Will and Desire lie at the doors of Meditation and Concentration. If we desire truth with the same intensity that we had formerly wished for success, money, or gratification, we will speedily acquire meditation and possess concentration. If we do… Will and Desire
I do not despise you, priests;My faith is the greatest of faiths, and the least of faiths,Enclosing worship ancient and modern, and all between ancient and modern,Believing I shall come again upon the earth after five thousand years,Waiting responses from… After Five Thousand Years
“This perishable body, O son of Kunti, is known as Kshetra; those who are acquainted with the true nature of things call the soul who knows it, the Kshetrajna. Know also that I am the Knower in every mortal body,… Kshetra and Kshetrajna
One lesson, Nature, let me learn of thee,One lesson which in every wind is blown,One lesson to two duties kept at oneThough the loud world proclaim their enmity. Of toil unsevered from tanquility,Of labour, that is lasting fruit outgrowsFar noiser… The Silent Work of Nature
Thou must be true thyself,If thou the truth wouldst teach;Thy soul must overflow if thouAnother’s soul would reach. Think truly, and thy thoughtsShall the world’s famine feed;Speak truly, and each word of thineShall be a fruitful seed;Live truly, and thy… Live Truly
So the lover of Earth obtains his reward, and little by little the veil is lifted of an inexhaustible beauty and majesty. It may be he will be tranced in some spiritual communion, or will find his being overflowing into… Spiritual Communion
He is all in all Himself, devoid of material conditions. Whosoever serves Him is honorable, Nanak, let us, therefore, sing of Him, for He is full of all excellences. Let us sing and hear His praises and keep them lovingly… The Word of the Guru
Man is all the time outside of himself: it is in projecting and losing himself beyond himself that he makes man to exist; and, on the other hand, it is by pursuing transcendent aims that he himself is able to… Self-Transcendence
This spiritual Love acts not nor can exist Without Imagination, which, in truth, Is but another name for absolute power And clearest insight, amplitude of mind, An Reason in her most exalted mood. This faculty hath been the feeding source… Imagination
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
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
