Friday Evening Program for January 2012

1-06-2012 Time — Mary Kamadulski

1-13-2012 Quantum Measurement and Ego Meat — Jeff Curtis

1-20-2012 Songs to Live By — Joe and Guin Miller [NOTE: 2012 marks the twentieth anniversary of the passing of Joe and Guin Miller; and consequently the twentieth year of the SFTS Lodge's ongoing commitment TRUTH and LOVE since their departure. This hour celebrating the Millers' music will be the first of numerous observances throughout the year. Join us.]

1-27-2012 TSA Video Presentation: Obligatory Pilgrimage — C.V. Maitreya [NOTE: The "obligatory pilgrimage" was a term used by H.P.B. in the S.D. proem. The speaker explores its meaning and implications.]

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Friday Evening Program for December 2011

12-02-2011 More Terma of You Tube: Carl Jung, Pema Chodon, Jane Goodall, the Original Gurdjieff Movements presented by Jeanne de Salzmann and more! (Richard Power) NOTE: “Terma” is a Tibetan word, signifying a “hidden treasure.” For example, a sutra or a statue or other relic or artifact “hidden away” to be found by future generations in a time of need, or ripeness.]

12-09-2011 Secret of Sion — J.R. Collier

12-16-2011 Lodge Holiday Celebration — Join us for the merriment!

12-23-2011 NO MEETING – CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS – JOYOUS SOLSTICE, CHRISTMAS, KWANZA, HANUKKAH!

12-30-2011 NO MEETING – CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS – JOYOUS GREGORIAN CALENDAR NEW YEAR’S!

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Friday Evening Program for November 2011

11-04-2011 Joe Miller on Tibetan Yoga & Secret Doctrine, Parts 2 and 3 of 10 (Audio Recording)

11-11-2011 Measurement, Meaning and Mind — Jeff Curtis

11-18-2011 Founder’s Day Celebration: Reflections on the Lives and Contributions of H.P. Blavatsky, Henry S. Olcott and William Q. Judge

11-25-2011 NO MEETING – CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY – JOYOUS THANKSGIVING!

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Friday Evening Program for October 2011

10-7-2011 More Terma of You Tube: Annie Besant, Steve Jobs, Wangari Maathai & Mahatma Gandhi

10-14-2011 Joy — Peggy Tahir

10-21-2011 Joe Miller on Tibetan Yoga & Secret Doctrine (Part 1 of 10)

10-28-2011 NO MEETING – CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY – HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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Friday Evening Program for September 2011

9-2-2011 NO MEETING — LODGE CLOSED: Happy Labor Day in the U.S.A.!

9-9-2011 Terma of You Tube (Continued): White Buffalo Calf Woman, Amma’s Kitchen, Thich Nhat Han on Anger, and More! — Richard Power

9-16-2011 Hermit Potion #9 — Mary Kamadulski

9-23-2011 Hafiz — Jan Black

9-30-2011 The Ego Tunnel — J.R. Collier

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Friday Evening Program for July 2011

7-1-2011 NO MEETING — LODGE CLOSED: Happy Independence Day in the U.S.A.!

7-8-2011 The Paradox of Practicing Peace: Integrating Philosophy, Religion, Poetry, Healthcare and Martial Arts — Jay Dizon

7-15-2011 Tao Te Ching – Comparative Study of Five More Sections in Nine Different Translations — Richard Power

7-22-2011 Sukhavati — Joseph Campbell (Video Presentation)

7-29-2011 In Search of Magic — Mary Kamadulski

8-5-2011 A Visit with the Crystal Skulls — Solange Arbesu-Sala

8-12-2011 Some Thoughts on Being, Becoming and Meaning — Jeff Curtis

8-19-2011 The Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra in One Hour — Richard Power

8-26-2011 The Dalai Lama Visits Theosophical Society in America HQ: An Eyewitness Account — David Thompson

9-2-2011 NO MEETING — LODGE CLOSED: Happy Labor Day Weekend!

