Katinka Hesselink's Blog – June 2010 Archive (4)

How does the Theosophical Society's organizational structure work?

Paul asked:

How does the Theosophical Society's organizational structure work, does it have a degree system like the Knightsof Columbus and the Masons do, or is it organized more like Toastmasters without any initiations or

levels?

Sorry Paul, that question wasn't appropriate to the post where you asked it, so I have deleted it there.

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on June 13, 2010 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

The challenges and opportunities facing the Theosophical Movement

We had a members meeting in the Dutch TS (Aydar) at the end of May. It was spirited, but business like. That is: we discussed important issues, without scapegoating.

I thought I’d share the main issues. I am glad to see that the tabu on discussing these things is leading to important insights coming out – it’s the only way we can reframe the theosophical work in a way that’s relevant for humanity today. What follows is my current view on where we are and need to go.

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on June 10, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

NDE, Buddha on karma, Zen Buddhism books

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Buddha on Good and Bad Karma (quotes and explanation) (11)

My spiritual quotes

Buddha quotes on…

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on June 4, 2010 at 5:02am — No Comments

A typical (Adyar) theosophist…

As an exercise in PR, I’d like to profile a typical theosophist. Having such a profile might help us in attracting a few of those theosophists outside the TS that Blavatsky mentioned. That is: we should see this person in our minds when we: