Theosophy is the Wisdom of Love
Over the years, Chris Black, SFTS fellow and long-time Zen practitioner, has led many conversations that have deepened our understanding of Dharma in general and the Hsing Hsing Ming in particular.
This evening was no exception.
Chris led an exploration of Trust In Mind: The Rebellion of Chinese Zen in his own inimitable way.
Listen, breathe, allow the truth to reveal itself naturally …
The life of the SFTS Lodge has been blessed with the talents of numerous and gifted musicians, poets, dancers and artists.
This video documents an extraordinary MPOWERDANCE salon performance done at SFTS Lodge on a Friday evening in 2007, during the visit of our dear and long-time friend Saul Barodofsky, head of the Dervish Healing Order.
Enjoy the exquisite beauty of this piece. And stay tuned … There’s more to come.
Sky Nelson, SFTS Lodge, August 2012
On August 24 2012, Sky Nelson gave us talk exploring the question: “Can Our Beliefs Influence Our Future?”
Here is some background from Sky Nelson’s website:
“Sky has developed a theory on the physics of meaningful coincidences or synchronicity. His theory has been presented over the past year at a number of conferences (Society for Scientific Exploration, Boulder CO; Toward a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ; Science and Non-Duality conference, San Rafael, CA; Asilomar United Centers for Spiritual Living conference, CA), and is forthcoming for publication in the Journal for Scientific Exploration. The theory is based on understanding how quantum mechanics applies to our everyday world, and it brings up (and attempts to answer) several metaphysical questions. Sky has had two articles published in New Thought publications in 2009 on the physics of synchronicity. (www.expectingsynchronicity.com) His first research paper has been accepted for publication with the Journal for Scientific Exploration.”
This was Sky’s third talk at the SFTS.
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Salvador Dali’s Depiction of the Tarot High Priestess
On August 10, 2012, SFTS Lodge Librarian Peggy Tahir read from her cycle of Tarot poems.
Peggy is one of the several accomplished poets who have contributed mightily to the creative life of the SFTS over the decades.
In this delightful talk, Peggy also shares insights and experiences of her life’s journey.
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J.R. Collier, S.F.T.S. August 2012
SFTS member J.R. Collier revisits Jane Roberts’ Seth Material in the light of recent research.
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“I take the path that ecstatic human beings have taken for centuries“
Why Mira Can’t Come Back to Her Old House
The colors of the Dark One have penetrated Mira’s
body; all the other colors washed out.
Making love with the Dark One and eating little,
those are my pearls and my carnelians.
Meditation beads and the forehead streak,
these are my scarves and my rings.
That’s enough feminine wiles for me.
My teacher taught me this.
Approve me or disapprove me: I praise
the Mountain Energy night and day.
I take the path that ecstatic human beings
have taken for centuries.
I don’t steal money, I don’t hit anyone.
What will you charge me with?
I have felt the swaying of the elephant’s shoulders;
and now you want me to climb
on a jackass? Try to be serious.
– Mirabai, Translated by Robert Bly in Kabir: Ecstatic Poems
Jan Black, SFTS Lodge, July 2012
On July 27, 2012, Jan Black led a conversation on meeting life’s challenges, based both on her own real-world experiences and on readings from Radical Hospitality: A Benedict’s Way of Love by Lonni Collins Pratt, a Catholic laywoman, and Daniel Homan, a Benedictine monk.
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Victor MacGill, SFTS Lodge, July 2012
On July 20, 2012, Victor MacGill, a visitor from Australia and New Zealand, delivered a presentation on fairy tales and myths, in which he explored some ways that archetypes (e.g., King, Warrior, Magician, Lover) influence our psychological and spiritual development.
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SFTS Lodge Fellow (and University of San Francisco Professor) Jeff Curtis
We are, indeed, grateful that the Third Avowed Object, “To explore the unexplained laws of nature and the powers latent in …” is alive and well in City of the Golden Gate.
In this 6/8/12 talk titled “More Scientific Progress Towards a Glimmer of a Hint about Consciousness,” Jeff Curtis picks up where he left off in his 4/20/12 presentation: Report on “Toward A Science of Consciousness 2012″
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Some Related Posts
Report on “Toward A Science of Consciousness 2012″
Dr. Jeff Curtis: Measurement, Meaning and Mind (11-11-11)
Jack Sarfatti on Our Once and Future Holographic Universe (SFTS Lodge, 7/30/10)
Celebrating the Third Avowed Object – Jeff Curtis Reports on Tuscon 2010 Consciousness Conference
Dr. Jeff Curtis: More Developments in Quantum Theory & the Nature of Consciousness (1-29-10)
The title page of William Blake’s Jerusalem (1819).
On May 18, 2012, as part of the SFTS Lodge’s outreach to other, deeply-rooted spiritual centers in San Francisco, Rev. Junchol Lee, Senior Pastor of the San Francisco Swedenborgian Church, visited and shared the powerful story of his personal spiritual quest from his life as a six year old boy in Korea to the man who sat with us that evening.
In the course of his talk, Lee also delivered a brilliant introduction to the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg.
Philosopher, scientist, inventor and mystic Emanuel Swedenborg exercised a profound influence on many thinkers and artists from the great playwrite August Strindberg to great psychologist Carl Jung. But perhaps the most profoundly influenced of all was the great poet William Blake. According to Mark Schorer in “Swedenborg and Blake” (Modern Philology 36, 1938), Swedenborg was “foundation for this grand thing, for Blake’s concept of Jerusalem exists only because Swedenborg’s New Jerusalem existed first.”
Here is an audio recording of Rev. Lee’s powerful witnessing -
