4. CAUSE AND EFFECT In previous chapters we have constantly had to take into consideration this mighty law of action and reaction under which every man necessarily receives his just deserts; for without this law the rest of the Divine scheme would be incomprehensible to us. It is well worth our while to try… Read More
Categoria: True Altruism: Illumination, Divine Wisdom or Theosophy
Outlook Perennial Philosophy: III – The Deity
3. THE DEITY When we lay down the existence of God as the first and greatest of our principles, it becomes necessary for us to define the sense in which we employ that much abused, yet mighty word. We try to redeem it from the narrow limits imposed on it by the ignorance… Read More
Outline Perennial Philosophy: II – General Principles
2. GENERAL PRINCIPLES It is my desire to make this statement of the Perennial Philosophy as clear and readily comprehensible as possible, and for this reason I shall at every point give broad principles only, referring those who wish for detailed information to larger books, or to monographs upon particular subjects. I hope at… Read More
Outline Perennial Philosophy: I – Editor’s Preface and Introduction
An Outline of the Perennial Philosophy C. W. Leadbeater Adaptation, preface and edition: Arnaldo Sisson Filho Adaptation based on the work by C.W. Leadbeater: An Outline of Theosophy Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, Chennai, India. First printing: 1902. Second to eighth printings: 1905-1977. Nineth printing: 1987. INITIAL QUOTATIONS Theosophy Is the ‘Great Renunciation… Read More
The Religious Man and the Fragmentary Response
It is only the religious man that can bring about a fundamental revolution; but the man who has a belief, a dogma, who belongs [sectarianly] to any particular religion, is not a religious man. The religious man is he who understands the whole process of so-called religion, the various forms of dogma, the… Read More
Serene and Placid Surface of the Unruffled Mind
“It is upon the serene and placid surface of the unruffled mind that the visions gathered from the invisible find a representation in the visible world. Otherwise, you would vainly seek those visions, those flashes of sudden light which have already helped to solve so many of the minor problems and which alone can bring… Read More
‘Humanity’ Is the Great Orphan
“For it is ‘Humanity’ which is the great Orphan, the only disinherited one upon this earth, my friend. And it is the duty of every man who is capable of an unselfish impulse to do something, however little, for its welfare. Poor, poor humanity! It reminds me of the old fable of the war between… Read More
Synthesis of Humanitarianism
Although we have a website dedicated to the social philosophy of Humanitarianism, we have chosen here a work and a part of a chapter of another work as a synthesis of Humanitarianism. Humanitarianism is based in the Perennial Philosophy and in the Law of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity. Besides this synthetic presentation, we have… Read More
Synthesis of the Democracy of the Future
Although we have a website dedicated to the Democracy of the Future, we have chosen here a work and a part of a chapter of another work as a synthesis of the Democracy of the Future. Humanitarianism is a social-political philosophy based in the Perennial Philosophy and in the Law of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity.… Read More
Synthesis of the Perennial (or Esoteric) Philosophy
Even though we have a website specifically dedicated to Perennial (or Esoteric) Philosophy, and even though we know that today there are many texts that can be considered as introductions to Perennial (or Esoteric) Philosophy, we chose here, as a synthetic introduction to this very important philosophy, the text Perennial Philosophy: General Aspects and Its… Read More