Robert Crosbie (1849-1919) was a Canadian theosophist, initiate and philosopher, founder of the United Lodge of Theosophists (ULT).Among his most important works, we remember The Friendly Philosopher. Letters and Talks on Theosophy and the Theosophical Life; Answers to Questions on The Ocean of Theosophy; Notes on The Bhagavad-Gita, with William Quan Judge.The Crosbie’s article The Language of the Soul, which we propose to our readers today...

Robert Crosbie (1849-1919) was a Canadian theosophist, initiate and philosopher, founder of the United Lodge of Theosophists (ULT).Among his most important works, we remember The Friendly Philosopher. Letters and Talks on Theosophy and the Theosophical Life (The Theosophy Company, Los Angeles 1934); Answers to Questions on The Ocean of Theosophy (The Theosophy Company, Los Angeles 1933); Notes on The Bhagavad-Gita, with William Quan Judge (The Theosophy Co...

Robert Crosbie (1849-1919) was a Canadian theosophist, initiate and philosopher, founder of the United Lodge of Theosophists (ULT).Among his most important works, we remember The Friendly Philosopher. Letters and Talks on Theosophy and the Theosophical Life (The Theosophy Company, Los Angeles 1934); Answers to Questions on The Ocean of Theosophy (The Theosophy Company, Los Angeles 1933); Notes on The Bhagavad-Gita, with William Quan Judge (The Theosophy Co...

Robert Crosbie (1849-1919) was a Canadian theosophist, initiate and philosopher, founder of the United Lodge of Theosophists (ULT).Among his most important works, we remember The Friendly Philosopher. Letters and Talks on Theosophy and the Theosophical Life (The Theosophy Company, Los Angeles 1934); Answers to Questions on The Ocean of Theosophy (The Theosophy Company, Los Angeles 1933); Notes on The Bhagavad-Gita, with William Quan Judge (The Theosophy Co...

Knowledge plays an important role in making a human life happy and peaceful. In the absence of knowledge, the man would spend an unhappy life even if surrounded by all the pleasures of the world. “Hitāśikṣā-Chatrīśī” is a small but invaluable text which can spread the light of knowledge in anybody’s life. Since this is “Chatrīśī”, there are 36 stanzas in this creation. The first 18 verses have advice for men. The next 8 verses have advice for women and the last 10 verses have advice for bo...

She chose a noble young man for her husband. She knew he had only a year to live, but yet she married him. Even the God of Death bowed to her love and devotion, and restored her husband to life.

The purpose of 'Reflection' is a simple one: release - release from the confines and restraints that hold us all in check, release from tension and anxiety, release from dullness of mind and heaviness of heart. Divided into ten stages, 'Reflection' provides a step-by-step approach to discovering life's inherent beauty, simplicity and depth.

Gratitude is like a gate to a magnificent garden. It is like an arbor that has morning glories and beautiful flowers all over it. It is that beautiful idyllic sense, with blue birds chirping. And this is how gratitude looks in nature. As we approach the gate to the garden, we are totally filled. We need nothing else to bring us joy, just our gratitude for life and being. Gratitude, by Elizabeth Clare Prophet…opens the way for the beautiful sense of the Eternal in action.

The human being has always been anxious to know the meaning of life, to realize his true nature, to attain the ultimate possible fulfillment.These scribblings may perhaps trigger a process that might finally culminate, in what the human heart has always longed for – peace and harmony. The least they will do is help develop insights beyond ordinary perceptions. They could even be read just for entertainment or can simply be flipped through…Many have claimed that these mystic...

Compassion can be an instrument for profound healing—bringing one to a new sense of wholeness and understanding. We all make mistakes. Compassion recognizes suffering and moves heaven and earth to alleviate it. Measure all things by truth, honor and love— love as compassion that does not indulge another but holds on to that one and compels that one to realize selfhood and in so doing to have the rejoicing of an accomplishment all their own.

Let us try to identify the practitioner and the non-practitioner from within us! We love to call ourselves practitioners of meditation, and presume to live a spiritual life. What really makes you think you are a practitioner? Surely, exteriors or the outward appearance of a person may not be a proper yardstick. Then, on what basis do we recognize the meditating or non-meditating mind?

Kena Upanishad in English rhyme with original text from Sama Veda.Upanishads are prime portions of the Vedas, They are the foundational theological discourses of Hindu traditions called Vedanta or the conclusion of the Vedas.