Recognition of Law
Before beginning, and without an end, As space eternal and as surety sure, Is fixed a Power divine which moves to good, Only its laws endure . . . SIR EDWIN ARNOLD, The Light of Asia THE RECOGNITION OF LAW We have to assume either that this is a universe of law or a universe […]
Interdependence
INTERDEPENDENCE As mankind is essentially of one and the same essence, and that essence is one—infinite, uncreate, and eternal, whether we call it God or Nature—nothing, therefore, can affect one nation or one man without affecting all other nations and all other men. H. P. BLAVATSKY,The Key to Theosophy It is an occult law, moreover, […]
Mental Purification
MENTAL PURIFICATION Let a man guard himself against mental irritations, let him be well restrained in mind. Having relinquished mental misconduct, let him practise purity of thought. BUDDHA, The Dhammapada In the same Sub-Category Share on email Email
Thoughts As Living Messengers
THOUGHTS AS LIVING MESSENGERS A thought, on its departure from the mind, . . . is attracted wherever there is a similar vibration, or, let us say, suitable soil . . . It is a solemn thought, this, of our responsibility for the impulse of another. WILLIAM Q. JUDGE, Letters That Have Helped Me In […]
Duty and Wisdom
DUTY AND WISDOM He who seeks “the small old path” has many duties to perform. His duty to mankind, his family – nature – himself and his creator, but duty here means something very different from that which is conveyed by the time and lip-worn word, Duty. Our comprehension of the term is generally based upon society’s […]
A Great Lens
A GREAT LENS It is possible to focus that light of universal wisdom, continual contemplation and eternal ideation within a matrix created by the love, unity and joint heroic efforts of a nucleus of human beings formed over a period of time. Thus, it is possible to bring down onto the plane of mundane human […]
Parapolitics – Bringing Imagination into Political Relations from Within-Without
PARAPOLITICS – BRINGING IMAGINATION INTO POLITICAL RELATIONS FROM WITHIN-WITHOUT Parapolitics is an imperfect means to a transcendental end, the repeated channeling of energies for the enlightenment of the entire race of mankind. — HERMES “Given . . . the decline of institutionalized authority and the weakening of formal modes of securing allegiance, the recovery of […]
Emotional Disarmament
EMOTIONAL DISARMAMENT Pico Iyer writes, “Whether in the context of climate change or the right to life—let alone the ethics of trying to protect others from a killer virus by simply wearing a mask—more and more of us refuse ever to cross party lines. And in an age of social media, when we all imagine […]
Let’s Meet There
LET’S MEET THERE Out beyond ideas of right and wrong there is a field. I will meet you there. JALALUDDIN RUMI In the same Sub-Category Share on email Email
Gandhi—Perfectibility and Moral Learning
GANDHI: PERFECTIBILITY AND MORAL LEARNING October 8, 2020 “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your father which is in heaven is perfect.” (Jesus) “Of all the rest of mankind, make him thy friend who distinguishes himself by his virtue. Always give way to his mild exhortations and take example from his virtuous and useful actions. […]