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Issue 28 – October 2013

 

Contents

  • Progress report on our Plan of Action for the TOS from 2008 to 2013
  • What are TOS groups putting at the top of their agendas for service action in the next few years?
  • More photographs from the International TOS Conference
  • Three talks from the International Conference available as webcasts
  • The TS in Italy helps build and support an orphanage in India
  • Self-Transformation Seminar for the Military
  • The TOS in America launches an animal healing network
  • Gentle comments on the first object of the TS

 

 

Dear fellow-members of the TS and TOS around the world,

We still get a warm feeling when we think back to our TOS conference in July and the many dedicated TOS members that we met and worked with. After all the sharing that took place, what are TOS groups now putting at the top of their agendas for service action? We bring you some of their ideas in this issue of our electronic newsletter.

We also share some of the talks from the conference. We hope you find the videos informative and useful in your TOS work. Perhaps your fellow TOS and TS members would enjoy viewing one together.

We remind you of the richly documented TOS Handbook released in July that can be viewed on your screen as a pdf file here or sent to you in printed form for use with your local TOS group. (Write to Diana at tosinternational@wanadoo.fr for a copy.)

Finally, don’t miss the wonderful opportunity announced below to receive help when your pets are ill.

Remember that the newsletter is designed to be read while you are connected to the internet.

Please also consider sending photographs of your TOS activities and news items that might be of interest to fellow TOS members. We would welcome your contributions by email to the editors at carolyn.tosinternational@gmail.com.

With best wishes in putting theosophical principles into action,

Carolyn, Diana and Geoffrey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The editorial team (L. to R.)

Diana Dunningham Chapotin is the International Secretary of the TOS

Carolyn Harrod is the past National Coordinator of the TOS in Australia and

Geoffrey Harrod is the International TOS Webmaster.

 

 

 

A volunteer is a person who can see what others cannot see; who can feel what most do not feel. Often, such gifted persons do not think of themselves as volunteers, but as citizens - citizens in the fullest sense: partners in civilisation.

A. Josland

 

Progress report on our Plan of Action for the TOS from 2008 to 2013

At our recent International TOS Conference, we shared with delegates the progress that had been made in implementing the five year Plan of Action developed by participants at the previous International Conference. The development of the TOS as an international organisation over the past five years has been truly impressive, and we are delighted to provide the progress report here for all TOS members and friends to read.  
Read the report… 

 

What are TOS groups putting at the top of their agendas for service action in the next few years?

 

Participants at the International TOS Conference, held at Olcott, Wheaton, in July this year, worked together to contribute ideas for our Plan of Action for the next five years. They then identified activities that they thought could be priorities for their countries. Here are some of the ideas that delegates committed to. We expect to see many of them taking form soon here and there in the world. It is interesting to note how many commitments to action include making better known amongst Theosophists, the opportunity to join in the TOS’s constructive and joyful activities.    
Read the action plans ….
 

 

More photographs from the International TOS Conference

In our August newsletter, we brought you lots of photos of our July TOS Conference. We have since posted many more to our website.
You can view and download them here.

We invite conference participants to send us their best shots to add to the collection. Please send them to Diana at tosinternational@wanadoo.fr..

 

 

Three talks from the International Conference available as webcasts

If you did not attend the international TOS Conference in July and would like to watch the principal addresses, it is possible to do so thanks to the rapid work of the TS in America technical wizards. 

Visit the TS in America website to select the talk you want to hear.

 

Vic Hao Chin speaking on “The TOS 100 years from now”
Maria Parisen speaking on “Creative Meditation: Balancing Inner and Outer Action”
An overview of the international TOS: Carolyn Harrod speaks on the TOS in terms of its values and work and how they fit together. She also introduces us to the international website and takes us through some of the wonderful resources being gradually built up on it. 

 

 

 

The TS in Italy helps build and support an orphanage in India

The TS in Italy was a major donor in the construction of a children’s home in Muttom, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, southern India, inaugurated in 2010. It is a regular supporter of the home which houses over 200 children and teenagers. The TS recently funded the purchase of computers for the Fatima Academy, a vocational training centre where the youngsters can acquire the skills necessary for a variety of careers in information technology, including design.

Read more…

 

 

Self-Transformation Seminar for the Military

There is a silent revolution in military thinking going on now in the Philippines, where the focus is more on peace-building than war-making. The TS is actively supporting this new focus by conducting seminars for military personnel.

A seminar was held in August 2012 at the main camp of the Army Reserve Command in Tanza, Cavite for a batch of 92 trainees destined to become army officers.  It was handled by Victor and Jo Penaranda, assisted by Marilyn Ranola.  

Read more….

 

 

 

The TOS in America launches an animal healing network

Theosophy acknowledges the important role animals have in our world.  Especially in today’s society, animals and pets are often just as dear to us as any other member of our family or circle of friends. So when illness or injury strikes, we often feel helpless, alone and scared about our ability to help our beloved companions when they need us most.

In response, the TOS in America has launched an Animal Healing Network devoted to providing daily healing meditation for sick or terminally ill pets and their owners.

Just as with the TOS Healing Network for people, these healing meditations call upon the angelic hosts to send loving, healing power over time and distance to the suffering animal to comfort and protect until health returns or the soul departs the body. Network organiser Rozi Ulics says, “By providing this service, we hope to shoulder some of the burden pet owners feel when faced with a pet’s illness."  
Read more….

 

 

Gentle comments on the first object of the TS

Here we share two graphics that provide gentle reminders about how living the first object of the TS changes the way we view everyone with whom we come in contact. 

View the cartoons in full size….

 

 

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