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Jewels of Wisdom

The Word of the Guru

    He is all in all Himself, devoid of material conditions. Whosoever serves Him is honorable, Nanak, let us, therefore, sing of Him, for He is full of all excellences. Let us sing and hear His praises and keep them lovingly… The Word of the Guru

    Self-Transcendence

      Man is all the time outside of himself: it is in projecting and losing himself beyond himself that he makes man to exist; and, on the other hand,  it is by pursuing transcendent aims that he himself is able to… Self-Transcendence

      Imagination

        This spiritual Love acts not nor can exist Without Imagination, which, in truth, Is but another name for absolute power And clearest insight, amplitude of mind, An Reason in her most exalted mood. This faculty hath been the feeding source… Imagination

        Another’s Woe

          Can I see another’s woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another’s grief, and not seek for kind relief? Can I see a falling tear, And not feel my sorrow’s share? Can a father see his child… Another’s Woe

          The Immortal Spectator

            Every soul is immortal—for whatever is in perpetual motion is immortal. . . . All that is soul presides over all that is without soul and patrols all heaven, now appearing in one form and now in another. When it… The Immortal Spectator

            Manaspuja

              O Lord, my Self Thou art, My mind I liken to Thy divine consort, my vital airs to Thy followers, and my body to Thy temple, My enjoyments I regard as oblations consecrated to Thee. My sleep is a form… Manaspuja

              The Act of Seeing

                Man is to the Real as the pupil is to the eye, through which the act of seeing takes place. Thus he is called insan, meaning both Man and pupil, for it is through Man that the Real contemplates His… The Act of Seeing

                The Heart of the Grain

                  Consider this matter in the following similitude. A grain of wheat has the air and light of this world enclosed or incorporated in it. This is the mystery of its life, this is its power of growing, by this it… The Heart of the Grain

                  Whisperings of Buddhi

                    As the lost jewel may be recovered from the very depths of the tank’s mud, so can the most abandoned snatch himself from the mire of sin, if only the precious Gem of Gems, the sparkling germ of the Atma,… Whisperings of Buddhi

                    Divine Manifestation

                      The Creation of the whole Creation is nothing else but a Manifestatin of the all-essential, unsearchable God;  all whatever he is in his eternal unbeginning Generation and Dominion, of that is also the Creation, but not in the Omnipotence and… Divine Manifestation

                      The Immortal Mind

                        When coldness wraps this suffering clay, Ah! whither strays the immortal mind? It cannot die, it cannot stay, But leaves its darkened dust behind. Then, unembodied, doth it trace By steps each planet’s heavenly way? Or fill at once the… The Immortal Mind