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Jewels of Wisdom

Another’s Woe

    Can I see another’s woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another’s grief, and not seek for kind relief? Can I see a falling tear, And not feel my sorrow’s share? Can a father see his child… Another’s Woe

    The Immortal Spectator

      Every soul is immortal—for whatever is in perpetual motion is immortal. . . . All that is soul presides over all that is without soul and patrols all heaven, now appearing in one form and now in another. When it… The Immortal Spectator

      Manaspuja

        O Lord, my Self Thou art, My mind I liken to Thy divine consort, my vital airs to Thy followers, and my body to Thy temple, My enjoyments I regard as oblations consecrated to Thee. My sleep is a form… Manaspuja

        The Act of Seeing

          Man is to the Real as the pupil is to the eye, through which the act of seeing takes place. Thus he is called insan, meaning both Man and pupil, for it is through Man that the Real contemplates His… The Act of Seeing

          The Heart of the Grain

            Consider this matter in the following similitude. A grain of wheat has the air and light of this world enclosed or incorporated in it. This is the mystery of its life, this is its power of growing, by this it… The Heart of the Grain

            Whisperings of Buddhi

              As the lost jewel may be recovered from the very depths of the tank’s mud, so can the most abandoned snatch himself from the mire of sin, if only the precious Gem of Gems, the sparkling germ of the Atma,… Whisperings of Buddhi

              Divine Manifestation

                The Creation of the whole Creation is nothing else but a Manifestation of the all-essential, unsearchable God;  all whatever he is in his eternal unbeginning Generation and Dominion, of that is also the Creation, but not in the Omnipotence and… Divine Manifestation

                The Immortal Mind

                  When coldness wraps this suffering clay, Ah! whither strays the immortal mind? It cannot die, it cannot stay, But leaves its darkened dust behind. Then, unembodied, doth it trace By steps each planet’s heavenly way? Or fill at once the… The Immortal Mind

                  Nature Study

                    As it is important to consider Nature from the point of view of science remembering nomenclature and system of men, and so, if possible, go a step further in that direction, so it is equally important often to ignore or… Nature Study

                    Rebirth

                      I died as a mineral and became a plant; I died as a plant and rose to animal; I died as animal and I was a man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying? Yet once more… Rebirth

                      Measure of Grace

                        And as to our own soul we are to hold that it stands, in part, always in the presence of the Divine, while in part it is concerned with the things of this sphere and in part occupies a middle… Measure of Grace