Important Notice The 7.30 meeting is be preceded by a half hour period of meditation led by one of our members. The program will be
N.B. Those who do not wish to join the meditation, but who arrive for the 7.30 meeting early, are welcome to come in and talk quietly in the room not being used for the meditation. |
May 2012
| Date | Time | Presenters | Title/Topic and Details |
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| Wednesday May 2nd |
7.30pm | Jenny Haslem |
DVD Evening featuring "The Extended Mind" by Rupert Sheldrake Can people influence others at a distance just by looking at them, even if all sensory clues are eliminated? Can animals detect people’s intentions from far away? This presentation looks at the results of experiments trying to answer these and other questions on the nature of mind. |
| Wednesday May 9th |
7.30pm | Visiting Speaker: Ken Atherton |
Exploring escalating disharmony — within families, locally and globally Tonight Ken will be expounding his understanding of the spiritual reasons for the disharmony we see throughout the world today and will suggest ways to help all involved. |
| Wednesday May 16th |
7.30pm | Panel Discussion: with Tony Harrison, Sheila Burchill and James Deavin |
The Second Object — "To encourage the study of comparative religion, philosophy and science" This evening Tony, Sheila and James will talk for 5 -10 minutes each on the ‘Second Object’ – after which the subject will be thrown open to the floor for Members’ input. |
| Wednesday May 23rd |
7.30pm | Visiting Presenter: |
Open Heart Meditation Tonight we shall explore Open Heart Meditation with Jade from Berkana Bookshop. The aim of this practice is to experience the calmness and happiness within your heart and to achieve deeper and more joyful experiential meditation. Please wear comfortable, loose clothing. Jade has also kindly agreed to lead us in our 7.00 pm attunement session at 7.00 pm |
| Wednesday May 30th |
7.30pm | Kevin O’Dea | "Lessons from Nature and from the Teachings of Anthroposophy in Support of Our Objects" CD by Barry Bowden CDs of talks given at the 2012 Brisbane Convention have just arrived from Sydney. This talk by Barry, delivered in his laid-back style, was very well received. It highlights how Anthroposophy and Theosophy complement each other. |
June 2012
| Date | Time | Presenters | Title/Topic and Details |
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| Friday-Sunday June 1st-3rd |
Start from 2.30 pm on Friday | National President, Linda Oliveira and TS Presenters from around Tasmania |
"Pathways to Awareness" — Seminar Weekend at the Emmanuel Centre Join us for this special weekend – the program will include "Meditation – the Quiet Stream of Awareness", walking the labyrinth, an evening of music and readings, Q&A "Current Events in the Light of Theosophy" and much, much more. If you haven’t already received one, please check out the meeting room notice board for the program and registration forms. |
| Wednesday June 6th |
7.30pm | What’s on your mind? An evening of open discussion on various topics or issues raised by Members and Visitors. |
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| Wednesday June 13th |
7.30pm | Visiting Speaker:
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"Compassion and Awareness" — a Tibetan Buddhist viewpoint Venerable Lama Tsewang will give a brief explanation of his background and the circumstances that led to his arrival here in Tassie. He will then move on to the main part of his talk, which will focus on Compassion and Awareness. There will be time at the end of the session for questions and answers. TS Member, Judith Reiner tells me that Lama is very much looking forward to meeting you all. Lama has also kindly agreed to lead us in our 7.00 pm attunement session at 7.00 pm. |
| Wednesday June 20th |
7.30pm | Discussion on the last week’s talk by the Venerable Lama Tsewang Lhakpa A chance for Members to express their thoughts on the talk given last week. |
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| Wednesday June 27th and July 4th |
7.30pm | The Perennial Philosophy — continuing Chapter 4 pp89-93 Discussion on this topic, which covers the quality of our actions and their consequences or results continues for the next two weeks. |
July 2012
| Date | Time | Presenters | Title/Topic and Details |
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| Wednesday June 27th and July 4th |
7.30pm | The Perennial Philosophy — continuing Chapter 4 pages 89-93 Discussion on this topic, which covers the quality of our actions and their consequences or results continues for the next two weeks. |
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| Wednesday July 11th |
7.30pm | The Perennial Philosophy — Chapter 4 pages 94-95 This evening we will be looking at Karma Yoga as elucidated in the Bhagavad Gita — actions fuelled by desire vs acts that are selfless. |
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| Wednesday July 18th |
7.30pm | Dennis White | Exploring the Shaman Drumming Experience Dennis will be leading another of his popular practical experiential sessions. |
| Wednesday July 25th |
7.30pm | What’s on your mind? An evening of open discussion on various topics or issues. |
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The Theosophical Society, founded in 1875, is a worldwide body whose primary objective is Universal Brotherhood based on the realisation that life, and all its diverse forms, human and non-human is indivisibly One. The Society imposes no belief on its members, who are united by a common search for Truth and a desire to learn the meaning and purpose of existence by engaging themselves in study, reflection, purity of life and service to others. Theosophy is a system of thought revealing the wisdom and secret doctrine underlying all religions and mythologies. It offers a philosophy which renders life intelligible and demonstrates that justice and love guide the cosmos. Its teachings aid the unfoldment of the latent spiritual nature in the human being, without dependence or fear. |