' Speech and Silence '...
A fool is known by his
speech; and a wise man by
silence.
...................................... Pythagoras
' Inconceivable Nothingness '...
We come from an inconceivable nothingness. We stay a while in something which seems equally inconceivable, only to vanish again into the inconceivable nothingness.
.................................... Peter Wessel Zapffe
' Unique Individuals '...
Nature is busy creating absolutely unique individuals, whereas culture has invented a single mold to which all must conform. It is grotesque.
..................................... U.G. Krishnamurti
' Your True Nature '...
Your true nature is that of infinite spirit. The feeling of limitation is the work of the mind.
................................... Ramana Maharshi
' Your Journey '...
No matter how long your journey appears to be, there is never more than this: one step, one breath, one moment... Now.
........................................ Eckhart Tolle
' Death '...
Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other.
........................... Leo Buscaglia
' Our True Essence '...
Love is our true essence. Love has no limitations of caste, religion, race, or nationality. We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love. To awaken this unity-and to spread to others the love that is our inherent nature-is the true goal of human life.
..................................... Mata Amritanandamayi
' Becoming One '...
The force that is running inside you is the same force running the solar system... the moment you relax from the 'I' the 'other' will disappear... you become 'one' with the truth.
.......................................... Swami Nithyananda
' The Essence of Reality '... '...
The Divine realm extends to the earthly; but the later, illusory in nature, does not contain the essence of Reality.
.................................... Mahavatar Babaji
' Benefit of Yoga '...
Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists.
................................ Patanjali
' Creating Manifestation '...
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.
............................... Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
' Universal Love '...
Even if a person hurts you, give him love. The worst punishment is to throw someone out of your heart... You should love everyone as God, and love each other. If you cannot love each other, you cannot achieve your goal.
..................................... Neem Karoli Baba
' Imagine a World '...
Imagine a world in which medicine was oriented toward healing rather than disease, where doctors believed in the natural healing capacity of human beings and emphasized prevention above treatment. In such a world, doctors and patients would be partners working toward the same ends.
....................................... Andrew Weil
' Happy Thoughts '...
Thinking happy thoughts literally creates a positive chemical change in the brain which stimulates both positive physical and psychological benefits.
......................................... Deepak Chopra
' Spiritual Enlightenment '...
Once the ego is surrendered to the Cosmos ,, You feel the Freedom of Being Light and Love ... You are the Ego of Divine Consciousness... the next step is to surrender the ego of God ,, and enter the Paradise of Nothingness.. called Pure Awareness... which contains no personalities or ego... Only Consciousness.......................... thomas
" Who am I ? "...
The question 'Who am I?' is not really meant to get an answer, the question 'Who am I?' is meant to dissolve the questioner.
.................................... Ramana Maharshi
' Life is Short '...
Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to the best of your ability, even at the cost of life itself. In short: Act so that you have no cause to be ashamed of yourselves and hold fast to this rule.
...................................... Milarepa
' Emotions '...
It is important to recognize the power of our emotions-and to take responsibility for them by creating a light and positive atmosphere around ourselves. This attitude of joy that we create helps alleviate states of hopelessness, loneliness, and despair. Our relationships with others thus naturally improve, and little by little the whole of society becomes more positive and balanced.
.................................... Tarthang Tulku
' Chasing Thoughts '...
Why chase after thoughts, which are superficial ripples of present awareness? Rather look directly into the naked, empty nature of thoughts; then there is no duality, no observer, and nothing observed. Simply rest in this transparent, nondual present awareness. Make yourself at home in the natural state of pure presence, just being, not doing anything in particular.
................................... Jamgon Kongtrul
' Up to Us '...
It is all up to us. We are the ones who have to keep looking at our thoughts, looking for the nature of our mind. there is nobody else in control of our lives, our experiences, our freedom or our bondage.
.................................... Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
' The Spiritual Path '...
My advice to you is not to undertake the spiritual path. It is too difficult, too long, and is too demanding. I suggest you ask for your money back, and go home. This is not a picnic. It is really going to ask everything of you. So, it is best not to begin. However, if you do begin, it is best to finish.
............................... Chogyam Trungpa
' All Worries Gone '...
And suddenly all your troubles melt away, all your worries are gone, and it is for no reason other than the look in your partner's eyes. Yes, sometimes life and love really is that simple.
........................................... William Wordsworth
' The Meaning of Life '...
The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.
........................................ Rabindranath Tagore
' Desires of Ego '...
Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.
......................................... Rudyard Kipling
' A Successful Man '...
The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.
................................. Robert Louis Stevenson
' Right and Wrong '...
Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to publick opinion. This is the weak point of our defenses, and the part to which the enemies of the system will direct all their attacks. Opinion can be so perverted as to cause the false to seem the true; the enemy, a friend, and the friend, an enemy; the best interests of the nation to appear insignificant, and trifles of moment; in a word, the right the wrong, and the wrong the right.
........................................ James Fenimore Cooper
' The Secret History '...
If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
.......................................... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
' Remember to be Kind '...
