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Mindfulness exercises, religion trivia, buddhism gifts, etc.

Wishing you all a great month full of holiday cheer.

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on December 1, 2009 at 6:16am — No Comments

About the International Theosophical Centre in Naarden (formerly Huizen) the Netherlands


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This summer I spent nearly a month at the ITC in Naarden to work in the library there. I had a lovely time. I'm happy to report that the interpersonal atmosphere has improved greatly, compared to a few years ago when I was also a regular volunteer there. Like the whole TS, the ITC is in transition. Last weekend there was a 'friends… Continue

Added by Katinka Hesselink on November 13, 2009 at 11:40am — 3 Comments

Time for excuses

Hi all, Reading about dharma wars online - among Buddhist teachers who teach online - made me realize that I've crossed a few lines myself over here. I've deleted the most offensive comments (which never included the names of those involved), and there isn't more that I can do but apologize to everybody. I do think though it's time for a more general lesson about this. I hope it's clear that I'm preaching to mys… Continue

Added by Katinka Hesselink on November 13, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Let's have some fun with trivia quizes :)

Squidoo has created a template for online quizes that I've been having some fun with. So test out if you really practice the second object of the TS by studying religion, by taking my quiz about religion in general. Or whether you know enough about the largest world religion: Christianity. Perhaps a bit closer to home: I also made… Continue

Added by Katinka Hesselink on November 11, 2009 at 2:30pm — 10 Comments

Religious symbolism, organised religion vs atheism, global warming ...

Contents of my spiritual newsletter November 2009

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Short Quotes
Space
Is Buddhism a Religion?

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on November 4, 2009 at 4:32am — No Comments

Spiritual fantasy; spirituality lifestyle or quest? harry potter; a buddhist...?

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on October 1, 2009 at 3:04am — No Comments

The challenges that face the Theosophical society Adyar

If the TS is going to move forward into the 21st century in a way that is of use to humanity, we’re going to have to face some real issues, instead of getting side tracked into personal complaints. Real issues we’re facing: * how to build community online in a way that is productive and helps people grow spiritually * how to build community offline: help our lodges grow and be places of real study and a meeting place for people of diverse cultural and religious backgrounds * how to transform o… Continue

Added by Katinka Hesselink on September 11, 2009 at 2:00pm — 7 Comments

Meditation on the Secret Doctrine, dreams, conditioning and Tibet

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on September 7, 2009 at 3:38am — No Comments

Tangled hierarchies, Buddhism best religion? courage, diversity, calendars and theosophical history

Lucifer7, August 2009

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Mind, H.P. Blavatsky
Averting a Third War, Jiddu Krishnamurti
The Theosophical Attitude to Life

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BTW - for those of you reading my blog by feedreader and wondering why you haven't been receiving any updates... the feed is now at: http://feeds.feedburner.com/AllConsidering Has been for some time,… Continue

Added by Katinka Hesselink on August 1, 2009 at 8:00am — 2 Comments

Quantum evolution, vegetarianism, Sunyata and emptiness, altruism, clairvoyance

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Sunyata
Altruism,Winifred Tiplin
Working in the sun, anonymous

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Checking my links I found a few online texts that had, apparently, not been moved but deleted. This is mostly due to the Canadian website no longer having a large collection of online documents. I still had many links to their stuff up. M

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on July 2, 2009 at 1:30am — 3 Comments

Dugpas in Blavatsky's writings - historical and linguistic perpectives

Joe Fultun asked a question about dugpas on Theosophy.net. I asked David Reigle to answer this question as he's the only theosophist I know who knows Tibetan and Theosophical History. He answered not only very quickly but beyond my expectations, supplying me with a five page (!) PDF. I've put the whole thing, with an introduction, on my website here: … Continue

Added by Katinka Hesselink on June 11, 2009 at 1:33am — 5 Comments

Dalai Lama, Diet, Theosophy, Steiner and Ghosts - spiritual newsletter june 2009

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on June 2, 2009 at 3:45am — No Comments

White Lotusday contribution - in memory of H.P. Blavatsky

On May 8th theosophists all over the world, whatever theosophical organization they belong to, commemorate Blavatsky's passing on May 8th 1891. This day is called White Lotusday. Traditionally quotes from three texts are read: The Bhagavad Gita, The Voice of the Silence and Light of Asia. So here goes from chapter ten of the… Continue

Added by Katinka Hesselink on May 8, 2009 at 3:16am — 3 Comments

Sorrow, stress, intelligence, wisdom, poverty, ambition & the Big Bang - Lucifer7, May 2009

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on May 1, 2009 at 9:31am — No Comments

Debating the TS & it's course (again)

Hi all, Just letting you know I just wrote a blogpost about the information that has recently come out about the situation in Brazil. Katinka Continue

Added by Katinka Hesselink on April 18, 2009 at 2:26am — No Comments

Immortal souls, spiritual development, kindness, meditation and honesty - Lucifer7, April 2009

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on April 1, 2009 at 3:48am — No Comments

Honesty, authenticity and truth... harder than it sounds

Speaking the truth is one of the spiritual values that is traditional. I think perhaps that it's repeated so often in Buddhist and other religious literature, because it is such a very hard thing to practice. The central question is: is it always kindness to speak the truth? And if it's not - how does one know when to speak the truth, and when to lie kindly? I've written several blogposts about this question. The first one asks the question:… Continue

Added by Katinka Hesselink on March 23, 2009 at 8:09am — 4 Comments

Theosophical Spiritual virtues

I did a series on spiritual values and norms on my blog. Here are the seven I came up with: 1. Freedom and tolerance 2. Thinking for yourself and not dogmatic 3. Gratitude 4. Finding your own path, not comparing… Continue

Added by Katinka Hesselink on February 16, 2009 at 7:11am — 13 Comments

Activities in Lodges / studygroups / spiritual meetings: spiritual quotes

Short quotes can be a great way to get to know people, get every participant to talk, and bring out what people REALLY think about important life issues. I've got several short quote collections to start with: Random Spiritual quotes Random Blavatsky quote Spiritual quotes and sayings… Continue

Added by Katinka Hesselink on February 7, 2009 at 2:06am — 6 Comments

Family constellations - an experiment

I just read this lens about healing through family constellations. I would like you all to read it too. It talks about an amazing way to help troubled families: having unrelated family members represent the various parties - who often respond precisely the way one would expect of the real family member. I have never tried any of that, but I do think the underlying principle is interesting: that there is a group soul to a family,… Continue

Added by Katinka Hesselink on January 24, 2009 at 8:04am — 4 Comments

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