XXVII – THE REALIZATION OF THE INNER TRUTH (DECISIVE, YET RESTRICTED): The Third Object of the Theosophical Society (Chapter XVII of the work “Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood”) 193 – “With the understanding of the outer, then the inner movement begins, not in opposition or in contradiction. (…) Then only the inner movement has… Read More
Categoria: Reincarnation and Karma: their Importance
Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood and the World Problems (16): The Importance of Comparative Study
XVI – THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPARATIVE STUDY: The Second Object of the Theosophical Society (Chapter XVI of the work “Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood”) 176 – “It is only by studying the various great religions and philosophers of humanity, by comparing them dispassionately and with an unbiassed mind, that men can hope to arrive… Read More
Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood and the World Problems (15): World Problems and the Law of Universal Brotherhood – The First Object as an Example of Consistent Solution
XV – WORLD PROBLEMS AND THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD: The First Object as an Example of a Consistent Solution (Chapter XV of the work “Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood”) 161 – “The truths and mysteries of occultism constitute, indeed, a body of the highest spiritual importance, at once profound and practical for the… Read More
Only Small Minority Is Egoically Matured
In his long post on this site Present Evolutionary Stage of Humanity, C.W. Leadbeater informs us that the vast majority of the Higher Selves are still undeveloped in our current evolutionary stage. In this way, only a relatively small minority is capable of transmitting to the personality clear norms of truthfulness, justice and altruism, as… Read More
Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood and the World Problems (14): World Problems and the Law of Universal Brotherhood – Present Political Models and the Creation of Destitution
XIV – WORLD PROBLEMS AND THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD: Present-Day Political Models and the Creation of Destitution (Chapter XIV of the work “Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood”) 153 – “There is no intellectual, not even a liberal intellectual, who will be able to deny the evidence that it is possible to put an… Read More
Democracy in Its Present Form Is Irrational and Leads to Endless Confusion
“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 the past makes it possible to some extent to forecast by analogy some of the steps in the more immediate future. From such a study of the records it… Read More
Organizational Model (Political etc.) Requires Coherence with Human Capabilities, or Not Worthy of Defense
Professor C.B. Macpherson of the University of Toronto in Canada – in his well-known work The Life and Times of Liberal Democracy – refers as follows to the importance of these assumptions about human beings when considering political systems: “To show that a model of a political system or society, existing or not yet existing,… Read More
Good and Bad Government Depend on Leaders
“Good and bad government depend on the leaders. Positions are to be entrusted, not to the prince’s favorites, but only to capable men. Functions must be entrusted, not to vicious men, but to men eminent for their virtues and talents.” (Chu-King, VIII, II, 5; emphasis added) “The superior man thinks of his character; the inferior… Read More
Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood and the World Problems (13): World Problems and the Law of Universal Brotherhood – Faults of the Present Political Models
XIII – WORLD PROBLEMS AND THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD: Faults of the Current Political Models (Chapter XIII of the work “Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood”) 140 – “The Ideal is that the best should rule; but how to find them, that is the problem. Every one of us who studies must try to… Read More
Good Universal Principles Are Sadly Missing in Politics: Disastrously Notorious Thing
“Because politics are the engine by which social reforms are finally brought about, and in the sphere of government, as crucially as in the departments of economics and social reforms, guiding universal principles are as sadly lacking, and the effects of that lack still more disastrously apparent. Still more so, because Government is the final… Read More