"One's own journey can be slowed by either a leader or follower."—General Theosophy

"If you never remove the clouds blocking your own sun, you will always have to try basking in other people."—General Theosophy

"Work to improve your circumstances only after you have improved your indifference to them."—General Theosophy

"Especially don't waste your middle years; youth and old age are usually cartoons."—General Theosophy

"If you get interested in your possible past lives, don't skip yesterday."—General Theosophy

"If you have little or no philosophical temperament, the thing that will surprise you most in life will likely be old age."—General Theosophy

"God cannot speak in a particular language."—General Theosophy

"Making further progress may sometimes be hampered by having too many admirers of where you are presently—and most certainly if you are among them."—General Theosophy

"If you do not consider yourself to be a slow-learner, you may even be too slow to realize you are in School."—General Theosophy

"To progress further in your personal understanding of Theosophy, simply rip out and crumple the 'T' pages in every dictionary and encyclopedia, old or new, you might come across."—General Theosophy

"The drawback of disciples is that they may flatter the psychological feature of yourself which is least deserving of disciples. . . ."—General Theosophy

Theosophy: Repainting the Rainbow

                                                                              Richard Ihle

Kurt Leyland's "The Rainbow Body" in Spring 2017 edition of QUEST MAGAZINE was excellent. I can certainly agree that a "Western Chakra System"…

"For some, religious reliance on a 'God of the Gaps' might not really be such a bad strategy, at least for its personal, psychological utility; however, being so far behind in modern scientific education that you have little or no idea where the old gaps have closed and new ones opened means that you might only be using a 'Brain of the Gaps' to worship with."—General Theosophy

"Refusing to give up completely may sometimes be the inadvertent way to really give up completely."—General Theosophy

"With transcendental subjects, it is at least more honest to live with merely humble intimations you cannot quite shake than with smug, detailed beliefs you cannot quite support."—General Theosophy

"When meditating, strive to reproduce deep, dreamless sleep . . . but sit up and pay attention while doing this to avoid falling asleep. . . ."—General Theosophy

"Worry less about how to spend your time and more about how not to spend your Self."—General Theosophy

"You may have far too little atheism in you to be an actual Theosophist."—General Theosophy

"The need to rush is Hell's first hors d'oeuvre."—General Theosophy

"Good writing typically has a beginning, a middle, and an end—unless, of course, it is authentically Theosophical, which means it can be excused for just jumping from subject to subject with a Beginning, a Beginning, and a Beginning. . . ."—General Theosophy