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Insight from the Heart - By Dorothy Bell, TOS Mornington Peninsula Group, Australia. -
A few years ago I trained as a volunteer worker at a Support Centre for men who had contracted the HIV/AIDS disease. It was a government-funded project and indeed many people opposed this funding and any support being given to people with this ‘self-imposed’ disease. My work was in the area of Reiki.
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| NOV 09 |
Therapeutic Touch:
Healing Based on Theosophy and Science - By Nelda Samarel
Therapeutic Touch (TT) is quite familiar to many theosophists, and for good reason. Developed in the early 1970s by two life-long theosophists, TT is taught and practiced in Theosophical Society lodges throughout the United States and the world.... (more... ) |
Healing |
| SEP 09 |
Can the TS and TOS Help in Conflict Resolution? - Vic Hao Chin
... the vast majority of us feel powerless to stop national leaders, international bullies and multi-national corporations making economic and political decisions that will lead sooner or later to war. The TOS in the Philippines seems to have found ways for its members to contribute constructively to the reduction of violence in society.... (more... ) |
Peace |
| JUL 09 |
Lobbying from the Heart
Is it feasible these days to further the spiritual evolution of humanity through national or local political involvement? Do you feel you can engage in truly theosophical service through this avenue? This article is an extract from an essay by Carolyn Cottom, known in the USA for her work in the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. ...
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| MAY 09 |
The Spiritual Basis of Service - Dr Sunita Maithreya
“The true theosophist is the Philanthropist who — ‘not for himself, but for the world he lives.’…” reads a message from a Master of The Wisdom. Service without spirituality is like a mechanical form without a soul, while spirituality divorced from service is like a soul still seeking a form to express itself. Spirituality and service are symbiotic. ...
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Bus Yoga - Pedro Oliveira
It is very sad that the widespread car-culture has stopped many people in the world benefiting from the deep lessons that can be learned in bus travel. A bus, like many other situations in life, can become a veritable theosophical classroom.... (more...)
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Networking in India Against Animal Cruelty - Dr. C.V. Agarwal
A retired Professor of Technology at Benares Hindu University in Varanasi, Dr. C.V. Agarwal is undoubtedly one of the TOS’s most devoted animal rights activists in India. Through the Beauty Without Cruelty movement, Dr. Agarwal and his team have organised a great number of successful (and less successful) campaigns against the exploitation and abuse of our fellow creatures.... (more...) |
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Compassion: The Basis for Peace and Understanding - Radha Burnier
... We will start by considering what compassion may mean. The word itself suggests a passionate feeling for what one comes into contact with. But what is meant by a passionate feeling? It surely refers to a feeling that comes from the oneness that we speak about in contemplating Theosophy.... ( more ) |
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Saving Nature: In Praise of Frugality - James L. Bull
... According to Wendell Berry, frugality may be appropriately paired with abundance. This notion may strike us as odd, in today's commercial world—frugality and abundance? Properly considered, frugality is simply the sensible management of limited resources. It is through frugality that we can achieve sustainable abundance. All freedoms exist within boundaries, and sensible abundance takes into account the natural limits of resources.
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What is Our Role in Education? - Rekha Nahar, TOS Philippines
... Through the TOS, we have systematically undertaken projects to meet needs in health and nutrition, to develop livelihood skills, and so on. These projects help improve the material conditions of the underprivileged. Something more is necessary, however, something that addresses the selfishness and sense of separateness at the root of social problems. ...
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A Human Approach to World Peace - The Dalai Lama
...Even in these modern times it is clear that one's precious life is not safe. No former generation has had to experience so much bad news as we face today; this constant awareness of fear and tension should make any sensitive and compassionate person question seriously the progress of our modern world. ...
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Wings of a Dove - Deni Gross
If you had to list some great concerns you have for the planet today, what would they be? The chances are that you would mention the lack of global peace amongst them. Yet most often we feel powerless to do anything about it, don’t we? So is there anything we can do to help build a safer planet? ... ( more ) |
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TOS in Chennai
...The Olcott School, The H.P.B. Hostel, the Social Welfare Centre, the Besant Memorial Animal Welfare Dispensary... The Chennai TOS’s biggest challenge came when the tsunami hit on December 26, 2004...
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Do you care about animals? - Dr Geetha Jaikumar
The issue of animal welfare can be addressed from broadly three fronts: As always, we can begin with ourselves... our diet, our attire; our cosmetics… The second front is direct service... The third front for personal action is the creation of awareness about the widespread animal cruelty... ( more ) |
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