The first step is to cultivate an awareness of one’s own internal thought processes. This can be achieved by taking up meditation practices. A point comes when the ego disappears and the Self or Atman reveals itself, and Gnosis dawns. “Ultimately, it is impossible to renounce oneself and the world because no such ‘self’…
Douglas Keene – USA The author Life is challenging and seems to get more so every day. How can we cope with the stresses and strains in daily living, both on a personal level, but increasingly…
Andrew Rooke – Australia The vast majority of Americans – 91% - now own a smartphone of some kind up from 38% in 2010 [PEW Research Centre]. This is probably much the same in Australia and most Western countries. According to reports in a Bank of America survey conducted in 2016, 96% of millennials aged 18 to 24 years said smartphones…
MESSAGE FROM TIM BOYD, International President of the Theosophical Society Please join me in welcoming Shikhar Agnihotri to his new position as International Vice President of the Theosophical Society. He was elected effective March 5 by a unanimous vote of the General Council. He needs no introduction to those of us in Adyar.…
David M. Grossman – USA Inner Considerations Theosophy teaches that we live in a Universe of law. What does this mean practically? It means things don’t just happen but that everything has a cause. When you engage in life and are successful there are reasons, When you get sick there is a reason; when you apply for a job…
Tim Boyd – India, USA Tim Boyd One of the foundational ideas within the Theosophical Society (TS) is that “There is no religion higher than Truth”. It is an idea that points us in a certain direction — beyond the forms that try to engage us and determine our path, it points toward Truth itself. The difficulties that…
Boris de Zirkoff – USA Original cover of Theosophia, cover photo: California Desert Scene: Cholla Cactus in foreground, and Barrel Cactus in the center; to the left, Mojave Yucca in full bloom* The Theosophical Movement is a movement of Youth. This is a concept that has nothing to do with the age of the body. Youth…
Deepa Padhi – India As Is The Perception, So Is The Creation The Sanskrit aphorism Yatha Dristi Tatha Srusti expresses a profound philosophical and spiritual truth that has been central to Indian thought for centuries. It means ‘as is the perception so is the creation’. From a deeper standpoint ,the saying suggests…
This article is written by a student of the United Lodge of Theosophists What is the foundation of religion as we see it practiced today? Alleged revelation and tradition? Error and superstition, serving wishful thinking? Is it a sociological question: a laudable tendency in human society towards moral community?…
Engaging universal trusteeship for future generations The Theosophical Movement’s Interconnected Roots and Shoots in Action Great Banyan Tree in Adyar-Chennai, at the headquarters of the Theosophical Society “The Banyan tree, with its sprawling branches and intricate network of aerial roots, holds a revered spot in the…
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