“So our Ideal of Government shall work into the life of the nations wherein we live; for it is thought that builds nations as well as individuals; that which the thinker conceives, that which the prophet declares, that which the poet sings, that becomes the life of a nation, and is worked out in social… Read More
Categoria: Spread of Truth: Necessity of Adaptation
Of Social Inequality There Is Much To Remove. But It Is Natural Inequality Which Is a More Serious Matter
“There then lies the only true equality, namely, that God lives equally in all that exists. All have hidden within them the possibility of rising to the highest perfection; all have the certainty of ultimate perfection. (17) But in the course of evolution, in the long evolutionary chain of life, there the inequalities come in.… Read More
Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood and the World Problems (7): The Perennial Philosophy and the Law of Universal Brotherhood – The Diversity of the Manifested Capacities
VII – THE PERENNIAL PHILOSOPHY AND THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD: The Diversity of the Manifested Capacities (Chapter VII of the work “Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood”) 59 – “But this Brotherhood of all souls is like the relation of brotherhood within a family; brothers are not all of the same age, though they… Read More
Universal Brotherhood as a Natural Law: Natural Equality and Inequalities; the Laws of Reincarnation and Karma; the Bases of Just and Competent Government
“With Brotherhood is often linked the idea of human equality. And there is a sense in which that equality exists. For what is the root of true human equality? It is the fact that the one Divine life is in each and all of us. That fact is not limited to man alone. It is… Read More
Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood and the World Problems (6): The Perennial Philosophy and the Law of Universal Brotherhood – The Essential Unity of All Humanity
VI – THE PERENNIAL PHILOSOPHY AND THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD: The Essential Unity of All Humanity (Chapter VI of the work “Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood”) 55 – “The man who successfully probes his own inner nature and existence back to its Centre and Core, finds one single source of all men,… Read More
The Problems of a Country Like India Cannot Be Dealt With, As They Should Be, Except By a Wise Understanding and Distribution of Political Power
“The problems of a country like India, where the variety of languages, customs and other differences, being deeply rooted, cannot be dealt with, as they should be, except by a wise understanding and distribution of political power. It must be distributed among such persons – how to discover these is the real question –… Read More
Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood and the World Problems (5): Theosophy and the Law of Universal Brotherhood
V – THEOSOPHY AND THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD (Chapter V of the work “Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood”) 37 – “Our fundamental object is Universal Brotherhood (…) a Brotherhood of all faiths and denominations, composed by Theists and Atheists, Christians and Gentiles throughout the world, might without anyone surrendering his particular opinion be… Read More
Plato’s Main Idea, Matching Functions with Capabilities, Cannot Be Ignored With Impunity
“What Plato said remains as an interesting study. But the main idea of matching function with capacity and qualifications is so unquestionably right that it cannot be ignored with impunity.” (N. Sri Ram. On the Watch Tower, p. 94)
Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood and the World Problems (4): The Motto of the Theosophical Society
IV – THE MOTTO OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY (Chapter IV of the work “Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood”) 29 – “The principle which gives life dwells in us and without us, is undying and eternally beneficent, is not heard or seen or smelt, but is perceived by the man who desires perception.” (M. Collins,… Read More
Importance of Diversity in the Law of Universal Brotherhood of Humanity
“It is not enough to realize our underlying brotherhood, but there has to be skill and wisdom in dealing with the outer differences, the inequalities of development and circumstances.” (N. Sri Ram. Thoughts for Aspirants, 2nd Series, p. 122; emphasis added)