Follow my advice, and leave off your difficult seeking for the knowledge of God by means of your selfish will and reasoning. Throw away that imaginary reason, which your mortal self thinks to possess, and your will shall then be the will of God. If He finds His will to be in His, then will is will become manifest in […]
Jacob Boehme Quote – “It is not ‘man’ in the abstract who recognizes anything…”
It is not “man” in the abstract who recognizes anything. It is always a certain principle, having become active in him, that recognizes its own counterpart in external nature, when it comes in contact with it. Only he in whom is light can see the light; only the element of love can feel love; only the divinity in man can […]
Jacob Boehme Quote – “He to whom time is like eternity…”
He to whom time is like eternity, and eternity like time, is free. Jacob Boehme (1575 – 1624)
Jacob Boehme Quote – “Blessed art thou therefore if that thou canst stand still…”
Blessed art thou therefore if that thou canst stand still from self-thinking and self-willing, and canst stop the wheel of they imagination and senses… forasmuch as hereby thou mayest arrive at length to see the great Salvation of God being made capable of all manner of Divine sensations and Heavenly communications. Since it is nought indeed but thine own hearing […]
William Blake Quote – “Drive your cart and your plow over…”
Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead. William Blake (1757 – 1827)
William Blake Quote – “No bird soars too high…”
No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings. William Blake (1757 – 1827)
Bhagavad-Gita Quote – “Water flows continually into the ocean…”
Water flows continually into the ocean But the ocean is never disturbed. Desire flows into the mind of the seer But he is never disturbed. The seer knows peace. Bhaghavad-Gita (500 B.C.E.)
Bhaghavad-Gita Quote – “Whatever thou doest, whatever thou eatest…”
Whatever thou doest, whatever thou eatest, do all as if for me. Bhaghavad-Gita (500 B.C.E.)
Henri-Louis Bergson Quote – “Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought…”
Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought… Men do not sufficiently realize that their future is in their own hands. Theirs is the task of determining first of all whether they want to go on living or not. Theirs is the responsibility, then, for deciding if they want merely to live, or intend to make […]
J. G. Bennett Quote – “When all limitations are transcended…”
When all limitations are transcended, nothing remains but the One Will that is ‘I.’ J.G. Bennett (1897 – 1974)