Jewels of Wisdom

Long shall these walls Be witness to our work, And, that it may endure forever, Concord consecrates them today. Let us share every burden With the full weight of love, Then we shall worthily receive here True light from the… Concord Consecrates

Human nature became God, for God  assumed the pure human nature and not the human person.  So if you want to be this same Christ in God, empty yourself of everything which the eternal Word did not assume.  The eternal… Empty Yourself

I PAUSED beside the cabin door and saw the King of Kings at play,Tumbled upon the grass I spied the little heavenly runaway.The mother laughed upon the child made gay by its ecstatic morn,And yet the sages spake of It… The King of Kings

There is a vale which none hath seen, Where foot of man has never been, Such as here lives with toil and strife, An anxious and a sinful life. There every virtue has its birth, Ere it descends upon the… Rumours from and Aeolian Harp

In all nature we can find no instance where effort of some kind is not required. We find there is a natural result from such effort. He who would live the life or find wisdom can only do so by… Musings on the Theosophical Path

Thou canst not travel on the Path before thou hast become that Path itself. Let thy Soul lend its ear to every cry of pain like as the lotus bares its heart to drink the morning sun. Let not the… The Path

Will and Desire lie at the doors of Meditation and Concentration.  If we desire truth with the same intensity that we had formerly wished for success, money, or gratification, we will speedily acquire meditation and possess concentration.  If we do… Will and Desire

I do not despise you, priests;My faith is the greatest of faiths, and the least of faiths,Enclosing worship ancient and modern, and all between ancient and modern,Believing I shall come again upon the earth after five thousand years,Waiting responses from… After Five Thousand Years

“This perishable body, O son of Kunti, is known as Kshetra; those who are acquainted with the true nature of things call the soul who knows it, the Kshetrajna. Know also that I am the Knower in every mortal body,… Kshetra and Kshetrajna

One lesson, Nature, let me learn of thee,One lesson which in every wind is blown,One lesson to two duties kept at oneThough the loud world proclaim their enmity. Of toil unsevered from tanquility,Of labour, that is lasting fruit outgrowsFar noiser… The Silent Work of Nature

Thou must be true thyself,If thou the truth wouldst teach;Thy soul must overflow if thouAnother’s soul would reach. Think truly, and thy thoughtsShall the world’s famine feed;Speak truly, and each word of thineShall be a fruitful seed;Live truly, and thy… Live Truly

So the lover of Earth obtains his reward, and little by little the veil is lifted of an inexhaustible beauty and majesty.  It may be he will be tranced in some spiritual communion, or will find his being overflowing into… Spiritual Communion