When you've found another soul who see's in to your own...take good care of each other..and remember to be kind.
............................... Jackson Browne
' Do What you Love '...
I think people who are creative are the luckiest people on earth. I know that there are no shortcuts, but you must keep your faith in something Greater than You, and keep doing what you love. Do what you love, and you will find the way to get it out to the world.
..................................... Judy Collins
' Saving the World '...
How can you save the world you have not seen if you can't save the community you have seen?
............................... Pete Seeger
' Live Now '...
You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now.
............................. Joan Baez
' Forever Young '...
May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young.
........................................ Bob Dylan
' Ever Now '...
It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one.
................................ George Harrison
' Positive and Negative Energy '...
Certain people give off positive energy, others negative. It's the quality of someone's being, a measure of the love with which they've led their lives. It also reflects the inner work they've done, their efforts to heal anger, hatred, or self-loathing, which poison us like toxic fumes.
................................ Judith Orloff
' Cell and Soul '...
You are not an encapsulated bag of skin dragging around a dreary little ego. You are an evolutionary wonder, a trillion cells singing together in a vast chorale, an organism – environment, a symbiosis of cell and soul.
.................................. Jean Houston
' Materialism '...
We are so addicted, either to materialism or to transcending material reality, that we don’t see God right in front of us, in the beggar, the starving child, the brokenhearted woman; in our friend; in the cat; in the flea. We miss it, and in missing it, we allow the world to be destroyed.
................................. Andrew Harvey
' The Healing Process '....
One of the greatest struggles of the healing process
is to forgive both yourself and others
and to stop expending valuable energy on the past hurts.
............................. Caroline Myss
' Light Within '...
The more light you allow within you, the brighter the world you live in will be.
............................. Shakti Gawain
' WARS '...
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
......................... Albert Einstein
' American Freedom '..
Everyone who does not agree with me is a traitor and a scoundrel.
............................... King George III
' Politicians '...
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
.................................... Thomas Paine
' Liberty '...
He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security.
..................................... Benjamin Franklin
' Courage '...
Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.
................................ Eddie Rickenbacker
' The Gift of Laughter '...
I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.
..................................... W. E. B. Du Bois
' A Successful Man '...
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
...................................... David Brinkley
' Magnetism and Light '...
I happen to have discovered a direct relation between magnetism and light, also electricity and light, and the field it opens is so large and I think rich.
......................................... Michael Faraday
' Invisible Waves of Frequencies '...
I am proud to be a Christian. I believe not only as a Christian, but as a scientist as well. A wireless device can deliver a message through the wilderness. In prayer the human spirit can send invisible waves to eternity, waves that achieve their goal in front of God.
...................................... Guglielmo Marconi
' The Limit of Frequency '...
Röntgen has familiarized us with an order of vibrations of extreme minuteness compared with the smallest waves with which we have hitherto been acquainted, and of dimensions comparable with the distances between the centers of the atoms of which the material universe is built up; and there is no reason to suppose that we have here reached the limit of frequency.
........................................ Wilhelm Rontgen
' Life is not Easy '...
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.
.................................. Marie Curie
' We Are Light '...
We are slowed down sound and light waves, a walking bundle of frequencies tuned into the cosmos. We are souls dressed up in sacred biochemical garments and our bodies are the instruments through which our souls play their music.
....................................... Albert Einstein
' The Majority of Humans '...
The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.
..................................... Arthur Schopenhauer
' Truth '...
Truth can never be reached by just listening to the voice of an authority.
................................ Francis Bacon
' The Greatness of a Life '...
The greatness of a life can only be estimated by the multitude of its actions. We should not count the years, it is our actions which constitute our life.
.......................................... Gottfried Leibniz
' Another World '...
We see things in this material world, wherein our bodies dwell, only because our mind through its attention lives in another world, only because it contemplates the beauties of the archetypal and intelligible world which Reason contains.
.................................... Nicolas Malebranche
' The More you Struggle '...
The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure....you are above everything distressing.
............................ Baruch Spinoza
' The Source of Light '...
“He is the source of light in all luminous objects. He is beyond the darkness of matter and is unmanifested. He is knowledge, He is the object of knowledge, and He is the goal of knowledge. He is situated in everyone's heart.”
.............................. Anonymous, The Bhagavad Gita
' The Peace of Source '...
“The peace of God is with them whose mind and soul are in harmony, who are free from desire and wrath, who know their own soul.”
........................... Anonymous, The Bhagavad Gita
' The End of Suffering '...
“The happiness which comes from long practice, which leads to the end of suffering, which at first is like poison, but at last like nectar - this kind of happiness arises from the serenity of one's own mind.”
............................. Ved Vyasa, The Bhagavad Gita
' Investigate All Knowledge '...
Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.
.................................. Henry James
' Kindness '...
To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens.
....................................... F. Scott Fitzgerald
' You Decide '...
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
................................ Ralph Waldo Emerson
' Finding Real Love '...
Wherever you find real love, you will also find humility. Remember something: humility is not a weak and timid quality. Too often we feel that humility is a sign of weakness. This is not so. It is the sign of strength and security.
