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reality can come through meditation, revelation, and other avenues. Helena Blavatsky, the founder of Theosophy, said that the essence of the philosophy is in the harmonizing of the divine with the human in man. She said, in 1888, that kindness, the absence of every ill-feeling or selfishness, and the presence of charity, goodwill to all beings, and justice to others and oneself are Theosophy's chief features. This sounds similar to the revelations of near-death experiencers, as well as the teachings of "loving thy neighbor as thyself" by Jesus, and Buddhist teachings of compassion and noninjury to other beings.
Through Theosophy, I "coincidentally" met Mr. Bing Escudero, who was the Director of Education for the American Theosophical Society at that time. He was of Philippine nationality, and again coincidentally, had been close boyhood friends with the man in the Philippines that I was told in my dream I would meet. I realized that Mr. Escudero was the second man foretold in my dream. Under his guidance, I studied Raja Yoga, which includes methods of concentration, contemplation, and meditation. Such study was for the purpose of nurturing the inner impulse for illumination and union with God, which is said to be an inherent instinct in all of us, according to both Yogic and Theosophical philosophy.
Through my association with Mr. Escudero, I had an opportunity to study healing with Dora Kunz, a renowned clairvoyant and healer. She was also the president of the American Theosophical Society, and the teacher of healing to Dolores Krieger, who together with Kunz originated the Therapeutic Touch healing method. Kunz's remarkable higher sense perceptions are described in the book Breakthrough to Creativity by physician Shafica Karagulla, who studied Kunz's ability to do clairvoyant diagnosis. 23 Kunz's own book, Spiritual Aspects of the Healing Arts, is also inspiring.24
Through the Theosophical Society, I found the companionship and support of many heartful people who had experienced spiritual awakenings, and unusual psychic and artistic capabilities. Most of the people I met in the organization understood my confusion, and the experience of alienation from friends, family, and my previous way of relating to the world, after my illumination and dream. We shared a bond of the transforming and

 
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