Talk on Vegetarianism

In conjunction with the 2009 Singapore Meatout Week, the President of the Vegetarian Society (Singapore), Dr. George Jacobs, will give a talk on Vegetarianism. This programme reviews key reasons for eating less or no meat: human health, environmental protection and kindness towards other humans and other animals. Next, we look at some reasons why people are reluctant to reduce their meat consumption and ways to address those reasons for continuing to eat large amounts of meat. Short videos will be shown, and questions, suggestions and other perspectives are solicited.

George Jacobs, Ph.D. (Educational Psychology), is president of Vegetarian Society (Singapore) – www.vss.sg  – a non-profit, non-religious organization formed in 1999. He also edits the Society’s eNewsletter. In his regular job, Dr Jacobs works in Education for NIE, MOE and elsewhere. He has been a vegetarian for almost 30 years. George enjoys giving talks like this and has done so for a wide variety of audiences in Singapore, as well as in Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Brazil, Germany and India.

Mahatma Letters Study Class

Letter No. 11

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A.O. Hume’s letter was a “monument of pride”; A.O. Hume’s various accusations, including the Master having “such very low motives”; A.O. Hume’s delusions; Conscience can be influenced by mesmerization, hence, may not be reliable in the face of a mesmerizer.

Spiritual Healing

Our Hon. Secretary, Sis. Lily Chong, talks about Spiritual Healing. This will be an excellent opportunity for members to understand the process of spiritual healing and how to be a healer. Read the synopsis in the July 2009 newsletter. Don’t miss this interesting talk!

Mahatma Letters Study Class

Letters No. 12, 13, 14A & 14B

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 Letter No. 12 gives an insight into the process of precipitation by the Master; The situation with A.O. Hume; The truncated paragraph that led to the ‘Kiddle incident’; This letter demonstrates the fallibility of even the Master when off guard in His physical body. Letter 13, generally this is a letter of warm encouragement to A. P. Sinnett; Sinnett was encouraged “to be our helpful co-worker; but in your own sphere, and according to your ripest judgement”.

Women of Spiritual Integrity

This talk by visiting speaker Sister Dianne K. Kynaston explores the presence of women adepts — most theosophical texts refer to the appearance of the adepts in a masculine form, but there are many instances of the feminine form being used, from the Virgin Mary to Kwan Yin and many great women saints in the various religions.

Mahatma Letters Study Class

Letter No. 15 & 16

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Explanation of why the Master could not freely appear before A. P. Sinnett; The difficulties of imparting occult knowledge; Precipitation became “unlawful”; Restrictions on the disclosure of a certain letter; Suggestions on the writing of proposed book by A. P. Sinnett; A warning regarding D. D. Home.

The Inner Life

Bro. Kam Chai Heng continues his book study of “The Inner Life” by C. W. Leadbeater. He will be continuing with the remaining chapters on Religion viz. Hinduism, Spiritualism, Symbology & Fire. Time permitting continuing with the Third Section on The Theosophical Attitude.

Mahatma Letters Study Class

Letter No. 15 & 16 (continuation)

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Explanation of why the Master could not freely appear before A. P. Sinnett; The difficulties of imparting occult knowledge; Precipitation became “unlawful”; Restrictions on the disclosure of a certain letter; Suggestions on the writing of proposed book by A. P. Sinnett; A warning regarding D. D. Home.

Continuation of Letters 15 and 16.