All Blog Posts Tagged 'meditation' (6)

Insights into the Ishtadevata - alignment with Deity

Deities, like humans, have different characteristics. The energy/shakti of some deities is very ‘yang’, powerful, while others are gentle, their energy permeates through your bodies like a gentle wave that washes over you, cooling you, as you lie on the sand in shallow water. When a relationship has developed between the disciple and their 'Ishtadevata' the personal deity, occult obedience is the first rule that must, at all costs, be understood. For instance, during some…

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Added by Cyrus Ryan on November 22, 2019 at 5:43pm — 2 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

FOCUS if you want to be HAPPY! Oh look, Squirrel!

An article that I read and wanted to re-post from quite a few years ago from the NY Times... also because I read a part in another post by Ayo (…

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Added by PuzzleSolver on August 8, 2013 at 12:00am — 4 Comments

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Spiritual evolution, cycles, 2012 and wisdom (7 comments)
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Added by Katinka Hesselink on December 1, 2009 at 7:16am — No Comments

Breath of Heaven

The August 5, 2009 NewScientist features 10 things about humans that science can’t yet explain. “We belong to a remarkably quirky species,” the article says, and “despite our best efforts, some of our strangest foibles still defy explanation.”

Among these supposed flaws are: blushing, laughter, teenagers, dreams, altruism, art, superstition—flippantly, even kissing and nose-picking are on the list.

At one point the writer demands: “what are they for?” Altruism:… Continue

Added by Odin on August 8, 2009 at 9:31am — No Comments

The God Effect

ANCIENT SAGES taught that this physical world is interpenetrated by a series of increasingly ethereal worlds or fields, composed of energy-substances beyond our range of perception.

The fields closest to us are referred to as the “astral light.” It is already confirmed by science that the fundamental building block of matter is energy. And all physical life, from crystals to the atoms and cells of our body emit this energy in the form of photons—waves and particles of… Continue

Added by Odin on July 26, 2009 at 11:50pm — No Comments