On True Friendship
ON TRUE FRIENDSHIP “When your spirits need a lift, think of the virtues and talents of those around you—one’s energy, another’s modesty, the generosity of a third, something else in a fourth. Nothing is so inspiring and uplifting as the sight of these splendid qualities in our friends. Keep them always in mind.” —Marcus […]
Secret of Life
THE SECRET OF LIFE The secret of life is selfless service. M. K. GANDHI In the same Category
Living a Theosophical Life
LIVING A THEOSOPHICAL LIFE Children of Light, As ye go forth into the world, Seek to render gentle service To all that lives. We have come in search of Truth, Trying with Theosophy Door by door of mystery, Learning from Theosophy. We are reaching through all laws To the garment hem of Cause, THAT, the […]
Theosophy and a Life Worth Living
THEOSOPHY AND A LIFE WORTH LIVING International Theosophy Conferences 2018Berlin, July 26-29 It is time that Theosophy should enter the arena. –The Great Master What is a life worth living? This is the great challenge for each human being today and is directly relevant to our three hot topics: religious intolerance, end of life issues, […]
No Man Can Judge Another
NO MAN CAN JUDGE ANOTHER Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in […]
Gandhi’s Talisman
GANDHI’S TALISMAN I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test: Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any […]
Moral Choice
MORAL CHOICE Consider who you are: to begin with, you are a human being, that is, one who has no quality more sovereign than moral choice, and who holds everything else subordinate to it, and moral choice itself free from slavery and subjection…. In addition to this you are a citizen of the world and […]
Bond Between Divine and Human
THE BOND BETWEEN DIVINE AND HUMAN As physicians have always their instruments ready for cases which suddenly require their skill, so do thou have principles ready for the understanding of things divine and human, and for doing everything, even the smallest, with a recollection of the bond which unites the divine and human to one […]
The Key
KEY IN HAND Every instant I give to the heart a different desire, Every moment I lay upon the heart a different brand. At every dawn I have a new employment. ‘Tis wonderful that the spirit is in prison, And that the key of the prison is in its hand! JALALUDDIN RUMI Published by permission […]