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
Categoria: Spiritual Unity of All Beings
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
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
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
Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood and the World Problems (12): World Problems and the Law of Universal Brotherhood – Premises and Central Institutions of Marxism
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
Unity in Contemporary Sciences in Fritjof Capra’s Vision
Fritjof Capra, internationally renowned physicist and author of the best-selling book The Tao of Physics, places the issue of unity from the point of view of contemporary physics in this work, including in comparison to the religious or mystical view of ancient Eastern traditions. In the chapter “The Unity of All Things” he examines how… Read More
Ms. Blavatsky Calls All Energy, Courage and Effort for a Great Intellectual Reform, and Ms. Burnier Complements
“In 1889 Madame Blavatsky made an assessment of her times thus: “Of all the past centuries our nineteenth has been the most criminal. It is criminal in its frightful selfishness, in its skepticism which grimaces at the very idea of anything beyond the material; in its idiotic indifference to all that does not pertain to… 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
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