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General Theosophy #46

“Religion makes you feel significant; science makes you feel insignificant; Theosophy makes your feelings significantly insignificant.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on April 25, 2011 at 11:45am — 1 Comment

“It is interesting to learn how many scientific accomplishments have resulted from laboratory accidents or mistakes in proper procedure; it is also interesting to learn how many others trace their origin to a flash of intuition which, only later, becomes dressed in the scientific garb of verification and explanation. Therefore, it is very interesting to ponder why even the stumbling and blundering of… Continue

Added by Richard Ihle on April 22, 2011 at 11:52am — No Comments

General Theosophy #44

“One of the less helpful things for understanding the word Spiritual may be to associate it with the word “Path, “Quest,” or “Journey”—since this is something like being in and being of the ocean and then trying to find a river, stream, or rivulet which leads to yourself.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on April 18, 2011 at 12:12pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #43

“Perhaps the most fiercely guarded secret of gurus down through the ages is that you don’t really need a guru.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on April 17, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments

General Theosophy #42

“It is a common thing to want one’s virtues rewarded; the uncommon thing would probably be to just want them rewarded with more virtues. . . .”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on April 15, 2011 at 3:34pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #41

“The word theosophy is the word Theosophy as it is sometimes written by atheists, agnostics, and those who think they are protecting a brand name.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on April 12, 2011 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments

General Theosophy #40

“Strictly speaking, it may not even be possible for the most abstract Theosophy to pass from one person to another, since the journey always changes It into mere philosophy.”—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #39

“Intuition may gradually ‘incline’ Theosophers toward a few transcendental possibilities; into-wish’n’, absolute certainty about many, many more.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on April 5, 2011 at 9:47am — No Comments

General Theosophy #38

“What child anywhere needs great wealth, power, or fame before he or she can play and have fun?”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on April 2, 2011 at 12:38pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #37

“It does not matter what you know . . . as long as you know You are not what you know.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on March 31, 2011 at 9:48am — 1 Comment

General Theosophy #36

“When you can say a lot about a little, you are a scientist; when you can say a lot about a lot, you are a philosopher; when you can say everything about Everything until you try to say it, you are a Theosopher.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on March 26, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments

General Theosophy #35

“If you can say a lot about a little, you are a scientist; if you can say a lot about a lot, you are a philosopher; if you can say anything at all about your past lives, you are a novelist.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on March 17, 2011 at 9:30am — 3 Comments

Chief Bemidji Syndrome

Let me tell you about Chief Bemidji Syndrome. . . .

Chief Bemidji is a seven-foot painted wooden statue overlooking Lake Bemidji in the city of Bemidji in northern Minnesota.

The Chief looks pretty much the same as he did some decades ago when I was an undergraduate…

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Added by Richard Ihle on March 11, 2011 at 1:35pm — No Comments

General Theosophy #34

“A perfectly moral person may not abhor vice but simply might have had sufficient experience to be perfectly bored by it.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on March 2, 2011 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

General Theosophy #33

“Adeptship is less about doing exceptional things and more about avoiding exceptional mistakes.”—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on February 28, 2011 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

General Theosophy #32

"I cannot find the One until it erases you and me."—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on February 25, 2011 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

General Theosophy #31

"A real Devil would not want to create more suffering and hardship on the Earth, because that would also increase the number of people praying or meditating themselves toward a helpful re-acquaintance with at least a possibly real God . . . or even an actually real and Undifferentiated 'Godhood' called the One. . . ."—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on February 19, 2011 at 10:30am — 2 Comments