................................... Kathryn Kuhlman
' Blaming Others '...
If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life.
........................................ Leo Tolstoy
' The Painter '...
When I know your soul, I will paint your eyes.
........................ Amedeo Modigliani
' The Eyes show the Soul '...
The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!
......................... Mikhail Bulgakov
' Reincarnation as a Prison '...
The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.
................................... Fyodor Dostoevsky
' The Character of a Human '...
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
............................... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
' The Key to Change '...
The key to change is to let go of fear.
.......................... Rosanne Cash
' The Greatest Adventure '...
The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
Today and tomorrow are yet to be said.
The chances, the changes are all yours to make.
The mold of your life is in your hands to break.
................................ J. R. R. Tolkien
' Happiness '...
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.
....................................... Denis Waitley
' Resist the Temptation '...
Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.
.................................... Brian Tracy
' Don't Wish '...
Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom. The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become. Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
.......................................... Jim Rohn
' Spiritual Progress '...
No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.
....................................... Tony Robbins
' Karma '...
How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
........................... Wayne Dyer
' Higher Self '...
When you recognize that there is a voice in your head that pretends to be you and never stops speaking, you are awakening out of your unconscious identification with the stream of thinking. When you notice that voice, you realize that who you are is not the voice - the thinker - but the one who is aware of it.
............................. Eckhart Tolle
' Change Happens '...
Change happens not by trying to make yourself change, but by becoming conscious of what's not working.
.................................... Shakti Gawain
' The Placebo Effect '...
The placebo effect is one of the most fascinating things in the whole of medicine. It's not just about taking a pill, and your performance and your pain getting better. It's about our beliefs and expectations. It's about the cultural meaning of a treatment.
.............................. Ben Goldacre
' Happiness '...
Man is never happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will make him so.
................................ Arthur Schopenhauer
' The United States of America '...
Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.
............................. Marquis de Lafayette
' Limitations '...
Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again.
............................. James Cook
' Good Works '...
God does not need your good works, but your neighbor does.
................................ Martin Luther
' The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ '...
CHAPTER 52
Jesus spends forty days in the temple groves. Passes the fifth brotherhood test and receives the fifth degree, HEROISM.............................................
THE sacred temple groves were rich in statues, monuments and shrines; here Jesus loved to walk and meditate. 2 And after he had conquered self he talked with nature in these groves for forty days. 3 And then the guide took chains and bound him hand and foot; and then cast him into a den of hungry beasts, of unclean birds, and creeping things. 4 The den was dark as night; the wild beasts howled; the birds in fury screamed; the reptiles hissed. 5 And Jesus said, Who was it that did bind me thus? Why did I meekly sit to be bound down with chains? 6 I tell you, none has power to bind a human soul. Of what are fetters made? 7 And in his might he rose, and what he thought were chains were only worthless cords that parted at his touch. 8 And then he laughed and said, The chains that bind men to the carcasses of earth are forged in fancy's shop; are made of air, and welded in illusion's fires. 9 If man will stand erect, and use the power of will, his chains will fall, like worthless rags; for will and faith are stronger than the stoutest chains that men have ever made. 10 And Jesus stood erect among the hungry beasts, and birds, and said, What is this darkness that envelops me? 11 "Tis but the absence of the light. And what is light? 'Tis but the breath of God vibrating in the rhythm of rapid thought. 12 And then he said, Let there be light; and with a mighty will he stirred the ethers up, and their vibrations reached the plane of light; and there was light. 13 The darkness of that den of night became the brightness of a newborn day. 14 And then he looked to see the beasts, and birds, and creeping things; lo, they were not. 15 And Jesus said, Of what are souls afraid? Fear is the chariot in which man rides to death; 16 And when he finds himself within the chamber of the dead, he learns that he has been deceived; his chariot was a myth, and death a fancy child. 17 But some day all man's lessons will be learned, and from the den of unclean beasts, and birds, and creeping things he will arise to walk in light. 18 And Jesus saw a ladder made of gold, on which he climbed, and at the top the white-robed priest awaited him. 19 Again he stood before the council bar; again no word was said; again the hierophant reached forth his hand to bless. 20 He placed in Jesus' hand another scroll, and on this one was written, HEROISM. 21 The Logos had encountered fear and all his phantom host, and in the conflict he achieved the victory.
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CHAPTER 53
Jesus passes the sixth brotherhood test and receives the sixth degree, LOVE DIVINE............................
