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THE LIGHT BEARER
SUMMER - 2014
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Satyat Nasti Paro DharmaThere is no Religion Higher than Truth
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the Logo is the Egyptian cross, or Ankh, whispering

of the breath of life. It is the resurrection of the Spirit.
Volume 20.7
Any and all opinions, ideas, and concepts expressed in this
magazine are strictly those of the authors. If I have put in something
of yours for which I did not give credit, please let me know that I might
do so. May every Theosophical Student find inner wholeness.
Theosophy is not a religion, nor a philosophy, but

Divine Wisdom . Our Seal has 7 elements which
represent the spiritual unity of all life. Om, at the
top, is a word which creates, sustains, and
transforms. Remember this as you use it in your
meditations. Very ancient is the whirling cross or
Swastika within the circle below the Om.
(Swastika is a compound of SUa particle meaning
auspicious, blessed, virtuous, beautiful and
rightly; and astika derived from the verb-root AS
to be; hence that which is blessed and excellent.Swa is ones Self.) Inside the whirling energy of
the Swastika, all is the stillness we hope to find
within our meditations. Our serpent swallows its tail
to the right, representing constant new beginnings.
With each pattern of habits we overcome, we do
likewise. All things are made new. Triangles
represent the Trinity; be they Will, Wisdom and
Activity; Father, Holy Spirit and Son; Shiva, Vishnu
and Brahma or some other completion. When the
downward dark triangle represents descent into
matter, the upward white triangle holds the journey
of the Spirit. Note the 12 sides. Mathematics is one
key to understanding the written word. Central inside
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Compiler-Margaret Mason
Johnson
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How the Universe is

Manifested H.P.B.
Congratulations Tim Boyd!
Tim
The Question Helen

Pearl (poem)
Canada Canada S.E. Price
Conversations with Radha
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Burnier Pedro Olivira
Transmitting Compassion
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- Krishnamurti
Yogi
Yogi Maharishis Timely Quote
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Why?
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Stand in your Truth. Allow others to

stand in theirs.
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Editorial Notes from M. MasonJohnson; Compiler

Nothing is higher than the Truth.
But what is Truth? In my reality,
truth is always changing. How can it
be anything else when all life is
movement?
So I asked my Higher Self. What is
truth?
The answer seems to be that Truth is
the essence of all things. Then what is
the essence, I ask my Self? The reply
is unmistakable. The essence of all
things is Love.
Our beloved H.P.B. speaks of the
importance of learning the laws of
the universe. Many clues are given.
We have much to think about.
To understand the universe, we must
understand ourselves first and I
know, as I work at uncovering very
prickly and hard to endure emotions;
at their bottom I always find love.
Helen Pearls poem is on finding
answers through the right question
to ask. She also sent a fun poem
using Dandelions as a metaphor for
aging with humility.
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Deep and moving is Suzanne Prices

poem, Canada. Loving the Natives
as we do, and not wanting our
government to further bad karma to
Canada, I hope that everyone will
send loving thoughts and prayers
their way.
Many thanks to Naftaly Ramrajkar
for e-mailing Conversations with
Radha Burnier by PEDRO OLIVIRA.
You will notice that Radha is called
Radhaji. Krishnamurti is Krishnaji.
I asked for guidance on what to put
into this magazine and thereafter I
found on the internet a quote on
Transmitting
Compassion
by
Krishnamurti and Yogi Maharishi
Maheshs Timely Quote from 1979.
May each of us find some time to send
loving thoughts of harmony, light and
happiness to all.
May learned
wisdom lead to inner happiness,
awareness, and wholeness. May we
all have a good summer.
Ho'oponopono Prayer:
I am sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you. I
love you.
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Boyd served for several years as

president of the *TOS in America. For 25
years he worked with a group helping
troubled youth in the Chicago area. More
recently, Tims involvement with the
TOS* and the Chushul orphanage in
Tibet led to an audience with the Dalai
Lama which resulted in the TS in America
http://www.tswiki.net/mywiki/index.php?title=Tim_Boyd
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congratulate
our
new
international
2011 for a two day event attended by tenthousand people. The event raised more
than $400,000, all of which was donated
President, Tim Boyd.

