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2008

Wu Wei – aka cleaning out the attic

Three Chinese Teachers of Spiritual Wisdom, Buddha Lao-Tzu and Confucius Giclee Print; Buy at AllPosters.com Wu Wei is a Tao concept which stands for knowing when and how to act, and the ability to act without friction. My uncles and mother are cleaning out the attic of my grandmother’s old house. She is currently living [...]

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Last minute spiritual gift ideas for Christmas

I have to bite my words: I do have something to share right before Christmas. Can’t promise to read your responses though – I’ll be busy the coming 48 hours. But I’ve made several pages online with spiritual gift ideas. I thought they might be appropriate to share here. Some of you may not have [...]

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Busy week ahead – Merry Christmas everybody :)

Hi all, I don’t think I’ll be blogging all that much this week. So I think I’ll just say Merry Christmas now, when I still have the time. We’ve got a big Christmas celebration coming up with my family (kids and grandkids of my one still alive grandmother) – since it’s in the town where [...]

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Blavatsky and music

Madame Blavatsky was known best for her occultism, obviously, but her professional life included concert tours in Italy and Russia playing the piano under the pseudonym ‘Madame Laura’. Olcott reports (in his Old Diary Leaves, first series, p. 458) that she had been a pupil of Moscheles. He says that sometimes, when occupied by one [...]

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The place of astrology, tarot, aura reading etc. in spiritual development

Personally I have been much helped by an astrologer who charted out the various forces in my personality and circumstances. As I came to her after my 30’s, she did not tell me anything new. However, she did help me see these various forces and balance them in my life. A psychic who read my [...]

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How about Music and spirituality?

I got a question the other day: a reader had been told his taste in music was bad for him spiritually. What did I think? I told him to listen to whatever music he liked. I do however agree that our taste in music says something about who we are. My taste for classic 80’s [...]

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The origin of evil – the great mystery

I asked you, my readers, yesterday why some people insist that the universe is morally neutral. The question means in normal words: why do people believe that evil is as inherent in the universe as good is? I let my own thoughts on the matter be for the moment, but this post may just be [...]

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Is the universe morally neutral?

I came across this idea today on some online forum. Now I’m not surprised that some people would think the universe is morally neutral. After all for people who don’t believe in a soul, or a God – nor any kind of spirituality, it would naturally follow that the universe IS in fact morally neutral. [...]

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Clairvoyance … illusion or reality?

Theosophists have been talking about clairvoyance from day one. The subject is very wide, as the word ‘clairvoyance’ is very vague. I’m afraid this post is just as rambling as some clairvoyants… The main issue for me is not whether clairvoyants exist. I think they do. The issue is also not about what types of [...]

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Activity & passivity – the value of 'meditation'

I have long thought the reason Blavatsky did not (publicly) advise people to meditate was demographic: her audience was mainly the ‘leasurely class’. That is: people whose main occupation in life was going to each other’s teas, dressing up, reading, playing music etc. Some of those people used their energies for good – but the [...]

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