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One of the most revolutionary realizations to which the occult student has to adjust himself is the appreciation that the mind is a means whereby knowledge is to be gained...
Goodwill is contagious; once a definite start has been made in a pure and disinterested spirit, goodwill will permeate the world, and right human relations will be rapidly established. p. 749/52.
The Rays and the Initiations (1960)
Goodwill is far more widespread throughout the world than people think; it simply needs to be discovered, educated and set to work. p. 120
2. Glamour is astral in character, and is far more potent at this time than illusion, owing to the enormous majority of people who function astrally always.
Glamour: A World Problem (1950)
As is often glibly said with little real understanding of the significance of the words used, we are dealing with forces and energies.
Primarily the functions of the etheric body are three in number: 1. It is the receiver of prana. 2. It is the assimilator of prana. 3. It is the transmitter of prana.
Mantrams... In esoteric phraseology mantram is the word made flesh, or rendered objective... A form of words or syllables rhythmically arranged, so that when sounded certain vibrations are generated.
Let love be the keynote in all relationships, for the power which must salvage the world is the precipitation of love. p. 333
The Externalization of the Hierarchy (1957)
New truths... are hovering on the horizon of the human mind.... A great stirring and moving is going on. The world... is seething in response to the inflow of spiritual energy.
Initiation leads to the mount whence vision can be had, a vision of the eternal Now, wherein past, present, and future exist as one. p. 13
Initiation, Human and Solar (1922)
The Pilgrim, as he walks upon the Road, must have the open ear, the giving hand, the silent tongue, the chastened heart, the golden voice, the rapid foot, and the open eye which sees the light. He knows he travels not alone.
Discipleship in the New Age, Vol. I (1944)
Unless such moments of crisis occur, the life simmers down to a general dead level and (even if useful) offers not the chance for an extreme effort with its consequent need to draw upon the full resources of the soul. (5 – 269).
Discipleship in the New Age I (1944)
Wisdom is the science of the spirit, just as knowledge is the science of matter. Knowledge is separative and objective, whilst wisdom is synthetic and subjective. Knowledge divides; wisdom unites. Knowledge differentiates whilst wisdom blends.
The key to humanity's trouble...has been to take and not give, to accept and not share...
Problems Of Humanity (1944)
I. The Road is trodden in the full light of day, thrown upon the Path by Those Who know and lead. Naught can then be hidden, and at each turn, a man must face himself.
Glamour: A World Problem (1950)
29. From this comes the realisation of the Self (the soul) and the removal of all obstacles.
The Light of the Soul: Its Science and Effect: a paraphrase of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with commentary (1927)
The relation of the soul to the Oversoul is that of the part towards the Whole, and it is this relation and its consequent recognitions, which develop into that sense of oneness with all beings and with the supreme Reality to which the mystics have always testified.
Evolution, as we understand it, and as it must be studied by the human intellect, is the story of the evolution of consciousness, and not the story of the evolution of the form. This latter evolution is implicit in the other, and of secondary importance from the occult angle.
I would ask you to note that generalities concerning the intuition, and attempts to define it are very common, but that a real appreciation of it is rare.
Glamour: A World Problem (1950)
The mass of men need arousing to see that good comes to all men alike and not just to a few privileged groups, and to learn also that "hatred ceases not by hatred but that hatred ceases by love". This love is not a sentiment, but practical goodwill, expressing itself through individuals, in communities and among nations.