The third Avowed Object, of course, is to “investigate the unexplained laws of Nature and the powers latent” in sentient beings. (We are very happy that our Lodge has been fortunate to have members whose backgrounds and expertise have kept us true to this Object as well as the other two.)

In a wonderful report on his attendance at this year’s Toward a Science of Consciousness 2010 in Tuscon, Arizona, Professor Jeff Curtis highlighted some recent developments in the exploration of consciousness, touching on aspects of Iyengar Yoga, Artificial Intelligence, Near Death Studies, and more!

Click on the link below to listen to an audio recording of Jeff’s report; it is less than an hour in length, and well worth your time.

Jeff Curtis Reports on Tuscon 2010 Consciousness Conference

5-7-2010 White Lotus Day
Join us for our celebration of the Life and Work of H.P. Blavatsky

5-14-2010 If You Have No Judgment, There’s Nothing You Need to Fix
Marian Shirin

5-21-2010 Conversations in Theosophy: Current Views on Karma

5-28-2010 NO MEETING — LODGE CLOSED — IN HONOR OF MEMORIAL DAY!

POETRY: The SFTS Lodge’s Poetry Gathering is an informal, monthly group meeting from 6 pm to 7 pm. The May event will be held on 5-14-10. Here are the dates for the rest of the year: 6/11, 7/2, 8/13, 9/10, 10/8, 11/5 and 12/10. Bring your poetry and your voice.

Taungpulu Sayadaw

Taungpulu Sayadaw on “What Makes Meditation?” (Translated by Rina Sircar

(Excerpted from Blooming in the Desert, Favorite Teachings of the Wildflower Monk Taungpulu Sayadaw, Edited by Anne Teich, North Atlantic Books, 1996)

“When you know that you are having greed, you are no longer in ignorance, but possess knowledge.
If you know that you are angry, and have hatred, you are no longer in ignorance but possess knowledge.
When you know that you are having ignorance, that knowing becomes knowledge and it is meditation.
Even if you become aware of the feeling, ‘I don’t want to meditate,’ that means that you have the insight that you don’t want to meditate. Since you know that you do not want to meditate, that knowing becomes the meditation — the mindfulness and awareness that you know what you don’t want to do.”

4-2-10 Ramana Maharshi
(Video Presentation)

4-9-2010 P.G. Bowen’s Sayings of the Ancient One & The Occult Way

4-16-2010 Kabir
Chris Black

4-23-2010 Conversations in Theosophy

4-30-2010 Consciousness News from the Tucson Conference of 2010
Jeff Curtis

POETRY: The SFTS Lodge’s Poetry Gathering is an informal, monthly group meeting from 6 pm to 7 pm. The April event will be held on 4-9-10. Here are the dates for the rest of the year: 5/14. 6/11, 7/2, 8/13, 9/10, 10/8, 11/5 and 12/10. Bring your poetry and your voice.