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Katinka Hesselink - All Considering
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October 31st, 2008
There is a lot of talk about intentions these days. ‘Intenders of the highest good’ and similar phrases. I’m not much of a fan of such talk. It’s much easier to ‘intend’ something, than it is to actually do it. The master says:
Put without delay your good intentions into practice, never leaving a single one [...]
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Katinka Hesselink - All Considering
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October 29th, 2008
My understanding of karma comes back to habits. Habits of the mind, habits of the heart, habits of the word and habits of action.
We know that all thought strengthens certain pathways in the brain. From a theosophical, Buddhist and Hindu perspective these thoughts aren’t just strengthened in the brain, but in a more lasting way [...]
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October 28th, 2008
The doctrine of karma is not as easy as ‘do good and you will receive good’. But it also doesn’t mean ‘think good thoughts and your will get a good life’. The truth is - it means both and neither. I’ll illustrate with the help of some quotes from the Buddha:
349. For a person tormented [...]
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October 27th, 2008
Gossip has a bad name, but we all do it.
I mean really - when an authority figure messes up regularly, people will talk. I have done that, I expect I will do that in future. It may be annoying to that authority figure, but what they do and say has tremendous impact on other people’s [...]
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October 24th, 2008
Today I want to share with you all one of the classics of theosophy, a letter published as ‘written by a master of wisdom’. It’s called ‘Some words on daily life‘ and starts out:
It is divine philosophy alone, the spiritual and psychic blending of man with nature, which, by revealing the fundamental truths that lie [...]
