Books should not be masters to us, they should merely be our assistants. They are merely useful to describe the details of things which we already know in the depths of our soul, they are merely servants to hold up before our eyes magnifying mirrors, wherein we see the truths whose presence we feel in ourselves.
If you desire to investigate the divine mysteries of nature, investigate first your own mind, and ask yourself about the purity of your purpose: do you desire to put the good teachings which you may receive into practice for the benefit of humanity? Are you ready to renounce all selfish desires, which cloud your mind and hinder you to see the clear light of eternal truth? Are you willing to become an instrument for the manifestation of Divine Wisdom? Do you know what it means to become united with your own higher Self, to get rid of your elusive Self, to become one with the living universal power of Good and to die to your own shadowy insignificant terrestrial personality? Or do you merely desire to obtain great knowledge, so that your curiosity may be gratified, and that you may be proud of your science, and believe yourself to be superior to the rest of mankind?
Start today: seek out someone who needs help, whom you do not know. Help them. Tonight, when you return home, you will realise that you have found a little of yourself. Then, today will have been a good day.
“and take a week or two to do that for which, in fact, life is even bestowed: the discovery of self” Dammit. If I quit my job it will be your fault:)
Books should not be masters to us, they should merely be our assistants. They are merely useful to describe the details of things which we already know in the depths of our soul, they are merely servants to hold up before our eyes magnifying mirrors, wherein we see the truths whose presence we feel in ourselves.
If you desire to investigate the divine mysteries of nature, investigate first your own mind, and ask yourself about the purity of your purpose: do you desire to put the good teachings which you may receive into practice for the benefit of humanity? Are you ready to renounce all selfish desires, which cloud your mind and hinder you to see the clear light of eternal truth? Are you willing to become an instrument for the manifestation of Divine Wisdom? Do you know what it means to become united with your own higher Self, to get rid of your elusive Self, to become one with the living universal power of Good and to die to your own shadowy insignificant terrestrial personality? Or do you merely desire to obtain great knowledge, so that your curiosity may be gratified, and that you may be proud of your science, and believe yourself to be superior to the rest of mankind?
Start today: seek out someone who needs help, whom you do not know. Help them. Tonight, when you return home, you will realise that you have found a little of yourself. Then, today will have been a good day.