Study Class - A Study in Consciousness

Study class on A Study in Consciousness with commentary by Chong Sanne. This week we will be reading Chapter VIII, First Human Steps, which refers to the Third Outpouring of the (First) Logos and individualization. This chapter covers the topics of The Third Life-Wave, Human Development, Incongruous Souls and Bodies and Dawn of Consciousness.

White Lotus Day Commemoration of HPB

Join us for the White Lotus Day programme to commemorate the passing of our founder Madame H. P. Blavatsky. This will be followed by a 65-minute video on The Life of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky produced by The Blavatsky Trust.

There will be no study class this week.

Christian and Hindu Approaches to Religion

Bro. Titus Jayasekara, the Senior Vice-President of Blavatsky Lodge of the Theosophical Society in Sydney, who is visiting us, will give us a talk on the above subject. The Christian and Hindu religions are examined under the following headings: the nature and understanding of God; the concept of salvation; the way to salvation; creation and the universe and the nature of religion.

Study Class - A Study in Consciousness

Study class on A Study in Consciousness with commentary by Chong Sanne. This week we will be reading two chapters of the book, Chapter IX on Consciousness and Self-Consciousness and Chapter X on Human States of Consciousness. In these chapters we will learn about the dawning of consciousness and the eventual unfoldment of consciousness in the human beings. We will be covering the topics of evolution of Consciousness and Self-Consciousness; what are Real and Unreal to the human brain; the Subconsciousness, the Waking-Consciousness and the Super-Physical Consciousness of the human beings. We get to know more about consciousness from rudimentary consciousness in the physical plane to clairvoyant consciousness of the higher planes. We will also get to know how past lives experiences are reflected in current physical consciousness.

There will be no lodge meeting at 5 p.m. this Saturday.

The Wesak Festival

This is an annual talk on esoteric Buddhism and the Great Wesak Blessing, including a video of ordinary pilgrims at the Wesak Valley. Members are invited to celebrate Wesak Day at the Lodge. Read about the Great Wesak Blessing and the Wesak Festival in the May newsletter.

Study Class - A Study in Consciousness

Study class on A Study in Consciousness with commentary by Chong Sanne. This week we will be reading Chapter XI of the book on The Monad at Work. This chapter covers the topics of (The Monad) Building His Vehicles, An Evolving Man, The Pituitary Body and Pineal Gland and The Paths of Consciousness. This is an interesting chapter as we begin to understand the evolution of consciousness and its vehicles, in particular the physical body. We are also given an interesting insight into the building of the new physical body and the external limitations imposed by the Law of Karma. An interesting discourse is also given on the pituitary body and the pineal gland and their functions in the past, present and future.

Glimpses Of The Occult World

This is the fourth and the last of a series of talks by Chong Sanne chronicling the incidents and phenomena that took place in the early history of the TS.

See article on Glimpses of The Occult World in the 2005 February newsletter.