The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has a new website that offers parents and teachers an invaluable one-stop welfare resource for educating children about respect and compassion for animals and their needs. This website, www.animal-education.org is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese and provides the full content of WSPA’s First Concepts in Animal Welfare […]
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Annie Besant, the second International President of the Theosophical Society and founder of the Theosophical Order of Service, was born on October 1, 1847. It is traditional amongst Theosophists to mark her birth anniversary, taking time to recall all she did for the theosophical movement and for the cause of freedom and justice in many
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A collection of quotes and pictures from our Inspirations section, in Acrobat PDF form for easy downloading and printing. (Wait while it loads.)
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In this world of manifestation, we cannot avoid action. Every thought and feeling, every choice to speak or remain silent, to walk away or become involved, to meditate or try to influence political decisions, is an action. The question for ourselves is: Are they choices imbued by the attributes of our spiritual transformation into ‘knowers
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An excerpt from a talk by Dorothy Bell for the Theosophical Order of Service session at theInternational Convention of the Theosophical Society, Adyar, India, December 2010 Across this planet, in the name of the Theosophical Order of Service, many different activities are taking place, and they can be put down, one by one, in a
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Here we share two graphics that provide gentle reminders about how living the first object of the TS changes the way we view everyone with whom we come in contact.Â
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This heart-warming video reminds us of how readily young animals connect with other species. To them, we are all One. Â
Here is the touching and uplifting story of how orchestra director, Luis Szarán, took music to slum children in Paraguay and transformed their lives. Faced with too few instruments for the many young people wishing to make music, Luis and his band of volunteers recycled items from Paraguay’s largest rubbish dump to make violins, flutes,
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Is it feasible these days to further the spiritual evolution of humanity through national or local political involvement? Do you feel you can engage in truly theosophical service through this avenue? The following article is an extract from an essay by Carolyn Cottom, known in the USA for her work in the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign.
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