Fragrances
All life is LIVED: now this comes home to me. But who, then , lives it? Things that patiently Stand there, like some unfingered melody Sleeping within a harp as day is going? Is it the winds across the water… Fragrances
Jewels of Wisdom
Concord
Common be your prayer; Common be your goal; Common be your purpose; Common be your deliberation. Common be your wishes, Your hearts in concord, Your intentions in concord, Perfect be the union amongst you. — from Rig Veda, 10:191
Let Thy Soul Lend It’s Ear
Thou canst not travel on the Path before thou hast become that Path itself. Let thy soul lend its ear to every cry of pain like as the lotus bares it heart to drink the morning sun. Let not the… Let Thy Soul Lend It’s Ear
Nothing Can Be Lost
If a man feels that what, without any fault of his own, he suffers in this life can only be the result of some of his former acts, he will bear his sufferings with more resignation, like a debtor who… Nothing Can Be Lost
The Cooling of the Earth
The Tathagata is greatly to be honoured And profound in wisdom; And long has he kept secret this message, Not endeavoring hastily to declare it, The wise, if they hear it, Are able to accept and discern; The ignorant doubt… The Cooling of the Earth
The Great and Peaceful Ones
The Great and Peaceful Ones live regenerating the world like the coming of the spring; having crossed the ocean of embodied existence themselves they freely aid all others who seek to cross it. The very essence and inherent will of… The Great and Peaceful Ones
The Invisible Presence
Proclus says that “The first monad is the Eternal God; the second, eternity; the third, the paradigm, or pattern of the universe;” the three constituting the Intelligible Triad. Everything in this visible universe is the outflow of this Triad, and… The Invisible Presence
Negligence
Let there be no negligence in your devotion. Negligence in the practice of recollection is death—this has been declared by the Seer Sanatkumara. For the spiritual seeker, there is no greater evil than negligence in recollection. From it arises delusion.… Negligence
Concord Consecrates
Long shall these walls Be witness to our work, And, that it may endure forever, Concord consecrates them today. Let us share every burden With the full weight of love, Then we shall worthily receive here True light from the… Concord Consecrates
Empty Yourself
Human nature became God, for God assumed the pure human nature and not the human person. So if you want to be this same Christ in God, empty yourself of everything which the eternal Word did not assume. The eternal… Empty Yourself
The King of Kings
I PAUSED beside the cabin door and saw the King of Kings at play, Tumbled upon the grass I spied the little heavenly runaway.The mother laughed upon the child made gay by its ecstatic morn,And yet the sages spake of It… The King of Kings