IN all the land there is no place more grandly furnished than the Beauty Parlours of the temple of the sun. 2 Few students ever entered these rich rooms; the priests regarded them with awe, and called them Halls of Mysteries. 3 When Jesus had attained the victory over fear, he gained the right to enter here. 4 The guide led on the way, and after passing many richly furnished rooms they reached the Hall of Harmony; and here was Jesus left alone. 5 Among the instruments of music was a harpsichord, and Jesus sat in thoughtful mood inspecting it, when, quietly, a maiden of entrancing beauty came into the hall. 6 She did not seem to notice Jesus as he sat and mused, so busy with his thoughts. 7 She found her place beside the harpsichord; she touched the chords most gently, and she sung the songs of Israel. 8 And Jesus was entranced; such beauty he had never seen; such music he had never heard. 9 The maiden sung her songs; she did not seem to know that any one was near; she went her way. 10 And Jesus, talking with himself, said out, What is the meaning of this incident? I did not know that such entrancing beauty and such queen-like loveliness were ever found among the sons of men. 11 I did not know that voice of angel ever graced a human form, or that seraphic music ever came from human lips. 12 For days he sat entranced; the current of his thoughts was changed; he thought of nothing but the singer and her songs. 13 He longed to see her once again; and after certain days she came; she spoke and laid her hand upon his head. 14 Her touch thrilled all his soul, and for the time, forgotten was the work that he was sent to do. 15 Few were the words the maiden said; she went her way; but then the heart of Jesus had been touched. 16 A love-flame had been kindled in his soul, and he was brought to face the sorest trial of his life. 17 He could not sleep nor eat. Thoughts of the maiden came; they would not go. His carnal nature called aloud for her companionship. 18 And then he said, Lo, I have conquered every foe that I have met, and shall I now be conquered by this carnal love? 19 My Father sent me here to show the power of love divine, that love that reaches every living thing. 20 Shall this pure, universal love be all absorbed by carnal love? Shall I forget all creatures else, and lose my life in this fair maiden, though she is the highest type of beauty, purity and love? 21 Into its very depths his soul was stirred, and long he wrestled with this angel-idol of his heart. 22 But when the day was almost lost, his higher ego rose in might; he found himself again, and then he said, 23 Although my heart shall break I will not fail in this my hardest task; I will be victor over carnal love. 24 And when again the maiden came, and offered him her hand and heart, he said, 25 Fair one, your very presence thrills me with delight; your voice is benediction to my soul; my human self would fly with you, and be contented in your love; 26 But all the world is craving for a love that I have come to manifest. 27 I must, then, bid you go; but we will meet again; our ways on earth will not be cast apart. 28 I see you in the hurrying throngs of earth as minister of love; I hear your voice in song, that wins the hearts of men to better things. 29 And then in sorrow and in tears the maiden went away, and Jesus was again alone. 30 And instantly the great bells of the temple rang; the singers sung a new, new song; the grotto blazed with light. 31 The hierophant himself appeared, and said, All hail! triumphant Logos, hail! The conqueror of carnal love stands on the heights. 32 And then he placed in Jesus' hands a scroll on which was written, LOVE DIVINE. 33 Together they passed through the grotto of the beautiful, and in the banquet hall a feast was served, and Jesus was the honoured guest.
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CHAPTER 54
Jesus becomes a private pupil of the hierophant and is taught the mysteries of Egypt. In passing the seventh test, he works in the Chamber of the Dead..................................................
THE senior course of study now was opened up and Jesus entered and became a pupil of the hierophant. 2 He learned the secrets of the mystic lore of Egypt land; the mysteries of life and death and of the worlds beyond the circle of the sun. 3 When he had finished all the studies of the senior course, he went into the Chamber of the Dead, that he might learn the ancient methods of perserving from decay the bodies of the dead; and here he wrought. 4 And carriers brought the body of a widow's only son to be embalmed; the weepng mother followed close; her grief was great. 5 And Jesus said, Good woman, dry your tears; you follow but an empty house; your son is in it not. 6 You weep because your son is dead. Death is a cruel word; your son can never die. 7 He had a task assigned to do in garb of flesh; he came; he did his work, and then he laid the flesh aside; he did not it more. 8 Beyond your human sight he has another work to do, and he will do it well, and then pass on to other tasks, and, by and by, he will attain the crown of perfect life. 9 And what your son has done, and what he yet must do, we all must do. 10 Now, if you harbour grief, and give your sorrows vent they will grow greater every day. They will absorb your very life until at last you will be naught but grief, wet down with bitter tears. 11 Instead of helping him you gieve your son by your deep grief. He seeks your solace now as he has ever done; is glad when you are glad; is saddened when you grieve. 12 Go bury deep your woes, and smile at grief, and lose yourself in helping others dry their tears. 13 With duty done comes happiness and joy; and gladness cheers the hearts of those who have passed on. 14 The weeping woman turned, and went her way to find a happiness in helpfulness; to bury deep her sorrows in a ministry of joy. 15 Then other carriers came and brought the body of a mother to the Chamber of the Dead; and just one mourner followed; she a girl of tender years. 16 And as the cortege neared the door, the child observed a wounded bird in sore distress, a cruel hunter's dart had pierced its breast. 17 And she left following the dead, and went to help the living bird. 18 With tenderness and love she folded to her breast the wounded bird, then hurried to her place. 19 And Jesus said to her, Why did you leave your dead to save a wounded bird? 20 The maiden said, This lifeless body needs no help from me; but I can help while yet life is; my mother taught me this. 21 My mother taught that grief and selfish love, and hopes and fears are but reflexes from the lower self; 22 That what we sense are but small waves upon the rolloing billows of a life. 23 These all will pass away; they are unreal. 24 Tears flow from hearts of flesh; the spirit never weeps; and I am longing for the day when I will walk in light, where tears are wiped away. 25 My mother taught that all emotions are the sprays that rise from human loves, and hopes, and fears; that perfect bliss cannot be ours till we have conquered these. 26 And in the presence of that child did Jesus bow his head in reverence. He said, 27 For days and months and years I've sought to learn this highest truth that man can learn on earth, and here a child, fresh brought to earth, has told it all in one short breath. 28 No wonder David said, O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! 29 Out of the mouths of babes and suckings hast thou ordained strength. 30 And then he laid his hand upon the maiden's head, and said, I'm sure the blessings of my Father-God will rest upon you, child, for evermore.
