire of love in thy soul,

Burn all thought and expressions away.

Jalal al-Din Rumi

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Added by Rene Wadlow on January 24, 2011 at 10:53am — No Comments

General Theosophy #26

“Someone skeptical of academia once said, ‘No one who ever mainly just studied great literature ever wrote any.’ Someone skeptical of organized Theosophy might someday say, ‘No one who ever mainly just studied great spiritual advances and contributions of others ever. . . .’”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on January 23, 2011 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Moderator How Young Indiana Jones Episode changed some one’s life

I ran into a very interesting blog which you can read and also view the
video of Young Indiana Jones. Strange are the ways in which Karma helps
Humans. Click here.

Added by M K Ramadoss on January 21, 2011 at 10:02am — No Comments

Planes or Dimensions. Are they Rational?

For me, the theosophical notion of multiple planes of existence is fascinating and thought provoking, but also very challenging to the rational mind. Perhaps "rational" is not the right term. It may be better to say that the notion of other planes of reality is challenging to a modern mentality overawed by the success and prestige of science. Accordingly, if the planes of theosophy are scientifically plausible, then the modern mentality is comfortable with them. However, if science deems…

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Added by Kirk W Walker on January 19, 2011 at 5:30pm — 5 Comments

Modern Science and the Dehumanization of Man

This article from Philip Sherrard really makes one think..

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. We will all become Borg. Or not..? That's the question.

http://www.studiesincomparativereligion.com/uploads/ArticlePDFs/253.pdf

Added by Martin Euser on January 17, 2011 at 6:41pm — 10 Comments

Using Theosophy to Clean-Up Your House or Apartment

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…

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Added by Richard Ihle on January 17, 2011 at 1:00pm — 4 Comments

General Theosophy #25

“Some people begin to worship H.P. Blavatsky once they really start to understand her; others get up from their knees for the very same reason.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on January 13, 2011 at 11:00pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #24

"Perhaps even some animals can be depressed; however, it is unlikely that any have the special human knack for being depressed about being depressed."—General Theosophy

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

Moderator Comments on Jerry Hejka-Ekins's Intro to The Path collection

A pseudonymous author has in another Internet forum questioned certain dates in Jerry' intro. Theosophical circle is small and most of the active players know each other, at least on the Internet. Surely the man or woman who has been hiding under assumed name is someone we all know or even possibly is one of the members here.

If there are factual errors, why the writer did not choose to contact Jerry directly so that…

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Added by M K Ramadoss on January 6, 2011 at 6:17pm — No Comments

Moderator Out of print theosophical books - A simple solution

The uploading of early Theosophists, Lucifer and The Path demonstrated what is doable by a handful of dedicated theosophists. Further, out of box thinking, brought me to the subject of out of print theosophical books. Using KISS and non-organizational and non-business approach, here is my loud thinking.

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Added by M K Ramadoss on January 5, 2011 at 9:44am — No Comments

Notes from the International Convention 2010

I attended the 135th International Convention in Adyar last week. Just a few comments:

1. The harmonious group in attendance was really wonderful. There were old and new faces that I got to meet and it was such a wonderful atmosphere of brotherhood. When people live together in Theosophy, a magic occurs that is hard to define but there is a different conciousness that one does not find in the regular day to day world.

2. There were many good talks and excellent…

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Added by Jason Shreeram on January 4, 2011 at 11:57am — 1 Comment

Moderator Videos of 10th International Theosophical Congress is now On-line.

Videos of 10th International Theosophical Congress is now On-line.

By live streaming of the 10th International Conference, Italian Section made it for the first time that everyone around the world can see what is going on in the congress. Due to time zone difference and other reasons, many would have missed many of the sessions. Now, the video recordings of the sessions are on-line and can be viewed by anyone with an…

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Added by M K Ramadoss on January 2, 2011 at 10:46am — No Comments