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… only when the control is imperfect) critical glyphs, as it were in small type, an annotation of approval or otherwise. Thus, a chain of thought A—B—C will have three approving pictures in a fainter key; the soul justifying the sequence. Should one continue A—B—C—E an opposing glyph will warn of the falsity, or at least cast doubt upon it. In the generally un- stable condition of the thought, such a critical glyph may be strong enough to become the dominant; and then the whole line of thought breaks down. Let me give an example: Thought, Critic…
1909 · PDF PAGE 58
… only when the control is imperfect) critical glyphs, as it were in small type, an annotation of approval or otherwise. Thus, a chain of thought A—B—C will have three approving pictures in a fainter key; the soul justifying the sequence. Should one continue A—B—C—E an opposing glyph will warn of the falsity, or at least cast doubt upon it. In the generally un- stable condition of the thought, such a critical glyph may be strong enough to become the dominant; and then the whole line of thought breaks down. Let me give an example: Thought, Critic…
1909 · PDF PAGE 59
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HASHISH There is only one remedy for this state of affairs, the discipline of thought which we call in its highest forms meditation and magic. The existence of the disease, it will be noticed, indeed perfectly explains the nature of thought- wandering as observed by me in simple meditation without drugs. It should be taken, I think, as the normal action of the untrained mind. So long as the thoughts are strongly thrown out, rational, the critical glyphs approve, and the thought-current moves harmoniously to its end. Such are t…
1909 · PDF PAGE 59
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HASHISH There is only one remedy for this state of affairs, the discipline of thought which we call in its highest forms meditation and magic. The existence of the disease, it will be noticed, indeed perfectly explains the nature of thought- wandering as observed by me in simple meditation without drugs. It should be taken, I think, as the normal action of the untrained mind. So long as the thoughts are strongly thrown out, rational, the critical glyphs approve, and the thought-current moves harmoniously to its end. Such are t…
1905 · PDF PAGE 148
…He goes not to Destruction ; he unto Nirvana draweth near. III THE ARROW Just as the fletcher shapes his shaft straightly, so shapes his thought the saint, For that is trembling, weak, impatient of direction or restraint. Mara’s dominion to escape if thought impetuously tries Like to a fish from water snatched thrown on the ground it trembling lies. Where’er it listeth runneth thought, the tameless trembling consciousness. Well is it to restrain :—a mind so stilled and tamed brings happiness. Hard to perceive, all-wandering, subtle and eager do…
1906 · PDF PAGE 38
THE STUMBLING-BLOCK. I ALMOST wonder if I ought To hymn this height of human pain: To enter into Jones’s thought I’d have to work with Jones’s brain. Terrestrial speech is wholly vain To carry meaning as it ought :— To enter into Jones’s thought I'd have to work with Jones’s brain. This is the High God’s cruel sport: To enter into Jones’s thought And make its inner meaning plain, I’d have to work with Jones’s brain. 3o0
1909 · PDF PAGE 94
…m, and the tomb of his Pyramid be unsealed. It is impossible in a few words to explain thoroughly this eclectic system; for each act and thought of the ritual demands an expert teacher, and even a good pupil might study for years before mastering the method. By which time he might not impossibly have discovered one of his own. Howbeit, I must do my best; and if by that best I can help “‘ the least of these little ones,” so much the better. XIx “The Intelligible subsisteth beyond Mind.”—ZOROASTER. Nevodha-samapatti—It must be very satisfactory, …
1909 · PDF PAGE 94
…m, and the tomb of his Pyramid be unsealed. It is impossible in a few words to explain thoroughly this eclectic system; for each act and thought of the ritual demands an expert teacher, and even a good pupil might study for years before mastering the method. By which time he might not impossibly have discovered one of his own. Howbeit, I must do my best; and if by that best I can help “‘ the least of these little ones,” so much the better. XIx “The Intelligible subsisteth beyond Mind.”—ZOROASTER. Nevodha-samapatti—It must be very satisfactory, …
1907 · PDF PAGE 308
THE NEW WINE 301 Let human thought itself expand Bright Sun of Knowledge , in me rise ! Lead me to those exalted skies To live and love and understand ! Paying no price , accepting nought The Giver and the Gift are one With the Receiver -O thou Sun Of thought , of bliss transcending thought , Rise where division dies ! Absorb In glory of the glowing orb Self and its shadow ! 1 And , Within the charméd space is nought Possible unto thought . There in their equilibrium They float —how still , how numb ! There must they rest , there will they stay…
1909 · PDF PAGE 55
JOHN ST. JOHN 3.6. I despair of asking my readers to distinguish between the common phenomenon of wandering thought and this phenomenon which is at the very portal of true and perfect concentration ; yet it is most important that the distinction should be seized The further difficulty will occur—I hope I—of distinguishing between the vacancy of the idiot, and that destruction of thought which we call Shivadarshana, or Nirvikalpa—samadhi, [We must again refer the reader to the Hindu classics. —ED.] The only diagnostic I can think of is this; that…