Theosophys
sponsoring his visit to Chicago in July of
new
international
President, Tim Boyd, has been given
to educational projects aiding Tibetan

communities worldwide."
much love to share. In her T0S* news

update, Lorraine Anderson informs us:
*TOS is an international Theosophical Organization

created to do good works in the world.
No stranger to the work of the
to join, write Lorraine Christensen : henning@shaw.ca
Theosophical Order of Service, Tim
If you would like
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How the Universal Mind is Manifested

Vol 10, Stanza 1, sloka 3; p.317-319 of Blavatsky
Sloka (3). . . . .UNIVERSAL MIND

WAS NOT, FOR THERE WERE NO
AH-HI
(celestial
beings)
TO
CONTAIN (hence to manifest) IT.
Q. This sloka seems to imply that
the Universal Mind has no existence
apart from the Ah-hi; but in the
Commentary it is stated that:
A noumenon can become a
phenomenon on any plane of existence
only by manifesting on that plane
through an appropriate basis or vehicle;
and during the long night of rest called
Pralaya, when all the existences are
dissolved, the UNIVERSAL MIND
remains as a permanent possibility of
mental action, or as that abstract
absolute thought, of which mind is the
concrete relative manifestation. The
AH-HI (Dhyan-Chohans) are the
collective hosts of spiritual beings who
are the vehicles for the manifestation of
the divine or universal thought and will.
They are the Intelligent Forces that give
to and enact in Nature her Laws,
while themselves acting according to
laws imposed upon them in a similar
manner by still higher Powers; . . . . . .
This hierarchy of spiritual Beings,
through which the Universal Mind
comes into action, is like an armya
Host, truly. . . . . . .*
The Commentary suggests that the
Ah-hi are not themselves the Universal
Mind, but only the vehicle for its
manifestation.
A. The meaning of this sloka is, I
think, very clear; it means that, as there
are no finite differentiated minds during
Collected Writings
Pralaya, it is just as though there were

no mind at all, because there is nothing
to contain or perceive it. There is
nothing to receive and reflect the
ideation of the Absolute Mind;
therefore, it is not. Everything outside
of the Absolute and immutable Sat (Beness), is necessarily finite and
conditioned, since it has beginning and
end. Therefore, since the Ah-hi were
not, there was no Universal Mind as a
manifestation. A distinction had to be
made between the Absolute Mind,
which is ever present, and its reflection
and manifestation in the Ah-hi, who,
being on the highest plane, reflect the
universal mind collectively at the first
flutter of Manvantara. After which they
begin the work of evolution of all the
lower forces throughout the seven
planes, down to the lowestour own.
The Ah-hi are the primordial seven
rays, or Logoi, emanated from the first
Logos, triple, yet one in its essence.
Q. Then the Ah-hi and Universal
Mind are necessary complements of
one another?
A. Not at all: Universal or Absolute
Mind always is during Pralaya as well
as Manvantara; it is immutable. The
Ah-hi are the highest Dhyanis, the
Logoi as just
said, those who begin the downward
evolution, or emanation. During
Pralaya there are no Ah-hi, because
they come into being only with the first
radiation of the Universal Mind, which,
per se, cannot be differentiated, and the
radiation from which is the first dawn
of Manvantara. The Absolute is
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dormant, latent mind, and cannot be

otherwise in true metaphysical
perception; it is only Its shadow which
becomes
differentiated
in
the
collectivity of these Dhyanis.
Universal Mind was not, because

there was no vehicle to contain it.
Q. Does this mean that it was

absolute consciousness, but is so no
longer?
A. They cannot be called powers;

power or perhaps Potentiality would be
better. The Ah-hi are conditioned by the
awakening into manifestation of the
periodical, universal LAW, which
becomes successively active and
inactive. It is by this law that they are
conditioned or formed, not created.
Created is an impossible term to use
in Philosophy.
Q. What are the higher powers

