MysticismTheosophical Publishing Society, 1914 - 143 pages |
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allegory ancient animal ANNIE BESANT Apocrypha Atonement Avatara beautiful become begin to realise birth Bodhisattva Book of Judges Buddha Buddhist called capital punishment Christian Church civilisation climbing comes conception Deity divine doctrine dogma earth embodied emotions eternal everlasting evolution evolved existence experience fact Father feeling fragment genius Gnostic God-Idea gradually grow heart heaven Hebrew Hell Hindu Hinduism human Spirit ignorance illuminated inner intellect Islām living look Lord Lord Rosebery Maitreya manifestation matter meaning mighty mind Mysticism nature obedient onwards original sin Osiris Pantheism passed past Path perfect phrase physical body Polytheism put forward Rāma reached recognise religion religious remember Roman Catholic Church salvation savage scriptures senses side of death spiritual world splendid splendour stage story subtler Supreme Teacher symbol teaching things thought tion traces true truth unfolding universal Upanishat veil word worship Zoroastrian
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Page 54 - I make a decree, that in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
Page 96 - ... them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Page 55 - That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Page 55 - Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 48 - Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold thou art there; if I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Page 55 - God! there is no God but he; the living, the self-subsisting: neither slumber nor sleep seizeth him; to him belongeth whatsoever is in heaven, and on earth. Who is he that can intercede with him, but through his good pleasure ? He knoweth that which is past, and that which is to come unto them, and they shall not comprehend anything of his knowledge, but so far as he pleaseth. His throne is extended over heaven and earth...
Page 52 - I, O Gudakesha, am the SELF, seated in the heart of all beings; I am the beginning, the middle, and also the end of all beings.
Page 10 - Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwelleth in you.
Page 52 - Unseen He sees, unheard He hears, unthought of He thinks, unknown He knows. None other than He is the Seer, none other than He is the Hearer, none other than He is the Thinker, none other than He is the Knower. He is the Self, the Inner Ruler, Immortal. That which is other perishes.
Page 53 - This you know as what exists and not exists,^ as what is to be adored, § as what is beyond the knowledge of the creatures, || as the greatest. 2. As luminous, as more subtle than what is subtle, on which the worlds are founded and their inhabitants.