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Problems as Portals

Hosted by Melbourne Theosophy

Saturday 21 November 2026, 13:30Venue time (Melbourne)
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Problems as Portals; Seeing Life's Challenges through the Lens of the 12 Universal Laws

Every challenge may contain a teaching.
Every obstacle may conceal a doorway.
Every problem may be a portal.

From a Theosophical perspective, life’s challenges may be more than random obstacles. They may offer opportunities for reflection, insight and growth.

Working with a guided reflective worksheet, this experimental workshop invites participants to explore a personal problem or challenge through the lens of the 12 Universal Laws to consider what deeper patterns, causes or lessons might be concealed within their experience. Rather than offering answers or solutions, this approach will provide a framework for inquiry and self-observation.

Join us in this exploration and see what becomes visible when a difficulty is viewed through a different lens.

Gunnel Watkins is the current Vice President of the Melbourne Theosophical Society. She is also the co-facilitator and co-creator of the popular and much-loved Spiritual Playgroup along with Emile Sido. Some of her artworks can be found decorating the Theosophical Bookstore and showcase her rich background in Transpersonal Art Therapy along with her lifelong passion for creative and spiritual exploration.

These Live at the Lodge events are a $5 donation to be paid upon entry unless you are a paid MTS Member.
The MTS is committed to providing events that align with and further The three objects of The Theosophical Society:

To form a nucleus of the universal brotherhood of humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or colour.
To encourage the study of comparative religion, philosophy and science.
To investigate unexplained laws of nature and the powers latent in the human being.

However this being stated, the MTS does not endorse any health, spiritual, science-related, philosophical or theological /other assertions or claims made by any facilitator we host.

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