Archive for August, 2008

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

COPING WITH LIFE: SOME PERSPECTIVES FROM THEOSOPHY by Stefan Carey

Without the aid of a ‘life flight simulator’ to see how things will turn out, life is at times very tough! What we propose to discuss here today, are some theosophical perspectives on how to cope with life. Implicit in the topic title is the idea that life is, or was not meant to be, […]

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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

CANBERRA: CAPITAL CITY OF AUSTRALIA: ESOTERIC ASPECTS OF ITS DESIGN compiled by Evelynne Brown

Today I am here to bring to you what I consider to be an amazing story. I believe the information I will present to you to be most illuminating. Since it concerns our Australian national capital city of Canberra, I feel it is information that we should all be acquainted with. I know that from […]

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Monday, August 18th, 2008

PLACES OF POWER by Stefan Carey

PLACES OF POWER by Stefan Carey 

What I want to talk about today is that we owe it to ourselves as city dwellers, to know and have our own special places of power, because city life robs us of that special connection with place, our at-oneness with nature. 
In this talk I’ll look at: 
·        what others have […]

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Thursday, August 14th, 2008

BREAKING THE MOULDS OF MIND by Stefan Carey

BREAKING THE MOULDS OF MIND by Stefan Carey 
Breaking the moulds of mind is no easy task. But, each one of us has a personal responsibility to make sure that we do this. We need to stay young mentally if possible, by constantly ploughing and resowing our mental pastures. Let new crops grow there each season, […]

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Monday, August 11th, 2008

SPIRITUALITY AND ITS PLACE IN COUNSELLING by Heathclyff St.James-Deville

 SUMMARY:

As more and more clients present with issues, it is becoming increasingly important that counsellors take into account the Spiritual and/or Religious needs of the client.  This can be achieved by undertaking to do a ‘Spiritual Needs Assessment’ Profile, listening to what a client may be saying though maybe in a veiled fashion, or by […]

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Friday, August 8th, 2008

WHAT IS TRUTH? by Stefan Carey

WHAT IS TRUTH?  by Stefan Carey 
What is truth? It has been defined as something to be relied on, firm, established, honest, faithful (Etymological Dictionary, 669.) The question is very tricky perhaps because of its utter simplicity. Jesus was asked, “What is truth?”, by Herod, but he did not answer – perhaps because Herod was […]

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