The Circle for the Study of Discipleship - Independent Lodge of Theosophists
… Lodge may take part if he wishes. The stable practice of selfless work with theosophical tasks gives the interested student … is a shield that protects the student from the inevitable tests of the Path. On the other hand, we know that an interest in …
An Open Letter to Annie Besant - Alice Leighton Cleather
… his membership of the Adyar Society. He did so with an Open Letter to Annie Besant, and a significant part of the document is … Whatever you may preach, it is now notorious that your practice has been the exact reverse. You commenced by turning out the …
On Starting a New Year - Carlos Cardoso Aveline
… the new possibilities before us. Infinite potentialities open a renewed horizon. We have a sharp perception of the fact that time does … It is better to make resolutions that one can put in practice since the first moment, even if in small scale. âYou must go slowly, …
Thoughts Along the Road – 19 - Carlos Cardoso Aveline
… One of the first steps leading to self-control is the practice of an impersonal self-observation, in which we avoid both … peels. Thus, people who look for comfort and run away from tests canât be able to attain bliss. Blessings are everywhere, anytime. They …
The Lower Self as a Tool - Carlos Cardoso Aveline
… distance between oneâs ideal and oneâs practice is natural: it means that our Ideal is high. There has to be a … is a lot that can be done in each incarnation which will open his horizons. Every cycle of 24 hours is complete in itself, with its …
The Indestructibility of Sound - Sri Kshirod Sarma
… Ethics that “conduct, which conduces to life in each and all, is good”. But we, the degenerate Aryans, have long lost sight of … the dissipated and apparently destroyed particles enter into new and different compounds and assume other types and forms, but …
The Art of Understanding Time - Carlos Cardoso Aveline
… combined fires of goodwill and discernment. 2) The Practice of Selflessness The second shield for the pilgrim is his daily … are worse than useless, but they cease to be blind when we open our eyes and accept learning from our mistakes. One must say No to nice …
Thoughts Along the Road – 13 - Carlos Cardoso Aveline
… the opportunities for its fulfilment. * The daily practice of inner discipline expands the effectiveness of oneâs soul. * … two, another one or a couple of them immediately appear. Tests have to wait for oneâs karma to get ripe enough to allow them to get …
Positive Thought in a Negative World - The Theosophical Movement
… in general has not changed much over the last few thousand years. It has still not learned how to rely upon the Inner Self in … material gadgets! We are prepared to go to any extent to obtain these goods, because, if we have exalted technological âwondersâ we …
Thoughts Along the Road – 43 - Carlos Cardoso Aveline
… Discipline and a Senseof Justice Are Central in the Art of Living Carlos … to topics, worries, desires, fears and ambition, we open room in our lives to better events and serendipity. We thus welcome … object of the effort, in esoteric philosophy, is not to obtain verbal knowledge of sacred topics and show to others how wise and clever …