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CHAPTER 55
Jesus passes the seventh brotherhood test, and in the purple room of the temple receives the seventh, the highest degree, THE CHRIST. He leaves the temple a conqueror...................................
THE work of Jesus in the Chamber of the Dead was done, and in the temple purple room he stood before the hierophant, 2 And he was clothed in purple robes; and all the brothers stood. The hierophant arose and said, 3 This is a royal day for all the hosts of Israel. In honour of their chosen son we celebrate the great Passover Feast. 4 And then he said to Jesus, Brother, man, most excellent of men, in all the temple tests you have won out. 5 Six times before the bar of right you have been judged; six times you have received the highest honours man can give; and now you stand prepared to take the last degree. 6 Upon your brow I place this diadem, and in the Great Lodge of the heavens and earth you are THE CHRIST. 7 This is your Passover rite. You are a neophyte no more; but now a master mind. 8 Now, man can do no more; but God himself will speak, and will confirm your title and degree. 9 Go on your way, for you must preach the gospel of good will to men and peace on earth; must open up the prison doors and set the captives free. 10 And while the hierophant yet spoke the temple bells rang out; a pure white dove descended from above and sat on Jesus' head. 11 And then a voice that shook the very temple said, THIS IS THE CHRIST; and every living creature said, AMEN. 12 The great doors of the temple swung ajar; the Logos journeyed on his way a conqueror.
The Council of the Seven Sages of the World
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CHAPTER 56
The seven sages of the world meet in Alexandria. The purposes of the meeting. The opening addresses................
IN every age since time began have seven sages lived. 2 At first of every age these sages meet to note the course of nations, peoples, tribes and tongues; 3 To note how far toward justice, love and righteousness the race has gone; 4 To formulate the code of laws, religious postulates and plans of rule best suited to the coming age. 5 An age had passed, and lo, another age had come; the sages must convene. 6 Now, Alexandria was the centre of the world's best thought, and here in Philo's home the sages met. 7 From China came Meng-ste; from India Viyapati came; from Persia Kaspar came; and from Assyria Ashbina came; from Greece Apollo; Matheno was the Egyptian sage, and Philo was the chief of Hebrew thought. 8 The time was due; the council met and sat in silence seven days. 9 And then Meng-ste arose and said, The wheel of time has turned once more; the race is on a higher plane of thought. 10 The garments that or fathers wove have given out; the cherubim have woven a celestial cloth; have placed it in our hands and we must make for men new garbs. 11 The sons of men are looking up for greater light. No longer do they care for gods hewn out of wood, or made of clay. They seek a Gob not made with hands. 12 They see the beams of coming day, and yet they comprehend them not. 13 The time is ripe, and we must fashion well these garments for the race. 14 And let us make for men new garbs of justice, mercy, righteousness and love, that they may hide their nakedness when shines the light of coming day. 15 And Vidyapati said, Our priests have all gone mad; they saw a demon in the wilds and at him cast their lamps and they are broken up, and not a gleam of light has any priest for men. 16 The night is dark; the heart of India calls for light. 17 The priesthood cannot be reformed; it is already dead; its greatest needs are graves and funeral chants. 18 The new age calls for liberty; the kind that makes each man a priest, enables him to go alone, and lay his offerings on the shrine of God. 19 And Kaspar said, In Persia people walk in fear; they do the good for fear to do the wrong. 20 The devil is the greatest power in our land, and though a myth, he dandles on his knee both youth and age. 21 Our land is dark, and evil prospers in the dark. 22 Fear rides on every passing breeze, and lurks in every form of life. 23 The fear of evil is a myth, is an illusion and a snare; but it will live until some mighty power shall come to raise the ethers to the plane of light. 24 When this shall come to pass the magian land will glory in the light. The soul of Persia calls for light.
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The Aquarian Age Gospel of Jesus, the Christ of the Piscean Age. Transcribed from the Book of God's Remembrance Known as the Akashic records
........................... From the Reluctant Messenger......
' The Gifts of Caring '...
The gifts of caring, attention, affection, appreciation, and love are some of the most precious gifts you can give, and they don't cost you anything.
............................... Deepak Chopra
' The Dominant Image '...
The image of where you are going has to be more dominant than the image of where you are.
