One who was suffering tumult in his soul Yet failed to seek the sure relief of prayer, Went forth—his course surrendering to the care Of fierce wind, while mid-day lightnings prowl Insiduously, untimely thunders growl; While trees, dim-seen, in frenzied… Tranquility
And now my grief I see Was but the ancient shadow part of me, Not yet attuned to good, Still blind and senseless in its warring mood, I turn from it and climb To heroic spirit of the prime, The… The Christ Soul
Each aspirant has to perform daily actions in the natural course of his life, using his own free will and knowledge. He has to eat to build his body as a shrine of his soul; again he has to sacrifice… Dana-Tapas-Yajna
The Sage asked the Spirit of Wisdom thus: “Which is that good work which is greater and better than all good works, and no trouble whatever is necessary for its performance?” The Spirit of Wisdom answered thus: “To be grateful… Gratitude and Goodwill
Men seek out retreats for themselves in the country, by the seaside, on the mountains, and thou too art wont to long above all for such things. But all this is unphilosophical to the last degree, when thou canst at… Regenerate Thyself
His form is everywhere: all pervading in His Shiva-Shakti: Chidambaram is everywhere, everywhere His dance: As Shiva is all and omnipresent, Everywhere is Shiva’s gracious dance made manifest. His fivefold dances are temporal and timeless. His fivefold dances are His… The Sacred Dance
Is is always necessary that the means that are to accomplish any end be equal to the accomplishment of that end, or the end cannot be accomplished. It is in this that the difference between finite and infinite power and… Universal Language
An organism is a continuous dynamism, a pattern of activity, basically electrochemical, but capable also of large, concerted forms of action with further priniciples of of organization. Its round of functions is continuous, and every constituent action in it, every… Dynamic Interaction
Enlil, whose command is far-reaching, whose word is holy, The lord whose pronouncement is unchangeable, who forever decrees destines, Whose lifted eye scans the lands, Whose lifted light searchers the heart of all the lands, Enil who sits broadly on… The Great Mountain
The Self seems to move, but is ever still. He seems far away, but is ever near. He is within all, and he transcends all. The man who sees all creatures in himself And himself in all creatures knows no… Unity in Multiplicity
It is he alone who has the love of humanity at heart, who is capable of grasping thoroughly the idea of a regenerating practical Brotherhood who is entitled to the possession of our secrets. He alone, such a man—will never… Practical Brotherhood
When, O Lord of the Word, the Wise established Name-giving, the first principle of language, Their inmost essence, pristine and pure, Hidden deep within, was brought to light through love. When the Wise created language with the mind, As winnowing… Hymn To Vach