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Selflessness…

* For purveyors of the Prevailing View, to be a self is the primal vice and to die to self, in feeling, will, and intellect is the final virtue. * It can only be the memory of such formulations that … Continue reading

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China my China…

* ‘In its essentials, Indian alchemy is the same as Western, and Chinese alchemy, although set in a completely different spiritual climate, can throw light on both…’ – Titus Burckhardt … We took up the collapsed form in our arms … Continue reading

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Vice Versa…

* If a human mind can directly influence the matter within its body, then a divine mind ought to be capable of imposing form upon a formless chaos or even thinking substance and forms into existence. * Continue reading at … Continue reading

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Fishing…

* We can understand something of what lies beyond our experience by examining analogous cases that lie within it. * The relationship between the world, divinity, and the divine source, Continue reading at France & Vincent

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Dove-Avatar…

* What is This That you are? * It has a personal aspect that is wise, merciful, and good. Continue reading at France & Vincent

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Lyricist…

Turisaz * …Merlin was still lamenting his plight; ‘How does it happen that the seasons are so different? Spring provides leaves and flowers, Summer gives crops, Autumn ripe apples, but then Winter’s ice wastes all! O, that there were no … Continue reading

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First Things First…

* ‘…In the Golden Book of the Golden Game a Golden Angel wrote my name…’ We wish to speak now of a curious incident in which we were involved and which is not wholly unlike some of the legends so … Continue reading

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Ever One…

* What is this That you are? * It is spiritual… It is absolute… It is ineffable… * Continue reading at France & Vincent

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Understanding…

* Direct awareness of that consciousness both eternal and complete which is the source and ground of the manifest world is a possibility that can be realised by human beings at any stage of their personal development from infant to … Continue reading

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Outside the Box…

* Most of the world’s original and productive thought comes from people of relatively poor physique and an impractical turn of mind. * In many societies conditions are hard and there is little surplus wealth. The contemplative has to face … Continue reading

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