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General Theosophy #62

“The Pretender’s Prayer: ‘Let me speak with the unchallengeable authority of someone who appears to know because of special communion with Someone who has special communion with Someone who has. . . .’”—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #61

“The strictest Theosophy may regard any specific belief as just the premature corpse of a general Spiritual inkling.”—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #60

“Another modern difference between a Theosophist and a Theosopher may be that the former has found something to believe in while the latter has found something to continue searching for.”—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #59

“Mindfulness is sometimes considered to be paying full, unbroken attention to what one is doing at any given moment; however, at least from a Theosophical perspective, it may be the partial but consistent awareness of Who/What is remaining apart from the doing of it.”—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #58

“Deciding to search for meaning in your life suggests that such a decision means something to you.”—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #57

“Being happy is nothing; being awake and happy is the trick.”—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #56

“For Theosophists, the problem is trying to find a needle in the haystack; for Theosophers, it is trying to find a way to get a needle into the haystack.”—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #55

“Do not despair if particularly vexatious and unevolved people seem to have become associated with your incarnation. Just as in Greek and Roman mythology, the highest heroes do not meet merely minor monsters.”—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #54

“You can’t take it with you . . . but a Theosopher might assert that you actually can take an incarnation-improved awareness of It with you—and possibly bring it back, too. . . .”—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #53

“If staying in the moment were not that important, shaving or applying makeup could be done in front of a photograph.”—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #52

The Psychological Key to Theosophy may suggest reversing some common proverbs:

He/She who DOES NOT hesitate is lost.

The Devil finds work for BUSY hands.…

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General Theosophy #51

“Youth may be at least somewhat well spent if it lays the foundation for an old age which realizes that youth has been somewhat mis-spent.”—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #50

“Book-based Theosophy is sometimes a slightly suspicious way of searching for Truth without having to feel guilty about doing little or no meditative sitting for It.”—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #49

"The first straw on a camel's back is the most dangerous because it teaches least about the danger of straw."—General Theosophy #49

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General Theosophy #48

"Always tell a fairy-tale genie that your first wish is just not to be in someone else’s fairy tale."—General Theosophy

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General Theosophy #47

“Pray your aging body now only belongs to a distant relative.”—General Theosophy

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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

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General Theosophy #45

“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

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General Theosophy #44

“Attaining at least some degree of Enlightenment is relatively easy; cultivating Empowerment of oneself by learning how to use it in everyday life is where the difficulty begins."—General Theosophy

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