The three basic ideas of Theosophy are (1) the fundamental unity of all existence, so that all pairs of opposites—matter and spirit, the human and the divine, I and thou—are transitory and relative distinctions of an underlying absolute Oneness, (2) the regularity of universal law, cyclically producing universes out of the absolute ground of being, and (3) the progress of consciousness developing through the cycles of life to an ever-increasing realization of Unity.
That sounds abstract—what do those ideas mean in daily life and how do we live by them?
These abstract ideas have some very specific and practical implications, for example the following:
You and I are different expressions of the same life, so whatever happens to either of us happens to both of us—our well-being is linked: help your neighbor, and thereby help yourself.
Life and death are cyclic faces of our existence alternating each other in continuous succession. This is part of a perfect process of spiritual unfoldment: do not be afraid of death.
The purpose of being alive is to gather experience and learn, the purpose of dying is to assimilate the experience and develop: live with awareness and a learning spirit.
We develop as human beings, not by forsaking the world, but by cooperating with nature to preserve and perfect it: respect the environment and be ecologically responsible.
Disharmony and evil are the result of ignorance and selfishness: live in harmony and goodness so as to teach others by your life as well as by your words.
