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Jewels of Wisdom

The Pledge of Kwan-Yin

    Never Will I Seek Nor Receive Private, Individual Salvation; Never Will I Enter into Final Peace Alone; But Forever and Everywhere Will I Live and Strive For the Redemption of Every Creature Thoughout The World From The Bonds Of Conditioned… The Pledge of Kwan-Yin

    Give All To Love

      Give all to love; Obey thy heart; Friends, kindred, days, Estate, good-fame, Plans, credit and the Muse,— Nothing refuse. ’T is a brave master; Let it have scope: Follow it utterly, Hope beyond hope: High and more high It dives… Give All To Love

      Non-Being

        Look, you cannot see It, It is Formless, Listen, you cannot hear It, It is Soundless, Grasp, you cannot touch It, It is Non-Being, These three are indiscernible And therefore are merged into the One. — The Tao Te Ching,… Non-Being

        Creation from The Kalevala

          Now the time passed quickly over,And the years rolled quickly onward,In the new sun’s shining lustre,In the new moon’s softer beaming.Still the Water-Mother floated,Water-Mother, maid aerial,Ever on the peaceful waters,On the billows’ foamy surface,With  the moving waves before her,And the… Creation from The Kalevala

          The Essence of Things

            If you affirm only His transcendence, you restrict Him, And if you affirm only His immanence, you limit Him. If you maintain both aspects, you are exempt from error, An Imam and  a master in the spiritual sciences. Whoso would… The Essence of Things

            Peace and Holiness

              I entered into unknowing Yet when I saw myself there Without knowing where I was I understood great things; I shall not say what I felt For I remained in unknowing Transcending all knowledge. That perfect knowledge Was of peace… Peace and Holiness

              The Circle of Eternity

                Close your eyes and let the mind expand.Let no fear of death or darkness arrest its course.Allow the mind to merge with Mind.Let it flow out upon the great curve of consciousness.Let it soar on the wings of the great… The Circle of Eternity

                Humility

                  It is my humility that gives God his divinity and the proof of it is this, God’s peculiar property is giving.  But God cannot give if he has nothing to receive his gifts.  Now I make myself receptive to his… Humility

                  Self-Mastery

                    In such a great work as this Movement no one should expect to find his associates all congenial, intuitive, prudent and courageous. One of the first proofs of self-mastery is when one shows that he can be kind and forbearing… Self-Mastery

                    The Golden Rule

                      Hindu: This is the sum of duty; do naught unto others which if done to thee would cause thee pain. Zoroastrian: That nature alone  is good which refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good for itself. Taoist: Regard… The Golden Rule

                      The Self-Evolving Circle

                        The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea after which all his facts are classified. He can only be reformed by showing him… The Self-Evolving Circle

                        Fiery Martyrdom

                          There was a Being whom my spirit oft Met on its visioned wanderings, far aloft, In the clear golden prime of my youth’s dawn, Upon the fairy isles of sunny lawn, Amid the enchanted mountains, and the caves Of divine… Fiery Martyrdom