which condition the Ah-hi?
A. It is absolute consciousness
eternally,
which
consciousness
becomes
relative
consciousness
periodically, at every Manvantaric
dawn. Let us picture to ourselves this
latent or potential consciousness as a
kind of vacuum in a vessel. Break the
vessel, and what becomes of the
vacuum; where shall we look for it? It
has disappeared; it is everywhere and
nowhere. It is something, yet nothing: a
vacuum, yet a plenum. But what in
reality is a vacuum as understood by
Modern Sciencea homogeneous
something, or what? Is not absolute
Vacuum a figment of our fancy? A pure
negation, a supposed Space where
nothing exists? This being so, destroy
the vessel, andto our perceptions at
any ratenothing exists. Therefore, the
Stanza puts it very correctly;
Q. Then the power or Potentiality

which precedes and is higher than the
Ah-hi, is the law which necessitates
manifestation?
A.
Just
so;
periodical
manifestation. When the hour
strikes, the law comes into action,
and the Ah-hi appear on the first
rung
of
the
ladder
of
manifestation. Meeting held at 17,
Lansdowne Road, London, W., on
January 17th, 1889, Mr. T.B.
Harbottle in the Chair.- H.P.B.
* The Secret Doctrine, Vol. I, p. 38.
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The Question
In the liquid harmony of light,

I seek the befitting question.
This must be asked
in order to unleash it's answer
held deep in paradox.
In wholeness.
Fresh dialogue, allowed,
erupts in flow of extending
queries, each to produce
their significant replies.
Fresh dialogue accepts
the new. That must
breakthrough to
my reflection's query.
Where question meets
resolution, time stands still.
Helen Pearl
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CANADA
This strong and bountiful land
So wide in Breadth
So deep in depth
Compassed by 3 Great Waters
North, East and West
Oh Splendid Mother
Breasts ripe and full of generosity
To Earths Wanderers!
OH Indian Brothers
How you loved her
Passing round her Boundaries
With Sacred Words
And held her in Esteem
Lived and died in dignity
Upon her fair body
Your Seasons were filled with Songs and Rites of recognition
For Her great Wonders
Medicine Men and Women
Kept links with the Sacred Currents,
Their hearts touching the pulse
Of Natures Hidden Meaning
Close to Her Heart you lived
Embraced by Her
But then a Great Cycle ended,
Your Peace and harmony disturbed
By Brash new Foreigners
Some came, to take with Greed and War.
Some came with Hopes of a brighter day.
Some came lashed by incessant oppression
Of their personal beliefs
Some came so starved and desperate
Close to the edge of Death
Their lands blighted and empty of succour
Political refugees, hounded by cruel rulers
Anxious to abide in this peaceful land of plenty
Since 500 yrs. They came
Sometimes in small bands
Other times in great waves
Like the Ocean in Storm Season.
S.E. Price
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Conversations with
Mrs Radha Burnier

PEDRO OLIVIRA
FROM 1983 until shortly before her passing day
I had the great privilege of holding
conversations with Radha Burnier, the
President of the Theosophical Society. Most of
these conversations took place at Adyar, the
International Head quarters of the Society,
between 1992 and 1996 when I served as
international Secretary of the TS. Others took
place between 2001 until the present time.
Soon after Radha Burnier was elected President
of the TS, in June 1980, I started translating her
articles in The Theosophist, beginning with her
Inaugural Address which was published in the
August 1980 issue of the magazine. This work
continued for almost five years and each article,
including her 'On the Watch-Tower' notes were
published in the Brazilian Section magazine 0
Teosofista. Later on, a compilation of her
articles was published under the title Sociedade
Teosofica Hoje (The Theosophical Society
Today). As a young Theosophist I met Eunice

and Felix Layton in Rio de Janeiro in July 1981
and told Felix of my work of translating the
President's articles. He said: 'That is the best
way to come to know a person's mind.'
In April 1983, the President visited my home
town of Porto Alegre, in the south of Brazil.
During the lunch in the house of her hostess I
asked her the following question: 'In The Key to
Theosophy HPB mentions a new torchbearer
who would come in the twentieth century? What
is your view about such a statement?' She
replied: 'In my opinion the new torch-bearer is
Krishnaji. I know that some members do not
agree with it, but that is my opinion.' During this
visit she gave a public lecture for more than 400
people at an educational institution in the city
besides addressing TS members.
In August 1987 she again visited Porto Alegre
and delivered a public lecture at the Auditorium
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of the State Legislative Assembly which was

