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Do
you ever ask yourself ... Who am I? Why am I here? Where am
I going?
You are part of the One Existence which men call God, You
are divine in your origin and divine in your innermost nature,
Your body is mortal; your spirit, which is your true Self,
is immortal; your soul, which is the self which thinks and
feels and regards itself as 'I', may win its immortality if
it becomes the servant of spirit, and not otherwise.
You are here in order to discover what you really are, and
to bring into activity all the powers that lie sleeping within
you. Since you are, in your true nature, a part of the divine
life, you have within yourself all the attributes of divinity:
infinite love, infinite wisdom, infinite power. Humanity is
still very young, and most of us have hardly begun the immense
task of Self-discovery. But we are here to do this very, thing,
and we have all the time we need to do it.
You are going in the direction you have chosen, either drifting
through life, at the mercy of events and of your own passing
whims and moods, or taking adult responsibility for the whole
of yourself, your character, your actions and your future.
The full stature of manhood is the perfect expression of divinity
in a human personality. You are choosing, at every moment,
either to waste your opportunities and deny your true Self,
or to accept your destiny and move consciously towards the
goal of Self-realisation.
Theosophy is a word of Greek origin (theos, god, and sophia,
wisdom) meaning Divine Wisdom. The word Theosophy has been
in use for many centuries; the Divine Wisdom has existed from
the beginning of time.
Theosophy has been defined many times. But Divine Wisdom cannot
be enclosed within words. All statements about Theosophy are
partial and tentative. Divine Wisdom, which is Truth, must
be discovered in experience by each one for himself.
Theosophy stands for the knowledge of Truth. The theosophical
tradition affirms that man, by exploring the deeps of his
own nature, can come to the experience of Truth. This experience
is Theosophy, the Divine Wisdom, the knowledge of ultimate
Reality.
Theosophy stands also for the principles of existence. The
theosophical tradition affirms that all life is one life;
that law pervades the universe; that an evolutionary process
is everywhere at work. In the sphere of human life, these
principles are expressed as the brotherhood or all mankind;
the unfolding of possibilities through reincarnation under
the law of karma; and human perfectibility and self-transcendence.
Theosophy is the light that shines through the many-coloured
lamps of religion. It is the thread of truth in scriptures,
creeds, symbols, myths and rituals. The Divine Wisdom is one,
the paths towards it are many.
The study of Theosophy will lead you to a fuller understanding
of yourself and your true purpose in life, and will help you
to UNFOLD AND BECOME WHAT YOU ARE.
- Blavatsky
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