Jewels in the Lotus

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… Read More »Creation from The Kalevala

As “the Knower,” Krishna is the unchanging consciousness That watches the creative drama within the Field of His being, and… Read More »The Knower

At the present time one of the most urgent needs is for a simplification of Theosophical teachings. Theosophy is simple… Read More »Passing the Torch

The great Tao flows everywhere, To the left and the right; The Ten Thousand Things rely upon it, And it… Read More »Extremely Great

It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but only retire a little… Read More »All Return Again

Know the strength of man, But keep a woman’s care! Be the stream of the universe! Being the stream of… Read More »The Uncarved Block

True knowledge has to be gained through an increasing perception of the universality of all law and the universal line… Read More »The Great Purpose

The sense of wonder certainly deprives the mind of those penultimate certainties that we had up till then taken for… Read More »The Sense of Wonder

It is he alone who has the love of humanity at heart, who is capable of grasping thoroughly the idea… Read More »Practical Brotherhood

In such a great work as this Movement no one should expect to find his associates all congenial, intuitive, prudent… Read More »Self-Mastery

Enlil, whose command is far-reaching, whose word is holy, The lord whose pronouncement is unchangeable, who forever decrees destines, Whose… Read More »The Great Mountain

Learn from these facets of Nature; though trampled on by all, be firm in your adversity like the earth itself… Read More »The Luster of Wisdom

Look, you cannot see It, It is Formless, Listen, you cannot hear It, It is Soundless, Grasp, you cannot touch… Read More »Non-Being

Hindu: This is the sum of duty; do naught unto others which if done to thee would cause thee pain.… Read More »The Golden Rule

Christ sets His followers no tasks. He appoints no hours. He allots no sphere. He Himself simply went about and… Read More »The Ministry of Christ

Long shall these walls Be witness to our work, And, that it may endure forever, Concord consecrates them today. Let… Read More »Concord Consecrates

Let there be no negligence in your devotion. Negligence in the practice of recollection is death—this has been declared by… Read More »Negligence

A man is said to be confirmed in spiritual knowledge when he forsaketh every desire which entereth into his heart,… Read More »The Self-Governed Sage

Common be your prayer; Common be your goal; Common be your purpose; Common be your deliberation. Common be your wishes,… Read More »Concord

When, O Lord of the Word, the Wise established Name-giving, the first principle of language, Their inmost essence, pristine and… Read More »Hymn To Vach

Out of the night that covers me,Black as the Pit from pole to pole,I thank whatever gods may beFor my… Read More »Invictus

It is within and without all creatures animate and inanimate; it is inconceivable because of its subtlety, and although near… Read More »Hermetic Wisdom

Yield and remain whole; Bend and remain straight. Be empty and remain full. Be worn and remain anew. Own little… Read More »Yield and Remain Whole

Just get rid Of that small mind That is called “self,” And there is nothing in the universe That can… Read More »Dwelling in Space

Men’s curiosity searches past and future And clings to that dimension. But to apprehend The point of intersection of the… Read More »Hints and Guesses

I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt or when the self becomes too much with you,… Read More »Gandhi’s Talisman

Proclus says that “The first monad is the Eternal God; the second, eternity; the third, the paradigm, or pattern of… Read More »The Invisible Presence

One lesson, Nature, let me learn of thee,One lesson which in every wind is blown,One lesson to two duties kept… Read More »The Silent Work of Nature

All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances;… Read More »All the World’s a Stage

Consider this matter in the following similitude. A grain of wheat has the air and light of this world enclosed… Read More »The Heart of the Grain

If Theosophy prevailing in the struggle, its all-embracing philosophy strikes deep root into the minds and hearts of men, if… Read More »A New Age

Now we all move we’re moving with this earth. The earth is moving along, the water is moving along. The… Read More »Moving With The Earth

Well considered, the distinctive mark Of consummate tapas comes to this: The steady, unbroken current of awareness That this bewildering,… Read More »Tapas

If you affirm only His transcendence, you restrict Him, And if you affirm only His immanence, you limit Him. If… Read More »The Essence of Things

The way that can be told is not the eternal Way.The word that can be spoken is not the eternal… Read More »Choosing the Tao

In all nature we can find no instance where effort of some kind is not required. We find there is… Read More »Musings on the Theosophical Path

What is well planted cannot be uprooted. What is held firmly cannot fall away, Thus the sacrifices of peers will… Read More »The Way of the Tao

“Just as food is necessary for sustaining physical life, even so meditation and worship are needed for keeping up the… Read More »Food for the Soul

The Great and Peaceful Ones live regenerating the world like the coming of the spring;.having crossed the ocean of embodied… Read More »The Great and Peaceful Ones

Jesus saw little ones being fed. He addressed his Disciples: These babies being nursed Are like those entering the Kingdom.… Read More »Entering the Kingdom

Lord, make me an instrument of thy Peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury,… Read More »Dying to the Self

Magnanimity and contentment are very near allied; like brothers and sisters, they spring from the same parents but are of… Read More »Magnanimity

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and… Read More »Castles in the Air

Holy men dance and wheel on the spiritual battlefield. They dance in their own blood. When they are freed from… Read More »City of the Soul

There are two rungs of service That a person can come to know. The first is called Qatnut, “the lesser… Read More »Soaring Upwards

We are all discerners of spirits. That diagnosis lies aloft in our life or unconscious power. The intercourse of society,… Read More »Judge Thyself

Having taken as a bow the great weapon of the Secret Teaching, One should fix in it the arrow sharpened… Read More »Pranava

Is is always necessary that the means that are to accomplish any end be equal to the accomplishment of that… Read More »Universal Language