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Page 15 of 1151919 · PDF PAGE 29
…ed, is to assure sound education in occult matters, so that when spiritual illumination comes it may find a well built temple. Where the mind is strongly biased towards any special theory, the result of an illumination is often to inflame that portion of the mind which is thus overdevel- oped, with the result that the aspirant, instead of becoming an Adept, becomes a bigot and fanatic. The A... A... does not offer examination in this course, but recommends these books as the foundation of a library. SECTION 2. Other books, principally fiction, …
1919 · PDF PAGE 358
THE EQUINOX 76. Withhold thy mind from all external objects, all ex- ternal sights. Withhold internal images, lest on thy Soul- light a dark shadow they should cast. This is the usual instruction once more, but, going further, it intimates that the internal image or reality of the object must be destroyed as well as the outer image and the ideal image. 77. Thou art now in DHARANA, the sixth stage. DHARANA has been explained thoroughly in Book 4, q.v- 78. When thou hast passed into the seventh, O happy one, thou shalt perceive no more the sacred…
1944 · PDF PAGE 24
…f by constant practice what they mean to him. It does not even follow that he will arrive at the same ideas. This will not mean that one mind is right and the other wrong, because each one of us has his own universe all to himself, and it is not the same as anybody else’s universe. The moon that A. sees is not the moon that B., standing by him, sees. In this case, the difference is so infinitesimal that it does not exist in practice; yet there is a difference. But if A. and B look at a picture in a gallery, it is very much not the same picture …
1899 · PDF PAGE 2
…watch the Bear, With thrice-great Hermes, or unsphear The spirit of Plato, to unfold What Worlds, or what vast Regions hold The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook ; _ And of those Dzemons that are found In fire, air, flood, or under ground, Whose power hath a true content With Planet, or with Element. Some time let Gorgeous Tragedy In Sceptr'd Pall come sweeping by.” Il Penseroso.
1913 · PDF PAGE 164
…ront even the Guardian of the Threshold of that Ordeal. One would imagine that in order to be suitable for such Initiation, the body and mind must be completely representative of the whole of the Cosmos, a perfect microcosm. The Mind of such an one must perfectly comprehend every phase of the Universe without exception. It must, in the most real intellectual sense, be equally “ The buffet and the ear.” As it is written, “A man of like passions as we are.” It is not possible here or elsewhere, nor is it particularly desirable, to enlarge upon su…
1913 · PDF PAGE 164
…ront even the Guardian of the Threshold of that Ordeal. One would imagine that in order to be suitable for such Initiation, the body and mind must be completely representative of the whole of the Cosmos, a perfect microcosm. The Mind of such an one must perfectly comprehend every phase of the Universe without exception. It must, in the most real intellectual sense, be equally “ The buffet and the ear.” As it is written, “A man of like passions as we are.” It is not possible here or elsewhere, nor is it particularly desirable, to enlarge upon su…
1907 · PDF PAGE 140
…ippery road of lust , so essential to the basic knowledge of the good . Among the extraordinary antipathies and sym pathies of the human mind , few are so startling as the frequent attraction of contraries . Good attracts bad , and bad good , in the love - history of life over and over again shall we find this : Have they divined This simplest spirit - bond , The joy of some bad woman's deadly kiss ;? In the “ Lesbian Hell ” we see those white unsated women , and in “ The Fatal Force ” one so flushed with lust , that she has become blind to rea…
1919 · PDF PAGE 401
THE SEVEN PORTALS —to Arthur Edward Waite, immediately occur to the mind. What does not occur to the mind is the names of people now living who know their subject from experience. The late Swami Vivekananda did know his. Sabapaty Swami did so. Shri Parananda Swami did so, and of course above all these stands Bhikkhu Ananda Metteya. Outside these, one can think of no one, except the very reticent Rudolf Steiner, who betrays practical acquaintance with the Path. The way to discover whether a Teacher knows anything about it or not is to do the wor…
1909 · PDF PAGE 179
…the Great God, and the Material Universe sinketh into Infinity. The first Number, then, is ONE; emblem of the All-Father; the Unmanifest Mind behind all Manifestation: the First Mind. Multiply by It any other Number—for the Multiplica- tion of the Numbers is a Generation, as is the Multiplication of Men and Gods—and behold! the Resultant is a replica of the Number taken. So is One the All-Father, the All- begetter—generating and producing all. The next step is the division into TWO. Thus was manifested the Great Dual Power of Nature. As above, …
1909 · PDF PAGE 179
…the Great God, and the Material Universe sinketh into Infinity. The first Number, then, is ONE; emblem of the All-Father; the Unmanifest Mind behind all Manifestation: the First Mind. Multiply by It any other Number—for the Multiplica- tion of the Numbers is a Generation, as is the Multiplication of Men and Gods—and behold! the Resultant is a replica of the Number taken. So is One the All-Father, the All- begetter—generating and producing all. The next step is the division into TWO. Thus was manifested the Great Dual Power of Nature. As above, …
1954 · PDF PAGE 539
