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…

"Over-Mature Christianity is a promising missionary field for atheists . . . as is over-mature atheism for Theosophists. . . ."—General Theosophy

"There is only one virtue in life: how you overcome your weaknesses; . . . and only one vice: how you waste your strengths. . . ."—General Theosophy

"The most sincere believers in reincarnation are probably those who actually begin to worry about the possibility."—General Theosophy

"Unfortunately, your next step is always the next step even when it isn't."—General Theosophy

[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…

"Theosophy is not a partial cure for anything; it is the complete cure for anything partial."—General Theosophy

"Sometimes it is best to simply watch what most people do, then do what they do least."—General Theosophy

"Theosophy usually does not produce an exact religion; rather, just the vague but persisting religious flavor that death may not entirely end things, after all. . . ."—General Theosophy

"Your better genius is always not what you say but what you knew not to."—General Theosophy

". . . At least following my Theosophical Society in America presentation that summer I had the opportunity to attend another participant's early-morning group activity. It was called 'Music Meditation.'. . ."

The above is a continuation of my theosophy.net blog contribution called “One Reason I Now Limit My Theosophical Audiences” which, incidentally, resulted in a very good question being asked of me:

“Is there any reason one should turn to you as a guide?"

"No. That…

Several decades ago I was asked to speak at a Theosophical summer convention held in Wheaton, Illinois. My message then (as it continues to be now) was that at least some of H.P. Blavatsky's [1831-1891] "esoteric" teachings (e.g., "Rounds," "Root-Races," "Sub-Races," etc.) could have been speculatively produced by making as-below-so-Above ANALOGIES out of the six varieties of…

"More preoccupation with 'the Ghost in the machine' and maybe not so much with the goat as the machine. . . ."—General Theosophy

“Don’t worry about death: you will know that you cannot go anywhere once you realize where you Are.”—General Theosophy

"My own Psycho-maturational development in this lifetime more-or-less parallels my own compositional skills; that is, I am only an average writer but fortunately a way-above-average corrector. . . ."—General Theosophy

"There are very few things in life more important than these two: 1) finding exactly the right chair, and 2) finding exactly the right reason to get up from it."—General Theosophy

"Religions can be ranked by the unbroken quality of their silences."—General Theosophy

"In youth be exceptional; in old age, an exception.—General Theosophy

"If you have either less or more than simply an abiding inkling about some objectively unfalsifiable subject, you are either not using, or not just using, Theosophy."—General Theosophy

"It is impossible for Theosophy to be the opposite of either theism or atheism . . . just as it is impossible for Self to be the opposite of either I or you. . . ."—General Theosophy