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Jewels of Wisdom

Will and Desire

    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

    After Five Thousand Years

      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

      Kshetra and Kshetrajna

        “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

        The Silent Work of Nature

          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

          Live Truly

            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

            Spiritual Communion

              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

              The Word of the Guru

                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

                Self-Transcendence

                  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

                  Imagination

                    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

                    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