2015 May Programme
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2 May 2015 |
5 p.m. |
Members’ Activities Our Events Coordinator, Vivekhananthan, gives a report of the Members’ Excursion to the museums on 18 April 2015. He also invites those members who went to the 2014 International Convention to give an account of their participation and experience at the international headquarters.
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9 May 2015 |
5 p.m. |
Easter Island Our Librarian, Serena Lee, is one of the few people to have actually visited Easter Island. This Saturday, she gives us a travelogue of her tour of this mystical island which is a remnant of a great past civilization. She will tell us the historical significance of Easter Island with reference to theosophical literature. This should be a very interesting programme as few of us have the opportunity to go to the remote location of Easter Island. Just knowing how long it takes to get there and back would faze most people. Come and join the tour of Easter Island with Serena.
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16 May 2015 |
5 p.m. |
Public Invitational Programme The science of life and the philosophy of living—a 52 min. video made by The Blavatsky Trust specifically to explain what Theosophy is—and isn’t—its origins in the ageless wisdoms, and how it survived suppression and distortion to blossom anew as modern Theosophy. Open to non-members.
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Thursday 21 May 2015 |
7 p.m. |
Commencement of the 39th A Course in Theosophy & Meditation Lecture 1: The Different Planes of Nature
Knowing the different planes of nature; the different bodies of man and the different vehicles of consciousness.
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Saturday 23 May 2015 |
3 p.m. |
39th A Course in Theosophy & Meditation Lecture 2: Man’s Evolution
A discourse on evolution; where we come from and where we are going to; the Law of Karma; Reincarnation as a process of evolution.
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Monday 25 May 2015 |
7 p.m. |
39th A Course in Theosophy & Meditation Lecture 3: Death & After
Putting death in its rightful place as a function of evolution. A discourse on the life after death and the harm of mourning for the dead.
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Thursday 28 May 2015 |
7 p.m. |
39th A Course in Theosophy & Meditation Lecture 4: The Astral Plane
This is a continuation of the lecture on death and after. A general description of the Astral Plane and its inhabitants will be covered. We shall also discuss man’s activities when the physical body is asleep and when he sheds his physical body at death. We will also talk about ghosts and other phenomena.
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Saturday 30 May 2015 |
3 p.m. |
39th A Course in Theosophy & Meditation Lecture 5: The Mental Plane
We will be talking about both the higher and the lower mental planes. This is a continuation of the lectures on death and after and the astral plane. A short description of the heaven world and its inhabitants will be covered. Does everyone go to heaven? We shall soon find out.
The Mental Plane is also the realm of the Mind, i.e. the plane where thought arises. We will discuss further the subject of elemental kingdoms and the elemental essence that ensoul thoughts. Hence, this lecture serves as an introduction to 'thought-forms', one of the most important aspects of nature. This lecture is useful, if not a prerequisite for the 6th lecture on 'Thought-Forms'.
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