Theos-Talk Archives (April 1994 Message tl00049)

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> Greetings fellow theosophists,
>
> I have recently joined your discussion group and would like to introduce
> myself.  My name is John Shafer.  I have been a theosophist for about four
> years now.  I am currently living in San Francisco where I'm taking a
> sabbatical from my teaching position in Connecticut, and taking some classes
> at the Institute of Integral Studies.  I have been active with the
> Connecticut Study Center with occassional weekends at Pumpkin Hollow Farm.
> This fall I spent three months at Krotona which was very enlightening in
> several different ways.  Besides teaching I'm also into media and would like
> to say that I find Chris Moyer's idea of a theosophical computer game very
> exciting.
>
> I have been silently monitoring your discussions for a few weeks to try and
> become familiar with the topics and I must say I find the level of discussion
> in this electronic format more in-depth than any I have encountered in real
> life.  I've been gradually becoming familiar with those of you participating,
> but I'm wondering if there is a set of bio files available anywhere  so that
> new people can become  acquainted with you?
>
> As far as my interests and philosophy is concerned I would describe myself as
> pretty eclectic.  Over the last year I have been trying to do a systematic
> study of all religions both on the exoteric and the esoteric levels (a
> daunting task, I know); I use TSD as a supporting reference for this.  I am
> also in the middle of reading the Cranston HPB biography which I find
> fasinating.  Most recently I've been studying transpersonal psychology and
> astrology with Stanislov Grof and Richard Tarnas.  I like astrology because
> of it's fundamental integration of science and metaphysics which is something
> I believe is crucial right now.  I've also been doing some research on the
> UFO phenomenon and the possibility of artificial objects on Mars.
>
> I definitely believe in a balance between intellectual and experiential
> knowledge which I try to balance in my own life as much as possible.  I
> practice yoga and meditation regularly and have experimented with many
> different techniques for exploring "other realms."
>
> For my first contribution to your forum I'd like to upload a report I
> co-wrote about the Inter-Theosophical Dialogue which we are submitting to
> various theosophical newsletters.  I think the conference raised some
> important issues about the theosophical movement.  I'm going to load  it in
> the "theos-buds" topic which seems most appropriate for its content.  I
> welcome any feeedback you might have.  Several of these issues will be
> discussed at the "Post Modern Theosophical Dialogue" to be held next month
> organized by April and Jerry H-E.
>
>          John

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