"If you must tell yourself you are great, you probably prove the opposite."—General Theosophy
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"Ordinary life was the first pandemic."—General Theosophy
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"A Spiritual life requires no pilgrimages; a fish does need to jump out of one pond and into another in order to get a drink."—General Theosophy
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"When it comes to the possibility of 'reincarnating,' it is probably far more comfortable to live with just a suspicion you simply can't shake rather than a fully proclaimed certainty you don't dare disturb."—General Theosophy
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"I fear death less than I fear the fear of death."—General Theosophy
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"Personal meditative experiences which become increasingly 'subtle' or 'Undifferentiated' may also be justifiably termed 'Spiritual' or even 'Divine' . . . irrespective of whether there are any atheists around who might immediately try to disqualify such usage . . . perhaps because it lacks the easily assailable anthropomorphism which normally at least gives them something to talk about. . . ."—General Theosophy
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"As one gets older, life should primarily become an ever-more interesting psychological adventure . . . rather than merely a series of masochistically self-enrolled crash-courses about age-related physical problems."—General Theosophy
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"There is nothing wrong with having disciples . . . unless, of course, you wanted them. . . ."—General Theosophy
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"A person who has not yet fully realized Here might still mistakenly think that there is actually somewhere else he or she can go, including under the ground."—General Theosophy
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"A cat can teach you to pity poor creatures who must keep busy to keep happy."—General Theosophy
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"If your personal Theosophy seems to completely convince you that you will have another lifetime, you are probably not basing this on Theosophy alone; however, if your Theosophy completely fails to give you the suspicion that 'You' may have another lifetime coming, you are probably not using Theosophy at all."—General Theosophy
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"Prize especially the reliable friend who does not need a friend."—General Theosophy
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"Live like there is no good and evil; only kindness and unkindness."—General Theosophy
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"If you think you're Enlightened . . . perhaps you should eliminate the think. . . ."—General Theosophy
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"Progress in Spiritual life may be nothing more than improving the ability to pause without having to."—General Theosophy
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"If you are thinking there's a problem; if you are thinking, there is a problem."—General Theosophy
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"The whole point of Theosophy is to insult and denigrate death by NOT immediately throwing away intuitions which cast doubt on its finality."—General Theosophy
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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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"Over-Mature Christianity is a promising missionary field for atheists . . . as is over-mature atheism for Theosophists. . . ."—General Theosophy
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"There is only one virtue in life: how you overcome your weaknesses; . . . and only one vice: how you waste your strengths. . . ."—General Theosophy
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