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Jewels of Wisdom

Gratitude and Goodwill

    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

    Regenerate Thyself

      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

      The Sacred Dance

        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

        Universal Language

          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

          Dynamic Interaction

            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

            The Great Mountain

              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

              Unity in Multiplicity

                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

                Practical Brotherhood

                  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

                  Hymn To Vach

                    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

                    The Uncarved Block

                      Know the strength of man, But keep a woman’s care! Be the stream of the universe! Being the stream of the universe, Ever true and unswerving, Become as a little child once more. Know honour, Yet keep humility. Be the… The Uncarved Block

                      Invictus

                        Out of the night that covers me,Black as the Pit from pole to pole,I thank whatever gods may beFor my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstanceI have not winced nor cried aloud.Under the bludgeoning of chanceMy head is… Invictus

                        Divine Reason

                          Hermes brings our intellectual endowments to light, fills everything with divine reason, moves our souls towards Nous, awakens as it were from our heavy slumber, through our searching turns us back upon ourselves, through our birth-pangs perfects us, and through… Divine Reason