Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2008 | 20 Comments »
I’d like to start to working on the next video. As it will be part of the series on the sevenfold constitution, it will focus on the principle of atman.
To that end, I invite your comments on the question, ‘What does it mean to be one with everything?’
Posted in Theosophy, tagged theosophical society on April 27, 2008 | No Comments »
I have created another blog specifically for the discussion of institutional issues.
Please visit http://theosophicalsociety.wordpress.com/ to participate.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ecstasy on April 27, 2008 | No Comments »
There are these moments, not infrequent, when the love that is flowing through me, that seeks its course in every direction my senses, mind and heart move, is so overwhelming, so whole, so present, pure and perfect, that a lifetime spent finding the words, the movements, the melody, the shape or the presence that can [...]
Posted in Occultism, Religion, tagged catholicism, esotericism, tarot on April 24, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Another very intriguing addition to the perception of the possible esoteric interests of Pope John Paul II came from a friend of my Alpheus web site in the form of a set of photos, one of which shows the pope sitting behind his desk with a stack of books. The bottom two books are [...]
Posted in Philosophy, Religion, Theosophy, tagged phenomenology, Blavatsky on April 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On Popes, phenomenology and HPB
The relevance of the philosophical school of phenomenology for theosophy and other spiritual traditions is a prominent theme on the Alpheus web site. To bolster the argument I sometimes refer to the fruitful way religious thinkers have used phenomenology for deepening the self-understanding of their own tradition.
Posted in Philosophy, Theosophy, tagged Theosophy, Add new tag, phenomenology, intuition, buddhi on April 15, 2008 | 15 Comments »
This post is intended to be an extended philosophical meditation/discussion on the possibility of grounding Theosophy in non-theoretical, non-metaphysical experiential terms.
The question started as comment no. 8 in the post “sort of perplexing” by Latebrake. I invite my first and only discussion partner Pablo to re-submit his comment, then I’ll do mine, etc. till we [...]
Posted in Theosophy, tagged sevenfold constitution, Theosophy on April 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Welcome to the first part of a series of courses that will be hosted here. This is Part I of Essentials of Theosophy - Vol. I - The Sevenfold Constitution. Part 1 is an overview of all seven principles by Pablo Sender.
Note that this is an enhanced podcast with links embedded into the [...]
Posted in Philosophy, tagged ananda, bliss, happiness on April 9, 2008 | 7 Comments »
A common feature to most human beings is the pursuit of happiness. A second common feature is their failure in the pursuit. Our modern culture created an almost infinite amount of “happiness-producer-objects”. Technology, comfort, money, fame, a career are publicized as producers of happiness. We usually see even our relationships as no more than another [...]
Posted in Theosophy, tagged Theosophy on April 6, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Here is our first video! It is rough, but it is a start.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The other night I attended the finals for Chicago’s teen poetry slam “Louder Than a Bomb”. This was the 8th annual event which began in 2001 as a response to the impending war in Iraq. Feeling frustrated at their inability to influence national decision making and feeling unheard and left out of the process, these [...]
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