An important and unsettled question in modern Theosophy is its relationship to the teachings of Krishnamurti, a topic that several contributors here have already written extensively about.
What are the the points of agreement and divergence? Are they complementary, or contradictory? What can each side learn from the other?
(For this particular discussion, I’ll ask that we stay focused on the teachings rather than the personalities or narratives. Also, please include links to your own published materials to supplement the conversation.)
[...] 12, 2008 by Pablo In a previous comment Chris asked about the theosophical model of the human constitution, which proposes the existence of [...]
Before Govert has any time to precipitate his “long comment to end all comments on this topic”, I posted an examination of what Chris asked in his comment 28 on this post, under the title <a href=”http://theosophist.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/the-division-between-a-higher-and-a-lower-self-an-idea/ The Division Between a Higher and a Lower Self an Idea. Check it out!
There are 5 houses in five different colors
In each house lives a different nationality.
These 5 owners drink a certain beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar and keep a certain pet.
No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage.
The CLUES:
The Brit lives in the Red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane Drinks tea.
The Green House is on the left of the White House.
The Green House’s owner drinks coffee.
The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man in the center house drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats
The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the Blue House.
The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.
The QUESTION:
Who owns the fish?
Great article: will definitely visit again..
“There are three monks, who had been sitting in deep meditation for many years amidst the Himalayan snow peaks, never speaking a word, in utter silence. One morning, one of the three suddenly speaks up and says, ‘What a lovely morning this is.’ And he falls silent again. Five years of silence pass, when all at once the second monk speaks up and says, ‘But we could do with some rain.’ There is silence among them for another five years, when suddenly the third monk says, ‘Why can’t you two stop chattering?”
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