............................ Esther Hicks
' Are You Brave ?'...
When you're brave enough to let go of anything you don't absolutely love or need, what you have left is the space for stillness and possibility.
..................................... Cheryl Richardson
' One Belief Away '...
We are never more than a belief away from our greatest love, deepest healing, and most profound miracles.
............................ Gregg Braden
' This New Day '...
Today is a new day. Today is a day for you to begin creating a joyous, fulfilling life. Today is the day to begin to release all your limitations. Today is the day for you to learn the secrets of life. You can change your life for the better. You already have the tools within you to do so. These tools are your thoughts and your beliefs.
....................................... Louise Hay
' Self-fulfilling Prophecy '...
Life is a self-fulfilling prophecy. What you believe about Life will be your experience of Life.
........................... Neale Donald Walsch
' One Step '...
No matter how long your journey appears to be, there is never more than this: one step, one breath, one moment... Now.
.................................. Eckhart Tolle
' The Meaning of Life '...
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.
.................................. Pablo Picasso
' Necessary to Love '...
Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.
........................................... Claude Monet
' Solitude '...
I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full; I have to surrender myself to what encircles me, I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am.
.................................. Caspar David Friedrich
' The Artist '...
The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.
........................................... Auguste Rodin
' Missing the Mark '...
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
........................................ Michelangelo
' A Tiny Spark of Reason '...
In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.
.......................................... Galileo Galilei
' Happiness Guaranteed '...
The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.
........................................ Benjamin Franklin
' Love Lost '...
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
.............................. Alfred Lord Tennyson
' One Source '...
One God, one law, one element,
And one far-off divine event,
To which the whole creation moves.
....................................... Alfred the Great
' Balance '...
Balance out the good things and the bad that have happened in your life and you will have to acknowledge that you are still way ahead. You are unhappy because you have lost those things in which you took pleasure? But you can also take comfort in the likelihood that what is now making you miserable will also pass away.
......................................... Boethius
' What is God ?'...
We do not know what God is. God Himself does not know what He is because He is not anything. Literally God is not, because He transcends being.
...................................... Johannes Scotus Eriugena
' Belief '...
I do not try, Lord, to attain Your lofty heights, because my understanding is in no way equal to it. But I do desire to understand Your truth a little, that truth that my heart believes and loves. I do not seek to understand that I may believe; but I believe so that I may understand. For I believe this also, that unless I believe, I shall not understand.
........................................ Anselm of Canterbury
' Awake or Not '...
The life so brief, the art so long in the learning, the attempt so hard, the conquest so sharp, the fearful joy that ever slips away so quickly - by all this I mean love, which so sorely astounds my feeling with its wondrous operation, that when I think upon it I scarce know whether I wake or sleep.
................................ Geoffrey Chaucer
' Govern the Blind '...
What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.
........................................ William Shakespeare
' Today Well Lived '...
Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness.
.......................... Kalidasa
' Blissful Aloneless '...
No one belongs to me; I belong to no one. There is no "I" or "mine"; all is blissful aloneless.
...................................... Vyasa
' Attain the Supreme '...
Do not be proud of wealth, people, relations and friends, or youth. All these are snatched by time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme.
.............................. Adi Shankara
' Transforming Yourself '...
Correcting oneself is correcting the whole world. The Sun is simply bright. It does not correct anyone. Because it shines, the whole world is full of light. Transforming yourself is a means of giving light to the whole world.
................................... Ramana Maharshi
' Just Be Quiet '...
Don't be too quick to interpret the moment. Just keep quiet. My encouragement would always be: never think anything is against you, everything is blessing. Why should it be different? Just be quiet. Let it all work itself out.
................................... Mooji
' Denial of the Present '...
All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry - all forms of fear - are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence.
..................................... Eckhart Tolle
' Playing the Blues '...
I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
.................................... B. B. King
' An Open Heart '...
The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
.................................. Carlos Santana
' Transcendental Music '...
Music that touches the transcendental aspect of a human being is reserved for a marginal audience
.................................. John McLaughlin
' Forgive Everything '...
Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest.
............................... Sri Chinmoy
' An Aimless Life '...
An aimless life is always a troubled life. Every individual should have an aim. But do not forget that the quality of your aim will depend the quality of your life. Your aim should be high and wide, generous and disinterested; this will make your life precious to yourself and to others. Whatever your ideal, it cannot be perfectly realized unless you have realized perfection in yourself.
.............................. Sri Aurobindo
' Religion '...
Religion is not an imitation of Jesus or Mohammed. Even if an imitation is good, it is never genuine. Be not an imitation of Jesus, but be Jesus, You are quite as great as Jesus, Buddha, or anybody else. If we are not ... we must struggle and be. I would not be exactly like Jesus. It is unnecessary that I should be born a Jew.
....................................... Swami Vivekananda
' Nations Dieing '...
Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness.
.......................... President Abraham Lincoln
' Higher Consciousness is Present '...
The most holy and important practice in the spiritual life is the presence of God - that is, every moment to take great pleasure that God is with you
..................................... Brother Lawrence
' Excellence '...
