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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in explanation of our gusts and storms.
Our salvation consists wholly in being saved from ourselves.
Somewhere about this time I was very much struck by a talk about the sun, the planets, and the moon. I do not remember how this talk began. But I remember that G. drew a small diagram and tried to explain what he called the “correlation of forces in different worlds.” This was in connection with the previous talk, that is, in connection with the influences acting on humanity. The idea was roughly this: humanity, or more correctly, organic life on earth, is acted upon simultaneously by influences proceeding from various sources and different worlds; influences from the planets, influences from the moon, influences from the sun, influences from the stars. All these influences act simultaneously; one influence predominates at one moment and another influence at another moment. And for man there is a certain possibility of making a choice of influences; in other words, of passing from one influence to another.
Then he realized, I indeed, I am this creation, for I have poured it forth from myself. In that way he became this creation. Verily, he who knows this becomes in this creation a creator.
There is an old simile in India that if you place a cup of milk before a Raja Hamsa (swan) with plenty of water in it, he will take all the milk and leave the water. In that way we should take what is of value in knowledge, and leave the dross.
One characteristic of a sane mind is its refusal to get involved in society’s insanity because it recognizes insanity when it sees it.
The deepest and most passionate love is that which survives the extinction of esteem.
I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope. For hope would be hope for the wrong thing.
If you wish to grow in your spiritual life, you must not allow yourself to be caught up in the workings of the world. You must find time alone, away from the noise and confusion, away from the allure of power and wealth.
He who does not understand how the soul contains the Beautiful within itself, seeks to realize beauty without, by laborious production.
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control: these three alone lead life to sovereign power.
Whatever you think appears in consciousness as a show. That’s the way thought works to display its content, as a show of imagination. Therefore if you think the observer is separate from the observed, it’s going to appear in consciousness as two different entities. The point is that the words will seem to be coming from the observer who knows, who sees, and therefore they are the truth, they are a description of the truth. That’s the illusion.
What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it.
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
Settle yourself in solitude, and you will come upon Him in yourself.
Your true spiritual responsibility is not how you arrive but that you continually set out upon the journey.
All writings, both of secular and of divine wisdom, yield instruction when effort is applied.
We are enslaved by the laws we set up for our protection, which have become our oppression.
It is difficult to keep quiet if you have nothing to do.