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SPECIAL EVENT: SUNDAY, JUNE 19TH, at 4 p.m., our beloved friends and fellow S.F.T.S. Lodge member W. Blake Derby, with Radha, performing their extraordinary music from their new DVD “Rumi with A View” — don’t miss this great live performance. It’s the ONLY San Francisco date on their tour.

Friday Evening Program for June 2011

6-3-2011 More Thoughts on Consciousness & the Universe — Jeff Curtis

6-10-2011 Tao Te Ching – Comparative Study of Five Sections in Nine Different Translations — Richard Power

6-17-2011 NO MEETING — (NOTE: see SPECIAL EVENT ON SUNDAY, JUNE 19TH, W. Blake Derby with Radha performing “Rumi with A View”)

6-24-2011 Mahamudra and the Way of Transformation — J.R. Collier

Friday Evening Program for April and May 2011

4-1-2011 H.P. Blavatsky on the Key to Theosophy — Mary Kamadulski

4-8-2011 W.Y. Evans-Wentz’ Notes on Tibetan Book of Great Liberation — Richard Power

4-15-2011 Living Theosophy, Parts I & II — Pablo Sender (TSA Video Presentation)

4-22-2011 Conversations in Theosophy — TBA

4-29-2011 Envisioning a Day in the Life with Synchronicity — Sky Nelson

5-6-2011 White Lotus Day Celebration

5-13-2011 Dyzan, Dhyana, Dzogchen, Chan, Seon, Zen … & the Essentials of Mahamudra — Richard Power

5-20-2011 One Child At A Time, Inc. Update – Ayni (Peru) — Bob Squeri

5-27-2011 NO MEETING – MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

LENTEN MEDITATION: The Lodge’s ongoing Lenten practice will continue this year, starting Ash Wednesday, 3-9-11 through Good Friday, 4-22-11. 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, 4-22-11. 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.

2-4-2011 H.P. Blavatsky on the Key to Theosophy — Mary Kamadulski

2-11-2011 Diamond Sutra – “Even Only Four Lines” — Richard Power

2-18-2011 Why I Am A Theosophist — Dan Noga (TSA Video Presentation)

2-25-2011 More Thoughts on Consciousness — Jeff Curtis

3-4-2011 Know Ye Not That Ye Are Gods, Part II: The Message of Spiritual Liberty — J.R. Collier

3-11-2011 The Mahatmas & Their Letters — Steve Schweizer (TSA Video Presentation)

3-18-2011 Conversations in Theosophy (TBA)

3-25-2011 Between Shadow & Night (A Book Report) — David Thompson

LENTEN MEDITATION: The Lodge’s ongoing Lenten practice will continue this year, starting Ash Wednesday, 3-9-11 through Good Friday, 4-22-11. 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, 4-22-11. 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.

11-5-2010 Theosophy Tradition, Revelation, Innovation — Joy Mills (TSA Video Presentation)

11-12-2010 Heaven Here and Now — Pamela Desvernine

11-19-2010 Musings on Consciousness Arising from the Science and Non-Duality Conference of 2010 — Jeff Curtis

11-26-2010 NO MEETING. Lodge Closed for Thanksgiving. Joyous Holiday!

12-3-2010 Not Two — Jan Black

12-10-2010 “Know Ye Not that Ye are Gods” — J.R. Collier

12-17-2010 Lodge Solstice Celebration

12-24-2010 NO MEETING – Lodge Closed for Feliz Navidad!

12-31-2010 NO MEETING – Lodge Closed for Happy New Year! (Gregorian Calendar)

1-7-2011 Theosophical Look into the Heart of A Mystic — David Thompson

1-14-2011 Socratic Dialogue — Emily Sellon (TSA Video Presentation)

1-21-2011 The Path — Peggy Tahir

1-28-2011 Why Synchronicity is the Next Step Towards a Theory of Everything — Sky Nelson

POETRY:The SFTS Lodge’s Poetry Gathering is an informal, monthly group meeting from 6 pm to 7 pm. Here are the dates for November and December: 11/5 and 12/10. Bring your poetry and your voice.