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
............................. Aristotle
' Love for Animals '...
The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.
............................. Charles Darwin
' Gravity '...
Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
................................. Isaac Newton
' Truth does not Change '...
Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.
............................. Giordano Bruno
' All Truths '...
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
............................ Galileo Galilei
' Our Greatest Weakness '...
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
................................ Thomas A. Edison
' Remains in the Mind '...
A writing may be lost; a lie may be written; but what the eye has seen is truth and remains in the mind!
............................... Joseph Conrad
' Searching for Love '...
Those that go searching for love only make manifest their own lovelessness, and the loveless never find love, only the loving find love, and they never have to seek for it.
......................................... D. H. Lawrence
' The Media '...
The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.
................................... Aldous Huxley
' The Ego '...
The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.
................................. Hamza Yusuf
' Your True Worth '...
If you knew the true value of yourself, you will never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins.
.................................... Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
' Kindness '...
Among the believers who show most perfect faith are those who have best disposition and are kindest to their families.
................................ Muhammad ibn Isa at-Tirmidhi
' A Spark of Source '...
Know that you are a spark of God and can exist fully only within the realization of that profound truth. As such, you are a light and inspiration to others.
..................................... Harold Klemp
' The Mentor '...
The mentor can be identified by four things: by restraining you from wrongdoing, guiding you towards good actions, telling you what you ought to know, and showing you the path to heaven.
................................. Gautama Buddha
' Do Right '...
Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.
.......................................... Martin Luther King, Jr.
' Reality '...
If you don't create your reality, your reality will create you.
...................... Lizzie West
' Tyrannize '...
Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.
............................. President James Madison
' A Constitution '...
A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that the governmental exercise of any power not authorized by the constitution is an assumed power, and therefore illegal.
....................................... Thomas Paine
' The Power of Simplicity '...
How many undervalue the power of simplicity ! But it is the real key to the heart.
.................................. William Wordsworth
' The Pathless Woods '...
There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.
...................................... Lord Byron
' From Fool to Wisdom '...
If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
................................. William Makepeace Thackeray
' Greed '...
Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
.............................. Henry Fielding
' Confederacy against Truth '...
When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
.............................. Jonathan Swift
' Living in the Now '...
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
............................. Dale Carnegie
' Wasted Years '...
A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
............................. Muhammad Ali
' Self-relationship '...
If you are willing to look at another person's behavior toward you as a reflection of the state of their relationship with themselves rather than a statement about your value as a person. then you will, over a period of time, cease to react at all.
.................................... Harbhajan Singh Yogi
' Your Remedy '...
Your Remedy is within you, but you do not sense it.
Your Sickness is from you, but you do not perceive it.
You Presume you are a small entity,
But within you is enfolded the entire universe.
You are indeed the evident book,
By whose alphabet the hidden becomes the manifest.
Therefore, you have no need to look beyond yourself,
What you seek is within you, if only you reflect.
................................. Ali ibn Abi Talib
' Yesterday '...
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
................................ Rumi
' Wise Decisions '...
Consistently wise decisions can only be made by those whose wisdom is constantly challenged.
..................................... Theodore C. Sorensen
' Seek '...
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
............................... Matsuo Basho
' Paramahansa Yogananda '...
St.Francis met Jesus in the woods almost every night. As I was visiting his living tomb and put my head on the shrine step, St.Francis appeared to me. Then I saw a tunnel of Eternity in which he disappeared. The entire cellar beneath the church was replete with his vibrations. You would have enjoyed very much to meditate here. St.Francis is one of my loved saints with whom I commune and have communed. I write to you these sacred things for God has made you sacred by meditation.....................
Paramahansa Yogananda in a letter written to Rajarsi Janakananda, from Rajarsi Janakananda: A Great Western Yogi
' Quantum Physics '...
After the conversations about Indian philosophy, some of the ideas of Quantum Physics that had seemed so crazy suddenly made much more sense.
.................................... Werner Heisenberg
' Reality '...
Everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.
................................. Niels Bohr
' The Matrix of all Matter '...
As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research about atoms this much: There is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter.
.................................. Max Planck
' Mistakes '...
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
............................. Albert Einstein
' True to Self '...
There are a lot of things in this world that are more important than being popular. Being true to yourself is one of them.
............................... Michael Landon
' The Real Things '...
The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.
............................... Laura Ingalls Wilder
' What is Reality ?'...
I found the Reality of Divine Consciousness more than forty years ago... and yes,, it is composed of Light and the highest pinacle of Love Energy that I ever felt... It is more Real than these parts that we play within this Dream............. Stay tuned,, there is a higher Consciousness called ' Pure Awareness ', which contains no recognition of ego or personality because It Is the Frequency called Unconditional Love...................... thomas
' This World is Your Teacher '...
This world is your best teacher. There is a lesson in everything. There is a lesson in each experience. Learn it and become wise. Every failure is a stepping stone to success. Every difficulty or disappointment is a trial of your faith. Every unpleasant incident or temptation is a test of your inner strength. Therefore nil desperandum. March forward hero!