packed to capacity. I mentioned to her that I had
recently read in a theosophical magazine that
she had been offered the position of President
Emeritus of the International Centre at Naarden,
The Netherlands. Her reply was quite firm: 'I
have informed them that I will not lend my name
to a nominal fonction. If they want the Centre to
have a real connection to Adyar they should
agree that the President of the TS should also
be the President of the Centre.' In 1988, at a
meeting at Naarden, the Presidency of the
Centre was formally offered to Mrs. Radha
Burnier as President of the TS, thus
consolidating the link between the Centre and
Adyar.
In October 1989, I attended the School of the
Wisdom at Adyar, with Rohit Mehta as Director.
I had some brief meetings with the President at
her office and she invited me to be one of the
speakers at a Convention symposium on N. Sri
Ram, as December 1989 marked the centenary
of his birth. The symposium was chaired by Mr
Achyut Patwardhan.
In July 1990 I attended the 'Human
Regeneration' seminars at Naarden. They
attracted people from different countries and
generated great interest. While there she
mentioned that there was need for more
international speakers in the TS and said that
perhaps I could help in this work. When I
mentioned that I was still struggling with my
spoken English she said that I could be
understood while speaking in English and that
that was sufficient for the time being. She said
she would arrange for me to give some talks in
Europe next year on my way to Adyar.
In November 1991 I visited England, Spain,
Portugal, where I gave talks, and the Naarden
Centre in Holland, where I participated in a
dialogue. When I arrived at Adyar in December
1991 for the HPB Centenary Convention, the
President said she would like to talk to me after
the Convention. On 6 January 1992 I went to her

house and we sat on the verandah overlooking
the sea. She said: 'I think that people of your age
should come to Adyar and stay for two years or
so. Here they could learn about the significance
of Adyar to the work of the TS, the work Annie
Besant did for this Centre and also learn about
the deeper work of Society. I would like you to
come and work as the Secretary of the Society
for two years. After that you can work
anywhere.' I said: `Don't you think I am too
young for this position?' She said: 'You are
young but not too young.'
I arrived at Adyar on 26 March 1992 and went
to see the President the next day in her office.
She said: 'I am about to send out the notice of
your appointment [as international Secretary] to
all departments. But before I do that there is
something I need to tell you. You are going to
serve as Secretary of the Society while you are
still young. Some people may start to flatter you,
saying that you give good talks, etc. Remember
this: no matter what other people say you are
what you are. If we are honest with ourselves
we will see that there are many impurities within
that need to be dealt with.' Her words had an
impact on me and I still remember the
earnestness in her eyes when she spoke them
to me. To put it simply, this was one of the most
important pieces of advice I have received in
this life.
Between March 1992 and October 1996, when
I left Adyar, I used to meet her regularly in her
office. She made it clear to me that I should
consult with her on matters of importance. I
therefore went to her office several times each
week to show her some correspondence and
obtain her advice on certain difficult matters
before I could address them. But one of the most
valuable aspects of my regular visits to the
President's Office was not only her advice on
administrative
matters
but
also
the
conversations I had with her on a number of
subjects, ranging from Adyar, Annie Besant, N.
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Sri Ram, to the essential work of the TS and to

