A necessary stage of the spiritual path is the purification of the Will. In practice, this requires inner vigilance to “see” each and every influence that exercise control of the Will. Only then will it be possible to overcome such influences, which are intruders into our true Being. Ultimately, “free Will” means that our choice arises from the Self alone, not for those intruders. Continue reading
How do you know and what do you know when you know it? Continue reading
There is a meme going around social media based on the alleged philosophical views of Spinoza. Moreover, the claim is reinforced by reference to Einstein’s approval of Spinoza. The text is ridiculous, but that hasn’t stop anyone from repeating it verbatim. Continue reading
The Fedeli d’Amore represent Sophia — the transcendent intelligence, Madonna Intelligenza. or Divine Wisdom — under the guise of romantic poetry Continue reading
An Intellectual elite will be called upon to play a role in the West. A genuine and profound study of the Eastern doctrines is indispensable in preparing for its formation. Continue reading
The principle of excluded middle states that for every proposition, either the proposition or its negation is true. That means that the opposite of a false statement is a true statement. Oftentimes, we encounter a proposition that is so far off the mark that even its opposite is not true. Hence we say that it is “not even wrong”.
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How ideas in the Divine Intellect become manifested in the human state. Continue reading
To speak with spirits and angels was also common on this earth in ancient times, and for the same reason, namely, because they then thought much of heaven and little of the world. But that living communication with heaven in process of time was closed, as man from internal became external, or what is the same, as he began to think much about the world and little about heaven. Continue reading
Moral logic requires the Reality of the Self, the Reality of God, the Reality of Moral Freedom, and the Reality of the Immortality of the Soul Continue reading
“There’s no use trying,” she said: “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” ~ Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderland Continue reading