1. What’s your name, where are you from and how long have you been a member of the TS?
My name is André LeBlanc, and I live in the city of Laval, near Montreal, where I was born. I have been a member of the Theosophical Society since 2012, but I have been studying Theosophy for about forty years.
1. What’s your name, where are you from and how long have you been a member of the TS?
Robert Béland, Val-David, from Québec, Canada. I have been a member since 1980.
Jan Nicolaas Kind -- Brazil
Once in a while there seems to surface an urge to “modify” the wording of our Three Objects. So, in order to determine if such a alteration makes any sense, let’s go over them:
These are the objects as officially adopted by the TS Adyar in 1896:
1. To form a nucleus of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or colour.
2. To encourage the study of comparative religion, philosophy and science.
3. To investigate unexplained laws of Nature and the powers latent in man.
Jan Nicolaas Kind – Brazil
Thought – One
I vividly remember how my dear mother, in the early 1950’s when I was a child of 5 or 6, would hold and firmly squeeze my hand while walking across busy streets with traffic in the centre of Amsterdam. It was that sort of feeling you get as a child, that your mum wants to take care of you in a potentially dangerous situation. The squeezing I had instinctively taken for granted, but there was one particular street near the Royal Palace and Dam square, called the Raadhuisstraat (English: Town Hall street) where, if we went across there, the squeezing increased to an almost intolerable level. A few years later, I must have been around 7 or 8 years old, and after I had repeatedly asked my mother why the squeezing on that particular street always seemed to increase, she took the time – and had the courage – to tell me why.
Barbara Hebert – USA
Barbara in action at Olcott in Wheaton
Family, friends, health, and security are undeniably precious. Yet, as students of the Ageless Wisdom, we recognize that these aspects of life are temporary. A deeper question arises: What is important in terms of our spiritual life and growth? Is it mastering our thoughts and emotions, committing to daily study and meditation, weaving theosophical teachings into our everyday actions, or serving humanity? Each of these represents vital steps in our spiritual development.