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Learning from contrasts or sticking to ONE spiritual path?

This post was sparked by a fellow theosophist who apparently hadn’t read the first lines of my review of Susan Blackmore’s Consciousness, an Introduction. He e-mailed me incensed at my reviewing so positively a lady who has decided that parapsychology is a foolish pursuit. To be fair: he turned around totally when I wrote something [...]

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When are you ready to be a 'spiritual teacher'?

Two people recently made the same remark to me. They both complained that they weren’t getting through to people. That they were getting negative responses to their spiritual path. They were rubbing people the wrong way. I told one that I felt that if she found she wasn’t reaching people, she wasn’t ready to be [...]

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Can spirituality be fun? about spiritual group work

When I read this blogpost ‘Is Spirituality Supposed to Be Fun?’ I thought: great question. Spiritual world answers the question by listing some ways in which thinking about fun can be part of your spiritual path. Though that can be a useful exercise, I am more interested in another variation on the question: CAN spirituality [...]

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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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Messengers of the Masters or the Great White Brotherhood

An anonymous reader asks my opinion on the Trans-Himalayan teachings, as they’ve been called, going from H.P. Blavatsky to Mabel Collins Cook to the Temple of the People to Agni Yoga to Alice Bailey etc. First of all: Mabel Collins wrote during Blavatsky‘s life, so it isn’t so much that she replaced Blavatsky as that [...]

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Reiki and healing without money as a motive?

Rachel writes: I stumbled upon your site regarding the discussion of Reiki. I was drawn to Reiki after recently receiving a healing session from a Reiki Master and have since wished to learn Reiki so that I may help others, as well as myself. The Reiki Masters I have been able to locate all charge [...]

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Caring for beginners… a mistake?

My post about My disillusionment with Jiddu Krishnamurti has gotten quite a lot of comments. ‘Rinzai’ said the other day: Whether beginners are practicing virtues or not is their problem not yours. Believe in no teachers, trust your own logic, your own experiences, make your own mistakes, learn and grow. Have a courageous attitude and [...]

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On being authentic – spiritual fiction?

A few years ago I was asked, despite the fact that I make it very clear on my website that I am not a medium, to become a medium. For money. Now if I was willing to compromise my honesty, I might actually do a believable job at that. I have a decent amount of [...]

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On spiritual experiences – what are they worth?

In the theosophical lodge in The Hague yesterday, during a very interesting meeting, we were discussing what theosophists call ‘initiation’. Real initiation is a transformative experience, whereas initiation rituals are another thing altogether (though they may have a lasting psychological effect as well). These aren’t my definitions, but those of a lecturer we had heard [...]

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About spiritual donations and making a living

Spirituality and money – the sticky points The basics in the relationship between money and spirituality are clear I think: money isn’t a measure of spiritual health and each person needs to take responsibility for their own financial health. When it comes to combining making money and being a spiritual teacher harder questions need to [...]

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