There are six forces—hearing, pondering, mindfulness, awareness, effort and intimacy. These forces affect the nine stages of thought that lead to one-pointedness of mind. First, by the force of hearing, thought focuses upon the object of meditation. Merely hearing from… One-Pointedness
Lord, make me an instrument of thy Peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is… Dying to the Self
All consciousness is a kind of attention. It begins the moment we awake from sleep, though it is partially present in our dreams. It began in our infancy when we first took notice of forms around us. At that time,… Mindfulness
All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts. In a justly ordered universe, where loss of equipoise would mean total destruction, individual responsibility must be absolute. A man’s… The Thought-Factor in Achievement
Much sorrow of man comes from his efforts, in imperfect understanding of his own nature, to crowd his universal life into his personal experience, to grasp and realize with the functions of the finite the suggestions of the infinite. He… Infinitude and Incompletion
“Lift thy head, oh Lanoo; dost thou see one, or countless lights above thee, burning in the dark midnight sky?” “I sense one Flame, oh Gurudeva, I see countless undetached sparks shining in it.” “Thou sayest well. And now look around… Lift Thy Head Oh Lanoo
A man is said to be confirmed in spiritual knowledge when he forsaketh every desire which entereth into his heart, and of himself is happy and content in the Self through the Self. His mind is undisturbed in adversity; he… The Self-Governed Sage
Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove; Oh no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and… Marriage of True Minds
At the present time one of the most urgent needs is for a simplification of Theosophical teachings. Theosophy is simple enough; it is the fault of its exponents if it is made complicated, abstruse or vague. Yet inquiring people are… Passing the Torch
And yet the compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth, a loss of friends, seems at the moment unpaid loss, and… Compensations and Calamity
Well considered, the distinctive markOf consummate tapas comes to this:The steady, unbroken current of awarenessThat this bewildering, variegated crowdOf world-appearances is all Self-made,Concealing and revealing the Self. True tapas which establishesOne in the Self-supreme is butThe concentrated bliss of pure… Tapas
Close your eyes, and from your own consciousness of perception try and think outward to the extremest limits in every direction. You will find that equal lines or rays of perception extend out evenly in all directions, so that the… A Great Circle