1909 · PDF PAGE 8
THE EQUINOX it thought ?” The Buddhist may find it easy to image an act without an agent; I am not so clever. It may be possible for a sane man; but I should like to know more about his mind before I gave a final opinion. But apart from purely formal objections, we may still inquire: Is this Cogétatur true? Yes; reply the sages; for to deny it implies thought; Negatur is only a sub-section of Cogitatur. This involves, however, an axiom that the part is of the same nature as the whole; or (at the very least) an axiom that Ais A. Now, I do not wi…
1909 · PDF PAGE 330
… instead of concentrating at that actual point of the Sphere of Sensation, and thus receiving the Direct Ray, as then reflected into his thought, and uniting himself with the Ray of his thought, so as to make one continuous ray from the corresponding point of the Macrocosmus unto the centre of his consciousness : if instead of this he shall retain the thought-ray only éouching the Sphere of Sensation at that point, he shall, it is true, perceive the reflection of the Macrocosmic ray, answering to that symbol in the Sphere of his consciousness; …
1909 · PDF PAGE 330
… instead of concentrating at that actual point of the Sphere of Sensation, and thus receiving the Direct Ray, as then reflected into his thought, and uniting himself with the Ray of his thought, so as to make one continuous ray from the corresponding point of the Macrocosmus unto the centre of his consciousness : if instead of this he shall retain the thought-ray only éouching the Sphere of Sensation at that point, he shall, it is true, perceive the reflection of the Macrocosmic ray, answering to that symbol in the Sphere of his consciousness; …
1910 · PDF PAGE 75
65 TELEPATHY (His thought.) FROM gloomy London oversea My lady sends a letter. My credits gone : the Deity May write me down a debtor, For I had thought that I was free I find I have a fetter ! (Her thought.) Yea ; must some god announce afresh No more they are twain ; they are one flesh ? For here I sit and laugh and smoke And play with youth and pleasure ; Life is a dream, and death a joke, And love a thing of leisure The dance is done, the spell is broke, And marred the merry measure ! Yea ; my small kiss is somehow worth The love of al…
1913 · PDF PAGE 140
…rst, let the body of thee be still, Bound by the cerements of will, Corpse-rigid ; thus thou mayst abort The fidget-babes that tease the thought. Next, let the breath-rhythm be low, Easy, regular, and slow; So that thy being be in tune With the great sea’s Pacific swoon. Third, let thy life be pure and calm Swayed softly as a windless palm. Fourth, let the will-to-live be bound To the one love of the Profound. Fifth, let the thought, divinely free From sense, observe its entity. Watch every thought that springs ; enhance Hour after hour thy vig…
1913 · PDF PAGE 140
…rst, let the body of thee be still, Bound by the cerements of will, Corpse-rigid ; thus thou mayst abort The fidget-babes that tease the thought. Next, let the breath-rhythm be low, Easy, regular, and slow; So that thy being be in tune With the great sea’s Pacific swoon. Third, let thy life be pure and calm Swayed softly as a windless palm. Fourth, let the will-to-live be bound To the one love of the Profound. Fifth, let the thought, divinely free From sense, observe its entity. Watch every thought that springs ; enhance Hour after hour thy vig…
1909 · PDF PAGE 10
THE EQUINOX “existential import” to consider the matter, to that further complexity and contradiction, the syllogism. IV Thought is appears then (in the worst case possible, denial) as the conclusion of the premisses : There is denial of thought. (All) Denial of thought is thought. Even formally, ’tis a clumsy monster. Essentially, it seems to involve a great deal beyond our original statement. We compass heaven and earth to make one syllogism; and when we have made it, it is tenfold more the child of mystery than ourselves. We cannot here disc…
1929 · PDF PAGE 36
…ning of Servetus would have turned pitiful had he heard it, so perfectly did it express quintessence of damnation. Now then my husband's thought seemed to have changed places with the other. It was below, within, withdrawn. said to myself, He is dead! Then came Ar- thur's thought, I had better pretend to be mad. It will save her, perhaps; and it will be a change. I shall pre- tend I have killed her with an axe. Damn it! I hope she is not listening. I was now thoroughly awake, and told the driver to get home quickly. I hope she is killed in…
1913 · PDF PAGE 5
LIBER CCCXXXIII THE BOOK OF LIES WHICH IS ALSO FALSELY CALLED BREAKS THE WANDERINGS OR FALSIFICA- TIONS OF THE ONE THOUGHT OF WHICH THOUGHT IS ITSELF UNTRUE “Break, break, break At the foot of thy stones, O Sea ! And I would that I could utter The thoughts that arise in me!” LONDON: WIELAND AND CO. 33 AVENUE STUDIOS, SOUTH KENSINGTON 1913
1912 · PDF PAGE 11
…First, let the body of thee be still, Bound by the cerements of will, Corpse-rigid; thus thou mayst abort The fidget-babes that tease the thought. Next, let the breath-rhythmbe low, Easy, regular, and slow; So that thy being be in tune With the great sea’s Pacific swoon. Third, let thy life be pure and calm, Swayed softly as a windless palm. Fourth, let the will-to-live be bound To the one love of the profound. Fifth, let the thought, divinely free From sense, observe its entity. Watch every thoughtthat springs; enhance Hour after hour thy vigila…