Krishnaji and her contact with him. Below I try to
convey some of the conversations I had with the
President during one of the most significant
periods in my life.
John Coats, the sixth President of the TS, died
on 26 December 1979. As determined by the
Rules of the TS an international election took
place in which Rukmini Devi Arundale and
Radha Burnier were the only candidates. Mrs.
Bumier was declared elected in June 1980 and
assumed office on 17 July 1980. When the
results were declared Mrs. Burnier was in
Switzerland and on being informed about them
she decided to go to Saanen to see Krishnaji.
Sunanda Patwardhan who, along with others,
was with Krishnaji at that time said that he was
jubilant at the news. He said to Mrs Burnier,
`Radhaji, now you are the President and I am
the Vice-President', to the smiles of those
present. He had said that if Radhaji was elected
President of the TS he would visit Adyar again,
after an interval of forty-seven years! In October
1980 he was welcomed by the President, the
Vice-President and many workers of the TS at
the main gate of the compound. From there he
walked, at a vigorous pace, through the
compound up to Parsi Quarters, the President's
residence.
Later on Krishnaji expressed the opinion to
Radhaji that the ES should be closed down. She
mentioned to him: `Why should the ES be
closed down? It is not telling its members about
their occult status, probation, Initiation and so
on, repeating what happened in the 1920s and
after. The ES is solely imparting teaching to its
members on the nature and qualifications for the
spiritual Path.' Radhaji mentioned that after
hearing her views Krishnaji dropped the subject.
While walking along with her and with others,
Krishnaji said to her on seeing the Garden of
Remembrance: 'Something is not right.' He then
asked her what kind of ceremonies were being
held at Adyar and she told him that only the
usual ones were being performed like Masonic

rituals, the Ritual of the Mystic Star, ES
meetings, etc. He said: 'It is none of these.' He
then asked her: 'Has anything been changed
here?' Radhaji then told him that during John
Coats' administration many changes had been
made including the two pillars which were
shifted from their original location near the sixpointed star to the entrance. 'That's it!', he said,
'there were magnetized jewels under them.
They should not have been moved.' After an
absence of forty-seven years from Adyar he was
aware of a change that had taken place without
his knowledge.
After she offered him some orange juice and
they talked for a while in her house, Krishnaji left
in the car with Radhaji accompanying him.
When the car was about to reach the main gate
he asked her: `What are you going to do now?'
Radhaji said: 'I will walk back', to which Krishnaji
said: 'No, we will drive you back.' When the car
started off from the main gate area Krishnaji
asked her: `Radhaji, do you believe in the
Masters?' Radhaji replied: `Yes.' Krishnaji said,
with emphasis: `What do you mean by saying
'yes'? Do you know that Annie Besant's life was
entirely different because of it?' There was
silence for some time after which Krishnaji again
asked: 'So Radhaji, do you believe in the
Masters?' Radhaji replied: 'Yes, Krishnaji, I do
believe in the Masters.' `Good', he said.
One morning, after transacting administrative
business, the President mentioned to me:
'Annie Besant once told my father that there is a
hand behind the TS, protecting it. This hand is
still here and in the future, if the TS deserves it,
this hand will still be there.' The certainty in her
eyes made me feel that she was talking about
something that she knew, and not merely
quoting someone else's opinion.
On another occasion she mentioned that when
she and Krishnaji were walking on the Adyar
beach she noticed two boys from a kuppam (a
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village) nearby approaching them. She thought

to herself: 'I will not allow these boys to touch
Krishnaji as they are probably dirty.' When the
boys reached them Krishnaji embraced both of
them with affection. The President told me that
in his gesture Krishnaji was silently teaching her
to drop pre-conceived ideas.
She also mentioned that there was a kind of a
myth that Krishnaji did not like obese people,
possibly because of their magnetism. A lunch
had been arranged at Parsi Quarters where she
stayed for a few guests, amongst who was a
weight-challenged lady. The organizers made
sure that the lady in question would sit as far
away from Krishnaji as possible. The table had
been set, the guests had arrived and all were
waiting for Krishnaji. When he did he greeted
the guests and proceeded to sit just by the side
of the lady in question, giving her his utmost
attention during the whole time the dinner
lasted. Radhaji mentioned to me that Krishnaji
must have been aware of what was going on
although nothing had been mentioned to him.
She also felt that by sitting near the said lady he
was teaching all concerned about not having
prejudiced ideas of any kind.
Once at Adyar we were having lunch at Mr
Ranjit Tolani's house. Several TS members
were present. Eventually the conversation
moved to an incident involving Krishnaji.
Radhaji told us then that she wished she had
asked Krishnaji many more questions as she felt
he knew so much. But there was one question
in particular that she wanted to ask him. She
said: 'Sir, in your talks and in your books you
have sometimes said that the Masters are not
important and that they may not even exist.
However, we have documents and letters
signed by you when you were younger attesting
to the effect that you saw them. What do you
have to say about this?' She clarified that she
was talking about the two Masters involved in
the formation of the TS, M. and KH She said
Krishnaji was silent for some time and the only
thing he said was: 'They were two of many

