Jewels of Wisdom

He Knows No Change

He knows no change who knows the true, And on it keeps his eye, Who always still the unseen doth view; Only the false and the apparent die. Things change, but change not far From what they are not but… He Knows No Change

The Banner of Becoming

What a handful of dust is man to think such thoughts! Or is he, perchance, a prince in misfortune, whose speech at times betrays his birth? I like to think that, if men are machines, they are machines of a… The Banner of Becoming

Purity and Corruption

By the sun and his midday brightness; by the moon, which rises after him; by the day, which reveals his splendour; by the night, which veils him! By the heaven and Him that moulded it and inspired it with knowledge… Purity and Corruption

One-Pointedness

There are six forces—hearing, pondering, mindfulness, awareness, effort and intimacy. These forces affect the nine stages of thought that lead to one-pointedness of mind. First, by the force of hearing, thought focuses upon the object of meditation. Merely hearing from… One-Pointedness

Dying to the Self

Lord, make me an instrument of thy Peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is… Dying to the Self

Mindfulness

All consciousness is a kind of attention. It begins the moment we awake from sleep, though it is partially present in our dreams. It began in our infancy when we first took notice of forms around us. At that time,… Mindfulness

The Thought-Factor in Achievement

All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts. In a justly ordered universe, where loss of equipoise would mean total destruction, individual responsibility must be absolute. A man’s… The Thought-Factor in Achievement

Infinitude and Incompletion

Much sorrow of man comes from his efforts, in imperfect understanding of his own nature, to crowd his universal life into his personal experience, to grasp and realize with the functions of the finite the suggestions of the infinite. He… Infinitude and Incompletion

Lift Thy Head Oh Lanoo

“Lift thy head, oh Lanoo; dost thou see one, or countless lights above thee, burning in the dark midnight sky?” “I sense one Flame, oh Gurudeva, I see countless undetached sparks shining in it.” “Thou sayest well. And now look around… Lift Thy Head Oh Lanoo

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