- “How
free is our will”?
- "Will flows through us and from us, guided
by our directing intelligence. We can rise along the pathway of
our inmost self to the gods, or descend deeper into matter, because
'individual human beings always have their native free will unimpeded
and uncoerced. . . . Man always can change his own feelings, his
own thoughts, and necessarily, therefore, his own acts'."
- “The origin of
Christianity.”
"We would like to show that
Christianity was not new, but derived from what went before; that
its cardinal doctrines are held in common with older religions;
and that many of its rites and dogmas are adopted from what is called
pagan belief. All religions in their origin teach the divinity of
man; but this teaching is afterwards hustled out of sight, and in
its place we have a credal system supported by a hierarchy, by which
salvation is made conditional upon the acceptance of certain doctrines
and conformity to certain requirements."
-
“Am I my brothers
keeper”?
"Is it our duty to interfere if we see wrong
being done? Is duty the performance of acts which others
think I ought to perform? Or the performance of actions by me which
I know are good for others"?
- “Another chat
with god, 5000 years ago.”
The Anugita is an ancient Indian text dated more
than 5000 years ago, it recently has been, for the first time available
in the Dutch language, based on the English translating by K.T. Telang
(Wizards Bookshelf, San Diego CA). The Anugita is a continuation of
the discourse between Krishna and Arjuna in the Bhagavadgita in which
Krishna gives a broader unfolding of teachings with many mystical
allusions. The translator Mr. Jansma will give a lecture on this book.
- The doctrine of
cycles
Cycles are so common that we take them for granted
as much as we do the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the solid
earth under our feet. We cannot imagine what our world would be like
without the familiar repetition of light and darkness every twenty-four
hours, of the year's regular seasons -- these things that keep pace
with the planet's daily rotation and its yearly course around the
sun.
- Creating true peace
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