SFTS Lodge Friday Night, 2-26-10

SFTS Lodge Friday Night Conversation 2-26-10

(Based on the Minutes of the 2-26-10 SFTS Lodge Friday Night Meeting)

Mary Kamadulski read and expanded upon some inspiring passages from the Introduction to the Science of Peace by Annie Besant …

The Self, the No-Self, the Relation between them — this is the Triplicity of the Divine. There is no reality to be found, save in the profoundest depths of consciousness, there alone is the Real, there alone is the Eternal, and for him who knows the Eternal, and abides therein, only for him, is there peace.

We have will. And our desires can lead us whither? “As a thing is viewed, so it appears.” There is a thought process going on, but we’re really trying to get to consciousness, prajna-paramita. Mary wants to dwell in that place. We are all teachers for each other. Facing death is a healthy exercise. How better to live your life?

A lively discussion followed.

Annie Besant in 1897

3-5-10 Wisdom, Knowledge & Belief
(Richard Brooks, TSA Video Presentation)

3-12-2010 A Rumi With A View
W. Blake Derby in Concert

3-19-2010  No Religion Higher Than Truth
David Thompson

3-26-2010  Robert Bowen’s How to Study Theosophy

POETRY: The SFTS Lodge’s Poetry Gathering is an informal, monthly group meeting from 6 pm to 7 pm.  There is no Gathering in March, the next one will be held on 4-9-10  Bring your poetry and your  voice .

LENTEN MEDITATION: The Lodge’s ongoing Lenten practice will continue this year, starting Ash Wednesday, 2-17-10 through Good Friday, 4-2-10. We will be reading aloud the Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation on Ash Wednesday at 6:30 am, and then subsequently on Fridays only at 6:30 a.m. up to and through Good Friday. We will be reading aloud the Diamond Sutra on Friday evenings, at 6:30 p.m., up to and through Good Friday, 4-02-10.
We invite you to join us for this deep meditative experience, and encourage you to read these powerful Sutras aloud in your own space during the other days of the week throughout the Lenten season.