"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" has now become "recognized, schematized, and adopted" in just the…

"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

"To live longer, simply parcel-out yourself rather than gush-out yourself each day."—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 mortal enemies of the mundane may vary; however, the Immortal enemies of the Moment are always your replaying of your past or your attempted pre-playing of your future."—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

"Conscientiously search for the meaning of your life until, exhausted, you realize that you must invent it."—General Theosophy

"There is no better armor than obscurity."—General Theosophy

"Theosophical Buddhism: Step #1) watch your breath; Step #2) watch yourself watch your breath; Step #3) watch yourself watch yourself watch your breath; Step #4) . . . ."—General Theosophy

"An outstanding presentation of anything is the most dangerous."—General Theosophy

"Atheists say that the possible validity of an extraordinary claim must rest upon its extraordinary evidence; Theosophists, that the possible validity of an extraordinary intuition must rest upon its extraordinary longevity despite little or no evidence whatever."—General Theosophy

“Discourage the present moment from aspiring to be just a humble disciple of the previous moment.”—General Theosophy

"If your 'beliefs' are not yet proudly vague, they are probably not yet humbly Theosophical."—General Theosophy

"It is usually a good time-saver just to ignore those who begin their sentences with "The Theosophical view is . . ." rather than "A Theosophical view is . . ."—General Theosophy