people.'
Years later, when a group of Trustees of the
Krishnamurti Foundation India were in Calcutta,
they had left except for Mr Achyut Patwardhan.
He told Radhaji: `I am going ahead to see that
all the arrangements for Krishnaji's talk today
are in place. Please bring him to the venue at
the appointed time.' When the time had come
Radhaji went upstairs and knocked on
Krishnaji's room. There was no answer. She
then decided to wait for some more minutes and
then to knock again. When she did, there was
still no answer, which caused her to knock
harder. The door then opened and when she
looked at Krishnaji she realized that he was not
in this world. His eyes were full of light. He then
asked her to hold his hand and he kept holding
her hand in the car and all the way to the venue.
His talk was an outstanding one which brought
inspiration to all who attended it.
Once at her house at Adyar, Tarsi Quarters', she
mentioned to me her understanding of who
Krishnaji was. `There was Krishnamurti the
man', she said, 'far advanced on the Path and
very sensitive. Then there was K., whose
consciousness was open to that other
consciousness, the Maitreya consciousness if
you will. One could clearly see when that other
consciousness would take over, during his talks,
for example, but also at some other moments in
his life. It was a great privilege for the Society to
have introduced him to the world.'
After I left Adyar, in September 2011, I kept in
touch with Radhaji by telephone. Though she
grew frailer as time passed, her commitment to
what the TS stands for was always clear,
evident and present. Her unique legacy of
wisdom and strong devotion to the
Theosophical Society's aims and purpose will
remain alive in the minds and hearts of
thousands of members who cherished her
selfless dedication to the Masters' work.
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Our inability to listen not only to what a person

says, but to what he or she is, to hear what a
tree communicates for the tree also
communicates is a great sadness of which
we are not aware. When we do not listen, there
is no relationship. But for a mind which
perceives and is receptive, there is a subtle form
of communication that is not dependent on
words or gestures. One may sit quietly under a

beautiful tree, or on the seashore, not speaking
a word to a companion, but there can be
communication. We receive a message about
his very being and therefore we are in mutual
relationship.
Listening,
communication,
relationship, all hinge together and form one
inner state without which life loses its richness.
-Radha Burnier By Pedro Olivira
Do not be as some builders who leave their work when the sunshine ceases and the cold winds blow
and the rain sweeps upon them and the thunder and the lightning play around them. Be not as some
builders who, seeing others run for shelter, hurry away with the crowd, leaving the building alone in
the storm. The true builder, intent upon the building, knows not when the sun shines, knows not
whether others are working by his side of he is alone. Come sunshine, come storm, he lays brick
upon brick. Called to the laying of bricks he lays them, be the weather foul or fair, be he alone or be
he among many. You have been called to help in the building. Build. - The Pilgrim. The
Theosophist, January, 1935.
(Picture by George Hodan freefoto.com/ jpeg. publicdomainpictures.net)
Old Age, with a Wink

A fluff of dandelion seedlings sent it's vortex into the unknown.
Old age, he grumbled, is for the birds.
Old age, she seeded, is to learn tolerance!
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J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
Transmitting Compassion
If I am concerned with compassion, with love,
with the real feeling of something sacred, then how
is that feeling to be transmitted? Please follow this.
If I transmit it through the microphone, through the
machinery of propaganda, and thereby convince
another, his heart will still be empty. The flame of
ideology will operate, and he will merely repeat, as
you are all repeating, that we must be kind, good,
free -all the nonsense that the politicians, the
socialists, and the rest of them talk. So, seeing that
any form of compulsion, however subtle, does not
bring this beauty, this flowering of goodness, of
compassion, what is the individual to do?
What is the relationship between the man
who has this sense of compassion, and the man
whose mind is entrenched in the collective, in the
relationship between these two, not theoretically, but

actually?
That which conforms can never flower in
goodness. There must be freedom, and freedom
comes only when you understand the whole problem
of envy, greed, ambition, and the desire for power. It
is freedom from those things that allows the
extraordinary thing called character to flower. Such
a man has compassion, he knows what it is to love not the man who merely repeats a lot of words about
morality.
So the flowering of goodness does not lie
within society, because society in itself is always
corrupt. Only the man who understands the whole
structure and process of society, and is freeing
himself from it, has character, and he alone can
flower in goodness.
J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life
http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/krishnamurti-teachings/view-daily-quote/Compassion
traditional? How are we to find the
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Why do we have a swastika on our Logo?

