Recent content by Aerist

Well, I'm no Hebrew scholar, more of a chaver :), but am reminded of blood brothers, which bridges the gap there, perhaps, etymologically. I suspect, though, that it wouldn't be Kosher! Google Gemini got a bit shirty when I asked if it had ever heard of such a thing. Another possibility might be...

🤣

In our past lives we have all been sinners, would-be saints, and everything in between. We've all perpetrated, and been the victim, of every kind of religious fervour and extremism, under whatever philosophies were in vogue at the time. The sum of these past lives is creating who we are in the...

I was taught that the Devil card in the Tarot represents an archetype which is designed to take man as low as he needs to go before he finds his own foundation, before he turns away in self-disgust from what he's doing and says "enough." My own view is that man's future on the earth will be...

I was surprised that you don't believe in Karma, or past and future lives. So I read back and discovered your adherence to Advaita, which made sense. I like Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's saying that "we aren't humans having spiritual experiences, we're spirit having human experiences" which...

I hope this won't be long, or boring. I was born in London in the early 1950s, and adopted shortly after by a religious family. When I came across the teaching that we choose our parents, that amused me. I had an on and off relationship with religion until I was around 15, when I followed Woody...

Like many of you, I suspect, I have been mulling over the purpose of terrorism in the process of reality and evolution. The best I have, is that the purpose of the terrorist is to inspire hatred. Once a person allows themselves to hate, they are blocked from spiritual development - the aim of...

I am hardly what you would call an active member, so perhaps I can speak from both sides of the fence, as it were. I was recommended to this site by Corvus (DCVision), who back in the day published some of his writings here, on a seperate forum that was created for him. No idea where they went...

I think Theosophists have a lot to recommend them - I attend most of the local meetings and have given occasional talks when asked. However the society has been plagued with schisms and other issues right from its foundation by HPB. Those interested in the alternative view of an initiate...

Blessed Be.

I think gratitude works well as a non-denominational prayer, so perhaps we could have: I'm grateful for the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, for The courage to change the things I can, And for the wisdom to know the difference. On the other hand that prayer is a bit suspect...

I like the Theosophists was of answering this question, giving three activities which together and separately, help rapid spiritual unfoldment. 1. Meditation or focused prayer. (to train and transform the mind) 2. Work without attachment to results (Charity or similar work, to work off...

+1 ................................

Think Astrology. I think it is more or less doctrine that the 12 tribes were astrological houses, in the Kabbalah.

I so wish that were true.