Jewels of Wisdom
Instructions for Life in the New Millennium
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. 2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson. 3. Follow the three Rs: Respect for self; Respect for others and; Responsibility for all your actions. 4. Remember… Instructions for Life in the New Millennium
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
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
The Eastern Occult Philosophy
The Eastern occult philosophy is the great block of solid truth from which the quaint, exoteric mysticism of the outer world has been casually thrown off from time to time, in veiled and symbolical shapes. These hints and suggestions of… The Eastern Occult Philosophy
Divine Wisdom and the Self
Divine Wisdom cannot be a subject for study, but it may be an object of search. With the love for this same wisdom uppermost in our hearts, we ask you if you would not be wiser to lay aside the… Divine Wisdom and the Self