XII – WORLD PROBLEMS AND THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD: The Premises and Central Institutions of Marxism (Chapter XII of the work “Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood”) 139 – “Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by shouting of crowds, nor by the… Read More
Categoria: Democracy of the Future
Beginnings of Modern Egalitarianism in Bobbio’s “Dictionary of Politics”
This leveling – in other words, this premise which affirms the existence of equality or, at least, a great similarity in the psychological evolutionary and moral level of all human beings – is a central point not only of Liberalism but also, although on a different level and along different paths, of Marxism, as we… Read More
Faith in Religious Tenets Was Eroded by the Advancement of Scientific Knowledge
“Faith in religious tenets and commandments was eroded more than a century ago by the advent of modern education based on logic and reason and the advancement of scientific knowledge. (…) The homocentricity of Biblical Christianity was replaced by the pride of a species which believed it has risen to the pinnacle in a gigantic… Read More
The Causal Body: the Only True Record of Human Evolution
“In Sanskrit, the causal body is known as the Karana Sharira, Karana meaning cause. Briefly, the causal body has two main functions: (1) To act as a vehicle for the ego: the causal body is the “body of Manas,” the form aspect of the individual, the true man, the Thinker. (2) To act as a… Read More
Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood (11): World Problems and the Law of Universal Brotherhood – Premises and Central Institutions of Liberalism
XI – WORLD PROBLEMS AND THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD: Premises and Central Institutions of Liberalism (Chapter XI of the work “Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood”) 129 – “Clairvoyance enables us to examine a much longer section of the earth’s past history than can be reached along ordinary lines; and this fuller study of… Read More
Present Evolutionary Stage of Humanity
Below we have an analysis of the current evolutionary profile of the Human Family. Within the perspective of Perennial Philosophy, a very interesting view of this evolutionary profile can be found in a general description of the famous clairvoyant Charles W. Leadbeater concerning the Causal Bodies of humanity in our time. This overview implies some… Read More
Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood and the World Problems (10): World Problems and the Law of Universal Brotherhood – Universal Brotherhood as a Law and the Dominant Ideas
X – WORLD PROBLEMS AND THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD: Universal Brotherhood as a Law and the Dominant Ideas (Chapter X of the work “Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood”) 119 – “Brotherhood, then, in its full meaning, is a law in nature. Stress has more than once been laid on this in our meetings,… Read More
Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood and the World Problems (9): World Problems and the Law of Universal Brotherhood – The Need for a Great Intellectual Reform
IX – WORLD PROBLEMS AND THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD: The Need for a Great Intellectual Reform (Chapter IX of the work “Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood”) 106 – “For all those who see the sterility and folly of an existence blinded by materialism and ferociously indifferent to the fate of its neighbour, this… Read More
In Those Who Are In the Spiritual Life; Who Cannot Be Happy While Others Are Miserable, You Will Find the Builders of the New Civilisation
“Wherever one who does not suffer is unnhappy for those who do; wherever a human brain that might amuse itself finds joy in labour for the helping of the nation; wherever a human heart which has all that love can give it cannot be happy, but goes out in love to the outcast – there… Read More
We Can Deduce What the State Should Be, Contemplating a Family Where Duties and Responsibilities Are in Harmony with Ages and Abilities
“In the family, where the principle of Brotherhood is recognised, and where duty and responsibility go with age and knowledge, there we have, as it were, a rough outline as to what a State should be. But how does the principle of age come in as regards mankind? For unless there be something in the… Read More