…been, but that it is so I have no doubt whatever. I see quite clearly now that Yoga from its very first beginnings is liable to lead the mind away into a condition of muddle, and though for each such state Yoga itself provides the necessary cure, may not one ask oneself it it is really wise to begin one's work with axioms and postulates which are inherently dangerous. The whole controversy might be expressed as a differential equation. Their curves become identical only at infinity, and there is no doubt, at least to my mind, that the curve of …
1939 · PDF PAGE 6
…; I have gotten me Love as the gold from the furnace that melted my loves. Love is not bound to the body, not sparse and adrift with the mind Not secret with soul, though the soul seem one and alone of its kind. The body is naught but a corpse, its growth but a name of decay, A delirious dream of sick godswhere the Shadow hath sway. Concocted of offal and mire, putrescent with cancer of breath, A knot that unravels to naught, a riddle whose answer is Death? The mind is the reek of the fume of the bodys corruption, the mime Of its magotty mood…
1906 · PDF PAGE 175
…swift as caddies pat and cap a tee, Gain the great prize all mortals snap at, he- Roic guerdon of Srotapatti ? With calm and philosophic mind, Our logical No fears, no hopes, devotions blind cna ioe a To hamper, soberly we'll state demonstrating The problem, and investigate erudition of In purely scientific mood poet. The sheer Ananke of the mind, A temper for our steel to find Whereby those brazen nails subdued Against our door-posts may in vain Ring. We'll examine, to be plain, By logic’s intellectual prism The spiritual Syllogism. We know wh…
1919 · PDF PAGE 414
… he must be able to see through a brick wall before re- gaining his eyesight. 16. Thou shalt not let thy senses make a playground of thy mind. Following on the tremendous task of verse 15 comes the obvious elementary piece of instruction which one gives to a beginner. The best way out of the dilemma is to take verse 15 ina very elementary sense. Let us paraphrase that verse. “Try to get into the habit of thinking of your mind and body as distinct. Attach yourself to matters of eternal impor- tance, and do not be deluded by the idea that the mat…
1922 · PDF PAGE 288
…aking it openly together. We wanted to pretend that we were taking less than we were. The use of drugs develops every morbid kink in the mind. Meanwhile, Maisie was singing in her rich contralto voice an English translation of one of Verlaine’s most exquisite lyrics: ‘‘ With muted strings.” “Calm in the twilight of the lofty boughs Pierce we our love with silence as we drowse; Melt we our souls, hearts, senses in this shrine, Vague languor of arbutus and of pine!” “ Half-close your eyes, your arms upon your breast ; Banish for ever every intere…
1929 · PDF PAGE 99
…ou that you are absolutely guarded in every way but one. The weak spot is this: we cannot abolish unsuitable thoughts entirely from your mind. It is for you to do that, and we have done our best to make the conditions as favourable as possible; but I warn you that the struggle may be bitter. You will be amazed at the possibilities of your own mind, its fertility of [142] cunning, its fatally false logic, its power of blinding you to facts that ought to be as clear as daylight — yes, even to the things before your very eyes. It will seek to bewi…
1906 · PDF PAGE 182
…osts confess A master, for I know and see The absolute identity Of the beholder and the vision. How easy to excite derision In the man’s mind! Why, fool, I think { am as clever as yourself, At least as skilled to wake the elf Of jest and mockery in a wink. I can dismiss with sneers as cheap As yours this fabric of my own, One banner of my mind o’erthrown Just at my will. How true and deep Is Carroll *’ when his Alice cries : “It’s nothing but a pack of cards !” There’s the true refuge of the wise; To overthrow the temple guards, Deny reality. A…
1909 · PDF PAGE 12
… labour to espouse An equal soul. Alas ! how frail I find The golden light within the gilded house. Helpless and passionate, and weak of mind ! Lechers and lepers ! — all as ivy cling, Emasculate the healthy bole they haunt. Eternity is pregnant ; I shall sing Now— by my power — a spirit grave and gaunt Brilliant and selfish, hard and hot, to flaunt Reared like a flame across the lampless west, Until by love or laughter we enchaunt, Compel ye to Kithairon’s thorny crest — Evoe! Iacche ! consummatum est. — XxI —
1916 · PDF PAGE 5
… the examination, but which every other school in Europe regarded as nonsense. Such training can only serve to unbalance and destroy the mind. Mr. Stuart avoided this tragedy. Instead, he read everything, kept his eyes open, and never allowed the specious arguments of the logician to lure him into conclusions opposed to common sense. Almost every writer falls into some trap. Either he omits a premise, or takes a false one, or commits some logical error unperceived. But with such skill does he execute his sophistry, and so deeply does his vanity…
1910 · PDF PAGE 500
… from the ‘White Cross Library.” With an Introduction by ARTHUR Epwarp Waite. Third Edition. CONTENTS.—God in the Trees; or the Infinite Mind in Nature. The God in Yourself. The Doctor within. Mental Medicine. Faith; or, Being Led of the Spirit. The Material Mind v. The Spiritual Mind. What are Spiritual Gifts? Healthy and Unhealthy Spirit Communion. Spells; or, the Law of Change. Immortality in the Flesh. Regeneration; or, Being Born again. The Process of Re-Embodiment. Re-Embodiment Universal in Nature. The Mystery of Sleep. ‘Where you Travel…