Have you ever wondered what a swastika is doing in
our Theosophical Logo? We are a group seeking
wholeness through wisdom. What have we to do with
the misused, degraded swastika of the inhumane
Holocaust? The following is what I have found in my
research.
An answer appears in W.Y Evans Wentzs edition of
The Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines. Swati in
Tibetan-Sanskrit means Let this book be auspicious.
Let this book be of good omen to all to whom it shall
come. (Page 251 footnote 6 and page 340. I like that.
A better answer comes from within glossary:
to be; hence that which is blessed and excellent. The

Swastika is a very archaic and sacred symbol which can
be found in the religious relics of every ancient nation,
for it depicts the whole story of the cosmos and man,
their contrasting dual aspects, the four directions of
space, the revolution of worlds, cyclic progression,
and the union of spirit and matter at the heart of
things. In H.P. Blavatskys words:
Within its mystical precincts lies the master-key
which opens the door of every science, physical
as well as spiritual. It symbolizes our human
Sanskrit Keys to the Wisdom-Religion, by
existence, for the circle of life circumscribes the
Judith Tyberg:
four points of the cross which represent in
A Swastika is a mystical cross with its arms bent at

right angles suggesting a whirling motion; also it is a
symbol of good fortune and blessing. (In Sanskrit,)
Swastika is a compound of SUa particle meaning
auspicious, blessed, virtuous, beautiful and
rightly; and astika derived from the verb-root AS
succession birth, life, death and immortality.

Secret Doctrine, ll, 5567
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Yogi Maharishi Maheshs Timely Quote
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi during a 1979 visit to the Maharishi University of Management campus in Fairfield
Iowa.
This is a very precious time for the world.

Everything depends on how our awareness is; just dont let it be shaken.
Our awareness is the basis of all these transformations.
More than ever before, time demands we remain completely ourselves.
It is a very tender, delicate time for uswe should not become angry,
indifferent, or sad; we should just be like an ocean. The evolutionary power is
waking up.
We shake it, then leave it; then after some time shake it again.
Each time a new level of purity, awakening is added. Maharishi
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National Library of Canada reference No. 723428. Canada Post

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the Logo is the Egyptian cross, or Ankh, whispering

Theosophy is not a religion, nor a philosophy, but

Copyright 2014 Canadian Theosophical

How the Universe is

The Question Helen

Stand in your Truth. Allow others to

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Editorial Notes from M. MasonJohnson; Compiler

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Deep and moving is Suzanne Prices

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Boyd served for several years as

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President, Tim Boyd.

sponsoring his visit to Chicago in July of

President, Tim Boyd, has been given

to educational projects aiding Tibetan

much love to share. In her T0S* news

*TOS is an international Theosophical Organization

No stranger to the work of the

to join, write Lorraine Christensen : henning@shaw.ca

Theosophical Order of Service, Tim

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If you would like

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How the Universal Mind is Manifested

Sloka (3). . . . .UNIVERSAL MIND

Pralaya, it is just as though there were

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dormant, latent mind, and cannot be

Universal Mind was not, because

Q. Does this mean that it was

A. They cannot be called powers;

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Mrs Radha Burnier

Today). As a young Theosophist I met Eunice

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of the State Legislative Assembly which was

the Convention. On 6 January 1992 I went to her

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Sri Ram, to the essential work of the TS and to

usual ones were being performed like Masonic

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village) nearby approaching them. She thought

thing he said was: 'They were two of many

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Our inability to listen not only to what a person

words or gestures. One may sit quietly under a

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Old Age, with a Wink

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