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Jewels of Wisdom

Deep Peace

    Deep Peace of the Running Wave to you,                                      Deep Peace of the Flowing Air to you, Deep Peace of the Shining Stars… Deep Peace

    The Tuft of Flowers

      I went to turn the grass once after one Who mowed it in the dew before the sun. The dew was gone that made his blade so keen Before I came to view the levelled scene. I looked for him… The Tuft of Flowers

      Will and Desire

        Q. How is it that “Behind will, stands desire” ? It seems as though it should be reversed. A. We do not act until there is desire or intention to do so; Will is the force of consciousness in action.… Will and Desire

        The Power of Manas

           Try to imagine a “Spirit,” a celestial Being, whether we call it by one name or another, divine in its essential nature, yet not pure enough to be one with the All, and having, in order to achieve this, to so purify… The Power of Manas

          Waiting

            Serene, I fold my hands and wait,Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea;I rave no more ‘gainst time or fate,For, lo! my own shall come to me. I stay my haste, I make delays,For what avails this eager pace?I… Waiting

            The Soul Not an Organ

              All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates and exercises all the organs; is not a function, like the power of memory, of calculation, of comparison, but uses these as hands and feet;… The Soul Not an Organ

              Soul of the Whole

                We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty, to which every part and particle is equally related; the eternal ONE. And this deep… Soul of the Whole

                The Voices Within

                  “From the remotest antiquity mankind as a whole have always been convinced of the existence of a personal spiritual entity within the personal physical man. This inner entity was more or less divine, according to its proximity to the crown. The closer the union the more serene man’s destiny,… The Voices Within

                  The Marrow of Life

                    “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that… The Marrow of Life

                    Heaven to Earth

                      In that mysterious journeying from time to eternity, where the soul moves on to ever higher planes of its own being, there must be many transformations of the psyche. Something I think goes with it from this world to that… Heaven to Earth

                      The Art of Laughter

                        Meet the challenge of life with the art of laughter…. Take a tip from Will Rogers who observed people with laughter in his eyes and love in his heart and declared: “I never met a man I didn’t like.” Learn… The Art of Laughter

                        Buddhi Whispering to Manas

                          There is a spiritual consciousness, the Manasic mind illumined by the light of Buddhi, that which subjectively perceives abstractions; and the sentient consciousness (the lower Manasic light), inseparable from our physical brain and senses. This latter consciousness is held in subjection by… Buddhi Whispering to Manas