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Is the world objectively neutral?

From twitter: Paramhansa Yogananda “Objective conditions are always neutral. It is how you react to them that makes them appear sad or happy.” Right. Not. I doubt someone who is dying of hunger, because of rising food prices in Africa, feels that objective conditions are neutral. It’s of course true that life is what we [...]

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Moral lessons from the economic crisis & some political critique

I don’t usually start my blogposts with video, but William K. Black seems to me right on the money about a number of issues: capitalism, regulation, the economy and how the world should move forward. The reason I’m posting it here is mostly because of the end of it. He talks there about what can [...]

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What Our Economic Woes Can Teach Us

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last six months, you know that our current economic crisis has been going from bad to worse, with no respite on the horizon in the near future.

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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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Group Karma and the Economic Crunch

The concept of group karma was introduced into theosophical literature when an Anglican Priest (C.W. Leadbeater) was asked to go to India to support Blavatsky when she was under attack from missionaries there. The main issue then was perception. It was good for the public perception of Blavatsky to be supported by a minister. Recent [...]

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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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Following the news & spirituality

I asked for subjects for this blog on twitter the other day and Hilary Barrett said: how do you keep up a positive attitude watching the news these days? Of course the assumption is that to have a positive attitude is a prerequisite to being spiritual. I think people as wide apart as Gautama Buddha [...]

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