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General Theosophy #16

"Before surrendering, always try sending in a better version of yourself.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on December 6, 2010 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

General Theosophy #15

“The new method for keeping one’s esoteric insights away from the attention of the profane is to simply NOT claim that they came from anyone more exalted or off-planet than oneself.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on November 29, 2010 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments

General Theosophy #14

“A difference between a Theosopher and a Theosophist might be that the former is striving and the latter is subscribing.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on November 14, 2010 at 10:36am — 2 Comments

General Theosophy #12

"Scientists say that human beings are ninety-eight percent chimpanzee at the DNA genetic level; those who make this the most important thing, however, may be one hundred percent chimpanzee at the Spiritual level." —General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on November 10, 2010 at 10:58am — No Comments

General Theosophy #11

Wiccan Rede with an added emphasis: “Do anything you want, but do not harm others—or yourself—physically, emotionally, mentally, or Spiritually.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on November 7, 2010 at 8:23am — 3 Comments

General Theosophy #10



“Apart from those things you identify as your life-duties, all other decisions can be made just by asking yourself the question, ‘Will it lead toward more seriousness or toward better play?’ As a child you knew which answer you were looking for. . . .”—General Theosophy


Added by Richard Ihle on October 29, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #9

“Aspirants of the past had to dig through a mountain of ignorance to find a few scraps of useful knowledge; aspirants of the present have to dig through a mountain of knowledge to find a few scraps of useful knowledge.” —General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on October 26, 2010 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

General Theosophy #211

"It is probably best not to bother discussing death with anyone too scientific to even entertain a doubt about its finality."—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on October 26, 2019 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Captain Theosophy (Part One: Meeting Your Personal Genie/Genius)

Captain Theosophy (Part One: Meeting Your Personal Genie/Genius) by Richard Ihle

"There's a man in the funny papers we all know. . . ."

Some people started to call me "Captain Theosophy.". . .

Initially, this was almost certainly because it was the title of an article I had written for the old THE AMERICAN THEOSOPHIST magazine. In those days I guess I did sometimes seem sort of like a cartoonish superhero—not only because of my…

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Added by Richard Ihle on July 29, 2019 at 2:02pm — No Comments

A Private Theosophical Email #1

[10-20-18 Just an informal email exchanged with an old friend who had encountered some negative personal information about the Eastern teacher Swami Rama.]

Hi, Jeff—Windstorm day in my locale today.

Thus, I probably should add to the gale:

Thank you for your thoughts on Swami Rama. Good and maybe not-so-good in everyone as usual, I suppose. Perhaps there is even the chance that, despite considerable devotee-testimony to the contrary, Swami might have…

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Added by Richard Ihle on October 24, 2018 at 5:36pm — 5 Comments

Divergent perceptions

Thought of the day on: Mental parallax

Perceptions vary from person to person based upon past experiences and assimilated knowledge, coloured by the texture of our mind. A prejudiced mind will see things quite differently as compared to a free flowing, unfettered spirit.

Suspending judgment altogether however seems to be a far fetched notion, since our memory automatically recalls stored information it considers applicable to the…

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Added by Unseeking Seeker on September 5, 2018 at 8:27am — 3 Comments

General Theosophy #80

Theosophy, as ‘personal religion,’ begins with the realization that no one, past or present, can know more about fundamentally unknowable subjects than you yourself.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on October 25, 2012 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

General Theosophy #157

"Seek the sage who knows life well enough not to bother signing his or her name to whatever he or she knows."—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on February 20, 2016 at 2:30pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #158

"Modern science might convince you that you are a biochemical machine; Theosophy, that you are in the machine."—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on March 21, 2016 at 9:58pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #145

“It is often easier to weather the storm than the storm warning.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on June 23, 2015 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

General Theosophy #144

“An accident is often just a lower state of mindfulness trying to wake up a higher one.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on June 20, 2015 at 2:46pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #143

“Youth is the search for your own exceptional attributes; old age is the search for your own possible exceptions to the rule.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on June 20, 2015 at 2:30pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #142

“Old age can only exist if you blame it for something.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on May 24, 2015 at 2:41pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #141

“If you have detailed beliefs rather than just intuitive inklings about transcendental subjects like karma and reincarnation, you may have traded religion for philosophy.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on April 30, 2015 at 5:00pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #140

"Not much of a trick is needed to keep busy with petty things; much more of a trick is required to keep un-busy with Undifferentiated Everything."—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on April 30, 2015 at 10:30am — No Comments

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