.................................... Sivananda
' Pure Love '...
Ordinary love is selfish, darkly rooted in desires and satisfactions. Divine love is without condition, without boundary, without change. The flux of the human heart is gone forever at the transfixing touch of pure love.
............................. Sri Yukteswar Giri
' If You '...
If you come to doubt, I'll give you every reason to doubt. If you come suspicious, I'll give you every reason to be suspicious. But if you come seeking Love, I'll show you more love than you've ever known
..................................... Mahavatar Babaji
' Happiness is NOW '...
Happiness is NOW! It isn't tomorrow. It isn't yesterday. Happiness is like a morning glory: Yesterday's won't bloom again; tomorrow's hasn't opened yet. Only today's flower can be enjoyed today. Be happy this very moment, and you'll learn how to be happy always.
........................... Goswami Kriyananda
' Happiness '...
If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.
.......................... Paramahansa Yogananda
' Calm Down '...
Let the mind calm down and the heart start to open. Then everything will be very obvious.
............................ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
' The Darkness '...
Do not fight the darkness, let the light in and the darkness will disappear.
........................... Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
' A World of Duality '...
"So love is the recognition of oneness in a world of duality. This is the birth of God into the world of form. Love makes the world less worldly, less dense, more transparent to the divine dimension, the light of consciousness itself.."
................................. Eckhart Tolle...
' What Exists '...
We can speak and think only of what exists. And what exists is uncreated and imperishable for it is whole and unchanging and complete. It was not or nor shall be different since it is now, all at once, one and continuous.
...................................... Parmenides
' Love and Hate '...
There are forces in nature called Love and Hate. The force of Love causes elements to be attracted to each other and to be built up into some particular form or person, and the force of Hate causes the decomposition of things.
.................................... Empedocles
' Character '...
The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.
....................................... Heraclitus
' Three Degrees of Knowledge '...
Knowledge has three degrees--opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition.
................................. Plotinus
' Speaking the Truth '...
No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.
............................... Plato
' Understood Backwards '...
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
.................................. Soren Kierkegaard
' The Meaning of Life '...
I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive.
..................................... Joseph Campbell
' To Love '...
To love is to find pleasure in the happiness of others.
............................. Gottfried Leibniz
' The Material World '...
We see things in this material world, wherein our bodies dwell, only because our mind through its attention lives in another world, only because it contemplates the beauties of the archetypal and intelligible world which Reason contains.
.......................................... Nicolas Malebranche
' Surrender to Reality '...
The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Instead, surrender to what is real within you, for that alone is sure....you are above everything distressing.
.................................... Baruch Spinoza
' Two Kinds of Knowledge '...
There are only two kinds of certain knowledge: Awareness of our own existence and the truths of mathematics.
....................................... Jean le Rond d'Alembert
' Politics and Morality '...
Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.
................................... Jean-Jacques Rousseau
' The Use of Reason '...
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.
.................................. Thomas Paine
' Laws of Nature '...
The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.
................................ Euclid
' Truth is Obscure '...
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
................................. Blaise Pascal
' Seeker of Truth '...
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
.................................... Rene Descartes
' Ignorance '...
Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation.
.................................. Averroes
' The Face of Allah '...
Do not praise your own faith exclusively so that you disbelieve all the rest. If you do this you will miss much good. Nay, you will miss the whole truth of the matter. God, the Omniscient and the Omnipresent, cannot be confined to any one creed, for He says in the Quran, wheresoever ye turn, there is the face of Allah. Everybody praises what he knows. His God is his own creature, and in praising it, he praises himself. Which he would not do if he were just, for his dislike is based on ignorance.
..................................... Ibn Arabi
' Listen to your Heart '...
Listen to your heart and not your ego. Your ego prompts you to boast of vain assertions to obtain the glory of this world. Turn away from vanity and seek Him in the recesses of your heart and soul
.................................. Abdul-Qadir Gilani
' Your Jihad '...
Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see - Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then will be ready to fight the enemy you can see.
.................................. Al-Ghazali
' Created Alone '...
Man who is created alone should be aware that he will also die alone. Yet during his life, he lives almost addicted to possessions... the only assets one can take with him when one dies is one's belief or disbelief
.............................. Harun Yahya
' The Secret of Health '...
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. . . Live each moment completely and the future will take care of itself. Fully enjoy the wonder and beauty of each moment.
.................................. Paramahansa Yogananda
' Enlightenment '...
Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God.
....................................... Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
' The Frequency of Source '...
Love is what we are; we don't get it from somebody, we can't give it to anybody, we can't fall in it or fall out of it. Love is our true Being.
................................. Krishna Das
' Shake Hands '...
We are all the same person trying to shake hands with our self.
............................ Wavy Gravy
' The Greatest Force '...
The greatest force in the human body is the natural drive of the body to heal itself - but that force in not independent of the belief system. Everything begins with belief. What we believe is the most powerful option of all.
.................................... Norman Cousins
' Success and Happiness '...
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
............................. Dale Carnegie
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